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THE BOOK OF

COMMON PRAYER

AND ADMINISTRATION OF

THE SACRAMENTS

AND OTHER RITES AND CEREMONIES OF THE CHURCH
AS

AMENDED BY THE PRESBYTERIAN DIVINES
IN THE ROYAL COMMISSION OF 1661

AND IN AGREEMENT

WITH THE DIRECTORY FOR PUBLIC WORSHIP
OF

®lje fhesbBterian (Eljtircl)

IN THE UNITED STATES
EDITED, WITH A SUPPLEMENTARY TREATISh

CHARLES W. SHIELDS, D.D., LL.D.

PROFESSOR IN PK1NCETON UNIVERSITY

NEW YORK :

CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS,
1897.

THE EMENDATION OF

THE BOOK OF COMMON PKAYER.

By us Presbyterian Clergy, commissioned by King Charles
the Second for the Review and Alteration of the Book
of Common Prayer at the Savoy Conference, in the year
of our Lord sixteen hundred and sixty-one.

(£ fTlHUS have we ... drawn up our thoughts and
A desires in this weighty affair ; wherein we have
not the least thought of depraving or reproaching the
Book of Common Prayer, but a sincere desire to con
tribute our endeavors towards the healing the distem
pers, and, as soon as may be, reconciling the minds of
brethren. . . . And if the Lord shall graciously please
to give a blessing to these our endeavors, we doubt not
but the peace of the Church will thereby be settled, the
hearts of ministers and people comforted and composed,
and the great mercy of unity and stability bestowed
upon us and our posterity after us."

ANTHONY TUCKNEY, D. D.
JOHN CONANT, D'. D.
WILLIAM SPTJKSTOW, D. D.
JOHN WALLIS, D. D.
THOMAS MANTON, D. D.
EDMUND CALAMY, D D.
REV. RICHARD BAXTEB.
REV. ARTHUR JACKSON.
REV. THOMAS CASE
REV. SAMUEL CLARKE.

MATTHEW NEWCOMEN, D. D.
EDWARD REYNOLDS, D. D.
THOMAS HORTON, D. D.
THOMAS JACOMB, D. D.
WILLIAM BATES, D. D.
WILLIAM COOPER, D. D.
JOHN LIGHTFOOT, D. D.
JOHN COLLINS, D. D.
BENJAMIN WOODBRIDGE, D. D.
ROGER DRAKE, D. D.

TABLE OF CONTENTS.

I. The Emendation of the Book of Common Prayer.

3'. The Order how the Psalter is arranged to be read and sung.

4. The Order how the rest of the Holy Scripture is arranged to b«

read.

5. The Tables of Proper "Psalms and Lessons for all the Lord's Dayi

throughout the Year.

6. The Tables of Lessons for every Day in the Year.

7. The Rules and Tables pertaining to the Calendar.
& The Order for Daily Morning Prayer.

9. The Order for Daily Evening Prayer.

10. The Litany.

11. The Order for Divine Service on the Lord's Day.

12. The Collects, Epistles, and Gospels for all the Lord's Daya

throughout the Year.

13. The Collection for the Poor and other Pious Purposes.

14. The Order for the Administration of the Lord's Supper or Holy

Communion.

15. The Order of Baptism of Infants.

16. The Catechism ; that is to say. an Instruction to be learned by

Baptized Children and others before they come to the Com
munion.

17. The Order of Admission to the Lord's Supper of Children Bap

tized and come to years of Discretion.

18. The Order of Baptism of Adults and Persons out of the Visible

Church.

19. The Form of Solemnization of Matrimony.

20. The Order for the Visitation of the Sick, and Communion of the

Sick.

21. The Order for the Burial of the Dead.

22. A Form of Visitation of Mourners before the Bunal of the Dead.

23. A Form of Public Prayer and Humiliation for Days appointed by

the Civil or Ecclesiastical Authority.

24. A Form of Public Prayer and Thanksgiving for Days appointed

by the Civil or Ecclesiastical Authority.

25. Forms of Daily Prayer to be used in Legislatures, in the Army

and Navy, in Schools and Families, and other like occasions.

26. Various Prayers and Thanksgivings to be used as the occasion

requires.

'(i. The Psalter, or Psalms of David, pointed as they are to be »ung
in churches.

iii

VI PREFACE.

the ancient litui gy contained in this Book of Common
Prayer — notwithstanding the same had been lawfully
revised by a Royal Commission of Presbyterian and
other Clergy, with a view to its just reformation — came
at length, without the pledged alterations, to be so
rigorously imposed, has been long known to the world,
and we care not here to remember. But inasmuch as
the exceptions and emendations of those learned and
godly divines, though not at that time fairly acted upon,
are still on record, and can be easily applied, and since
moreover the difficulties and dangers which then beset
them no longer hinder us in this land and age of
greater light and freedom, it would seem but reason
able and just, that the book as they would have made
it, or as nearly as may be, should be given to the
inheritors of their faith and doctrine, as well for a
memorial of their own steadfast orthodoxy and godli
ness, as for a model of such Public Worship, as shall
be not only decent and orderly, but freed from much
that was vain, erroneous, and superstitious.

"And albeit," as they said, "we have a high and
honorable esteem of those godly and learned bishops
and others, who were the first compilers of the public
liturgy, and do look upon it as an excellent and worthy
work, for that time, when the Church of England made
her first step out of such a mist of popish ignorance
and superstition, wherein it formerly was involved;
yet, — considering that all human works do gradually
arrive at their maturity and perfection, and this in par
ticular, being a work of that nature, hath already
admitted several emendations since the first compiling
thereof, — it cannot be thought any disparagement or

PREFACE. Vli

derogation either to the work itself, or to the compilers
of it, or to those who have hitherto used it, if after
more than a hundred years since its first composure,
(and more than two hundred years since its last revis
ion,) such further emendations be now made therein aa
may be judged necessary for satisfying the scruples of a
multitude of sober persons, who cannot at all, or very
hardly, comply with the use of it, as now it is, and may
best suit with the present times, after so long an enjoy
ment of the glorious light of the gospel, and so happy a
reformation."

And as little, on the other hand, ought it to be
imagined, that our Directory for Public Worship — that
production of an Assembly of Divines who, for learn
ing, wisdom, and godliness, are still the wonder of
Christendom, and that only safe general guide to
the whole Church throughout its now diversified con
dition — is to be either undervalued or hindered if it be
occasionally combined with a Liturgy thus resumed,
purified, and amended by the very men who first
framed our standards, and at length, in defence of the
truth in them, suffered the loss of all things for Christ's
sake.

Nor could the use of the book, or portions of it, in
common with any sister Churches of like tradition and
faith, be other than pleasing to those, in every com
munion, who are ready to rejoice at the many and
great things in which Christians can agree as com
pared with the few and small things in which they
differ.

And therefore it is earnestly "hoped that the whole
will be received and examined by every true member

Vlll PREFACE.

of our Church,- and every sincere Christian, with a
meek, candid, and charitable frame of mind ; with
out prejudice or prepossessions ; seriously considering
what Christianity is, and what the truths of the gos-
pe! are; and earnestly beseeching Almighty God to
accompany with hi's blessing every endeavour for pro
mulgating them to mankind, in the clearest, plainest,
most affecting and majestic manner, for the sake of
JESUS CHRIST, oui blessed Lord and Saviour."

THE ORDER HOW THE PSALTER IS ARRANGED TO BE
READ OR SUNG.

T^HE Psalter may be read through once every month, as it is there ar-
-*- ranged, both for Morning and Evening Prayer. Bnt in February, it
is to be read only to the twenty-eighth or twenty-ninth day of the month.

And whereas, January, March, May, July, August, October, and De
cember, have one-and-thirty days apiece ; it is ordered, that the same
Psalms will 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 will
not be read above four or five of the said Portions.

And Note, That on the Lord's day, in place of the Psalms of the Daily
Course, may be read or sung such others as are arranged in the Table of
Proper Psalms, hereafter following.

Note aim. That on Days of Fasting, or Thanksgiving, or other Special
Occasions, the Minister will select and appoint such Proper Psalms to be
read or sung as he shall see fit in his discretion.

THE ORDER HOW THE REST OF THE HOLY SCRIPTURE IS
ARRANGED TO BE READ.

THE Old Testament will be used for the First Lessons at Morning and
Evening Prayer ; so that the most part thereof will be read every year
once, as in the Calendar is arranged.

The New Testament will be used for the Second Lessons at Morning and
Evening Prayer, and will be read over orderly every year thrice, as in the
Calendar is arranged.

And Note, That on the Lord's day, in place of the Lessons of the Daily
Course, may be read such others as are arranged in the Table of Proper
Lessons hereafter following; and also, the Epistle and Gospel for the
day, as they will be found in this Book placed in order according to the
Calendar.

Note oho, That on Days of Fasting, or Thanksgiving, or other Special
Occasions, the Minister will select such Proper Lessons to be read as he
shall gee fit in his discretion.

A TABLE OF PROPER PSALMS FOR ALL THE LORD'S DAYS
THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

SUNDAYS.

MORNING.

EVENING.

27,123
93,94
97,98
102
8, 89, 98
85,89
103
33,100
81,82
8-1,87
135
147, 148
8, 19
73
1, 15, 20
51
130, 145
38
90, 102
54, 55
40,41
2, 111, 118
57, 2, 16
77
105
107
124, 125, 126
24, 118
68
9, 27
3,4,5
10
14
23, 70, 90
25
31
37
49
58,61
65,75
79,80
86
109
119 1 16

50,76
95,96
99, 100
90
110, 132
19,45
108, 117
66
60
133,134
146
149, 150
44
74
29, 101
102
6,32
51
130, 145
56
69
57, 114, 118
111, 113
78
106
114, 115
139
92, 110
104
<W, 46, 47
7
11, 12, 13
17
91
26,28
35, 36
39
52,53
62, 63, 70

83
88
112, 116
119, 17—32
119, 49—64
119, 81—96
119, 113-128
119, 145—160
120, 121. 122
125, 126
129,130
136
139
92,137
145
143, 144
148, 149, 150

• Third " "

Third "

Filth "
Sixth "

Third

Fourth

Fifth

Sixth

Third " "

Fifth " "

Third " "

Fifth " "

Sixth " "

Eighth " "

Ninth " "

Tenth " "

Twelfth " "

Thirteenth " '

Fifteenth " '

119,33—48
119,65-80
119, 97—112
119, 129—144
119. 161—176
123,124
127,128
131, 133, 134
132
137, 140
115
141, 142
147

Twenty-fifth " ' -

1 TABLE OP PROPER LESSONS FOR ALL THE LORD'S DAYS
THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

SUNDAYS

SIORXING PRAYER.

EVENING PBAYER.

In Advent.

Pint Lesson.

Second Lesson

First Lesson.

Second Letttm.

Isaiah i

Luke 1 to v. 3D

I ' h

After Nativity

Matt. 3 to v. 13

Luke 2 v. 25
Mark 1 to v. 16

Matthew 2 v. 13
John 1 v. 29
Matthew 4 v. 12
Luke4v.l4to33
Matthew 5

1 Corinthians 1

Hebrews 2
1 Corinthians 3

After Epiph'y

•2

2 Corinthians 4

Giilaiiuns

•

Stptivigesima.
Seiagesima.

(MnfiMfHfa

In Lent.

Jeremiah 5

Jeremiah 2'.

EpheMans 1

Luke 7 v. 19
Mark 6 to v. 30

Matthew 10
Luke 10 to v. 25
Mark 9 to v. 30
Luke 19 v. 28

Lamentations 1
Jeremiah 7

Lam. 3 to v. 3;

Jeremiah 9
Ezekiel 18

•

Easter Day.
After Baiter.

Micah 6
Hag^ai 2 to v. 10
Daniel 9
Exod. I2tov.37

Hubakknk 3
Zechariah i;
Malachi 3 and 4
Exodus 12 v. 37

Philippians 1

Matthew 26
Romaus 6

Hebrewsotov.il
Acts 2 v. 22

1 Corinthia's 15
Colossians 1

After Ascens'n
WlM-Sunday.
Trinity.
After Trinity.

Joel 3 v. 9

Nahum 1
Zechariah 10
Xephaniah 3
Isaiah 11
Genesis 2

1 Thessalon. 3

Zechariah 8
Joel 2
Deut. 16 to v. is
Genesis 1

John 17
Acts 4 to v. 36
Matthew 3

Acts 9 to v. 32

2 Thess. 3tov.l7
Acts 19 to T. 21
1 John 5

1 Timothy 6
2 Timothy 2
3and4tov. 9
Titus2&3tov. 10
Hebrews 10

Numbers 16

Numbers 22

Deut. 4 to v. 41

Matthew 18 Deuterouomj 5

1 Samuel 12
2 Samuel 12
!Kings8tov.22

1 Samuel 17
2 Samuel 19
1 Kings8v.22to62

•

± rctcr 1

Proverbs 1

Proverbs 2

1 John 1^ ^

Jude

< '

"". ;

A TABLE OF PROPER PSALMS FOR CERTAIN DAYS.

DATS.

MORNING.

EVES.

19, 45, 85
23, 91, 122
96, 46, 67
6, 32, 38
22, 40, 54
3,4,88
111, 113
8, 15, 21
48, 100, 101

89, 110, 132
121, 144, 145
2,72
102, 130, 143
69,88
13, 43, 130
16,23
24, 47, 108
144, 145, 150

Circumcision (and New Year's day)....

Easter Eoening

A TABLE OF PROPER LESSONS FOR CERTAIN DAYS.

DAYS.

MORNINO.

EVEN.

. .

Isaian

Isa.
Titi
Dim
Coli

.(oil
Jon
2 IV

Hoi

Romans

Ep^iany^ 1 J*.

Romans

i 2 to v. 12

Ash H nine. .day. 1 Lea.

Monday br/ore En.ili-r.~l Les.

Daniel -

ea 11

Tuesday before Eaxter. -1 Les.

John

Wednestlt*/ b<-f. Easlf>:\ Les.

fan
1m.

I'hi
Kxo
He;!)
Joli
Acts

Iwd
SO

Den

Eph

Nun
1 C(
Don
Gul

, f L< f t T

Thursday Inj. faster. L IjK .

£2 v. 13 & ch. 53

. , ., 7 -

Gen

2 ' to v 20

(jOuti fria ly. ^

T T a

. , T |-

Jfiiii. MsoM ttctle. 11 J.e .

Matthew
Isa.
Lnlcc

Tufsd. in Easter weelt.-\ Les.

- 26 to T. 20

th 12

j . T y^

2 Kings

t 10

•

Man. in Whitaun-imli.l Les.

1 ''

Gen. —
1 Cor

- 11 to v. 10

ibers 11

Tuet. in Whitttnn-wee.k.1 Les.

1 Sam. —
1 Thess.

19 v. 18

•

A TABLE OP LESSONS FOE JANUARY.

CALENDAR.

MORNING PRAYEE.

EVENING PRAYER.

Is* Lesson.

2 J Lesson.

ls( Lesson.

'2d Lesson.

7
H

U
19
It

U
It

If.

•
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2:1
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lit
31

Circumcmon.

Gen. ^ iku.ii. i

Epiphany.

1 ,

•

12 V. 22

29 to v. 15

1 Cor. 1

Conversion o/
5«. Pu«Z.

44 v. 14

20 to v. 17

45 to v. 16

A TABLE OP LESSONS FOR FEBRUARY.*

CALENDAR.

MORNING PRAYER.

EVENING PRAYER.

1st Lesson.

2d Lesson.

1st Lesson.

'Id Lesson.

2
3
4
5
1
7
X
9
10

12
IS
14

it;

17
1K
IS
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a

•
16

•27
2h

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Presentation
of Christ in
the Temple.

Gen. 45 v. 16 Matt. 20 v. 17

Gen. 46 1 Cor. 13

— 47 to v. 13

21 v. 23

47 v. 13 15

— 50 -o v. 15

2 Cor. 1

Exodus 2

— 12 to v. 37

12 v. 37

00 oft

QO 1-

St. Matthias.

Qft ?

Ephes. 1

Lev.19tov.19

Lev. 19 v. 19

« '

— 20 to v. 21 10 to v. 32

96 v. 21 Bom. 19 !

• Note, Tfcat except in euery leap-year, February hath 38 doy< onif.

xiii

A TABLE OF LESSONS FOB MARCH.

CALENDAR.

MORNING PRAYER. EVENING PRAYER.

S£-S

lor*

111

•5 «!"
1^

•K

1st Lesson.

•Id Lesson. Itt Lesson.

•2,1 J.e*si,n.

19
8

16
5

1
1

4
I

fi
7
1

'.I

III
11
12

1:1

14
15

it;

17
IS

21)

•a
•>:',

•21
•2:,
M

27
2W

a»
:;u
HI

1
e
f

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e
f
1

<i
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Num.lltov.24

MarklOv.32Num.llv.24

Eph. 6
Phil. 1

— 14 to v. 26

1«? V oQ 1*' V* -JC

oi it nc "o

Col.

— 31 to v. 25

Lukeltov.39

1 Tbes.

i.:§

<j .

*fii
?-5

- «2

7*-- .

Deut.1 to v. 19 — 2 to v. 40

Deut. 1 v. 19

4 v. 25

e o!i

2 Thes.

1 Tim.

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55SS

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* 5-2

— 7 to v. 36

J j

8 v. 26

2 Tim.

Anitun-

— 10 to v. 25

Titus

Phileni.
Heb.

A TABLE OP LESSONS FOR APRIL.

CALENDAR.

MORNING PRAYER.

EVENING PRAYER.

1st Lesson.

Id Lesson.

1st Lesson.

2d Lesson.

*13
2

18
7

15
i

I «

•2
3
4

6
T

8
9
111
11
12

i:i

15
111
17
is
19
111
21
•22

•a

24
25
'26
27

US
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c
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f

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A

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Joshua — 1

Luke 15

Joshua 2

Heb. 3

6 v. 12

— 7 to v. 16

10 v. 15 to 28

mV" 10

Judg.ltov.22
2 to v. 11

— 22 to v. 31
22 v. 31

Judgeslv. 22
2v. 11

James

6 T. 11 to 25

1 Pete-

— 3 to v. 22

» v. 22 to 46

2 Peter

— 7 to v. 32

SL Mark

Uolm

n^n »" * ' net

01 * 1 «

! 3

— - 10 v! 22 ^^ 4

2. :t .lolm

A TABLE OF LESSONS FOE MAY.

CALENDAR.

MORNING PRAYER.

EVENING PRAYER.

1st Lesson.

'Id Lesson.

lit Lesson. 2d Lesson.

1
I

:;
t
5
6

1 12

14
15
IK
17

18
19
211
21
T2
23
24

•i:>
2i ;

27
2>
2<l

:!n
31

n
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f
1

d
e

r
g

b
J

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r

f
g
A
b
c
(1

.«. Philip and
St. Jama.

Ruth 4
1 Sam. 1 v.19
2 T. 22

10
12
— H to v. 24
15
—17 to v. 30
18
20
22
24

Johnlltov.30
11 v. 30
12 to v. '20
12 V. 20

18
19

2<l

Acts 1

13am. 1 to v.19

14 v. 24
16
17 T. 30
19

Jude
4

8
9
10
11
12
13
14

26
28
30
2 Sum.— 1
3
5
7
9
11
13 to v. 23
14
16
18
19 r. 16

3
4 to V. 23
4v. 23
5 to v. 17
o v. 17
6
7 to v. 30
7 v. 30
8 to v. 26
8 v. 26
9 to v. 23
9 v. 23
10 to v. 34
10 T. 34
11 tor. 19

31
2Sani. 2

10
12
13 v. 23
15
17
19 to v. 16

15
16
1 Cor. 1
2
3

5
6

g
9
10
11

A TABLE OF LESSONS FOR JUNE.

CALENDAR.

MORNING PRAYER.

EVENING PRAYER.

1st Lesson.

2d Lesson.

1st Lesson.

'Id Lesson.

2
3
4
S

7
»
9
HI
11
12
II
14
l.'i
l'\
17
i 18
19
211
21
22
23
24
2:.
26
27
2S
i 29
30

lKm.Hov.28

Acts 11 v. 19

1 Kings 1 v. 28

1 Cor. 15 |

j-j

St. Barnabas.

2Kings— 2

20 v 17 " 7

"1 9

f/ativ. of St.
John Suptist.

St. Peter.

Rev. 7

A TABLE OP LESSONS FOB JOLT.

CALKXUAR.

MORNING PRAYER.

KVKMNU PKAYKK.

1st Lesson.

'i'i Lesson.

1st Lesson.

2d Leaton. |

1 1
1
3

4
5
6
7
8
»
10
11
12
13
14
1 15
16
17

; 18
i i»

20
21
22
2:1
24
2.)
•.'6
27
2«
2!»
3(1
II

g
b

i
1
f

1
b

•

K
b

e
f
K
A
b

-1

f
K
A

— — Ezra

Matt, 1

Ezra .1

Phil.

a o

VOIOS. t

!•> IE

1 Tnc3. .

1 DC3.

1 Tiui.

4-1

*SV. James.

20 v. 17

A TABLE OF LESSONS FOR AUGUST.

1
2
3
4
5
6
1 7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
\ 24
25
26
27
•
29
30
11

c
d
e
f

K
A

d
e

K
A

b
c
d
e

f
K

b
e
d

ILENDAR.

MORNING PRAYER.

EVENING PRAYER.

1st Leston.

2d Lesson.

ls( Leston.

2d iewon.

job 33

Matt. 20 y. 17

Job 34

Heb. 4

•

Prov.Itov'20

Prov. 1 v. 20

In I

— 17 to v. 15

i P

21 v. 17

n |

St. Bartholo
mew.

A TABLE OF LESSONS FOR SEPTEMBER.

CALENDAR.

MORNING PRAYER.

EVENING PRAYER.

1st Lesson.

2d Lesson.

1st Lesson.

2d Lesson.

2
3

8
9
10
11
11
13
14
1 15

i IB

17
18
19
20
21
23
0
24
25

27
28
29

' 30

r
i

Jer. 1

Mark 10 v. 32! Jer. 2 to v. 20

Rom. 2

H !

Luke 1 to v. 39

11 '

1** I

7 v. 36

St. Matthew.

SA 01

30 1 . _l — P j* w v . -w u

A TABLE OF LESSONS FOR OCTOBER.

CALENDAR.

HORNING PRAYER.

EVENING PRAYER.

1st Lesson.

Id Lesson.

1st Lesson.

2<Z Lesson.

1 1 A
2 b
3 c
4 d
5 e
6 f
7 g

H A

9 b
10 c

11 d
12 e
13 f
! H g
15 A
16 b
17 c
18 d
19 e
20 f
2l|g
22 A
23 b
24 C
i 25 d
26 e
! 27 f
1 28 g
29 A
30 b
31 c

Jer. 51 v. 35

Luke 14 Jer. 52

1 Cor. 16

n !

Dan. 2 to v. 24

j ! "V? *»1 ' e

10 i

John 1 to v. 29

•

St. Luke the
Evangelist.

•

10 c T" oo

* 4 00

Joel 2 to v. 15

St. Simon and
St. Jude.

° 1

o 01

0 " *" *«

! 10 v. 22

A TABLE OF LESSONS FOR NOVEMBER.

CALENDAR.

MORNING PRAYER.

EVENING PRAYER.

1st Lesson. 'Id Lesson.

\st Lesson.

'Id Lesson,

2
3
4
6

6
7

8
9

in
1 11
: 12

: w

' 14

• 15
Hi
IT

' 1!)

, 21
22
B
21

25
26
27
28
I 29
30

Amos — b.Juha 10 v. 22

Amos 9
Obad. 1

ColOi. 1

Jonah —

12 to v. 20

ncx

V h

ifi T

lim. |

Ji *

«»l c

» ' 0

2 Tim

Isa. 2

Phileiu. —

8 to T. 26

St. Andrew.

1 _„.._.

A TABLE OF LESSONS FOR DECEMBER.

CALENDAR.

HORNING PRAYER.

EVENING PRAYER.

1st Lesson.

'Id Lesson.

1st Lesson. 2d Lesson.

1
3

6
j

11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
»7

1 29
30
31

b
c

8
A

t
f

Isa. 14

Actsll tov. 19

Isa. 15 Heb. 7

13 v. 14

ti.iui

' i

2 Pet.

St. Thomas.

Chritt. Day.

St. Stephen.
St. John E.

RULES AND TABLES PERTAINING TO
THE CALENDAR,

RULES FOR FINDING THE LORD'S DAYS AND THE CHRIS
TIAN FESTIVALS.

JjlASTER-DA T (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 Thirtieth day of
November, whether before or after.

Septuagesima

}

Quadragesima

Asctnsion-Day •) f Forty Days •)
Whit-Sunday V is < Seven Weeks V after Easter.
Trinity-Sunday ) (. Eight Weeks J

Besides all the Lord's days throughout the year, the week days, com
monly called Christmas day, Epiphany, Ash- Wednesday, Good Friday,
and Ascension-Day, (the same having severally become commemorative
of the Nativity, Manifestation, Fasting, Crucifixion, and Exaltation of
our Lord JESUS CHRIST,) may also be observed as days of special de
votion, with such services as are hereinafter set forth.

The appointment of Fasts or Thanksgivings in any particular congre
gation is left to the discretion of its church session; bnt when it is
deemed expedient that they should be general, the call for them must be
judged of by f,he Presbytery, or Synod, or General Assembly. And if
at any time the Civil Authority should appoint a Fast or Thanksgiving,
it is the duty of the Ministers and People of our Communion, as we live
under a Christian government, to pay all due respect to the same.

A TABLE TO FIND EASTER-DAY,

FROM

rHE PRESENT TIME TILL THE YEAB 1899,

ntCLCSIVK.

Golden Days

of the

Smday

Numbers. Mouth.

Letters.

XIV.

Marc

h 21

-*• Calendar as is necessary for the deter-

III.

- 22

iniag of Easter; to

find which, look for

- 23

e Golden Number o

r the year in the first

XI.

- 24

lumn of the Table

gainst which stands

- 25

e day of the Pa-. -I

al Full Moon ; then

XIX.

- 26

ok at the third coli

mn for the Sunday

VIII.

- 27

•tier next after tl

e day of the Pull

- 28

oon ; and the day o

the month standing

XVI.

- 29

ainst that Sunday

Letter is Sailer- Day.

- 30

the Full Moon baj

pen npon a Sunday,

- SI

en (according to th

• first rule) the next

XIII.

Apri

inday after is Eattt

r-Day.

To find the Golden

Number, or Prime,

- 3

•4

d 1 to the year of

our Lord, and then

vide by 19; the rem

aiuder, if any, is the

- 5

alden Number; but

, If nothing remain,

XVIII

en 19 is the Golden

Number.

VIL

- 7

To find the Dominic

al or Sunday Letter,

- 8

cording to the Gale

idar, un-

XV.

- 9

the year 1899, inclu

sive, add A A

IV.

- 10

the year of our

Lord its i G

- 11

irth part, omitti

ig frac- 2 P

XIL

- 12

us. divide the su

m by 7, 3 E

- 13

d, if there be no re

mainder, 4 D

- 14

en A is the Sunda

j Letter; 5 c

IX.

- 15

b«

t, if any number

remain, 6 B

- 16

en the Letter

standing

XVII.

- 17

ainst that numhe

r in the

VI.

- 18

mil annexed Table

s the Sunday Letter.

- 19

- 20

Ifot,:. That, In all

Bissextile or Leap

- 21

;ars, the Letter fou

nd as above will be

- 22

e Sunday Letter fr

3m the intercalated

- 23

y exclusive, to the

>nd of the year.

- 24

ANOTHER TABLE TO FIND EASTER,

Golden
Numberi.

SUNDAY LETTERS.

'PO make use of
-1- the preceding

E F

; Table, dnd the Sun-
1 day Letter for the

Ap . 16

18 —19

20 14

- 15 most line and th

11.

Ap . 9

3 4

— ,r,

6 7 —

- 8 Golden Number, or

III.

Ma .26

27 28

-•".I

23 24 —

- 25 Prime, In the eol-

IV.
V.

Ap . 16
Ap . 2

11 —12

4|- 5

13 14 —

6 Mar.31 Ap

_ 15 umu ofGoldenNum-
. i bers,and against the
' Prime in the same

Ap .23

25 —19

20] 21

"" 22 line, under the Sun-

VII.
VIII.

Ap . 9
Ap . 2

— a

11
Mar. 28

—11

-a

13 14
30 31 Ap

- f daj Letter, jou hare
r- 1 the Bay of the

IX.

Ap . 16

— n

-1!)

20 21

- 22 Month on which

Ap . 9

— ic

— ;,

6 7

- 8 Hatter falleth that

XI.

M.i .26

-V

30 31

- 25 !««• But.

Xlt.

Ap .16

— n

— HI

13 14

J5 Xote, That the

XIII.
XIV.

Ap . 2

MIL .26

— a

4
26

— 'A'

6 7 —
23 24

' ,? "•"MI on the "left
•• hand, or just with

XV.

Ap .16

10' 11

-11

13 14

- 15 1 the figure, and fol-

XVI.

Ap . 2

3 4

— ,"»

Mar. 30 31 Ap

r. 1 loweth not as In

XVII.
XVIII.

Ap .23
Ap . 9

24 18
10 11

— 1!)
—11

20 21 —
13 7 —

- 22 other Tables, bjde-
- 8 went, but collate-

XIX.

Ap . 2

Mar. 27 28

—211

SO 31 Ap

r. 1 ~»J-

A TABLE OF THE DAYS ON WHICH EASTER WILL FALL

FOR THIRTY-EIGHT YEARS, BEING THE TIME OF TWO CYCLES OF THE MOOIC.

Tears of

Golden

The

Sunday

Easter-

Tears of

Golden

' The

Sunday

Easter-

our Lord.

Number.

Epact.

Letter.

Day.

our Lord

Number

Epact.

Letter.

Day.

1843

Apr. 16 I 1862

Apr. 20

1844

G F

7 1 1863

1845

Mar. 23'

1864

C B

Mar. 27

Apr. 12

1865

Apr. 16

1817

1866

1848

B A

1867

1849

186S

E D

1850

Mar. 31

1869

Mar. 28 '

1851

Apr. 20

1870

Apr. 17

1852

D C

1871

1853

Mar. 27

1872

G F

Mar. 31

1854

Apr. 16

1873

Apr. 13

1855

1874

1856

F E

Mar. 23

1875

Mar. 28

1857

Apr. 12

1876

B A

Apr. 16

1858

1877

1 l

1859

1878

21 i

1860

A G

8 l 1879

1861

Mar. 31 1 1880

D 0

Mar. 28

A TABLE OF THE LORD'S DAYS,

ACCORDING TO THE SEVERAL DAYS THAT EASTER CAN POSSIBLY FALL U

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Easier-

Sundays
after
Epiphany.

Sunday

1 First
Day of
Lent.

Ascen-

Whit-
Sunday.

Sundays
after
Trinity.

Adrent-
Sunday.

If,

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Mar. 22. 1
231 1

Jan. 18!Feb. t
19! 5

Apr. 30 May 10
Mar l! 11

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Nov. 29
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A TABLE TO FIND EA8TKR-DAY,

WROM THE YEAR 1900 TO THE YEAR 2199, INCLOSITB.

' Golden Days of
Number. Month.

Sunday Golden
Letter. Number.

Days of
Month.

Sundaj
Letter.

rpnE Golden Numbers in the fore-

XIV. Mar. 22
III. 23
24

D
E XV.
F IV.

Apr. 9
10
11

A
B

*- going Calendar will point out 1
the days of the Paschal Full Moons
till the year of our Lord 1900 : at :
which time, in order that the*Eo- •

XI. 'I:

clesiastical Full Mooni may fall

26
XIX. 27
VIII. 28
29
XVI 30

A XII.
B I.

C
D IX.
E XVII

13
14
15
16
17

E
F
G
A
B

nearly on the siune days with the
real Full Moons, the Golden Num
bers must be remored to different i
days of the Calendar, as it done in
the annexed Table, which contains

V. 31

F VI.

Apr. 1

Paschal Full Moons and the Feast

! XIII. 2

of Hatter, from the year 19(10 to

is to be made use of, in all respects, i

23
24

A
B

as the nrst Table, before inserted, '
for finding Ktuter till the T«u
1699

XVII. 7

F 25

VII. 8

GENERAL TABLES

FOR FINDING THE DOMINICAL OR SUNDAY LETTER,

AMD THE FLACE8 OP THE GOLDEN NUMBERS IK THE CALENDAR.

TABLE I.

1600

1700

1800

fTO find the Dominical or
•*• Sunday Letter for any

given year of our Lord, add

1900
2000

2100 2200

2300
2400

2500

2600

2700
2800

to the year its fourth part,
omitting fractions, and also
i l.i- number, which, in Table

2900

3000

3100
3200

3300

3400

3500
3600

3700

I . standeth at the top of the

of hundreds contained in I

3800

3900
4000

4100

4200

4300
4400

4500

4600

that given year is found:
divide the sum by 7, and,

if there be no remainder,

4700
4SOO

4900

5000

5100
5200

5300

5400

5500
5600

then A is the Sunday Let
ter; but, if any number re
main, then the Letter which

5700

5800

5900
6ono

6100

6200

6300
6400

6500

standeth under that number
at the top of the Table is th ?

Sunday Letter.

6tfOO

6700
6800

6900

7000

7110
7200

7300

7400

. 7500
7600

7700

7800

7900
8000

8100

8200

8300
8400

8500

•W

Tears of

our Lord.

1600

4000

1700

4100

1800

4200

1900

4300

2000

4400

2100

4500

2200

4BOO

2300

4700

2400

4800

2500

4900

2600

5000

2700

5100

2800

5200

2900

5300

3000

5400

3100

5500

3200

5600

3300

5700

3100

5800

3500

5900

3600

6000

3700

6100

3800

111

6200

3900

6300 1

6400
6500
6600
6700
6800
6900
7000
7100
7200
7300
7400
7500
7600
7700
7800
7900
8000
8100
8200
8300
8400
8500

rrO firi'I the month and days of the

ought to bo prefixed in the Calendar in
an/ given year of our Lord, consisting
of entire hundred years, and in all the
intermediate years betwixt that and the

the second column of Table II.' for the

which stands against it in the third
column ; then in Table III. look for the

Bb.r

omit:

have found, guide your eye sideways to
the left hand, and in the drat column

which that Golden Number ought to be
prefixed in the Calendar, during that
period of one hundred years.

The Letter B, prefixed to certain hun
dredth years in Table II., denotes those
years which are still to be accounted
Bissextile or Leap Tears in the new
Calendar: whereas all the other hun
dredth years are to be accounted only

Paschal Full!' Sunday
Moon. Letters.

1 2

6|7 8

9 10.11 12 13 14

15 16

17 18

8 19
9 20

10 21
11 22
•12 23

1
2

11 22
12 23

13 24

3
4
5
6
7

14 25
15 26

Ifi 27
17 28
18 29

(i 17
7 18
8 19
9 20
10 21

28 9 20 1 12
29 10 21 2 13
0 11 22 3 14
1 12 23 4 15
2 13 24 5 16

23
24
25
26
27

4 15
5 16
6 17

7 18
8 19

13 24
14 25
15 26
16 27

17 2o

7
8
9

16
17

16
19
20

27 8
28 0
29 10
0 11
1 12

21)
21
22
23

0
1
2
3

12
13

14
15

24
25
2«

3 14
4 15
5 16
6 17
T18

6 17
7 18
8 19
9 20
10 21

28
•20
B
1

9 20
10 21
11 22
12 23
13 24

18 29 10
19 0 11
20 1 12
21 2 13
22 3 14

23
24
25

2 13
3 14
4 15
5 16

e;n

24
25
•
27
28

5 16
6 17
7 18
8 19
9 20

27
28
29
0
1

8 19
9 20
10 21
11 22
12 23

2
3

11 22
12 23
13 24
14 25
15 26

3 1425

4l 15 26
5|16 27
6:i7j28
7|18 29

23 4 15
24 5 16
25 6 17

2fi 7 18
27 8 19

26
27

28
29
0

7 1829

8 19| 0
9 20 1
10 21 1 2
11 22 3

10 21
11 22
12 23
13 24
1425

2 13 24

3 14 25
4 15 26
5' 16 27
6 17 28

5 16
6 17
7 18
8 19
9 20

27 8 19 0

28 9 20 1
29 10 21 2

0 11 22 3
1 12 23 4

28 9 20 1 12 23
29 10 21 2 13 24
0 11 22 3 14 25
1 12 23 4 15 26
2 13 24 5,16 27

7
8

15 26 7 18 29
16 27 8 19 0
17 28 9 20 1
18 29 10.21. 2
19 0 11,22 3

10 21
11!22
12 23
13 24
14 25

2 13 24 5

3 14 25 6
4 15 26 7
5 16 27 8

6 172* 9

3 14
4 15
5 16

6 17

25
26
27

18
1H

0
1

9
10
11

1
2

12
13
14

23
24
25

2fi

4
5
B

15
IB
17
18

18
19
20
21

29 10
0 11
1 12
2 13

7 18' 29 10

2 13

Ifi

0 11 22

814

A TABLE OP PSALMS, HISTORIES, PROPHECIES, GOSPELS, AND
EPISTLES, FOR ALL THE LORD'S DAYS THROUGHOUT THE TEAR.
ACCORDING TO THE SACRED CANON.

MORNING.

EVENING.

Psalms.

Histories.

Gospeli.

Psalms.

Prophecies.

Epistle*.

1
1

1,2.3

%'
12
16,16

Geneiis 1

John 1 to T. 18

10,11
13 14

Isaiah 1 to v. 20

Kc.m.lti.v.n

. 3

Matt. 2
I.uke 2 to T. 20
Mark 1

5 to I. 17

7, 10-<-S

7 |

20,21
•
26, '.6
28,29

John 1, 19-51

22
M
27
80

6 '

John 3 to y. 21

, '

Luke-4. 10-37

— 15 tov. 18

80
88

-.8
37tov. 18

47 to y. 12

lot.n— 5, 19-47
Matt. 12tor.21
6 to T. SO
6 to T. 18

83
87
39
41

40
41

— — 43

.1
3
12
18

c.
•<

46,46
48,49
61
63,64

-49
Exodus 2

6, 19-84
7
11
12 to T 21
13 to v. 30

50
62
55

— 15 to y. 20
— 16,20-68
2 Cor. — 4

— — 6

66,67
69
62, fi3
65
68

13,83-58

58
60,61
64
66,67
69,70

10 to T. 20

Ualatiana 8

40,17-38

14,14-36
John— 0,85-69

Ephesiani 1

71
78

76,76
78,79
81

Deut 1

Matt 16

72
74
77
80

IR t T *o

Luke 10 to y. 24
John— 7,14-31

Philip. 2

»•>

84.85
88
90
93,94
97,98

Joshua 3

7,82-62
Luke 10, i6-4i

86,87
89
91,92
95,96
99,100

Colosniani 3
1 Theu. 6
2 Thesi. 2
ITim. 6

Jer. -14, 7-22
17, 6-i7

:;l toy. 10

Judges 4

12 to y. 21
12,22-48

101, 103
104
108
108,109
112, 113

Ruth 1

John 9 to T. 55
10 to T. 18

K8
105
107
110, 111
114, 115

33 tor. 16
Lam. 3, 22-59

Hebrews 2
3

F V 1 1

15 to y. 13

' " IS

116, 117
119, 1-1:4
119, 49-72
119, 97-120
119, 145-160

•J Samuel — 7
12 to T. '.R

16
16

118
119, 25-48
119, 73-<J6
119, 121-144
119, 161-170

33 to I. 20
84, 11-30
37 to T. 14

12
James 1
2

6, 11-38

17
18 to T. 27

47 to y. lit

120
122
124
126
128

9 tor. 14

Luke 23 to r. 25

21
28

•
17
1.9

Daniel S

2 Peter S
1 John 1

John 19,26-4'.'

2 John

2 Kin... 2

Luke 24, 13-35

Hoiea C

180

182
135
187,188
140

6 toy. 19

John 20, 19-31

81
133,134
86
89
41

Jude

Eira 8
Nth. 8
Esther 6

Acu — 1, 1-14
2 to T. 21
2,22-47

Mioah '- 4
— 6

. g
6
«

143
144
146
148
160

43
46
47

Hab. 8

Job 1

4*^ — ' "" W

Mai. S

THE ORDER FOR

DAILY MORNING PRAYER.

At the beginning of MORENO PRATER, the Minister will read soma
one or more of these sentences of the Scriptures that follow. And
then he may say that which is written after the said sentences.

the wicked man turneth away
from his wickedness that he hath
committed, and doeth that which is lawful
and right, he shall save his soul alive. Ezek.
xviii. 27..

I acknowledge my transgressions, and my
sin is ever before me. Psalm li. 3.

Hide thy face from my sins, and blot out
all mine iniquities. Psalm li. 9.

The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit :
a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou
wilt not despise. Psalm li. 17.

Rend your heart, and not your garments,
and turn unto the Lord your God : for he is
gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of
great kindness, and repenteth him of the
evil. Joel ii. 13.

To the Lord our God belong mercies and
forgivenesses, though we have rebelled
against him: neither have we obeyed the
voice of the Lord our God, to walk in his
laws which he set before us. Dan. ix. 9, 10
1

MORNING PRAYER.

0 Lord, correct me, but with judgment;
not in thine anger, lest thou bring me to
nothing. Jer. x. 24, Psalm vi. 1.

Eepent ye ; for the kingdom of heaven is
at hand. Matt. iii. 2.

1 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. Luke xv.
18, 19.

Enter not into judgment with thy servant,
O Lord ; for in thy sight shall no man living
be justified. Psalm cxliii. 2.

If we say that we have no sin, we deceive
ourselves, and the truth is not in us : but, if
we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to
forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from
all unrighteousness. 1 John i. 8, 9.

r\ EARLY beloved brethren, the Scripture
moveth us in sundry places to acknow
ledge and confess our manifold sins and
wickedness; and that we should not dissem
ble nor cloak them before the face of Al
mighty God our heavenly Father; but con
fess them with an humble, lowly, penitent,
and obedient heart ; to the end that we may
obtain forgiveness of the same, by his infi
nite 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
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MORNING PRAYER.

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 beseecl: you, as many as are here pre
sent, to accompany me with a pure heart,
and humble voice, unto the throne of tho
heavenly grace, saying:

fl A General Confession of Sin to be made by the People with the
Minister.

ALMIGHTY and most merciful Father;
We have erred, and strayed from thy
ways like lost sheep. We have followed too
much the devices and desires of our own
hearts. We have offended against thy holy
laws. We have left undone those things
which we ought to have done; And we
have done those things which we ought not
to have done; And there is no health in us.
But thou, O Lord, have mercy upon us,
miserable offenders. Spare thou them, O
God, which confess their faults. Eestore
thou them that are penitent ; According to
thy promises declared unto mankind in
Christ Jesus 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.

MORNING PRAYER.

^ A Declaration of Absolution or Remission of Sins, to b« pronounced
by the Minister alone.

A 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 un-
feignedly believe his holy Gospel. Where
fore we beseech him to grant us true repent
ance, and his Holy Spirit, that these things
may please him, which we do at this pre
sent ; 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.

tf And then will be offered the Lord's Prayer, by the Minister and
the People.

Father, who art in heaven, hallowed
be thy name. Thy kingdom come.
Thy will be done on earth, As it is in hea
ven. Give us this day our daily bread.
And forgive us our trespasses, As we for
give those who trespass against us. And
lead us not into temptation ; But deliver us
from evil : For thine is the kingdom, and the
power, and the glory, For ever and ever.
Amen.

MORNING PRAYER,
f Then likewise he may cay,

O Lord; open thou our lips.
People. And our mouth shall show forth
fchy praise.

tf Here, all standing up, the Minister will say,

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son,
and to the Holy Ghost;

People. As it was in the beginning, is
now, and ever shall be, world without end.

Minister. Praise ye the Lord.

\ Then will be said or sung this Psalm following, except some other
have been appointed by the Minister.

VFNITE, EXULTEMCS DOMINO. Psalm xcv.

r\ COME, let us sing unto the Lord: let
us heartily rejoice in the strength of
our salvation.

Let us come before his presence with
thanksgiving: and show ourselves glad in
him with Psalms.

For the Lord is a great God : and a great
King above all gods.

In his hand are all the corners of the
earth: and the strength of the hills is his
also.

The sea is his, and he made it: and his
hands prepared the dry land.

O come, let us worship, and fall down:
and kneel before the Lord our Maker.

For he is the Lord our God : and we are
the people of his pasture, and the sheep of
his hand.

To-day if ye will hear his voice, harden
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MORNING PRAYER.

not your hearts: as in the provocation, and
as in the day of temptation in the wilder
ness;

When your fathers tempted me: proved
me, and saw my works.

Forty years long was I grieved with this
generation, and said: It is a people that do
err in their hearts, for they have not known
my ways.

Unto whom I sware in my wrath: that
they should not enter into my rest.

fl Thru may follow the Psalms in order as they are arranged in the
Psalter. And after the Psalm, or Psalms, the GLORIA PATRI.

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son:
and to the Holy Ghost;

As it was in the beginning, -is now, and
ever shall be : world without end. Amen.

<| Then the Minister will read the first lesson taken out of the Old

Testament, as is arranged in the Calendar.

f And after that will be said or sung the Hymn called Te Deum
Laudamus.

TE DEUM LAUDAMUS.

praise thee, 0 God: we acknowledge
thee to be the Lord.
All the earth doth worship thee: the
Father everlasting.

To thee all angels cry aloud: the Hea
vens, and all the Powers therein.

To thee Cherubim, and Seraphim: con
tinually do cry,

Holy, holy, holy : Lord God of Sabaoth ;
Heaven and earth are full of the majesty:
of thy glory.

MORNING PRAYER.

The glorious company of the Apostles
praise thee.

The goodly fellowship of the Prophets:
praise thee.

The noble army of Martyrs : praise thee.

The holy Church throughout all the
world : doth acknowledge thee ;

The Father: of an infinite majesty;

Thine honourable, true : and only Son ;

Also the Holy Ghost: the Comforter.

Thou art the King of Glory : O Christ.

Thou art the everlasting Son: of the
Father.

When thou tookest upon thee to deliver
man: thou didst not abhor the Virgin's
womb.

When thou hadst overcome the sharpness
of death: thou didst open the kingdom of
Heaven to all believers.

Thou sittest at the right hand of God : in
the Glory of the Father.

We believe that thou shalt come : to be
our Judge.

We therefore pray thee, help thy ser
vants: whom thou hast redeemed with thy
precious blood.

Make them to be numbered with thy
Saints : in glory everlasting.

0 Lord, save thy people : and bless thine
heritage.

Govern them : and lift them up for ever.

Day by day we magnify thee;
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MORNING PRAYER.

And we worship thy Name: ever world
without end.

Vouchsafe, 0 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.

0 Lord, in thee have I trusted: let me
never be confounded.

f Or this Psalm. LADDATE DOMINUM. Psalm cxlvili.

r\ PRAISE the Lord of heaven: praise
him in the height.

1 "raise him, all ye angels of his: praise
him, all his host.

Praise him, sun and moon: praise him,
all ye stars and light.

Praise him, all ye heavens : and ye waters
that are above the heavens.

Let them praise the Name of the Lord:
for he spake the word, and they were made ;
he commanded, and they were created.

He hath made them fast for ever and
ever: he hath given them a law which shall
not be broken.

Praise the Lord upon earth: ye dragons,
and all deeps;

Fire and hail, snow and vapours: wind
and storm, fulfilling his word ;

Mountains and all hills : fruitful trees and
all cedars;

MORNING PRAYER.

Beasts and all cattle : worms and feathered
fowls ;

Kings of the earth and all people : princes
and all judges of the world;

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.

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.

fl Then the Minister will read the Second Lesson, taken out of the
New Testament. And after that will be sung the Hymn
following.

BENEDICTUS. St. Luke i. 68.

gLESSED be the Lord God of Israel: for
he hath visited and redeemed his people ;

And hath raised up a mighty salvation
for us: in the house of his servant David;

As he spake by the mouth of his holy
Prophets : which have been since the world
began ;

That we should be saved from our ene
mies: and from the hands of all that hate
us;

To perform the mercy promised to our
forefathers: and to remember his holy
Covenant ;

To perform the oath which he sware to
our forefather Abraham: that he would
give us;

That we, being delivered out of the hand
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MORNING PRAYER.

of our enemies: might serve him without
fear,

In holiness and righteousness before him :
all the days of our life.

And thou, Child, shall be called the
Prophet of the Highest: for thou shalt go
before the face of the Lord to prepare his
ways;

To give knowledge of salvation unto his
people : for the remission of their sins,

Through the tender mercy of our God:
whereby the day-spring from on high hath
visited us;

To give light to them that sit in darkness,
and in the shadow of death : and to guide
our feet into the way of peace.

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son :
and to the Holy Ghost ;

As it was in the beginning, is now, and
ever shall be : world without end. Amen.

f Or this Psalm, JUBILATE DEO. Psalm c.

0 BE joyful in the Lord, all ye lands:
serve the Lord with gladness, and come
before his presence with a song.

Be ye sure that the Lord he is God: it is
he that hath made us, and not we ourselves ;
**•« are his people, and the sheep of his

O go your way into his gates with
thanksgiving, and into his courts with
praise: be thankful unto him, and speak
good of his Name.

MORNING PRAYER.

For the Lord is gracious, his mercy ia
everlasting: and his truth endureth from
generation to generation.

\\ Then will be said The APOSTLES' CREED by the Minister and People,
standing.

I Believe in God the Father Almighty,
Maker of heaven and earth:

And in Jesus Christ his only Son our
Lord, Who was conceived by the Holy
Ghost, Born of the Virgin Mary, Suffered
under Pontius Pilate, Was crucified, dead,
and buried, He descended into hell; The
third day he rose again from the dead, He
ascended into heaven, And sitteth on the
right hand of God the Father Almighty;
From thence he shall come to judge the
quick and the dead.

I believe in the Holy Ghost; The holy
Catholic Church ; The Communion of Saints ;
The Forgiveness of sins; The Kesurrection
of the body, And the life everlasting.
Amen.

If And after that the Litany, or else these Prayers following, th«
Minister first pronouncing,

The Lord be with you.
People. And with thy spirit.

Minister. Let us pray.
0 Lord, show thy mercy upon us.
People. And grant us thy salvation.
Minister. O God, make clean our hearts
within us.

MORNING PRAYER.

People. And take not thy Holy Spirit
from us.

f Then will follow the Collect for the day, and after that these

Collects and Prayers following.

A collect for Peace.

f\ GOD, who art the author of peace and
lover of concord, in knowledge of
whom standeth our eternal life, whose ser
vice is perfect freedom ; Defend us thy hum
ble servants in all assaults of our enemies ;
that we, surely trusting in thy defence, may
not fear the power of any adversaries,
through the might of Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen.

A Collect for Grace.

C\ LORD, our heavenly Father, Almighty
and everlasting God, who hast safely
brought us to the beginning of this day;
Defend us in the same with thy mighty
power; and grant that this day we fall into
no sin, neither run into any kind of danger;
but that all our doings may be ordered by
thy governance, to do always that is right
eous in thy sight ; through Jesus Christ our
Lord. Amen.

A Prayer for the President of the United States, and all in Cm'
Authority.

C\ LORD, our heavenly Father, high and

mighty, King of kings, Lord of lords,

the blessed and only Potentate, who dost

from thy throne behold all the dwellers upon

earth; Most heartily we beseech thee with

thy favor to behold thy chosen servant our

MORNING PRAYER.

Ohief Magistrate, his counsellors, and al'
others in authority ; and so replenish them
with the grace of thy Holy Spirit, that they
may always incline to thy will, and walk in
thy way. Endue them plenteously with
heavenly gifts; grant them in health,
peaoe, and godliness to rule; and finally,
after- this life, to attain everlasting joy and
feliotty; through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Am***,.

A Prayer for Ministers and Congregations-

A LMIGHTY and everlasting God, from
whom cometh every good and perfect
gift; Send down upon our Pastors, and
other Ministers, and upon the Congrega
tions committed to their charge, the health
ful Spirit of thy grace; and, that they may
truly pletwse thce, pour upon them the con
tinual de\v of thy blessing. Grant this, O
Lord, for xhe honour of our Advocate and
Mediator, 0«vsus Christ. Amen.

A Prayer for all Conditions of Men

r\ GOD, the Creator and Preserver of all
mankind, we humbly beseech thee for
all sorts and conditions of men; that thou
wouldest be pleased to make thy ways
known unto them, thy saving health unto
all nations. More especially we pray for
thy holy Chufch universal; that it may be
so guided ana governed by thy good Spirit,
that all who profess and call themselves
Christians may be led into the wav of truth
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MORNING PRAYER.

and hold the faith in unity of spirit, in the
bond of peace, and in righteousness of life
Finally, we commend to thy fatherly good
ness all those who are any ways afflicted, 01
distressed, in mind, body, or estate; 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's sake. Amen.

^ Here will be offered any Special Prayers or Thanksgivings.
A General Thanksgiving.

A LMIGHTY God, Father of all mercies,
we, thine unworthy servants, do give
thee most humble and hearty thanks for all
thy goodness and loving-kindness to us, and
to all men. We bless thee for our creation,
preservation, and all the blessings of this
life; but above all, for thine inestimable
love in the redemption of the world by our
Lord Jesus Christ; for the means of grace,
and for the hope of glory. And, we beseech
thee, give us that due sense of all thy mer
cies, that our hearts may be unfeignedly
thankful, and that we may show forth thy
praise, not only with our lips, but in our
lives; by giving up ourselves to thy ser
vice, 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 honor and
glory, world without end. Amen.
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MORNING PRAYER.

A Prayer of St. Chrysostom.

A LMIGHTY God, who hast given us
grace at this time with one accord tc
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 desir.es and petitions of thy ser
vants, as may be most expedient for them ;
granting us in this world knowledge of thy
truth, and in the world to come life ever
lasting. Amen.

U Then will follow a Hymn, selected by the Minister, if there is to
be a Sermon; And the Sermon ended, another Hymn will be
sung, and the Minister will offer suitable prayer and dismiss
the People with the Benediction.

2 Cor. xiii. 14.

grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and
the love of God, and the fellowship oi
the Holy Ghost, be with us all evermore
Amen.

Bert endeth the Order for Morning Prayer.

THE ORDER FOR

DAILY EVENING PRAYER

fl At the beginning of EVENING PRATER the Minister will it.«d somo
one or more of the Sentences of Scripture placed before the
MORNING PRATER, or of those which here follow.

/^1 RACE be unto you and peace from God
the Father, through our Lord Jesus
Christ. Amen.

Our help is in the name of the Lord:
who hath made heaven and earth. Psalm
cxxiv. 8.

From the rising of the sun even unto the
going down of the same, my Name shall be
great among the Gentiles; and in every
place incense shall be offered unto my
Name, and a pure offering: for rny Name
shall be great among the heathen, saith the
Lord of hosts. Mai. i. 11.

The Lord is in his holy temple: let all
the earth keep silence before him. Hab.
ii. 20.

God is a Spirit: and they that worship
him must worship him in spirit and in
truth. John iv. 24.

All things are naked and opened unto
the eyes of him -with whom we have to do
lieb. iv. 13.

EVENING PRAYER.

He that corneth to God must believe that
ne is, and that he is a rewarder of them that
diligently seek him. Heb. xi. 6.

The Lord is nigh unto all them that call
upon him, to all that call upcn him in truth.
Psalm cxlv. 18.

Let the words of my mouth, and the
meditation of my heart, be alway accept
able in thy sight, 0 Lord, my Strength and
my Eedeemer. Psalm xix. 14, 15.

I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the
mercies of God, that ye present your bodies
a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God,
which is your reasonable service. Bom.
xii. 1.

Thus saith the High and Lofty One, that
inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy: I
dwell in the high and holy place, with him
also that is of a contrite and humble spirit,
to revive the spirit of the humble and to
revive the heart of the contrite ones.

And 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 John i. 8, 9.

He that covereth his sins shall not pros
per; but whoso confesseth and forsaketh
them shall have mercy. Prov. xxviii. 13.

And if any man sin, we have an Advocaie
with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous.
1 John ii. 1.

EVENING PRAYER.

Let us therefore come boldly unto the
throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy,
and find grace to help in time of need.
Heb. iv. 16.

I To which he may add the Exhortation, as in the Morning Prayer.

f[ And then will follow this General Confession of Sin by the Peopl*
with the Minister.

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. Eestore
thou them that are penitent; According to
thy promises declared unto mankind in
Christ Jesus 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.

fl The Absolution or Remission of Sing to be declared by the Minister
alone.

A LMIGHTY God, the Father of our Lord
Jesus Christ, who desireth not the
death of a sinner, but rather that he may
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EVENING PRAYER.

turn from his wickedness, and live; and
hath given power and commandment tc
his Ministers, to declare and pronounce to
his people, being penitent, the Absolution
and Eemission of their sins : He pardoneth
and absolveth all them that truly repent,
and unfeignedly believe his holy Gospel.
Wherefore we beseech hirn to grant us true
repentance, and his Holy Spirit, that these
things may please him, which we do at this
present; and that the rest of our life here
after may be pure, and holy ; so that at the
last we may come to his eternal joy, through
Jesus Christ our Lord.

fl The People will answer here, and at the end of every Prayeii
Amen.

^ And then the Minister and People will offer the Lord's Prayer.

Father, which art in heaven, Hal
lowed 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 deli
ver us from evil : For thine is the kingdom,
the power, and the glory, For ever and ever.
Amen.

fl Then likewise the Minister may say :

O Lord, open thou our lips.
People. And our mouth shall show forth
thy praise.

EVENING PRAYER.
f Here, all standing up, the Minister will say,

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son,
and to the Holy Ghost ;

People. As it was in the beginning, is
now, and ever shall be, world without end.

\ And then will be said or sung this Psalm following, or scene other,
as appointed by the Minister.

BONUM EST CONFITERI. Psalm xcii.

TT is a good thing to give thanks unto the
Lord: and to sing praises unto thy
Name, O Most Highest;

To tell of thy loving-kindness early in the
morning : and of thy truth in the night sea
son;

Upon an instrument of ten strings, and
upon the lute : upon a loud instrument, and
upon the harp.

For thou, Lord, hast made me glad
through thy works: and I will rejoice in
giving praise for the operations of thy
hands.

\ Then may follow the Psalms in order as arranged in the Psalter,
together with the GLORIA PATRI.

f Then the Minister will read a Lesson of the Old Testament ac
cording to the Calendar.

\ And after that will be said or sung this song following.
MAGNIFICAT. Luke i.

JV/TY soul doth magnify the Lord: and my
spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour.
For he hath regarded: the lowliness of
his handmaiden.

For behold, from henceforth: all genera
tions shall call me blessed.
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EVENING PRAYER.

B JT 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 showed strength with his arm:
he hath scattered the proud in the imagina
tion of their hearts.

He hath put down the mighty from their
seat: and hath exalted the humble and
meek.

He hath rilled 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.

IT Or else this Psalm.
CANTATE DOMINO. P.-alm xcviii.

f\ SING unto the Lord a new song: for
he hath done marvellous things.

With his own right hand, and with his
holy arm : hath he gotten himself the vic
tory.

The Lord declared his salvation: his
righteousness hath he openly showed 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.

Show yourselves joyful unto the Lord, all
ye lands: sing, rejoice, and give thanks.
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EVENING PRAYER.

Praise the Lord upon the harp: sing to
the harp with a psalm of thanksgiving.

With trumpets also and shawms: O show
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.

^ Then the Minister will read a Lesson of the New Testament ac
cording t" the Calendar. And after that will be sung this song
following,

NONC DIMITTIS. Luke ii. 29.

T OED, now lettest thou thy servant depart
in peace : according to thy word.

For mine eyes have seen: thy salvation.

Which thou hast prepared: before the
face of all people ;

To be a light to lighten the Gentiles : and
to be the glory of thy people Israel.

f Or else this Psalm.
BENEDIC, AMMA MEA. Psalm ,-iii.

pEAISB the Lord, O my soul: and all
that s within me, praise his holy
Name.

Praise the Lord, 0 my soul: and forge-
not all his benefits:

Who forgiveth all thy sin : and healeth all
thine infirmities;

Who saveth thy life from destruction:
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EVENING PRAYER.

and crowneth thee with mercy and loving
kindness.

O praise the Lord, ye Angels of his, ya
that excel in strength: ye that fulfil his
commandment, and hearken unto the voice
of his word.

O praise the Lord, all ye his hosts: ye
servants of his th&t do his pleasure.

0 speak good of the Lord, all ye works
of his, in all places of his dominion : praise
thou the Lord, O my soul.

fl Then will be said the Apostles' Creed, by the Minister and People
standing.

J" BELIEVE in God the Father Almighty,

Maker of heaven and earth :
And in Jesus Christ his only Son our
Lord ; Who was conceived by the Holy
Ghost, Born of the Virgin Mary; Suffered
under Pontius Pilate, Was crucified, dead,
and buried; He descended into hell, The
third day he rose from the dead; He
ascended into heaven, And sitteth on the
right hand of God the Father Almighty;

O O •/ J

From thence he shall come to judge the
quick and the dead.

1 believe in the Holy Ghost; The Holy
Catholic Church ; The Communion of Saints ;
The Forgiveness of sins; The Resurrection
of the body; And the Life everlasting
Amen.

EVENING PRAYER.

f And after that these Prayers following, the Minister first
pronouncing,

The Lord be with you.

People. And with thy spirit.

Minister. Let us pray.

O Lord, show thy mercy upon us,

People. And grant us thy salvation.

Minister. O God, make clean our hearts
within us.

People. And take not thy Holy Spirit
from us.

If Then will be offered the Collect for the day, and after that the
Collects and Prayers following.

A Collect for Peace.

C\ GOD, from whom all holy desires, all
good counsels, and all just works do
proceed ; Give unto thy servants that peace,
which the world cannot give; that our
hearts may .be set to obey thy command
ments, 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.

A Collect tor AiU agau st all Perils.

T IGHTEN our darkness, we beseech thee,
0 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.
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EVENING PRAYER.

A Prayer for the President of the United States, and all ' •
Authority.

r\ LORD, our heavenly Father, high and
mighty King of kings, Lord of lords,
the Blessed and only Potentate, who dost
from thy throne behold all the dwellers
upon earth ; Most heartily we beseech thee
with thy favor .to behold thy chosen ser
vant our Chief Magistrate, his counsellors
and all others in authority ; and so replenish
them with the grace of thy Holy Spirit, that
they may always incline to thy will, and
walk in thy way. Endue them plenteously
with heavenly gifts; grant them in health
peace, and godliness to rule; and finally
after this life, to attain everlasting joy and
felicity; through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen.

A Prayer for Ministers and Congregations.

ALMIGHTY and everlasting God, from
whom cometh every good and perfect
gift; Send down upon our Pastors, and
other Ministers, and upon the Congregations
committed to their charge, the healthful
Spirit of thy grace; and that they may
truly please thee, pour upon them the con
tinual dew of thy blessing. Grant this, 0
Lord, for the honor of our Advocate and
Mediator, Jesus Christ. Amen.

A Prayer for all Conditions of Men.

C\ GOD, the Creator and Preserver of all
mankind, we humbly beseech thee for
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EVENING PRAYER.

all sorts and conditions of men ; that thou
wouldest be pleased to make thy ways
known unto them, thy saving health unto
all nations. More especially we pray for
thy holy church universal; that it may be
so guided and governed by thy good Spirit,
that all who profess and call themselves
Christians may be led into the way of truth,
and hold the faith in unity of spirit, in the
bond of peace, and in righteousness of life.
Finally, we commend to thy fatherly good
ness all those who are any ways afflicted,
or distressed, in mind, body, or estate; 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's sake.
Amen.

f. Here will be offered any Special Prayers or Thanksgivings which
the occasion requires.

A General Thanksgiving.

EVENING PRAYER.

thee, give us that due sense of all thy raer
cies, that our hearts may be unfeignedly
thankful, and that we may show forth thy
praise, not only with our lips, but in our
lives; by giving up ourselves to thy ser
vice, 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 honor and glory,
world without end. Amen.

A Prayer of St. Chrysostom.

ALMIGHTY God, who hast given us
grace at this time with one accord to
make our common supplications unto thee;
and dost promise that when two or three
are met 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.

fl And then, if there is to be a Sermon, a Hymn will be sung, as
appointed by the Minister; and after the Sermon will follow
another suitable Hymn and a Prayer, together with the Bene
diction.

2 Cor. xiii. 4.

E grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and
the love of God, and the fellowship of

the Holy Ghost, be with us all evermore

A men.

Here endeth the Order ftr Evening Prayer.

THE LITANY,

OR GENERAL SUPPLICATION

1 To be used in Morning P.-ayer, or in the Lord's-day Service, 01
else as a separate Service after a Selected Psalm, Lesson, and
Hymn, and before a Sermon.

C\ GOD the Father of Heaven, have mercy
upon us miserable sinners.

0 God Hie Father of Heaven, have mercy
upon us miserable sinners.

O God the Son, Redeemer of the world,
have mercy upon us miserable sinners.

0 God the /Son, Redeemer of the world, have
mercy upon us miserable sinners.

0 God the Holy Ghost, proceeding from
the Father and the Son, have mercy upon
us miserable sinners.

0 God the Holy Ghost, proceeding from the
Father and the Son, have mercy upon us
miser abk sinners.

O holy, blessed, and glorious Trinity,
three Persons and one God, have mercy upon
us miserable sinners.

0 holy, blessed, and glorious Trinity, three
Persons and one God, have mercy upon us
miserable sinners.

Remember not, Lord, our offences, nor
the offence? o? eui forefathers; neither take
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thou vengeance of our sins ; spare us, good
Lord, spare thy people, whom thou hast re
deemed with thy most precious blood, and
bo 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 dam
nation,

Good Lord, dt liver us.

From all blindness of heart; from pride,
vain-glory, and hypocrisy; from envy, ha
tred, and malice, and all uncharitableness,

Good Lord, deliver us.

From all inordinate and sinful affections;
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 mur
der, 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.
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THE LITANY.

By thine Agony and Bloody Sweat; by
thy Cross and Passion; by thy precioua
Death and Burial; by thy glorious Resur
rection 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 prosperity ; in the hour of death, and
in the day of judgment,

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 bless and pre
serve all Christian Eulers and Magistrates,
giving them grace to execute justice, and to
maintain truth ;

We beseech tliee to hear us, good Lord.

That it may please thee to illuminate all
Pastors and Ministers of the Church with
true knowledge and understanding of thy
Word; and that both by their preaching
and living they may set it forth, and show
it accordingly ;

We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord

That it may please thee to put an end to
all sects and scandals, and to send forth
faithful laborers into thy harvest ;

We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord.
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THE LiTANY.

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
neart to love and fear 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 10 hear us, good Lord.

That it may please ihee to strengthen
such as do stand ; and to comfort and help
the weak-hearted ; and to raise up those who
fall ; and finally to beat down Satan under
our feet ;

We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord.

That it may please thee to succor, help,
and comfort, all who are in danger, neces
sity, and tribulation ;

We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord.

That it may please thee to preserve all
who travel by land or by water, all women in
the perils of child-birth, all sick persons.
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and young children ; and to show 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 who are desolate and op
pressed ;

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 its, good Lord.

That it may pleas^ thee to give and pre
serve to our use the kindly fruits of the
earth, so that 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, negli
gences, 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.

O Lamb of God, who takest away the
sins of the world; have mercy upon us.

0 Lamb of God, who takest away the sin*
if the world; grant us thy peace.
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f The Minister n.ny. at his discretion, omit all that follows to th*
Prayer, "We humbly beseech thee, 0 Father," Ac.

O Christ, hear us.
0 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.

If Then will th_ Minister, and the People with him, offer the Lord's
Prayer.

Father, who art in heaven, Hallowed
be thy Name. Thy kingdom come.
Thy will be done on earth, As it is in
heaven. Give us this day our daily bread.
And forgive us our trespasses, As we for
give those who trespass against us. And
lead us not into temptation; But deliver us
from evil. Amen.

O Lord, deal not with us according to our
sins.

Neither reward us according to our ini
quities.

f\ GOD, merciful Father, who despisest
not the sighing of a contrite heart, nor
the desire of such as are sorrowful ; Merci
fully assist our prayers which we make be
fore 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
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THE LITANY.

as, may, by thy good providence, be brought
to nought; that we thy servants, being hurt
by no persecutions, may evermore give
thanks unto thee in thy holy Church;
through Jesus Christ our Lord

0 Lord, arise, help us, and deliver us for
thy Name's sake.

f\ GOD, we have heard with our ears,
and our fathers have declared unto us,
the noble works that thou didst in their
days, and in the old time before them.

0 Lord, arise, help us, and deliver us for
thine honor.

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son,
and to the Holy Ghost ;

As it ivas in the beginning, is now, and ever
shall be, world without end. Amen.

From our enemies defend us, O Christ.

Graciously look upon our afflictions.

With pity behold the sorrows of our
hearts.

Mercifully forgive the sins of thy people.

Favorably with mercy hear our prayers.

0 Son of David, have mercy upon us.

Both now and ever vouchsafe to hear us,
() Christ.

Graciously hear us, 0 Christ; jracwusli
hear us, 0 Lord Christ.

O Lord, let thy mercy be showed upor
us;

As ice do put our trust in thee.
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humbly beseech thee, O Father, mer
cifully to look upon our infirmities;
and, for the glory of thy Name, turn from
us all those evils that we most justly have
deserved ; and grant, that in all our troubles
we may put our whole trust and confidence
in thy mercy, and evermore serve thee in
holiness and pureness of living, to thy honor
and glory; through our only Mediator and
Advocate, Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

If Here may be offered any SPECIAL PRATERS or THANKSGIVINGS which
the occasion requires.

A Prayer of St. Chrysostom.

ALMIGHTY God, who hast given us
grace at this time with one accord to
make our common supplications unto thee;
and dost promise that when two or three
are gathered together in thy Name thou wilt
grant their requests; Fulfil now, O Lord,
the desires and petitions of thy servants, as
may be most expedient for them ; granting
us in this world knowledge of thy truth, and
in the world to come life everlasting. Amen.

f Then will follow a Hymn and the Sermon, or else the Lord's day
Service placed next after this, as will be directed by the Min
ister.

2 Cor. xiii. 14.

grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and
the love of God, and the fellowship of
the Holy Ghost, be with us all evermore
Amen.

THE ORDER FOR

DIVINE SERVICE

THE LORD'S DAY.

\ On tha Lord's day, as on other days, the Minister mi.y use the
Order for Daily Prayer, Morning and Evening; but for the
Principal Divine Service, after Morning Prayer, or omitting
Morning Prayer, he will use this Order ensuing, in connection
with the Office of the Lord's Supper, when there is to be a
Communion.

J At the beginning of the ensuing Service will be said or pung thif
Psalm following, or some I'roper Psalm for the day, together
with the GLORIA PATRI.

SUM. Psalm cxxii.

I WAS glad when they said unto me.
We will go into the house of the Lord.

Our feet shall stand in thy gates : O Jeru
salem.

O pray for the peace of Jerusalem : they
shall prosper that love thee.

Peace be within thy walls : and plenteous-
ness within thy palaces.

For my brethren and companions' sakes:
I wi^ now say, Peace be within thee.

GLORIA PATRI.

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. Ameu.
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DIVINE SERVICE ON THE LORD'S DAY.

f And after the Minister has offered this Collect following, the P8opl«
may say with him the Lord's Prayer.

A LMIGHTY God, unto whom all hearts
are 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.

(~)UR Father, who art in heaven, Hallowed
be thy Name. Thy kingdom come.
Thy will be done on earth, as it is in
heaven. Give us this day our daily bread.
And forgive us our trespasses, As we for
give those who trespass against us. And
lead us not into temptation ; But deliver us
from evil; For thine ia the kingdom, and
the power and the glory, For ever and ever.
Amen.

Y Then will the Minister rehearse the Ten Commandments of th«
Law ; and the People may, after every Commandment, ask God's
mercy for their transgressions for the time past, and grace to
keep the law for the time to come, as followeth.

THE COMMANDMENTS.

D spake these words, and said; I am
the Lord thy God:
Thou shalt have no other gods before
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
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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 serve them: for I the Lord thy God
arn a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of
the fathers upon the children, unto the third
and fourth generation of them that hate me,
and showing mercy unto thousands of them
that love me, and keep my commandments.

People. Lord, have mercy upon us, and
incline our hearts to keep this law.

Minister. Thou shalt not take tho Name
of the Lord thy God in vain : for the Lord
will not hold him guiltless, that taketh his
Name in vain.

People. Lord, have mercy upon us, and
incline our hearts to keep this law.

Minister. Remember the Sabbath day to
to keep it holy. Six days shalt thou labor,
and do all thy work; but the seventh day
is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God. In it
thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy
son, nor thy daughter, nor thy man-servant,
nor thy maid-servant, nor thy cattle, nor
thy 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 Sabbath day, and hallowed it.

People. Lord, have mercy upon us, and
incline our hearts to keep this law.

Minister. Honor thy father and thy mother ;
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DIVINE SERVICE ON THE LORD'S DAY.

that thy days may bo 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 not kill.

People. Lord, have mercy upon us, anv
incline our hearts to keep this law.

Minister. Thou shalt not commit adultery.

People. Lord, have mercy upon us, and
incline our hearts to keep this law.

Minister. Thou shalt not steal.

People. Lord, have mercy upon us, and
incline our hearts to keep this law.

Minister. Thou shalt not bear false witness
against thy neighbor.

People. Lord, have mercy upon us, and
incline our hearts to keep this law.

Minister. Thou shalt not covet thy neigh
bor's house, thou shalt not covet thy neigh
bor's wife, nor his servant, nor his maid,
nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is
thy neighbor's.

People. Lord, have mercy upon us, and
write all these thy laws in our hearts, we
beseechrthee.

1f And the Minister may add our Lord's Summary of the Law and
the Prophota, with the Collect following

Hear also what our Lord Jesus Christ
saith.

'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
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DIVINE SERVICE ON THE LORD'S DAT.

great commandment. And the second ia
like unto it; Thou shalt love thy neighboi
as thyself. On these two commandments
hang all the Law and the Prophets.

Q 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 Savioui
Jesus Christ. Amen.

If Then will be offered the Collect of the day, or some petition suited
to its lessons. And immediately after the Collect, the Minister
will read the EPISTLE, and then the GOSPEL, naming before each
the chapter and verse at which he will begin to read.

f Then will the Minister pronounce the Eight Beatitudes or Bless
ings of the Gospel ; and the People standing may, after every
blessing, declare the reason given for the same, as followeth.

A ND Jesus opened his mouth and taught
his disciples, saying:

Blessed are the poor in spirit :

People. For theirs is the kingdom oi
heaven.

Minister. Blessed are they that mourn :

People. For they shall be comforted.

Minister. Blessed are the meek:

People. For they shall inherit the earth.

Minister. Blessed are they which do hun
^er and thirst after righteousness:

People. For they shall be filled.
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DIVINE SERVICE ON TITE LORD'S DAT.

Minister. Blessed are the merciful :

People. For they shall obtain mercy.

Minister. Blessed are the pure in heart:

People. For they shall see God.

Minister. Blessed are the peace-makers :

People. For they shall be called the chil
dren of God.

Minister. Blessed are they which are per
secuted for righteousness' sake:

People. For theirs is the kingdom of
heaven.

If Then may be sung, ail standing, GLORIA iv EXCELSIS, as Alloweth

C\ LORY be to God on high, and on 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, 0 Lord God, heavenly
King, God the Father Almighty.

0 Lord, the only-begotten Son, Jesus
Christ; 0 Lord God, Lamb of God, Son of
the Father, that takest away the sins of the
world, have mercy upon us. Thou that
takest away the sins of the world, have
mercy upon us. Thou that takest away the
sins of the world, receive our prayer. Thou
that sittest at the right hand of God the
Father, have mercy upon us.

For thou only art holy ; thou only art the
Lord; thou only, O Christ, with the Holy
Ghost, art most high in the glory of God
the Father. Amen.

DIVINE SERVICE ON THE LORD'S DA*.

f Then the Minister and People standing, will say the Apostles'
Creed ; wberein the words, " He descended into hell," are
understood to mean that he continued in the state of the
dead, and under the power of death, until the third day.

| BELIEVE in God the Father Almighty,
Maker of heaven and earth :

And in Jesus Christ his only Son our
Lord, Who was conceived by the Holy
Ghost, Born of the Virgin Mary, Suffered
under Pontius Pilate, Was crucified, dead
and buried; He descended into hell; The
third day he rose again from the dead, He
ascended into heaven, And sitteth on the
right hand of God the Father Almighty;
From thence he shall come to judge the
quick and the dead.

I believe in the Holy Ghost; The holy
Catholic Church ; the Communion of Saints ;
The Forgiveness of sins; The Resurrection
of the body, And the Life everlasting.
Amen.

U Or this, (called the NICENE CREED,) when thi re 5« to be a Com
munion

[ BELIEVE in one God, the Father
Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth,
And of all things visible and invisible.

And in one Lord Jesus Christ, the only •
begotten Son of God, Begotten of his Father
before all worlds; God of God, Light of
Light, very God of very God, Begotten, not
made, Being of one substance with the
Father; By whom all things were made;
Who, for us men, and for our salvation,
came down from heaven, A nd was incarnate
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DIVINE SERVICE ON THE LORD'S DAT.

by the Holy Ghost of the Virgin Mary, Anci
was made man, And was crucified also for
us under Pontius Pilate. He suffered and
was buried; And the third day he rose
again, according to the Scriptures; And
ascended into heaven, And sitteth on the
right hand of the Father. And he shall
come again with glory to judge both the
quick and the dead ; Whose kingdom shall
have no end.

And I believe in the Holy Ghost, the
Lord and Giver of life, Who proceedeth
from the Father and the Son, Who with the
Father and the Son together is worshipped
and glorified, Who spake by the Prophets.
And I believe one Catholic and Apostolic
Church. I acknowledge one Baptism for
the remission of sins; And I look for the
Resurrection of the dead, And the Life of
the world to come. Amen.

f Then will be offered the Litany, or other Qeneral Prayer, together
with such Special Prayers as In the Minister's judgment are
requisite and fitting.

fi And then, a Hymn having been sung, will follow the Sermon,
after silent prayer for God's Blessing upon the Preaching of the
Word.

E the heart and the lips of thy
servant, O Almighty God, as thou
didst cleanse the lips of thy prophet with a
burning coal from thine altar, and vouch
safe, by thy gracious Spirit, so to purify
him that he may worthily and faithfully
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COLLECTS, ASCRIPTIONS, AND BENEDICTIONS.

proclaim thy Holy Gospel; through Christ
our Lord. Amen.

If And when the Sermon is ended, if there is to be a Communion,
the Minister will proceed as in the Order for the Administration
of the Lord's Supper. But, if there is to be no Communion, he
will conclude the service with a Prayer and Hymn suited to the
Sermon, and with the Benediction.

f^ 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 forth in
us the fruit of good living, to the honor and
praise of thy Name; through Jesus Christ
our Lord. Amen.

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.

Here endeth. the Order for Divine Service on the Lord's Day.

1 Collects, Ascriptions, and Benedictions, to be used at the end of
any Divine Service by the discretion of the Minister.

Q GOD, Holy Ghost, Sanctifier of the faith
ful, visit we pray thee, this congrega
tion with thy love and favor; enlighten
their minds more and more with the light
of the everlasting gospel; graft in theii
hearts a love of the truth; increase in them
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COLLECTS, ASCRIPTIONS, AND BENEDICTIONS.

true religion ; nourish them with all good
ness ; and of thy great mercy, keep them in
the same, O blessed Spirit ; Whom with the
Father and the Son together, we worship
and glorify as one God, world without end.
Amen.

T)IRECT us, O Lord, in all our doings
with thy most gracious favor, and fur
ther 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.

A LMIGHTY God, the fountain of all
wisdom, who knowest our necessities
before we ask, and our ignorance in asking ;
We beseech thee to have compassion upon
our infirmities ; and those things, which for
our unworthiness we dare not, and for our
blindness we cannot ask, vouchsafe to give
us, for the worthiness of thy Son Jesus
Christ our Lord. Amen.

A LMIGHTY God, who hast promised to
hear the petitions of them that ask in
thy Son's Name; We beseech thee merci
fully 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
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COLLECTS, ASCRIPTIONS, AND BENEDICTIONS.

forth of thy glory; through Jesus Christ
our Lord. Amen.

A SSIST us mercifully, O Lord, in these
our supplications and prayers, and
dispose the way of thy servants towards the
attainment of everlasting salvation; that,
among all the changes and chances of this
mortal life, they may ever be defended by
thy most gracious and ready help ; through
Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

"V"OW unto the King, Eternal, Immortal,
invisible, the only wise God, be honor
and glory for ever and ever. Amen.

unto Him that is able to keep us
from falling, and to present us fault
less before the presence of his glory with
exceeding joy, To the only wise God our
Saviour, be glory and majesty, dominion
and power, both now and ever. Amen.

^OW unto him that is able to do exceed
ing abundantly above all that we
ask or think, according to the power that
worketh in us; unto him be glory in the
Church, by Christ Jesus, throughout all
ages, world without end. Amen.

~M"OW the God of peace, that brought

again from the dead our Lord Jesus,

that Great Shepherd of the sheep, through

the blood of the everlasting covenant, make

you perfect in every good work to do his

COLLECTS, EPISTLES, AND G08PELS.

will, working in you that which is well-
pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ ;
to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.

Lord bless you and keep you : the
Lord cause his face to shine upon you,
and be gracious unto you : the Lord lift up
the light of his countenance upon you, and
give you peace. Amen.

B grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and
the love of God, and the fellowship of
the Holy Ghost, be with us all ever more.
Amen.

THE COLLECTS, EPISTLES, AM) GOSPELS,

TO BE USED THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

THE COLLECT.

A LMIGHTY God, give us grace that we

may cast away the works of darkness,

and put upon us the armor 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

THE FIRST SUNDAY IN ADVENT.

judge both the quick and dead, we may
rise to the life immortal, through him who
liveth and reigneth within thee and the
Holy Ghost, now and ever. Amen.

f This Collect may be repeated every day, with the other Collects in
Advent, until the Nativity.

THE EPISTLE. Romans xiii. 8.

no man anything, but to love one
another: for he that loveth another
hath fulfilled the Law. For this, Thou
shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not
kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not
bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet;
and if there be any other commandment, it
is briefly comprehended in this saying,
namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as
thyself. Love worketh no ill to his neigh
bor ; 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
armor 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.
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THE FIRST SUNDAY IN ADVENT.

THE GOSPEL. Matt. xxi. 1.

\\THEN they drew nigh unto Jerusalem,
and were come to Bethphage, unto the
Mount of Olives, then sent Jesus two disci
ples, saying unto them, Go into the village
over against you, and straightway ye shall
find an ass tied, and a colt with her : loose
them, and bring them unto me. And if any
man say aught unto you, ye shall say, The
Lord hath need of them ; and straightway
he will send them. All this was done, that
it might be fulfilled which was spoken by
the prophet, saying, Tell ye the daughter
of Zion, Behold, thy King cometh unto
thee, meek, and sitting upon an ass, and a
colt the foal of an ass. And the disciples
went, and did as Jesus commanded them;
and brought the ass and the colt, and put
on them their clothes, and they set him
thereon. And a very great multitude spread
their garments in the way ; others cut down
branches from the trees, and strewed them
in the way. And the multitudes that went
before, and that followed, cried, saying,
Hosanna to the son of David! Blessed is
he that cometh in the name of the Lord !
Hosanna in the highest ! And when he was
come into Jerusalem, all the city was moved,
saying, Who is this? And the multitude
said, This is Jesus, the Prophet of Nazareth
of Galilee. And Jesus went into the temple
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THB SECOND SUNDAY IN ADVENT.

of God, and cast out all them that sold and
bought in the temple, and overthrew the
tables of the money-changers, and the seats
of them that sold doves, and said unto them,
It is written, My house shall be called the
house of prayer ; but ye have made it a den
of thieves.

^umtojr in 3Mto*nt.

THE COLLECT.

gLESSED Lord, who hast caused all holy
Scriptures to be written for our learn
ing; Grant that we may in such wise hear
them, read, mark, learn, and inwardly digest
them, that by patience, and comfort of thy
holy Word, we may embrace, and ever hold
fast the blessed hope of everlasting life,
which thou hast given us in our Saviour
Jesus Christ. Amen.

THE EPISTLE. Romans xv. 4.
WHATSOEVER things were written
aforetime, were written for our learn
ing ; that we, through patience, and comfort
of the Scriptures, might have hope. Now
the God of patience and consolation grant
you to be like-minded one towards another,
according to Christ Jesus: that ye may
with one mind and one mouth glorify God,
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THE SECOND SUNDAY IN ADVENT.

even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Wherefore receive ye one another, as Christ
also received us, to the glory of God. Now
I say, that Jesus Christ was a minister of
the Circumcision for the truth of God, to
confirm the promises made unto the fathers:
and that the Gentiles might glorify God for
his mercy ; as it is written, For this cause I
will confess to thee among the Gentiles, and
sing unto thy Name. And again he saith,
Eejoice, 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 Boot 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. Luke xxi. 25.

A ND there shall be signs in the sun, and
in the moon, and in the stars; and
upon the earth distress of nations, with per
plexity; 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
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lift up your heads; for your redemption
draweth nigh. And he spake to them a
parable. Behold the fig-tree, and all the
trees; when they now shoot forth, ye see
and know of your own selves that summer
is now nigh at hand. So likewise ye, when
ye see these things come to pass, know ye
that the Kingdom of God is nigh at hand.
Verily I say unto you, This generation
shall not pass away, till all be fulfilled.
Heaven and earth shall pass away ; but my
words shall not pass away.

fyd J^undag in

THE COLLECT.

LOED Jesus Christ, who at thy first
coming didst send thy messenger to
prepare thy way before thee; Grant that
the ministers and stewards of thy mysteries
may likewise so prepare and make ready
thy way, by turning the hearts of the dis
obedient to the wisdom of the just, that at
thy second coming to judge the world we
may be found an acceptable people in thy
eight, who livest and reignest with the
Father and the Holy Spirit, ever one God,
world without end. Amen.
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THE EPISTLE. 1 Cor. iv. 1.

T ET a man so account of us, as of the
ministers of Christ, and stewards of
the mysteries of God. Moreover, it is
required in stewards, that a man be found
faithful. But with me it is a very small
thing that I should be judged of you, or of
man's judgment : 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. Matt. xi. 2.
XTOW when John had heard in the prison
the works of Christ, he sent two of his
disciples, and said unto him, Art thou He
that should come, or do we look for an
other ? Jesus answered and said unto them,
Go and show John again those things which
ye do hear and see: The blind receive their
sight, and the lame walk, the lepers are
cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are
raised up, and the poor have the Gospel
preached to them : and blessed is he whoso
ever shall not be offended in me. And as
they departed, Jesus began to say unto
the multitudes concerning John, What went
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THE FOURTH SUNDAY IN ADVENT.

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 rai
ment ? 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
ne of whom it is written, Behold, I send my
messenger before thy face, which shall pre
pare thy way before thee.

<J[0urth ^undag in Jitent.

THE COLLECT.

C\ LORD, raise up, we pray thee, thy
power, and come among us, and with
great might succor us ; that whereas, through
our sins and wickedness, we are sore let and
hindered in running the race that is set be
fore us, thy bountiful grace and mercy may
speedily help and deliver us; through the
satisfaction of thy Son our Lord, to whom,
with thee and the Holy Ghost, be honor and
glory, world without end. Amen.

THE EPISTLE. Phil. iv. 4.

"DEJOICE 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

THE FOURTH SUNDAY IN ADVENT.

thing, by p -ayer 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. John i. 19.

is the record of John, when the
Jews sent Priests and Levites from
Jerusalem to ask him, Who art thou ? And
he confessed, and denied not ; but confessed,
I am not the Christ. And they asked him,
What then? Art thou Elias? And he
saith, I am not. Art thou that Prophet?
And he answered, No. Then said they unto
him, Who art thou? that we may give an
answer to them that sent us. What sayest
thou of thyself? He said, I am the voice
of one crying in the wilderness, Make
straight the way of the Lord, as said the
prophet Esaias. And they which were sent
were of the Pharisees. And they asked
him, and said unto him, Why baptizest thou
then, if thou be not that Christ, nor Elias,
neither that Prophet ? John answered them,
saying, I baptize with water: but there
standeth One among you, whom ye know
not; He it is, who, coming after me, is pre
ferred before me, whose shoe's latchet I am
not worthy to unloose. These things were
done in Bethabara beyond Jordan, where
John was baptizing.

THE NATIVITY OP CHRIST,

IJatimtir, or iirth-dag of djjhriat

THE COLLECT.

A LMIGHTY God, who hast given us thy
only-begotten Son to take our nature
upon him, and as at this time to be born of
a pure virgin ; Grant that we being regene
rate, and made thy children by adoption
and grace, may daily be renewed by thy
Holy Spirit; through the same our Lord
Jesus Christ, who liveth and reigneth with
thee and the same Spirit, ever one God,
world without end. Amen.

THE EPISTLE. Heb. i. 1.

), who at sundry times and in divers
manners spake in time past unto the
fathers by the prophets, hath in these last
days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he
hath appointed heir of all things, by whom
also he made the worlds; who (being the
brightness of his glory, and the express
image of his person, and upholding all
things by the word of his power,) when he
had by himself purged our sins, sat down
on the right hand of the Majesty on high ;
being made so much better than the angels,
as he hath by inheritance obtained a more
excellent name than they. For unto which
of the angels said he at any time, Thou art
my Son, this day have I begotten thee;
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THE NATIVITY OF CHRIST.

And again, I will be to him a Father, and
he shall be to me a Son? And again, when
he bringeth in the First-begotten into the
world, he saith, And let all the angels of
God worship him. And of the angels he
saith, Who maketh his angels spirits, and
his ministers a flame of fire. But unto the
Son he saith, Thy throne, O God, is for ever
and ever; a sceptre of righteousness is the
sceptre of thy kingdom. Thou hast loved
righteousness, and hated iniquity; therefore
God, even thy God, hath anointed thee with
the oil of gladness above thy fellows. And,
Thou, Lord, in the beginning hast laid the
foundation of the earth; and the heavens
are the works of thine hands: they shall
perish, but thou remainest; and they all
shall wax old as doth a garment : and as a
vesture shalt thou fold them up, and they
shall be changed; but thou art the same
and thy years shall not fail.

THE GOSPEL. John i. 1.

TN the beginning was the Word, and the
Word was with God, and the Word
was God. The same was in the beginning
with God. All things were made by him;
and without him was not any thing made
that was made. In him was life, and the
life was the light of men. And the light
shineth in darkness, and the darkness com
prehended it not. There was a man sent
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from God, whose name was John. The
same came for a witness, to bear witness of
the Light, that all men through hi rn might
believe. He was not that Light, but was
sent to bear witness of that Light. That
was the true Light, which lighteth every
man that cometh into the world. He was
in the world, and the world was made by
him, and the world knew him not. He came
unto his own, and his own received him not.
But as many as received him, to them gave
he power to become the sons of God, even
to them that believe on his Name : which
were born, not of blood, nor of the will of
the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of
God. And the Word was made flesh, and
dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory,
the glory as of the Only-begotten of the
Father,) full of grace and truth.

JSimdag after Christmas-dag.

THE COLLECT.

A LMIGHTY God, wnose only -begotten
Son appeared in our nature, born of a
woman, and made under the law; Grant,
we beseech thee, that as he was made in
outward things like to us, so we may be
inwardly renewed after his image, through
the same Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
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THE EPISTLE. Gal. iv. 1.

I say, that the heir, as long as he is
a child, differeth nothing from a ser
vant, though he be lord of all ; but is under
cutors and governors, until the time ap
pointed of the father. Even so we, when
we were children, were in bondage under
the elements of the world; but when the
fulness of the time was come, God sent forth
his Son, made of a woman, made under the
Law, to redeem them that were under the
Law, that we might receive the adoption of
sons. And because ye are sons, God hath
sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your
hearts, crying, Abba, Father. Wherefore
thou art no more a servant, but a son ; and
if a son, then an heir of God, through
Christ.

THE GOSPEL. Matt. i. 18.

HTHB birth of Jesus Christ was on this
wise. When as his mother Mary was
espoused to Joseph, before they came toge
ther, she was found with child of the Holy
Ghost. Then Joseph her husband, being a
just man, and not willing to make her a
public example, was minded to put her
away privily. But while he thought on
these things, behold, the angel of the Lord
appeared unto him in a dream, saying,
Joseph, thou son of David, fear not to take
unto thee Mary thy wife ; for that which is

Ok,

THE CIRCUMCISION OF CHRIST.

conceived in her is of the Holy Ghost. And
she shall bring forth a son, and thou rhalt
call his name JESUS; for he shall save his
people from their sins. (Now all this was
done, that it might be fulfilled which was
spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying,
Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and
shall bring forth a son, and they shall call
his name Emmanuel, which, being inter
preted, is, God with us.) Then Joseph being
raised from sleep did as the angel of the
Lord had bidden him, and took unto him
his wife; and knew her not till she had
brought forth her first-born son: and he
called his name JESUS.

dptpmmiott of dfhrist.

THE COLLECT.

A LMIGHTY God, who madest thy blessed
Son to be circumcised, and obedient to
the Law for man; Grant us the true Cir
cumcision 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 thv Son Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
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THE EPISTLE. Kom. iv. 8.

gLESSED is the man to whom the Lord
will not impute sin. Cometh this bless
edness then upon the Circumcision only, or
upon the Uncircumcision also? For we
say, that faith was reckoned to Abraham for
righteousness. How was it then reckoned?
when he was in circumcision, or in uncir-
cumcision? 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 uncir-
cumcised; that he might be the father of
all them that believe, though they be not
circumcised; that righteousness might be
imputed unto them also : and the father of
circumcision to them who are not of the Cir
cumcision only, but also walk in the steps
of that faith of our father Abraham, which
he had, being yet uncircumcised. For the
promise, that he should be the heir of the
world, was not to Abraham, or to his seed,
through the Law, but through the righteous
ness of faith. For if they which are of the
Law are heirs, faith is made void, and the
promise made of none effect.

THE GOSPEL. Luke ii. 15.

AND

it came to pass, as the angels were
gone away from them into heaven, the
bhepherds said one to another, Let us now
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THE EPIPHANY.

go even unto Bethlehem, and see this thing
which is come to pass, which the Lord hath
made known unto us. And they came with
haste, and found Mary and Joseph and the
babe lying in a manger. And when they
had seen it, they made known abroad the
saying which was told them concerning this
child. And all they that heard it wondered
at those things which were told them by the
shepherds. But Mary kept all these things,
and pondered them in her heart. And the
shepherds returned, glorifying and praising
God for all the things that they had heard
and seen, as it was told unto them. And
when eight days were accomplished for the
circumcising of the child, his name was
called Jesus, which was so named of the
angel before he was conceived in the womb.

If The same Collect, Epistle, and Gospel may serve for every day
after, unto the Epiphany.

(Epiphany ot[ the
o^ dfhrist to th

THE COLLECT.

C\ GOD, who by the leading of a star didst
manifest thy only -begotten Son to the
Gentiles; Mercifully grant that we, who
know thee now by faith, may after this life
have the fruition of thy glorious Godhead ;
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
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THE EPISTLE. Eph. iii 1.

this cause, I Paul, the prisoner of
Jesus Christ for you Gentiles; if ye
have heard of the dispensation of the grace
of God, which is given me to you- ward:
How that by revelation he made known
unto me the mystery (as I wrote afore in
few words, whereby, when ye read, ye may
understand my knowledge in the mystery
of Christ) which in other ages was not made
known unto the sons of men, as it is now
revealed unto his holy Apostles and Pro
phets 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 un
searchable 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, ac
cording to the eternal purpose which he
purposed in Christ Jesus our Lord: in
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THE EPIPHANY.

whom we have boldness and access with
confidence by the faith of him.

THE GOSPEL. Matt. ii. 1.

Jesus was born in Bethlehem cf
Judea, in the days of Herod the King,
behold, there came wise men from the East
to Jerusalem, saying, Where is he that is
born King of the Jews? for we have seen
his star in the East, and are come to wor
ship 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 Judea ; for
thus it is written by the prophet, And thou
Bethlehem in the land of Juda, art not the
least among the princes of Juda ; for out of
thee shall come a Governor, that shall rule
my people Israel. Then Herod, when he
had privily called the wise men, inquired
of them diligently what time the star ap
peared. 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
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THE FIRST SUNDAY AFTER THE EPIPHANY.

young child was. When they saw the stai
they rejoiced with exceeding great joy
And when they were come into the house,
they saw the young child with Mary his
mother, and fell down and worshipped
him: and when they had opened their
treasures they presented unto him gifts;
gold, and frankincense, and myrrh. And
beinor warned of God in a dream that they
should not return to Herod, they departed
into their own country another way.

<Jpt[st ^tmdag after the

THE COLLECT.

r\ LORD, we beseech thee mercifully to
receive the prayers of thy people who
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.

T BESEECH you therefore, brethren, by

the mercies of God, that ye present your

bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable

unto God, which is your reasonable service.

And be not conformed to this world; but

be ye transformed by the renewing of your

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THE FIRST SUNDAY AFTER THE EPIPHANY.

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 inun that is among you, not to
think of himself more highly than he ought
to think ; but to think soberly, according as
God hath dealt to every man the measure
of faith. For as we have many members in
one body, and all members have not the
same office; so we, being many, are one
body in Christ, and every one members one
of another.

THE GOSPEL. Luke ii. 41.

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 tar
ried behind in Jerusalem ; and Joseph and
his mother knew not of it. But they, sup
posing 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
jf the doctors, both hearing them, and ask
ing them questions. And all that heard
him were astonished at his understanding
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and answers. And when they saw him,
they were amazed; and his mother said
unto him, Son, why hast thou thus dealt
with us? behold, thy father and I have
sought thee sorrowing. And he said unto
them, How is it that ye sought me ? wist ye
not that I must be about my Father's busi
ness ? And they understood not the saying
which he spake unto them. And he went
down with them, and came to Nazareth,
and was subject unto them ; but his mother
kept all these sayings in her heart. And
Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and
in favour with God and man.

after

THE COLLECT.

A LMIGHTY and everlasting God, who
dost govern all things in heaven and
earth ; Mercifully hear the supplications of
thy people, and grant us thy peace all the
days of our life; through Jesus Christ our
Lord. Amen.

THE EPISTLE. Eom. xii. 6.

tTAVING then gifts differing according 1o

the grace that is given to us, whether

prophecy, let us prophesy according to the

proportion of faith; or ministry, let us wait

THE SECOND SUNDAY AFTER THE EPIPHANY.

on our ministering ; or he that teacheth, on
teaching; or he that exhorteth, on exhorta
tion: he that giveth, let him do it with sim
plicity; he that ruleth, with diligence; he
that showeth mercy, with cheerfulness. Let
love be without dissimulation. Abhor that
which is evil ; cleave to that which is good.
Be kindly affectioned one to another with
brotherly love; in honor preferring one an
other; not slothful in business; fervent in
spirit; serving the Lord; rejoicing in hope;
patient in tribulation ; continuing instant in
prayer; distributing to the necessity of
saints; given to hospitality. Bless them
which persecute you ; bless, and curse not.
Rejoice with them that do rejoice, and weep
with them that weep. Be of the same mind
one towards another. Mind not high things,
but condescend to men of low estate.

THE GOSPEL. John ii. 1.

AND

the third day there was a marriage
in Cana of Galilee, and the mother of
Jesus was there. And both Jesus was
called, and his disciples, to the marriage.
And when they wanted wine, the mother of
Jesus saith unto him, They have no wine.
Jesus saith unto her, Woman, what have I
to do with thee ? mine hour is not yet come.
His mother saith unto the servants, What
soever he saith unto you, do it. And there
were set there six water-pots of stone, aftei
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:te manner of the purifying of the Jews,
containing two or three firkins apiece.
Jesus saith unto them, Fill the water-pota
with water. And they filled them up to the
brim. And he saith unto them, Draw out
now, and bear unto the governor of the
feast. And they bare it. When the rule~
of the feast had tasted the water that was
made wine, and knew not whence it was,
(but the servants which drew the water
knew,) the governor of the feast called the
bridegroom, and saith unto him, Every man
at the beginning doth set forth good wine,
and when men have well drunk, then that
which is worse ; but thou hast kept the good
wine until now. This beginning of mira
cles did Jesus in Cana of Galilee, and mani
fested forth his glory, and his disciples be
lieved on him.

Sflttyd itndajr after fty

THE COLLECT.

A LMIGHTY and everlasting God, merci
fully 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.
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THE EPISTLE. Rom. xii. 16.

DE not wise in your own conceits. Recom
pense to no man evil for evil. Provide
things honest in the sight of all men. If it
be possible, as much as lieth in you, live
peaceably with all men. Dearly beloved,
avenge not yourselves, but rather give place
unto wrath ; for it is written, Vengeance is
mine ; I will repay, saith the Lord. There
fore, if thine enemy hunger, feed him ; if he
thirst, give him drink: for in so doing thou
shalt heap coals of fire on his head. Be not
overcome of evil, but overcome evil with
good.

THE GOSPEL. Matt. viii. 1.

ne was come down from the moun
tain, great multitudes followed him.
And behold, there came a leper and wor
shipped him, saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou
canst make me clean. And Jesus put forth
his hand, and touched him, saying, 1 will ;
be thou clean. And immediately his leprosy
was cleansed. And Jesus saith unto him,
See thou tell no man ; but go thy way, show
thyself to the priest, and offer the gift that
Moses commanded, for a testimony unto
them. And when Jesus was entered into Ca
pernaum, there came unto him a centurion,
beseeching him, and saying, Lord, my ser
vant lieth at home sick of the palsy, griev
ously tormented. And Jesus saith unto him
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I will come and heal him. The centurion
answered and said, Lord, I am not worthy
that thou shouldest come under my roof;
but speak the word only, and my servant
shall be healed. For I am a man under
authority, having soldiers under me: and I
say unto this man, Go, and he goeth; and
to another, Come, and he cometh; and to
my servant, Do this, and he doeth it. When
Jesus heard it, he marvelled, and said to
them that followed, Verily I say unto you,
I have not found so great faith, no, not in
Israel. And I say unto you, that many
shall come from the east, and west, and shall
sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and
Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven. But the
children of the kingdom shall be cast out
into outer darkness : there shall be weeping
and gnashing of teeth. And Jesus said unto
the centurion, Go thy way, and as thou hast
believed, so be it done unto thee. And his
servant was healed in the self-same hour.

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THE COLLECT.

r\ 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 ua

THE FOURTH SUNDAY AFTEE THE EPIPHANY.

rach strength and protection as may support
us in all dangers, and carry us through, all
temptations ; through Jesus Christ our Lord
Amm.

THE EPISTLE. Rom. xiii. 1.

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 thou
then not be afraid of the power? do that
which is good, and thou shalt have praise
of the same ; for he is the minister of God
to thee for good. But if thou do that which
is evil, be afraid; for he beareth not the
sword in vain: for he is the minister of
God, a revenger to execute wrath upon him
that doeth evil. Wherefore ye must needs
be subject, not only for wrath, but also for
conscience' sake. For for this cause pay ye
tribute also; for they are God's ministers,
attending continually upon this very thing
Render therefore to all their dues; tribute
to whom tribute is due, custom to whom
custom, fear to whom fear, honor to whom
honor.

THE FOURTH SUNDAY AFTER THE EPIPHANY.

THE GOSPEL. Matt. viii. 23.

A ND when lie was entered into a ship, his
disciples followed him. And behold,
there arose a great tempest in the sea, inso
much that the ship was covered with the
waves; but he was asleep. And his disci
ples came to him and awoke him, saying,
Lord, save us, we perish. And he saith
unto them, Why are ye fearful, O ye of
little faith? Then he arose, and rebuked
the winds and the sea, and there was a great
calm. But the men marvelled, saying,
What manner of man is this, that even the
winds and the sea obey him? And when
he was come to the other side, into the
country of the Gergesenes, there met him
two possessed with devils, coming out of the
tombs, exceeding fierce, so that no man
might pass by that way. And behold, they
cried out, saying, What have we to do with
thee, Jesus, thou Son of God? art thou
come hither to torment us before the time?
And there was a good way off from them
an herd of many swine, feeding. So the
devils besought him, saying, If thou cast us
out, suffer us to go away into the herd of
swine. And he said unto them, Go. And
when they were come out, they went into
the herd of swine: and behold the whole
herd of swine ran violently down a steep
place into the sea, and perished in the
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waters. And they that kept them fled, aiid
went their ways into the city, and told every
thing, and what was befallen to the pos
sessed of the devils. And behold, the whole
city came out to meet Jesus : and when they
saw him, they besought him that he would
depart out of their coasts.

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THE COLLECT.

r\ LORD, we beseech thee to keep thy
Church and household continually in
thy true religion; that they who do lean
only upon the hope of thy heavenly grace,
may evermore be defended by thy mighty
power: through Jesus Christ our Lord
Amen.

THE EPISTLE. Col. iii. 12.

"PUT on therefore, as the elect of God, holy
and beloved, bowels of mercies, kind
ness, humbleness of mind, meekness, long-
suffering; forbearing one another, and for
giving 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

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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 psalrns, and hymns, and spi
ritual 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. Matt. xiii. 24.

Kingdom of Heaven is likened unto
a man which sowed good seed in his
field. But while men slept, his enemy came
and sowed tarevS among the wheat, and went
his way. But when the blade was sprung
up, and brought forth fruit, then appeared
the tares also. 80 the servants of the house
holder came and raid 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 ser
vants 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 ; bu*. gather the wheat
into my barn.

THE SIXTH SUNDAY AFTER THE EPIPH.iNY.

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THE COLLECT.

r\ GOD, whose blessed Son was manifested
that he might destroy the works of the
devil, and make us the Sons of God, and
heirs of eternal life; Grant us, we beseech
thee, that having this hope, we may purify
ourselves, even as he is pure ; that when he
shall appear again with power and great
glory, we may be made like unto him in
his eternal and glorious kingdom; where
with thee, O Father, and thee, 0 Holy
Ghost, he liveth and reigneth, ever one God,
world without end. Amen.

THE EPISTLE. 1 John iii. 1.

gEHOLD, what manner of love the Father
hath bestowed upon us, that we should
be called the sons of God; therefore the
world knoweth us not, because it knew him
not. Beloved, now are we the sons of God ;
and it doth not yet appear what we shall
be: but we know that, when He shall ap
pear, 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 wa? manifested to take away GUI
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sins; and in him is no sin. Whosoever
abideth in him sinneth not; whosoever sin-
neth hath not seen him, neither known him.
Little children, let no man deceive you : he
that doeth righteousness is righteous, even
as he is righteous. He that committeth sin
is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from
the beginning. For this purpose the Son
of God was manifested, that he might
destroy the works of the devil.

THE GOSPEL. Matt. xxiv. 23.

if any man shall say unto you, Lo,
here is Christ, or there ; believe it not.
For there shall arise false Christs, and false
prophets, and shall show 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
appear the sign of the Son of Man in
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heaven ; and then shall all the tribes of the
earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of
Man coming in the clouds of heaven, with
power and great glory. And he shall sent
his angels with a great sound of a trumpet,
and they shall gather together his elect
from the four winds, from one end of hea
ven to the other.

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THE COLLECT.

f\ LOKD, we beseech thee favorably to
hear the prayers of thy people ; that we
who are justly punished for our offences,
may be mercifully delivered by thy good
ness, for the glory of thy Name ; through
Jesus Christ our Saviour, who liveth and
reigneth with thee and the Holy Ghost, ever
one God, world without end. Amen.

THE EPISTLE. 1 Cor. IX. 24.

T7" NOW ye not, that they which run in a
race, run all, but one receiveth the
prize? So run, that ye may obtain. And
every man that striveth for the mastery, is
temperate in all things. Now they do it to
obtain a corruptible crown, but we an incor
ruptible. I therefore so run, not as uncer
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tainly ; so fight I, not as one that beateth
the air: but I keep under my body, and
bring it into subjection; lest that by any
means, when I have preached to others, I
myself should be a cast- a way.

THE GOSPEL. Matt. XX. 1.

Kingdom of Heaven is like unto a
man that is an householder, which went
out early in the morning to hire laborers
into his vineyard. And when he had
agreed with the laborers for a penny a day,
he sent them into his vineyard. And he
went out about the third hour, and saw
others standing idle in the market-place,
and said unto them, Go ye also into the
vineyard, and whatsoever is right I will
give you. And they went their way.
Again he went out about the sixth and
ninth hour, and did likewise. And about
the eleventh hour he went out, and found
others standing idle, and saith unto them,
Why stand ye here all the day idle? They
say unto him, Because no man hath hired
us. He saith unto them, Go ye also into
the vineyard, and whatsoever is right that
shall ye receive. So when even was come,
the lord of the vineyard saith unto his stew
ard, Call the laborers, and give them their
hire, beginning from the last unto the first.
And when they came that were hired about
the eleventh hour, they received every man
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a penny. But when the first came, they
supposed that they should have received
more ; and they likewise received every man
a penny. And when they had received it,
they murmured against the good man of the
house, saying, These last have wrought but
one hour, and thou hast made them equal
unto us, which have borne the burden and
heat of the day. But he answered one of
them, and said, Friend, I do thee no wrong :
didst thou not agree with me for a penny ?
Take that thine is, and go thy way ; I will
give unto this last even as unto thee. Is it
not lawful for me to do what I will with
mine own ? Is thine eye evil, because I am
good? So the last shall be first, and the
first last; for many be called, but few
chosen.

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THE COLLECT.

C\ LORD God, who seest that we put not
our trust in any thing that we do;
Mercifully grant that by thy power we may
be defended against all adversity; through
Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
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THE EPISTLE.. 2 Cor. xi. 19.

suffer fools gladly, seeing ye your
selves are wise. For ye suffer, if a
man bring you into bondage, if a man de
vour you, if a man take of you, if a man
exalt himself, if a man smite you on the
face. I speak as concerning reproach, as
though we had been weak. Howbeit,
whereinsoever any is bold, (I speak fool
ishly,) I am bold also. Are they Hebrews ?
so am I. Are they Israelites? so am I.
Are they the seed of Abraham? so am I.
Are they ministers of Christ ? (I speak as a
fool) I am more ; in labors more abundant,
in stripes above measure, in prisons more
frequent, in deaths oft. Of the Jews five
times received I forty stripes save one;
thrice was I beaten with rods, once was I
stoned, thrice I suffered shipwreck, a night
and a day have I been in the deep ; in jour-
neyings often, in perils of waters, in perils
of robbers, in perils by mine own country
men, in perils by the heathen, in perils in
the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils
in the sea, in perils among false brethren ;
in weariness and painful ness, 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
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offended, and I burn not? If I must needs
glory, I will glory of the things which con
cern my infirmities. The God and Father
of our Lord Jesus Christ, which is blessed
for evermore, knoweth that I lie not.

THE GOSPEL. Luke viii. 4.

T\/"HEN much people were gathered to
gether, and were come to him out of
every city, he spake by a parable: A sowei
v/ent out to sow his seed ; and as he sowed,
some fell by the way-side; and it was
trodden down, and the fowls of the air
devoured it. And some fell upon a rock ;
and as soon as it was sprung up, it withered
away, because it lacked moisture. And
some fell among thorns; and the thorns
sprang up with it, and choked it. And
other fell on good ground, and sprang up,
and bare fruit an hundred-fold. And when
he had said these things, he cried, He that
hath ears to hear, let him hear. And his
disciples asked him, saying, What might
this parable be? And he said, Unto you it
is given to know the mysteries of the king
dorn 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
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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.

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THE COLLECT.

C\ LOED, who hast taught us that all our
doings without charity are nothing
worth ; Send thy Holy Ghost, and pour into
our hearts that most excellent gift of charity,
the very bond of peace and of all virtues,
without which whosoever liveth is counted
dead before thee. Grant this for thine only
Son Jesus Christ's sake. Amen.

THE EPISTLE. 1 Cor. xiii. 1.

CHOUGH I speak with the tongues of

men and of angels, and have not charity,

I am become as sounding brass, or a tink-

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ling cymbal. And though I have the gift
of prophecy, and understand all mysteries,
and all knowledge; and though I have all
faith, so that I could remove mountains,
and have not charity, I am nothing. And
though I bestow all my goods to feed the
poor, and though I give my body to be
burned, and have not charity, it profiteth
me nothing. Charity suffereth long, and is
kind ; charity envieth not ; charity vaunteth
not itself, is not puffed up, doth not behave
itself unseemly ; seeketh not her own, is not
easily provoked, thinketh no evil ; rejoiceth
not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth ;
beareth all things, believeth all things,
hopeth all things, endureth all things. Cha
rity never faileth: but whether there be
prophecies, they shall fail; whether there
be tongues, they shall cease ; whether there
be knowledge, it shall vanish away. For
we know in part, and we prophesy in part;
but when that which is perfect is come, then
that which is in part shall be done away.
When I was a child, I spake as a child, I
understood as a child, I thought as a child ;
but when I became a man, I put away
childish things. For now we see through a
glass, darkly ; but then face to face : now I
know in part ; but then shall I know even
as also I am known. And now abideth
faith, hope, charity, these three; but the
greatest of these is charity.
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THE NEXT SUNDAY BEFORE LENT.

THE GOSPEL. Luke xviii. 31.

Jesus took unto him the twelve
and said unto them, Behold, we go up
to Jerusalem, and all things that are written
by the prophets concerning the Son of Man
shall be accomplished. For he shall bo
delivered unto the Gentiles, and shall be
mocked, and spitefully entreated, and spit
ted on: and they shall scourge him, and
put him to death; and the third day he
shall rise again. And they understood
none of these things; and this saying was
hid from them, neither knew they the
things which were spoken. And it came to
pass, that as he was come nigh unto Jericho,
a certain blind man sat by the way-side
begging; and hearing the multitude pass
by, he asked what it meant. And they
told him, that Jesus of Nazareth passeth by.
And he cried, saying, Jesus, thou Son of
David, have mercy on me. And they
which went before rebuked him, that he
should hold his peace; but he cried so
much the more, Thou Son of David, have
mercy on me. And Jesus stood, and com
manded him to be brought unto him; and
when he was come near, he asked him, say
ing, What wilt thou that I should do unto
thee? And he said, Lord, that I may
receive my sight. . And Jesus said unto
him, Eeceive thy sight: thy faith hath
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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.

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THE COLLECT.

A LMIGHTY and everlasting God, who
hatest nothing that thou hast made,
and dost forgive the sins of all those who
are penitent; Create and make in us new
and contrite hearts, that we worthily lament
ing our sins, and acknowledging our wretch
edness, may obtain of thee, the God of all
mercy, perfect remission and forgiveness;
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

fl This Collect may be read every day in Lent, after the Collect for

the day.

*T At Morning Prayer, the Litany being ended, will be said the fol
lowing Prayers.

C\ LORD, we beseech thee, mercifully hear
our prayers, and spare all those who

confess their sins unto thee; that they,

whose consciences by sin are accused, by

thy merciful pardon may be absolved;

through Christ our Lord. Amen.

Q MOST mighty God, and merciful Father,
who hast compassion upon all men, and

hatest nothing that thou hast made; who
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vvouldest not the death of a sinner, but
rather that he should turn from his sin, and
be saved; Mercifully forgive us our tres
passes; 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 for
give sins. Spare us therefore, good Lord,
spare thy people, whom thou hast redeemed ;
enter not into judgment 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.

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thou us, O good Lord, and so shall
we be turned. Be favorable, O Lord,
Be favorable to thy people, Who turn to
thee in weeping, fasting, and praying. For
thou art a merciful God, Fall 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
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of thy blessed Son, Jesus Christ our Lord
Amen.

THE EPISTLE. Joel ii. 12.
ye even to me, saith the Lord, with
all your heart, and with fasting, and with
weeping, and with mourning. And rend
your heart, and not your garments, and turn
unto the LORD your God ; for he is gracious
and merciful, slow to anger, and of great
kindness, and repenteth him of the evil.
Who knoweth if he will return and repent,
and leave a blessing behind him; even a
meat-offering and a drink-offering unto the
LORD your God? Blow the trumpet in
Zion, sanctify a fast, call a solemn assembly ;
gather the people, sanctify the congregation,
assemble the elders, gather the children, and
those that suck the breasts; let the bride
groom go forth of his chamber, and the bride
out of her closet. Let the priests, the minis
ters of the Lord, weep between the porch
and the altar, and let them say, Spare thy
people, O LORD, and give not thine heritage
to reproach, that the heathen should rule
over them : wherefore should they say among
the people, Where is their God ?

THE GOSPEL. Matt. vi. 16.

TV/'HEN ye fast, be not as the hypocrites, of

a sad countenance; for they disfigure

their faces that they may appear unto men

to fast. Verily I say unto you, they have

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their reward. But thou, when thou fastest
anoint thine head, and wash thy face; that
thou appear not unto men to fast, but unto
thy Father which is in secret: and thy
Father, which seeth in secret, shall reward
thee openly. Lay not up for youselves
treasures upon earth, where moth and rust
doth corrupt, and where thieves break
through and steal: but lay up for your
selves 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.

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THE COLLECT.

LORD, who for our sake didst fast forty
days and forty nights ; Give us grace
to use such temperance, that, our flesh being
subdued to the Spirit, we may ever obey
thy godly motions in righteousness, and
true holiness, to thy honor 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.

then, as workers together with him,
beseech you also that ye receive not
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have heard thee in a time accepted, and in
the day of salvation have I succored 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 dis
tresses, in stripes, in imprisonments, in
tumults, in labors, in watch ings, in fastings ;
by pureness, by knowledge, by long-suffer
ing, by kindness, by the Holy Ghost, by
love unfeigned, by the word of truth, by
the power of God, by the armor of right
eousness on the right hand and on the left,
by honor and dishonor, by evil report and
good report; as deceivers, and yet true; as
unknown, and yet well known; as dying,
and behold, we live ; as chastened, and not
killed; as sorrowful, yet always rejoicing;
as poor, yet making many rich; as having
nothing, and yet possessing all things.

THE GOSPEL. Matt. iv. 1.

HTHEN 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 hun
gered. And when the tempter came to him,
he said, If thou be the Son of God, com
mand that these stones be made bread. But
he answered and said, It is written, Man
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shall not live by bread alone, but by every
word that proceedeth out of the mouth of
God. Then the devil taketh him up into
the holy city, and setteth him on a pinnacle
of the temple, and saith unto him, If thou
be the Son of God, cast thyself down; for
it is written, He shall give his angels charge
concerning thee; and in their hands they
shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou
dash thy foot against a stone. Jesus said
unto him, It is written again, Thou shalt
not tempt the LORD thy God. Again, the
devil taketh him up into an exceeding high
mountain, and showeth him all, the king
doms 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
anto him.

Second JStttutog in Stynt.

THE COLLECT.

A LMIGHTY God, who seest that we have
no power of ourselves to help ourselves ;
Keep us both outwardly in our bodies, and
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inwardly in our souls; that we may be de
fended from all adversities which may hap
pen to the body, and from all evil thoughts
which may assault and hurt the soul;
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

THE EPISTLE. 1 Thess. iv. 1.

rE beseech you, brethren, and exhort you
by the Lord Jesus, that as ye have
received of us how ye ought to walk and to
please God, so ye would abound more and
more. For ye know what commandments
we gave you by the Lord Jesus. For this
is the will of God, even your sanctification,
that ye should abstain from fornication;
that every one of you should know how to
possess his vessel in sanctification and honor ;
not in the lust of concupiscence, even as the
Gentiles which know not God: that no man
go beyond and defraud his brother in any
matter ; because that the Lord is the avengej
of all such, as we also have forwarned you
and testified. For God hath not called us
unto uncleanness, but unto holiness. He
therefore that despiseth, despiseth not man,
but God, who hath also given unto us his
Holy Spirit.

THE GOSPEL. Matt. XV. 21.

TESUS went thence, and departed into the
coasts of Tyre and Sidon. And behold,
a woman of Canaan came out of the same
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coasts, and cried unto him, saying, Have
mercy on me, O Lord, thou Son of David
my daughter is grievously vexed with a
devil. But he answered her not a word.
And his disciples came and besought him,
saying, Send her away ; for she crieth after
us. But he answered and said, I am not
sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of
Israel. Then came she and worshipped
him, saying, Lord, help me! But he an
swered and said, It is not meet to take the
children's bread, and to cast it to dogs.
And she said, Truth, Lord ; yet the dogs eat
of the crumbs which fall from their master's
table. Then Jesus answered and said unto
her, O woman, great is thy faith : be it unto
thee even as thou wilt. And her daughter
was made whole from that very hour.

in 3tau.

THE COLLECT.

beseech thee, Almighty God, look
upon the hearty desires of thy humble
suppliants, and stretch forth the right hand
of thy Majesty, to be our defence against all
our enemies ; through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen.

THE THIRD SUNDAY IN LENT.
THE EPISTLE. Eph. V. 1.

DE ye therefore followers of God, as deai
children; and walk in love, as Christ
also hath loved us, and hath given himself
for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for
a sweet-smelling savor. But fornication, and
all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not
be once named amongst you, as becometh
saints ; neither filthiness, nor foolish talking,
nor jesting, which are not convenient; but
rather giving of thanks. For this ye know,
that no whoremonger, nor unclean person
nor covetous man, who is an idolater, hath
any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ
and of God. Let no man deceive you with
vain words; for because of these things,
cometh the wrath of God upon the children
of disobedience. Be not ye therefore par
takers 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 righteous
ness, and truth ;) proving what is acceptable
unto the Lord. And have no fellowship
with the unfruitful works of darkness, but
rather reprove them. For it is a shame
even to speak of those things which are
done of them in secret. But all things that
are reproved are made manifest by the light;
for whatsoever doth make manifest is light.
Wherefore he saith, Awake, thou that sleep-
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eat, and arise from the dead, and Christ shali
give tiiee light.

THE GOSPEL. Luke xi. 14.

TESUS was casting out a devil, and it was
dumb. And it came to pass, when the
devil was gone out, the dumb spake; and
the people wondered. But some of them
said, He casteth out devils through Beel
zebub, 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? there
fore shall they be your judges. But if 1
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 al]
his armor wherein he trusted, and divideth
his spoils. He that is not with me is against
me; and he that gathereth not with me
scattereth. When the unclean spirit is gone
out of a man, he walketh through dry
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places, seeking rest; and finding none, he
saith, I will return unto my house whence 7
came out. And when he cometh, he findeti
it swept and garnished. Then goeth he, and
taketh to him seven other spirits more
wicked than himself; and they enter in,
and dwell there : and the last state of that
man is worse than the first. And it came
to pass, as he spake these things, a certain
woman of the company lifted up her voice,
and said unto him, Blessed is the womb that
bare thee, and the paps which thou hast
sucked. But he said, Yea rather, blessed
are they that hear the Word of God, and
keep it.

in Sent.

THE COLLECT.

ri E ANT, 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.

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
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woman. But he who was of the bond
woman was born after the flesh ; but he of
the free-woman was by promise. Which
things are an allegory: for these are the
two covenants; the one from the Mount
Sinai, which gendereth to bondage, which
is Agar. For this Agar is Mount Sinai in
Arabia, and answereth to Jerusalem which
now is, and is in bondage with her children.
But Jerusalem which is above is free, which
is the mother of us all. For it is written,
Rejoice, thou barren that bearest not; break
forth and cry, thou that travailest not: for
the desolate hath many more children than
she which hath an husband. Now we.
brethren, as Isaac was, are the children ol
promise. But as then he that was born
after the flesh persecuted him that was bom
after the Spirit, even so it is now. Never
theless, what saith the Scripture? Cast out
the bond-woman and her son; for the son
of the bond- woman shall not be heir with
the son of the free- woman. So then, breth
ren, we are not children of the bond- woman,
but of the free.

THE GOSPEL. John vi. 1.

JESUS went over the Sea of Galilee, which

is the Sea of Tiberias. And a great

multitude followed him, because they saw

his miracles which he did on them that were

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diseased. And Jesus went up into a moun
tain and there he sat with his disciples.
And the Passover, a feast of the Jews, was
nigh. When Jesus then lifted up his eyes,
and saw a great company come unto him,
he saith unto Philip, Whence shall we buy
bread, that these may eat? (And this he
said to prove him; for he himself knew
what he would do.) Philip answered him,
Two hundred pennyworth of bread is not
sufficient for them, that every one of them
may take a little. One of his disciples,
Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, saith unto
him, There is a lad here, which hath five
barley loaves and two small fishes: but
what are they among so many? And
Jesus said, Make the men sit down. Now
there was much grass in the place. So the
men sat down, in number about five thou
sand. And Jesus took the loaves; and
when he had given thanks, he distributed
to the disciples, and the disciples to them
that were set down; and likewise of the
fishes as much as they would. When they
were filled, he said unto his disciples,
Gather up the fragments that remain, that
nothing be lost. Therefore they gathered
them together, and filled twelve baskets
with the fragments of the five barley
loaves, which remained over and above
unto them that had eaten. Then those
men, when they had seen the miracle that
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Jesus did, said, This is of a truth, that Pro
phet that should come into the world.

4i(th gftmlas in Sent.

THE COLLECT.

beseech thee, Almighty God, merci
fully to look upon thy people; that
by thy great goodness they may be gov
erned and preserved evermore, both in
body and soul; through Jesus Christ our
Lord. Amen.

THE EPISTLE. Heb. ix. 11.

/CHRIST being come an High Priest of
good things to come, by a greater and
more perfect tabernacle, not made with
hands ; that is to say, not of this building ;
neither by the blood of goats and calves,
but by his own blood he entered in once
into the Holy Place, having obtained eter
nal redemption for us. For if the blood of
bulls and of goats, and the ashes of an
heifer sprinkling the unclean, sanctifieth to
the purifying of the flesh ; how much more
shall the blood of Christ, who, through the
eternal Spirit, offered himself without spot
to God, purge your conscience from dead
works to serve the living God? And for
this cause he is the Mediator of the new
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lestament, that by means of death, foi the
redemption of the transgressions that were
under the first testament, they which are
called might receive the promise of eternal
inheritance.

THE GOSPEL. John viii. 46.

JESUS said, Which of you convinceth me
of sin ? And if I say the truth, why do
ye not believe me ? He that is of God hear-
eth God's words: ye therefore hear them
not, because ye are not of God. Then an
swered the Jews, and said unto him, Say
we not well that thou art a Samaritan, and
hast a devil ? Jesus answered, I have not a
devil ; but I honour my Father, and ye do
dishonor me. And I seek not mine own
glory : there is One that seeketh and judg-
eth. Verily, verily, I say unto you, If a
man keep my saying, he shall never see
death. Then said the Jews unto him, Now
we know that thou hast a devil. Abraham
is dead, and the prophets; and thou sayest,
If a man keep my saying, he shall n<4ver
taste of death. Art thou greater than our
father Abraham, which is dead? and the
prophets are dead : whom makest thou thy
self? Jesus answered, If I honor myself,
my honor is nothing: it is my Father that
honoreth me; of whom ye say, that he is
your God. Yet ye have not known him;
out I know him: and if I should' say 1
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know liirn not, I shall be a liar like unto
you ; but I know him, and keep his saying.
Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my
day; and he saw it and was glad. Then
said the Jews unto him, Thou art not yet
fifty years old, and hast thou seen Abra
ham? Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily,
I say unto you, before Abraham was, I AM.
Then took they up stones to cast at him;
but Jesus hid himself, and went out of the
temple.

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THE COLLECT.

ALMIGHTY and everlasting God, who,
of thy tender love towards mankind,
hast sent thy Son, our Saviour Jesus Christ,
to take upon him our flesh, and to suffer
death upon the cross, that all mankind
should follow the example of his great
humility; Mercifully grant, that we may
both follow the example of his patience, and
also be made partakers of his resurrection;
through the same Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen.

THE EPISTLE. Phil. ii. 5.

T 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 equa]
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with God; but made himself of no reputa
tion, and took upon him the form of a ser
vant, 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 that
Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God
the Father.

THE GOSPEL. Matt, xxvii. 1.

\yHEN the morning was come, all tho
chief priests and elders of the people
took counsel against Jesus to put him to
death. And when they had bound him,
they led him away, and delivered him to
Pontius Pilate the governor. Then Judas,
who had betrayed him, when he saw that
he was condemned, repented himself, and
brought again the thirty pieces of silver to
the chief priests and elders, saying, I have
sinned, in that I have betrayed the innocent
blood. And they said, What is that to us ?
see thou to that. And he cast down the
pieces of silver in the temple, and departed,
and went and hanged himself. And the chief
priests took the silver pieces, and said, It is
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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 that was valued,
whom they of the children of Israel did
value ; and gave them for the potter's field,
as the LORD appointed me. And Jesus
stood before the governor ; and the governor
asked him, saying, Art thou the King of the
Jews? And Jesus said unto him, Thou
sayest. And when he was accused of the
chief priests and elders, he answered no
thing. Then saith Pilate unto him, Hearest
thou not how many things they witness
against thee? And he answered him to
never a word; insomuch that the governor
marvelled greatly. Now at that feast the
governor was wont to release unto the people
a prisoner, whom they would. And they
had then a notable prisoner, called Barabbas.
Therefore when they were gathered together,
Pilate said unto them, Whom will ye that I
release unto you ? Barabbas, or Jesus which
is called Christ ? For he knew that for envy
they had delivered him. When he was set
down on the judgment-seat, his wife sent
unto him, saying, Have thou nothing to do
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With that just man; for I have suffered mairy
things this day in a dream because of him.
But the chief priests and elders persuaded the
multitude that they should ask Barabbas, and
df-stroy Jesus. The governor answered and
jaid unto them, Whether of the twain will ye
that I release unto you ? They said, Barab
bas. Pilate saith unto them, What shall I
do then with Jesus, which is called Christ?
They all say unto him, Let him be crucified I
And the governor said, Why, what evil hath
he done? But they cried out the more, say
ing, Let him be crucified! When Pilate
saw that he could prevail nothing, but that
rather a tumult was made, he took water,
and washed his hands before the multitude,
saying, I am innocent of the blood of this
just person: see ye to it. Then answered
all the people, and said, His blood be on
us, and on our children! Then released
he Barabbas unto them ; and when he had
scourged Jesus, he delivered him to be cru
cified. Then the soldiers of the governor
took Jesus into the common hall, and gath
ered unto him the whole band of soldiers.
And they stripped him, and put on him a
scarlet robe. And when they had platted a
crown of thorns, they put it upon his head,
and a reed in his right hand; and they
bowed the knee before him, and mocked
him, saying, Hail, King of the Jews! And
they spit upon him, and took the reed, and
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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 com
pelled to bear his cross. And when they
were come unto a place called Golgotha,
that is to say, a place of a skull, they gave
him vinegar to drink mingled with gall:
and when he had tasted "thereof, he would
not drink. And they crucified him, and
parted his garments, casting lots: that it
might be fulfilled which was spoken by the
prophet, They parted my garments among
them, and upon my vesture did they cast
lots. And sitting down they watched him
there; and set up over his head his accusa
tion 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 destroy est the
temple, and buildest it in three days, save
thyself. If thou be the Son of God, come
down from the cross. Likewise also the
chief priests mocking him, with the scribes
and elders, said, He saved others; himself
he cannot save. If he be the King of
Israel, let him now come down from the
cross, and we will believe him. Me trusted
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in God ; let him deliver him now, if he wil.
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 sponge, and filled it
with vinegar, and put it on a reed, and gave
him to drink. The rest said, Let be, let us
see whether Elias will come to save him.
Jesus, when he had cried again with a loud
voice, yielded up the ghost. And behold,
the vail of the temple was rent in twain
from the top to the bottom ; and the earth
did quake, and the rocks rent; and the
graves were opened; and many bodies of
saints which slept arose, and came out of
the graves after his resurrection, and went
into the holy city, and appeared unto many.
Now when the centurion, and they that
were with him, watching Jesus, saw the
earthquake, and those things that werp
done, they feared greatly, saying, Trulj
this was the Son of God.

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IRondag mont fein[.

FOE THE EPISTLE. Isa. hdi. 1.

is this that cometh from Edom,
with dyed garments from Bozrah?
this that is glorious in his apparel, travel
ling in the greatness of his strength? I
that speak in righteousness, mighty to save.
Wherefore art thou red in thine apparel,
and thy garments like him that treadeth in
the wine-fat? I have trodden the wine
press alone; and of the people there was
none with me: for I will tread them in
mine anger, and trample them in my fury ;
and their blood shall be sprinkled upon my
garments, and I will stain all my raiment.
For the day of vengeance is in mine heart,
and the year of my redeemed is come.
And I looked, and there was none to help ;
and I wondered that there was none to
uphold: therefore mine own arm brought
salvation unto me ; and my fury, it upheld
me. And I will tread down the people in
mine anger, and make them drunk in my
fury, and I will bring down their strength
to the earth. I will mention the loving-
kindnesses of the LORD, and the praises of
the LORD, according to all that the LORD
hath bestowed on us, and the great good
ness towards the house of Israel, which he
hath bestowed ou them according to his
mercies, and according to the multitude of
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his loving-kindnesses. For he said, Surely
they are my people, children that w'll not
lie: so he was their Saviour. In all theii
affliction he was afflicted, and the Angel of
his presence saved them : in his love and in
his pity he redeemed them; and he bare
them, and carried them all the days of old.
But they rebelled, and vexed his Holy
Spirit; therefore he was turned to be their
enemy, and he fought against them. Then
he remembered the days of old, Moses, and
his people, saying, Where is he that brought
them up out of the sea with the shepherd of
his flock? Where is he that put his Holy
Spirit within him? that led them by the
right hand of Moses with his glorious arm,
dividing the water before them, to make
himself an everlasting Name? that led them
through the deep, as an horse in the wilder
ness, 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 holi
ness 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 Eedeemer ; thy
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JName is from everlasting. 0 LORD, why
haat thou made us to err from thy ways,
and hardened our heart from thy fear?
Return for thy servants' sake, the tribes of
thine inheritance. The people of thy holi
ness have possessed it but a little while:
our adversaries have trodden down thy
sanctuary. We are thine: thou never
barest rale over them; they were not called
by thy Name.

THi! GOSPEL. Mark xiv. 1.

A FTER two days was the feast of the Pass
over, arid of unleavened bread : and the
chief priests and the scribes sought how they
might take hun by craft, and put him to
death. But th^y 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 a\> meat, there came a woman
having an alabaster box of ointment of
spikenard, very prooious ; and she brake the
box, and poured it on his head. And there
were some that had indignation within them
selves, and said, Wky was this waste of the
ointment made ? for m might have been sold
for more than three hundred pence, and
<i.ave been given to the poor. And they
murmured against h^r. And Jesus said,
Let her alone; why wouble ye her? She
hath wrought a good work on me. For ye
have the poor with you always, and when-
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soever ye will ye may do them good; but
me ye have not always. She hath done
what she could ; she is come aforehand to
anoint my body to the burying. Verily I
say unto you, Wheresoever this Gospel shall
be preached throughout the whole world,
this also 'that she hath done shall be spoken
of, for a memorial of her. And Judas Isca-
riot, 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 pre
pare, 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 where
soever 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
show you a large upper room furnished and
prepared: there make ready for us. And
his disciples went forth, and came into the
city, and found as he had said unto them;
and they made ready the passover. And in
the evening he cometh with the twelva
And as they sat, and did eat, Jesus said,
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Verily I say unto you, one of you which
eateth with me shall betray me. And
they began to be sorrowful, and to say
unto him, one by one, Is it I? And
other 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, 1 will drink
no more of the fruit of the vine, until that
day that I drink it new in the Kingdom of
God. And when they had sung an hymn,
they went out into the Mount of Olives.
And Jesus saith unto them, All ye shall be
offended because of me this night: for it is
written, I will smite the shepherd, and the
sheep shall be scattered. But after that I
am risen, I will go before you into Galilee.
But Peter said unto him, Although all shall
be offended, yet will not I. And Jesus saith
unto him, Verily I say unto thee, that this
day, even in this night, before the cock crow
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twice, thou shalt deny me thrice. But lit
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 Grethsemane:
and he saith to his disciples, Sit ye here,
while I shall pray. And he taketh with
him Peter and Jarnes 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 find-
eth them sleeping, and saith unto Peter,
Simon, sleepest thou? couldest not thou
watch one hour? Watch ye and pray, lest
ye enter into temptation. The spirit truly
is ready, but the flesh is weak. And again
he went away, and prayed, and spake the
same words. And when he returned, he
found them asleep again; (for their eyes
were heavy;) neither wist they what to
answer him. And he cometh the third
time, and saith unto them, Sleep on now,
and take your rest: it is enough, the hour
is come ; behold, the Son of Man is betrayed
into the hands of sinners. Rise up, let us
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go; lo, he that betrayeth me is at hand
And immediately, while he yet spake
oometh Judas; one of the twelve, and witl.
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, Whomso
ever I shall kiss, that same is he; take him,
and lead him away safely. And as soon as
he was come, he goeth straightway to him,
and saith, Master, Master; and kissed him.
And they laid their hands on him, and took
him. And one of them that stood by drew
a sword, and smote a servant of the high
priest, and cut off his ear. And Jesus
answered and said unto them, Are ye
come out as against a thief, with swords
and with staves, to take me? I was daily
with you in the temple, teaching, and ye
took me not: but the Scriptures must be
fulfilled. And they all forsook him, and
fled. And there followed him a certain
;young man, having a linen cloth cast about
his naked body; and the young men laid
hold on him. And he left the linen cloth,
and fled from them naked. And they led
Jesus away to the high priest: and with
him were assembled all the chief priests and
the elders and the scribes. And Peter fol
lowed him afar off, even into the palace of
the high priest; and he sat with the ser
vants, and warmed himself at the are. And
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fche 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 cer
tain, 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 no
thing. Again the high priest asked him,
and said unto him, Art thou the Christ, the
Son of the Blessed? And Jesus said, I
am : and ye shall see the Son of Man sitting
on the right hand of power, and coming in
the clouds of heaven. Then the high priest
rent his clothes, and saith, What need we
any further witnesses? ye have heard the
blasphemy : what think ye ? And they all
condemned him to be guilty of death. And
some began to spit on him, and to cover his
face, and to buftet 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
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himself, she looked upon him, and said.
And thou also wast with Jesus of N azareth.
But he denied, saying, I know not, neither
understand I what thou sajest. And he
went out into the porch; and the eock
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 to mind the
word that Jesus said unto him, Before the
cock crow twice, thou shalt deny me
And when he thought thereon, he wept.

efor^ teier.

*'OK THE EPISTLE. Isa. 1. 5.

rPHE Lord GOD hath opened mine ear, and
1 was not rebellious, neither turned
away back. I gave my back to the smiters,
and my cheeks to them that plucked off the
hair: I hid not my face from shame and
spitting. For the Lord GOD will help me;
therefore shall I not be confounded : there
fore have I set my face like a flint, and ]
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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 fear-
eth the LORD, that obeyeth the voice of his
servants, 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 your
selves about with sparks: walk in the light
of your fire, and in the sparks that ye have
kindled. This shall ye have of mine hand ;
ye shall lie down in sorrow.

THE GOSPEL. Mark xv. 1.

AND straightway in the morning the
chief priests held a consultation with
the elders and scribes, and the whole coun
cil, 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 no
thing. And Pilate asked him again, say
ing, Answerest thou nothing? behold how
many things they witness against thee.
But Jesus yet answered nothing; so that
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Pilate marvelled. Now at that feast ne
released unto them one prisoner, whomso
ever 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 insur
rection. And the multitude crying aloud
began to desire him to do as he had ever
done unto them. But Pilate answered
them, saying, Will ye that I release, unto
you the King of the Jews ? (For he knew
that the chief priests had delivered him for
envy.) But the chief priests moved the
people, that he should rather release Barab
bas 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, Cru
cify 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, c illed Prsetorium ;
and they called 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
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him, and bowing their knees, worshipped
him. And when they had mocked him,
they took off the purple from him, and put
his own clothes on him, and led him out to
crucify him. And they compel one Simon
a Cyrenian, who passed by, coming out of
the country, the father of Alexander and
Eufus, to bear his cross. And they bring
him unto the place Golgotha, which is,
being interpreted, The place of a skull.
And they gave him to drink wine mingled
with myrrh ; but he received it not. And
when they had crucified him, they parted
his garments, casting lots upon them, what
every man should take. And it was the
third hour, and they crucified him. And
the superscription of his accusation was
written over, THE KING OF THE JEWS.
And with him they crucify two thieves; the
one on his right hand, and the other on his
left. And the Scripture was fulfilled, which
saith, And he was numbered with the trans
gressors. 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 them
selves 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 thej
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that were crucified with him reviled him.
And when the sixth hour was come, there
was darkness over the whole land until the
ninth hour. And at the ninth hour Jasus
cried with a loud voice, saying, EM! Eloil
lama sabachthani? which is, being inter
preted, My God! my God! why hast thou
forsaken me? And some of them that
stood by, when they heard it, said, Behold,
he calleth Elias. And one ran and filled a
sponge full of vinegar, and put it on a reed,
and gave him to drink, saying, Let alone;
let us see whether Elias will come to take
him down. And Jesus cried with a loud
voice, and gave up the ghost. And the
vail of the temple was rent in twain, from
the top to the bottom. And when the cen-
lurion, 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.

eore

THE EPISTLE. Heb. IX. 16.

YI/'HERE a testament is, there must also
of necessity be the death of the testa
tor. For a testament is of force after men
are dead; otherwise it is of no strength at
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all whilst the testator liveth. Whereupon
neither the first testament was dedicated
without blood. For when Moses had spoken
every precept to all the people according to
the Law, he took the blood of calves and of
goats, with water, and scarlet wool, and
hyssop, and sprinkled both the book and
all the people, saying, This is the blood of
the testament which God hath enjoined unto
you. Moreover, he sprinkled likewise with
blood both the tabernacle, and all the ves
sels of the ministry. And almost all things
are by the Law purged with blood; and
without shedding of blood is no remission.
It was therefore necessary that the patterns
of things in the heavens should be purified
with these; but the heavenly things them
selves with better sacrifices than these. For
Christ is not entered into the holy places
made with hands, which are the figures of
the true; but into heaven itself, now to
appear in the presence of God for us. Nor
yet that he should offer himself often, as the
high priest entereth into the Holy Place
every year with blood of others ; (for then
must he often have suffered since the founda
tion of the world ;) but now once in the end
of the world hath he appeared to put away
sin by the sacrifice of himself. And as it is
appointed unto men once to die, but after
this the judgment : so Christ was once offered
to bear the sins of many ; and unto them
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that look for him shall he appear the second
time without sin unto salvation.

THE GOSPEL. Luke xxii. 1.

"VTOW 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 com
muned 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 op
portunity to betray him unto them in the
absence of the multitude. Then came the
day of unleavened bread, when the passover
mast be killed. And he sent Peter and
John, saying, Go and prepare us the pass-
over, that we may eat. And they said unto
him, Where wilt thou that we prepare?
And he said unto them, Behold, when ye
are entered into the city, there shall a man
meet you, bearing a pitcher of water ; follow
him into the house where he entereth in.
And ye shall say unto the good man of the
house, The Master saith unto thee, Where
is the guest-chamber, where I shall eat the
passover with my disciples? And he shall
show you a large upper room furnished:
there make ready. And they went, and
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found as he had said unto them : and they
made ready the passover. And when the
nour was come, he sat down, and the twelve
apostles with him. And he said unto them,
With desire I have desired to eat this pass-
over 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 your
selves. For I say unto you, I will not drink
of the fruit of the vine, until the Kingdom
of God shall come. And he took bread and
gave thanks, and brake it, and gave unto
them, saying, This is my body which is
given for you: this do in remembrance of
me. Likewise also the cup after supper,
saying, This cup is the new testament in my
blood, which is shed for you. But behold,
the hand of him that betrayeth me is with
me on the table. And truly the Son of Man
goeth as it was determined; but wo unto
that man by whom he is betrayed! And
they began to inquire among themselves,
which of them it was that should do this
thing. And there was also a strife among
them, which of them should be accounted
the greatest. And he said unto them, The
kings of the Gentiles exercise lordship over
them ; and they that exercise authority upon
them are called benefactors. But ye shall
not be so: but he that is greatest among
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you, let him be as the younger ; and he that
is chief, as he that doth serve. For whether
is greater, he that sitteth at meat, or he that
serveth? Is not he that sitteth at meat? But
I am among you as he that serveth. Ye are
they which have continued with me in my
temptations. And I appoint unto you a
kingdom, as my Father hath appointed unto
me ; that ye may eat and drink at my table
in my kingdom, and sit on thrones, judging
the twelve tribes of Israel. And the Lord
said, Simon, Simon, behold, Satan hath
desired to have you that he may sift you as
wheat : but I have prayed for thee, that thy
faith fail not ; and when thou art converted,
strengthen thy brethren. And he said unto
him, Lord, I am ready to go with thee, both
into prison, and to death. And he said, I
tell thee, Peter, the cock shall not crow this
day, before that thou shalt thrice deny that
thou knowest me. And he said unto them,
When I sent you without purse, and scrip,
and shoes, lacked ye anything? And they
said, Nothing. Then said he unto them,
But now, he that hath a purse, let him take
it, and likewise his scrip : and he that hath
no sword, let him sell his garment, and buy
one. For I say unto you, that this that is
written must yet be accomplished in me,
And he was reckoned among the transgres
sors: for the things concerning me have an
end. And they said, Lord, behold, here are
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two swords. And he said unto them, It is
enough. And he came out, and went, as he
was wont, to the Mount of Olives; and his
disciples also followed him. And when he
was at the place, he said unto them, Pray
that ye enter not into temptation. And he
was withdrawn from them about a stone's
cast, and kneeled down, and prayed, saying,
Father, if thou be willing, remove this cup
from me; nevertheless, not my will, but
thine, be done. And there appeared an angel
unto him from heaven, strengthening him.
And being in an agony, he prayed more ear
nestly ; and his sweat was as it were great
drops of blood falling down to the ground.
And when he rose up from prayer, and was
come to his disciples, he found them sleep
ing for sorrow, and said unto them, "Why
sleep ye? rise and pray, lest ye enter into
temptation. And while he yet spake, be
hold 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
which 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
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Jesus said unto the chief priests, and cap
tains of the temple, and the elders which
were come to him, Be ye come out as
against a thief, with swords and staves?
When I was daily with you in the temple,
ye stretched forth no hands against me : but
but this is your hour, and the power of
darkness. Then took they him, and led
him, and brought him into the high priest's
house. And Peter followed afar off. And
when they had kindled a fire in the midst
of the hall, and were set down together,
Peter sat down among them. But a certain
maid beheld him as he sat by the fire, and
earnestly looked upon him, and said, This
man was also with him. And he denied
him, saying, Woman, I know him not.
And after a little while another saw him,
and said, Thou art also of them. And
Peter said, Man, I am not. And about the
space of one hour after, another confidently
affirmed, saying, Of a truth, this fellow also
was with him; for he is a Galilean. And
Peter said, Man, I know not what thou
sayest. And immediately, while he yet
spake, the cock crew. And the Lord
turned, and looked upon Peter. And Peter
remembered the word of the Lord, how he
had said unto him, Before the cock crow,
thou shalt deny me thrice. And Peter went
out, and wept bitterly. And the men that
held Jesus mocked him, and smote him
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And when they had blindfolded him, the}
struck him on the face, and asked him, say
ing, Prophesy, who is it that smote thee?
And many other things blasphemously
spake they against him. And as soon as it
was day, the elders of the people, and the
chief priests, and the scribes came together,
and led him into their council, saying, Art
thou the Christ? tell us. And he said vmto
them, If I tell you, ye will not believe : und
if I also ask you, ye will not answer me,
nor let me go. Hereafter shall the Son of
Man sit on the right band of the power of
God. Then said they all, Art thou tb^u
the Son of God ? And he said unto them,
Ye say, that I am. And they said, "What
need we any further witness? for we our
selves have heard of his own mouth.

§hut[sda|i before toter.

THE EPISTLE. 1 Cor. XI. 17.

TN 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

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are approved may be made manifest amoug
you. When ye come together therefore
into one place, this is not to eat the Lord's
Supper. For in eating every one taketh
before other his own supper; and one is
hungry, and another is drunken. What!
have ye not houses to eat and to drink in ?
or despise ye the church of God, and shame
them that have not? What shall I say to
you? shall I praise you in this? I praise
you not. For I have received of the Lord
that which also I delivered unto you, That
she 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 rny 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 show the Lord's death
till he come. Wherefore, whosoever shall
eat this bread, and drink this cup of the
Lord, unworthily, shall be guilty of the
body and blood of the Lord. But let a
man examine himself, and so let him eat
of that bread, and drink of that cup. For
he that eateth and drinketh unworthily,
eateth and drinketh damnation to himself,
not discerning the Lord's body. For this
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cause many are weak and sickly among
you and many sleep. For if we would
judge ourselves, we should not be judged
But when we are judged, we are chastened
of the Lord, that we should not be con
demned with the world. Wherefore, my
brethren, when ye come together to eat,
tarry one for another. And if any man
hunger, let him eat at home; that ye come
not together unto condemnation. And the
rest will I set in order when I come.

THE GOSPEL. Luke xxiii. 1.

HPHE whole multitude of them arose, and
led him unto Pilate. And they began
to accuse him, saying, We found this fellow
perverting the nation, and forbidding to
give tribute to Caesar, saying that he him
self is Christ a king. And Pilate asked him,
saying, Art thou the King of the Jews?
And he answered him, and said, Thou sayest
it. Then said Pilate to the chief priests and
to the people, I find no fault in this man.
And they were the more fierce, saying, He
stirreth up the people, teaching throughout
all Jewry, beginning from Galilee to this
place. When Pilate heard of Galilee, he
asked whether the man were a Galilean.
And as soon as he knew that he belonged
unto Herod's jurisdiction, he sent him to
Herod, who himself also was at Jeiusalem
at, that time. And when Herod saw Jesus
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ne was exceeding glad: for he was desirous
to see him of a long season, because he had
heard many things of him; and he hoped
to have seen some miracle done by him.
Then he questioned with him in many
words; but he answered him nothing.
And the chief priests and scribes stood and
vehemently accused him. And Herod with
his men of war set him at nought, and
mocKed him, and arrayed him in a gor
geous robe, and sent him again to Pilate.
And the same day Pilate and Herod were
made friends together ; for before they were
at enmity between themselves. And Pilate,
when he had called together the chief
priests, and the rulers, and the people, said
unto them, Ye have brought this man unto
me, as one that perverteth the people : and
behold, I, having examined him before you,
have found no fault in this man, touching
those things whereof ye accuse him. No,
nor yet Herod : for I sent you to him ; and
lo, nothing worthy of death is done unto
him. I will therefore chastise him, and
release him. (For of necessity he must
release one unto them at the feast.) And
they cried out all at once, saying, Away
with this man, and release unto us Barab-
bas : (who foi a certain sedition made in the
city, and for murder, was cast into prison :)
Pilate therefore, willing to release Jesus,
spake again to them. But they cried, say-
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ing, Crucify him! Crucify him! And he
said unto them the third time, Why, what
evil hath he done? I have found no cause
of death in him: I will therefore chastise
him, and let him go. And they were in
stant with k>ud voices, requiring that he
might be crucified : and the voices of them,
and of the chief priests prevailed. And
Pilate gave sentence that it should be as
they required. And he released unto them
him that for sedition and murder was cast
into prison, whom they had desired; but he
delivered Jesus to their will. And as they
led him away, they laid hold upon one
Simon, a Cyrenian, coming out of the coun
try, and on him they laid the cross, that he
might bear it after Jesus. And there fol
lowed him a great company of people, and
of women, which also bewailed and lamented
him. But Jesus turning unto them, said,
Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not for me,
but weep for yourselves, and for your chil
dren. For behold, the days are coming, in
the which they shall say, Blessed are the
barren, and the wombs that never bare, and
the paps which never gave suck. Then
shall they begin to say to the mountains,
Fall on us! and to the hills, Cover us!
For if they do these things in a green tree,
what shall be done in the dry ? And there
were also two others, malefactors, led with
him to be put to death. And when they
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were come to the place which is called Cal
vary, there they crucified him, and the
malefactors; one on the right hand, and the
other on the left. Then said Jesus, Father,
forgive them ; for they know not what they
do. And they parted his raiment, and cast
lots. And the ' people stood beholding.
And the rulers alsd with them derided him,
saying, He saved others; let him save him
self, if he be Christ, the chosen of God.
And the soldiers also mocked him, coming
to him, and offering him vinegar, and say
ing, If thou be the King of the Jews, save
thyself. And a superscription also was
written over him, in letters of Greek, and
Latin, and Hebrew, THIS IS THE KING
OF THE JEWS. And one of the male
factors which were hanged railed on him.
saying, If thou be Christ, save thyself and
us. But the other answering, rebuked him,
saying, Dost not thou fear God, seeing thou
art in the same condemnation? And we
indeed justly; for we receive the due reward
of our deeds ; but this man hath done no
thing amiss. And he said unto Jesus, Lord,
remember me when thou comest into thy
kingdom. And Jesus said unto him, Verily
I say unto thee, To-day shalt thou be with
me in Paradise. And it was about the
sixth hour, and there was a darkness over
all the earth until the ninth hour. And the
sun was darkened, and the vail of the tern
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pie was rent in the midst. And when Jesug
had cried with a loud voice, he said, Father,
into thy hands I commend my spirit: and
having said thus, he gave up the ghost.
Now when the centurion saw what wag
done, he glorified God, saying, Certainly
this was a righteous man. And all the
people that came together to that sight,
beholding the things which were done,
smote their breasts and returned. And all
his acquaintance, and the women that fol
lowed him from Galilee, stood afar ofl',
beholding these things.

(frudpxion of Christ, tommonlg
railed (iood dfridag.

THE COLLECTS.

A LMIGHTY God, we beseech thee gra
ciously 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
3ross, who now liveth and reigneth with
thee and the Holy Ghost, ever one God.
world without end. Amen.

ALMIGHTY and everlasting God, by
whose Spirit the whole body of the
Church is governed and sanctified; Keceive
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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.

Q MERCIFUL God, who hast made all
men, and hatest nothing that thou hast
made, nor desirest the death of a sinner, but
rather that he should be converted and live ;
Have mercy upon all Jews, Turks, Infidels,
and Heretics ; and take from them all igno
rance, 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
reign eth with thee and the Holy Spirit, one
God, world without end. Amen.

THE EPISTLE. Heb. X. 1.

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 remem-
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brance again made of sins every year. For
it is not possible that the blood of bulls and
of goats should take away sins. Wherefore,
when He cometh into the world, he saith,
Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not, but
a body hast thou prepared ine: 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, 0 God. Above when he said,
Sacrifice and offering and burnt-offerings
and offering for sin thou wouldest not, nei
ther hadst pleasure therein ; which are offered
by the Law ; then said he, Lo, I come to do
thy will, 0 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 minis
tering and offering oftentimes the same sacri
fices, 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 footstool. For by one
offering he hath perfected for ever them that
are sanctified. Whereof the Holy Ghost also
is a witness to us: for after that he had said
before, This is the covenant that I will make
with them after those davs, saith the Lord,
I will put my laws into their hearts, and in
their minds will I write them; and theii
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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 G od ; 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 ano
ther : and so much the more, as ye see the
day approaching.

THE GOSPEL. John xix. 1.

T3IL ATE therefore took Jesus, and scourged
him. And the soldiers platted a crown
of thorns, and put it on his head, and they
put on him a purple robe, and said, Hail,
King of the Jews ! and they smote him with
their hands. Pilate therefore went forth
again, and saith unto them, Behold, I bring
him forth to you, that ye may know that I
find no fault in him. Then came Jesus
forth, wearing the crown of thorns, and the
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purple robe. And Pilate said 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 judg
ment-hall, and saith unto Jesus, Whence
art thou? But Jesus gave him no answer.
Then saith Pilate unto him, Speakest thou
not unto me? knowest thou not that I have
power to crucify thee, and have power to
release thee ? Jesus answered, Thou couldest
have no power at all against me, except it
were given thee from above: therefore he
that delivered me unto thee hath the greater
sin. And from thenceforth Pilate sought to
release him : but the Jews cried out, saying,
If thou let this man go, thou art not Caesar's
friend: whosoever maketh himself a king,
speaketh against Caesar. When Pilate there
fore heard that saying, he brought Jesus
forth, and sat down in the judgment seat, in
a place that is called the Pavement, but in
the Hebrew, Gabbatha. And it was the
preparation of the Passover, and about the
sixth hour: and he saith unto the Jews,
Behold your King! But they cried out,
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Away with him! away with him! crucify
him ! Pilate saith unto them. Shall I crucify
your King? The chief priests answered,
We have no king but Caesar. Then de
livered he him therefore unto them to be
crucified. And they took Jesus, and led him
away. And he bearing his cross went forth
mto a place called the place of a skull,
which is called in the Hebrew, Golgotha;
where they crucified him, and two others
with him, on either side one, and Jesus in
the midst. And Pilate wrote a title, and put
it on the cross. And the writing was, JESUS
OF NAZARETH, THE KING OF THE
JEWS. This title then read many of the
Jews: for the place where Jesus was cru
cified was nigh to the city; and it was
written in Hebrew, and Greek, and Latin.
Then said the chief priests of the Jews to
Pilate, Write not, The King of the Jews;
but that he said, I am King of the Jews.
Pilate answered, What I have written, I
have written. Then the soldiers, when they
had crucified Jesus, took his garments, and
made four parts, to every soldier a part;
and also his coat : now the coat was without
seam, woven from the top throughout. They
said therefore among themselves, Let us
not rend it, but cast lots for it whose it shall
be: that the Scripture might be fulfilled,
which saith, They parted my raiment among
them, and for my vesture they did cast lots.
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These things therefore the soldiers did. Now
there stood by the cross of Jesus, his mothei ,
and his mother's sister, Mary the wife of
Cleophas, and Mary Magdalene. When
Jesus therefore saw his mother, and the dis
ciple standing by, whom he loved, he saith
unto his mother, Woman, behold thy son!
Then saith he to the disciple, Behold thy
mother 1 And from that hour that disciple
took her unto his own home. After this,
Jesus knowing that all things were now
accomplished, that the Scripture might be
fulfilled, saith, I thirst. Now there was set
a vessel full of vinegar: and they filled a
sponge with vinegar, and put it upon hys
sop, and put it to his mouth. When Jesus
therefore had received the vinegar, he said,
It is finished ; and he bowed his head, and
gave up the ghost. The Jews therefore,
because it was the preparation, that the
bodies should not remain upon the cross on
the sabbath-day, (for that sabbath-day was
an high day,) besought Pilate that their legs
might be broken, and that they might be
taken away. Then came the soldiers, and
brake the legs of the first, and of the other
which was crucified with him. But when
they came to Jesus, and saw that he was
dead already, they brake not his legs: but
one of the soldiers with a spear pierced his
side, and forthwith came thereout blood and
water. And he that saw it bare record, and
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bid 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.

urial of Christ, tommonlg called

THE COLLECT.

(7J.KANT, O Lord, that as we are baptized
into the death of thy blessed Son our
Saviour Jesus Christ, so by continual morti
fying 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 Pet. iii. 11.
TT is better, if the will of God be so, that
ye suffer for well-doing, than for evil-
doing. For Christ also hath once suffered
for sins, the just for the unjust, that he
might bring us to God, being put to death
in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit:
by which also he went and preached unto
the spirits in prison ; which sometime were
disobedient, when once the long-suffering of
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God waited in the days of Noah, while the
ark was a preparing; wherein few, that is,
eight souls were saved by water. The like
figure whereunto, even baptism, doth also
now save us, (not the putting away of the
filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good
conscience towards God,) by the resurrection
of Jesus Christ: who is gone into heaven,
and is on the right hand of God; angels,
and authorities, and powers being made
subject unto him.

THE GOSPEL. Matt, xxvii. 57.

Y1THEN the even was come, there came a
rich man of Arimathea, named Joseph,
who also himself was Jesus' disciple: he
went to Pilate, and begged the body of
Jesus. Then Pilate commanded the body
to be delivered. And when Joseph had
taken the body, he wrapped it in a clean
linen cloth, and laid it in his own new
tomb, which he had hewn out in the rock ;
and he rolled a great stone to the door of
the sepulchre, and departed. And there
was Mary Magdalene, and the other Mary,
sitting over against the sepulchre. Now
the next day, that followed the day of the
preparation, the chief priests and Pharisees
came together unto Pilate, saying, Sir, we
remember that that deceiver said, while he
was yet alive, After three days I will rise
again. Command therefore that the sepul-
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chre 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 ye can. So they went and made
the sepulchre sure, sealing the stone, and
setting a watch.

of dfhrist, commonlg
called

T At Morning Prayer, instead of the Psalm, " O come, let us sing,"
&i:.. these anthems may be sung or said.

/"CHRIST our Passover is sacrificed for us:

therefore let us keep the feast;
Not with the old leaven, neither with the
leaven of malice and wickedness; but with
the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.
1 Cor. v. 7.

CHRIST being raised from the dead, dieth
no more; death hath no more dominion
over him.

For in that he died, he died unto sin
once; but in that he liveth, he liveth unto
God.

Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be
dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Bom. vi. 9
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is risen from the dead, aud
become the first-fruits of them that
slept.

For since by man came death, by mau
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.

THE COLLECT.

ALMIGHTY God, who through thine only-
begotten Son Jesus Christ hast overcome
death, and opened unto us the gate of ever
lasting 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 Christ Jesus our
Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee
and the Holy Ghost, ever one God, world
without end. Amen.

THE EPISTLE. Col. iii. 1.

TF ye then be risen with Christ, seek those
things which are above, where Christ
sitteth on the right hand of God. Set your
affection on things above, not on things on
the earth. For ye are dead, and your life is
hid with Christ in God. When Christ, who
is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also
appear with him in glory. Mortify there
for your members which are upon the
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sart}i: fornication, uncleanness, inordinate
affection, evil concupiscence, and covetous-
ness, which is idolatry: for which things1
sake the wrath of God cometh on the child
ren of disobedience: in the which ye also
walked sometime, when 37-6 lived in them.

THE GOSPEL. John XX. 1.

first day of the week cometh Mary
Magdalene early, when it was yet dark,
unto the sepulchre, and seeth the stone taken
away from the sepulchre. Then she runneth,
and cometh to Simon Peter, and to the other
disciple whom Jesus loved, and saith unto
them, they have taken away the Lord out
of the sepulchre, and we know not where
they have laid him. Peter therefore went
forth, and that other disciple, and came to
the sepulchre. So they ran both together ;
and the other disciple did outrun Peter, and
came first to the sepulchre. And he stoop
ing down, and looking in, saw the linen
clothes lying; yet went he not in. Then
cometh Simon Peter following him, and
went into the sepulchre, and seeth the linen
clothes lie; and the napkin that was about
his head, not lying with the linen clothes
but wrapped together in a place by itself.
Then went in also that other disciple which
came first to the sepulchre, and he saw, and
believed. For as yet they knew not the
Scripture, that he must rise again from the
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dead. Then the disciples went away again
unto their own home.

THE COLLTCGT.

ALMIGHTY God, who through thine orJy-
begotten Son Jesus Christ hast overcorr.e
death, and opened unto us the gate of ever
lasting 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 with
out end. Amen.

FOR THE EPISTLE. Acts X. 34.

"PETER opened his mouth, and said, Of a
truth I perceive that God is no respecter
of persons; but in every nation he that
feareth him, and worketh righteousness, is
accepted with him. The Word which God
sent unto the children of Israel, preaching
peace by Jesus Christ, (he is Lord of all,)
that Word, I say, ye know, which was pub
lished throughout all Judea, and began
from Galilee, after the baptism which John

MONDAY IN EASTER-WEEK.

preached ; how God anointed Jesus of Naza
reth 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 showed 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 Pro
phets witness, that through his Name who
soever believeth in him shall receive remis
sion of sins.

THE GOSPEL. Luke xxiv. 13.

TOEHOLD, two of his disciples went that
same day to a village called Emmaus,
which was from Jerusalem about threescore
furlongs. And they talked together of all
these things which had happened. And it
came to pass, that, while they communed
together and reasoned, Jesus himself drew
near, and went with them. But their eyes
were holden that they should not know him.
And he said unto them, What manner
of communications are these that ye have
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one to another, as ye walk, and are
And the one of them, whose name was
Cleopas, answering, said unto him, Art
thou only a stranger in Jerusalem, and
hast not known the things which are come
to pass there in these days? And he
said unto them, What things? And they
said unto him, Concerning Jesus of Naza
reth, which was a prophet mighty in deed
and word before God, and all the people;
and how the chief priests and our rulers
delivered him to be condemned to death,
and have crucified him. But we trusted
that it had been he which would have
redeemed Israel: and beside all this, to-day
is the third day since these things were
done. Yea, and certain women also of our
company made us astonished, which were
early at the sepulchre; and when they
found not his body, they came, saying, that
they had also seen a vision of angels, which
said that he was alive. And certain of
them which were with us went to the sepul
chre, and found it even so as the women
had said; but him they saw not. Then he
said unto them, 0 fools, and slow of heart
to believe all that the Prophets have spoken !
Ought not Christ to have suffered these
things, and to enter into his glory? And
beginning at Moses, and all the Prophets,
he expounded unto them in all the Scrip
tures the things concerning himself. And
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they drew nigh, unto the village whithei
they wont; and ho made as though he
would have gone further. But they con
strained him, saying, Abide with us; for it
is toward evening, and the day is far spent.
And he went in to tarry with them. And
it came to pass, as he sat at meat with them,
he took bread, and blessed it, and brake,
and gave to them. And their eyes were
opened, and they knew him ; and he van
ished out of their sight. And they said one
to another, Did not our heart burn within
us, while he talked with us by the way, and
while he opened to us the Scriptures? And
they rose up the same hour, and returned to
Jerusalem, and found the eleven gathered
together, and them that were with them,
saying, The Lord is risen indeed, and hath
appeared to Simon. And they told what
things were done in the way, and how he
was known of them in breaking of bread.

THE COLLECT.

A LMIGHTY God, who through thine

only-begotten Son Jesus Christ hast

overcome death, and opened unto us the

gate of everlasting life ; We humbly beseech

thee, that, as by thy special grace preventing

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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.

A/TEN and brethren, children of the stock
of Abraham, and whosoever among
you feareth God, to you is the word of this
salvation sent. For they that dwell at Jeru
salem, and their rulers, because they knew
him not, nor yet the voices of the Prophets
which are read every sabbath-day, they
have fulfilled them in condemning him.
And though they found no cause of death
in him, yet desired they Pilate that he
should be slain. And when they had ful
filled 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 JefiiF again; as it i<* also written in the
Fcooii'l J/nalrri., Thou art my Son, this day
have I begotten thee. And as concerning
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that he raised him up from the dead, now no
more to return to corruption, he said on this
wise, I will give you the sure mercies of
David. Wherefore he saith also in another
Psalm, Thou shalt not suffer thine Holy One
to see corruption. For David, after he had
served his own generation by the will of
God, fell on sleep, and was laid unto hia
fathers, and saw corruption : but he, whom
God raised again, saw no corruption. Be it
known unto you therefore, men and breth
ren, that through this man is preached unto
you the forgiveness of sins : and by him all
that believe are justified from all things,
from which ye could not be justified by the
Law of Moses. Beware therefore, lest that
come upon you, which is spoken of in the
Prophets ; Behold, ye despisers, and wonder,
and perish : for I work a work in your days,
a work which ye shall in no wise believe,
though a man declare it unto you.

THE GOSPEL. Luke xxiv. 36.

FESUS himself stood in the midst of them,
and saith unto them, Peace be unto
you ! But they were terrified and affrighted,
and supposed tnat they had seen a spirit.
And he said unto them, Why are ye trou
bled? and why do thoughts arise in your
hearts ? Behold my hands and my feet, ilia;
it is I myself; handle me, and see, for a
spirit hath not flesh and bones, as ye see me
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have. And when he had tliuy spoken, lie
showed them his hands and his feet. And
while they yst believed not for joy. and
wondered, he said unto them, Have ye here
any meat ? And they gave him a piece of
a broiled fish, and of an honey-comb. And
he took it, and did eat before them. And
he said unto them, These are the words
which I spake unto you, while I was yet
with you, that all things must be fulfilled,
which were written in the Law of Moses,
and in the Prophets, and in the Psalms, con
cerning me. Then opened he their under
standing, that they might understand the
Scriptures, and said unto them, Thus it is
written, and thus it behooved Christ to suf
fer, 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.

after (toter.

THE COLLECT.

ALMIGHTY Father, who hast given thine
only Son to die for our sins, and to
rise again for our justification ; Grant us to
put away the leaven of malice and wicked
ness, that we may always serve thee in pure
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ness of living and truth ; through the merits
of the same thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen.

THE EPISTLE. 1 John V. 4.

^THATSOBVER is born of God over-
cometh the world ; and this is the vic
tory 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 Spirii
that beareth witness, because the Spirit i&
truth. For there are three that bear record
in heaven, the Father, the Word, and tta
Holy Ghost: and these three are one. And
there are three that bear witness in earth,
the spirit, and the water, and the blood : ami
these three agree in one. If we receive the
witness of men, the witness of God is greater :
for this is the witness of God which he hath
testified of his Son. He that believeth on
the Son of God hath the witness in himself;
he that believeth not God hath made him a
liar, because be 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 ii> in his Son. He that hath the Son
hath life; and he that hath not the Son of
God, hath not life.

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THE GOSPEL. John XX. 19.

same day at evening, being the first
day of the week, when the doors were
ehut 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
showed 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 youl 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, Eeceive ye the Holy Ghost.
Whosesoever sins ye remit, they are remit
ted unto them; and whosesoever sins ye
retain, they are retained.

J^cond j^undajr afi^r

THE COLLECT.

A LMIGHTY God, who hast given thine
only Son to be unto us both a sacrifice
for sin, and also an ensample of godly life ;
Give us grace that we may always most
thankfully receive that his inestimable bene
fit, and also daily endeavor ourselves to
follow the blessed .steps of his most holy life ;
through the same Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen.

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TBLE EPISTLE. 1 Peter ii. 19.

rPKIS is thankworthy, if a man for con-
' science toward Grod endure grief, suffer
ing wrongfully. For what glory is it, if,
when ye be buffeted for your faults, ye shall
take it patiently ? but if, when ye do well,
and suffer for it, ye take it patiently, this is
acceptable with God. For even hereunto
were ye called ; because Christ also suffered
for us, leaving us an example, that ye
should follow his steps: Who did no sin,
neither was guile found in his mouth : who,
when he was reviled, reviled not again;
when he suffered, he threatened not; but
committed himself to Him that judgeth
righteously ; who his own self bare our sins
in his own body on the tree, that we, being
dead to sins, should live unto righteousness :
by whose stripes ye were healed. For ye
were as sheep going astray; but are now
returned unto the Shepherd and Bishop of
your souls.

THE GOSPEL. John X. 11.

JESUS said, I am the good Shepherd: the
good Shepherd giveth his life for the
sheep. But he that is an hireling, and not
the Shepherd, whose own the sheep are not,
seeth the wolf coming, and leaveth the
sheep, and fleeth; and the wolf catcheth
them, and scattereth the sheep. The hire
ling fleeth, because he is an hireling, and
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careth not for the sheep. I am the good
Shepherd, and know my sheep, and am
known of mine. As the Father knoweth
me, even so know I the Father: and I lay
down my life for the sheep. And other
sheep I have, which are not of this fold:
them also I must bring, and they shall hear
my voice ; and there shall be one fold, and
one Shepherd.

THE COLLECT.

ALMIGHTY God, who showest to them
that are in error the light of thy truth,
to the intent that they may return into the
way of righteousness ; Grant unto all those
who are admitted into the fellowship of
Christ's Religion, that they may avoid those
things that are contrary to their profession,
and follow all such things as are agreeable
to the same; through our Lord Jesus Christ.
Amen.

THE EPISTLE. 1 Pet. ii. 11.

"T\ EARLY beloved, I beseech you as stran
gers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly
lusts, which war against the soul; having
your conversation honest among the Gen-
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tiles : 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 governors, 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 cloak of maliciousness, but as
the servants of God. Honor all men. Love
the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the
king.

THE GOSPEL. John XVI. 16.

JESUS said to his disciples, A little while,
and ye shall not see me; and again, a
little while, and ye shall see me, because
I go to the Father. Then said some of his
disciples among themselves, What is this
that he saith unto us, A little while, and ye
shall not see me ; and again, a little while,
and ye shall see me ; and, Because I go to the
Father? They said therefore, What is this
that he saith, A little while? we cannot tell
what be saith. Now Jesus knew that they
were desirous to ask him, and said unto
them, Do ye inquire ,°.mong yorii^rveo of
that 1 said, A little ArLile, ana ye shall not
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sec me; and again, a little while, and yo
shall see me? Verily, verily, I say unto
you, that ye shall weep and lament, but the
world shall rejoice: and ye shall be sorrow
ful, but your sorrow shall be turned into
joy. A woman when she is in travail hath
sorrow, because her hour is come: but as
soon as she is delivered of the child, she
remembereth no more the anguish, for joy
that a man is born into the world. And ye
now therefore have sorrow: but I will see
you again, and your heart shall rejoice, and
your joy no man taketh from you.

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THE COLLECT.

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 com-
mandest, and desire that which thou dost
promise; that so, among the sundry und
manifold changes of the world, our hearts
may surely there be fixed, where true joys
are to be found; through Jesus Christ oai
Lord. Amen.

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THE FOURTH SUNDAY AFTER EASTER.

THE EPISTLE. James i. 17.

I? VERY good gift and every perfect gift
is from above, and cometh down from
the Father of Lights, with whom is no
variableness, neither shadow of turning.
Of his own will begat he us with the Word
of truth, that we should be a kind of first-
fruits of his creatures. Wherefore, my
beloved brethren, let every man be swift to
hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath ; for the
wrath of man worketh not the righteousness
of God. Wherefore lay apart all filthiness
and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive
with meekness the ingrafted Word, which
is able to save your souls.

THE GOSPEL. John xvi. 5.

JESUS said unto his disciples, Now I go
my way to Him that sent me; and
none of you asketh me, Whither goest
thou? But because I have said theae
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 righteous
ness, and of judgment: of sin, because they
believe not on me ; of righteousness, because
I go to my Father, and ye see me no more;
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of judgment, because the prince of this
world is judged. I have yet many thing?
to say unto you, but ye cannot bear them
now. Howbeit, when he, the Spirit of
Truth is come, he will guide you into all
truth: for he shall not spc-k of himself;
but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he
speak: and he will show you things tc
come. He shall glorify me: for he shall
receive of rniue, and shall show it unto you
All things that the Father hath are mine :
therefore said I, that he shall take of mine,
and shall show it unto you.

Jpflth JSundag

THE COLLECT.

LORD, from whom all good things do
come; Grant to us thy humble ser
vants, that by thy holy inspiration we may
think those things that are good, and
by thy merciful guiding may perform
the same; through our Lord Jesus Christ.
Amen.

THE EPISTLE.. James i. 22.

ye doers of the Word, and not hea;-
ers only, deceiving your ownselves.
For if any be a hearer of the Word,
and not a doer, he is like unto a man
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beholding his natural face in a glass for
he beholdeth himself, and goeth his vay,
and straightway forgetteth whut manner
of man he was. But whoso looketh into
the perfect law of liberty and continu-
eth therein, he being net a forgocful 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 un
spotted from the world.

THE GOSPEL. John xvi. 23.

VTEBILY, verily, I say unto you, Whatso
ever ye shall ask the Father in my
Name, he will give it you. Hitherto have
ye asked nothing in my Name : ask, and yc
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 show you plainly of the Father. At
that day ye shall ask in my Name : and I
say not unto you, that I will pray the
Father for you; for the Father himself
loveth you, because ye have loved me, and
have believed that I came out from God. I
came forth from the Father, and am come
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THE ASCENSION OF CHRIST.

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 thht thou earnest forth
from God. Jesus answered them, Do yo
now believe? Behold, the hour cometh,
yea, is now come, that ye shall be scattered,
every man to his own, and shall leave me
alone : and yet I am not alone, because the
Father is with me. These things I have
spoken unto you, that in me ye might have
peace. In the world ye shall have tribula
tion: but be of good cheer, I have over
come the world.

glscension-dag.

THE COLLECT.

/""I KANT, we beseech thee, Almighty God,
that like as we do believe thy only-
begotten Son our Lord Jesus Christ to have
ascended into the heavens; so we may also
in heart and mind thither ascend, and
with him continually dwell, who liveth and
reigneth with thee and the Holy Ghost, one
God, world without end. Amen.
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FOR THE EPISTLE. Acts i. 1.

rPHE former treatise have I made, O The-
ophilus, 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 showed himself alive after his pas
sion by many infallible proofs, being seen
of them forty days, and speaking of the
things pertaining to the Kingdom of God:
and, being assembled together with them,
commanded them that they should not
depart from Jerusalem, but wait for the
promise of the Father, which, saith he, ye
have heard of me. For John truly bap
tized 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 Judea, 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
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received him out of their sight. And while
they looked steadfastly toward heaven as he
went up, behold, two men stood by them in
wh ite 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 heuven, shall so come in like manner
as ye have seen him go into heaven.

THE GOSPEL. Mark xvi. 14.

TESUS appeared unto the el j von as they
sat at meat, and upbraided tL;in with
their unbelief and hardness of heart, because
they believed not them which had seen him
after he was risen. And he said unto them,
Go ye into all the world, and preach the
Gospel to every creature. He that believeth
and is baptized shall be saved ; but he that
believeth not, shall be damned. And these
signs shall follow them that believe ; In my
Name shall they cast out devils ; they shall
speak with new tongues ; they shall take up
serpents; and if they drink any deadly
thing, it shall not hurt them ; they shall lay
hands on the sick, and they shall recover.
So then after the Lord had spoken unto
them, he was received up into heaven, and
sat on the right hand of God. And they
went forth, and preached every where, -the
Lord working with them, and confirming
the Word with signs following.
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SUNDAY AFTER ASCENSION-DAT.

after

THE COLLECT.

r\ GOD the King of glory, who hast exalted
thine only Son Jesus Christ with great
triumph unto thy kingdom in heaven ; We
beseech thee, leave us not comfortless ; but
send to us thine Holy Ghost to comfort us,
and exalt us unto the same place whither
our Saviour Christ is gone before, who
liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy
Ghost, one God, world without end. Amen.

THE EPISTLE. 1 Peter iv. 7.

end of all things is at hand ; be ye
therefore sober, and watch unto prayer.
And above all things have fervent charity
among yourselves; for charity shall cover
the multitude of sins. Use hospitality one
to another without grudging. As every
man hath received the gift, even so minister
the same one to another, as good stewards
of the manifold grace of God. If any man
speak, let him speak as the oracles of God ;
if any man minister, let him do it as of the
ability which God giveth; that God in all
things may be glorified through Jesus Christ,
to whom be praise and dominion for ever
and evei. Amen.

163

WHIT-SUNDAY.

THE GOSPEL. John xv. 26, and part of
chap. xvi.

the Comforter is come, whom I
will send unto you from the Father,
even the Spirit of Truth, which proceedeth
from the Father, he shall testify of me. And
ye also shall bear witness, because ye have
been with me from the beginning. These
things have I spoken unto you, that ye
should not be offended. They shall put you
out of the synagogues : yea, the time cometh,
that whosoever killeth you will think that
he doeth God service. And these things
will they do unto you, because they have
not known the Father, nor me. But these
things have I told you, that when the time
shall come, ye may remember that I told
you of them.

THE COLLECT.

ETERNAL God, who, according to thj
faithful promise, didst send the Holy
Ghost, on the day of Pentecost; Grant us
by the same Spirit to have a right judgment
in all things, and evermore to rejoice in his
holy comfort; through the merits of Christ
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Jesus our Saviour, who liveth and reigneth
with thee, in the unity of the same Spirit,
one God, world without end. Amen.

FOR THE EPISTLE. Acts ii. 1.

\yHEN the day of Pentecost was fully
come, they were all with one accord in
one place. And suddenly there came a
sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty
wind, and it filled all the house where they
were sitting. And there appeared unto them
cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon
each of them. And they were all filled with
the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with
other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utter
ance. And there were dwelling at Jerusa
lem Jews, devout men, out of every nation
under heaven. Now when this was noised
abroad, the multitude came together and
were confounded, because that every man
heard them speak in his own language.
And they were all amazed, and marvelled,
saying one to another, Behold, are not all
these which speak, Galileans? And how
hear we every man in our own tongue,
wherein we were born? Parthians, and
Medes, and Elamites, and the dwellers in
Mesopotamia, and in Judea, and Cappa-
docia, in Pontus, and Asia, Phrygia, and
Pamphylia, in Egypt, and in the parts of
Lybia about Gyrene, and strangers of Rome,
Jews and Proselytes, Cretes and Arabians,
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we do hear them speak in our tongues the
wonderful works of God.

THE GOSPEL. John xiv. 15.

JESUS said unto his disciples, If ye love
me, keep iny 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 mani
fest myself to him. Judas saith unto him,
(not Iscariot.) Lord, how is it that thou wilt
manifest thyself unto us, and not unto the
world ? Jesus answered and said unto him,
If a man love me, he will keep my words;
and my Father will love him, and we will
oome unto him, and make our abode with
him. He that lovclh me not, keepeth not
my sayings; and the word which ye hear is
not mine, but the Father's which sent me.
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MONDAY IN WHIT SUN- WEEK.

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 ISame, he shall teach you
ah things, and bring all things to your
remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto
vou. 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
trouble 1, i u itLer 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 do I.

tondajr in JJlhits mi-weft.

THE COLLECT

GOD, who didst teach the hearts of thy
faithful people, by sending to them the
light of thy Holy Spirit; Grant us by the
same Spirit to have a right judgment in all
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things, and evermore to rejoice in nis holy
comfort , through the merits of Christ Jesus
our Saviour, who liveth and reigneth with
tiiee, in the unity of the same Spirit, one
God, world without end. Amen.

FOR THE EPISTLE. Acts X. 34.

rPHEN Peter opened hie mouth, and said,
Of a truth I perceive that God is no
respecter of persons ; but in every nation he
that feareth him, and worlreth righteous
ness, 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 Judea,
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
showed 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 com
manded us to preach unto the people, and
to testifv that it is he which was ordained
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MONDAY IN WHITSUN WEEK.

of God to be the Judge of quick and dead.
To him give all the Prophets witness, that
through his Name whosoever belie veth in
aim 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 niJin forbid water, that these
should not be baptized, which have received
the Holy (rhost an well as we? And he
commanded them to be baptized in the
Name of the Lord. Then prayed they
him to tarry certain days.

THE GOSPEL. John iii. 16.

so loved the world, that he gave his
only-begotten Son, that whosoever be-
lieveth in him should not perish, but have
everlasting life. For God sent not his Son
into the world to condemn the world; but
that the world through him might be saved.
He that believeth on him is not condemned ;
but he that believeth not is condemned
already, because he hath not believed in the
Name of the only-begotten Son of God.
And this is the condemnation, that light is
come into the world, and men loved dark
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TUESDAY IN WHITSUN-WEEK.

ness rather than light, because their deeds
were evil. For every one that doeth evil
hateth the light, neither cometh to the light,
lest his deeds should be reproved. But he
chat doeth truth cometh to the light, that
his deeds may be made manifest, that they
are wrought in God.

THE COLLECT.

/") GOD, who as at this time didst teach
the hearts of thy faithful people, by
sending to them the light of thy Holy Spirit ;
Grant us by the same Spirit to have a right
judgment 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 VJii. 14.

"VyHEN the Apostles which were at Jeru
salem heard that Samaria had received
the word of God, they sent unto them Peter
and John: Who, when they were come
down, prayed for them, that they might
receive the Holy Ghost. (For as yet he
was fallen upon none of them; only they
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TUESDAY IN W11IT6UN-WEEK.

were baptized in the Name of the Lord
Jesus.) Then laid they their hands on
them, and they received the Holy Ghost.

THE GOSPEL. John X. 1.

TT'BRILY, verily, I say unto you, lie that
entereth not by the door into the sheep-
fold, but climbeth up some other way, the
same is a thief and a robber. But he that
entereth in by the door is the shepherd of
the sheep. To him the porter openeth ; and
the sheep hear his voice; and he calleth his
own sheep by name, and leadeth them out.
And when he putteth forth his own sheep,
he goeth before them, and the sheep follow
him; for they know his voice. And a
stranger will they not follow, but will flee
from him ; for they know not the voice of
strangers. This parable spake Jesus unto
them ; but they understood not what things
they were which he spake unto them. Then
said Jesus unto them again, Yerily, 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 corne that they might have
life, and that they might have it more
abundantly.

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TRINITY-SUNDAY.

$he <$m\ £undag after fpentetost, tailed

THE COLLECT.

ALMIGHTY and everlasting God, who
hast given unto us thy servants grace,
by the confession of a true faith, to acknow
ledge the glory of the eternal Trinity, and
in the power of the Divine Majesty to wor
ship the Unity ; We beseech thee that thou
wouldest keep us steadfast in this faith, and
evermore defend us from all adversities, who
livest and reignest, one God, world without
end. Amen.

FOR THE EPISTLE. KfcV IV. 1.

A FTER this I looked, and oehold, a door
was ofcsed 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 show thee things which
must be hereafter. And immediately I was
in the Spirit: and behold, a throne was set
in heaven, and One sat on the throne. And
He that sat was to look upon like a jasper
and a sardine stone : and there was a rain
bow 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
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out of the throne proceeded lightnings,
thunderings, and voices. And there were
seven lamps of fire burning before the
throne, which are the seven Spirits of God.
And before the throne there was a sea of
glass like unto crystal: and in the midst of
the throne, and round about the throne,
were four beasts full of eyes before and
behind. And the first beast was like a lion,
and the second beast like a calf, and the
third beast had a face as a man, and the
fourth beast was like a flying eagle. And
the four beasts had each of them six wings
about him; and they were full of eyes
within; and they rest not day and night,
saying, Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Al
mighty, which was, and is, and is to come.
And when those beasts give glory, and
honor, and thanks to Him that sat on the
throne, who liveth for ever and ever, the
four and twenty elders fall down before Him
that sat on the throne, and worship Him that
liveth for ever and ever, and cast their crowns
before the throne, saying, Thou art worthy,
0 Lord, to receive glory, and honor, and
power ; for thou hast created all things, and
for thy pleasure they are, and were created.

THE GOSPEL. John iii. 1.

HPHEBE was a man of the Pharisees,
named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews
The same came to Jesus by night, and said
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TRINITY-SUNDAY.

unto him Rabbi, we know that them 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 an
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 born of the Spirit
is spirit. Marvel not that I said unto thee,
Ye must be born again. The wind bloweth
where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound
thereof ; but canst not tell whence it cometh,
and whither it goeth : so is every one that
is born of the Spirit. Nicodemus answered
and said unto him, How can these things
be? Jesus answered and said unto him,
Art thou a master of Israel, and knowest
not these things? Verily, verily, I say
unto theo, 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
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THE FIRST SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY.

the Son of Man which is in heaven. And
as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilder
ness, even so must the Son of Man be lifted
up ; that whosoever believeth in him should
not perish, but have eternal life.

§rtnitg.

THE COLLECT.

C\ God, the strength of all those who put
their trust in thee; Mercifully accept
our prayers ; and because, through the weak
ness of our mortal nature, we can do no
good thing without thee, grant us the help
of thy grace, that in keeping thy command
ments we may please thee, both in will and
deed ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

THE EPISTLE. 1 John iv. 7.

ELOVED, let us love one another; for
love is of God, and every one that
loveth is born of God, and knoweth God.
He that loveth not knoweth not God; for
God is love. In this was manifested the
love of God toward us, because that God
sent his only -begotten Son into the world,
that we might live through him. Herein is
love, not that we loved God, but that he
loved us, and sent his Son to be the propi
tiation for our sins. Beloved, if God sc
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loved us, we ought also to love one another
No man hath seen God at any time. If we
love one another, God dwelleth in us, and
his love is perfected in us. Hereby know
we that we dwell in him, and he in us;
because he hath given us of his Spirit. And
we have seen and do testify that the Father
sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world.
Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the
Son of God, God dwelleth in him, and he in
Grod. And we have known and believed
the love that God hath to us. God is love ;
and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in
God, and God in him. Herein is our love
made perfect, that we may have boldness in
in the day of judgment; 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 com
mandment have we from him, That he who
loveth God love his brother also.

THE GOSPEL. Luke xvi. 19.

nPHERE was a certain rich man, which
was clothed in purple and fine linen,
and fared sumptuously every day. And
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THE FIRST SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY.

there was a certain beggar named Lazarus
which was laid at his gate, full of sores, and
desiring to be fed with the crumbs which
fell from the rich man's table: moreover
the dogs came and licked his sores. And it
came to pass, that the beggar died, and was
carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom.
The rich man also died, and was buried;
and in hell he lifted up his eyes, being in
torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, und
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 thoti in
thy lifetime receivedst thy good things, and
likewise Lazarus evil things ; but now he is
comforted, and thou art tormented. And
beside all this, between us and you there is
a great gulf fixed : so that they which would
pass from hence to you cannot ; neither can
they pass to us, that would come from
thence. Then he said, I pray thee there
fore, father, that thou wouldest send him to
my father's house : for I have five brethren ;
that he may testify unto them, lest they also
come into this place of torment. Abraham
saith unto him, They have Moses and the
Prophets ; let them hear them. And he said,
Nay, father Abraham ; but if one went unto
them from the dead, they will repent. And
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he said unto him, If they hear not Mosea
and the Prophets, neither will they be per
suaded though one rose from the dead.

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THE COLLECT.

LORD, who never failest to help and
govern those whom thou dost bring
up in thy steadfast fear and love; Keep us,
we beseech thee, under the protection of thy
good providence, and make us to have a
perpetual fear and love of thy holy Name;
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

THE EPISTLE. 1 John iii. 13.

1V/TARVEL not, my brethren, if the world
hate you. We know that we have
passed from death unto life, because we
love the brethren. He that loveth not
his brother abideth in death. Whosoever
hateth his brother is a murderer; and ye
know that no murderer hath eternal life
abiding in him. Hereby perceive we the
love of God, because he laid down his life
for us; and we ought to lay down our lives
for the brethren. But whoso hath this
world's good, and seeth his brother have
aeed, and shutteth up his bowels of com-
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passion from "him, how dwelleth the love of
God in him? My little children, let us not
love in word, neither in tongue; but in
deed and in truth. And hereby we know
that we are of the truth, and shall assure
our hearts before him. For if our heart
condemn us, God is greater than our heart,
and knoweth all things. Beloved, if our
heart condemn us not, then have we confi
dence toward God. And whatsoever we
ask, we receive of him, because we keep his
commandments, and do those things that
are pleasing in his sight. And this is his
commandment, That we should believe on
the Name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love
one another, as he gave us commandment.
And he that keepeth his commandments
dwelleth in him, and he in him. And
hereby we know that he abideth in us, by
the Spirit which he hath given us.

THE GOSPEL. Luke xiv. 16.

A CERTAIN man made a great supper,
and bade many; and sent his servant
at supper-time to say to them that were
bidden, Come, for all things are now ready.
And they all with one consent began to
make excuse. The first said unto him, I
have bought a piece of ground, and I must
needs go and see it ; I pray thee have me
excused. And another said, I have bought
five yoke of oxen, and I go to prove them
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I pray thee have me excused. And anothei
said. I have married a wife, and therefore 1
cannot ?ome. So that servant came, and
/ho wed his lord these things. Then the
master of the house being angry said to his
servant, Go out quickly into the streets and
lanes of the city, and bring in hither the
poor, and the maimed, and the halt, and the
blind. And the servant said, Lord, it is
done as thou hast commanded, and yet
there is room. And the lord said unto the
servant, Go out into the highways and
hedges, and compel them to come in, that
my house may be filled. For I say unto
you, that none of those men which were
bidden shall taste of my supper.

THE COLLECT.

r\ LOED, 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 Pet. V. 5.

A LL of you be subject one to another, and
be clothed with humility; for God
resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to tha
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humble. Humble yourselves therefore under
the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt
you in due time; casting all your care upoi,
him, for he careth for you. Be sober, be
vigilant ; because your adversary the devil,
as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking
whom he may devour: whom resist stead
fast 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 unto his eternal
glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have
suffered a while, make you perfect, stab-
lish, strengthen, settle you. To him be
glory and dominion for ever and ever.
Amen.

THE GOSPEL. Luke xv. 1.

rpHEN drew near unto him all the publi
cans and sinners for to hear him. And
the Pharisees and Scribes murmured, say
ing, This man receiveth sinners, and eateth
with them. And he spake this parable
unto them, saying, What man of you having
an hundred sheep, if he lose one of them,
doth not leave the ninety and nine in the
wilderness, and go after that which is lost,
until he find it? And when he hath found
it, he layeth it on his shoulders rejoicing.
And when he cometh home, he calJeth to
gether his friends and neighbors, saying
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unto them, Rejoice with me; for I have
found my sheep which was lost. I say
unto you, that likewise joy shall be in
heaven over one sinner that repenteth, more
than over ninety and nine just persons,
which need no repentance. Either what
woman, having ten pieces of silver, it' she
lose one piece, doth not light a candle,
and sweep tlie house, and search diligently
till she find it? And when she hath found
it, she calleth her friends and her neighbors
together, saying, Rejoice with me; for I
have found the piece which I had losi,.
Likewise, I say unto you, there is joy m
the presence of the Angels of God over one
sinner that repenteth.

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THE COLLECT.

r\ GOD, the protector of all that trust in
thee, without whom nothing is strong,
nothing is holy; Increase and multiply
upon us thy mercy; that, thou being our
ruler and guide, we may so pass through
things temporal, that we finally lose not the
things eternal. Grant this, 0 heavenly
Father, for Jesus Christ's sake our Lord

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THE EPISTLE. Rom. viii. 18.

[ BECKON that the sufferings of this
present time are not worthy to be com
pared 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 cor
ruption into the glorious liberty of the chil
dren 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
ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wiL,
the redemption of our body.

THE GOSPEL. Luke vi. 36.

T3E ye therefore merciful, as your Father
also is merciful. Judge not, and ye
shall not be judged: condemn not, and ye
shall not be condemned: forgive, and ye
shall be forgiven : give, and it shall be given
unto you ; good measure, pressed down, and
shaken together, and running over, shall
men give into your bosom. For with the
yame measure that ye mete withal it shall
be measured to you again. And he spake
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a parable unto them, Can the blind lead th«
blind? shall they not both fall into the
ditch? The disciple is not above his mas
ter; 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 per-
ceivest 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 be
holdest 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.

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THE COLLECT.

0 Lord, we beseech thee, that
the course of this world may be so
peaceably ordered by thy governance, that
thy Church may joyfully serve thee in all
godly quietness; through Jesus Christ our
Lord. Amen.

THE EPISTLE. 1 Peter iii. 8,

ye all of one mind, having compassion
one of another; love as brethren, be
pitiful, be courteous ; not rendering evil for
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evil, or railing for railing ; but contrariwise
blessing, knowing that ye are thereunto
called, that ye should inherit a blessing
For he that will love life, and see good
days, let him refrain his tongue from evil,
and his lips that they speak no guile: let
him eschew evil, and do good; let him seek
peace, and ensue it. For the eyes of the
Lord are over the righteous, and his ears
are open unto their prayers: but the face
of the Lord is against them that do evil.
And who is he that will harm you, if ye be
followers of that which is good? But and
if ye suffer for righteousness' sake, happy
are ye: and be not afraid of their terror,
neither be troubled; but sanctify the Lord
God in your hearts.

THE GOSPEL. Luke v. 1.

TT came to pass, that, as the people pressed
upon him to hear the "Word of God, he
stood by the lake of Gennesaret, and saw
two ships standing by the lake: but the
fishermen were gone out of them, and wero
washing their nets. And he entered into
one of the ships, which was Simon's, and
prayed him that he would thrust out a little
from the land. And he sat down, and
taught the people out of the ship. Now,
when he had left speaking, he said unto
Simon, Launch out into the deep, and let
down your nets for a draught. And Simon
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answering said unto him, Master, we have
toiled all the night, and have taken nothing :
nevertheless at thy word I will let down
the net. And when they had this done,
they enclosed a great multitude of fishes;
and their net brake. And they beckoned
unto their partners, which were in the other
ship, that they should come and help them.
And they carne, and filled both the ships,
so that they began to sink. When Simor.
Peter saw it, he fell down at Jesus' knees,
saying, Depart from me; for I am a sinful
man, 0 Lord. For he was astonished, and
all that were with him, at the draught of
the fishes which they had taken; and so
was also James, and John, the sons of
Zebedee, which were partners with Simon.
And Jesus said unto Simon, Fear not:
from henceforth thou shalt catch men. And
when they had brought their ships to land,
they forsook all, and followed him.

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THE COLLECT.

C\ GrOD, who hast prepared for those who

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,

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which exceed all that we can desire ; through
Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

THE EPISTLE. Eom. vi. 3.

T7^ NOW ye not, that so many of us as were
baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized
into his death? Therefore we are buried
with him by baptism into death ; that like
as Christ was raised up from the dead by the
glory of the Father, even so we also should
walk in newness of life. For if we have
been planted together in the likeness of his
death, we shall be also in the likeness of his
resurrection: knowing this, that our old
man is crucified with him, that the body of
sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we
should not serve sin. For he that is dead
is freed from sin. Now if we be dead with
Christ, we believe that we shall also live
with him : knowing that Christ being raised
from the dead dieth no more ; death hath no
more dominion over him. For in that he
died, he died unto sin once; but in that he
liveth, he liveth unto God. Likewise reckon
ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto
sin, but alive unto God, through Jesus Christ
our Lord.

THE GOSPEL. Matt. v. 20.

JESUS said un,to his disciples, Except

your righteousness shall exceed tne

righteousness of the Scribes and Pharisees,

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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 judgment. But I say unto you, That
whosoever is angry with his brother without
a cause shall be in danger of the judgment :
and whosoever shall say to his brother,
Raca, shall be in danger of the council : but
whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in
danger of hell-fire. Therefore if thou bring
thy gift to the altar, and there rememberest
that thy brother hath aught 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 far
thing.

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THE COLLECT.

I" OED of all power and might, who art
the author and giver of all good things ,
Graft in our hearts the love of thy Name,
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increase in us true religion, nourish us with
all goodness, and of thy great mercy keep
us in the same; through Jesus Christ our
Lord. Amen.

THE EPISTLE. Eom. vi. 19.

T SPEAK after the manner of men, be
cause of "the infirmity of your flesh:
for as ye have yielded your members ser
vants to uncleanness and to iniquity, unto
iniquity ; even so now yield your members
servants to righteousness, unto holiness.
For when ye were the servants of sin, ye
were free from righteousness. What fruit
had ye then in those things whereof ye are
now ashamed? for the end of those things
is death. But now being made free from
sin, and become servants to God, ye have
your fruit unto holiness, and the end ever
lasting life. For the wages of sin is death ;
but the gift of God is eternal life through
Jesus Christ our Lord.

THE GOSPEL. Mark viii. 1.

TN those days the multitude being very

great, and having nothing to eat, Jesus

called his disciples unto him, and saith unto

them, 1 have compassion on the multitude,

because they have now been with me three

days, and have nothing to eat : and if I send

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them away fasting to their own houses, they
will faint by the way; for divers of them
came from far. And his disciples answered
him, From whence can a man satisfy these
men with bread here in the wilderness?
And he asked them, How many loaves have
ye? And they said, Seven. And he com
manded the people to sit down on the
ground : and he took the seven loaves, and
gave thanks, and brake, and gave to his
disciples to set before them: and they did
set them before the people. And they had
a few small fishes ; and he blessed, and com
manded to set them also before them. So
they did eat, and were filled : and they took
up of the broken meat that was left seven
baskets. And they that had eaten were
about four thousand. And he sent them
away.

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THE COLLECT.

r\ GOD, whose never-failing providence
ordereth all things both in heaven and
earth; We humbly beseech thee to put
away from us all hurtful things, and to give
us those things which are profitable for us,
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
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THE EIGHTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY.

THE EPISTLE. Eom. viii. 12.

DEETHEEN, we are debtors, not to the
flesh, to live after the flesh. For if ye
live after the flesh, ye shall die; but if ye
through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of
the body, ye shall live. For as many as
are led by the Spirit of God, they are the
sons of God. For ye have not received the
spirit of bondage again to fear ; but ye have
received the Spirit of adoption, whereby wo
cry, Abba, Father. The Spirit itself bear-
eth witness with our spirit, that we are the
children of God. And if children, then
heirs; heirs of God, and joint- heirs with
Christ; if so be that we suffer with him,
that we may be also glorified together.

THE GOSPEL. Matt. vii. 15.

"DEWAEE of false prophets, which come
to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly
they are ravening wolves. Ye shall know
thorn by their fruits. Do men gather grapea
of thorns, or figs of thistles ? Even so every
good tree bringeth forth good fruit ; but a
corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit. A
good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, nei
ther can a corrupt tree bring forth good
fruit. Every tree that bringeth not forth
good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the
fire. Wherefore by their fruits ye shall
know them. Not every one that saith unto
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me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the King
dom of Heaven ; but tie that doeth the wil]
of my Father which is in heaven.

intlt $tmdag after 8rimtg.

THE COLLECT.

to us, Lord, we beseech thee, the
spirit to think and do always such
things as are right; 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.

gRETHREN, I would not that ye should
be ignorant, how that all our fathers
were under the cloud, and all passed
through the sea; and were all baptized
unto Moses in the cloud and in the sea;
and did all eat the same spiritual meat ; and
did all drink the same spiritual drink ; (for
they drank of that spiritual Rock that fol
lowed 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. Nei-
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ther be ye idolaters, as were some of them
as it is written, The people sat down to eat
and drink, and rose up to play. Neither
let us commit fornication, as some of them
committed, and fell in one day three and
twenty thousand. Neither let us tempt
Christ, as some of them also tempted, and
were destroyed of serpents. Neither mur
mur ye, as some of them also murmured,
and were destroyed of the destroyer. Now
all these things happened unto them for
examples: and they are written for our
admonition, upon whom the ends of the
world are come. Wherefore let him that
thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall.
There hath no temptation taken you but
such as is common to man: but God is
faithful, who will not sufter 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. Luke xvi. 1.

JESUS said unto his disciples, There was
a certain rich man, which had a steward ;
and the same was accused unto him that he
had wasted his goods. And he called him,
and said unto him, How is it that I hear this
of thee? give an account of thy steward
ship ; for thou mayest be no longer steward.
Then the steward said within himself, What
shall I do ; for my lord taketh away from
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THE TENTH SUNDAY AFTEll TRINITY.

me the stewardship : I cannot dig ; to beg 1
am ashamed. I am resolved what to do,
that, when I am put out of the stewardship,
they may receive me into their houses. So
he called every one of his lord's debtors
unto him, and said unto the first, How much
owest thou unto my lord ? And he said, An
hundred measures of oil. And he said unt:>
him, Take thy bill, and sit down quickly
and write fifty. Then said he to another,
And how much owest thou? And he said,
An hundred measures of wheat. And he
said unto him, Take thy bill, and write four
score. And the lord commended the unjust
steward, because he had done wisely: for
the children of this world are in their gene
ration wiser than the children of light. And
I say unto you, Make to yourselves friends
of the mammon of unrighteousness; that,
when ye fail, they may receive you into
everlasting habitations.

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THE COLLECT.

T ET thy merciful ears, 0 Lord, be open to

the prayers of thy humble suppliants;

and that they may obtain their petitions,

make them to ask such things as shaU

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please thee ; through Jesus Christ our Lord,
Amen.

THE EPISTLE. 1 Cor. xii. 1.

nONCEKNING 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 call-
eth Jesus accursed; and that no man can
say that Jesus is the Lord, but by the Holy
Ghost. Now there are diversities of gifts,
but the same Spirit. And there are differ
ences of administrations, but the same Lord.
And there are diversities of operations, but
it is the same God which 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 interpre
tation o:' tongues. But all these worketh
that one and the self-same Spirit, dividing
to every man severally as he will.
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THE ELEVENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY.

THE GOSPEL. Luke xix. 41.

A ND when lie was come near, he beheld
the city, and wept over it, saying, If
thou hadst known, even thou, at least in
this thy day, the things which belong unto
thy peace ! but now they are hid from thine
eyes. For the days shall come upon thee,
that thine enemies shall cast a trench about
thee, and compass thee round, and keep
thee in on every side, and shall lay thee
even with the ground, and thy children
within thee; and they shall not leave in
thee one stone upon another ; because thou
knewest not the time of thy visitation. And
he went into the temple, and began to cast
out them that sold therein, and them that
bought; saying unto them, It is written,
My house is the house of prayer; but ye
have made it a den of thieves. And he
taught daily in the temple.

j&tmdaj* after

THE COLLECT.

r\ GOD, who declarest thy Almighty

power chiefly in showing mercy and

pity; Mercifully grant unto us such a

measure of thy grace, that we, running the

way of thy commandments, may obtain thy

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THE ELEVENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY.

gracious promises, and be made partakers
of thy heavenly treasure; through Jesus
Christ our Lord. Amen.

THE EPISTLE. 1 Cor. XV. 1.

BRETHREN, I declare unto you the Gos
pel which I preached unto you, which
also ye have received, and wherein ye stand ;
by which also ye are saved, if ye keep in
memory what I preached unto you, unless
ye have believed in vain. For I delivered
unto you first of all, that which I also
received, how that Christ died for our sins
according to the Scriptures; and that he
was buried, and that he rose again the third
day according to the Scriptures. And tha+,
he was seen of Cephas, then of the twelve;
after that, he was seen of above five hun
dred brethren at once: of whom the greater
part remain unto this present, but some are
fallen asleep. After that, he was seen of
James; then of all the Apostles. And last
of all he was seen of me also, as of one
born out of due time. For I am the least
of the Apostles, that am not meet to be
called an Apostle, because I persecuted the
Church of God. But by the grace of God
I am what I am: and his grace which was
bestowed upon me was not in vain; but I
labored more abundantly than they all ; yet
not I, but th? grace of God which was with
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THE TWELFTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY.

me. Therefore whether it were I or they
so we preach, and so ye believed.

THE GOSPEL. Luke xviii. 9.

TESUS spake this parable unto certain
which trusted in themselves that they
were righteous, and despised others: Two
men went up into the temple to pray; the
one a Pharisee, and the other a Publican.
The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with
himself: God, I thank thee, that I am not
as other men are, extortioners, unjust, adul
terers, or even as this Publican. I fast twice
in the week, I give tithes of all that I pos
sess. 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 thai
exalteth himself shall be abased; and he
that humbleth himself shall be exalted.

felftli J&ttndag after

THE COLLECT.

ALMIGHTY and everlasting God, who

art always more ready to hear than we

to pray, and art wont to give more than

either we desire or deserve; Pour down

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upon us the abundance of thy mercy ; for
giving us those things whereof our con
science is afraid, and giving us those ,good
things which we are not worthy to ask, but
through the merits and mediation of Jesus
Christ, thy Son, our Lord. Amen.

THE EPISTLE. 2 Cor. iii. 4.

QUCH trust have we through Christ to
Godward: not that we are sufficient of
ourselves to think anything as of ourselves ;
but our sufficiency is of God. Who also
hath made us able ministers of the New
Testament; not of the letter, but of the
spirit: for the letter killeth, but the spirit
giveth life. But if the ministration of death,
written and engraven in stones, was glori
ous, so that the children of Israel could not
steadfastly behold the face of Moses for
the glory of his countenance, which glory
was to be done away; how shall not the
ministration of the spirit be rather glorious ?
For if the ministration of condemnation be
glory, much more doth the ministration of
righteousness exceed in glory.

THE GOSPEL. Mark vii. 31.

TESUS, departing from the coasts of Tyre
and Sidon, came unto the Sea of Gali
lee, through the midst of the coasts of
Decapolis. And they bring unto him one
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THE THIRTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY.

that was deaf, and had an impediment in
his speech ; and they beseech him to put his
hand upon him. And he took him aside
from the multitude, and put his fingers into
his ears, and he spit, and touched his
tongue; and looking up to heaven, ha
sighed, and saith unto him, Ephphaiha, 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.

after

THE COLLECT.

ALMIGHTY and merciful God, of whose
only gift it cometh that thy faithful
people do unto thee true and laudable ser
vice; Grant, we beseech thee, that we may
so faithfully serve thee in this life, that we
fail not finally to attain thy heavenly pro
mises; through the merits of Jesus Christ
our Lord. Amen.

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THE EPISTLE. Gal. ill. 16.

rFO Abraham and his seed were the pro
mises made. He saith not, And tc
seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to
thy seed, which is Christ. And this I say,
That the covenant, that was confirmed
before of God in Christ, the Law, which
was four hundred and thirty years after,
cannot disannul, that it should make the
promise of none effect. For if the inherit
ance be of the Law, it is no more of pro
mise; but God gave it to Abraham by
promise. Wherefore then serveth the Law ?
It was added because of transgressions, till
the seed should come to whom the promise
was made; and it was ordained by angels
in the hand of a mediator. Now a mediator
is not a mediator of one; but God is one.
Is the Law then against the promises of
God? God forbid: for if there had been a
law given which could have given life,
verily righteousness should have been by
the Law. But the Scripture hath concluded
all under sin, that the promise by faith of
Jesus Christ might be given to them that
believe.

THE GOSPEL. Luke x. 23.

T5LESSED are the eyes which see the
things that ye see. For I tell you,
that many prophets and kings have desired
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THE THIRTEENTH SUNDAY AFIER TRINITY.

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 neighbor? And Jesus answering
said, A certain man went down from Jeru
salem to Jericho, and fell among thieves,
which stripped him of his raiment, and
wounded him, and departed, leaving him
half dead. And by chance there came
down a certain Priest that way ; and when
he saw him, he passed by on the other side.
And likewise a Levite, when he was at the
place, came and looked on him, and passed
by on the other side. But a certain Sama
ritan, 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
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morrow, when he departed, he took out two
pence, and gave them to the host, and said
unto him, Take care of him; and whatso
ever thou spendest more, when I come
again, I will repay thee. Which now of
these three, thinkest thou, was neighbor
unto him that fell among the thieves?
And he said, He that showed mercy on
him. Then said Jesus unto him, Go, and
do thou likewise.

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THE COLLECT.

ALMIGHTY and everlasting God, give
unto us the increase of faith, hope, and
charity ; and, that we may obtain that which
thou dost promise, make us to love that
which thou dost command; through Jesus
Christ our Lord. Amen.

THE EPISTLE. Gal. V. 16.

T say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall
not fulfil the lust of the flesh. For the
flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the
Spirit against the flesh : and these are con
trary 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
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Now the works of the flesh are manifest,
which are these: adultery, fornication, un-
cleanness, lasciviousness, idolatry, witchcraft,
hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife,
seditions, heresies, cnvyings, murders, drunk
enness, revellings, and such like: of the
which I tell you before, as I have also told
you in time past, that they who do such
things shall not inherit the Kingdom of
God. But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy,
peace, long-suffering, gentleness, goodness,
faith, meekness, temperance: against such
there is no law. And they that are Christ's
have crucified the flesh, with the affections
and lusts.

THE GOSPEL. Luke xvii. 11.

A ND it came to pass, as Jesus went to
Jerusalem, that he passed through the
midst of Samaria and Galilee. And as he
entered into a certain village, there met him
ten men that were lepers, which stood afar
off. And they lifted up their voices, and
said, Jesus, Master, have mercy on us. And
when he saw them, he said unto them, Go
show yourselves unto the priests. And it
came to pass, that, as they went, they were
cleansed. And one of them, when lie 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
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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.

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THE COLLECT.

JT'EEP, we beseech thee, O Lord, thy
" Church with thy perpetual mercy ; and,
because the frailty of man without thee can
not but fall, keep us ever by thy help from
all things hurtful, and lead us to all things
profitable to our salvation; through Jesus
Christ our Lord. Amen.

THE EPISTLE. Gal. vi. 11.

see how large a letter I have written
unto you with mine own hand. As
many as desire to make a fair show in the
flesh, they constrain you to be circumcised ;
only lest they should suffer persecution for
the cross of Christ. For neither they them
selves 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
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world is crucified unto me, and I unto the
world. For in Christ Jesus neither circum
cision availeth anything, nor uncircumci-
sion, but a new creatuie. And as many as
walk according to this rule, peace be on
them, and mercy, and upon the Israel of
God. From henceforth let no man trouble
me; for I bear in my body the marks of
the Lord Jesus. Brethren, the grace of
our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit.
Amen.

THE GOSPEL. Matt. vi. 24.

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 mam
mon. 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
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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, 0
ye of little faith ? Therefore take no thought,
saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall
we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be
clothed? (for after all these things do the
Gentiles seek;) for your heavenly Father
knoweth that ye have need of all these
things. But seek ye first the Kingdom of
God, and his righteousness; and all these
things shall be added unto you. Take there
fore no thought for the morrow; for the
morrow shall take thought for the things of
itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil

thereof.

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THE COLLECT.

C\ LORD, we beseech thee, let thy con
tinual pity cleanse and defend thy
Church; and, because it cannot continue in
safety without thy succor, preserve it ever
more by thy help and goodness; through
Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

THE EPISTLE. Eph. iii. 13.
T DESIBE that ye faint not at my tribula
tions for you, which is your glory. For
this cause I bow my "knees ur. to the Father

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of our Lord Jesus Christ, of whom the whole
family in heaven and earth is named, that
he would grant you, according to the riches
of his glory, to be strengthened with might
by his Spirit in the inner man ; that Christ
may dwell in your hearts by faith ; that ye.
being rooted' and grounded in love, may
be able to comprehend, with all saints, what
is the breadth, and length, and depth, and
height; and to know the love of Christ,
which passeth knowledge, that ye might be
filled with all the fulness of God. Now
unto Him that is able to do exceeding abun
dantly above all that we ask or think,
according to the power that worketh in us,
unto Him be glory in the Church, by Christ
Jesus, throughout all ages, world without
end. Amen.

THE GOSPEL. Luke vii. 11.

A ND it came to pass the day after, that
Jesus went into a city called Nain ; and
many of his disciples went with him, and
much people. Now when he carne 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
oame and touched the, bier; and they that
bare him stood still. And he said, Young
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man, I say unto thoe, Arise. And he that
was dead sat up, and began to speak ; and
he delivered him to his mother. And there
came a fear on all, and they glorified God,
saying, That a great Prophet is risen up
among us; and, That God hath visited his
people. And this rumor of him went forth
throughout all Judea, and throughout all
the region round about.

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THE COLLECT.

F OED, 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.
A men.

THE EPISTLE. EpheS. IV. 1.

T THEREFORE, the prisoner of the Lord,
beseech you that ye walk worthy of the
vocation wherewith ye are called, with all
lowliness and meekness, with long-suffering,
forbearing one another in love; endeavor
ing 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 bap
tism, one God and Father of all, vho ia
above all, and through all, and in you all.
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THE GOSPEL. Luke xiv. 1.

to pass, as Jesus went into the
house of one of the chief Pharisees to eat
bread on the sabbath-day, that they watched
him. And behold, there was a certain man
before him which had the dropsy. And
Jesus answering, spake unto the Lawyers
and Pharisees, saying, Is it lawful to heal
on the sabbath-day? And they held their
peace. And he took him, and healed him,
and let him go ; and answered them, saying,
Which of you shall have an ass or an ox
fallen into a pit, and will not straightway
pull him out on the sabbath-day? And
they could not answer him again to theso
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 honorable man
than thou be bidden of him; and he that
bade thee and him come and say to thee,
Give this man place ; and thou begin with
shame to take the lowest room. But when
thou art bidden, go and sit down in the
lowest room ; that when he that bade thee
cometh, he may say unto thee, Friend, go
up higher: then shalt thou have worship in
the presence of them that sit at meat with
thee. For whosoever ey.alteth himself shalJ
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oe abased; and he that humbleth himself
shall be exalted.

THE COLLECT.

T 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.

f THANK my God always on your be
half, for the grace of God which is
given you by Jesus Christ; that in every
thing ye are enriched by him, in all utter
ance, and in all knowledge; even as the
testimony of Christ was confirmed in you;
so that you 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. Matt. xxii. 34.

\iTHEN the Pharisees had heard that Jesus
had put the Sadducees to silence, they
were gathered together. Then one of them
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which was a Lawyer, asked him a question,
tempting him, and saying, Master, which is
the great commandment in the Law ? Jesus
said unto him, Thou shaltlove the Lord thy
God with all thy heart, and with all thy
soul, and with all thy mind. This is the
first and great commandment. And the
second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy
neighbor as thyself. On these two com
mandments hang all the Law and the Pro
phets. While the Pharisees were gathered
together, Jesus asked them, saying, What
think ye of Christ ? whose son is he ? They
say unto him, The Son of David. He saith
unto them, How then doth David in spirit
call him Lord, saying, The LOED said unto
my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, till I
make thine enemies thy footstool ? If David
then call him Lord, how is he his son ? And
no man was able to answer him a word,
neither durst any man, from that day forth,
ask him any more questions.

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THE COLLECT.

f\ GOD, forasmuch as without thee we are
not able to please thee ; Mercifully grant
that thy Holy Spirit may in all things direct
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and rule our hearts; through Jesus Christ
our Lord. Amen.

THE EPISTLE. Ephes. iv. 17.

I say therefore, and testify in the
Lord, that ye henceforth walk not as
other Gentiles walk, in the vanity of their
mind, having the understanding darkened,
being alienated from the life of God through
the ignorance that is in them, because of the
blindness of their heart: who being past
feeling have given themselves over unto
lasciviousness, to work all uncleanness with
greediness. But ye have not so learned
Christ; if so be that ye have heard him, and
have been taught by him, as the truth is in
Jesus : that ye put off concerning the former
conversation the old man, which is corrupt
according to the deceitful lusts; and be
renewed in the spirit of your mind; and
that ye put on the new man, which after
God is created in righteousness and true
holiness. Wherefore putting away lying,
speak every man truth with his neighbor:
for we are members one of another. Be ye
angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down
upon your wrath ; neither give place to the
devil. Let him that stole steal no more;
but rather let him labor, working with his
hands the thing which is good, that he may
have to give to him that needeth. Let no
corrupt communication proceed out of your
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mouth, but that which is good to the use of
edifying, that it may minister grace unto the
hearers. And grieve not the Holy Spirit
of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day
of redemption. Let all bitterness, and wrath,
and anger, and clamor, and evil speaking,
be put away from you, with all malice: and
be ye kind one to another, tender-hearted,
forgiving one another, even as God for
Christ's sake hath forgiven you.

THE GOSPEL. Matt. ix. 1.

JESUS entered into a ship, and passed
over, and came into his own city. And
behold, they brought to him a man sick of
the palsy, lying on a bed : and Jesus, seeing
their faith, said unto the sick of the palsy;
Son, be of good cheer ; thy sins be forgiven
thee. And behold, certain of the Scribes
said within themselves, This man blasphem-
eth. And Jesus, knowing their thoughts,
said, Wherefore think ye evil in your
hearts ? For whether is easier to say, Thy
sins be forgiven thee ; or to say, Arise, and
walk ? But that ye may know that the Son
of Man hath power on earth to forgive sins,
(then saith he to the sick of the palsy,)
Arise, take up thy bed, and go unto thine
house. And he arose, and departed to his
house. But when the multitude saw it, they
marvelled, and glorified God, which had
given such power unto men.
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after §rin%

THE COLLECT.

Q ALMIGHTY and most merciful God,
of thy bountiful goodness keep us, we
beseech thee, from all things that may hurt
us; that we, being ready both in body and
soul, may cheerfully accomplish those things
which thou commandest; through Jesus
Christ our Lord. Amen.

THE EPISTLE. Ephes. V. 15.

^EE then that ye walk circumspectly, not
as fools, but as wise, redeeming the
time, because the days are evil. Where
fore be ye not unwise, but understanding
what the will of the Lord is. And be not
drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be
filled with the Spirit ; speaking to yourselves
in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs,
singing and making melody in your heart
to the Lord; giving thanks always for all
things unto God and the Father, in the
Name of our Lord Jesus Christ; submitting
yourselves one to another in the fear of God.

THE GOSPEL. Matt. xxii. 1.

JESUS said, The Kingdom of Heaven is

like unto a certain king, which made a

marriage for his son, and sent forth his

servants to call them that were bidden tc

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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 fat-
lings are killed, and all things are ready:
come unto the marriage. But they made
light of it, and went their ways, one to his
farm, another to his merchandise: and the
remnant took his servants, and entreated
them spitefully, and slew them. But when
the king heard thereof, he was wroth ; and
he sent forth his armies, and destroyed those
murderers, and burned up their city. Then
saith he to his servants, The wedding is
ready, but they which 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 into the
highways, and gathered together all as
many as they found, both bad and good;
and the wedding was furnished with guests.
And when the king came in to see the
guests, he saw there a man which had not
on a wedding -garment: and he saith unto
him, Friend, how earnest thou in hither not
having a wedding-garment? And he was
speechless. Then said the king to the ser
vants, 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 chosen,
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THE COLLECT.

/7J.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 EPISTLE. Ephes. vi. 10.

JV/T Y brethren, be strong in the Lord, and
in the power of his might. Put on
the whole armor of God, that ye may be
able to stand against the wiles of the devil.
For we wrestle not against flesh and blood
but against principalities, against powers,
against the rulers of the darkness of this
world, against spiritual wickedness in high
places. Wherefore take unto you the
whole armor of God, that ye may be able
to withstand in the evil day, and having
done all, to stand. Stand therefore, having
your loins girt about with truth; and
having on the breastplate 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
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God: praying always with all prayer and
supplication in the Spirit, and watching
thereunto with all perseverance and suppli
cation for all saints; and for me, that utter
ance may be given unto me, that I may
open my mouth boldly, to make known the
mystery of the Gospel, for which I am an
ambassador in bonds; that therein I may
speak boldly, as I ought to speak.

THE GOSPEL. John iv. 46.

'rpHBRE was a certain nobleman, whose
son was sick at Capernaum. When
he heard that Jesus was come out of Judea
into Galilee, he went unto him, and be
sought him that he would come down and
heal his son; for he was at the point of
death. Then said Jesus unto him, Except
ye see signs and wonders, ye will not
believe. The nobleman saith unto him,
Sir, come down ere my child die. Jesus
saith unto him, Go thy way ; thy son liveth.
And the man believed the word that Jesus
had spoken unto him, and he went his way.
And as he was now going down, his ser
vants met him, and told him, saying, Thy
son liveth. Then inquired he of them the
hour when he began to amend. And they
said unto him, Yesterday, at the seventh
hour, the fever left him. So the father
knew that it was at the same hour in the
which Jesus said unto him, Thy son liveth
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THE TWENTY-SECOND SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY.

and himself believed, and his whole house.
This is again the second miracle that Jesus
did, when he was come out of Judea i
Galilee.

^undag after

THE COLLECT.

T ORD, we beseech thee to keep thy house
hold the Church in continual godliness,
that through thy protection it may be free
from all adversities, and devoutly given to
serve thee in good works, to the glory of
thy name ; through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen.

THE EPISTLE. Phil. i. 3.

T THANK my God upon every remem
brance of you, (always in every prayer
t)f mine for you all making request with
joy,) for your fellowship in the Gospel from
the first day until now; being confident of
this very thing, that he which hath begun a
good work in you will perform it until the
day of Jesus Christ : even as it is meet for
me to think this of you all, because I have
jou 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
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THE TVVENTY-SI.COND SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY.

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 know
ledge and in all judgment; that ye may
approve things that are excellent; that ye
may be sincere and without offence till the
day of Christ; being filled with the fruits
of righteousness, which are by Jesus Christ,
unto the glory and praise of God.

THE GOSPEL. Matt, xviii. 21.

T3ETEE said unto Jesus, Lord, how oft
shall my brother sin against me, and I
forgive him? till seven times? Jesus saith
unto him, I say not unto thee, Until seven
times; but, Until seventy times seven.
Therefore is the Kingdom of Heaven
likened unto a certain king which would
take account of his servants. And when
he had begun to reckon, one was brought
unto him, which owed him ten thousand
talents. But forasmuch as he had not to
pay, his lord commanded him to be sold,
and his wife and children, and all that he
had, and payment to be made. The servant
therefore fell down and worshipped him,
saying, Lord, have patience with me, and I
will pay thee all. Then the lord of that
servant was moved with compassion, and
loosed him, and forgave him the debt. But
the same servant went out, and found one
of his fellow -servants, which owed him an
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THE TWENTY-THIRD SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY.

hundred pence : ana he laid hands on him,
and took him by the throat, saying, Pay me
that thou owest. And his fellow-servant
fell down at his feet, and besought him,
saying, Have patience with me, and I will
pay thee all. And he would not ; but went
and cast him into prison, till he should pay
the debt. So when his fellow-servants saw
what was done, they were very sorry, and
came and told unto their lord all that was
done. Then his lord, after that he had
called him, said unto him, O thou wicked
servant, T forgave thee all that debt, because
thou desiredst me: shouldest not thou also
have had compassion on thy fellow-servant,
even as I had pity on thee? And his lord
was wroth, and delivered him to the tor
mentors, till he should pay all that was due
unto him. So likewise shall my heavenly
Father do also unto you, if ye from your
hearts forgive not every one his brother
their trespasses.

after

THE COLLECT.

O GOD, our refuge and strength, who art

the author of all godliness ; Be ready,

we beseech thee, to hear the devout prayers

of thy Church ; and grant that those things

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THE TWENTY-THIRD SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY.

which we ask faithfully we may obtain
effectually; through Jesus Christ our Lord
Amen.

THE EPISTLE. Phil. iii. 17.

gKETHREN, 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 destruc
tion, whose God is their belly, and whose
glory is in their shame, who mind earthly
things.) For our conversation is in heaven,
from whence also we look for the Saviour,
the Lord Jesus Christ: who shall change
our vile body, that it may be fashioned like
unto his glorious body, according to the
working whereby he is able even to subdue
all things unto himself.

THE GOSPEL. Matt xxii. 15.

went the Pharisees, and took coun
sel how they might entangle him in his
talk. And they sent out unto him their
disciples, with the Herodians, saying, Master,
we know that thou art true, and teachest the
way of God in truth, neither carest thou for
any man : for thou regardest not the person
of men. Tell us therefore, what thinkest
thou? Is it lawful to give tribute unto
Caesar, or not? But Jesus perceived theii
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wickedness, and said, Why tempt ye me, ye
hypocrites? Show me the tribute-money.
And they brought unto him a penny. And
he saith unto them, Whose is this image and
superscription ? They say unto him, Caesar's.
Then saith he unto them, Bender therefore
unto Caesar the things which are Caesar's;
and unto God the things that are God's.
When they had heard these words, they
marvelled and left him, and went their
way.

iwetttg-faurih Jiimdag

THE COLLECT.

C\ LORD, we beseech thee, absolve thy
people from their offences ; that through
thy bountiful goodness we may all be deli
vered from the bands of those sins, which
by our frailty we have committed. Grant
this, O heavenly Father, for Jesus Christ's
sake, our blessed Lord and Saviour. Amen.

THE EPISTLE. Col. i. 3.

"W"E give thanks to God and the Father of

our Lord Jesus Christ, praying always

for you, since we heard of your faith in

Christ Jesus, and of the love which ye have

to all the saints, for the hope which is laid

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up for you in heaven, whereof ye heard
before in the word of the truth of the Gos
pel; 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 know
ledge 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 inherit
ance of the saints in light.

THE GOSPEL. Matt. ix. 18.

I^THILE Jesus spake these things unto
John's disciples, behold, there came
a certain ruler, and worshipped him, say
ing, 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 bo
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hold, 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, 1 shall be whole. But
Jesus turned him abcut, 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 sleep-
eth. And they laughed him to scorn. But
when the people were put forth, he went in,
and took her by the hand, and the maid
arose. And the fame hereof went abroad
into all that land.

THE COLLECT.

up, we beseech thee, 0 Lord, the
wills of thy faithful people ; that they
plenteously bringing forth the fruit of
good works, may by thee be plenteously
rewarded; th?3ugh Jesus Christ our Lord,
Amen.

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THE TWENTY-FIFTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY.

FOR THE EPISTLE. Jer. xxiii. 5.

DEHOLD, the days come, saith the LORD
that I will raise unto David a righteous
Branch, and a King shall reign and prosper,
and shall execute judgment 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 coun
tries whither I had driven them; and they
shall dwell in their own land.

THE GOSPEL. John VI. 5.

Jesus then lifted up his eyes, and
saw a great company come unto him,
he saith unto Philip, Whence shall we buy
bread, that these may eat? (And this he
said to prove him: for he himself knew
what he would do.) Philip answered him,
Two hundred pennyworth of bread is not
sufficient for them, that every one of them
may take a little. One of his disciples,
Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, saith unto
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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 dis
ciples, and the disciples to them that were
set down; and likewise of the fishes, as
much as they would. When they were
filled, he said unto his disciples, Gather up
the fragments that remain, that nothing be
lost. Therefore they gathered them together,
and filled twelve baskets with the fragments
of the five barley-loaves, which remained
over and above unto them that had eaten.
Then those men, when they had seen the
miracle that Jesus did, said, This is of a
truth that Prophet that should come into
the world.

? If there be any more Sundays before Advent Sunday, the Bervica
of some of those Sundays that were omitted after the Epiphany,
may 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 te used upon
the Sunday next before Advent.

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THE COLLECTION FOR THE POOR,

AND OTHER PIOUS PURPOSES.

| Sentences of Holy Scripture to be read while the Deacons are col
lecting the charitable gifts of the People for the Poor, and other
pious purposes.

J^EMEMBEK the words of the Lord
Jesus, how he said, It is more blessed
to give than to receive. Acts xx. 35.

Let your light so shine before men, that
they may see your good works, and glorify
your Father which is in heaven. Matt. v. 16.

Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon
earth; where moth and rust doth corrupt,
and where thieves break through and steal :
but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven ;
where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt,
and where thieves do not break through
nor steal. Matt. vi. 19, 20.

Whatsoever ye would that men should do
to you, do ye even so to them; for this is
the Law and the Prophets. Matt. vii. 12.

Ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus
Christ, that though he was rich, yet for
your sakes he became poor, that ye through
his poverty might be rich. 2 Cor. viii. 9.

Not every one that saith unto me, Lord
Lord, shall enter into the Kingdom of
Heaven ; but he that doeth the will of my
Father which is in heaven. Matt. vii. 21.

The harvest truly is great, but the labor
ers are few : pray ye therefore the Lord of
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the harvest, that he would send forth laboi
ers into his harvest. Luke x. 2.

How beautiful are the feot- of them thai
preach the Gospel of peace, and bring glad
tidings of good things. Rom. x. 15.

If we have sown unto you spiritual
things, is it a great matter if we shall reap
your carnal things? 1 Cor. ix. 11.

Do ye not know, that they who minister
about holy things live of the things of the
temple ; 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. 13, 14.

Every man according as he purposeth in
his heart, so let him give, not grudgingly,
or of necessity; for God loveth a cheerful
giver. 2 Cor. ix. 6, 7.

Let him that is taught in the Word min
ister unto him that teacheth, in all good
things. Be not deceived, God is not mocked :
for whatsoever a man soweth that shall he
also reap. Gal. vi. 6, 7.

As we have opportunity, let us do good
unto all men; especially unto them that are
of the household of faith. Gal. vi. 10.

Godliness with contentment is great gain;
for we brought nothing into this world, and
it is certain we can carry nothing out
1 Tim. vi. 6, 7.

Charge them that are rich in this world,
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that they be not high-minded, nor trust in
uncertain riches, but in the living God, who
giveth us richly all things to enjoy: that
they do good, that they be rich in good
works, ready to distribute, willing to com
municate : laying up in store for themselves
a good foundation against the time to come,
that they may lay hold on eternal life.
1 Tim. vi. 17—19.

God is not unrighteous, that he will for
get your work and labor of love; which ye
have showed toward his Name, in that ye
have ministered unto the saints, and do
minister. Heb. vi. 10.

To do good, and to communicate, forget
not; for with such sacrifices God is well
pleased. Heb. xiii. 16.

Whoso hath this world's good, and seeth
his brother have need, and shutteth up
his bowels of compassion from him, how
dwelleth the love of God in him? 1 John
iii. 17.

Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye
have done it unto the least of these my
brethren, ye have done it unto me. Matt.
xxv. 40.

He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth
unto the Lord, and that which he hath given
will he pay him again. Prov. xix. 17.

Blessed is he that considereth the poor:
the Lord shall deliver him in the time of
trouble. Ps. xli. 1.

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THE ORDER OF THE

ADMINISTRATION OF THE LORD'S SUPPER,

HOLY COMMUNION.

f The Holy Communion, or Supper of the Lord, is frequently to b«
celebrated; but how often, may be determined by the Pastol
and Elders of each congregation, as they shall judge most fof
edification.

f Such as are found to be ignorant and scandalous, notwithstanding
their profession of the faith, and desire to come to the Lord's
Supper, may and ought to be kept from that Sacrament, by the
power which Christ hath left in his Church, until they receiva
instruction, and manifest their reformation.

^ When the Minister giveth warning for the celebration of the Com
munion, (which he shall always do upon the Lord's day iuime
diately preceding,) it is proper that either then, or on some day
of the week, something concerning that Sacrament, and the due
preparation thereunto, be taught alter the manner of this fol
lowing Exhortation.

T)EARLY beloved, on day next we

purpose, through God's assistance, to
administer to all such as shall be religiously
and devoutly disposed the most comfortable
Sacrament of the Body and Blood of Christ ;
to be by them received in remembrance of
his meritorious Cross and Passion ; whereby
alone we obtain remission of our sins, and
are made partakers of the Kingdom of
Heaven. Wherefore it is our duty to render
most humble and hearty thanks to Almighty
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God oir heavenly Father, for that he hath
given his Son our Saviour Jesus Christ,
not only to die for us, but also to be oui
spiritual food and sustenance in that holy
Sacrament. Which being so divine and
comfortable a thing to them who receive it
worthily, and so dangerous to them that
will presume to receive it unworthily; my
duty is to exhort you in the mean season to
consider the dignity of that holy mystery,
and the great peril of the unworthy receiv
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 mar
riage-garment required by God in Holy
Scripture, and be received as worthy par
takers of that holy Table.

The way and means thereto is: First, to
examine your lives and conversations by
the rule of God's commandments; and
whereinsoever ye shall perceive yourselves
to have offended, either by will, word, or
deed, there to bewail your own sinfulness,
and to confess yourselves to Almighty God,
with full purpose of amendment of life.
And if ye shall perceive your offences to be
such as are not only against God, but also
against your neighbors ; then ye shall recon
cile yourselves unto them ; being ready to
make restitution and satisfaction, according
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to the uttermost of your powers, for all inju
ries and wrongs done by you to any other;
ai»i being likewise ready to forgive others
who have offended you, as ye would have
forgiveness of your offences at God's hand:
for otherwise the receiving of the holy Com
munion doth nothing else but increase your
condemnation.

And because it is desirable 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 Minister of God's Word, and
open his grief; that he may receive such
godly counsel and advice, as may tend to the
quieting of his conscience, and the removing
of all scruple and doubtfulness.

But though we thus speak, let none of
you be discouraged who lie under a troubled
conscience ; seeing that even one who doubt-
eth of his being in Christ, and of his due
preparation to this holy Sacrament, may
have true interest in Him, though he be not
yet assured thereof; and in God's account
hath it, if he be duly affected with the appre
hension of the want of it, and unfeignedly
desires to be found in Christ, and to depart
from iniquity; in which case (because pre
mises are made, and this Sacrament is ap
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oointed, for the relief even of weak and
doubting Christians) he is to bewail his
unbelief, and labor to have his doubts
resolved; and so doing, he may and ought
to come to the Lord's Supper, that he may
be further strengthened.

^ And at such times also the Minister may exhort any that am
negligent in coming to the Communion, after this manner;

~T)EAKLY beloved brethren, on we

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 un
kind a thing it is, when a man hath pre
pared a rich feast, decked his table with all
kind of provision, so that there lacketh
nothing but the guests to sit down ; and yet
they who are called (without any cause)
most unthankfully refuse to come. Which
of you in such a case would not be moved ?
Who would not think a great injury and
wrong done unto him? Wherefore, most
dearly beloved in Christ, take ye good
heed, lest you, withdrawing yourselves from
this holy Supper, provoke God's indigna
tion against you. It is an easy matter for
a man to say, I will not communicate, be
cause I am otherwise hindered with worldly
business. But such excuses are not so
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easily accepted and allowed before God. If
any may say, I am a grievous sinner, anr\
therefore am afraid to come: wherefore then
do ye not repent and amend? When God
calleth you, are ye not ashamed to say ye
will not come? When ye should return to
God, will ye excuse yourselves, and say ye
are not ready? Consider earnestly with
yourselves how little such feigned excuses
will avail before God. They that refused
the feast in the Gospel, because they had
bought a farm, or would try their yokes of
oxen, or because they were married, were
not so excused, but counted unworthy of the
heavenly feast. I, for my part, shall be
ready ; and, according to mine Office, I bid
you in the Nanie of God, I call you in
Christ's behalf, I exhort you, as ye love
your own salvation, that ye will be par
takers of this holy Communion. And as
the Son of God did vouchsafe to yield up
his soul by death upon the Cross for your
salvation ; so it is your duty to receive the
Communion in remembrance of the sacrifice
of his death, as he himself hath commanded :
which if ye shall neglect to do, consider
with yourselves how great injury ye do
unto God, and how sore punishment hangeth
over your heads for the same; when ye
wilfully abstain from the Lord's Table, and
separate from your brethren, who come to
feed on the banquet of that most heavenly
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food. These things if ye earnestly con
aider, ye will by God's grace return to a
better mind : for the obtaining whereof we
shall not cease to make our humble petitions
unto Almighty God, our Heavenly Father.

^ At the time of the celebration of the Communion, the Sermon
heing ended, and the charitable offerings collected, (if any have
been appointed,) the Minister will offer this following Prayer
for the whole state of Christ's Church militant here in earth.

A LMIGHTY and everliving God, who by
thy holy Apostle hast taught us to
make prayers, and supplications, and to
give thanks for all men; We humbly be
seech thee most mercifully [to accept our
alms and oblations, and] to receive these our
prayers, which we offer unto thy Divine
Majesty; beseeching thee to inspire con
tinually the Universal Church with the
spirit of truth, unity, and concord: And
grant that all those who 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, so to direct
and dispose the hearts of all Christian
Magistrates, and especially thy servants our
Rulers and Governors in this land, that they
may truly and impartially administer justice
to the punishment of wickedness and vice,
and to the maintenance of thy true religion,
and virtue. Give grace, O heavenly Father,
to all Pastors and other Ministers, that they
may, both by their life and doctrine, set
forth thy true and lively Wore:, and rightly
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and duly administer thy holy Sacraments
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 of their life.
And we most humbly beseech thee, of thy
goodness, 0 Lord, to comfort and succor all
those who, in this transitory life, are in
trouble, sorrow, need, sickness, or any other
adversity. And we also bless thy holy
Name for all thy servants departed this life
in thy faith and fear; beseeching thee to
give us grace so to follow their good
examples, that with them we may be par
takers of thy heavenly kingdom. Grant
this, O Father, for Jesus Christ's sake, our
only Mediator and Advocate. Amen.

'', Then the Minister will appoint one of the Communion Hymns to
be sung.

f And after the Hymn, the Communicants being then conveniently
placed for receiving the Sacrament, and the Table having a
fair linen cloth upon it, the bread in plates and the wine in
cups, the Minister, standing at the Table, will fay,

Hear the Words of the Institution of this
Holy Supper of our Lord, as they are given
by his Apostle Paul, declaring unto us after
what manner it is to be celebrated.

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
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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 often as ye drink it, in remembrance
of me. For as often as ye eat this bread,
and drink this cup, ye do show the Lord's
death till he come. Wherefore, whosoever
shall eat this bread and drink this cup of
the Lord, unworthily, shall be guilty of the
body and blood of the Lord. But let a man
examine himself, and so let him eat of that
bread, and drink of that cup.

fl And the same, as to him will seem fitting, he may thus explain
and apply.

J^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 ex-
horteth 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 spiritu
ally 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
i he same unworthily. For then we are
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guilty of the Body and Blood of Christ oui
Saviour ; we eat and drink our own damna
tion, 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 steadfast 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 mys
teries. And above all things ye must give
most humble and hearty thanks to God, the
Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost, for
the redemption of the world by the death
and passion of our Saviour Christ, both
God and man; who did humble himself,
even to the death upon the Cross, for us,
miserable sinners, who lay in darkness and
the shadow of death; that he might make
us the children of God, and exalt us to
everlasting life. And to the end that we
should alway remember the exceeding great
love of our Master, and only Saviour, Jesus
Christ, thus dying for us, and the innumera
ble benefits which by his precious blood-
shedding he hath obtained to us; he hath
instituted and ordained holy mysteries, aa
pledges of his love, and for a continual re
membrance of his death, to our great and
endless comfort. To him therefore, with
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the Father and the Holy Ghost, let us give
(as we are most bouiiden) 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.

f And the minister is to give a Warning to this effect,

FF there be here present any profane or
scandalous person, or any living in secret
malice, envy, or other crime against God or
his neighbor, let him yet awhile bewail his
sins, and not come to this holy Table until
he can, with a better conscience, trust in
God's mercy, lest by his unworthy partaking
of these mysteries, he only fall into greater
condemnation.

fl And after that, pausing a little, this Invitation,

V E that do truly and earnestly repent you
of your sins, and are in love and
charity with your neighbors, and intend to
lead a new life, following the command
ments of God, and walking from henceforth
in his holy ways; Draw near with faith,
and take this holy Sacrament to your com
fort; and make your Lumble confession to
Almighty God, meekly saying:

f A Confession of those who come to receive the Communion.

ALMIGHTY God, Father of our Lord
Jesus Christ, Maker of all things, Judge
of all men; We acknowledge and bewaiJ
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our manifold sins and wickedness, Whi .h
we, from time to time, most grievously have
committed, By thought, word, and deed,
Against thy Divine Majesty, Provoking
most justly thy wrath and indignation
against us. We do earnestly repent, And
are heartily sorry for these our misdoings ;
The remembrance of them is grievous unto
us; The burden of them is intolerable.
Have mercy upon us, Have mercy upon us,
most merciful Father; For thy Son our
Lord Jesus Christ's sake, Forgive us all that
is past ; And grant that we may ever here
after Serve and please thee In newness of
life, To the honor and glory of thy Name ;
Through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

\ A Prayer of the Minister for those who come to the Communion.

ALMIGHTY God, our heavenly Father,
who of his great mercy hath promised
forgiveness of sins to all them that with
hearty repentance and true faith turn unto
him; Have mercy upon you; pardon and
deliver you from all your sins ; confirm and
strengthen you in all goodness; and bring
you to everlasting life ; through Jesus Christ
our Lord. Amen.

11 And he may also say,

Hear what comfortable words our Saviour
Christ saith unto all who truly turn unto
him:

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unto me, all ye that labor and are
heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
Matt. xi. 28.

God so loved the world, that he gave his
only-begotten Son, that whosoever believeth
in him should not perish, but have everlast
ing life. John iii. 16.

Hear also what Saint Paul saith :
This is a faithful saying, and worthy of
all acceptation, That Christ Jesus came into
the world to save sinners. 1 Tim. i. 15.

Hear also what Saint John saith :
If any man sin, we have an Advocate
with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous ;
and he is the Propitiation for our sins.
1 John ii. 1, 2.

f And then, in the name of the Communicants, this Prayer following :

do not presume to come to this thy
Table, 0 merciful Lord, trusting in
our own righteousness, but in thy manifold
and great mercies. We are not worthy so
much as to gather up the crumbs under thy
Table. Bat thou art the same Lord, whose
property is always to have mercy: Grant
us therefore, gracious Lord, so to eat the
flesh of thy dear Son Jesus Christ, and to
drink his blood, that our sinful souls and
bodies may be cleansed through his most
precious body and blood, and that we may
evermore dwell in him, and he in us.
Amen.

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f Here, all standing up, the Minister will s&j :

Lift up your hearts.

Communicants. We lift them up unto thfl
Lord.

Minister. Let us give thanks unto our
Lord God.

Communicants. It is meet and right so to
do.

tf Then will the Minister say :

TT is very meet, right, and our bounden
duty, that we should at all times, and
in all places, give thanks to thee, O Lord,
Holy Father, Almighty, Everlasting God,
through Christ our Lord.

But chiefly are we bound to praise thee
for that thou 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 for the sins of the whole world;
and did institute, and in his holy Gospel
command us to continue, a perpetual memo
rial of that his precious death, until his
coming again.

1[ And then may be said or sung :

rpHEREFORE with Angels and Arch
angels, and with all the company of
heaven, we laud and magnify thy glorious
Name; evermore praising thee, and saying,
Holy, holy, holy, Lord God of hosts, heaven
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and earth are full of thy glory : Glory be to
thee, O Lord most High. Amen.

1f After which the Minister proceeds, saying:

AND we most humbly beseech thee, O
merciful Father, to hear us ; and of thy
infinite goodness vouchsafe to bless and
sanctify, with thy Word and Holy Spirit,
these thy gifts and creatures of bread and
wine, that we receiving them, according to
our Saviour Christ's institution, in remem
brance of his blessed passion and precious
death, his mighty resurrection and glorious
ascension, and rendering unto thee all possi
ble praise for the same; may by faith be
made very partakers of his body and blood,
with all his benefits, to our spiritual nourish
ment, and for the glory of thy holy Name.
Amen.

f Then the Minister takes the Bread, and breaks it in the view of
the people, saying :

(~)UB, blessed Lord, the same night in which
he was betrayed, having taken bread,
and blessed and broken it, gave it to his
disciples, as I, ministerinar in his

~ .' '. . ° Here the Bread

name, srive this bread unto you: is to be diBtri-

• m i AT.' • buted.

saying, Take, eat: this is my

body, which is broken for you: this do in

remembrance of me.

tfotc, That during the time of the Communion, the Minister may
repeat such comfortable Words of Holy Scripture as will help
the hearts and minds of the Communicants to lay hold of that
which, by outward signs, in the while unto their eyes and sonsei
represented.

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And Note, That after each element has been distributed, silence
inay be kept a space for secret devotion. At which time also
the Minister himself may communicate.

^ When all have received the Bread, the Minister takes the Cnp.
faying :

A FTER the same manner our Saviour also
took the cup ; and having given thanks,
as hath been done in his name, he gave it
to the disciples, saying, This cup nere the Cup
is the New Testament in my is to be given,
blood, which is shed, for many, for the
remission of sins : drink ye all of it.

fl And when all have rece'ved both the Bread and the Wine, the
Minister and People will offer the Lord's Prayer, and then this
Thanksgiving:

Q LOED and heavenly Father, we thy
humble servants entirely desire thy
fatherly goodness mercifully to accept this
our sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving;
most humbly beseeching thee to grant, that
by the merits and death of thy Son Jesus
Christ, and through faith in his blood, we
and all thy whole Church may obtain remis
sion of our sins, and all other benefits of his
passion. And here we offer and present
unto thee, O Lord, ourselves, our souls and
bodies, to be a reasonable, holy, and lively
sacrifice unto thee*; humbly beseeching thee,
that all we, who are partakers of ihis holy
Communion, may be fulfilled with thy grace
and heavenly benediction. And although
we be unworthy, through our manifold sins,
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to offer unto thee any sacrifice, yet we
beseech thee to accept this our bounden
duty and service; not weighing our merits,
but pardoning our offences, through Jesus
Christ our Lord ; by whom, and with whom,
in the unity of the Holy Ghost, all honor
and glory be unto thee, O Father Almighty,
world without end. Amen.

\ Or this.

A LMIGHT Y and everliving God, we most
heartily thank thee, for that thou dost
vouchsafe to feed us, who have duly received
these holy mysteries, with the spiritual food
of the most precious Body and Blood of thy
Son our Saviour Jesus Christ; and dost
assure us thereby of thy favor and goodness
towards us ; and that we are very members
incorporate in the mystical body of thy Son,
which is the blessed company of all faithful
people; and are also heirs through hope of
thy everlasting kingdom, by the merits of
the most precious death and passion of thy
dear Son. And we most humbly beseech
thee, O heavenly Father, so to assist us with
thy grace, that we may continue in that
holy fellowship, and do all such good works
as thou hast prepared for us to walk in;
through Jesus Christ our Lord, to whom,
with thee and the Holy Ghost, be all honor
and glory, world without end. Amen.
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f Then will be sung GLORIA IN EXCELSIS, or some other proper Hymn,
with the Doxology; after which the Minister will let them
depart, with this or some like Blessing.

the God of peace, that brought again
from the dead our Lord Jesus, that
great Shepherd of the sheep, through the
blood of the Everlasting Covenant, make
you perfect in every good work to do his
will, working in you that which is well-
pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ :
to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.

fl Sentences of Holy Scripture to be repeated, at intervals, in tim«
of the Communion, as helps to the devotion of the Communi
cants.

bread which we break, is it not the
communion of the body of Christ"
1 Cor. x. 16.

For the bread of God is he which cometh
down from heaven, and giveth life unto th«».
world. John. vi. 33.

And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt
among us, (and we beheld his glory, the
glory as of the only-begotten of the Father,)
full of grace and truth. John i. 14.

Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh
away the sin of the world. John i. 29.

But he was wounded for our transgres
sions, he was bruised for our iniquities; the
chastisement of our peace was upon him,
and with his stripes we are healed. Isa.
liii. 5.

All we like sheep have gone astray ; we
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have turned every one to his own way ; and
the Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of
us all. Isa. liii. 5.

For the Son of man is come to seek and
to save that which is lost. Luke xix. 10.

Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the
ends of the earth. Isa. xlv. 22.

All that the Father giveth me shall come
to me ; and him that cometh to me I will in
no wise cast out. John vi. 37.

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. John xv. 16.

Therefore I say unto you, what things
soever ye desire when ye pray, believe that
ye receive them, and ye shall have them.
Mark xi. 24.

According to your faith be it unto you.
Matt. ix. 29.

Whoso eateth my flesh and drinketh my
blood hath eternal life. John vi. 54.

To him that overcometh will I give to
eat of the hidden manna. Rev. ii. 17.

Blessed is he that shall eat bread in the
kingdom of God. Luke xiv. 15.

cup which we bless, is it not the com
munion of the blood of Christ ? 1 Cor
x. 16.

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I am the Vine, ye are the branches : He
that abideth in me, and I in him, the same
bringeth forth much fruit; for without me
ye can do nothing. John xv. 5.

Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of God,
and drink his blood, ye have no life in you.
John vi. 53.

Eat, O friends; drink, yea, drink abun
dantly, 0 beloved. Sol. Song v. 1.

Henceforth I call you not servants; foi
the servant knoweth not what his Lord
doeth : but I have called you friends ; foi
all things that I have heard of my Father, I
have made known unto you. John xv. 15

Greater love hath no man than this, that
a man lay down his life for his friends,
John. xv. 13.

Behold what manner of love the Fathei
hath bestowed upon us, that we should be
called the sons of God. 1 John iii. 1.

If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with
you as with sons. Heb. xii. 7.

My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall
into divers temptations; knowing this, that
the trying of your faith worketh patience.
James i. 2, 3.

In the world ye shall have tribulation,
but be of good cheer : I have overcome the
world. John xvi. 33.

Fear not, little flock; for it is your
Father's good pleasure to give you the
kingdom. Luke xii. 32.
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not drink henceforth cf this fruit
of the vine, until that day when I drink it
new with you in my Father's kingdom.
Matt, xxvi/29.

Blessed are they which are called to the
marriage-supper of the Lamb. Rev. xix. 9.

They shall hunger no more, neither thirst
any more; neither shall the sun light on
them, nor any heat. For the Lamb which
is in the midst of the throne shall feed them,
and shall lead them unto living fountains
of waters: and God shall wipe away all
tears from their eyes. Rev. vii. 16, 17.

I would not have you to be ignorant,
brethren, concerning them which are asleep,
that ye sorrow not even as others which
have no hope. For if we believe that Jesus
died and rose again, even so them also
which sleep in Jesus will God bring with
him. 1 Thess. iv. 13, 14.

Father, I will that they also whom thou
hast given me be with me where I am; that
they may behold my glory which thou hast
given me: for thou lovedst me before the
foundation of the world. John xvii. 24.

'' And after the Communion, before the Thanksgiving, some one
or more of these Sentences.

A S ye have therefore received Christ Jesus
the Lord, so walk ye in him. Col.
xi. 6.

This is my commandment, that ye love
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one another, as I have loved you. John
xv. 12.

Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever
I command you. John xv. 14.

Ye cannot drink the cup of the Lord, and
the cup of devils : ye cannot be partakers
of the Lord's table, and of the table of
devils. 1 Cor. x. 21.

If any man will come after me, let him
deny himself, and take up his cross and
follow me. Matt. xvi. 24.

What shall I render unto the Lord for
all his benefits toward me? I will take
the cup of salvation, and call upon the
Name of the Lord. Ps. cxvi. 12, 13.

Unto him that loved us, and washed us
from our sins in his own blood, and hath
made us kings and priests unto God and
his Father; to him be glory and dominion
for ever and ever. Amen. Rev. i. 5, 6.

1f As the Body and lilood of Christ are not corporally or carnally
present in. with, or under the Bread and Wine in the Lord's
Supper, and yet are spiritually present to the faith of the
receivers, no less truly and really than the elements themselves
are to their outward senses; so they that worthily communi
cate in the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper, do therein feed
upon the Body and Blood of Christ, not after a corporal or
carnal, but in a spiritual manner; yet truly and really, while
by faith they receive and apply unto themselves Christ crucified,
and all the benefits of his death.

| The outward Elements in this Sacrament, duly set apart to the
uses ordained by Christ, have such relation to Him crucified,
as that truly, yet sacramentally only, they are sometimes called
by the name of the things they represent, to wit, the Body and
Blood of Christ; albeit, in substance and nature, they stiU
remain tr\jly, and only, Bread and Wine, as they were before.

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PUBLIC BAPTISM OF INFANTS.

*j Baptism is not to be unnecessarily delayed ; nor to be adminis
tered in any case, by any private person ; but by a Minister oi
Christ, called to be the steward of the mysteries of God.

!' Infants descending from parents, either both or but one of them,
professing faith in Christ, and obedience to him, are, within
the covenant of promise, and are to be baptized.

f After previous notice is given to the Minister, the Child to be bap
tized is to be presented at the Font, in the presence of the con
gregation, by one or both the Parents, signifying their desire
that the Child may be baptized ; and the Minister, having first
been certified that the Child hath not already been baptized,
will then use such words of instruction as here follow.

Hear the words of the Gospel, written by
St. Mark, in the tenth chapter, at the thir
teenth verse:

brought young children to Christ,
that he should touch them; and his dis
ciples rebuked those that brought them.
But when Jesus saw it, he was much dis
pleased, and said unto them, Suffer the little
children to come unto me, and forbid them
not; for of such is the Kingdom of God.
Yerily 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.
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f After the Gospel is read, the Minister will make some brief Exhor
tation upon the words of the Gospel.

T3ELOVED, ye hear in this Gospel the
words of our Saviour Christ, that he
commanded the children to be brought unto
him ; how he blamed those who 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, laid his hands
upon them, and blessed them. Doubt ye
not, therefore, but earnestly believe that he
will likewise favorably receive these present
Infants, that he will embrace them with the
arms of his mercy ; and, as he hath promised
in his holy Word, will give unto them the
blessing of eternal life, and make them par
takers of his everlasting kingdom.

But forasmuch as all men are conceived
and born in sin, and our Saviour saith,
None can enter into the Kingdom of God,
except he be born anew of water and 01 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 these children that thing 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
become living members of the same.
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f Then will the Minister say :

A LMIGHTY and everlasting God, hea
venly Father, we give thee humble
thanks, that thou hast vouchsafed to call us
to the knowledge of thy grace, and faith in
thee : Increase this knowledge, and confirm
this faith in us evermore. Give thy Holy
Spirit to these infants, that they may be born
again, and be made heirs of everlasting sal
vation ; through our Lord Jesus Christ, who
liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy
Spirit, now and for ever. Amen.

II And thig.

ALMIGHTY and everlasting God, who of
thy great mercy didst save Noah and
his family in the ark from perishing b_y
water; and also didst safely lead the chil
dren of Israel thy people through the Red
Sea, figuring thereby thy holy Baptism;
and after the Baptism of thy well-beloved
Son Jesus Christ in the river Jordan, didst
appoint Water for the mystical washing
away of sin; We beseech thee, for thine
infinite mercies, that thou wilt mercifully
look upon these children; 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 steadfast in faith, joyful through
hope, and rooted in charity, may so pass
llie waves of this troublesome world, that
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finally they may come to the land of ever
lasting life, there to reign with thee, world
without end; through Jesus Christ our
Lord. Amen.

f Or thia.

A LMIGHTY and immortal God; the aid
of all who need, the helper of all who
flee to thee for succor, the life of those who
believe, and the resurrection of the dead,
We cill upon thee for these infants, that they,
coming Lo thy holy Baptism, may be regene
rated and receive remission of sins. Keceive
them, 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 who ask; let us who seek, find;
open the gate unto us who knock; that these
infants may enjoy the everlasting benedic
tion of thy heavenly washing, and may
come to the eternal kingdom which thou
hast promised by Christ our Lord. Amen.

1f Then will the Minister upeak unto the Parents on this wise.

"QEAKLY beloved, ye have brought these

children here to be baptized ; ye have

prayed that our Lord Jesus Christ would

vouchsafe to receive them, to release them

from sin, to sanctify them with the Holy

Ghest, to give them the Kingdom of Heaven

and everlasting life. Ye have heard also

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that our Lord Jesus Christ hath promised in
his Gospel to grant all these things that ye
have prayed for : which promise he, for hia
part, will most surely keep and perform.

Wherefore after this promise made by
Christ, ye must also faithfully, for your
part, in the presence of this congregation,
promise and answer to these questions.

^ Then the Minister will say to the Parents, and each of them
answer as followetb.

T^O ye believe in God the Father Al
mighty, Maker of heaven and earth ?

And in Jesus Christ his only-begotten
Son our Lord ? And that he was conceived
by the Holy Ghost; born of the Virgin
Mary; that he suffered under Pontius
Pilate, was crucified, dead, and buried;
that he went down into hell, and also did
rise again the third day ; that he ascended
into heaven, aud sitteth at the right hand of
God the Father Almighty ; and from thence
shall come again at the end of the world, tc
judge the quick and the dead?

And do ye believe in the Holy Ghost;
the holy Catholic Church ; the Communion
of Saints ; the Remission of sins ; the Resur
rection of the body; and everlasting life
after death ?

Answer. All this I steadfastly believe.

Minister. Will ye have this child baptized
into this faith?

Answer. That is my desire.
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Minister. Will ye then teach this child the
Word of God as contained in the Scriptures
of the Old and New Testaments? and wil?
ye pray with and for him, set a godly exam
ple before him, and endeavor, by all the
means of God's appointment, to bring up
this child in the nurture and admonition of
the Lord ?

Answer. I will, by God's help.

f Then will the Minister say,

Q MERCIFUL God, grant that the old
Adam in these children may be so buried,
that the new man may be raised up in them.
Amen.

Grant that all sinful 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 theze Parents, dedicating to
thee their children in thy most blessed cove
nant, may also be endued with heavenly
wisdom and grace to be faithful, and ever
lastingly rewarded, through thy mercy, 0
blessed Lord God, who dost live, and govern
all things, world without end. Amen.

A LMIGHTY, overliving God, whose most
dearly beloved Son Jesus Christ, for
the forgiveness of our sins did shed out o
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his precious side both water and blood ; ana
gave commandment to his disciples, that
they should go teach all nations, and bap
tize them In the Name of the Father, and of
the Son, and of the Holy Ghost ; Kegard, we
beseech thee, the supplications of thy con
gregation; sanctify this water to the mys
tical washing away of sin; and grant that
these children, now to be baptized therein
may receive the fulness of thy grace, and
ever remain in the number of thy faithful
children; through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen.

t Then will the Minister (taking the Child into his hands, or leaving
it in the hands of the Parent,) ask of the Parents the name, and
naming the Child after them, will pour water upon it, saying,

^M" I baptize thee In the Name of the
Father, and of the Son, and of the
Holy Ghost. Amen.

1f Then the Minister may say,

receive this Child into the congre
gation of Christ's flock; among his
chosen followers; 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 faith
ful soldier and servant unto his life's end
Amen.

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^T Then will the Minister say,

QEEING now, dearly be'oved brethren
that these children are grafted into tlie
body of Christ's Church, commended to his
grace, and dedicated to his service, let us
give thanks unto Almighty God for these
benefits; and with one accord make our
prayers unto him, that these Children may
lead the rest of their lives according to this
beginning.

r Then may b« said.

Father, who art in heaven, Hallowed
be thy Name. Thy kingdom come.
Thy will be done on earth, as it is in hea
ven. Give us this day our daily bread.
And forgive us our trespasses, As we for
give those who trespass against us. And
lead us not into temptation ; but deliver us
from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and
the powar, and the glory, for ever and ever.
Amen.

f Then will the Minister say,

yield thee hearty thanks, most merci
ful Father, that it hath pleased thee
to receive these Infants into thy visible
Church as children in thy family and heirs
of thy kingdom. And humbly we beseech
thee to grant, that they, being dead untc
sin, and living unto righteousness, and
being buried with Christ in his death, ma
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crucify the old man, and utterly abolish the
whole body of sin; and that, becoming
thus partakers of the death of thy Son,
they may also be partakers of his resurrec
tion; so that finally, with the residue of
thy holy Church, they may be inheritors of
thine everlasting kingdom; through Christ
our Lord. Amen

f And before the Parents depart the Minister will speak to them
on this wise :

"PORASMUCH as these Infants have been
brought into the bosom of the visible
Church, to be nourished and trained as chil
dren of God, and heirs of the kingdom of
heaven, ye must remember that it is your
parts and duties to see that they be taught, so
soon as they be able to learn, what a solemn
duty and blessed privilege are theirs by
virtue of this sacrament, that when they come
to the use of reason, they may not fall into
ingratitude, and lose the grace of their bap
tism, but continue as living members of the
body of Christ. And that they may know
these things the better, ye shall call upon
them to hear Sermons ; and chiefly ye shall
provide, that they may learn the Catechism,
the Apostles' Creed, and the Lord's Prayer,
and all other things which a Christian ought
to know and believe to his soul's health ; and
that these children may be virtuously brought
up to lead a godly and a Christian life;
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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 mor
tifying all our evil and corrupt affections,
and daily proceeding in all virtue and god
liness of living.

f Although Baptism is usually to be administered in the Church,
in the presence of the Congregation ; yet there may be cases
when it will be expedient to administer this Sacrament in pri
vate houses ; of which the Minister is to be the judge.

f When this Sacrament is administered in private houses, the Min
ister will use, besides the formula of Baptism, so much of the
preceding service as, in his judgment, the time and exigence
will suffer.

t The efficacy of Baptism is not tied to that moment of time wherein
it is administered; yet, notwithstanding, by the right use of
this Sacrament the grace promised is not only offered, but
really exhibited and conferred by the Holy Ghost, to such
(whether of age or infants) as thot grace belongeth unto, accord
ing to the counsel of God's ow& will, in his appointed time.

f Although it be a great sin to contemn or neglect this Sacrament,
yet grace and salvation are not so inseparably annexed unto it
as that none can be regenerated or saved without it, or that all
that are baptized are undoubtedly regenerated.

Infants and young Children who have no living parents or who
have been apprenticed, or arc in bondage, may be baptized when
presented to the Minister by such Guardians, Masters, or Mis
tresses, as are th»ras»' re' fntitled to this Sacrament, and willing
to <nakf 'lie p"./mi<",ti a>a^e by Parents in the foregoing servica

THE CATECHISM:

THAT 18 TO BAT,

IN INSTRUCTION, TO BE LEARNED BY BAPTIZED
CHILDREN AND OTHERS, BEFORE THEY COME
TO THE COMMUNION.

Note, That Children are to be taught to say the Lord's Prayer, the
Ten Commandments, and the Creed, so soon as they can learn
them, together with the Catechism following as the explication
of what is contained in those formulas.

And Note, That besides this Catechism, which is commonly called
the Shorter Catechism of the Westminster Assembly, the Larger
Catechism of the same Assembly, and the whole Confession of
Faith, are also recommended, as adopted by this Church, for the
direction and assistance of Parents, Pastors, Teachers, Guard
ians, Masters an 1 Mistresses, and others charged with the
instruction of children and young persons.

THE LORD'S PRAYER.

Our Father which art in heaven,

Hallowed be thy name.

Thy kingdom come.

Thy will be done in earth, as it is in
heaven.

Give us this day our daily bread.

And forgive us our debts, as we forgive
our debtors.

And lead us no* into temptation, but
deliver us from evil.

For thine is the kingdom, and the power
and the glory, for ever. Amen.
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THE TEN COMMANDMENTS.

GOD spake all these words, saying,

I am the Lord thy God, which have

brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out

of the house of bondage.

I. Thou shalt have no other gods before
me.

II. Thou shalt not make unto thee any
graven image, or any likeness of any thing
that is in heaven above, or that is in the
earth beneath, or that is in the water under
the earth :

Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them,
nor serve them :

For I the Lord thy God am a jealous God,
visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the
children unto the third and fourth genera
tion of them that hate me ;

And showing mercy unto thousands of
them that love me and keep my command
ments.

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 the Sabbath day to keep
it holy.

Six days shalt thou labor, and do all thj
work :

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But the seventh day is the Sabbath of the
Lord thy God :

In it thou shalt not do any work, thou
nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy man
servant, nor thy maid-servant, nor thy cattle,
nor thy 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 Sabbath
day, and hallowed it.

Y. Honor thy Father and thy mother,
that thy days may be long upon the land
which the Lord thy God giveth thee.

VI. Thou shalt not kill.

VII. Thou shalt not commit adultery.

VIII. Thou shalt not steal.

IX. Thou shalt not bear false witness
against thy neighbor.

X. Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's
house,

Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's wife,
nor his man-servant, nor his maid-servant,
nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that
is thy neighbor's.

THE CKEED.

I believe in God the Father Almighty,
Maker of heaven and earth ;

And in Jesus Christ, his only Son, om
Lord,

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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 arose again from the
dead;

• He ascended into heaven, and sitteth on
the right hand of God the Father Almighty;

From thence he shall come to judge the
quick and the dead.

I believe in the Holy Ghost ;

The holy catholic Church;

The communion of saints ;

The forgiveness of sins ;

The resurrection of the body ;

And the life everlasting. Amen.

THE CATECHISM.

Q. 1. What is the chief end of man?

A. Man's chief end is to glorify God,
and to enjoy him for ever.

Q. 2. What tule hath God given to direct
us Iww we, may glorify and enjoy him?

A. The word of God, which is contained
in the Scriptures of the Old and New Testa
ments, is the only rule to direct us how we
may glorify and enjoy him.

Q. 3. What do the Scriptures principally
teach?

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A . The Scriptures principally teach what
man is to believe concerning God, and what
duty God requires of man.

Q. 4. What is God?

A. God is a Spirit, infinite, eternal, and
unchangeable in his being, wisdom, power,
holiness, justice, goodness, and truth.

Q. 5. Are there more Gods than one?

A. There is but one only, the living and
true God.

Q. 6. How many persons are there in the
Godhead?

A. There are three persons in the God
head; the Father, the Son, and the Holy
Ghost; and these three are one God, the
same in substance, equal in power and
glory.

Q. 7. What are ilve decrees of God?

A. The decrees of God are his eternal
purpose, according to the counsel of his will,

whereby, for his own glory, he hath fore-

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ordained whatsoever comes to pass.

Q. 8. How doth God execute his decrees?

A. God executeth his decrees in the
works of creation and providence.

Q. 9. Wliat is the work of creation?

A. The work of creation is God's mak
ing all things of nothing, by the word of
his power, in the space of six days, and all
very good.

Q. 10. How did God create, man?

A. God created man, male and female,
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after his own image, in knowledge, right
eousness, and holiness, with dominion over
the creatures.

Q. 11. What are God's works of provi
dence?

A. God's works of providence are, his
most holy, wise, and powerful preserving
and governing all his creatures, and all
their actions.

Q. 12. What special act of providence dia
God exercise towards man in the estate wherein
he was created?

A. When God had created man, he
entered into a covenant of life with him,
upon condition of perfect obedience, for
bidding him to eat of the tree of the know
ledge of good and evil, upon the pain of
death.

Q. 13. Did our first parents continue in the
estate wherein they were created?

A. Our first parents, being left to the
freedom of their own will, fell from the
estate wherein they were created, by sinning
against God.

Q. 14. What is sin?

A. Sin is any want of conformity unto,
or transgression of, the law of God.

Q. 15. What was the sin whereby our first
parents fell from the estate wherein they were
created?

A. The sin whereby our first parents fell
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from the estate wherein they were created
was their eating the forbidden fruit.

Q. 16. Did all mankind fall in Adam's
first transgression?

A. The covenant being made with Adam,
not only for himself, but for his posterity ;
all mankind, descending from him by ordi
nary generation, sinned in him, and fell
with him in his first transgression.

Q. 17. Into what estate did the fall bring
mankind?

A. The fall brought, mankind into an
estate of sin and misery.

Q. 18. Wherein consists the sinfulness of
that estate whereinto man fell?

A. The sinfulness of that estate where
into man fell, consists in the guilt of Adam's
first sin, the want of original righteousness,
and the corruption of his whole nature,
which is commonly called original sin, to
gether with all actual transgressions which
proceed from it.

Q. 19. Wliat is the misery of that estate
whereinto man fell?

A. All mankind, by their fall, lost com
munion with God, are under his wrath and
curse, and so made liable to all the miseries
in this life, to death itself, and to the pains
of hell for ever.

Q. 20. Did God leave all mankind to perish
in the estate of sin and misery?

A. God having, out of his mere good
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pleasure, from all eternity, elected some to
everlasting life, did enter into a covenant of
grace, to deliver them out of the estate of
sin and misery, and to bring them into ar
estate of salvation by a Redeemer.

Q. 21. Who is the Redeemer of God's elect?

A. The only Redeemer of God's elect is
the Lord Jesus Christ, who, being the eter
nal Son of God, became man, and so was,
and continueth to be God and man, in two
distinct natures, and one person for ever.

Q. 22. How did Christ, being the Son of
God, become man?

A. Christ, the Son of God, became man,
by taking to himself a true body and a
reasonable soul; being conceived by the
power of the Holy Ghost, in the womb of
the Virgin Mary, and born of her, yet with
out sin.

Q. 23. What offices doth Christ execute a*
our Redeemer?

A. Christ, as our Redeemer, executeth
the offices of a prophet, of a priest, and of a
king, both in his estate of humiliation and
exaltation.

Q. 24. How doth Christ execute the office of
a prophet?

A. Christ executeth the office of a pro
phet, in revealing to us, by his word and
Spirit, the will of God for our salvation.

Q. 25. How doth Christ execute the office of
a priest?

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A. Christ executeth the office of a priest,
in his once offering up of himself a sacrifice
to satisfy divine justice, and reconcile us to
God, and in making continual intercession
for us.

Q. 26. How doth Christ execute the office of
a king?

A. Christ executeth the office of a king,
in subduing us to himself, in ruling and
defending us, and in restraining and con
quering all his and our enemies.

Q. 27. Wherein did Christ's humiliation
consist?

A. Christ's humiliation consisted in his
being born, and that in a low condition,
made under the law, undergoing the mis
eries of this life, the wrath of God, and the
cursed death of the cross; in being buried,
and continuing under the power of death
for a time.

Q. 28. Wherein consisteth Christ's exalta
tion?

A. Christ's exaltation consisteth in his
rising again from the dead on the third day,
in ascending up into heaven, in sitting at
the right hand of God the Father, and in
coming to judge the world at the last day.

Q. 29. How are we made partakers of the
redemption purchased by Christ?

A. We are made partakers of the redemp
tion purchased by Christ, by the effectual
application of it to us by his Holy Spirit.
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Q. 30. How doth the Spirit apply to us the
redemption purchased by Christ f

A. The Spirit applieth to us the redemp
tion purchased by Christ, by working faith
in us, and thereby uniting us to Christ in
our effectual calling.

Q. 31. What is effectual catting?

A. Effectual calling is the work of God's
Spirit, whereby, convincing us of our sin
and misery, enlightening our minds in the
knowledge of Christ, and renewing our
wills, he doth persuade and enable us to
embrace Jesus Christ, freely offered to us in
the gospel.

Q. 32. What benefits do they that are effec
tually called, partake of in this life?

A. They that are effectually called, do
in this life partake of justification, adoption,
sanctification, and the several benefits which
in this life do either accompany or flow from
them.

Q. 33. What is justification?

A. Justification is an act of God's free
grace, wherein he pardoneth all our sins,
and accepteth us as righteous in his sight,
only for the righteousness of Christ, imputed
to us, and received by faith alone.

Q. 34. What is adoption?

A. Adoption is an act of God's free grace,
whereby we are received into the number,
and have a right to all the privileges of the
sous of God.

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Q. 35. What is sanctification?

A. Sanctification is the work of God'a
free grace, whereby we are renewed in the
whole man after the image of God, and are
enabled more and more to die unto sin, and
live unto righteousness.

Q. 36. What are the benefits which in thi*
life do accompany or flow from justification,
adoption, and sanctification ?

A. The benefits which in this life do
accompany or flow from justification, adop
tion, and sanctification, are, assurance ol
God's love, peace of conscience, joy in the
Holy Ghost, increase of grace, and perse
verance therein to the end.

Q. 37. What benefits do believers receim.
from Christ at death?

A. The souls of believers are at theii
death made perfect in holiness, and do
immediately pass into glory; and their
bodies, being still united to Christ, do rest
in their graves till the resurrection.

Q. 38. What benefits do believers receivt
from Christ at the resurrection?

A. At the resurrection, believers being
raised up in glory, shall be openly acknow
ledged and acquitted in the day of judg
ment, and made perfectly blessed in the full
enjoying of God to all eternity.

Q. 39. What is the duty which God r*
jweth of man?

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A. The duty which God requireth of maL
is, obedience to his revealed will.

Q. 40. What did God at first reveal to man
for the rule of his obedience f

A. The rule which God at first revealed
to man for his obedience was the moral law.

Q. 41. Wherein is the moral law summa
rily comprehended?

A. The moral law is summarily compre
hended in the ten commandments.

Q. 42. What is the sum of the ten command
ments ?

A. The sum of the ten commandments is,
to love the Lord our God with all our
heart, with all our soul, with all our
strength, and with all our mind; and our
neighbor as ourselves.

Q. 43. What is the preface to the ten com
mandments ?

A. The preface to the ten commandments
is in these words, / am the Lord thy God,
which have brought thee out of the land of
Egypt, out of the house of bondage.

Q. 44. What doth the preface to the ten com
mandments teach us?

A. The preface to tne ten commandments
teacheth us, that because God is the Lord,
and our God and Eedeemer, therefore we
are bound to keep all his commandments.

Q. 45. Which is the first commandment ?

A. The first commandment is, Thou shalt
have no other gods before me.
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Q. 46. What is required in the first com
mandment?

A. The first commandment requireth us
to know and acknowledge God to be the
only true God, and our God, and to worship
and glorify him accordingly.

Q. 47. What is forbidden in the first com
mandment ?

A. The first commandment forbiddeth the
denying, or not worshipping and glorifying
the true God as God, and our God, and the
giving of that worship and glory to any
other which is due to him alone.

Q. 48. What are we specially taught by
tliese words, "before me," in the first command
ment ?

A. These words "before me" in the first
commandment, teach us, that God, who
seeth all things, taketh notice of, and is much
displeased with the sin of having any other
god.

Q. 49. Which is the second commandment ?

A. The second commandment is, Thou
shall not make unto thee any graven image
or any likeness of any thing that is in hea
ven above, or that is in the earth beneath or
that is in the water under the earth. Thou
shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve
them ; for I the Lord thy Gf-od am a jealout>
Grod, visiting the iniquity of the father*
upon the children, unto the third andfourtJ.
generation of them that hate me : and show
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ing mercy unto thousands of them that love
me and keep my commandments.

Q. 50. What is required in ilie second com
mandment ?

A. The second commandment requireth
the receiving, observing, and keeping pure
and entire, all such religious worship and
ordinances as God hath appointed in his
word.

Q. 51. What is forbidden in the second
commandment ?

A. The second commandment forbiddeth
the worshipping of God by images, or any
other way not appointed in his word.

Q. 52. What are the reasons annexed to the
second commandment ?

A. The reasons annexed to the second
commandment are, God's sovereignty over
us, his propriety in us, and the zeal he hath
to his own worship.

Q. 53. Which is the third commandment ?

A. The third commandment is, Thou
shalt not take the name of the Lord thy Grod
in vain: for the Lord will not hold him
guiltless that taketh his name in vain,

Q. 54. What is required in the third com
mandment ?

A. The third commandment requireth the
holy and reverent use of God's names, titles,
attributes, ordinances, word, and works.

Q. 55. What is forbidden in the third com
mandment ?

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A. The third commandment forbiddett
all profaning or abusing of anything where
by God maketh himself known.

Q. 56. What is the reason annexed to the
third commandment ?

A. The reason annexed to the third com
mandment is, that however the breakers of
this commandment may escape punishment
from men, yet the Lord our God will not
suffer them to escape his righteous judg
ment.

Q. 57. Which is the fourth commandment?

A. The fourth commandment is, Remem
ber the Sabbath day to keep it holy. Six days
shalt thou labor and do all thy work : but the
seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy
G-od: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou,
nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy man
servant, nor thy maid-servant, nor thy cattle,
nor thy stronger 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 Sabbath day, and hallowed it.

Q. 58. What is required in the fourth com-
mandment ?

A. The fourth commandment requireth
the keeping holy to God such set times aa
he hath appointed in his word; expressly
one whole day in seven, to be a holy Sab
bath to himself.

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Q. 59. Which day of the seven haih God
appointed to be the weekly Sabbath ?

A. From the beginning of the world tc
the resurrection of Christ, God appointed
the seventh day of the week to be the weekly
Sabbath, and the first day of the week, ever
since, to continue to the end of the world,
which is the Christian Sabbath.

Q. 60. How is the /Sabbath to be sanctified?

A. The Sabbath is to be sanctified by a
holy resting all that day, even from such
worldly employments and recreations as are
lawful on other days; and spending the
whole time in the public and private exer
cises of God's worship, except so much as is
to be takev up in the works of necessity and
mercy.

Q. 61. What is forbidden in the fourth com
mandment ?

A. The fourth commandment forbiddeth
the omission or careless performance of the
duties required, and the profaning the day
by idleness, or doing that which is in itself
sinful, or by unnecessary thoughts, words,
or works, about our worldly employmer.ts
or recreations.

Q. 62. What are the reasons annexed to the
fourth commandment?

A. The reasons arnexed to the fourth

commandment are, God's allowing us six

days of the week for our own employments.

his challenging a special propriety in the

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seventh, his own example, and his blessing
the Sabbath day.

Q. 63. Which is the fifth commandment?

A. The fifth commandment is, Honor thy
father and thy mother, that thy days may
be long upon the land which the Lord thy
God giveth thee.

Q. 64. What is required in the fifth com
mandment?

A. The fifth commandment requireth the
preserving the honor, and performing the
duties belonging to every one in their
several places and relations, as superiors,
inferiors, or equals.

Q. 65. What is forbidden in the fifth com
mandment ?

A. The fifth commandment forbiddeth
the neglecting of, or doing anything against
the honor and duty which belongeth to
every one in their several places and rela
tions.

Q. 66. What is the reason annexed to the
fifth commandment?

A. The reason annexed to the fifth com
mandment is, a promise of long life and
prosperity, (as far as it shall serve for God's
glory and their own good,) to all such as
keep this commandment.

Q. 67. Which is the sixth commandment?

A. The sixth commandment is, Thou sholt
not kill.

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Q. 68. What is required in the sixth com
mandment ?

A. The sixth commandment requireth alj
lawful endeavors to preserve our own life,
and the life of others.

Q. 69. What is forbidden in the sixth com
mandment ?

A. The sixth commandment forbiddeth
the taking away of our own life, or the life
of our neighbor unjustly, or whatsoever
tendeth thereunto.

Q. 70. Which is the seventh command
ment ?

A. The seventh commandment is, Thou
shalt not commit adultery.

Q. 71. What is required in the seventh
commandment ?

A. The seventh commandment requireth
the preservation of our own and our neigh
bor's chastity, in heart, speech, and beha
viour.

Q. 72. What is forbidden in the seventh
commandment ?

A. The seventh commandment forbiddeth
ill unchaste thoughts, words, and actions.

Q. 73. Which is the eighth commandment ?

A. The eighth commandment is, Thou
shalt not steal.

Q. 74. What is required in the eighth com
mandment ?

A. The eighth commandment requireth
the lawful procuring and furthering the
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wealth and outward estate of ourselves and
others.

Q. 75. What is forbidden in the eighth
commandment ?

A. The eighth commandment forbiddeth
whatsoever doth or may unjustly hinder
our own or our neighbor's wealth or out
ward estate.

Q. 76. Which is the ninth commandment?

A. The ninth commandment is, Thou
shalt not bear false witness against thy
neighbor.

Q. 77. What is required in the ninth com
mandment ?

A. The ninth commandment requireth
the maintaining and promoting of truth
between man and man, and of our own
and our neighbor's good name, especially
in witness-bearing.

Q. 78. What is forbidden in the ninth com
mandment?

A. The ninth commandment forbiddeth
whatsoever is prejudicial to truth, or inju
rious to our own, or our neighbor's good
name.

Q. 79. Which is the tenth commandment?

A. The tenth commandment is, Thou shalt
not covet thy neighbor's house, thou shalt not
covet thy neighbor s wife, nor his man-servant^
nor his maid-servant, nor his ox, nor his asp,
nor any thing that is thy neighbor s.
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Q. 80. What is required in the tenth com
mandment ?

A. The tenth commandment requireth
full contentment with our own condition,
with a right and charitable frame of spirit
toward our neighbor, and all that is his.

Q. 81. What is forbidden in the tenth com
mandment ?

A. The tenth commandment forbiddeth
all discontentment with our own estate, en
vying or grieving at the good of our neigh
bor, and all inordinate motions and affec
tions to any thing that is his.

Q. 82. Is any man able perfectly to keep
tlie commandments of God?

A. No mere man, since the fall, is able
:n this life, perfectly to keep the command
ments of God, but doth daily break them
in thought, word, and deed.

Q. 83. Are all transgressions of the lau
equally heinous?

A. Some sins in themselves, and by rea
son of several aggravations, are more heinous
in the sight of God than others.

Q. 84. What doth every sin deserve ?

A. Every sin deserveth God's wrath; and
curse, both in this life, and that which is to
come.

Q. 85. What doth God require of us that
we may escape his wrath and curse due to us
for sin ?

A. To escape the wrath and curse of God
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due to us for sin, God requireth of us faith
in Jesus Christ, repentance unto life, with
the diligent use of all the outward means
whereby Christ communicateth to us the
benefits of redemption.

Q. 86. What is faith in Jesus Christ?

A. Faith in Jesus Christ is a saving grace,
whereby we receive and rest upon him alone
for salvation, as he is offered to us in the
gospel.

Q. 87. What is repentance unto life f

A. Repentance unto life is a saving grace,
whereby a sinner, out of a true sense of his
sin, and apprehension of the mercy of God
in Christ, doth, with grief and hatred of his
sin, turn from it unto God, with full purpose
of, and endeavour after new obedience.

Q. 88. What are the outward and ordinary
means whereby Christ communicateth to us the
benefits of redemption ?

A. The outward and ordinary means
whereby Christ oommunicateth to us the
benefits of redemption are his ordinances,
especially the word, sacraments, and prayer ;
all which are made effectual to the elect for
salvation.

Q. 89. How is the word made effectual to
salvation f

A. The Spirit of God maketh the reading,
but especially the preaching of the word, an
effectual means of convincing and convert
ing sinners, and of building them up in
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holiness and comfort, through faith unto
salvation.

Q. 90. Sow is the word to be read and
heard, that it may become effectual to salva
tion ?

A. That the word may become effectual
to salvation, we must attend thereunto with
diligence, preparation, and prayer; receive
it with faith and love, lay it up in our
hearts, and practise it in our lives.

Q. 91. How do the sacraments become effec
tual means of salvation?

A. The sacraments become effectual means
of salvation, not from any virtue in them, or
in him that doth administer them ; but only
by the blessing of Christ, and the working
of his Spirit, in them that by faith receive
them.

Q. 92. What is a sacrament ?

A. A sacrament is a holy ordinance, insti
tuted by Christ, wherein, by sensible signs,
Christ and the benefits of the new cove
nant are represented, sealed, and applied to
believers.

Q. 93. Which are the sacraments of the New
Testament ?

A. The sacraments of the New Testament
are, baptism, and the Lord's supper.

Q. 94. What is baptism ?

A. Baptism is a sacrament, wherein the
washing with water, in the name of the
Father, and of the Son, and of the Holj
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Ghost, doth signify and seal our ingrafting
unto Christ, and partaking of the benefits
of the covenant of grace, and our engage
ment to be the Lord's.

Q. 95. To whom is baptism to be adminis
tered?

A. Baptism is not to be administered to
any that are out of the visible church, till
they profess their faith in Christ, and obedi
ence to him ; but the infants of such as are
members of the visible church, are to be
baptized.

Q. 96. What is the Lord's supper?

A. The Lord's supper is a sacrament,
wherein, by giving and receiving bread and
wine, according to Christ's appointment,
his death is showed forth, and the worthy
receivers are, not after a corporal and carnal
manner, but by faith, made partakers of his
body and blood, with all his benefits, to
their spiritual nourishment, and growth in
grace.

Q. 97. What is required to the worthy re
ceiving of the Lord's supper f

A. It is required of them that would
worthily partake of the Lord's supper, that
they examine themselves of their knowledge
to discern the Lord's body, of their faith to
feed upon him, of their repentance, love, and
new obedience; lest coming unworthily,
they eat and drink judgment to them
selves.

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Q. 98. What is prayer?

A. Prayer is an offering up of our desires
unto God, for things agreeable to his will,
in the name of Christ, with confession of our
sins, and thankful acknowledgment of his
mercies.

Q. 99. What rule hath God given for our
direction in prayer?

A. The whole word of God is of use to
direct us in prayer ; but the special rule of
direction is that form of prayer which Christ
taught his disciples, commonly called, Tht
Lord's prayer.

Q. 100. What doth the preface of the Lordo
prayer teach us?

A. The preface of the Lord's prayer,
which is, Our Father which art in heaven,
teacheth us to draw near to God, with all
holy reverence and confidence, as children
to a father, able and ready to help us; and
that we should pray with and for others.

Q. 101. What do we pray for in the first
petition?

A. In the first petition, which is, Hallowed
be thy name, we pray that God would en
able us and others to glorify him in all that
whereby he maketh himself known, and
that he would dispose all things to his own
glory.

Q. 102. What do we pray for in the second
petition ?

A In the second petition, which is, Thy
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kingdom come, we pray that Satan's king
dom may be destroyed, and that the king
dom of grace may be advanced, ourselves
and others brought into it, and kept in
it, and that the kingdom of glory may be
hastened.

Q. 103. What do we pray for in the third
petition?

A. In the third petition, which is, Thy
will be done in earth as it is in heaven, we
pray, that God, by his grace, would make
us able and willing to know, obey, and sub
mit to his will in all things, as the angels
do in heaven.

Q. 104. What do we pray for in the fourth
petition?

A. In the fourth petition, which is, Give
its this day our daily bread, we pray, that of
God's free gift, we may receive a competent
portion of the good things of this life, and
enjoy his blessing with them.

Q. 105. What do we pray for in the fifth
petition?

A. In the fifth petition, which is, And
forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors,
we pray that God, for Christ's sake, would
freely pardon all our sins : which we are the
rather encouraged to ask, because by his
grace we are enabled from the heart to for
give others.

Q. 106. What do we pray for in the sixth
oetitionf

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A. In the sixth petition, which is, Ana
lead us not into temptation, but deliver us
from evil, we pray, that God would either
keep us from being tempted to sin, or sup
port and deliver us when we are tempted.

Q. 107. What doth the conclusion of the
Lord's prayer teach us?

A. The conclusion of the Lord's prayer,
which is, For thine is the kingdom, and the.
power, and the glory , for ever, Amen, teach -
eth us to take our encouragement in prayer
from God only, and in our prayers to praise
him, ascribing kingdom, power, and glory
to him. And in testimony of our desir°
and assurance to be heard, we say, Amen.

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THE ORDER OF

ADMISSION TO THE LORD'S SUPPER

CHILDREN BAPTIZED AND COME TO YEARS
OF DISCRETION.

5 Children born within the pale of the visible Church, and dedicated
to God in Baptism, are under the inspection and government of
the Church; and are to be taught to read and repeat the Cate
chism, the Apostles' Creed, and the Lord's Prayer. They are to
be taught to pray, to abhor sin, to fear God, and to obey the
Lord Jesus Christ. And, when they come to years of discretion,
if they be free from scandal, appear sober and steady, and to
have sufficient knowledge to discern the Lord's body, they ought
to be informed it is their duty and privilege to come to the
Lord's Supper.

V The years of discretion in young Christiana cannot be precisely
fixed, but must be left to the prudence of the Bishop and Elders
of the Congregation, who are the proper judges of the qualifica
tions of those to be admitted to the Lord's Table, and who shall
examine them as to their knowledge and piety.

' When the candidates are to be publicly admitted to the Lord's
Supper, (which may conveniently be done at the Service pre
paratory to that Sacrament,) they will appear in the presence
of the Congregation, and the Pastor or Bishop will proceed on
thiswise:

Pastor.
(~)UR help is in the Name of the Lord;

Answer. Who hath made heaven and
earth.

Pastor. Blessed be the name of the Lord ;
Answer. Henceforth, world without end.
Pastor. Lord, hear our prayers.
Answer. And let our cry come unto thee.
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The Pastor. Let us pray.

ALMIGHTY and overliving God, who
hast vouchsafed to receive these thy
servants into thy visible Church, and hast
made them partakers of thy covenant;
Strengthen! them, we beseech thee, O Lord,
with the Holy Ghost the Comforter, and
daily increase in them thy manifold gifts of
grace ; the spirit of wisdom and understand
ing; the spirit of counsel and heavenly
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.

f Then will the Pastor say to the Candidates, and each one answer
as followeth.

Pastor. Do ye here, in the presence of
God, and of this congregation, adopt and
confess that Christian faith wherein ye were
baptized ?

Candidate. I do.

Pastor. Do ye forsake the devil and all
his works, the vain pomp and glory of the
world, with all covetous desires of the same,
and the sinful desires of the flesh, so that ye
will not follow nor be led by them ?

Candidate. I forsake them all, and by
God's help will endeavor not to follow them
nor to be led by them.
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ADMISSION TO THE LORD'S SUPPER.

Pastor. Will ye then obediently keep
God's holy will and commandments, and
walk in the same all the days of your
life?

Candidate. I will, God being my helper.

f Then the Pastor [laying his hand upon the head of every one
severally in order kneeling before him, if such be his discre
tion,] will say :

|)EFEND, 0 Lord, this thy Child [or, these
thy Servants] with thy heavenly grace;
that he may continue thine for ever; and
daily increase in thy Holy Spirit more and
more, until he come unto thy everlasting
kingdom. Amen.

Let us pray.

ALMIGHTY and everliving God, who
makest us both to will and to do those
things which are good,, and acceptable unto
thy Divine Majesty; We make our humble
supplications unto thee for these thy ser
vants, [upon whom we have now laid our
hands, in token of thy favor 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 obedi
ence of thy Word, that in the end they may
obtain everlasting life; through our Lord
Jesus Christ, who with thee and the Holy
Ghost liveth and reigneth, ever one God.
world without end. Amen.
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Q 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 Savioul
Jesus Christ. Amen.

f Then the Pastor will bless them, saying,

nPHE blessing of God Almighty, the Father
the Son, and the Holy Ghost, be upon
you, and remain with you for ever. Amen.

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THE MINISTRATION OF

PUBLIC BAPTISM OF ADULTS,

AND OF

BUCH AS ARE OUT OF THE VISIBLE CHURCH.

V Baptism is not to be administered to any that are out of thi
•visible Church, and so strangers from tbe covenant of promise,
till they profess their faith in Christ and obedience to him.

f When unbaptized persons apply for admission to the Church,
they shall, in ordinary cases, after giving satisfaction with
respect to their knowledge and piety, make a public profession
of their faith in the presence of tbe Congregation, and there
upon be baptized.

f The Candidates appearing in tbe presence of the Congregation,
near to the Font, the Minister will say :

Hear the words of the Gospel, written by
Saint John, in the third chapter, beginning
at the first verse.

was a man of the Pharisees, named
Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews. The
same came to Jesus by night, and said unto
him, Eabbi, 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 king
dom of God. Nicodemus saith unto him,
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How can a man be )orn when he is old ? Can
he enter the second time into his mother's
womb, and be born? Jesus answered,
Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a
manxbe born of water and of the Spirit, he
cannot enter into the kingdom of God.
That which is born of the flesh is flesh ; and
that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must
be born again. The wind bloweth where it
listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof;
but canst not tell whence it cometh, and
whither it goeth: so is every one that is
born of the Spirit.

fl After which he may use this Exhortation following :

ELOVED, ye hear in this Gospel the
express words of our Saviour Christ,
that except a man be born of water and of
the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom
of God. Whereby ye may perceive our
great need of the grace signified by this
Sacrament. Likewise, immediately before
his ascension into heaven, (as we read in the
last chapter of St. 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 i?
baptized shall be saved; but he that be
lieveth not, shall be damned. Which also
showeth unto us the benefit we may reap
thereby. For which cause Saint Peter the
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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? re
plied and said unto them, Repent, and be
baptized every one of you for the remis
sion of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of
the Holy Ghost. For the promise is to you
and your children, and to all that are afar
off, even as many as the Lord our God shall
call. And with many other words exhorted
he them, saying, Save yourselves from this
untoward generation. For (as the same
Apostle testifieth in another place) even
Baptism doth also now save us, (not the
putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the
answer of a good conscience towards God,)
by the resurrection of Jesus Christ. Doubt
ye not therefore, but earnestly believe that he
will favorably receive these present persons,
truly repenting, and coming unto him by
faith; that he will grant them remission of
their sins, and bestow upon them the Holy
Ghost; that he will give them the blessing
of eternal life, and make them partakers of
his everlasting kingdom.

Wherefore we being thus persuaded of
the good will of our heavenly Father to
wards these persons, declared by his SOD
Jesus Christ; let us faithfully and devoutly
give thanks to him, and say,
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ALMIGHTY and everlasting God, hea
venly Father, we give thee humble
thanks, for that thou hast vouchsafed to call
us to the knowledge of l,hy 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 sal
vation ; through our Lord Jesus Christ, who
liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy
Spirit, now and for ever. Amen.

\ And this.

ALMIGHTY and everlasting God, who of
thy great mercy didst save Noah and
his family in the ark from perishing by
water; and also didst safely lead the chil
dren of Israel thy people through the Red
Sea, figuring thereby thy holy Baptism ; and
after the Baptism of thy well-beloved Son
Jesus Christ in the river Jordan, didst ap
point the element of Water for the mystical
washing away of sin ; We beseech thee, for
thine infinite mercies, that thou wilt merci-
"ully 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 steadfast 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 ever
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lasting life, there to reign with thee, world
without end ; through Jesus Christ our Lord
A men.

1 Or this.

A LMIGHTY and immortal God, the aid
of all who need, the helper of all who
flee to thee for succor, the life of those who
believe, and the resurrection of the dead;
We call upon thee for these Persons, that
they, coming to thy holy Baptism, may be
cleansed from their sins, and enter into the
blessed company of thy faithful children.
Keceive 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 who ask ; let us who seek,
find; open the gate unto us who 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.

Aram.

fl Then the Minister will speak to the Persons to be baptized on
this wise :

^TELL-BELOVED, who are come hither
desiring to be baptized, ye have heard
how the congregation hath prayed, that our
Lord Jesus Christ would vouchsafe to re
ceive you and bless you, to release you of
your sins, to give you the Kingdom of
Heaven, and everlasting life. Ye have heard
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also, that our Lord Jesus Christ hath pro
mise i in his holy Word to grant all those
things that we have prayed for; which
promise he, for his part, will most surely
keep and perform.

Wherefore, after this promise made by
Christ, ye must also faithfully, for your
part, in the presence of this whole congre
gation, promise and answer to the follow
ing Questions.

K The Minister will then say to the Persons to be baptized, and each
one answer as followeth :

F)OST thou renounce the devil and all his
works, the vain pomp and glory of the
world, with all covetous desires of the same,
and the sinful desires of the flesh, so that
thou wilt not follow, nor be led by them?

Answer. I renounce them all; and, by
God's help> will endeavor not to follow, nor
be led by them.

Question. Dost thou believe all the Arti
cles of the Christian Faith, as contained. in
the Apostles' Creed?

Answer. I so believe.

Question. Wilt thou be baptized in this
Faith?

Answer. That is my desire.

Question. Wilt thou then obediently keep
God's holy will and commandments, and
walk in the same all the days of thy life?

Answer. I will, by God's help.

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fl Then will the Minister pray,

Q MERCIFUL God, grant that the old
Adam in these persons may be so buried,
that the new man may be raised up in them.
Amen.

Grant that all sinful 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 whosoever here have been
dedicated to thee in this holy Sacrament,
may also be endued with heavenly vir
tues, to walk in newness of life, and be ever
lastingly rewarded, through thy mercy, O
blessed Lord God, who dost live, and govern
all things, world without end. Amen.

A LMIGHTY, everliving God, whose most
dearly beloved Son Jesus Christ, for
the forgiveness of our sins did shed out of
his most precious side both water and blood ;
and gave commandment to his disciples, that
they should go teach all nations, and bap
tize them In the Name of the Father, and of
the Son, and of the Holy Ghost ; Eegard, we
beseech thee, the supplications of thy con
gregation; sanctify this water to the mys
tical washing away of sin; and grant that
these Persons, now to be baptized therein
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may receive the fulness of thy grace, am
ever remain in the number of thy faithful
children; through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen.

U Then, the Person to be baptized will kneel down, and the Minister
calling him by name, will pour water upon his forehead, saying,

~\T I baptize thee In the Name of the
' Father, and of the Son, and of the
Holy Ghost. Amen.

\ Then will the Minister say,

"WE receive this Person into the congre
gation of Christ's flock; as his chosen
follower; and in pledge that hereafter he
shall not be ashamed to confess the faith
of Christ crucified, and manfully to fight
under bis banner, against sin, the world,
and the devil ; and to continue Christ's faith -
ful soldier and servant unto his life's end.
Amen.

<[ Then will the Minister say,

s^EEING now, dearly beloved brethren,
that fiese Persons are grafted into the
body of Christ's Church, commended to
his grace and dedicated to his service, 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

fl Then may be said the Lord's Prayer.

(~)UB, Father, who art in heaven, Hallowed
be thy Name. Thy kingdom come
Thy will be done on earth, as it is in lies
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ven. Give us this day our daily bread.
And forgive us our trespasses, As we for
give those who trespass against us. A-nd
lead us not into temptation; but deliver us
from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and
the power, and the glory, for ever and ever.
Amen.

yield thee humble thanks, O heavenly
Father, that thou hast vouchsafed to
call us to the knowledge of thy grace, and
faith in thee : Increase this knowledge, and
confirm this faith in us evermore. Give thy
Holy Spirit to these Persons; that, being
truly born again, and made heirs of everlast
ing 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 reigiieth
with thee, in the unity of the same Holy
Spirit, world without end. Amen.

? Then, all standing up, the Minister, first speaking to the Congre
gation, will say,

"POEASMUCH as these persons have
promised in your presence to renounce
the devil and all his works, to believe in
God, and to serve him, ye must remember
that it is your part and duty to receive
them as members of Christ, with kindly
affection and brotherly love, and to walk
with them in charity, knowing that whatso
ever ye do unto the least of Christ's breth
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ren, even that ye do unto him. And sc
shall both they and ye together grow in
grace and in the knowledge of our Lord
Jesus Christ, and live godly, righteously,
and soberly in this present world.

fl And then, speaking to the baptized Persons, he will proceed to say :

A ND as for you, who have new by bap
tism 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 call
ing, and as becorneth the children of light ;
remembering always that Baptism repre-
senteth 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 mor
tifying all our evil and corrupt affections,
and daily proceeding in all virtue and god
liness of living.

^ When any Adults, or Persons of riper years, have been thus bap
tized, they are then admitted to the Communion of the Church
and have a right to the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper.

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THE FORM OF

SOLEMNIZATION OF MATRIMONY

f Although Marriage la no Sacrament, nor peculiar to the Church
of Ood, but common to mankind, and of public interest in every
Commonwealth ; yet it is proper that it be Solemnized by a
lawful Minister, that be may give counsel from the Word of
Qod, to those entering such new condition, and pray for a bless
ing upon them.

^\ Before the Solemnizing of Marriage between any persons, their
purpose of Marriage should be sufficiently published ; and it is
enjoined on all Ministers to be careful, that in this matter they
neither transgress the laws of God nor the laws of the commu
nity ; and that they may not destroy the peace and comfort of
families, they must be properly certified with respect to the par
ties applying to them, that no just objections lie against their
marriage.

f If the Banna are required by Law to be published by the Minister,
it may be in the form following :

/ publish the Banns of Marriage between

M. of , and N. of . If any of you

know cause, or just impediment, why these two
persons should not be joined together in Matri
mony, ye are to declare it. This is the first
[second or third] time of asking.

^ Marriage must always be Solemnized before a competent number
of witnesses; and it may be solemnized at any time, except on
a day of public humiliation ; and we advise that it be not on the
Jx>*-d's Day.

f Wb«n the parties present themselves for Marriage, they will stand
together, the Man on the right hand and the Woman on the
left; and the Minister will first say to the friends and witnesses
present:

T^EAKLY beloved, we are gathered toge
ther here in the sight of God, and in
the face of this company, to join together
this Man and this Woman in Matrimony
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which is an honorable estate, instituted of
God in the time of man's innocency, signi
fying unto us the mystical union that is
betwixt Christ and his Church ; which excel
lent estate Christ adorned and beautified
with his presence, and first miracle that he
wrought, in Cana of Galilee; and is com
mended of Saint Paul to be honorable among
all men ; and therefore is not by any to be
entered into unadvisedly or lightly; but
reverently, discreetly, soberly, and in the
fear of God; duly considering the causes
for which Matrimony was ordained. Into
this holy estate these two persons present
come now to be joined. Therefore if any
man can show any just cause, why they
may not lawfully be joined together, let
him now speak, or else hereafter for ever
hold his peace.

U And also, speaking unto the Persons that shall be married, he will
say:

T REQUIRE and charge you both, as ye
will answer at the dreadful day of judg
ment, 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 Matri
mony lawful.

MATRIMONY.

' If no impediment be alleged, then will tbe Minister say unto th«
Man:

M. \\TILT tliou have this Woman to thy
wedded wife, to live together after
God's ordinance in the blessed estate of
Matrimony? Wilt thou love her, comfort
her, honor, and keep her in sickness and in
health; and, forsaking all other, keep thee
only unto her, so long as ye both shall
live?

\ The Man will answer,

I Will.
f Then will tbe Minister say unto the Woman :

N. ^TILT thou have this Man to thy
wedded husband, to live together
after God's ordinance in the blessed estate
of Matrimony? Wilt thou obey him, love,
honor, and keep him in sickness and in
health; and, forsaking all others, keep thee
only unto him, so long as ye both shall live ?

f Tbe Woman will answer,

I will.

\ Then may the Minister say :

Who giveth this Woman to be married
to this Man?

7 Then will they give their Troth to eaoli other in this manner.
The Minister, receiving the Woman at her father's or friend'*
hands, will cause the Man with bis ru)it hand to take tbe
Woman by her right band, and to say after him as fulloweth :

F M. take thee N, to my wedded wife, to

have and to hold from this day forward,

for better for worse, for richer for poorer,

in sickness and in health, to love and tc

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cherish, till death us do part, according tc
God's holy ordinance; and thereto I plight
thee my troth.

<[ Then will they loose their hands; and the Woman with her right
hand taking the Man by his right hand, will likewise say after
the Minister:

F N. take thee M. to my wedded husband,
to have and to hold from this day for
ward, for better for worse, for richer for
poorer, in sickness and in health, to love,
cherish, and to obey, till death us do part,
according to God's holy ordinance; and
thereto I give thee my troth.

If Then will they again loose their hands; and the Man may give
unto the Woman a Ring. And the Minister taking the Ring,
may deliver it unto the Man, to put it upon the fourth finger of
the Woman's left hand. And the Man holding the King there,
and taught by the Minister, may say :

\yiTH this Eing I thee wed; 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.

Note. If the ceremony of the ring is not used, all that relates to it
will be omitted.

f Then, the Man leaving the Ring upon the fourth finger of the
Woman's left hand, the Minister will say :

Let us pray.

Father, who art in heaven, Hallowed
be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy
will be done on earth, as it is in heaven
Give us this day our daily bread. And for
give us our trespasses, as we forgive those
who trespass against us. And lead us not
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into temptation; But deliver us from evil
For thine is the kingdom, the power, and
the glory, for ever. Amen.

Q 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 Eebecca lived
faithfully together, so these persons may
surely perform and keep the vow and cove
nant 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.

1 Or this.

f\ GOD, who by thy mighty power hast
made all things of nothing; who also
(after other things set in order) didst appoint,
that out of man (created after thine own
image and similitude) woman should take
her beginning; and knitting them together,
didst teach that it should never be lawful
to put asunder those whom thou by Matri
mony hadst made one: Look mercifully
upon these thy servants, that 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
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even as his own flesh,) and also that this
woman may be loving and faithful to her
husband ; and in all quietness, sobriety, and
peace, be a follower of holy and godly
matrons. O Lord, bless them both, and
grant them to inherit thy everlasting king
dom : through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

1f Then will the Minister join their right hands together, and say,

Those whom God hath joined together let
no man put asunder.

'" Then will the Minister speak unto the Company :

]?ORASMUCH as M. and N. have con
sented together in holy wedlock, and
have witnessed the same before God and
this company, and thereto have given and
pledged their troth, each to the other, [and
have declared the same by giving and re
ceiving a Ring, and by joining hands;] 1
pronounce that they are Man and Wife, In
the Name of the Father, and of the Son,
and of the Holy Ghost. Amen.

If And the Minister will add this Blessing :

Q-OD the Father, God the Son, God the

Holy Ghost, bless, preserve, and keep

you; the Lord mercifully with his favor

look upon you, and fill you with all spiritual

benediction and grace; that ye may so live

together in this life, that in the world to

come ye may have life everlasting. Amen

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T Or this:

A LMIGHTY God, who at the beginning
did create our first parents, Adam and
Eve, and did sanctify and join them together
in marriage; Pour upon you the riches of
his grace, sanctify and bless you, that ye
may please him both in body and soul, and
live together in holy love unto your lives'
end. Amen.

\ An Instruction from the Scriptures concerning the duties of Hu.s-
bands and Wives, which may be read by them.

A LL ye that are married, or that intend to
take the excellent estate of Matrimony
upon you, hear what the holy Scripture
doth say as touching the duty of husbands
towards their wives, and wives towards their
husbands.

Saint Paul, in his Epistle to the Ephesians,
the fifth Chapter, doth give this command
ment 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 wash
ing 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 hip
wife loveth himself: for no man ever yet
hated his own flesh, but nourisheth and
cherisheth it, even as the Lord the Church
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for we are members of his body, of his flesh,
and of his bones. For this cause shall a
man leave his father and mother, and shall
be joined unto his wife; and they two shall
be one flesh. This is a great mvstery ; but I
speak concerning Christ and the Church.
Nevertheless, let every one of you in par
ticular so love his wife, even as himself.

Likewise the same Saint Paul, writing to
the Colossians, speaketh thus to all men that
are married; Husbands, love your wives,
and be not bitter against them.

Hear also what Saint Peter, the Apostle
of Christ, who was himself a married man,
saith unto them that are married: Ye hus
bands, dwell with your wives according to
knowledge; giving honor unto the wife, as
unto the weaker vessel, and as being heirs
together of the grace of life, that your
prayers be not hindered.

Hitherto ye have heard the duty of the
husband toward the wife. Now likewise, ye
wives, hear and learn your duties toward
your husbands, even as it is plainly set forth
in holy Scripture.

Saint Paul, in the aforenamed Epistle to the
Ephesians, teacheth you thus: Wives, sub
mit 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
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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 subjec
tion to your own husbands; that, if any
obey not the Word, they also may without
the Word be won by the conversation of the
wives; while they behold your chaste con
versation coupled with fear. Whose adorn
ing, let it not be that outward adorning of
plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold,
or of putting on of apparel ; but let it be the
hidden man of the heart, in that which is
not corruptible; even the ornament of a
meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight
of God of great price. For after this manner
in the old time the holy women also, who
trusted in God, adorned themselves, being in
subjection unto their own husbands; even
as Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord ;
whose daughters ye are as long as ye do
well, and are not afraid with any amazement.

{ The Minister is to keep a proper register for the names of all per-
sons whom he unites in marriage, and of the time of their mar
riage, for the benefit of all whom it may concern. And he is to
giye a Certificate of the Marriage when required.

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VISITATION OP THE SICK,

f When persons are sick, it is their duty, before their strength and
understanding fail them, to send for their Minister, and to make
known to him, with prudence, their spiritual state ; and it ie
his duty to visit them, at their request, and to apply himself,
with all tenderness and love, to administer some spiritual good
to their souls.

•' The Minister, coming into the sick man's house, may say,

T>EACE be to this house, and to all that
dwell in it.

f And kneeling down in the sick man's presence, he will say,

"D EMEMBEE 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.

fl Then the Minister may 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, Hal
lowed be thy Name. Thy kingdom
come. Thy will be done in earth, As it is
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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 de
liver 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 advan
tage of him;

Answer. Nor the wicked approach to hurt
him.

Minister. Be unto him, 0 Lord, a strong
tower,

Answer. From the face of his enemy.

Minister. 0 Lord, hear our prayers ;

Answer. And let our cry come unto thee.

Minister.

C\ LOED, look down from heaven, behold,
visit, and relieve this thy servant. Look
upon him with the eyes of thy mercy, give
him comfort and sure confidence in thee,
defend him from the danger of the enemy,
and keep him in perpetual peace and safety ;
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

TTEAE us, Almighty and most merciful
God and Saviour; extend thy accus
tomed goodness to this thy servant who is
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grieved with sickness. Sanctity, we beseech
thee, this thy fatherly correction to him t
that the sense of his weakness may add
strength to his faith, and seriousness to his
repentance: That, if it shall be thy good
pleasure to restore him to his former health,
he may lead the residue of his life in thy
fear, and to thy glory; or else, give him
grace so to take thy visitation, that, after
this painful life ended, he may dwell with
thee in life everlasting; through Jesus
Christ our Lord. Amen,

U Then may the Minister exhort the sick person after this form,
or other like.

"T)EAKLY beloved, know this, that Al
mighty 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
honorable, to the increase of glory and end
less 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
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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 su.k. then the Minister may end his
Exhortation in this place, or else proceed.

therefore in good part the chastise
ment 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, Grod dealeth with you
as with sons; for what son is he whom the
Father chasteneth not? But if ye be with
out chastisement, whereof all are partakers
then are ye bastards, and not sons. Further
more, we have had fathers of our flesh, which
corrected us, and we gave them reverence:
shall we not much rather be in subjection
unto the Father of spirits, and live? For
they verily for a few days chastened us after
their own pleasure; but he for our profit,
that we might be partakers of his holiness
These words, good brother, are written in
holy Scripture for our comfort and instruc
tion: that we should patiently, and with
thanksgiving, bear our heavenly Father's
correction, whensoever, by any manner of
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adversity, it shall please his gracious good
ness 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 sickness.
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, tak
ing 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 ac
count to be given unto the righteous Judge,
by whom all must be judged, without respect
of persons, I require you to examine your
self 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 con
demned in that fearful judgment. Therefore
I shall rehearse to you the Articles of
our Faith; that you may know whethei
you do believe as a Christian man should
or no.

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1 Here the Minister will rehearse the Articles of the Faith, savin*
thus,

£)OST thou believe in God the Father
Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth ?

And in Jesus Christ his only-begotten Son
our Lord? And that he was conceived by
the Holy Ghost, born of the Virgin Mary ;
that he suffered under Pontius Pilate, was
crucified, dead, and buried; that he went
down into hell, and also did rise again the
third day, that he ascended into heaven, and
sitteth on the right hand of God the Father
Almighty; and from thence shall come again,
at the end of the world, to judge the quick
and the dead ?

And dost thou believe in the Holy Ghost ;
the holy Catholic Church, the Communion
of Saints; the Remission of sins; the Re
surrection of the body ; and everlasting Life
after death?

f The sick person will answer,

All this I steadfastly believe.

J Then will the Minister examine whether he repent him truly ol
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 ad
monished to make bis 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. Bat men
should often be put in remembrance to take order for the settling
of their temporal estates, whilst they are in health.

The Exhortation before rehearoed, may be said before the Ministei
begin his Prayer, as he shall see cause.

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\ And then the Minister will offer the Collect following.

Let us pray.

f\ MOST merciful God, who, according tc
the multitude of thy mercies, dost sc
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 for
giveness. 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, as
suage 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 favor ; through the merits
of thy most dearly beloved Son Jesus Christ
our Lord. Amen.

f Then will the Minister read this Psalm.
Psalm cxxx. DE PROFCWDIS.

OUT of the depths have I cried unto thee,

O Lord.

Lord, hear my voice: let thine ears be
attentive to the voice of my supplications.

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If thou, Lord, shouldest mark iniquities,
3 Lord, who shall stand?

But there is forgiveness with thee, that
thou mayest be feared.

I wait for the Lord, my soul doth wait,
and in his word do I hope.

My soul waiteth for the Lord more than
they that watch for the morning: I say,
more than they that watch for the morning.

Let Israel hope in the Lord : for with the
Lord there is mercy, and with him is plen
teous redemption.

And he shall redeem Israel from all his
iniquities.

1 Adding this.

SAVIOUR of the world, who by thy
Cross and precious Blood hast re
deemed us; Save us, and help us, we hum
bly beseech thee, O Lord.

Almighty Lord, who is a most strong
tower to all those who 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.

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U Here the Minister may use any other prayers which in his dis
cretion he shall think convenient to the occasion: and aftei
that say,

TTNTO God's gracious mercy and protec
tion we commit thee. The Lord blesa
thee, and keep thee. The Lord make his
face to shine upon thee, and be gracious
unto thee. The Lord lift up his counte
nance upon thee, and give thee peace, both
now and evermore. Amen.

\ Prayers which may be used with the foregoing service, or any
part thereof, at the discretion of the Minister.

A Prayer for a sick Child.

Q ALMIGHTY God, and merciful Father,
to whom alone belong the issues of life
and death; Look down from heaven, we
humbly beseech thee, with the eyes of
mercy upon this child, now lying upon the
bed of sickness: Visit him, O Lord, with
thy salvation ; deliver him in thy good ap
pointed time from his bodily pain, and save
his soul for thy mercies' sake: That, if it
shall be thy pleasure to prolong his days
here on earth, he may live to thee, and be
an instrument of thy glory, by serving thee
faithfully, and doing good in his generation ;
or -else receive him into those heavenly habi
tations, where the souls of those who sleep
in the Lord Jesus enjoy perpetual rest and
felicity. Grant this, O Lord, for thy mer
cies' sake, in the same thy Son our Lord
Jesus Christ, who liveth and reigneth with
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thee and the Holy Ghost, ever one God
world without end. Amen.

A Prayer for a sick Person, when there sppeareth but small hops
of recovery.

Q FATHER of mercies, and God of all
comfort, our only help in time of need ;
"We fly unto thee for succor in behalf of
this thy servant, here lying under thy hand
in great weakness of body. • Look gra
ciously upon him, 0 Lord; and the more
the outward man decayeth, strengthen him,
we beseech thee, so much the more continu
ally with thy grace and Holy Spirit in the
inner man. Give him unfeigned repentance
for all the errors of his life past, and stead
fast faith in thy Son Jesus; that his sins
may be done away by thy mercy, and his
pardon sealed in heaven, before he go hence,
and be no more seen. We know, O Lord,
that there is no word impossible with thee ;
and that, if thou wilt, thou canst even yet
raise him up, and grant him a longer con
tinuance amongst us: Yet, forasmuch as in
all appearance the time of his dissolution
draweth near, so fit and prepare him, we
beseech thee, against the hour of death,
that after his departure hence in peace, and
in thy favor, his soul may be received into
thine everlasting kingdom; through the
merits and mediation of Jesus Christ thine
only Son, our Lord and Saviour. Amen.
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A commendatory Prayer for a sick Person at the point of departurt

Q ALMIGHTY GOD, with whom do live
the spirits of just men made perfect,
after they are delivered from their earthly
prisons; We humbly commend the soul of
this thy servant, our dear brother, into thy
hands, as into the hands of a faithful Crea
tor, and most merciful Saviour; most hum
bly beseeching thee, that it may be precious
in thy sight. Wash it, we pray thee; in the
blood of that immaculate Lamb, that was
slain to take away the sins of the world;
that whatsoever defilements it may have
contracted in the midst of this miserable
and naughty world, through the lusts of
the flesh, or the wiles of Satan, being purged
and done away, it may be presented pure
and without spot before thee. And teach
us who survive, in this, and other like daily
spectacles of mortality, to see how frail and
uncertain our own condition is; and so to
number our days, that we may seriously
apply our hearts to that holy and heavenly
wisdom, whilst we live here, which may in
the end bring us to life everlasting ; through
the merits of Jesus Christ thine only Son
our Lord. Amen.

A Prayer for Persons troubled in mind or in conscience.

Q BLESSED Lord, the Father of mercies,
and the God of all comfort, We beseech
thee to look down in pity and compassion
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upon thy afflicted servant. Thou writes!
bitter things against him, and makest him
to possess his former iniquities; thy wrath
lieth hard upon him, and his soul is full of
trouble. But, O merciful God, who hast
written thy holy Word for our learning, that
we, through patience and comfort of thy
Scriptures, might have hope; give him a
right understanding of himself and of thy
threats and promises; that he may neither
cast away his confidence in thee, nor place
it anywhere 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.

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1| Wliile the Standards of our Church are clear in their teaching
that the Lord's Supper is not to be received by any one alone,
yet in cases of protracted sickness or approaching death, when
the desire is very strongly urged by a member of the Church, tc
enjoy the administration of the Lord's Supper, a Pastor, having
duly admonished the applicant that such ordinance, however a
source of spiritual comfort, is not, in such cases, an imperative
duty, or indispensable to salvation, may, with a member of his
Session, and such Communicants as may appropriately be per
mitted to partake in such solemnity, proceed to administer this
Sacrament — a Minute of every such act to be entered on the
records of Session.

f All things necessary being prepared, the Minister will begin the
administration with the Collect. Epistle, and Gospel, here fol
lowing.

THE COLLECT.

A LMIGHTY, everliving God, Maker of
mankind, who dost correct those whom
thou dost love, and chastise every one whom
thou dost receive ; "We beseech thee to have
mercy upon this thy servant visited with
thine hand, and to grant that he may take
his sickness patiently, and recover his bodily
health, if it be thy gracious will; and that
whensoever his soul shall depart from the
body, it may be without spot presented
unto thee; through Jesus Christ our Lord.
A men.

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THE EPISTLE. Heb. Xli. 5.

JV/TY son, despise not thou the o hastening
of the Lord, nor faint when thou art
rebuked of him. For whom the Lord loveth
he chasteneth; and scourgeth every son
whom he receiveth.

THE GOSPEL. John v. 24.

\7"ERILY, verily, I say unto you, He that
heareth my word, and believeth on Him
that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall
not come into condemnation ; but is passed
from death unto life.

f After which the Minister may proceed according to the form bofors
given for the Holy Communion, beginning at these words " Y«
wLo do truly," &c.

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THE BURIAL OF THE DEAD.

f Here it is to be noted, that the Office ensuing is not to be super
stitiously used, as if for the benefit of the dead, but only for th
instruction and comfort of the living.

If The Minister, meeting the Corpse at the entrance of the Church
yard, and going before it, either into the Church, or towardi
the Grave, will say :

T AM the resurrection and the life, saith
the Lord: He that believeth in me,
though he were dead, yet shall he live : and
whosoever liveth and believeth in me, shall
never die. 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—27.

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.
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f After they are come into the Church, will be said or sung one ol
both of the Psalms following.

Dm CUSTODIAN. Psalm xxzix.

T ORD, let me know my 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

i j •

were a span long: and mine age is even as

nothing in respect of thee ; and verily every
man living is altogether vanity.

For man walketh in a vain shadow, and
disquieteth himself in vain: he heapeth up
riches, and cannot tell who shall gather
them.

When thou with rebukes dost chasten
man for sin, thou makest his beauty to con
sume away, like as it were a moth fretting
a garment: every man therefore is but
vanity.

Hear my prayer, O LORD, and \vith 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.

DOMING REFCGIUM. Psalm xc.

T ORD, thou hast been our refuge: from

one generation to another.
Before the mountains were brought forth
or ever the earth and the world were made
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thou art God from everlasting, and world
without end.

Thou turnest man to destruction: again
thou sayest, Come again, ye children of
men.

For a thousand years in thy sight are but
as yesterday : seeing that is past as a watch
in the night.

As soon as thou scatterest them they are
even as 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 indigna
tion.

Thou hast set our misdeeds before thee.
and our secret sins in the light of thy coun
tenance.

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 labor and sorrow ; so soon
passeth it away, and we are gone.

So teach us to number our days : that we
may apply our hearts unto wisdom.

Glory be to the Father, and to the SOD
and to the Holy Ghost :
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As it was in the beginning, is now, and
ever shall be : world without end. Amen.

\ Then will follow the Le son, taken out of the fifteenth Chapter
of the first Epistle of St. Paul to the Corinthians.

1 Cor. xv. 20.

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. And 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
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they then baptized for the dead? and why
stand we in jeopardy every hour? I pro
test 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 com
munications corrupt good manners. Awake
to righteousness, and sin not; for some have
not tLe knowledge of God. I speak this to
your shame. But some man will say, How
are the dead raised up ? and with what body
do they come ? Thou fool ! that which thou
sowest is not quickened, except it die. And
that which thou sowest, thou sowest not that
body that shall be, but bare grain, it may
chance of wheat, or of some other grain. But
God giveth it a body as it hath pleased him,
and to every seed his own body. All flesh
is not the same flesh ; but there is one kind
of flesh of men, another flesh of beasts,
another of fishes, and another of birds.
There are also celestial bodies, and bodies
terrestial; but the glory of the celestial is
one, and the glory of the terrestial is another.
There is one glory of the sun, and another
glory of the moon, and another glory of the
stars ; for one star diffcreth from another star
in glory. So also is the resurrection of the
dead. It is sown in corruption ; it is raised
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in incorruption : it is sown in dishonor; it
is raised in glory : it is sown in weakness :
it is raised in power: it is sown a natural
body ; it is raised a spiritual body. There
is a natural body, and there is a spiritual
body. And so it is written, The first man
Adam was made a living soul; the last
Adam was made a quickening spirit. How-
beit, 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 hea
venly. 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 King-
uom of God ; neither doth corruption inherit
incorruption. Behold, I show you a mystery :
we shall not all sleep, but we shall all be
changed, in a moment, in the twinkling of
an eye, at the last trump; for the trumpet
shall sound, and the dead shall be raised
incorruptible, and we shall be changed.
For this corruptible must put on incorrup
tion, and this mortal must put on immor
tality. 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
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Death is swallowed up in victory. 0 death,
where is thy sting? 0 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 steadfast, un-
moveable, always abounding in the work
of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that
your labor is not in vain in the Lord.

f When they oome to the Grave, while the Corpse is made ready to
be laid into the earth, will be said,

IV/TAN, that is born of a woman, hath but
a short time to live, and is full of
misery. He cometh up, and is cut down,
like a flower ; he fleeth as it were a shadow,
and never continueth in one stay.

In the midst of life we are in death : of
whom may we seek for succour, but of thee,
O Lord, who for our sins are justly dis
pleased ?

Yet, 0 Lord God most holy, O Lord most
mighty, 0 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, 0
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.
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| Then, while the earth shall be oast upon the Body hy some stand
ing hy, the Minister will say,

pOKASMUCH as it hath pleased Almighty
God, to take out of this world the soul
of our departed brother, we therefore commit
his body to the ground ; earth to earth, ashes
to ashes, dust to dust ; looking for the general
Kesurrection in the last day, and the life of
the world to come, through our Lord Jesus
Christ; at whose second coming in glorious
majesty to judge the world, the earth and
the sea shall give up their dead; and the
corruptible bodies of those who sleep in him
shall be changed, and made like unto his
own glorious body ; according to the mighty
working whereby he is able to subdue all
things unto himself.

f Then will he said or sung,

T HEARD a voice from heaven, saying unto
me, Write, Blessed are the dead who
die in the Lord from henceforth : Yea, saith
the Spirit, that they may rest from their
labors ; and their works do follow them.

f Then the Minister may offer the Lord's Prayer.

BURIAL OF THE DEAD.

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 the Minister will offer one or both of the following Prayers,
at his discretion.

A LMIGHTY God, with whom do live the
spirits of them that depart hence in
the Lord, and with whom the souls of the
faithful, after they are delivered from the
burden of the flesh, are in joy and felicity ;
We give thee hearty thanks, for that it hath
pleased thee to deliver them out of the
miseries of this sinful world; beseeching
thee, that it may please thee, of thy gra
cious goodness, shortly to accomplish the
number of thine elect, and to hasten thy
kingdom; that we, with all those that are
departed in the true faith of thy holy Name,
may have our perfect consummation and
bliss, both in body and soul, in thy eternal
and everlasting glory ; through Jesus Christ
our Lord. Amen.

Q MERCIFUL God, the Father of our
Lord Jesus Christ, who is the resurrec
tion and the life; in whom whosoever be-
lieveth, 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
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not to be sorry, as men without hope, foi
those \/ho sleep in him; We humbly be
seech 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; and that, at the general Resur
rection 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 who love and fear
thee, saying, Come, ye blessed children of
my Father, receive the kingdom prepared
for you from the beginning of the world.
Grant this, we beseech thee, O merciful
Father, through Jesus Christ, our Mediator
and Redeemer. Amen.

HPHE grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and
the love of God, and the fellowship of
the Holy Ghost, be with us all evermore.
Amen.

THE ORDER FOR A BURIAL AT SEA.

f The preceding form of burial will be used, except that the words,
on committing the body to the sea, may be as followeth:

"PORASMUCH as it hath pleased Almighty

God to take out of this world the soul of

his deceased servant, we therefore commit

his body to the deep; looking for the gene-

*al resurrection through our Lord Jesus

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Christ, at whose second coming in glorious
majesty to judge the world, the earth and
the sea shall give up their dead, according
to the mighty working whereby he is able
to subdue all things unto himself.

f And together with either of the foregoing prayers, the following
also may be offered :

ALMIGHTY God, our heavenly Father,
who in thy perfect wisdom and mercy
hast ended for thy servant departed, the
voyage of this troublous life; Grant, we
beseech thee, that we, who are still to con
tinue our course, amidst earthly dangers,
temptations, and troubles, may evermore be
protected by thy mercy, and finally come
to the haven of eternal salvation ; through
Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

'THE grace of oui Lord Jesus Christ,
and the love of God, and the fellow
ship of the Holy Ghost, be with us all
evermore. Amen.

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VISITATION OF MOURNERS.

"O BE USED AT THE HOUSE OF THE DECEASED PERSON

When there i» to be a service at the house of the deceated
person, before proceeding to the place of burial, tht
Minister will first select and read some Proper Lesson
for the occasion.

PROPER LESSONS AT FUNERALS.

Job i., xiv., xix.; Isaiah Izi.; 2 Samuel i. 17 — 27, iii.
31 — 89, xviii. 18— 33; Ecclesiastes xii. ; 1 Corinthians
xv. 20—58; 2 Corinthians v. 1 — 10; Revelations vii.
9—17; 1 Thessalonians iv. 13 — 18; Matthew ix. 18 — 25;
John v. 24—29, vi. 37—40, xi. 1—44; Luke vii. 11—25;
Psalms xxxi., xxxiv., xxxix., xlii., Ixxi., Ixxiii., xc.,
cxxxix.

Or else he will begin by reading these following sentences of

Holy Scripture.

I~T is better to go to the house of mourning than to go
JL the house of feasting, for that is the end of all men,
and the living will lay it to his heart.

Lord, make me know mine end, and the measure of
my days, what it is ; that I may know how frail I am.
For I know that thou wilt bring me to death, and to the
house appointed for all living.

And then, for the admonition of those present at the visita
tion, these sentences following.

WHAT man is he that liveth and shall not see death ?
shall he deliver his soul from the hand of the
grave ? One dieth in his full strength, being wholly at
ease and quiet; another dieth in the bitterness of hia
soul, and never eatetk with pleasure: they shall lie
down alike in the dust, and the worms -shall cover them,

VISITATION OF MOURNERS.

All flesh shall perish together, and man shall turn a^ain
unto dust.

There is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it will
sprout again, and that the tender branch thereof will
not cease. Though the root thereof wax old in the
earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground : yet
through the scent of the water it will bud, and bring
forth boughs like a plant. But man dieth and wasteth
away ; yea man giveth up the ghost, and where is he ?
As the waters fail from the sea, and the flood decayeth
and drieth up : so man lieth down and riseth not : till
the heavens be no more, they shall not awake ; nor be
raised out of their sleep.

If a man die, shall he live again? Jesus said unto
Martha, I am the resurrection and the life : he that
believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live.
And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die.

It is appointed unto men once to die, but after this
the judgment. We must all appear before the judg
ment seat of Christ, that every one may receive the
things done in his body, according to that he hath done
whether it be good or bad. If the tree fall toward the
south, or toward the north, in the place where the tree
falleth, there it shall be. He that is unjust, let him be
unjust still; and he that is filthy, let him be filthy still;
and he that is righteous, let him be righteous still ; and
he that is holy, let him be holy still.

The righteous hath hope in his death: Let me die
the death of the righteous and let my last end be like
his. Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of
his saints ; The day of their death is better than that
of their birth.

For we know that if our earthly house of this taber
nacle be dissolved, we have a building of God, an house
not made with hands, eternal, in the heavens. There
the wicked cease from troubling, and the weary are at
rest. And they shall hunger no more, neither thirst
any more; neither shall the sun light on them, nor any
heat. And there shall be no more death, neither sorrow,
nor crying; neither shall there be any more pain; for
the former things are passed away. And God shall wipe
nway all tears from their eyes.

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Or these.

MAN that is born of a woman is of few days and
full of trouble : He cometh forth like a flower and
is cut down; he fleeth also as a shadow and continueth
not.

When he dieth he shall carry nothing away : his glory
shall not descend after him. As be came forth from his
mother's womb, naked shall he return to go as he came,
and he shall take nothing of his labor which he may
carry away in his hand. We brought nothing into this
world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out.

What is your life ? It is even a vapor which appear-
eth for a little time and then vanisheth away. Our
days on the earth are as a shadow, and there is none
abiding. We spend our years as a tale that is told.
The days of our years are threescore years and ten ; and
if, by reason of strength they be fourscore years, yet
is their strength labor and sorrow, for it is soon cut off
and we fly away. We all do fade as a leaf, and our
iniquities like the wind have taken us away.

Boast not thyself of to-morrow ; for thou knowest
not what a day may bring forth. For man also know-
eth not his time : as the fishes that are taken in an evil
net, and as the birds that are caught in the snare; so
are the sons of men snared in an evil time, when it
falleth suddenly upon them. 0 my God, take me not
away in the midst of my days, for I am a stranger with
thee, and a sojourner as all my fathers were. 0 spare
me, that I may recover strength before I go hence and
h*> no more.

But this I say, brethren, the time is short; It remain-
eth that they that weep be as though they wept not;
and they that rejoice, as though they rejoiced not; and
they that buy, as though they possessed not; and they
that use this world as not abusing it : for the fashion
of this world passeth away.

Work while the day lasts; seeing that the night
cometh wherein no man can work. Whatsoever thy
hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is
no work, nor device, nor wisdom, nor knowledge in the
gnwe whither tliou goest.

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And then, for the consolation of the Bereaved, tuck Scry
tures as these following.

shalt forget thy misery, and remember it as
.L waters that pass away. Weeping may endure for
a night, but joy cometh in the morning. Cast thy bur
den upon the Lord, and he shall sustain thee. He hath
not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted;
neither hath he hid his face from him, but when he
cried unto him, he heard. Though he cause grief, yet
will he have compassion according to the multitude of
his mercies. For he doth not afflict willingly, nor
grieve the children of men.

If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as
with sons ; for what son is he whom the father chasten-
eth not? My son, despise not thou the chastening of
the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him: for
whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth
every son whom he receiveth. And thou shalt remem
ber all the way which the Lord thy God led thee, to
humble thee and to prove thee, to know what was in
thine heart, whether thou wouldst keep his command
ments or no: That the trial of your faith, being much
more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be
tried with fire, might be found unto praise, and honor,
and glory, at the appearing of Jesus Christ.

God hath comforted his people, and will have mercy
upon his afflicted. Blessed be God, even the Father of
our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and the
God of all comfort, who comforteth us in all our tribu
lation, that we may be able to comfort them which are
in any trouble, by the comfort wherewith we ourselves
are comforted of God. He shall deliver thee in six
troubles, yea, in seven there shall no evil touch thee.
Wait on the Lord: be of good courage, and he shall
strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the Lord.

And these, at the discretion of the Minister.

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

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you. I go to prepare a place for you: that where I ad
there ye may be also.

But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren,
concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not
eren as others which have no hope. For if we believe
that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which
sleep in Jesus will God bring with him.

Wherefore, seeing we also are compassed about with
BO great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every
weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and
let us run with patience the race that is set before us •
looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith ;
who, for the joy that was set before him, endured the
cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right
hand of the throne of God.

Or these, at the Funeral of a Child or Young Christian,

AND David said, While the child was yet alive 1
fasted and wept: for I said, Who can tell whether
God will be gracious to me, that the child may live?
But now he is dead, wherefore should I fast? Can I
bring him back again ? I shall go to him, but he shall
not return to me.

But Jesus said, Suffer little children, and forbid them
not, to come unto me ; for of such is the kingdom of
heaven. It is not the will of your Father which is in
heaven, that one of these little ones should perish. For
I say unto you, that in heaven their angels do always
behold the face of my Father which is in heaven.

0 Lord, our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all
the earth. Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings
thou hast perfected praise. I thank thee, 0 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.

The Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken away:
blessed be the name of the Lord.

And after the Exhortation or Address, the following
Prayers, or a portion of them, may be offered.

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A Prayer for Resignation.

OLORD God, our heavenly Father, who alone art the
author and the disposer of our life, from whom our
spirits have come, and to whom they shall return; We
acknowledge thy sovereign power and ri^ht both to givn
and to take away, as seemeth good in thy sight; ana
we most humbly beseech thee, that unto all thy right
eous dealings we may yield ourselves with due resigna
tion and patience ; being assured that though we under
stand not the mystery of thy ways, yet always in
faithfulness, O Lord, dost thou afflict us, and for thy
mercy's sake; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

A Prayer for Bereaved friends.

A LMIGHTY and most merciful God, the consolation
-tx of the sorrowful, and the support of the weary,
who dost not willingly grieve or afflict the children of
men; Look down in tender love and pity, we beseech
thee, upon thy bereaved servants, whose joy is turned
into mourning; and according to the multitude of thy
mercies be pleased to uphold, strengthen, and comfort
them, that they may not faint under thy fatherly
chastening, but find in thee their strength and refuge ;
through Jesus Christ our Lord. A men.

A Prayer for Bereaved Children.

DEFEND, 0 Lord, these bereaved children with thy
heavenly grace. Let thy fatherly hand 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 daily they may increase in thy Holy Spirit
more and more, and in the end obtain everlasting life ;
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

A Prayer for Bereaved Parents.

0 ALMIGHTY God, who out of the mouth of babes and
sucklings hast ordained strength, and makest even
infants to glorify thee by their deaths ; Comfort these
bereaved parents, we beseech thee, with thy love and
favor, and strengthen them by thy grace, that with sub
missive faith and thankful hope, they may yield theii

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offspring to thee ; through our Saviour and Lord Jesai
Christ. Amen.

A Prayer for Thankful Remembrance of the Departed.

LORD God of heaven and earth, judge of quick and
dead, giver of all good, we yield thee humble thanks
for all thy loving kindness shown toward thy servant
departed ; beseeching thee, that while we hide our
selves from the shadow of thy judgments, we may not
forget the abundance of thy mercies in Christ Jesus our
Lord. Amen.

A Prayer for Imitation of the Righteous Dead.

OMOST glorious and mighty God, who hast abolished
death, and brought life and immortality to light;
We praise and bless thee for that, when Christ who is
our life shall appear, then shall they also which sleep
in him appear with him in glory. Grant, we beseech
thee, unto all thy faithful now upon earth, that, follow
ing the good examples of patriarchs, priests, and pro
phets ; of apostles, saints, and martyrs ; they may run
their course with patience ; and finally, together with
all the holy departed, enter into thy eternal glory ;
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

A Prayer for the Right Use of the Affliction.

OGOD, whose days are without end, and whose mer
cies cannot be numbered ; make us, we beseech
thee, deeply sensible of the shortness and uncertainty
of human life ; and let thy Holy Spirit lead us through
this vale of misery, in holiness and righteousness, all
the days of our lives ; That, when we shall have served
thee in our generation, we may be gathered unto our
fathers, having the testimony of a good conscience ; in
the communion of the catholic Church ; in the confidence
of a certain faith; in the comfort of a reasonable, reli
gious and holy hope ; in favor with thee our God, and in
perfect charity with the world. All which we ask
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

THE grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of
God, and the fellowship of the Holy Ghost, be witk
us all evermore. Amen.

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PUBLIC PRAYER AND HUMILIATION.

tO BE USED ON SUCH DAYS AS MAY BB APPOINTED 31
THE CIVIL OR ECCLESIASTICAL AUTHORITY.

When any day of Fasting, Humiliation, and Prayer i»
appointed by the Civil or Ecclesiastical authority, i,\t
usual order of Divine service will be observed, with t.\l
addition or substitution of such parts as here follow:

INTRODUCTORY SENTENCES.

WHEREWITH shall we come before the Lord and
bow ourselves before the High God ? Behold he
putteth no trust in his saints ; yea, the heavens are not
clean in- his sight. How much more abominable and
filthy is man which drinketh iniquity like water.

We will set our faces unto the Lord God, to seek by
prayer and supplications, with fasting and sackcloth and
ashes: We will pray unto the Lord our God and make
our confession ; Who can tell if God will repent, and
turn away from us his fierce anger that we perish not ?

A General Confession of Public Sins.

OMOST mighty God, terrible in thy judgments and
wonderful in thy doings towards the children of
men; we thy sinful creatures here assembled before
thee, do on behalf of the whole people of this land,
humbly confess the manifold sins, both of ourselves and
of our rulers, whereby we have drawn down upon us
thy righteous displeasure. Guilty; Guilty, 0 Lord, are
we all before thee this day. But enter not, 0 Lord,
into judgment with thy servants, seeing that in thy sight
can none living be justified; neither visit upon posterity
the reward of our transgressions. Be merciful, 0 Lord,
be merciful unto thy people whom thou hast redeemed,
and be not angry with us for ever ; but pardon us for thy
mercy's sake ; through the merits of thy Son Jesui
Christ our Lord. Amen.

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PROPER PSALMS.

Psalms li., Ix., Ixxiv., Ixxix., cv., cvi., cxxxvii., xliv

PROPER LESSONS.

Deuteronomy iv. 23 — 41, xxxii.; Leviticus xxvi
14 — 46; Isaiah i., iii., xxxiv.; Daniel ix.; Obadiah i;
Jonah iii.; 1 Samuel iv. 1 — 18; Nehemiah ix.; Nehe-
miah v.; Matthew xxiv.; Revelations vi., viii.

Or these, in time of Pestilence.

Exodus viii. — x.; Numbers xvi. 44 — 50; 2 Samuel xxiv.;
2 Kings v.; John v. 1 — 16; Psalms vi., xlix., xc., xci.

Or these, in time of Famine.

Exodus xvi.; Exodus xvii. 1 — 8; 1 Kings xviii.;
2 Kings iv. 1 — 8, vii.; Jeremiah xiv.; John vii. 5 — 14.

Or these, in time of War.

Deuteronomy xx.; Exodus xvii. 8 — 16; Joshua x.
6 — 14; 2 Chronicles xx. 1 — 22; Genesis vi.; 1 Thessalo-
nians v.; 2 Timothy iv.; Psalms ii., vii., xvii., xx.,
xxvi., xxvii., xxxv., Ixvi., Ixxix., xci., cxxiv., cxliv.

THE COLLECT.

0 ALMIGHTY God, who desirest not the death but
the life of sinners, despise not thy people return
ing unto thee in their affliction, but for the glory of thy
name be pleased to hear and succor us ; that the hearts
of men may know that these scourges proceed from thy
justice and cease by thy mercy; through Christ our
Lord. Amen.

PRATERS TO BE USED AS THE OCCASION REQUIRES.

A Prayer in time of Pestilence.

HOLY Lord God Almighty, who of old didst stay the
angel of pestilence at the cry of thy repenting
children, and bring back health to a dying people; hear
us, thy suppliants, returning to thee, as in sackcloth,
dust, and ashes, and mercifully lift from us the heavj

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hand of thy righteous visitation; that the people may
live before thee, and not die in their sins, and that the
land may no longer mourn by reason of thy judgments,
0 Lord, who for our iniquities art justly displeased.
We humbly ask it for Christ's sake Amen.

jl Prayer in time of any common Plague or Sickness.

0 ALMIGHTY God, who in thy wrath didst send a
plague upon thine own people in the wilderness,
for their obstinate rebellion against Moses and Aaron;
and also, in the time of king David, didst slay with the
plague of Pestilence threescore and ten thousand, and
yet remembering thy mercy didst save the rest; Have
pity upon us miserable sinners, who now are visited
with great sickness and mortality; that like as thou
didst then accept of an atonement, and didst command
the destroying Angel to cease from punishing, so it may
now please thee to withdraw from us this plague and
grievous sickness; through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen.

A Prayer in time of Drought or Famine.

OGOD, our Creator, Preserver, and Bountiful Bene
factor, who givest seed-time and harvest, and
sendest both the early and latter rain; have pity, we
beseech thee, upon thy famished people who cry unto
thee in their tribulation, and in thy compassion return
and visit us; that the heavens may no longer be as
brass above, and the earth as iron beneath, to shut out
from us thy mercy, but that all the people may praise
thee, 0 God, who art the Fountain of living waters and
the Father of mercies, from whom cometh down every
good and perfect gift; through Jesus Christ our Lord.
A men.

A Prayer in time of Dearth and Famine.

OGOD, heavenly Father, whose gift it is that the
rain doth fall, and the earth bring forth her
increase, Behold, we beseech thee, the afflictions of thy
people ; increase "he fruits of the earth by thy heavenly
benediction; am grant that the scarcity and dearth,

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which we now most justly suffer for our sins, may,
through thy goodness, be mercifully turned into plenty;
that we, receiving thy bountiful liberality, may use the
same to thy glory, the relief of those that are needy,
and our own comfort; for the love of Jesus Christ our
Lord, to whom, with thee and the Holy Ghost, be all
honor and glory, now and for ever. Amen.

A Prayer for Rain.

GOD, heavenly Father, who by thy Son Jesus
Christ hast promised to all those who seek thy
kingdom, and the righteousness thereof, all things neces
sary to their bodily sustenance; Send us, we beseech
thee, in this our necessity, such moderate rain and
showers, that we may receive the fruits of the earth to
our comfort, and to thy honor; through Jesus Christ
our Lord. A men.

A Prayer for Fair Weather.

O ALMIGHTY Lord God, who for the sin of man
didst once drown all the world, except eight per
sons, 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 de
served a plague of rain and waters, yet upon our true
repentance thou wilt send us such weather, as that we
may receive the fruits of the earth in due season; and
learn both by thy punishment to amend our lives, and
for thy clemency to give thee praise and glory; through
Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

A Prayer in the time of War.

O ALMIGHTY God, Ring of all kings, and Governor
of all things, whose power no creature is able to
resist, to whom it belongeth justly to punish sinners,
and to be merciful to them that truly repent ; Save and
deliver us, we humbly beseech thee, from the hands of
our enemies ; abate their pride, assuage their malice,
and confound their devices ; that we, being armed with
thy defence, may be preserved evermore from all perils,
to glorify thee, who art the only giver of all victory;

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through the merits of thy only Son, Jesus Christ ovu
Lord. Amen.

A Prayer in time of Insurrections and Tumults.

O ALMIGHTY Lord God, who alone riddest away the
tyrants of this world by thine everlasting deter
mination, and stillest the noise and tumult of the people;
Stir up thy great strength, we beseech thee, and come
and help us, and by the breath of thy vengeance scatter
the counsels of them that secretly devise mischief, and
bring thou their violent dealings to nought; that the
land may have rest before thee, and that all the people
may praise thee, 0 God, who only hast been our Deli
verer, and only canst be our Help and our Shield, both
now and evermore. Amen.

A Prayer for Rulers and People in Troublous Times.

OMOST mighty God, King of king and Lord of lords,
without whose care the watchman waketh but in
vain ; We implore, in this our time of need, thy succor
and blessing in behalf of our rulers and magistrates,
and of all the people of this land. Remember not our
many and great transgressions ; turn from us the judg
ments which we feel, and the yet greater judgments
which we fear ; and give us wisdom to discern, and faith
fulness to do, and patience to endure, whatsoever shall
be well-pleasing in thy sight ; that so thy chastenings
may yield the peaceful fruits of righteousness, and that
at the last, we may rejoice in thy salvation ; through
Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

A Prayer for the Preservation of the Nation.

0 ALMIGHTY Lord, Governor of all men, and God
of our fathers, who hast brought forth this people
from the midst of the nations with a mighty and out
stretched arm, and established us in peace and freedom,
and knit us together in one blessed union of states,
churches, and kindreds ; Most humbly we beseech thee
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dangers, against every gathering together of the fro-
ward, and every uprising of evil doers ; that no secret
conspiracies nor open violences may distract or divide
us ; but that, being surrounded by thy might, and
clinging together under the shadow of thy wings, we
may steadfastly continue, one and inseparable, now and
for ever, for the honor and welfare of our country, for
the good of mankind, and for the glory of thy holy
Name. Amen.

A Prayer for the Return of Peace.

OGOD, Guardian of peace, and lover of charity,
stretch forth the wings of thy compassion over
thy stricken people, and let heavenly peace return
throughout our borders ; that, being no longer shaken
with terrors, we may employ thy tranquillity for the
remedy of our faults, and for the recovery of thy favor ;
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

A Prayer for the Restitution of All Things .

\ LMIGHTY and everlasting God, whose power is
-t\_ unchangeable and light eternal, mercifully regard
the wonderful mystery of thy whole Church, and silently
work the work of human salvation by thine unchanging
purpose, until the whole world shall experience and see
the downcast raised, the decayed renewed, and all
things return to their perfection, by the might of that
Spirit from whom they took their beginning; through
Christ our Lord. Amen.

A Prayer after the foregoing Prayers.

A LMIGHTY God, who sufferest none that hope in
-£JL thee to be afflicted over much, but dost afford a
gracious ear unto their prayers, we render thee thanks
for that thou hast heard our supplications and vows ;
And we most humbly beseech thee, that we may ever
more be protected from all adversities ; through Jesus
Christ our Lord. Amen.

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PUBLIC PRAYER AND THANKSGIVING.

fO BE USED ON SUCH DAYS AS MAT BE APPOINTED Bl
THE CIVIL OB, ECCLESIASTICAL AUTHORITY.

When any day of Public Prayer and Thanksgiving u
appointed by the Civil or Ecclesiastical authority, the
usual order of Divine Service may be observed, with
the addition or substitution of such parts as here
follow:

INTRODUCTORY SENTENCES.

WHAT shall we render unto the Lord for all his
benefits towards us?

We will take the cup of salvation and call upon the
name of the Lord ; We will offer to him the sacrifice of
thanksgiving ; We will pay our vows unto the Lord now
in the presence of all his people.

A General Acknowledgment of Public Merciet.

LORD God, King of Saints and Judge of nations,
who hast been exceedingly gracious unto this
land, and by thy marvellous Providence crowned the
year with loving-kindness, giving us ever of thy bounty
all good things richly to enjoy ; we thy creatures and
subjects are here before thee, with due thankfulness to
acknowledge, for ourselves and for all the people, these
thine unspeakable mercies, and to offer unto thee our
sacrifice of praise for the same ; humbly beseeching
thee to accept this our unfeigned though unworthy
oblation, and vowing all holy obedience in thought,
word, and work unto thee, who art our only King and
Sovereign, and our gracious Benefactor ; through Jesus
Christ our Lord. Amen.

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PROPER PSALMS.

Psalms xcii., civ., cv., cvii., cxviii., cxliv., cxlvii.,
oxlviii., cxlix., Ixv., cxxxv., cxxxvi.

PROPER LESSONS.

Deuteronomy viii., xi.; Leviticus xxvi. 1 — 14; Num
bers xxiv.; 1 Kings iii. 5 — 15; 2 Kings xviii. 1 — 8;
1 Chronicles xvi., xvii. 16 — 27; 2 Chronicles xxx.;
Romans xiii.

Or these, for Victory and Peace.

Exodus xv. 1 — 19 ; 2 Samuel xxii.; Isaiah a., xi.,
xxxv., lx.; Micah iv.; Revelations xxi.; Psalms xlvi.,
cxv., cxxiv., Ixvi., Ixvii., Ixxxiv.

THB COLLECT.

A LMIGHTY God, our heavenly Father, whose mer-
•L^- cies are without number, and the treasure of
whose goodness is infinite, we render thee thanks for
all the gifts thou hast bestowed upon us ; evermore
beseeching thy compassion ; that as thou grantest
the petitions of them that faithfully ask thee, thou
wilt never forsake them, but prepare them for the
rewards to come, in thy everlasting kingdom ; through
Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

THANKSGIVINGS TO BE USED AS THE OCCASION REQUIRES.

A Thanksgiving after Harvest.

WE yield thee hearty thanks, most merciful
Father, for all thy goodness, and especially
for this thy bounty again bestowed upon us, who,
through thy providence and tender mercy towards
us, have now reaped the fruits of the earth in due
season, and gathered them into our garners. Con
tinue, we beseech thee, thy loving-kindness towards
as, that year by year our land may yield her increase,
filling our hearts with food and gladness, to the com-
Jbrt of thy people and the glory of thy Holy Name :
and so dispose us by thy special grace preventing us,
that we thy servants may ne^er sow only to the

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flesh, lest of the flesh we reap corruption, bat maj
sow spiritually to life everlasting, and reap the same
in thy heavenly kingdom ; through Jesus Christ our
Lord. Amen.

O ALMIGHTY and everlasting God, who hast
blessed the labors of the husbandman, and
given unto us the fruits of the earth in their season ;
Grant us grace to use the same to thy glory, to the
relief of those that are needy, and to our own com
fort ; through Jesus Christ, who is the Living Bread
which cometh down from heaven and giveth life unto
the world ; to whom, with Thee and the Holy Spirit,
be all honor and glory, now and for ever. Amen.

OLORD, we pray thee, sow the seed of thy Word
in our hearts, and send down upon us the
showers of thy grace, that we may bring forth the
fruits of the Spirit, and at the Great Day of Harvest
may be gathered by thy holy Angels into thy heavenly
garner ; through Jesus Christ our Mediator and Re
deemer. Amen.

O MERCIFUL God, the Father ot our .Lord Jesus
Christ, who is the Resurrection and the Life ;
We meekly beseech thee 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 ; and grant
that our mortal bodies, though they be sown in weak
ness and dishonor, may be raised in power and glory ;
through the merits and mediation of Him who is the
First-fruits of them that sleep ; Who died and was
buried, and rose again for us, even Jesus Christ, thy
Son our Lord. Amen.

A Thanksgiving for American Independence.

A LMIGHTY God, who hast made of one blood all
-ti- nations of men to dwell on all the face of the
earth, and hast determined the times before ap
pointed, and the bounds of their habitation ; We yield
thee our unfeigned thanks and praise for the wonder
ful and mighty deliverance whereby thou didst raise
up the people of these States from dependence and

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distress to a name and a place among the nation;, and
give to them this good land for an inheritance. Not
by our might or for our merit, but of thy goodness
and through thy power and providence we are what
we are this day before thee ; and therefore not unto
us, 0 Lord, not unto us, but unto thy name be as
cribed all honor and glory, from generation to genera
tion; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

A Thanksgiving for the Bounties of Providence.

OGOD, Giver of all good and Fountain of mercies,
in whom are the springs of our life ; all glory,
thanks and praise be unto thee for thine ever and
overflowing goodness; for thy faithfulness which is
from one generation to another ; for thy mercies which
are new every morning, fresh every moment, and
more than we can number ; for seed-time and harvest,
and summer and winter, and nights and days through
out the year ; for food and raiment and shelter ; for
health and reason ; for childhood and age, and youth
and manhood ; for thy fatherly hand ever upon us in
sickness and in health, in joy and in sorrow, in life
and in dea h ; for friends and kindred and kind bene
factors ; for home and country ; for thy church and
for thy gospel ; yea, Lord, for that there is nothing
for which we may not bless and thank thee ; And
therefore do we take the cup of salvation and call
upon thy name and pay our vows now in the presence
of all thy people ; humbly beseeching thee to accept,
this our becoming service and bounden duty, even as
we offer it, in the name and through the infinite merits
of thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

A Thanksgiving for the Removal of Pestilence.

OLORD God of our salvation, who turnest man to
destruction and sayest. Return, ye children of
men ; We yield th^e hearty thanks for that thon didst
not shut the ears of thy mercy when we cried unto
thee, in the day of thy terrible visitation, as out of
the valley and shadow of death ; but hast mercifully
driven trom our borders the wasting pestilence, and

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restored the voice of joy and health into our dwell
ings. Of thy mercy it is, 0 Lord, that we were not
utterly consumed and wasted away ; and, therefore,
as the living from the dead, we return to bless and
praise and magnify thee ; through Jesus Christ our
Lord. Amen.

A Thanksgiving for Deliverance from the Plague, or
other common Sickness

OLORD 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 judgment 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 be a living sacrifice
unto thee, always praising and magnifying thy mer
cies in the midst of thy Church ; through Jesus Christ
our Lord. Amen.

Or this.

WE humbly acknowledge before thee, 0 most mer
ciful Father, that all the punishments which are
threatened in thy law might justly have fallen upon
ns, by reason of our manifold transgressions and
hardness of heart : Yet seeing it hath pleased thee
of thy tender mercy, upon our weak and unworthy
humiliation, to assuage the contagious sickness where
with 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 glori
ous Name for such thy preservation and providence
over us ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

A Thanksgiving for the Removal of Famine.

WE yield thee abounding thanks, 0 most bountiful
God and Father, who hast had compassion upon
the multitudes that were ready to perish with hunger ;
and even as thou didst make the few loaves and fishes
enough for thousands, art now crowning the seed time

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with harvest and filling the land with plenty. And
we beseech thee, that unto this thy miracle of earthly
Providence, thou wilt add thy richer miracle of hea
venly grace, and evermore give us that bread which
cometK down from heaven, whereof they that eat
shall be nourished unto life eternal ; through Jesua
Christ our Lord. Amen.

A Thanksgiving for Rain.

OGOD our heavenly Father, who by thy gracious
providence dost cause the former and the latter
rain to descend upon the earth, that it may bring forth
fruit for the use of man ; We give thee humble
thanks that it hath pleased thee, in our great necessity,
to send us at the last a joyful rain upon thine inheri
tance, and to refresh it when it was dry, to the great
comfort of us thy uuworthy servants, and to the
glory of thy holy Name ; through thy mercies in Jesus
Christ our Lord. Amen.

A Thanksgiving for Fair Weather.

OLORD God, who hast justly humbled us by thy
late plague of immoderate rain and waters, and
in thy mercy hast relieved and comforted our souls by
this seasonable and blessed change of weather ; We
praise and glorify thy holy Name for this thy mercy,
and will always declare thy loving-kindness from
generation to generation; through Jesus Christ our
Lord. Amen.

A Thanksgiving for Plenty.

OMOST merciful Father, who of thy gracious good
ness hast heard the devout prayers of thy
Church, and turned our dearth and scarcity into
cheapness and plenty ; We give thee humble thanks
for this thy special bounty ; beseeching thee to con
tinue thy loving-kindness unto us, that our land may
yield us her fruits of increase, to thy glory and oui
oomfort ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. A~nen.

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A Thanksgiving for Victory o\ er Enemies.

0 ALMIGHTY God, the Sovereign Commander of aU
the world, in whose hands is power and might
which none is able to withstand ; We bless and mag
nify thy great and glorious name for the happy victory
wherewith thou hast crowned our arms, and the whole
glory whereof we do ascribe unto thee, the only Giver
of victory. And, we beseech thee, give us grace to
improve this great mercy to thy glory, the honor
of our country, and as much as in us lieth, to the
good of all mankind ; through Jesus Christ our Lord,
to whom with thee and the Holy Spirit, as for all thy
mercies, so in particular for this, be all glory and
honor, world without end. Amen.

A Thanksgiving for any great Public Deliverance.

O ALMIGHTY God, who hast in all ages showed
forth thy power and mercy in the miraculous
deliverances of thy Church, and in the protection of
righteous States and Nations, maintaining thy holy
and eternal truth ; We adore the wisdom and good
ness of thy Providence, which hath so timely inter
posed in our extreme danger, and again filled our
hearts with joy and gladness, after that thou hadst
afflicted us. We beseech thee give us such a lively
and lasting sense of this thy great mercy towards us,
that we may not grow secure and careless in our
obedience by presuming upon thy goodness, but that
it may lead us to repentance, and move us to be the
more zealous in all the duties of our Religion, as well
to thee as to one another. Let truth and justice,
liberty and order, holiness and piety, concord and
unity, with all other virtues, so nourish among us,
that they may be the stability of our times, and
make this nation a bulwark of thy Church, and a joy
&nd praise in the earth. So will we thy people, and
the sheep of thy pasture, give thee thanks for ever,
and always be showing forth thy praise from genera
tion to generation; through Jesus Christ our only
Saviour and Redeemer, to whom, with thee, 0 Father

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and the Holy Ghost, be glory in the Church through
out all ages, world without end. Amen.

A Thanksgiving for the Restoration of Peace, at Home.

O ETERNAL God, our heavenly Father, who alone
makest men to be of one mind in a house, and
stillest the outiage of a violent and unruly people ;
We bless thy holy name that it hath pleased thee to
appease the seditious tumults which have been lately
raised up among us ; most humbly beseeching thee to
grant to all of us grace, that we may henceforth
obediently walk in thy holy commandments ; ami,
leading a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and
honesty, may continually offer unto thee our sacrifice
of praise and thanksgiving for these thy mercies
toward us ; through Jesus Christ our Lord Amen.

A Thanksgiving for the Restoration of Peace Abroad.

A LMIGHTY and everlasting God, who makest wars
-£"*- to cease unto the ends of the earth, we praise
and magnify that great mercy, whereby thou hast not
only freed our borders from every enemy, and given
us rest and quietness, but out of thine abundant good
ness art shedding down the same blessed tranquillity
upon the nations round about us ; and we humbly
beseech thee that, being subdued by thy truth, they
may evermore dwell together in love as one family
of mankind ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

A Thanksgiving for the Promise of Millennium.

OMOST powerful Lord God, according to whose ex
ceeding great and precious promises all the
kingdoms of the world shall yet become the kingdom
of thy Son our Lord, and the whole earth be filled
with his glory, we give thee thanks for that blessed
hope and certain prospect ; beseeching thee, even
now, to accept the ministry of our humble praises,
as in concert with that innumerable multitude of all
nations, and kindreds, and peoples, and tongues, who
together join in ascribing unto thee glory and honor,
and majesty and power, and might and dominion,
for ever and ever. Amen.

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fO BE USED IN LEGISLATURES, IN THE ARMY AND NAVT,

nr SCHOOLS AND FAMILIES, AND OTHER SOCIAL OCCASIONS.

COLLECTS, ANT ONE OP WHICH MAY BE USED AT THE BEGIN
NING OF DAILY PRAYERS, MORNING OR EVENING.

LET thy merciful ears, 0 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.

OGOD, our refuge and strength, who art the Au
thor of all godliness; Be ready, we beseech
thee, to hear the devout prayers of thy children ; and
grant that those things which we ask faithfully we
may obtain effectually ; through Jesus Christ our
Lord. Amen.

\ LMIGHTY and everlasting God, who art always
-£j^- 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, for
giving 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 medi
ation of Jesus Christ thy Son, our Lord. Amen.

A Morning Prayer for Grace.

OLORD, our heavenly Father, Almighty and ever
lasting God, who hast safely brought us to the
beginning of this day ; Defend us in the same with

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thy mighty power ; and grant that this day we fall
into no sin, neither run into any kind of danger ; but
tfiat all our doings being ordered by thy governance,
may be righteous in thy sight ; through Jesus Christ
our Lord. Amen.

A Morning Prayer for Peace.

OGOD, who art the author of peace and lover of
concord, in knowledge of whom standeth our
eternal life, whose service is perfect freedom ; Defend
us thy humble servants in all assaults of oar enemies ;
that we, surely trusting in thy defence, may not fear
the power of any adversaries, through the might of
Jesus Christ our Lord.

An Evening Prayer for Grace.

T IGHTEN our darkness we beseech thee, 0 Lord ;
iJ 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.

An Evening Prayer for Peace.

OGOD, from whom all holy desires, all good coun
sels, and all just works do proceed; give unto
thy servants that peace, which the world cannot
give ; that our hearts may be set to obey thy com
mandments, and also that by thee, we, being de
fended from the fear of our enemies, may pass our
time in rest and quietness ; through the merits of
Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

A Daily Prayer for the Civil Authorities.

OMOST powerful Lord God, King of kings, and
Lord of lords, who alone ordainest the powers
that be ; Take under thy most gracious government
and guidance, we beseech thee, thy servants, the
President, the Judges, and the Congress of the United
States, and all others in authority ; and so enrich
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them with heavenly wisdom and grace, that they
may attain thy everlasting favor, and we lead quiet
and peaceable lives, in all godliness and honesty,
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

A Daily Prayer in Legislatures.

OGuD, who art the fountain of wisdom and lover
of charity, from whom cometh every good and
perfect gift, shed down upon these thy servants in
council assembled, the spirit of concord, justice, and
peace ; that all their doings, being ordered by thy
governance, may redound to the honor and welfare
of the people, and to the glory of thy holy Name.
Amen.

A Daily Prayer in the Army.

OLORD God, high and mighty, who doest thy will
in the army of heaven and amongst the inhabit
ants of the earth ; Stretch forth the shield of thy
most merciful protection over us thy servants and the
Army (or Regiment) in which we serve. Lead and
guide us evermore by the counsel of thy goodness ;
Strengthen and defend us with thy might ; that we
may steadfastly continue an honor and bulwark of
our land, a terror to evil-doers, and a sure defence
against every enemy ; and finally, having quitted our
selves like men, and as good soldiers of the Lord
Jesus, may enter into thy eternal glory, through Him
who is our only Deliverer and the Captain of our ?ai-
vation, Jesus Christ our Lord. dmen.

A Daily Prayer in the Navy.

O ETERNAL Lord God, who alone spreadest out
the heavens and rnlest the raging of the sea,
and 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 per
sons of us thy servants, and the Fleet (or Ship) in
serve. Preserve us from the dangers of the

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deep and from the violence of enemies ; that we may
be a safeguard unto our country, and a security foi
such as do business in the mighty waters ; that the
inhabitants of our land may have peace and freedom
to serve thee ; and that in due season we may return
to our homes, with a thankful remembrance of thy
mercies ; and, finally, having passed the sea of this
troublous life, may enter the haven of eternal rest,
through Him, who is our only refuge and Saviour,
Jesus Christ our Lord. dmen.

A Doily Prayer in Schools.

OGOD, who art the Fountain of Wisdom, and givesv
liberally to them that ask thee ; Pour into our
darkened understandings the light of thy truth, and
let thy Holy Spirit lead us into all heavenly know-
ledge ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

A Daily Prayer in Families.

VISIT, we beseech thee, 0 Lord, this habitation,
and drive far from it the snares of the enemy :
Let thy holy angels dwell herein, to preserve us in
peace, and thy blessing be always upon us ; through
Christ our Lord Amen.

Here may be offered any Special Prayers or Thanks
givings which are requisite and fitting.

COLLECTS TO BE USED AT THE END OP DAILY PRAYER*,
MORNING OR EVENING.

For a Blessing upon Daily Labors.

DIRECT us, 0 Lord, in all our doings, with thy
most gracious favor, and further us with thy
Continual help ; that in all our works, begun, con
tinued, and ended in thee, w« may glorify thy holy
Name ; and finally, by thy mercy, obtain everlasting
life ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

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For Grace to perform Daily Dutiat.

O ALMIGHTY Lord, and everlasting God, vouch
safe, we beseech thee, to direct, sanctify, and
govern both our hearts and bodies, in the ways of
thy laws, and in the works of thy commandments ;
that through thy most mighty protection, both here
and ever, we may be preserved in body and soul;
through our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen.

For Future Guidance.

ASSIST us mercifully, 0 Lord, in these our suppli
cations and prayers, and dispose the way of thy
servants towards the attainment of everlasting salva
tion ; that among all the changes and chances of this
inortal life, we may ever be defended by thy most
gracious and ready help; through Jesus Christ our
Lord. Amen.

For a Gracious Answer to Prayers.

A LMIGHTY God, the Fountain of all Wisdom, who
-£\- knowest our necessities before we ask, and our
ignorance in asking ; We beseech thee to have com
passion upon our infirmities ; and those things which
for our nnworthiness we dare not, and for our blind
ness we cannot ask, vouchsafe to give us, for the
worthiness of thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

The Lord's Prayer.

OUR Father, who art in heaven ; Hallowed be thy
name ; Thy kingdom come ; Thy will be done
on earth, as it is in heaven ; Give us this day our
daily bread; And forgive us our trespasses, as we
forgive those who trespass against us ; And lead us
not into temptation ; But deliver us from evil ; For
thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory,
for ever and ever. Amen.

THE grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love
of God, and the communion of the Holy Ghost
be with us all evermore. Amen.

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TO BE USED AS THB OCCASION RBQUIBHB.

Collects for the beginning of any Divine Service.

OLORD, we beseech thee, give ear to our prayers,
and by thy gracious visitation lighten the dark
ness of our heart. Through our Lord Jesus Christ.
Amen.

\ LMIGHTY God, who of thy great mercy hast
-£*- gathered us into thy visible church ; grant that
we may not swerve from the purity of thy worship ;
but so honor thee both in spirit and in outward forms,
that thy name in us may be glorified, and we be
indeed the members of thine only begotten Son Jesus
Christ our Lord. Amen.

O ALMIGHTY Lord and Everlasting God, whom the
heaven of heavens cannot contain, and much less
the temples which our hands have builded, but who
art ever uigh unto the humble and contrite ; Shed
down thy Holy Spirit, we beseech thee, on all that are
here assembled ; that, being cleansed and illumined
by his grace, we may worthily show forth thy praise,
meekly learn thy word, render due thanks for thy
mercies, and obtain a gracious answer to our prayers,
through the merits of Jesus Christ our Lord. Jlmen.

DEFEND us, 0 Lord, from all dangers both of body
and soul, and in thy mercy grant us health and
peace, that all temptations and errors being done
away, thy Church may serve thee with a pure and un
iis*.urbed devotion ; through Christ our Lord. Amen

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A Confession of Original Sin.

OLORD God, Almighty and Everlasting Father, we
acknowledge and confess before thy holy Majesty
that we are miserable sinners, born in iniquity, prone
to do evil, transgressing without end thy holy com
mandments ; Wherefore we have drawn upon our
selves just condemnation and death. But we heartily
repent our offences ; We condemn ourselves and our
evil ^ays; We beseech thee to relieve our distress.
Have mercy npon us, 0 Father of all mercies, for the
sake of thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord ; and grant us
the daily increase of thy Holy Spirit ; that, being
trulv repentant, we may turn from all sin, and here
after live to thine honor and glory. Amen.

A Confession of Sins of the Heart.

TTJE sinners acknowledge before thee, our God
W and Creator, that we have grievously, and in
manifold ways, sinned against thee, not only with
outward transgression, but much more with inward
blindness, unbelief, impatience, pride, hatred, and
other sinful affections ; as thou our Lord and God well
knowest, and we, alas ! cannot deeply enough deplore.
But we repent of these things and are sorry for them,
and heartily beseech thee for mercy, for the sake of
thy beloved Son Jesus Chirst our Lord. Amen.

A Confession of Sins of Thought, Word, and Deed.

A LMIGHTY God, our Heavenly Father, we confess
-£*. to Thee, that in many times and ways, by
thought, word, and deed, we have exceedingly sinned
against Thee ; And are no more worthy to be called
thy children. But we humbly beseech Thee, 0 holy
and loving Father, of thy great mercy in Christ Jesus
oar Lord, to forgive us our offences, and henceforth
grar.t us true repentance and newness of life, to the
honor and glory of thy Name. Amen.

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Collects for Pardon of Sin.

OGOD, whose nature and property is ever to havt
mercy, and to forgive, receive our humble peti
tions ; And though we be tied and bound with the
chain of our sins, yet let the pitifulness of thy great
mercy loose us ; for the honor of Jesus Christ our
Mediator and Advocate. Amen.

A LMIGHTY God, the Father of mercy, and God of
-£*- all comfort, who only forgivest sin ; Forgive
unto us our sins, we humbly beseech thee, that, by
the multitude of thy mercies, they may be cov
ered, and not imputed unto us ; and that by the
operation of thy Holy Ghost, we may have power and
strength hereafter to resist sin; through our Saviour
and Lord Jesus Christ. Amen.

Collects for Penitence.

OLORD God, who despisest not a contrite heart,
and forgettest the sin and wickedness of a
sinner, in whatsoever hour he doth mourn and lament
his old manner of living ; Grant unto us, we beseech
thee, true contrition of heart, that we may vehe
mently despise our sinful life past, and wholly be
converted unto thee, by our Saviour and Lord Jesus
Christ. Amen.

\ LMIGHTY and most merciful God, who for thy
-£*- thirsty people in the desert didst draw streams
of water from the rock ; Draw forth, we beseech thee,
from our stony hearts the tears of perfect compunc
tion, that we may bewail our sins, and thirst after
the blissful and glorious sight of thee, our God,
through our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen.

For Holy Living.

f~\ MERCIFUL Father, by whose power and strength
^—' we may overcome our enemies, both bodily and
Spiritual ; Grant unto us, we beseech thee, that accord-
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3ome the chief enemies if our souls, the desires of the
world, the pleasures of the flesh, and the suggestions
of the wicked spirit ; and hereafter so lead our lives
in holiness and righteousness, that we may serve thee
in spirit and in truth ; and that, hy our Saviour and
Lord Jesus Christ. Amen.

For the Grace of Purity.

FNFLAME, 0 Lord, our reins and our hearts with the
-L fire of thy Holy Ghost, that we may serve thee
with a pure body, and please thee with a clean heart ;
'.hrough Christ our Lord. Amen.

For the Grace of Faith.

0 ALMIGHTY and everlasting God, who not only
givest every good and perfect gift, but also
increasest those gifts thou hast given ; We most
humbly beseech thee to increase in us the gift of faith,
that we may truly believe in thee and in thy promises ;
and that neither by our negligence, nor infirmity of
the flesh, nor by grievousness of temptation, nor by
the subtle crafts and assaults of the devil, we be
driven from faith in the blood of our Saviour and
Lord Jesus Christ. Jlmen.

For the Grace of Knowledge.

GRANT unto us, 0 merciful God, knowledge and
true understanding of thy Word, that, all igno
rance expelled, we may know what thy will and
pleasure is in all things, and how to do our duties,
and truly to walk in our vocation ; and also that we
may express in our living those things that we do
know, and be not only knowers of thy Word, but
doers of the same ; by our Saviour and Lord Jesua
Christ. Amen.

For the Grace of Humility.

OGOD, who resistest the proud, and givest grace
to the humble, grant to us that true humility,
whereof thine only begotten Son hath given in him

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self an example to the faithful ; that, by our foolis,,
pride, we may never provoke thine indignation, but
rather receive the gifts of thy grace in lowliness ;
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

For the Grace of Patience.

MOST merciful God, long-suffering and gracious
to usward, who, by the patience of thy Only-
begotten, didst bruize the pride of the Adversary;
Grant to us, we beseech thee, worthily to magnify
what he mercifully endured for us, and, after his
example, to bear with meekness our adversities ;
through the same Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

For the Grace of Perseverance.

0 MERCIFUL God, our only Aid, Succor, and
Strength, at all times ; Grant unto us, that, in
the time of prosperity, we be not proud, and so forget
thee, but that, with our whole heart and strength,
we may cleave unto thee; and in the time of adver
sity, that we fall not into infidelity and desperation,
but that always, with a confident faith, we may call
for help unto thee. Grant this, 0 Lord, for the sake
of our Advocate and Saviour Jesus Christ. Jlmen.

For the Grace of Hope.

0 ALMIGHTY God, who hast prepared everlasting
life for all those that are thy faithful servants ;
grant unto us sure hope of the life everlasting, that
we being in this miserable world, may have some
taste and feeling of it in our hearts, and that, not by
our deserving, bat by the merits and deserving of
our Saviour and Lord Jesus Christ. Amen.

For the Witness of the Holy Spirit.

0 ALMIGHTY and merciful Lord, who givest unto
thy elect people, the Holy Ghost as a sure pledge
of thy heavenly kingdom : Grant unto ug that blessed
Spirit, that he may bear witness with our spirit that
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that, by his gracious operation, we may kill all carna
lusts, unlawful pleasures, and evil affections ; through
our Saviour and Lord Jesus Christ. Amen.

Before the Communion.

OGOD, who under a wonderful sacrament hast left
us a memorial of the passion of thy Son our
Lord ; grant us, we beseech thee, so to receive the
sacred mysteries of his body and blood, that we may
ever feel within us the fruit of his redemption ; who
liveth and reigneth ever with thee one God, world
without end. Amen.

away from us our iniquities, we beseech thee,
- 0 Lord, that we may enter with pure minds into
thy holy of holies ; and let this most blessed feast of
the body and blood of Christ crucified which we,
though unworthy, purpose to receive, through thy
pood Spirit, be efficacious to the remission of our sins,
to ..le purifying of our souls from their faults, to the
putting to flight base thoughts, to the new birth of
good feelings, and to the bringing forth of good works
agreeable to thee ; as well as a holy foretaste of that
heavenly banquet unto whioh thou shalt gather all
thy redeemed, in Christ Jesus our Lord. Amen.

At the Communion.

GRANT, Lord, that what we have taken with the
mouth we may receive with a pure mind, and
from a temporal gift may it become to us an eternal
remedy ; through the merits of Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen.

OLORD Jesus Christ, Son of the living God, who
according to the will of the Father and by the
cooperation of the Holy Spirit, hast through thy
death given life to the world, deliver us by thy most
precious body and blood from all our iniquities and
from all evils ; and make us always to cleave to thy
commandments, and never suffer us to be separated
from thee ; Who with God the Father and the Holy
Spirit, livest and reignest for ever and ever. Amen

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Before the Baptism of Children.

0 ALMIGHTY and eternal God ; We beseech thee
that them wilt be pleased of thine infinite good
ness, graciously to look upon these children; and
incorporate th-m by thy Holy Spirit into thy Sor
Jesus Christ ; that they may be buried with him intc
his death, and be raised with him in newness of life ;
that they may daily follow him, joyfully bearing thei'.
cross, and cleave unto him in true faith, firm hope,
and ardent love ; that they may, with a comfortable
sense of thy favor, leave this life, which is nothing
but a continual death ; and that, at the last day, they
may appear without terror before the judgment-seat
of Christ thy Son ; through Jesus Christ oar Lord,
who, with thee and the Holy Ghost, one only God,
lives and reigns for ever. Amen.

For Baptized Children.

A LMIGHTY and eternal God, who ever enrichest
-t\- thy Church with a new offspring, increase the
faith and understanding of this coming generation
that, being born again both of water and of the Spirit
they may be added to the children of thy adoption ;
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Before the Election and Ordination of Elders or
Deacons.

A LMIGHTY God, the Giver of all good gifts, who by
-£i- thy Son Jesus Christ hast appointed divers ad
ministrations for the edifying of his body in truth,
holiness, and charity, mercifully look upon thy peo
ple whom thou hast redeemed, and at this time so
guide and govern them that they may faithfully and
wisely make choice of fit persons to serve before thee
in thy Church. And to those who shall be ordained
to any holy function, give thy grace and heavenly
benediction, that both by their life and doctrine, they
may show forth thy praises, and set forward the sal
tation of all men, to the glory of thy great name, and
the benefit of thy holy Church, through Jesus Christ
cur Lord. Amen.

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For the General Assembly during their Session.

0 ALMIGHTY and everlasting God, who, by thy
Holy Spirit didst, preside in the first Assembly
of the Apostles and Elders at Jerusalem, and dost
still inhabit the whole company of the faithful; Mer
cifully regard, we beseech thee, thy servants chosen
and gathered before thee, at this time, as a Chief
Court and Council of thy Church. Shed down upon
them all heavenly wisdom and grace ; enlighten them
with true knowledge of thy word ; inflame them with
a pure zeal for thy glory; And so order all their
doings through thy good Spirit, that unity and peace
shall prevail among them ; that truth and righteous
ness shall flow forth from them ; and that by their
endeavors all thy ministers and churches shall be
established and comforted, thy gospel everywhere
purely preached and truly followed, thy kingdom
among men extended and strengthened, and the
whole body of thine elect people grow up into Him
who is Head over all things to the Church, Christ
Jesus our Lord. Amen.

For the Unity, Purity, and Prosperity of the Church
Universal.

0 ALMIGHTY God, who hast built thy Church
upon the foundation of the Apostles and Pro
phets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner
stone: Grant that by the operation of the Holy Ghost,
all Christians may be so joined together in unity of
Spirit, and in the bond of peace, that they may be an
holy temple acceptable unto thee. And especially to
this congregation present give the abundance of thy
grace, that with one heart they may desire the pros
perity of thy holy universal Church, and with one
mouth may profess the faith once delivered to the
saints. Defend them from the sins of heresy and
schism ; let not the foot of pride come nigh to hurt
them, nor the hand of the ungodly to cast them
down. And grant that the coarse of this world may
be so peaceably ordered by thy governance, that thy

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Church may joyfully serve thee in all godly quiet
ness : that so they may walk in the ways of truth
and peace, and at last be numbered with thy saints
in glory everlasting ; through thy merits, 0 blessed
Jesus, thou gracious Bishop and Shepherd of our
souls, who art, with the Father and the Holy Ghost,
oiife God, world without end. Amen.

A Prayer for Congress during their Session.

MOST gracious God, we humbly beseech thee, as
for the people of this nation in general, so espe
cially for their Senate and Representatives in Congress
assembled ; That thou wouldest be pleased to direct
and prosper all their consultations, to the advance
ment of thy glory, the good of thy Church, the safety,
honor, and we'fare of thy people ; that all things may
be so ordered and settled by their endeavors, upon
the best and surest foundations, that peace and hap
piness, truth and justice, virtue and religion, may be
established among us for all generations. These and
all other necessaries, for them, for us, and thy whole
Church, we humbly beg in the Name and Mediation
of Jesus Christ, our most blessed Lord and Saviour.
A men.

ji Prayer at the Beginning of the Day.

OLORD Jesus Christ, who art the true Sun of
the world, evermore rising and never going
down, who by thy most wholesome appearing and
sight, dost bring forth, nourish, and refresh all things
as well that are in heaven, as also that are on earth ;
We beseech thee mercifully and favorably to shine
into our hearts, that, the night and darkness of sins
and the mists of errors on every side being driven away,
we may all onr life hence go without any stumbling
or offence, and may decently and seemly walk, as in
the day time, being pure and clean from the works of
darkness, and abounding in all good works which God
liath prepared for us to walk in ; Who with the Fathei
and with the Holy Ghost livest and reiguest for evei
and ever Amen.

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A Prayer against Worldly Carefulntts.

OMOST gracious and loving Father, our Defendel
and Nourisher, endue us with thy grace, that we
may cast off the great blindness of our minds, and
carefulness of worldly things, and may put our whole
study and care in keeping thy holy law, and that we
may labor and travail for our necessities in this life,
like the birds of the air and the lilies of the field,
without care. For thou hast promised to be careful
for us, and hast commanded that upon thee we should
cast all our care, Who livest and reignest world with
out end. Amen.

A Prayer at Night.

0 MERCIFUL Lord God, heavenly Father, whether
we sleep or wake, live or die, we are always
thine. Wherefore we beseech thee heartily that thou
wilt vouchsafe to take care and charge of us, and not to
suffer us to perish in the works of darkness, but to
kindle the light of thy countenance in our heart, that
thy godly knowledge may daily increase in us through
a right and pure faith, and that we may always be
found to walk and live after thy will and pleasure ;
through Jesus Christ our Lord and Saviour. Amen.

For Absent Friends.

OLORD, our heavenly Father, bless and keep, we
pray thee, our kindred, friends, and benefactors,
and graciously watch between them and us while we
are absent one from another, that in due time we may
meet again to praise thee, and hereafter dwell to
gether in heavenly mansions ; through Christ our
Lord. Amen.

For the Sick.

A LMIGHTY and most merciful Father, the everlast-
XX ing refuge of thy believing children, hear us foi
thy sick servants, whom it hath pleased thee to afflict
with bodily disease and weakness, and mercifully

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comfort and relieve them, that, health returning tc
them, thanks may be returned to thee ; through Jesus
Christ our Lord. Amen.

For the Dying.

OMOST merciful and gracious Lord God, who didst
give thine only begotton Son Jesus Christ that
whosoever believeth on him might not perish but
have eternal life ; Look down in mercy, we beseech
thee, upon those thy servants who are nigh unto
death, and, for the glory of thy compassion, be
pleased to enlighten, pardon, and comfort them, that
whensoever released from this mortal body, their
souls may be presented to thee, their Creator, without
spot of sin ; through the cleansing blood of their only
Saviour, Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

After Instances of Mortality.

OGOD, wnose days are without end and whosa
mercies cannot be numbered, make us, we be
seech thee, deeply sensible of the shortness and un
certainty of life, and of the speedy coming of death
and judgment; and by these daily instances of mor
tality, teach us to apply ourselves unto wisdom ; that
so among the sundry and manifold changes of the
world, our hearts may surely be there fixed where
true joys are to be found ; through Jesus Christ our
Lord. Amen.

dfler a Burial.

A LMIGHTY God, who in thy perfect wisdom and
*£\- mercy hast ended for thy servant departed the
pilgrimage of this life, wherein we pass but few days
and sorrowful ; Grant, we beseech thee, that we who
are still spared to live on the earth may henceforth
lead such righteous lives that, when the time of our
departure shall come, death for us may be robbed of
«ts sting, and the grave of its victory ; through Jesus
Christ our Lord. Amen.

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On Commencing a Journey or March.

OMOST glorious Lord Clod, who of old didst lead
thine armies as with a pillar of cloud by day
and of fire by night, be our Leader and Guardian, we
beseech the'?, in all our journeyings ; our support in
setting out ; our solace <.«n the way ; our shadow in
the heat ; our covert in the rain and cold ; the chariot
of our weariness ; the fortress of our adversity ; and
our staff in the ways of slipperiness ; that under thy
guidance we may safely come to our journey's end,
and at length to the end «il this our earthly warfaw
and pilgrimage ; through Jesus Christ our Lord,
Amen.

On Commencing a Voyage.

OMOST powerful Lord God, who didst carry th*
hosts of Israel through the sea, singing th<>
praise of thy name ; let thy grace, going before and
attending on our voyage, find for us a pathway upon
the waters, and be to us our solace in setting sail ;
our guiding star on the way; our wand of peaw
among tempests; the shield of our defence againrt,
enemies ; our harbor in shipwreck ; and the anchc •?
of our hope ; that so we may come at length to tb •
desired haven, both in this life and in the life immoi
tal ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

For a Person, or Persons, going to Sea.

0 ETERNAL Lord God, who alone spreadest out tht
heavens, and rulest the raging of the sea ; We
commend to thy Almighty protection thy servant, foi
whose preservation on the great deep our prayers are
desired. Guard him, we beseech thee, from the dan
gers of the sea, from sickness, from the violence of
enemies, from every evil ; and conduct him in safety
to the haven where he would be, with a grateful
sense of thy mercies ; through Jesus Christ our Lord

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For a Person under Affliction.

MERCIFUL God, and heavenly Father, who has!
taught us in thy holy Word, that thou dost not
willingly afflict or grieve the children of men ; Look
with pity, we beseech thee, upon the sorrows of thy
servant, for whom our prayers are desired. In thy
wisdom thou hast seen fit to visit him with trouble,
and to bring distress upon him. Remember him, 0
Lord, in mercy; sanctify thy fatherly correction to
him; endue Ms soul with patience under his affliction,
and with resignation to thy blessed will ; comfort him
with a sense of thy goodness ; lift up thy countenance
upon him, and give him peace ; through Jesus Christ
our Lord. Amen.

During Scarcity of Food.

A LMIGHTY and most merciful Creator, who open-
-£i- eat thy hand to the wants of every living thing,
and feedest even the young ravens when they cry ;
leave us not. we beseech thee, to perish for the lack
of that without which we cannot live to praise thee,
but out of thy bounty mercifully relieve our neces
sity ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

For Rain.

OGOD, in whom we live, and move, and have our
being, grant to us seasonable rain and heavenly
showers; that being refreshed in things temporal, we
may the more faithfully seek after things eternal:
through Christ our Lord. Amen.

For Fair Weather.

HEAR thy suppliant children, 0 Lord, crying unto
thee, and by thy clemency restrain the flood of
waters, and bestow upon us fair weather and heavenly
sunshine, that through the clouds of thy judgment
we may still behold the light of thy mercy; through
Christ our Lord. Amen.

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In Storms at Sea.

OMOST glorious and gracious Lord God, whc
dwellest in heaven, but beholdest all things be-
'ow; look down, we beseech thee, and hear us, call
ing 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 we perish. The living, the living shall
praise thee. 0 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 glorify thy name all the days of our life ; through
the infinite merits of our blessed Saviour, thy Son
our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen.

Or this.

OMOST powerful and glorious Lord God, at whose
command the winds blow, and lift up the waves
of the sea, and who stillest the rage thereof; We thy
creatures, but miserable sinners, do in this our great
distress cry unto thee for help : Save, Lord, or else we
perish. We confess, when we have been safe, and
seen all things quiet about us, we have forgot thee
our God, and refused to hearken to the still voice of
thy word, and to obey thy commandments : But now
we see, how terrible thou art in all thy works of
wonder ; the great God to be feared above all : And
therefore we adore thy Divine Majesty, acknowledging
thy power, and imploring thy goodness. Help, Lord,
and save us for thy mercy's sake, in Jesus Christ, thy
Son our Lord. Amen.

Short Prayers in respect of a Storm.

THOU, 0 Lord, that stillest the raging of the sea,
hear, hear us, and save us, that we perish not.
0 blessed Saviour, that didst save thy disciples
ready to perish in a storm, hear us, and save us, w«
beseech thee.

Lord, Have mercy upon us.
Christ, have mercy upon us.
Lord, have mercy upon us.

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God the Father, God the Son, God the Holy Ghost,
have mercy upon us, save us now and evermore.
Amen.

Among Enemies on Land or at Sea.

DEFEND us, 0 Lord, in all assaults of our enemies,
and powerfully rescue us from their snares, that
we may not be cast down for our sins, but for thy
mercy give thee unceasing thanks; through Christ
our Lord. Amen.

For Charity towards Enemies.

\ LMIGHTY God, our heavenly Father, who causest
•£*- thy sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and
sendest rain on the just and on the unjust; make us
partakers, we beseech thee, of thy divine compassion
toward all that offend and harm us, and plenteously
endue them with charity and peace, that both they
and we may obtain thy mercy; through Jesus Christ
our Lord. Amen.

For those taken Prisoners.

OMOST gracious God, our refnge in every trouble,
we humbly beseech thee to guard and cherish
those thy servants, whom it hath pleased thee to
deliver into the hands of our enemies, and by thy
favor lighten their durance and loosen their bonds,
that speedily they may give thee thanks for a mar
vellous deliverance; through Christ Jesus our Lord.
Amen.

For the Wounded.

LOOK down, 0 Lord, in tender love and pity, upon
these thy suffering children, grievously afflicted
with the blows and hurts of a bitter warfare, and be
pleased, as with the oil and wine of thy healthful
grace, to soothe their pains, bind up their wounds,
and renew their strength ; for the glory of thy mercy
Uirongh Christ our Lord. Amen.

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For a Person cast into Prison.

OGOD, whose mercy is everlasting, and powei
infinite ; Look down with pity and compassion
upon the sufferings of this thy servant; and whether
thou visitest for trial of his patience, or punishment
of his offences, enable him by thy grace cheerfully to
submit himself to thy holy will and pleasure. Go not
far from those, 0 Lord, whom thou hast laid in a
place of darkness, and in the deep ; and forasmuch as
thou hast not cut him, off suddenly, but chastenest
him as a father, grant that he, duly considering thy
great mercies, may be unfeignedly thankful, and turn
unto thee with true repentance and sincerity of heart ;
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

For Imprisoned Malefactors.

OGOD, who sparest when we deserve punishment,
and in thy wrath rememberest mercy ; We
humbly beseech thee, of thy goodness to comfort and
succor all those who are under reproach and misery
in the house of bondage ; correct them not in thine
anger, neither chasten them in thy sore displeasure.
Give them a right understanding of themselves, and
of thy threats and promises ; that they may neither
cast away their confidence in thee, nor place it any
where but in thee. Relieve the distressed, protect
the innocent, and awaken the guilty : and forasmuch
as thou alone bringest light out of darkness, and good
out of evil, grant that the pains and punishments
which these thy servants endure, through their bodily
confinement, may tend to setting free their souls from
the chains of sin ; through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen.

For Persons under Sentence of Death.

OGOD, who declarest thy almighty power chiefly
in showing mercy and pity; we beseech thee to
have mercy upon thy servants who for their trans
gressions are appointed to die. Grant that they may
cake thy judgments patiently and repent them truly

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of their sins ; that, recovering thy favor, the fearful
reward of their actions may end with this life ; and
whensover their souls shall depart from the body,
they may be without spot presented to thee ; through
Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

After a Disaster of Arms.

0 RIGHTEOUS God, and most merciful Father,
who hast seen fit to appoint us unto reproach
and misery at the hands of our enemies ; Grant us
grace, we beseech thee, to humble ourselves under
thy chastenings, with courage, faith, and hope, in
this day of our adversity; that, though cast down, we
may not be destroyed, but rise again through thy
help, and in thy strength still become conquerors,
and more than conquerors ; through him that loved
us, Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Before a Fight on Land or at Sea.

OMOST powerful and glorious Lord God, the Lord
of hosts, that rulest and commandest all things ;
Thou sittest on the throne, judging right, and there
fore 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, 0 Lord, and come and
help us ; for thou givest not alway the battle to the
strong, but canst save by many or by few. 0 let not
our sins now cry against us for vengeance; but hear
us, thy poor servants, begging mercy, and imploring
thy help, and that thou wouldest be a defence unto
us against the face of the enemy. Make it appear
that thou art our Saviour and mighty Deliverer ;
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Special Prayers with Respect to the Enemy.

, 0 Lord, art just and powerful: 0 defend oui
•i- cause against the face of the enemy.
O God, thou art a strong tower of defence to all thai

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flee unto thee : 0 save us from the violence of th«
enemy.

0 Lord of hosts, fight for us, that we may glorify
thee.

0 suffer us not to sink under the weight of our sins,
or the violence of the enemy.

0 Lord, arise, help us, and deliver us, for thy
Name's sake.

COLLECTS IN REFERENCE TO VARIOUS SACRED EVENTS AN£
PERSONS MENTIONED IN HOLY SCRIPTURE.

Saint Andrew the Apostle.

\ LMIGHTY God, who didst give such grace nntc
-£A. thy holy Apostle Saint Andrew, that he readily
obeyed the calling of thy Son Jesus Christ, and fol
lowed him without delay; Grant unto us likewise,
that we, being called by thy holy Word, may forth
with give up ourselves obediently to fulfil all thy
commandments ; through the same Jesus Christ our
Lord. Amen.

Saint Stephen the Martyr.

GRANT, 0 Lord, that, in all our sufferings here
upon earth, for the testimony of thy truth, we
may steadfastly look up to heaven, and by faith
behold the glory that shall be revealed ; and, being
filled with the Holy Spirit, may learn to love and
bless our persecutors, by the example of thy first
Martyr Saint Stephen, who prayed for his murderers
to thee, 0 blessed Jesus, who standest at the right
hand of God, to succor all those that suffer for thee,
our only Mediator and Advocate. Amen.

Saint John the Evangelist.

MERCIFUL Lord, we beseech thee to cast upon thy
Church the bright beams of thy truth, that it,
being enlightened by the doctrine of thy blessed
Apostle and Evangelist Saint John, may so walk ir

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the light of thy Gospel, that it may at length attain to
the glory of thine everlasting life ; through Jesua
Christ our Lord. Amen.

Saint Thomas the Apostle.

A LMIGHTY and overliving God, who, for the greater
.£*- confirmation of the faith, didst suffer thy holy
Apostle Saint Thomas to be doubtful in thy Son's
resurrection; Grant us so perfectly, and without all
doubt, to believe in thy Son, that our faith in thy
sight may never be reproved. Hear us, 0 Lord,
through the same Jesus Christ ; to whom, with Thee
and the Holy Spirit, be all honor and glory, now
and for evermore. Amen.

The Conversion of Saint Paul.

0 ALMIGHTY God, who, through the preaching of
the blessed Apostle Saint Paul, hast caused the
light of thy Gospel to shine throughout the world;
Grant, we beseech thee, that we, having his wonder
ful conversion in remembrance, may show forth our
thankfulness unto thee for the same, by following the
holy doctrine which he taught ; through Jesus Christ
our Lord. Amen.

The Presentation of Christ in the Temple.

A LMIGHTY and overliving God, we humbly beseech
•£*- thy Majesty, that, as thine only-begotten Sou
Jesus was presented in the temple in substance of
our flesh, holy, harmless, and undefiled, so we may
be presented unto thee with clean hands and pure
hearts, through the same thy Son Jesus Christ our
Lord. Amen.

Saint Matthias the Apostle.

0 ALMIGHTY God, who into the place of the traitor
Judas didst choose thy faithful servant Matthias
to be of the number of the Twelve Apostles ; Grant
that thy Church, being always preserved from all
false teachers, may be ordered and guided by faithful

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and true Pastors; through Jesus Christ our Lord,
Jlmen.

The Annunciation of our Lord's Incarnation.

OLORD, we beseech thee, pour thy grace into out
hearts ; that, as we have known the incarnation
of thy Son Jesus Christ by the message of an Angel,
so by his cross and passion we may be brought unto
the glory of his resurrection ; through the same Jesus
Christ our Mediator and Redeemer. Amen.

Saint Mark the Evangelist.

O ALMIGHTY God, who hast instructed thy holy
Church with the heavenly doctrine of thine
Evangelist Saint Mark ; Give us grace, that, not being
carried away, like children, with every blast of vain
doctrine, we may be established in the truth of thy
holy Gospel; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

The Apostles Saint Philip and Saint James.

O ALMIGHTY God, whom to know is everlasting
life ; Grant us perfectly L<> Relieve in thy Son
Jesus Christ as the way, the truth, and the life ; that,
following the steps of thy holy Apostles, Saint Philip
and Saint James, we may steadfastly walk in the way
that leadeth to eternal life ; through the same thy Son
Jeaus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Saint Barnabas the Apostle.

OLORD God Almighty, who didst endue thy ser
vant Saint Barnabas with singular gifts of the
Holy Spirit ; Leave us not, we beseech thee, destitute
of thy manifold gifts, nor yet of grace to use them
always to thine honor and glory ; through Jesus Christ
our Lord. Amen.

Saint John the Baptist.

A LMIGHTY God, by whose providence thy servant
^JL Saint John the Baptist was wonderfully born,
and Sent to prepare the way before thy Son our

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Saviour, by preaching repentance ; Make ns so to fol
low his doctrine and holy life, that we may truly re
pent 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.

Saint Peter the Apostle.

ALMIGHTY God, who by thy Son Jesus Christ
didst give to thine Apostle Saint Peter many
excellent gifts, and commandedst him earnestly to
feed thy flock ; Make, we humbly beseech thee, all
pastors, and ministers of thy Church diligently to
preach thy holy Word, and thy people obediently
to follow the same ; that they may receive together
the crown of everlasting glory; through Jesus Christ
our Lord. Amen.

Saint James the Apostle.

GRANT, 0 merciful God, that as thine Apostle
Saint James, leaving his father and all that he
had, without delay was obedient unto the calling of
thy Son Jesus Christ, and followed him ; so we, for
saking all worldly and carnal affections, may always
be ready to follow thy holy commandments ; through
Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Saint Bartholomew the Apostle.

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. A men.

Saint Matthew the Apostle.

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

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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 Spirit, one God,
world without end. Amen.

The Ministry of Angels.

0 EVERLASTING God, who hast ordained and con
stituted the services of Angels and Men in a
wonderful order; Mercifully grant, that, as thy holy
Angels always do thee service in heaven, so by thy
appointment they may succor and defend us on earth ;
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Saint Luke the Evangelist.

A LMIGHTY God, who calledst Luke the Physician,
-£*- whose praise is in the Gospel, to be an Evan
gelist and Physician of the soul ; May it please thee,
that, by the wholesome medicines of the doctrine
delivered by him, all the diseases of our souls may be
healed ; through the merits of thy Son Jesus Christ
our Lord, Amen.

Aaint Simon and Saint Jude.

0 ALMIGHTY God, who hast built thy Church
upon the foundation of the Apostles and Pro
phets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner
stone ; Grant us so to be joined together in unity of
spirit by their doctrine, that we all may be made one
holy temple acceptable unto thee ; through the same
Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

The Communion of Saints.

0 ALMIGHTY God, who hast knit together thine
elect in one communion and fellowship, in the
mystical body of thy son ; 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 love thee ; through
the same, thy Son, Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

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The Second Advent of Christ.

OGOD, who dosl gladden us with the continual
looking for of our redemption, grant that thy
only-begotten Son our Lord Jesus Christ, whom we
now receive as our Redeemer, we may one day in
safety behold coming as our Judge, who liveth and
reigneth with thee, in the unity of the Godhead, world
without end. Amen.

A Prayer for Christian Mission*.

O ALMIGHTY God, whose dearly beloved Son, after
his resurrection from the dead, did send his
Apostles into all the world to preach the Gospel to
every creature ; Hear, we beseech thee, the devout
prayers of thy People, and look down in thy compas
sion upon the multitudes that are as sheep having no
shepherd, and upon the fields now white unto the
harvest. Bless those thy servants who, after the
example of thy first missionaries, have gone far
hence to the Gentiles, and prosper thou their work
of faith and labor of love ; Send forth more laborers
into thy harvest, to gather fruit unto life eternal ;
And grant us grace and power to be fellow-workers
with them by prayers and offerings, that we may also
rejoice with them in thy heavenly kingdom ; through
Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

A Prayei jor Christian Rulers and Peoples.

\ LMIGHTY God, King of kings, and Lord of lords,
-£\_ in whose hands are all the powers and the rights
of nations ; Graciously guide and govern them in the
ways of justice and truth, that they may flourish
before thee only in righteousness, and that the king
doms that will not obey thee may be broken by the
might of thy right hand; through Christ our Lord.
Amen.

A Prayer for the Heathen.

O ALMIGHTY God, who hast given thine only-
begotten Sou a propitiation not for our sins
only, but for the sins of the whole world, and hast

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promised to Him the heathen for an inheritance ;
Deliver the nations that know thee not, from the
worship of idols, and gather them, by thy ministers,
through the Gospel, into thy holy Church, to the
glory of thy name ; through Christ our Lord. Amen.

A Prayer for the Jews.

A LMIGHTY God, who first sentest thy Son tt the
-ti- lost sheep of the house of Israel, and hast not
shut out from thy mercy even the most hardened
offenders ; Hear our prayers for thine ancient people,
in their dispersion and blindness, that, the veil being
taken from their hearts, they may know, through thy
Holy Spirit, both Thee and Him whom thou hast sent,
the only Messiah and Saviour, Christ Jesus our Lord.
Amen.

A Prayer for Infidels and Heretics.

OMOST merciful God, who wouldest not that any
should perish, but that all should come to
repentance ; Look to the souls deceived by the guile
of Satan, that, being restored from their errors, they
may return to the unity of thy truth, and the bond
of charity ; through Christ our Lord. Amen.

A General Prayer, containing the Duty of every True
Christian.

OMOST mighty God, merciful and loving Father,
we wretched sinners come unto thee in the
Name of thy dearly beloved Son Jesus Christ, our
only Saviour and Redeemer; and most humbly
beseech thee for his sake to be merciful unto us, and
to cast all our sins out of thy sight and remem
brance, through the merits of his precious death and
passion.

Pour upon us, 0 Lord, thy Holy Spirit of wisdom
and grace, and so lighten the natural darkness and
blindness of our hearts, that we may profitably read,
hear, and understand thy Word and heavenly will,
believe and practise the same in our daily walk anc*

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conversation, and evermore hold fast the blessed hope
of everlasting life.

Mortify and kill all vice in us, that our lives may
express our faith in thee. Graciously pardon our
infirmities, and defend us in all dangers of body,
goods, and name ; but most chiefly our souls against
all assaults, temptations, and subtle sleights of the
Adversary. Give unto us a godly zeal in prayer, true
humility in prosperity, perfect patience in adversity,
and continual joy in the Holy Ghost.

Be merciful, we most humbly beseech thee, 0 Lord,
unto the Universal Church of thy Son Christ, in all
lands, and amongst all people; and so inhabit and
illumine it by thy Holy Spirit, that every minister and
member thereof, in their several places and callings,
may truly and godly serve thee. Plant in our hearts
true fear and honor of thy Name, obedience to our
rulers, and love to our neighbors. Increase in us
true religion ; replenish our minds with all goodness ;
and of thy great mercy keep us in the same, till the
end of our lives.

And forasmuch as in this world we must always be
at war and strife, not merely with flesh and blood,
but with the prince of darkness, and wicked men, his
instruments ; Grant us therefore grace, that, being
armed with thy defence, we may stand in this battle,
with an invincible constancy against all corruption,
by which we are compassed on every side, m.l'l such
time as, having ended the combat, we ma.» / tts.in to
thy heavenly rest, prepared for us and all tl.Jrj elect;
through Jesus Christ our Lord and onl> .J'.viour.
A men.

WE beseech thee, 0 Lord, to graciou !y accept
these our humble supplications ar k prsjers,
which we offer unto thee not in our ow * name or
merits, but only in the blessed name and 1 i.fcn#h the
infinite merits of thy well-beloved Son «T >us Cb7>3t
our Lord, who liveth and reigncth with thee t ml
the Holy Ghost, ever one God, world w' hont «*.d
Amen.

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VARIOUS THANKSGIVINGS.

A Thanksgiving for the Benefits of Redemption.

HONOR and praise be given to thee, 0 Lord God
Almighty, most gracious Father of heaven, for
all thy mercies and loving-kindness showed unto us,
in that it hath pleased thee freely and of thine own
accord, to elect and choose us to salvation before the
beginning of the world; and even like continual
thanks be given to thee for creating us after thine
own image ; for redeeming us with the precious blood
of thy dear Son, when we were utterly lost ; for sancti
fying us with thy Holy Spirit, through the revelation
of thy blessed Word; for helping and succoring us
in all our needs and distresses ; for saving us from
all dangers t>f body and soul ; for comforting us so
fatherly in all our tribulations and persecutions ; for
sparing us so long, and giving us so large a time for
repentance. These benefits, 0 most merciful Father,
as we have received only of thy continual goodness
toward us, even so, we beseech thee, grant us thy
Holy Spirit, whereby we may grow in continual
thankfulness toward thee ; through Jesus Christ our
Lord and only Saviour. Amen.

A Thanksgiving after the Communion.

HEAVENLY Father, we give thee immortal praise
and thanks that upon us poor sinners thou hast
conferred so great a benefit, as to bring us into the
communion of thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord , whom,
having delivered up to death for us, thou hast given
for our food and nourishment unto life eternal. Now,
also, grant us grace, that we may never be unmind
ful of these things ; but rather carrying them about
engraven in our hearts, may advance and feTOw in
that faith which is effectual unto every good work ;
that so the rest of our lives may be ordered to thy
glory and the good of our neighbors ; through Jesus
Christ our Lord; who, with thee, O Father, and the

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Holy Ghost, liveth and reigneth in the unity of the
3odhead, world without end. Amen.

A Thanksgiving of Women after Child-birth.

0 ALMIGHTY God, we give thee humble thanks
for that thou hast been graciously pleased to
preserve, through the great pain and peril of Child
birth, this woman thy servant, who desireth now to
offer her praises and thanksgivings unto thee. 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
jome ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

A Thanksgiving after the Baptism of Children.

A LMIGHTY God and merciful Father': We thank
-L\- and praise thee, that thou hast forgiven us and
our children all our sins, through the blood of thy
Deloved Son Jesus Christ, and received us through thy
Holy Spirit, as members of thy only begotten Son, and
adopted us to be thy children, and sealed and con
firmed the same unto us by holy baptism. We be
seech thee, through the same Son of thy love, that
thou wilt be pleased always to govern these baptized
children by thy Holy Spirit ; that they may increase
and grow up in the Lord Jesus Christ ; that they then
may acknowledge thy fatherly goodness and mercy,
which thou hast shown to them and us ; and live in
all righteousness, under our only Teacher, King, and
High Priest, Jesus Christ ; and manfully fight against,
and overcome sin, the devil, and his whole dominion ;
To the end that they may eternally praise and mag
nify thee and thy Son Jesus Christ, together with the
Holy Ghost, the one only true God. Amen.

A Thanksgiving and Prayer at the Beginning of the
Day.

A LL possible thanks we render unto thee, 0 Lord
•LA. Jesus Christ, for that thou hast willed thia
night past to be prosperous unto us: and we beseech

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Lhee likewise to prosper this same day unto us for thy
gi^ry and for the health of our souls, and that thou
who art the true Light, not knowing any going down,
and the Sun eternal, giving life, food, and gladness
unto all things, wilt vouchsafe to shine into our
minds, that we may not anywhere stuin'le and fall
into any sin. but through thy good guidance and con
duct, may come to the life everlasting, Who livest
and reignest with the Father and the Holy Ghost,
world without end. Amen.

Or this.

O MERCIFUL Lord God, heavenly Father, we ren
der most high laud, praise, and thanks to thee,
that thou hast preserved us both this night and all
the nights and days of our life hitherto, under thy
protection, and hast suffered us to li *3 until this pre
sent hour. And we beseech thee heartily, that thou
wilt vouchsafe to receive us this day, and the residue
of our whole life, into thy tuition, ruling and govern
ing us with thy Holy Spirit, that all darkness of un
belief, infidelity, and carnal lusts and affections may
be utterly chased out of our hearts, and that we may
be justified and saved, both body and soul, through
a right and perfect faith, and so walk in the light of
thy most godly truth, to thy glory and praise, and to
the profit and furtherance of our neighbor, through
Jesus Christ our Lord and Saviour. Amen.

A Thanksgiving for the Beginning of a Recovery.

GREAT and mighty God, who bringest down to the
grave, and bringest up again: We bless thy
wonderful goodness, for having turned our heaviness
into joy and our mourning into gladness, by restoring
this our brother to some degree of his former health.
Blessed be thy Name that thou didst not forsake him
in his sickness ; but didst visit him with comforts
from above ; didst support him in patience and sub
mission to thy will; and, at last, didst send him sea
sonable relief. Perfect, we beseech thee, this thy

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mercy towards him; and prosper the means which
shall be made use of for his cure : That being restored
to health of body, vigor of mind, and cheerfulness of
spirit, he may be able to go to thine house, to offer
thee an oblation with great gladness; and to bless
thy holy Name for all thy goodness towards him;
through Jesus Christ our Saviour, to whom, with
tlu-e and the Holy Spirit, be all honor and glory,
world without end. Amen.

A Thanksgiving for a Recovery from Sickness.

OGOD, who art the giver of life, of health, and of
safety ; We bless thy Name, that thou hast
been pleased to deliver from hit bodily sickness this
thy servant, who now desireth to return thanks unto
thee, in the presence of all thy people. Gracious art
thou, O Lord, and full of compassion to the children
of men. May his heart be duly impressed with a sense
of thy merciful goodness, and may he devote the resi
due of his days to an humble, holy, and obedient
walking before thee; through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen.

A Thanksgiving for the Recovery of the Sick or
Wounded.

OLORD God, who both healest by wounding and
preservest by pardoning, we give thee hearty
thanks for these thy servants, raised up in thy mar
vellous mercy from the bed of sickness and the jaws
of death ; and we humbly beseech thee, that both
with their bodies and their souls, which thou hast
delivered, they may evermore faithfully serve thee ;
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Atnen.

A Thanksgiving for Supplies of Food.

ACCEPT our thanks, 0 Lord, for that thou hast
heard our prayers, and turned our dearth and
scarcity into plenty ; and grant, we beseech the«,
that even as we ever live upon thy bounty, so w«

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may ever live for thine honor and glory ; through
Christ our Lord. Amen.

A Thanksgiving for Returning Rain.

BLESSED Lord, who at length hast opened the win
dows of heaven, and rained down upon us these
drops and showers of mercy ; Grant that what we
praise and magnify as an earthly refreshment, may
be to us also a heavenly benediction ; through Christ
our Lord. Amen.

A Thanksgiving for Deliverance from. Storms.

OMOST merciful and mighty God, who at thy
pleasure raisest the winds and waves of the
sea, or commandest them back to peace, we thy poor
creatures, spared by thy mercy to praise thee, do give
thee unfeigned thanks, for that thou heardest our
cry when we were at the brink of death, and had
given up all for lost, and didst not suffer us to sink
in the devouring waters : And we here offer ourselves,
our bodies and our souls, which thou has redeemed,
to be a living sacrifice unto thee, of praise and thanks
giving, all the days of our lives ; through Jesus Christ
our Lord. Amen.

Or this.

OMOST blessed and glorious Lord God, who art of
infinite goodness and mercy ; We thy poor crea
tures, 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 dis
tress : 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, fof

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which we, now being in safety, do give all praise ancl
glory to thy holy name ; through Jesus Christ our
Lord. Amen.

Or this.

OMOST mighty and gracious good God, thy mercy
is over all thy works, but in special manner
nath been extended toward us, whom thou hast so
powerfully and wonderfully defended. Thou hast
showed us terrible things, and wonders in the deep,
that we might see how powerful and gracious a God
thou art; how able and ready to help them that trust
in thee. Thou hast showed us how both winds and
seas obey thy command; that we may learn, even
from them, hereafter to obey thy voice, and to do thy
will. We therefore bless and glorify thy Name, for
this thy mercy in saving us, when we were ready to
perish. And, we beseech thee, make us as truly sensi
ble now of thy mercy, as we were then of the danger :
And give us hearts always ready to express our
thankfulness, not only by words, but also by ou»
lives, in being more obedient to thy holy command
ments. Continue, we beseech thee, this thy goodness
to us; that we, whom thon hast saved, may serve
thee in holiness and righteousness all the days of our
life; through Jesus Christ our Lord and Saviour.
Amen.

A Thanksgiving for Deliverance from Enemies.

0 ALMIGHTY God, who art a strong tower of
defence unto thy servants against the face of
their enemies, we yield thee praise and thanksgiving
for our deliverance from those great and apparent
dangers wherewith we were compassed ; We acknow
ledge it thy goodness that we were not delivered
over as a prey unto them ; beseeching thee still to
continue such thy mercies towards us, that all the
world may know that thou art our Saviour and
mighty Deliverer; through JCSUF Christ oar Lord,
Amen.

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VARIOUS THANKSGIVINGS.

A Thanksgiving for Safe Return of Prisoners.

A LMIGHTY and most merciful God, who in times
-tV of old didst loosen the chains of thy believing
servants, and let them depart unhurt from the midst
of their enemies ; We praise and magnify that pre
serving rnercy whereby these thy servants, brought
back from captivity, aie here before thee, to thank
arid bless thee as their Guardian and Deliverer;
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

A Thanksgiving for a Safe Return from Sea.

MOST gracious Lord, whose mercy is over all thy
works ; We praise thy holy Name, that thou
hast been pleased to conduct in safety, through the
perils of the great deep, this thy servant, who now
desiretli to return his thanks unto thee, in thy holy
Church. May he be duly sensible of thy merciful
providence towards him, and ever express his thank
fulness by a holy trust in thee, and obedience to thy
laws ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

JL Thanksgiving for Safe Return from a Campaign 01
Cruise.

ALL thanks and praise be unto thee, 0 most glo
rious God, our good and gracious Father, who
in thy wondrous power and mercy hast preserved us
thy servants through so many and great dangers,
temptations and troubles ; guiding and guarding us,
by night and by day ; in heat and cold, on land and
water ; through hunger and thirst and weariness ;
among enemies ; and in the midst of battle and
murder and death. Surely goodness and mercy have
followed us until this hour ; and therefore we will not
forget thy benefits, but pay our vows unto thee, and
call upon our souls and all that is within us to bless
and magnify thy holy name ; through Jesus Christ
our Lord. Amen.

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THE PSALTER,

PSALMS OF DAVID.

POINTED AS THEY ARK TO BE SUNO OR CHANTED

• <» »

THE FIRST DAY

PSALM i. Beatus vir, qui non dbiit.

DLESSED 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 him
self day and night.

3 And he shall be like a tree planted by
the water-side : that will bring forth his fruit
in due season.

4 -His leaf also shall not wither : and look,
whatsoever he doeth, it shall prosper.

5 As for the ungodly, it is not so with
them : but they are like the chaff, which the
wind scattereth away from the face of the
earth.

6 Therefore the ungodly shall not be able
to stand in the judgment : neither the sin
ners in the congregation of the righteous.

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7 But the Lord knoweth the way of the
righteous : and the way of the ungodly
shall perish.

PSALM ii. Quare fremuerunt gentesf

do the heathen so furiously rage
together : and why do the people
imagine a vain thing?

2 The kings of the earth stand up, and
the rulers take counsel together : against the
Lord, and against his Anointed.

3 Let us break their bonds asunder : and
cast away theii» 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 ut
most parts of the earth for thy possession.

9 Thou shalt bruise them with a rod of
iron : and break them in pieces like a pot
ter's vessel.

10 Be wise now therefore, O ye kings :
be learned, ye that are judges of the earth.

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DAY 1. THE PSALTER.

11 Serve the Lord in fear: and rejoice
unto him with reverence.

12 Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and so
ye perish from the right way : if his wrath
be kindled, yea but a little. Blessed are all
they that put their trust in him.

PSALM iii. Domine, quid multiplicati I

T 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 Bis 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 lound about.

7 Up, Lord, and help me, O my God:
for thou smitest all mine enemies upon the
cheek-bone ; thou hast broken the teeth of
the ungodly.

8 Salvation belongeth unto the Lord
and thy blessing is upon thy people.

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PSALM iv. Cum invocarem.

fJEAE me, when I call, O God of my
righteousness : thou hast set me at
liberty, when I was in trouble ; have mercy
upon me, and hearken unto my prayer.

2 O ye sons of men, how long will ye
blaspheme mine honor : and have such
pleasure in vanity, and seek after false
hood?

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
show us any good?

7 Lord, lift thou up : the light of thy
countenance upon us.

8 Thou hast put gladness in my heart:
since the time that their corn, and wine, and
oil increased.

9 I will lay me down in peace, and take
my rest : for it is thou, Lord, only, that
makest me dwell in safety.

PSALM v. Verba mea auribus.

PONDER my words, O Lord : considei
my meditation.

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DAY 1. THE PSALTER.

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, 0
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
falsehood : the Lord will abhor both the
blood-thirsty and deceitful man.

7 But as for me, I will come into thine
house, even upon the multitude of thy
mercy : and in thy fear will I worship
toward thy holy temple.

8 Lead me, 0 Lord, in thy righteous
ness, because of mine enemies : make th}
way plain before my face.

9 For there is no faithfulness in his
mouth : their inward parts are very wicked
ness.

10 Their throat is an open sepulchre:
they flatter with their tongue.

11 Destroy thou them, 0 God; let them
perish through their own imaginations : cast
them out in the multitude of their ungodli
ness ; for they have rebelled against thee.

12 And let all them that put their trust

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in thee rejoice : they shall ever be giving of
thanks, because thou defendest them; tlie^
that love thy Name shall be joyful in thee ;

13 For thou, Lord, wilt give thy bless
ing unto the righteous : and with thy favor
able kindness wilt thou defend him, as with
a shield.

PSALM vi. Domine, ne in furore.

LORD, rebuke me not in thine indigna
tion : neither chasten me in thy dis
pleasure.

2 Have mercy upon me, 0 Lord, for I
am weak : O Lord, heal me, for my bones
are vexed.

3 My soul also is sore troubled : but,
Lord, how long wilt thou punish me?

4 Turn thee, 0 Lord, and deliver my
soul : 0 save'me, for thy mercy's sake.

5 For in death no man remembereth
thee : and who will give thee thanks in the
pit?

6 I am weary of my groaning; every
night wash I my bed : and water my couch
with my tears.

7 My beauty is gone for very trouble1,
and worn away because of all mine enemies

8 Away from me, all ye that work

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DAY 1. THE PSALTER.

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.

C\ LOED, my God, in thee have I put my
trust : save me from all them that per
secute me, and deliver me;

2 Lest he devour my soul like a lion, and
tear it in pieces : while there is none to help.

3 O Lord my God, if I have done any
such thing : or if there be any wickedness
in my hands;

4 If I have rewarded evil unto him that
dealt friendly with me : yea, I have deliv
ered him that without any cause is mine

5 Then let mine enemy persecute my
soul, and take me : yea, let him tread my
life down upon the earth, and lay mine
honor in the dust.

6 Stand up, O Lord, in thy wrath, and
lift up thyself, because of the indignation
of mine enemies : arise up for me in the
judgment that thou hast commanded.

7 And so shall the congregation of the
people come about thee : for their sake*
therefore lift up thyself again.

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THE PSALTER. DAY 1.

8 The Lord shall judge the people ; give
Bentence with me, O Lord : according to
my righteousness, and according to the
innocency that is in me.

9 O let the wickedness of the ungodly
come to an end : but guide thou the just.

10 For the righteous God : trieth th<!
very hearts and reins.

11 My help cometh of God : who pre-
serveth 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 instru
ments of death : he ordaineth his arrows
against the persecutors.

15 Behold, he travaileth with mischief:
he hath conceived sorrow, and brought
forth ungodliness.

16 He hath graven and digged up a pit:
and is fallen himself into the destruction
that he made for other.

17 For his travail shall come upon his
own head : and his wickedness shall fall on
his own pate.

18 I will give thanks unto the Lord,
according to his righteousness : and I will
praise the Name of the Lord most high.

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DAY 1. THE PSALTER.

PSALM viii. Domine, Dominus noster.

r\ LOED, our Governor, how excellent is
thy Name in all the world : thou that
hast set thy glory above the heavens !

2 Out of the mouth of very babes ana
sucklings hast thou ordained strength, be
cause of thine enemies : that thou mightest
still the enemy and the avenger.

3 For I will consider thy heavens, even
the works of thy fingers : the moon and the
stars which thou hast ordained.

4 What is man, that thou art mindful of
him : and the son of man, that thou visitest
him?

5 Thou madest him lower than the angels :
to crown him with glory and worship.

6 Thou makest him to have dominion of
the works of thy hands : and thou hast put
all things in subjection under his feet;

7 All sheep and oxen : yea, and the
beasts of the field ;

8 The fowls of the air, and the fishes of
the sea : and whatsoever walketh through
the paths of of the seas.

9 O Lord, our Governor : how excellent
is thy name in all the world I

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THE PSALTER. DAY 2

THE SECOND DAY.

PSALM ix. Confitebor tibi,

T WILL give thanks unto thee, O Lord,
with my whole heart : I will speak of
all thy marvellous works.

2 I will be glad and rejoice in thee : yea,
my songs will I make of thy Name, O thou
Most Highest.

3 While mine enemies are driven back •
they shall fall and perish at thy presence.

4 For thou hast maintained my right and
my cause : thou art set in the throne that
judgest right.

5 Thou hast rebuked the heathen, and
destroyed the ungodly : thou hast put out
their name for ever and ever.

6 O thou enemy, destructions are come
to a perpetual end : even as the cities which
thou hast destroyed, their memorial is per
ished with them.

7 But the Lord shall endure for ever : he
hath also prepared his seat for judgment.

8 For he shall judge the world in right
eousness : and minister true judgment unto
the people.

9 The Lord also will be a defence foi
the oppressed : even a refuge in due time of
trouble.

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DAT 2. THE PSALTER.

10 And they that know thy Name will
put their trust in thee : for thou, Lord, hast
never failed them that seek thee.

11O praise the Lord which dwelleth in
Sion : show the people of his doings.

12 For when he maketh inquisition for
blood, he rernembereth them : and forgetteth
not the complaint of the poor.

13 Have mercy upon me, O Lord ; con
sider the trouble which I suffer of them that
hate me : thou that liftest me up from the
gates of death ;

14 That I may show all thy praises within
the ports of the daughter of Sion : I will
rejoice in thy salvation.

15 The heathen are sunk down in the pit
that they made : in the same net which they
hid privily is their foot taken.

16 The Lord is known to execute judg
ment : the ungodly is trapped in the work
of his own hands.

17 The wicked shall be turned into hell :
and all the people that forget God.

18 For the poor shall not alway be for
gotten : the patient abiding of the meek
shall not perish for ever.

19 Up, Lord, and let not man have the
upper hand : let the heathen be judged in
thy sight.

20 Put them in fear, O Lord : that the
heathen may know themselves to be but
men.

404

THE PSALTER. DAY 2

PSALM x. Ut quid, Domine ?

standest thou so far off, 0 Lord
and hidest thy face in the needful time
of trouble ?

2 The ungodly, for his own lust, doth
persecute the poor : let them be taken in the
crafty wiliness that they have imagined.

3 For the ungodly hath made boast of
his own heart's desire : and speaketh good
of the covetous, whom God abhorreth.

4 The ungodly is so proud, that he careth
not for God : neither is God in all his
thoughts.

5 His ways are always grievous : thy
judgments are far above out of his sight,
and therefore defieth he all his enemies.

6 For he hath said in his heart, Tush ! I
shall never be cast down : there shall no
harm happen unto me.

7 His mouth is full of cursing, deceit, and
fraud : under his tongue is ungodliness and
vanity.

8 He sitteth lurking in the thievish cor
ners of the streets : and privily in his lurk
ing dens doth he murder the innocent- his
eyes are set against the poor.

9 For he lieth waiting secretly; even aa
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.

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DAY 2. THE PSALTER.

•

11 He falleth down, and humbleth Mm
self : that the congregation of the poor ma}
fall into the hands of his captains.

12 He hath said in his heart, Tush 1 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 blas
pheme God : while he doth say in his heart,
Tush! thou God carest not for it?

15 Surely thou hast seen it : for thou
beholdest ungodliness and wrong,

16 That thou mayest take the matter
into thy hand : the poor oommitteth himself
unto thee; for thou art the helper of the
friendless.

17 Break thou the power of the ungodly
and malicious : take away his ungodliness,
and thou shalt find none.

18 The Lord is King for ever and ever :
and the heathen are perished out of the
land.

19 Lord, thou hast heard the desire of
the poor : thou preparest their heart, and
thine ear hearkeneth thereto :

20 To help the fatherless and poor unto
their right : that the man of the earth be no
more exalted against them.

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THE PSALTER. DAY 2

PSALM xi. In Domino confido.

N the Lord put I my trust : how say ye
then to my soul, that she should flee aa
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 shoo* at
them which are true of heart.

3 For the foundations will be cast down :
and what hath the righteous done?

4 The Lord is in his holy temple : the
Lord's seat is in heaven.

5 His eyes consider the poor : and his
eye-lids try the children of men.

6 The Lord alloweth the righteous : but
the ungodly, and him that delighteth in
wickedness, doth his soul abhor.

7 Upon the ungodly he shall rain snares,
fire and brimstone, storm and tempest : this
shall be their portion to drink.

8 For the righteous Lord loveth right
eousness : his countenance will behold the
thing that is just.

(femtrg fjrapr.

PSALM xii. Salvum me fac.
UELP me, Lord, for there is not one
godly man left : for the faithful are
minished from among the ehildren of men.

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DAY 2. THE PSALTER.

2 They talk of vanity every one with hia
neighbor : they do but flatter with their
lips, and dissemble in their double heart.

3 The Lord shall root out all deceitful
lips : and the tongue that speaketh proud
things :

4 Which have said, With oui 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 sigh
ing of the poor,

6 I will up, saith the Lord : and will
help every one from him that swelleth
against him, and will set him at rest.

7 The words of the Lord are pure words :
even as the silver which from the earth is
tried, and purified seven times in the fire.

8 Thou shalt keep them, O Lord : thou
shalt preserve him from this generation for
ever.

9 The ungodly walk on every side : when
they are exalted, the children of men are
put to rebuke.

PSALM xiii. Usque quo, Domine ?

TJOW long wilt thou forget me, 0 Lord?
for ever : how long wilt thou hide thy
face from me ?

2 How long shall I seek counsel in my
soul, and be so vexed in my heart : how
long shall mine enemies triumph over me?
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DAT 2. THE PSALTER.

3 Consider, and hear me, 0 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 rnercy : and my
heart is joyful in thy salvation.

6 I will sing of the Lord, because he hath
dealt so lovingly with me : yea, I will
praise the Name of the Lord most Highest.

PSALM xiv. Dixit insipi&ns.

fool hath said in his heart : There is
no God.

2 They are corrupt, and become abomi
nable in their doings : there is none that
doeth good, no not one.

3 The Lord looked down from heaven
upon the children of men : to see if there
were any that would understand, and seek
after God.

4 But they are all gone out of the way,
they are altogether become abominable :
there is none that doeth good, no not one.

5 Their throat is an open sepulchre, with
their tongues have they deceived : the poi
son of asps is under their lips.

6 Their mouth is full of cursing and bit
terness : their feet are swift to shed blood.

7 Destruction and unhappiness is in their
ways, and the way of peace have they not

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DAY 3. THE PSALTER.

known : there is no fear of God before theii
eyes.

8 Have they no knowledge, that they are
all such workers of mischief : eating up my
people as it were bread, and call not upon
the Lord?

9 There were they brought in great fear,
even where no fear was : for God is in tho
generation of the righteous.

10 As for you, ye have made a mock at
the counsel of the poor : because he put-
teth his trust in the Lord.

11 Who shall give salvation unto Israel
out of Sion? When the Lord turneth the
captivity of his people : then shall Jacob
rejoice, and Israel shall be glad.

THE THIRD DAY.

Jftornittjg

PSALM xv. Domine, quis habitabitf

| ORD, who shall dwell in thy tabernacle .
or who shall rest upon thy holy hill?

2 Even he that leadeth an uncorrupt life :
and doeth the thing which is right, and
speaketh the truth from his heart.

3 He that hath used no deceit in hia
tongue, nor done evil to his neighbor : and
hath not slandered his neighbor.

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THE PSALTER. DAY 8

4 He that setteth not by himself, but is
lowly in his own eyes : and maketh much
of them that fear the Lord.

5 He that sweareth unto his neighbor,
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 inno
cent.

7 Whoso doeth these things : shall never
fall.

PSALM xvi. Oonserva me, Domine.

PRESERVE me, 0 God : for in thee have
I put my trust.

2 0 my soul, thou hast said unto the
Lord : Thou art my God; my goods are
nothing unto thee.

3 All my delight is upon the saints that
are in the earth : and upon such as excel in
virtue.

4 But they that run after another god :
shall have great trouble.

5 Their drink-offerings of blood will 1
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 m«

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f)A\ 3. THE PSALTER.

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 show me the path of life;
in thy presence is the fulness of joy : and
at thy right hand there is pleasure for ever
more.

PSALM xvii. Exaudi, Domine.

TJEAE the right, O Lord, consider my
complaint : and hearken unto my
prayer, that goeth not out of feigned lips.

2 Let my sentence come forth from thy
presence : and let thine eyes look upon the
thing that is equal.

3 Thou hast proved and visited mine
heart in the night-season; thou hast tried
me, and shalt find no wickedness in me : for
I am utterly purposed that my mouth shaD
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

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THE PSALTER. DAY 3

5 O hold thou up my goings in thy
paths : that my footsteps slip not.

6 I have called upon thee, O God, foi
thou shalt hear me : incline thine ear to me,
and hearken unto my words.

7 Show thy marvellous loving-kindness,
thou that art the Saviour of them which put
their trust in thee : from such as resist thy
right hand.

8 Keep me as the apple of an eye : hide
me under the shadow of thy wings ;

9 From the unerodly. that trouble me :

mine enemies compass me round about, to
take away my soul.

10 They are inclosed in their own fat :
and their mouth speaketh proud things.

11 They lie waiting in our way on every

side : turning their eyes down to the

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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 un
godly, which is a sword of thine ;

14 From the men of thy hand, O Lord,
from the men, I say, and from the evil
world : which have their portion in this life,
whose bellies thou fillest with thy hid trea-
Bure.

15 They have children at their desire :

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DAY 3. THE PSALTER.

and leave the rest of their substance foi
their babes.

16 But as for me, I will behold thy pre
sence in righteousness : and when I awake
up after thy likeness, I shall be satisfieo
with it.

PSALM xviii. Diligam te, Domine.

T WILL love thee, 0 Lord, my strength.
The Lord is my stony rock, and my
defence : my Saviour, my Grod, and my
might, in whom I will trust; my buckler,
the horn also of my salvation, and my
refuge.

2 I will call upon the Lord, which is
worthy to be praised : so shall I be safe
from mine enemies.

3 The sorrows of death compassed me :
and the overflowings of ungodliness made
me afraid.

4 The pains of hell came about me : the
snares of death overtook me.

5 In my trouble I will call upon the
Lord : and complain unto my God :

6 So shall he hear my voice out of his
holy temple : and my complaint shall come
before him; it shall enter even into his
ears.

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THE PSALTER. DAY 3

7 The earth trembled and quaked : the
very foundations also of the hills shook, and
weie removed, because he was wroth.

8 There went a smoke out in his pre
sence : 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 Cherubim, and did
fly : he came flying upon the wings of the
wind.

11 He made darkness his secret place :
his pavilion round about him with dark
water, and thick clouds to cover him.

12 At the brightness of his presence his
clouds removed : hailstones and coals of
fire.

13 The Lord also thundered out of
heaven, and the Highest gave his thunder :
hailstones 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 strong

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J)AY 8. THE PSALTER.

est enemy, and from them which hate me
for they are too mighty for me.

18 They prevented me in the day of ray
trouble : but the Lord was my upholder.

19 He brought me forth also into a plaeo
of liberty : he brought me forth, even be
cause he had a favor unto me.

20 The Lord shall reward me after my
righteous dealing : according to the clean
ness of my hands shall he recompense me.

21 Because I have kept the ways of the
Lord : and have not forsaken my God, as
the wicked doth.

22 For I have an eye unto all his laws :
and will not cast out his commandments
from me.

23 I was also uncorrupt before him : and
eschewed mine own wickedness.

24 Therefore shall the Lord reward me
after my righteous dealing : and according
unto the cleanness of my hands in his eye
sight.

25 With the holy thou shalt be holy .
and with a perfect man thou shalt be per
fect.

26 With the clean thou shalt be clean :
and with the fro ward thou shalt learn fro-
wardness.

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

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THE PSALTER. DAT 3

Lord ray God shall make my darkness to
be light.

29 For in thee I shall discomfit an host
of men : and with the help of my God I
shall leap over the wall.

30 The way of God is an undefiled way :
the word of the Lord also is tried in the
fire ; he is the defender of all them that put
their trust in him.

31 For who is God, but the Lord : or
who hath any strength, except our God?

32 It is God that girdeth me with strength
of war : and maketh my way perfect.

33 He maketh my feet like harts' feet :
and setteth me up on high.

34 He teacheth mine hands to fight : and
mine arms shall break even a bow of steel.

35 Thou hast given me the defence of
thy salvation : thy right hand also shall
hold me up, and thy loving correction shall
make me great.

36 Thou shalt make room enough under
me for to go : that my footsteps shall not
slide.

37 I will follow upon mine enemies, and
overtake them : neither will I turn again
till I have destroyed them.

38 I will smite them, that they shall not
be able to stand : but fall under my feet.

39 Thou hast girded me with strength
unto the battle : thou shalt throw down
icine enemies under me.

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DAY 3. THE PSALTER.

40 Thou hast made mine enemies also to
turn their backs upon me : and I shall
destroy them that hate me.

41 They shall cry, but there shall be
none to help them : yea, even unto the
Lord shall they cry, but he shall not heai
them.

42 I will beat them as small as the dust
before the wind : I will cast them out as the
clay in the streets.

43 Thou shalt deliver me from the striv
ings 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 dis
semble with me.

46 The strange children shall fail : and
be afraid out of their prisons.

47 The Lord liveth ; and blessed be my
strong helper : and praised be the God of
my salvation;

48 Even the Grod 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

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THE PSALTER. DAY 4.

thee, O Lord, among the Gentiles : and sing
praises unto thy Name.

51 Great prosperity giveth he unto hia
King : and showeth loving-kindness unto
David, his Anointed, and unto his seed for
evermore.

THE FOURTH DAY.

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PSALM xix. Coeli enarrant.

HPHB heavens declare the glory of God :
and the firmament showeth his handy-
work.

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 bride
groom out of his chamber, and rejoiceth as
a giant to run his course.

6 It goeth forth from the uttermost part
j)f the heaven, and runneth about unto the
end of it again : and there is nothing hid
from the heat thereof.

7 The law of the Lord is an undefiled

419

DAY 4. THE PSALTER.

law, converting the soul : the testimony of
the Lord is sure, and giveth wisdom unto
the simple.

8 The statutes of the Lord are right, and
rejoice the heart : the commandment of
the Lord is pure, and giveth light unto the
eyes.

9 The fear of the .Lord is clean, and
endureth for ever : the judgments of the
Lord are true, and righteous altogether.

10 More to be desired are they than
gold, yea, than much fine gold : sweeter
also than honey, and the honey-comb.

11 Moreover, by them is thy servant
taught : and in keeping of them there is
great reward.

12 Who can tell how oft he offendeth :
0 cleanse thou me from my secret faults.

13 Keep thy servant also from presump
tuous 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 accepta
ble in thy sight,

15 O Lord : my strength and my re
deemer.

PSALM xx. Exaudiat te Dominus.

Lord hear thee in the day of trouble •
the Name of the God of Jacob defend
thee;

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THE PSALTER. DAY 4.

2 Send thee help from the sanctuary
\nd strengthen thee out of Sion ;

3 Remember all thy offerings : and ac
cept thy burnt-sacrifice.

4 Grant thee thy heart's desire : and
fulfil all thy mind.

5 We will rejoice in thy salvation, and
triumph in the Name of the Lord our God :
the Lord perform all thy petitions.

6 Now know I that the Lord helpeth his
Anointed, and will hear him from his holy
heaven : even with the wholesome strength
of his right hand.

7 Some put their trust in chariots, and
some in horses : but we will remember the
Name of the Lord our God.

8 They are brought down and fallen :
but we are risen and stand upright.

9 Save, Lord; and hear us, O King of
heaven : when we call upon thee.

PSALM xxi. Domine, in virtute tua.

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 :
ftnd 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.

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DAY 4 THE PSALTER.

4 He asked life of thee, and thou gavest
him a long life : even for ever and ever.

5 His honor is great in thy salvation
glory and great worship shalt thou lay upon
him.

6 For thou shalt give him everlasting
felicity : and make him glad with the joy
of thy countenance.

7 And why? because the King putteth
his trust in the Lord : and in the mercy of
the Most Highest he shall not miscarry.

8 All thine enemies shall feel 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 chil
dren 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
cower.

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THE PSALTER. DAT 4

rajrer.

PSALM xxii. Deus, Deus meusf

TV/TY 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 : 0 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 de
liver 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

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DAY 4. THE PSALTER.

I was born : thou art ray 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 Bashan 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 melt
ing wax.

15 My strength is dried up like a pot
sherd, 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 counsel 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, 0 Lord :
thou art my succor, haste thee to help me.

20 Deliver my soul from the sword : my
darling from the power of the dog.

21 Save me from the lion's mouth : thou
hast heard me also from among the horna
of the unicorns.

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TttE PSALTEtt. BAY 4.

22 I will declare thy name unto my
brethren : in the midst of the congregation
will I praise thee.

23 O praise the Lord, ye that fear him :
magnify him, all ye of the seed of Jacob,
and fear him, all ye seed of Israel.

24 For he hath not despised nor abhorred
the low estate of the poor : he hath not hid
his face from him ; but when he called unto
him he heard him.

25 My praise is of thee in the great con
gregation : my vows will I perform in the
sight of them that fear him.

26 The poor shall eat and be satisfied :
they that seek after the Lord, shall praise
him ; your heart shall live for ever.

27 All the ends of the world shall remem
ber themselves, and be turned unto the
Lord : and all the kindreds of the nations
shall worship before him.

28 For the kingdom is the Lord's : and
he is the Governor among the people.

29 All such as be fat upon earth : have
eaten, and worshipped.

30 All they that go down into the dust
shall kneel before him : and no man hath
quickened his own soul.

31 My seed shall serve him : they shall
be counted unto the Lord for a genera
tion.

32 They shall come, and the heavens

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DAY 4. THE PSALTER.

shall declare his righteousness : unto a peo
ple that shall be born, whom the Lord hath
made.

PSALM xxiii. Dominus regit me.

rPHE Lord is my shepherd : therefore can
I lack nothing.

2 He shall feed me in a green pasture :
and lead me forth beside the waters of
comfort.

3 He shall convert my soul : and bring
me forth in the paths of righteousness for
his Name's sake.

4 Yea, though I walk through the valley
of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil :
for thou art with me ; thy rod and thy staff
comfort me.

5 Thou shalt prepare a table before me
against them that trouble me : thou hast
anointed my head with oil, and my cup
shall be full.

6 But thy loving-kindness and mercy
shall follow rne all the days of my life : and
I will Jwcll in the house of the Lord for
ever.

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THE FIFTH DAY.

fftorninjg frapr.

PSALM xxiv. Domini est terra.

earth is the Lord's, and all that
therein is : the compass of the world,
and they that dwell therein.

2 For he hath founded it upon the seas :
and prepared it upon the floods.

3 Who shall ascend into the hill of the
Lord : or who shall rise up in his holy
place ?

4 Even he that hath clean hands, and a
pure heart : and that hath not lift up his
mind into vanity, nor sworn to deceive his
neighbor.

5 He shall receive the blessing from the
Lord : and righteousness from the God of
his salvation.

6 This is the generation of them that seek
him : even of them that seek thy face, 0
Jacob.

7 Lift up your heads, 0 ye gates ; and be
ye lift up, ye everlasting doors : and the
fang of glory shall come in.

8 Who is the King of glory : It is the
Lord strong and mighty, even the Lopd
mighty in battle.

9 Lift up your heads, O ye gates, and ba

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ye lift up, ye everlasting doors : and the
King of glory shall come in.

10 Who is the King of glory : Even the
Lord of hosts, he is the King of glory.

PSALM xxv. Ad te, Domine, levaw.

TJNTO thee, 0 Lord, will I lift up my
soul; my God, I have put my trust
in thee : O let me not be confounded, neither
let mine enemies triumph over me.

2 For all they that hope in thee shall not
be ashamed : but such as transgress with
out a cause shall be put to confusion.

3 Show me thy ways, O Lord : and
teach me thy paths.

4 Lead me forth in thy truth, and learn
me : for thou art the God of my salvation ;
in thee hath been my hope all the day long.

5 Call to remembrance, 0 Lord, thy ten
der 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, 0 Lord, for thy good
ness.

7 Gracious and righteous is the Lord :
therefore will he teach sinners in the way.

8 Them that are meek shall he guide in
judgment : and such as are gentle, them
shall he learn his way.

9 All the paths of the Lord are mercv

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and truth : unto such as keep his covenant^
and his testimonies.

10 For thy Name's sake, 0 Lord : be
merciful unto my sin, for it is great.

11 What man is he that feareth the Lord :
him shall he teach in the way that he shall
choose.

12 His soul shall dwell at ease : and his
seed shall inherit the land.

13 The secret of the Lord is among them
that fear him : and he will show 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 en
larged : O bring thou me out of my trou
bles.

17 Look upon my adversity and misery :
and forgive me all my sin.

18 Consider mine enemies, how many
they are : and they bear a tyrannous hate
against me.

19 O keep my soul, and deliver me : let
me not be confounded, for I have put my
trust in thee.

20 Let perfectness and righteous dealing
wait upon me : for my hope hath been in
tnee.

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21 Deliver Israel, 0 God : out of all his
troubles.

PSALM xxvi. Judica me, Domine.

E thou my Judge, 0 Lord, for I have
walked innocently : my trust hath
been also in the Lord, therefore shall I not
fall.

2 Examine me, O Lord, and prove me :
try out my reins and my heart.

3 For thy loving-kindness is ever before
mine eyes : and I will walk in thy truth.

4: I have not dwelt with vain persons :
neither will I have fellowship with the
deceitful.

5 I have hated the congregation of the
wicked : and will not sit among the un
godly.

6 I will wash my hands in innocency, O
Lord : and so will I go to thine altar ;

7 That I may show the voice of thanks
giving : and tell of all thy wondrous
works.

8 Lord, I have loved the habitation of
thy house : and the place where thine honor
dwelleth.

9 O shut not up my soul with the sin
ners : nor my life with the blood-thirsty ;

10 In whose hands is wickedness : and
their right hand is full of gifts.

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11 But as for me, I will walk innocently :
0 deliver me, and be merciful unto me.

12 My foot standeth right : I will praise
the Lord in the congregations.

PSALM xxvii. Dominus illuminatio.
[E 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,
arid to visit his temple.

5 For in the time of trouble he shall hide
me in his tabernacle : yea, in the secret
place of his dwelling shall he hide me, and
set me up upon a rock of stone,

6 And now shall he lift up mine head :
above mine enemies round about me.

7 Therefore will I offer in his dwelling

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an oblation, with great gladness : I will sing
and speak praises unto the Lord.

8 Hearken unto my voice, O Lord, when
I cry unto thee : have mercy upon me, and
hear me.

9 My heart hath talked of thee, Seek ye
my face : Thy face, Lord, will I seek.

10 0 hide not thou thy face from me :
nor cast thy servant away in displeasure.

11 Thou hast been my succor : leave me
not, neither forsake me, 0 God of my sal
vation.

12 When my father and my mother for
sake me : the Lord taketh me up.

18 Teach me thy way, O Lord : and lead
me in the right way, because of mine ene
mies.

14 Deliver me not over into the will of
mine adversaries : for there are false wit
nesses risen up against me, and such as
speak wrong.

15 I should utterly have fainted : but
that I believe verily to see the goodness of
the Lord in the land of the living.

16 O tarry thou the Lord's leisure : be
strong, and he shall comfort thine heart;
and put thou thy trust in the Lord.

PSALM xxviii. Ad te, Domine.

TTNTO thee will I cry, O Lord, my
strength : think no scorn of me; lest,
if thou make as though thou hearest not, I
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become like them that go down into the
pit.

2 Hear the voice of my humble petitions,
when I cry unto thee : when I hold up my
hands towards the mercy-seat of thy holy
temple.

3 0 pluck me not away, neither destroy
me with the ungodly and wicked doers :
which speak friendly to their neighbors, but
imagine mischief in their hearts.

4 Reward them according to their deeds :
and according to the wickedness of their
own inventions.

5 Recompense them after the work of
their hands : pay them that they have de
served.

6 For they regard not in their mind the
works of the Lord, nor the operation of his
hands : therefore shall he break them down,
and not build them up.

7 Praised be the Lord : for he hath heard
the voice of my humble petitions.

8 The Lord is my strength and my
shield ; my heart hath trusted in him, and I
am helped : therefore my heart danceth for
joy, and in my song will I praise him.

9 The Lord is my strength : and he is
the wholesome defence of his Anointed.

10 O save thy people, and give thy bless
ing unto thine inheritance : feed them, and
set them up for ever.

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DAY 5. THE PSALTER.

PSALM xxix. Afferte Domi'no.

unto the Lord, O ye mighty, bring
young rams unto the Lord : ascribe
unto the Lord worship and strength.

2 Give the Lord the honor due unto hia
Name : worship the Lord with holy wor
ship.

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 rnaketh 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
Bpeak of his honor.

9 The Lord sitteth above the water-
flood : and the Lord remaineth a King for
ever.

10 The Lord shall give strength unto hii

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people : the Lord shall give his people the
blessing of peace.

THE SIXTH DAY.

Pornittjg f rapr.

PSALM xxx. Exaltabo te, Domine.

F WILL magnify thee, O Lord, for thou
hast set me up : and not made my foea
to triumph over me.

2 0 Lord, my God, I cried unto thee :
and thou hast healed me.

3 Thou, Lord, hast brought my soul out
of hell : thou hast kept my life from them
that go down to the pit.

4 Sing praises unto the Lord, O ye saints
of his : and give thanks unto him, for a
remembrance of his holiness.

5 For his wrath endureth but the twink
ling of an eye, and in his pleasure is life :
heaviness may endure for a night, but joy
cometh in the morning.

6 And in my prosperity I said, I shall
never be removed : thou, Lord, of thy good
ness, 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.

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DAY 6. THE PSALTER.

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 : 0 my God,
I will give thanks unto thee for ever.

PSALM xxxi. In te, Doinine, speravi.

TN thee, 0 Lord, have I put my trust : let
me never be put to confusion; deliver
me in thy righteousness.

2 Bow down thine ear to me : make haste
to deliver me.

3 And be thou my strong rock, and
house of defence : that thou mayest save
me.

4 For thou art my strong rock, and my
castle : be thou also my guide, and lead me
for thy Name's sake.

5 Draw me out of the net that they have
laid privily for me : for thou art my
strength.

6 Into thy hands I commend my spirit :
for thou hast redeemed me, 0 Lord, thou
God of truth.

7 I have hated them that hold of super

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stitious vanities : and my trust hath been
in the Lord.

8 I will be glad, and rejoice in thy
mercy : for thou hast considered my trou
ble, 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, 0 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 heavi
ness : and my years with mourning.

12 My strength faileth me, because of
mine iniquity : and my bones are con
sumed.

13 I became a reproof among all mine
enemies, but especially among iny neigh
bors : and they of mine acquaintance were
afraid of me; and they that did see me
without, conveyed themselves from me.

14 I am clean forgotten as a dead man
out of mind : I am become like a broken
vessel.

15 For I have heard the blasphemy of
the multitude : and fear is on every side;
while they conspire together against me,
and take their counsel to take away my life.

16 But my hope hath been in thee, 0
Lord : I have said, Thou art my God.

17 My time is in thy hand; deliver me

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DAY 6. THE PSALTER.

from the hand of mine enemies : and from
them that persecute me.

18 Show thy servant the light of thv
countenance : and save me for thy mercy a
sake.

19 Let me not be confounded, 0 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 them privily by thine
own presence from the provoking of all
men : thou shalt keep them secretly in thy
tabernacle from the strife of tongues.

23 Thanks be to the Lord : for he hath
showed me marvellous great kindness in a
strong city.

24 And when I made haste, I said : I
am cast out of the sight of thine eyes.

25 Nevertheless, thou heardest the voice
of my prayer : when I cried unto thee.

26 O love the Lord, all ye his saints :
for the Lord preserveth them that are faith
ful, and plenteously rewardeth the proud
doer.

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THE PSALTER. DAY 6.

27 Be strong, and he shall establish your
heart : all ye that put your trust in the
Lord.

frager.

PSALM xxxii. Beati, quorum.

DLESSED is he whose unrighteousness is
forgiven : and whose sin is covered.

2 Blessed is the man unto whom the Lord
imputeth no sin : and in whose spirit there
is no guile.

3 For whilst 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 wicked
ness of my sin.

7 For this shall every one that is godly
make his prayer unto thee, in a time when
thou mayest be found : but in the great
water-floods they shall not come nigh him.

8 Thou art a place to hide me in, thou
shalt preserve me from trouble : thou shalt

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DAY 6. THE PSALTER.

compass me about with songs of deliver
ance.

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 : whosa
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.

"DEJOICE in the Lord, O ye righteous :
for it becometb well the just to be
thankful.

2 Praise the Lord with harp : sing praises
unto him with the lute, and instrument of
ten strings.

3 Sing unto the Lord a new song : sing
praises lustily unto him with a good cour
age.

4 For the word of the Lord is true : and
all his works are faithful.

5 He loveth righteousness and judgment :
the earth is full of the goodness of the
Lord.

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THE PBALTER. DAY 6

heavens maie : and all the hosts of them bj
the breath of his mouth.

7 He gathereth the waters of the sea
together, as it were upon an heap : and
layeth up the deep, as in a treasure-
house.

8 Let all the earth fear the Lord : stand
in awe of him, all ye that dwell in the
world.

9 For he spake, and it was done : he
commanded, and it stood fast.

10 The Lord bringeth the counsel of the
heathen to nought : and maketh the devices
of the people to be of none effect, and cast-
eth out the counsels of princes.

11 The counsel of the Lord shall endure
for ever : and the thoughts of his heart from
generation to generation.

12 Blessed are the people whose God is»
the Lord Jehovah : and blessed are the folk
that he hath chosen to him, to be his inhe
ritance.

13 The Lord looked down from heaven,
and beheld all the children of men : from
the habitation of his dwelling, he consider-
eth all them that dwell on the earth.

14 He fashioneth all the hearts of them :
and understandeth all their works.

15 There is no king that can be saved
by the multitude of an host : neither is any
mighty man delivered by much strength.

16 A horse is counted but a vain thing

6. THE PSALTER.

to save a man : neither shall he deliver
man by his great strength.

17 Behold, the eye of the Lord is upon
them that fear him ; and upon them that
put their trust in his mercy ;

18 To deliver their soul from death : and
to feed them in the time of dearth.

19 Our soul hath patiently tarried for the
Lord : for he is our help and our shield.

20 For our heart shall rejoice in him :
because we have hoped in his holy Name.

21 Let thy merciful kindness, O Lord, bt
upon us : like as we do put our trust in
thee.

PSALM xxxiv. Benedicam Domino.

T WILL alway give thanks unto the Lord :
his praise shall ever be in my mouth.

2 My soul shall make her boast in the
Lord : the humble shall hear thereof, and
be glad.

3 O praise the Lord with me : and let us
magnify his Name together.

4: I sought the Lord, and he heard me :
yea, he delivered me out of all my fear.

5 They had an eye unto him, and
were lightened : and their faces were not
ashamed.

6 Lo, the poor crieth, and the Lord hear-
eth him : yea, and saveth him out of all his
troubles.

7 The angel of the Lord tarrieth round

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about them that fear him : and delivereth
them.

8 0 tatete, and see, how gracious ths
Lord is : blessed is the man that trusteth
in him.

9 O fear the Lord, ye that are his saints
for they that fear him lack nothing.

10 The lions do lack, and suffer hunger •
but they who seek the Lord shall want no
manner of thing that is good.

11 Come, ye children, and hearken unto
me : I will teach you the fear the Lord.

12 What man is he that lusteth to live :
h,nd would fain see good days?

13 Keep thy tongue from evil : and thy
lips, that they speak no guile.

14 Eschew evil, and do good : seek peace,
and ensue it.

15 The eyes of the Lord are over the
righteous : and his ears are open unto their
prayers.

16 The countenance of the Lord is against
them that do evil : to root out the remem
brance of them from the earth.

17 The righteous cry, and the Lord hear-
eth them : and delivereth them out of all
iheir troubles.

18 The Lord is nigh unto them that are
of a contrite heart : and will save such as
be of an humble spirit.

19 Great are the troubles of the right

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ecus : but the Lord delivereth him out
of all.

20 He keepeth all his bones : s5 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.

THE SEVENTH DAY.

PSALM xxxv. Judica me, Domine.

"DLEAD thou my cause, 0 Lord, with
them that strive with me : and fight
thou against them that fight against me.

2 Lay hand upon the shield and buckler •
and stand up to help me.

3 Bring forth the spear, and stop the way
against them that persecute me : say unto
my soul, I am thy salvation.

4 Let them be confounded, and put to
shame, that seek after my soul : let them be
turned back, and brought to confusion, that
imagine mischief for me.

5 Let them be as the dust before the

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wind ; and the angel of the Lord scattering
them.

6 Let their way be dark and slippery :
and let the angel of the Lord persecute
them.

7 For they have privily laid their net to
destroy me without a cause : yea, even
without a cause have they made a pit for
my soul.

8 Let a sudden destruction come upon
him unawares, and his net that he hath
laid privily catch himself : that he may fall
into his own mischief.

9 And, my soul, be joyful in the Lord :
it shall rejoice in his salvation.

10 All my bones shall say, Lord, who is
like unto thee, who deliverest the poor from
him that is too strong for him : yea, the
poor, and him that is in misery, from him
that spoileth him?

11 False witnesses did rise up : they laid
to my charge things that I knew not.

12 They rewarded me evil for good : to
the great discomfort of my soul.

13 Nevertheless, when they were sick, I
put on sackcloth, and humbled my soul
with fasting : and my prayer shall turn
into mine own bosom.

14 I behaved myself as thougu it had
been my friend or my brother : I --vent
heavily, as one that mourneth for his
mother.

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15 But ill 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 mock
ers : who gnashed upon me with their
teeth.

17 Lord, how long wilt thou look upon
this : O deliver my soul from the calami
ties which they bring on me, and my dar
ling from the lions.

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 words
against them that are quiet in the land.

21 They gaped upon me with their
mouths, and said : Fie on thee ! fie on thee I
we saw it with our eyes.

22 This thou hast seen, O Lord : hold
not thy tongue then, go not far from me, O
Lord.

23 Awake, and stand up to judge my
quarrel : avenge thou my cause, my God
and my Lord.

24 Judge me, 0 Lord my God, according

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to thy righteousness : and let them not tri
umph over me.

25 Let them not say in their hearts,
There ! there ! so would we have it : neither
let them say, We have devoured him.

26 Let them be put to confusion and
shame together, that rejoice at my trouble :
let them be clothed with rebuke and dis
honor, that boast themselves against me.

27 Let them be glad and rejoice, that
favour my righteous dealing : yea, let them
say alway, Blessed be the Lord, who hath
pleasure in the prosperity of his servant.

28 And as for my tongue, it shall be
talking of thy righteousness : and of thy
praise, all the day long.

PSALM xxxvi. Dixit injustus.

heart showeth me the wickedness of
the ungodly : that there is no fear of
God before his eyes.

2 For he flattereth himself in his own
sight : until his abominable sin be found
out.

3 The- words of his mouth are unright
eous and full of deceit : he hath left off to
behave himself wisely, and to do good.

4 He imagineth mischief upon his bed,
and hath set himself in no good way :
neither doth he abhor anything that is evil.

5 Thy mercy, O Lord, rracheth unto the

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DAT 7. THE PSALTER.

heavens : and thy faithfulness unto the
clouds.

6 Thy righteousness standeth like the
strong mountains : thy judgments are like
the great deep.

7 Thou, Lord, shalt save both man and
beast; how excellent is thy mercy, 0 God :
and the children of men shall put their
trust under the shadow of thy wings.

8 They shall be satisfied with the plen-
teousness of thy house : and thou shalt
give them drink of thy pleasures, as out of
the river.

9 For with thee is the well of life : and
in thy light shall we see light.

10 O continue forth thy loving kindness
unto them that know thee : and thy right
eousness unto them that are true of heart.

11 O let not the foot of pride come
against me : and let not the hand of the
ungodly cast me down.

12 There are they fallen, all that work
wickedness : they are cast down, and shall
not be able to stand.

rager.

PSALM xxxvii. Noli semulari.

not thyself because of the ungodly :
neither be thou envious against the
evil-doers.

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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 t\y trust in him : and he shall bring it
to pass.

6 He shall make thy righteousness as
clear as the light : and thy just dealing as
the noon-day.

7 Hold thee still in the Lord, and abide
patiently upon him : but grieve not thy
self at him whose way doth prosper, against
the man that doeth after evil counsels.

8 Leave off from wrath, and let go dis
pleasure : 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 multi
tude of peace.

12 The ungodly seeketh counsel against

DAY 7. THE PSALTER.

the just : and gnasheth upon him with his
teeth.

13 The Lord shall laugh him to scorn ,
for he hath seen that his day is coming.

14 The ungodly have drawn out the
sword, and have bent their bow : to cast
down the poor and needy, and to slay such
as are of a right conversation.

15 Their sword shall go through their
own heart : and their bow shall be broken.

16 A small thing that the righteous hath :
is better than great riches of the ungodly.

17 For the arms of the ungodly shall be
broken : and the Lord upholdeth the right
eous.

18 The Lord knoweth the days of the
godly : and their inheritance shall endure
for ever.

19 They shall not be confounded in the
perilous time : and in the days of dearth
they shall have enough.

20 As for the ungodly, they shall perish,
and the enemies of the Lord shall consume
as the fat of lambs : yea, even as the smoke
shall they consume away.

21 The ungodly borroweth, and payeth
not again : but the righteous is merciful and
liberal.

22 Such as are blessed of God shall pos
sess the land : and they that are cursed of
him, shall be rooted out.

23 The Lord ordereth a good man's

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going : and maketh his way acceptable to
himself.

24 Though he fall, he shall not be cast
away : for the Lord upholdeth him with his
hand.

25 I have been young, and now am old :
and yet saw I never the righteous forsaken,
nor his seed begging their bread.

26 The righteous is ever merciful, and
lendeth : and his seed is blessed.

27 Flee from evil, and do the thing that
is good : and dwell for evermore.

28 For the Lord loveth the thing that is
right : he forsaketh not his that be godly
but they are preserved for ever.

29 The unrighteous shall be punished
as for the seed of the ungodly, it shall be
rooted out.

30 The righteous shall inherit the land
and dwell therein for ever.

31 The mouth of the righteous is exer
cised in wisdom : and his tongue will be
talking of judgment.

32 The law of his God is in his heart :
and his goings shall not slide.

33 The ungodly seeth the righteous : and
seeketh occasion to slay him.

34 The Lord will not leave him in his
hand : nor condemn him when he is judged.

35 Hope thou in the Lord, and keep his
way, and he shall promote thee, that thou

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shalt possess the land : when the ungodly
shall perish, shou shalt see it.

36 I myself have seen the ungodly in
great power : and flourishing like a green
bay-tree.

37 I went by, and lo, he was gone : I
sought him, but his place could no where
be found.

38 Keep innocency, and take heed unto
the thing that is right : for that shall bring
a man peace at the last.

39 As for the transgressors, they shall
perish together : and the end of the ungodly
is, they shall be rooted out at the last.

40 But the salvation of the righteous
cometh of the Lord : who is also their
strength in the time of trouble.

41 And the Lord shall stand by them,
and save them : he shall deliver them from
the ungodly, and shall save them, because
they put their trust in him.

THE EIGHTH DAY.

PSALM xxxviii. Domine, ne in furore.

ptJT me not to rebuke, 0 Lord, in thine
anger : neither chasten me in thy heavy
displeasure.

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2 For thine arrows stick fast m 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 rne to bear.

5 My wounds stink, and are corrupt :
through my foolishness.

6 I am brought into so great trouble and
misery : that I go mourning all the day
long.

7 For my loins are rilled with a sore dis
ease : 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 ia
gone from me.

11 My lovers and my neighbors did stand
looking upon my trouble : and my kinsmen
stood afar off.

12 They also that sought after my life
laid snares for me : and they that went about
to do me evil talked of wickedness, and
imagined deceit all the day long.

13 As for me, I was like a deaf man, and

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heard not : and as one that is dumb, who
doth not open his mouth.

14 I became even as a man that htareth
not : and in whose mouth are no reproofs.

15 For in thee, O Lord, have I put my
trust : thou shalt answer for me, O Lord
my God.

16 I have required that they, even mine
enemies, should not triumph over me : for
when my foot slipt, they rejoiced greatly
against me.

17 And I truly am set in the plague :
and my heaviness is ever in my sight.

18 For I will confess my wickedness :
and be sorry for my sin.

19 But mine enemies live, and are mighty :
and they that hate me wrongfully are many
in number.

20 They also that reward evil for good
are against me : because I follow the thing
that good is.

21 Forsake me not, O Lord, my God :
be not thou far from me.

22 Haste thee to help me : O Lord God
of my salvation.

PSALM xxxix. Dixi, custodiam.

F SAID, I will take heed to my ways : that
I offend not in my tongue.

2 I will keep my mouth as it were with
A bridle : while the ungodly is in my sight.

3 I held my tongue, and spake nothing •

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1 kept silence, yea, even from good words;
but it was pain and grief to me.

4 My heart was hot within me, and while
I was thus musing the fire kindled : and at
the last I spake with my tongue ;

5 Lord, let me know my end, and the
number of my days : that I may be certified
how long I have to live.

6 Behold, thou hast made my days as it
were a span long : and mine age is even as
nothing in respect of thee ; and verily every
man living is altogether vanity.

7 For man walketh in a vain shadow,
and disquieteth himself in vain : he heapeth
up riches, and cannot tell who shall gather
them.

8 And now, Lord, what is my hope :
Truly my hope is even in thee.

9 Deliver me from all mine offences : and
make me not a rebuke unto the foolish.

10 I became dumb, and opened not my
mouth : for it was thy doing.

11 Take thy plague away from me : I
am even consumed by the means of thy
heavy hand.

12 When thou with rebukes dost chasten
man for sin, thou makest his beauty to con
sume away, like as it were a moth fretting
a garment : every man therefore is but
vanity.

13 Hoar my prayer, O Lord, and with

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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.

T WAITED patiently for the Lord : and
he inclined unto me, and heard my
calling.

2 He brought me also out of the horrible
pit, out of the mire and clay : and set my
feet upon the rock, and ordered my goings.

3 And he hath put a new song in my
mouth : even a thanksgiving unto our God.

4 Many shall see it, and fear : and shall
put their trust in the Lord.

5 Blessed is the man that hath set his
hope in the Lord : and turned not unto the
proud, and to such as go about with lies.

6 O Lord my God, great are the won
drous 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 abl«
to express.

8 Sacrifice and meat-offering thou would
est not : but mine ears hast thou opened.

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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,
0 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, 0 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 congre
gation.

14 Withdraw not thou thy mercy from
me, 0 Lord : let thy loving-kindness and
thy truth alway preserve me.

15 For innumerable troubles are come
about me; my sins have taken such hold
upon me, that I am not able to look up :
yea, they are more in number than the
hairs of my head, and my heart hath failed
me.

16 O Lord, let it be thy pleasure to de
liver me : make haste, O Lord, to help me.

17 Let them be ashamed, and confounded
together, that seek after my soul to destroy
it : let them be driven backward, and put
to rebuke, that wish me evil.

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DAY 8. THE PSALTER.

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 not long tarrying, O my God.

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PSALM xli. Beatus qui intelligit.

TJLESSED is he that considereth the poor
and needy : the Lord shall deliver him
in the time of trouble.

2 The Lord preserve him, and keep him
alive, that he may be blessed upon earth :
and deliver not thou him into the will of
his enemies.

3 The Lord comfort him when he lieth
sick upon his bed : make thou all his bed
in his sickness.

4 I said, Lord, be merciful unto me :
heal my soul, for I have sinned against
thee.

5 Mine enemies speak evil of me : When
shall he die, and his name perish?

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6 And if he come to see me, he speaketh
vanity : and his heart conceiveth falsehood
within himself, and when he cometh forth,
he telleth it.

7 All mine enemies whisper together
against me : even against me do they
imagine this evil.

8 Let the sentence of guiltiness proceed
against him : and now that he lieth, let him
rise up no more.

9 Yea, even mine own familiar friend
whom I trusted : who did also eat of my
bread, hath laid great wait for me.

10 But be thou merciful unto me, O
Lord : raise thou me up again, and I shall
reward them.

11 By this I know thou favorest me :
that mine enemy doth not triumph against
me.

12 And when I am in my health, thou
upholdest me : and shalt set me before thy
face for ever.

13 Blessed be the Lord God of Israel :
world without end. Amen.

PSALM xlii. Quemadmodum.

[E as the hart desireth the water-
brooks : so longeth my soul after thee,
OGod.

2 My soul is athirst for God, yea, even
for the living God : when shall I come to
appear before the presence of God ?
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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 thanksgiv
ing : among such as keep holy-day.

6 Why art thou so full of heaviness, O
my soul : and why art thou so disquieted
within me?

7 Put thy trust in God : for I will yet
give him thanks for the help of his counte
nance.

8 My God, my soul is vexed within me :
therefore will I remember thee concerning
the land of Jordan, and the little hill of
Hermon.

9 One deep calleth another, because of
the noise of the water-pipes : all thy waves
and storms are gone over me.

10 The Lord hath granted his loving-
kindness in the day-time : and in the night-
season did I sing of him, and made my
prayer unto the God of my life.

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

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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 my God.

PSALM xliii. Judica, me, Deus.

C^ IVE sentence with me, O God, and de
fend my cause against the ungodly
people : 0 deliver me from the deceitful
and wicked man.

2 For thou art the God of my strength,
why hast thou put me from thee : and why
go I so heavily, while the enemy oppresseth
me?

3 O send out thy light and thy truth,
that they may lead me : and bring me unto
thy holy hill, and to thy dwelling.

4 And that I may go unto the altar of
God, even unto the God of my joy and
gladness : and upon the harp will I give
thanks unto thee, O God, my God.

5 Why art thou so heavy, 0 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 nay
ecu atenance, and my God.

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DAY 9. THE PSALTER.

PSALM xliv. Deus, auribus.

\\TE have heard with our ears, 0 God, oui
fathers have told us : what thou hast
done in their time of old;

2 How thou hast driven out the heathen
with thy hand, and planted them in : how
thou hast destroyed the nations, and cast
them out.

3 For they gat not the land in possession
through their own sword : neither was it
their own arm that helped them;

4 But thy right hand, and thine arm, and
the light of thy countenance : because thou
hadst a favor unto them.

5 Thou art my King, O God : send help
unto Jacob.

6 Through thee will we overthrow our
enemies : and in thy Name will we tread
them under that rise up against us.

7 For I will not trust in my bow : it is
not my sword that shall help me;

8 But it is thou that savest us from our
enemies : and puttest them to confusion that
bate us.

9 We make our boast of God all day
long : and will praise thy Name for ever.

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10 But now thou art far off, arid 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
neighbors : to be laughed to scorn, and in
derision of them that are round about us.

15 Thou makest us to be a by-word
among the heathen : and that the people
shake their heads at us.

16 My confusion is daily before me : and
the shame of my face hath covered me ;

17 For the voice of the slanderer and
blasphemer : for the enemy and avenger.

18 And though all this be come upon
us, yet do we not forget thee : nor behave
ourselves frowardly in thy covenant.

19 Our heart is not turned back : neither
our steps gone out of thy way ;

20 No, not when thou hast smitten us
into the place of dragons : and covered us
with the shadow of death.

21 If we have forgotten the Name of our
God, and holden up our hands to any
strange god : shall not God search it out ?

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for he knoweth the very secrets of the
heart.

22 For thy sake also are we killed all
the day long : and are counted as sheep
appointed to be slain.

23 Up, Lord, why sleepest thou : awake,
and be not absent from us for ever.

24 Wherefore hidest thou thy face : and
forgettest our misery and trouble?

25 For our soul is brought low, even
unto the dust : our belly cleaveth unto the
ground.

26 Arise, and help us : and deliver us,
for thy mercy's sake.

PSALM xlv. Eructavit cor meum.

heart is inditing of a good matter : I
speak of the things which I have made
unto the King.

2 My tongue is the pen : of a ready
writer.

3 Thou art fairer than the children of
men : full of grace are thy lips, because God
hath blessed thee for ever.

4 Gird thee with thy sword upon thy
thigh, O thou Most Mighty : according to
thy worship and renown.

5 Good luck have thou with thine honor :
ride on, because of the word of truth, of
meekness, and righteousness ; and thy right
hand shall teach thee terrible things.

6 Thy arrows are very sharp, and the

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people shall be subdued unto thee : even in
the midst among the King's enemies.

7 Thy seat, O God, endureth for ever
the sceptre of thy kingdom is a right
sceptre.

8 Thou hast loved righteousness, and
hated iniquity : wherefore God, even thy
God, hath anointed thee with the oil of
gladness above thy fellows.

9 All thy garments smell of myrrh, aloes,
and cassia : out of the ivory palaces, whereby
they have made thee glad.

10 Kings' daughters were among thy
honorable women : upon thy right hand
did stand the queen in a vesture of gold,
wrought about with divers colors.

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 suppli
cation 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 needlework : the virgins that
be her fellows shall bear her company, and
shall be brought unto th3e.

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DAY 9. THE PSALTER.

16 With joy and gladness shall they be
brought : and shall enter into the King's
palace.

17 Instead of thy fathers, thou shalt have
children : whom thou mayest make prince.s
in all lands.

18 I will remember thy name from one
generation to another : therefore shall the
people give thanks unto thee, world with
out end.

PSALM xlvi. Deus noster refugium.

(^LOD is our hope and strength : a very
present help in trouble.

2 Therefore will we not fear, though the
earth be moved : and though the hills be
carried into the midst of the sea.

3 Though the waters thereof rage and
swell : and though the mountains shake at
the tempest of the same.

4 The rivers of the flood thereof shall
make glad the city of God : the holy place
of the tabernacle of the Most Highest.

5 God is in the midst of her, therefore
shall she not be removed : God shall help
her, and that right early.

6 The heathen make much ado, and the
kingdoms are moved : but God hath showed
his voice, and the earth shall melt away.

7 The Lord of hosts is with us : the God
of Jacob is our refuge.

8 O come hither, and behold the works

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THE PSALTER. DAY 9.

\.( the Lord : what destruction he hath
brought upon the earth.

9 He maketh wars to cease in all the
world : he breaketh the bow, and knappeth
the spear in sunder, and burneth the chari
ots in the fire.

10 Be still then, and know that I am
God : I will be exalted among the heathen,
and I will be exalted in the earth.

11 The Lord of hosts is with us : the God
of Jacob is our refuge.

PSALM xlvii. Omnes gentes, plaudite.

C\ CLAP your hands together, all ye
people : O sing unto God with the
voice of melody.

2 For the Lord is high, and to be feared :
he is the great King upon all the earth.

3 He shall subdue the people under us :
and the nations under out feet.

4 He shall choose out an heritage for
us : even the worship of Jacob, whom he
loved.

5 God is gone up with a merry noise :
and the Lord with the sound of the trump.

6 0 sing praises, sing praises unto our
God : O sing praises, sing praises unto our
King.

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DAY 9. THE PSALTER.

7 For God is the King of all the earth
sing ye praises with understanding.

8 God reigneth over the heathen : God
sitteth upon his holy seat.

9 The princes of the people are joined
unto the people of the God of Abraham :
for God, who is very high exalted, doth
defend the earth, as it were with a shield.

PSALM xlviii. Magnus Dominus.

nKEAT is the Lord, and highly to be
praised : in the city of our God, even
upon his holy hill.

2 The hill of Sion is a fair place, and the
joy of the whole earth : upon the north side
lieth the city of the great King ; God is well
known in her palaces as a sure refuge.

3 For lo, the kings of the earth : are
gathered, and gone by together.

4 They marvelled to see such things :
they were astonished, and suddenly cast
down.

5 Fear came there upon them, and sor
row : as upon a woman in her travail.

6 Thou shalt break the ships of the sea :
through the east- wind.

7 Like as we have heard, so have we
seen in the city of the Lord of hosts, in the
city of our God : God upholdeth the same
for ever.

8 We wait for thy loving-kindness, 0
God : in the midst of thy temple.

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THE PSALTER. DAY 9

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
judgments.

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 lisec, omnes.

r\ 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 show my dark speech upon the harp.

5 Wherefore should I fear in the days of
wickedness : and when the wickedness of
my heels compasseth me round about?

6 There be some that put their trust in
their goods : and boast themselves in the
multitude of their riches.

7 But no man may deliver his brother •
nor make agreement unto God for him;

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DAY 9 THE PSALTER.

8 For it cost more to redeem their souls
so that he must let that alone for ever;

9 Yea, though he live long : and see not
the grave.

10 For he seeth that wise men also die
and perish together : as well as the igno
rant and foolish, and leave their riches for
other.

11 And yet they think that their houses
shall continue for ever : and that their
dwelling-places shall endure from one gene
ration to another; and call the lands after
their own names.

12 Nevertheless, man will not abide in
honor : 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 dominion over them in the morning :
their beauty shall consume in the sepulchre
out of their dwelling.

15 But God hath delivered my soul from
the place of hell : for he shall receive me.

16 Be not thou afraid, though one be
made rich : or if the glory of his house be
increased.

17 For he shall carry nothing away with
him when he dieth : neither shall his pomp
follow him.

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18 For while he lived, he counted him
self an happy man : and so long as thou
doest well unto thyself, men will speak
good of thee.

19 He shall follow the generation of his
fathers : and shall never see light.

20 Man being in honor hath no under
standing : but is compared unto the beasts
that perish.

THE TENTH DAY.

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PSALM 1. Deus deorum.

Lord, even the most mighty God,
hath spoken : and called the world,
from the rising up of the sun unto the going
down thereof.

2 Out of Sion hath God appeared : in
perfect beauty.

3 Our God shall come, and shall not keep
silence : there shall go before him a con
suming 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.

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DAT 10. THE PSALTER.

(} And the heavens shall declare hia
righteousness : for God is Judge himself.

7 Hear, O my people, and I will speak :
I myself will testify against thee, O Israel
for I am God, even thy God.

8 I will not reprove thee because of thy
sacrifices, or for thy burnt-offerings : because
they were not alway before me.

9 I will take no bullock out of thine
house : nor he-goat out of thy folds.

10 For all the beasts of the forest are
mine : and so are the cattle upon a thousand
hills.

11 I know all the fowls upon the moun
tains : and the wild beasts of the field art
in my sight.

12 If I be hungry, I will not tell thee
for the whole world is mine, and all that is
therein.

13 Thinkest thou that I will eat bulls'
flesh : and drink the blood of goats?

14 Offer unto God thanksgiving : and
pay thy vows unto the Most Highest.

15 And call upon me in the time of
.trouble : so will I hear thee, and thou shalt
praise me.

16 But unto the ungodly said God : Why
dost thou preach my laws, and takest my
covenant in thy mouth;

17 Whereas thou hatest to be reformed :
and hast cast my words behind thee?

18 When thou sawest a thief, thou con-

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THE PSALTER. DAY 10.

sentedst unto him : and hast been partake*
with the adulterers.

19 Thou hast let thy mouth speak wick
edness : and with thy tongue thou hast set
forth deceit.

20 Thou sattest 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 wick
edly, 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 honoreth me : and to him that ordereth
his conversation right, will I show the sal
vation of God.

PSALM li. Miserere met, Deus.

TJAVE mercy upon me, 0 God, after thy
great goodness : according to the mul
titude of thy mercies do away mine offences.

2 Wash me throughly from my wicked
ness : and cleanse me from my sin.

3 For I acknowledge my faults : and my
sin is ever before me.

4 Against thee only have I sinned, and
done this evil in thy sight : that thou

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DAY 10. THE PSALTER.

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 shaft make me to under
stand 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, 0 God : and
renew a right spirit within me.

11 Cast me not away from thy presence :
and take not thy Holy Spirit from me.

12 O give me the comfort of thy help
again : and stablish me with thy free
Spirit.

13 Then shall I teach thy ways unto the
wicked : and sinners shall be converted
unto thee.

14 Deliver me from blood-guiltiness, O
God, thou that art the God of my health :
vind my tongue shall sing of thy righteous
ness.

15 Thou shalt open my lips 0 Lord : and
my mouth shall show thy praise.

16 For thou desirest no sacrifice, else

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THE PSALTER. DAY 10.

<vould I give it thee : but thcni delightest
not in burnt- offerings.

17 The sacrifice of God is a troubled
spirit : a broken and contrite heart, 0 God
shalt thou not despise.

18 O be favorable and gracious unto
Sion : build thou the walls of Jerusalem.

19 Then shalt thou be pleased with the
sacrifice of righteousness, with the burnt-
offerings and oblations : then shall they
offer young bullocks upon thine altar.

PSALM lii. Quid gloriaris?

TITHY boasteth thou thyself, thou tyrant :
that thou canst do mischief;

2 Whereas the goodness of God : en-
dureth yet daily?

3 Thy tongue imagineth wickedness :
and with lies thou cuttest like a sharp
razor.

4 Thou hast loved unrighteousness more
than goodness : and to talk of lies more than
righteousness.

5 Thou hast loved to speak all works
that may do hurt : 0 thou false tongue.

6 Therefore shall God destroy thee for
ever : he shall take thee, and pluck thee
out of thy dwelling, and root thee out of
the land of the living.

7 The righteous also shall see this, and
tear : and shall laugh him to scorn;

475

DAY 10. THE PSALTER.

8 Lo, this is the man that took not Goa
for his strength : but trusted unto the mul
titude of his riches, and strengthened him
self in his wickedness.

9 As for rne, I am like a green olive-tree
in the house of God : my trust is in the
tender mercy of God for ever and ever.

10 I will always give thanks unto thee
for that thou hast done : and I will hope in
thy Name, for thy saints like it well.

PSALM liii. Dixit insipiens.

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foolish body hath said in his heart •
There is no God.

2 Corrupt are they, and become abomi
nable in their wickedness : there is none
that doeth good.

3 God looked down from heaven upon
the children of men : to see if there were
any that would understand, and seek after
God.

4 But they are all gone out of the way,
they are altogether become abominable :
there is also none that doeth good, no not
one.

5 Are not they without understanding

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THE PSALTER. DAY It)

that work wickedness : eating up my pec pie
as if they would eat bread ? they have not
called upon God.

6 They were afraid where no fear was :
for God hath broken the bones of him that
besieged thee ; thou hast put them to con
fusion, because God hath despised them.

7 Oh, that the salvation were given unto
Israel out of Sion : Oh, that the Lord would
deliver his people out of captivity !

8 Then should Jacob rejoice : and Israel
should be right glad.

PSALM liv. Deus, in nomine.

L~VE me, 0 God, for thy Name's sake :
and avenge me in thy strength.

2 Hear my prayer, 0 God : and hearken
unto the words of my mouth.

3 For strangers are risen up against me :
and tyrants, which have not God before
their eyes, seek after my soul.

4 Behold, God is my helper : the Lord is
with them that uphold my soul.

5 He shall reward evil unto mine ene
mies : destroy thou them in thy truth.

6 An offering of a free heart will I give
thee, and praise thy Name, 0 Lord : because
it is so comfortable.

7 For he hath delivered mo out of all my
trouble : and mine eye hath seen his desire
upon mine enemies.

477

DAY 10. THE PSALTER.

PSALM Iv. Exaudi, Deu8.

TJEAR my prayer, O God : and hide not
thyself from my petition.

2 Take heed unto me, and hear me : how
I mourn in my prayer, and arn vexed.

3 The enemy crieth so, and the ungodly
cometh on so fast : for they are minded to
do me some mischief, so maliciously are
they set against me.

4 My heart is disquieted within me . and
the fear of death is fallen upon me.

5 Fearfulness and trembling are oome
upon me : and an horrible dread hath over
whelmed me.

6 And I said, Oh that I had wings .'ike a
dove : for then would I flee away, ano be at
rest.

7 Lo, then would I get me away fa./ off :
and remain in the wilderness.

8 I would make haste to escape : because
of the stormy wind and tempest.

9 Destroy their tongues, 0 Lord, and
divide them : for I have spied unrighteous
ness and strife in the city.

10 Day and night they go about within
the walls thereof : mischief also and sorrow
are in the midst of it.

11 Wickedness is therein : deceit and
guile go not out of their streets.

12 For it is not an open enemy that hath

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THE PSALTER. DAY 10.

done me this dishonor : 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 did 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 • ffw
wickedness is in their dwellings, and among
them.

17 As for me, I will call upon God : and
the Lord shall save me.

18 In the evening, and morning, and at
noonday will I pray, and that instantly :
and he shall hear my voice.

19 It is he that hath delivered my soul
in peace from the battle that was against
me : for there were many with me.

20 Yea, even God, that endureth for ever,
shall hear me, and bring them down : for
they will not turn, nor fear God.

21 He laid his hands upon such as be at
peace with him : and he brake his cove
nant.

22 The words of his mouth were softer
than butter, having war in his heart : his
words were smoother than oil, and yet ba
they very swords.

479

DAY 11. THE PSALTER.

23 O cast thy burden upon the Lord, and
he shall nourish thee : and shall not sufiei
the righteous to fall for ever.

24 And as for them : thou, O God, shall
bring them into the pit of destruction.

25 The blood-thirsty and deceitful men
shall not live out half their days : neverthe
less, my trust shall be in thee, O Lord.

THE ELEVENTH DAY.

JHorniufl flrapr.

PSALM Ivi. Miserere mei, Deus.

"DE merciful unto me, O God, for man

goeth about to devour me : he is daily
fighting, and troubling me.

2 Mine enemies are daily in hand to
swallow me up : for they be many that
fight against me, O thou Most Highest.

8 Nevertheless, though I am sometime
afraid : yet put I my trust in thee.

4 I will praise God, because of his word :
I have put my trust in God, and will not
fear what flesh can do unto me.

5 They daily mistake my words : all that
they imagine is to do me evil.

6 They hold all together, and keep them
selves close : and mark my steps, when
they lay wait for my soul.

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THE PSALTER. DAT 11

7 Shall they escape for their wickedness ,
thou, O God, in thy displeasure shalt cast
them down.

8 Thou tellest my wanderings; 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, 0 God, will I pay my
vows : unto thee will I give thanks.

13 For thou hast delivered my soul from
death, and my feet from falling : that I
may walk before God in the light of the
living.

PSALM Ivii. Miser&i\, mei, Deus.

T)E merciful unto me, O God, be merciful
unto me, for my soul trusteth in thee :
and under the shadow of thy wings shall
be my refuge, until this tyranny be over
past.

2 I will call unto the most high God :
even unto the God that shall perform the
cause which I have in hand.

3 He shall send from heaven : and save
rne from the reproof of him that would eat
me up.

2* 481

DAY 11. THE PSALTER.

4 God shall send forth his mercy and
truth : my soul is among lions.

5 And I lie even among the children of
men, that are set on fire : whose teeth are
spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp
sword.

6 Set up thyself, O God, above the
heavens : and thy glory above all the
earth.

7 They have laid a net for my feet, and
pressed down my soul : they have digged
a pit before me, and are fallen into the
midst of it themselves.

8 My heart is fixed, O God, my heart is
fixed : I will sing and give praise.

9 Awake up, my glory ; awake, lute and
harp : I myself will awake right early.

10 I will give thanks unto thee, 0 Lord,
among the people : and I will sing unto
thee among the nations.

11 For the greatness of thy mercy reach-
eth unto the heavens : and thy truth unto
the clouds.

12 Set up thyself, 0 God, above the
heavens : and thy glory above all the
earth.

PSALM Iviii. Si vere utique.

A BE your minds set upon righteousness,
0 ye congregation : and do ye judge
the thing that is right, O ye sons of
Tien?

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THE PSALTER. DAY 11

2 Yea, ye imagine mischief in your heart
ttpon the earth : and your hands deal with
wickedness.

3 The ungodly are froward, even fron
their mother's womb : as soon as they are
born, they go astray, and speak lies.

4 They are as venomous as the poison of
a serpent : even like the deaf adder, that
stoppeth her ears;

5 Which refuseth to hear the voice of the
charmer : charm he never so wisely.

6 Break their teeth, O God, in their
mouths; smite the jaw-bones of the lions,
O Lord : let them fall away like water that
runneth apace; and when they shoot their
arrows let them be rooted out.

7 Let them consume away like a snail,
and be like the untimely fruit of a woman :
and let them not see the sun.

8 Or ever your pots be made hot with
thorns : so let indignation vex him, even
as a thing that is raw.

9 The righteous shall rejoice when he
seeth the vengeance : he shall wash his foot
steps in the blood of the ungodly.

10 So that a man shall say, Verily there
is a reward for the righteous : doubtless
there is a God that judgeth the earth.

483

DAY 11. THE PSALTER.

PSALM lix. Eripe me de inimicig.

F)ELIVER me from mine enemies, 0 God
defend me from them that rise up
against me.

2 0 deliver me from the wicked doers :
and save me from the blood-thirsty men.

3 For lo, they lie waiting for my soul :
the mighty men are gathered against me,
without any offence or fault of me, O Lord.

4 They run and prepare themselves with
out my fault : arise thou therefore to help
me, and behold.

5 Stand up, 0 Lord God of hosts, thou
God of Israel, to visit all the heathen : and
be not merciful unto them that offend of
malicious wickedness.

6 They go to and fro in the evening :
they grin like a dog, and run about through
the city.

7 Behold, they speak with their mouth,
and swords are in their lips : for who doth
hear?

8 But thou, 0 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 showeth me his goodness plente

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THE PSALTER. DAY 11

ously : 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, 0 Lord, our
defence.

12 For the sin of their mouth, and foi
the words of their lips, they shall be taken
in their pride : and why ? their preaching
is of cursing and lies.

13 Consume them in thy wrath, consume
them, that they may perish : and know that
it is God that ruleth in Jacob, and unto the
ends of the world.

14 And in the evening they will return :
grin like a dog, and will go about the city.

15 They will run here and there for
meat : and grudge if they be not satisfied.

16 As for me, I will sing of thy power,
and will praise thy mercy betimes in the
morning : for thou hast been my defence
and refuge in the day of my trouble.

17 Unto thee, 0 my strength, will I sing :
for thou, 0 God, art my refuge, and my
merciful God.

PSALM Ix. Deus, repulisti nos.

C\ GOD, thou hast cast us out, and scat
tered 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.
485

DAY 11. THE PSALTER.

3 Thou hast showed thy people
things : thou hast given us to drink of
deadly wine.

4 Thou hast given a token for such aa
fear thee : that they may triumph because
of the truth.

5 Therefore were thy beloved delivered :
help me with thy right hand, and hear me.

6 God hath spoken in his holiness, I will
rejoice, and divide Sichem : and mete out
the valley of Succoth.

7 Gilead is mine, and Manasses is mine :
Ephraim also is the strength of my head;
Judah is my lawgiver ;

8 Moab is my wash-pot; over Edom will
I cast out my shoe : Philistia, be thou glad
of me.

9 Who will lead me into the strong city :
who will bring me into Edom ?

10 Hast not thou cast us out, O God :
wilt not thou, O God, go out with our hosts ?

11 O be thou our help in trouble : for
vain is the help of man.

12 Through God will we do great acts :
for it is he that shall tread down our
enemies.

PSALM Ixi. Exaudi, Deus.

pTEAR my crying, O God : give ear unto

my prayer.

2 From the ends of the earth will I cali
upon thee : when my heart is in heaviness.
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THE PSALTER. DAY 12.

3 0 set me up upon the rock that ia
higher than I : for thou hast been ray
hope, and a strong tower for me against the
onemy.

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 de
sires : and hast given an heritage unto
those that fear thy Name.

6 Thou shalt grant the King a long life :
that his years may endure throughout all
generations.

7 He shall dwell before God for ever : O
prepare thy loving mercy and faithfulness,
that they may preserve him.

8 So will I always sing praise unto thy
Name : that I may daily perform my vows.

THE TWELFTH DAY.

PSALM Ixii. Nonne Deo?

"V/TY soul truly waiteth still upon God :

for of him cometh my salvation.
2 He verily is my strength and my sal
vation : he is my defence so that I shaU
not greatly fall.

487

DAY 12. THE PSALTER.

3 How long will ye imagine mischief
against every man : Ye shall be slain alj
the sort of you; yea, as a tottering wall
shall ye be, and like a broken hedge.

4 Their device is only how to put him
out whom God will exalt : their delight is
in lies; they give good words with their
mouth, but curse with their heart.

5 Nevertheless, my soul, wait thou still
upon God : for my hope is in him.

6 He truly is my strength and my salva
tion : he is my defence, so that I shall not
fall.

7 In God is my health and my glory :
the rock of my might, and in God is my
trust.

8 O put your trust in him alway, ye
people : pour out your hearts before him,
for God is our hope.

9 As for the children of men, they are
but vanity : the children of men are deceit
ful upon the weights; they are altogether
lighter than vanity itself.

10 O trust not in wrong and robbery;
give not yourselves unto vanity : if riches
increase, set not your heart upon them.

11 God spake once, and twice I have also
heard the same : that power belongeth unto
God;

12 And that thou, Lord, art merciful :
for thou rewardest every man according to
his work.

488

THE PSALTER. DAY 12

PSALM Ixiii. Deus, Deus meus.

C\ GOD, t'nou 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 holi
ness : that I might behold thy power and
glory.

4 For thy loving-kindness is better than
the life itself : my lips shall praise thee.

5 As long as I live will I magnify thee
in 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 sha'l rejoice in God; alJ

489

DAY 12. THE PSALTER.

they also that swear by him shall be com
mended : for the mouth of them that spea1*
lies shall be stopped

PSALM Ixiv. Exaudi, Deus.

"EAE 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 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 themselves,
every man in the deep of his heart.

7 But God shall suddenly shoot at them
with a swift arrow : that they shall be
wounded.

8 Yea, their own tongues shall make
them fall : insomuch that whoso seeth them
shall laugh them to scorn.

9 And all men that see it shall say, This

490

THE PSALTER. DAY 12

hath God done : for they shall perceive that
it is his work.

10 The righteous shall rejoice in tha
Lord, and put his trust in him : and all
they that are true of heart shall be glad.

(toning frapr.

PSALM Ixv. Te decet hymnus.

, 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 : 0 be
thou merciful unto our sins.

4 Blessed is the man whom thou choosest,
and receivest unto thee : he shall dwell in
thy court, and shall be satisfied with the
pleasures of thy house, even of thy holy
temple.

5 Thou shalt show us wonderful things
in thy righteousness, O God of our salva
tion : thou 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

491

DAY 12. THE PSALTER.

the noise of his waves, and the madness of
the people.

8 They also that dwell in the uttermost
parts of the earth shall be afraid at thy
tokens : thou that makest the outgoings of
the morning and evening to praise thee.

9 Thou visitest the earth, and blessest it :
thou makest it very plenteous.

10 The river of God is full of water : thou
preparest their corn, for so thou providest
for the earth.

11 Thou waterest her farrows ; thou send-
est rain into the little valleys thereof : thou
makest it soft with the drops of rain, and
blessest the increase of it.

12 Thou crownest the year with thy good
ness : and thy clouds drop fatness.

13 They shall drop upon the dwellings
of the wilderness : and the little hills shall
rejoice on every side.

14 The folds shall be full of sheep : the
valleys also shall stand so thick with corn,
that they shall laugh and sing.

PSALM Ixvi. Jubilate Deo.

l\ BE joyful in God, all ye lands : sing
praises unto the honor of his Name;
make his praise to be glorious.

2 Say unto God, O how wonderful art
thou in thy works : through the greatness
of thy power shall thine enemies be found
liars unto thee.

492

THE PSALTER DAY 12.

3 For all the world shall worship thee
Bing of thee, and praise thy Name.

4 O come hither, and behold the works
of God . how wonderful he is in his doing
toward the children of men.

5 He turned the sea into dry land : so
that they went through the water on foot;
there did we rejoice thereof.

6 He ruleth with his power for ever ; his
eyes behold the people : and such as wiF
not believe shall not be able to exalt them
selves.

7 O praise our God, ye people : and make
the voice of his praise to be heard ;

8 Who holdeth our soul in life : and suf-
fereth not our feet to slip.

9 For thou, O God, hast proved us :
thou also hast tried us, like as silver is
tried.

10 Thou broughtest us into the snare :
and laidest trouble upon our loins.

11 Thou sufferedst men to ride over our
heads : we went through fire and water,
and thou broughtest us out into a wealthy
place.

12 I will go into thine house with burnt-
offerings : and will pay thee my vows, which
I promised with my lips, and spake with my
mouth, when I was in trouble.

13 I will offer unto thee fat burnt sacri
fices, with the incense of rams : I will offel
bullocks and goats.

493

DAY 12. THE PSALTER.

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 my mouth
and gave him praises with my tongue.

16 If I incline unto wickedness with mine
heart : the Lord will not hear me.

17 But God hath heard me : and con
sidered the voice of my prayer.

18 Praised be God, who hath not cast
out my prayer : nor turned his mercy from
me.

PSALM Ixvii. Deus misereatur.

C\ OD be merciful unto us, and bless us :
and show us the light of his counte
nance, and be merciful unto us;

2 That thy way may be known upon
earth : thy saving health among all nations.

3 Let the people praise thee, O God : yea,
let all the people praise thee.

4 O let the nations rejoice and be glad :
ior thou shalt judge the folk righteously,
and govern the nations upon earth.

5 Let the people praise thee, 0 God : yea
let all the people praise thee.

6 Then shall the earth bring forth her
increase : and God, even our own God, shall
give us his blessing.

7 God shall bless us : and all the ends of
the world shall fear him.

494

THE PSALTER. DAT 18.

THE THIRTEENTH DAY.

PSALM Ixviii. Exurgat Deus.

I" ET God arise, and let his enemies be
scattered : let them also that hate him
flee before him.

2 Like as the smoke vanisheth, so shalt
thou drive them away : and like as wax
melteth at the fire, so let the ungodly perish
at the presence of God.

3 But let the righteous be glad, and
rejoice before God : let them also be merry
and joyful.

4 O sing unto God, and sing praises unto
his Name : magnify him that rideth upon
the heavens, as it were upon an horse;
praise him in his name JAH, and rejoice
before him.

5 He is a Father of the fatherless, and
defendeth the cause of the widows : even
God in his holy habitation.

6 He is the God that maketh men to be
of one mind in an house, and bringeth the
prisoners out of captivity : but letteth the
runagates continue in scarceness.

7 0 God, when thou wentest forth before
the people : when thou wentest through the
wilderness.

495

DAY 13. THE PSALTER.

8 The earth shook, and the heavens
dropped at the presence of God : even as
Sinai also was moved at the presence of
God, who is the God of Israel.

9 Thou, 0 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 pre
pared 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 house
hold divided the spoil.

13 Though ye have lain 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 Bashan, so is God's
hill : even an high hill, as the hill of
Bashan.

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 thou-
<and, even thousands of angels : and the

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THE PSALTER. DAY 13

Lord is among them as in the holy place oi
Sinai.

18 Thou art gone up on high, thou hast
led captivity captive, and received gifts for
men : yea, even for thine enemies, that the
Lord God might dwell among them.

19 Praised be the Lord daily : even the
God who helpeth us, and poureth his bene
fits 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 ene
mies : 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 Bashan : mine
own will I bring again, as I did sometime
from the deep of the sea.

23 That thy foot may be dipped in the
blood of thine enemies : and that the
tongue of thy dogs may be red through
the same.

24 It is well seen, O God, how thou
goest : how thou, my God and King, goest
in the sanctuary.

25 The singers go before, the minstrels
follow after : in the midst are the damsels
playing with the timbrels.

26 Give thanks, 0 Israel, unto God the
Lord in the congregations : from the ground
of the heart.

20 497

DAY 13. THE PSALTER.

27 There is little Benjamin their ruler,
and the princes of Judah their council : the
princes of Zabulon, and the princes of
Nephthali.

28 Thy God hath sent forth strength for
thee : stablish the thing, 0 God, that thou
hast wrought in us.

29 For thy temple's sake at Jerusalem :
so shall kings bring presents unto thee.

30 When the company of the spear-men,
and multitude of the mighty are scattered
abroad among the beasts of the people, so
that they humbly bring pieces of silver :
and when he hath scattered the people that
delight in war;

31 Then shall the princes come out of
Egypt : the Morians' land shall soon stretch
out her hands unto God.

32 Sing unto God, O ye kingdoms of the
earth : O sing praises unto the Lord ;

33 Who sitteth in the heavens over all,
from the beginning : lo, he doth send out
his voice ; yea, and that a mighty voice.

34 Ascribe ye the power to God over
Israel : his worship and strength is in the
clouds.

35 0 God, wonderful art thou in thy
holy places : even the God of Israel, he
will give strength and power unto his
Deople ; Blessed be God.

THE PSALTER. DAT 13

(tonittjg frajrer.

PSAI.M Ixix. Salvum me fac.

CAVE me, O God : for the waters ara
come in, even unto mj soul.

2 I stick fast in the deep mire,, where no
ground is : I am come into deep waters, so
that the floods run over me.

3 I am weary of crying; my throat is
dry : my sight faileth me for waiting so
long upon my God.

4 They that hate me without a cause are
more than the hairs of my head : they that
are mine enemies, and would destroy me
guiltless, are mighty.

5 I paid them the things that I never
took : God, thou knowest my simpleness,
and my faults are not hid from thee.

6 Let not them that trust in thee, O Lord
God of hosts, be ashamed for my cause :
let not those that seek thee be confounded
through me, O Lord God of Israel.

7 And why? for thy sake have I suf
fered reproof : shame hath covered niy
face.

8 I am become a stranger unto my breth
ren : even an alien unto my mother's
children.

9 For the zeal of thine house hath even
eaten me : and the rebukes of them that
rebuked thee are fallen upon me.

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10 1 wept, and chastened myself witt
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 salva
tion.

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, 0 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 ser
vant; for I am in trouble : O haste thee,
and hear me.

19 Draw nigh unto my soul, and save it :
O deliver me, because of mine enemies.

20 Thou hast known my reproof, my
shame, and my dishonor : mine adversaries
are all in thy sight.

21 Thy rebuke hath broken my neart; I
am full of heaviness : I looked for some to

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have pity on me, but there was no man,
neither found I any to comfort me.

22 They gave me gall to eat : and when
I was thirsty they gave me vinegar to
drink.

23 Let their table be made a snare to
take themselves withal : and let the things
that should have been for their wealth be
unto them an occasion of falling.

24 Let their eyes be blinded, that they
see not : and ever bow thou down their
backs.

25 Pour out thine indignation upon
them : and let thy wrathful displeasure
take hold of them.

26 Let their habitation be void : and no
man to dwell in their tents.

27 For they persecute him whom thou
hast smitten : and they talk how they may
vex them whom thou hast wounded.

28 Let them fall from one wickedness to
another : and not come into thy righteous
ness.

29 Let them te wiped out of the book of
the living : and not be written among the
righteous.

30 As for me, when I am poor and in
heaviness : thy help, 0 God, shall lilt me
up.

31 I will praise the name of God with a
Bong : and magnify it with thanksgiving.

32 This also shall please the Lord : bet-

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ter than a bullock that hath horns and
hoofs.

33 The humble shall consider this, and
be glad : seek ye after God, and your soul
phall live.

34 For the Lord heareth the poor, and
despiseth not his prisoners.

35 Let heaven and earth praise him :
the sea, and all that moveth therein.

36 For God will save Sion, and build
the cities of Judah : that men may dwell
there, and have it in possession.

37 The posterity also of his servants shall
inherit it : and they that love his Name
shall dwell therein.

PSALM Ixx. Deus, in adjutorium.

JJASTE thee, O God, to deliver me :
make haste to help me, 0 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 joy
ful and glad in thee : and let all such as
delight in thy salvation say alway, The
Lord be praised.

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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.

THE FOURTEENTH DAY.

PSALM Ixxi. In te, Domine, sperain.

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.

2 Be thou my stronghold, whereunto I
may alway resort : thou hast promised to
help me, for thou art my house of defence,
and my castle.

3 Deliver me, O my God, out of the hand
of the ungodly : out of the hand of the
unrighteous and cruel man.

4 For thou, O Lord God, art the thing
that I long for : thou art my hope, even
from my youth.

5 Through thee have I been holden up
ever since I was born : thou art he that
took me out of my mother's womb; my
praise shall be always of thee.

6 1 am become as it were a monster unto

. but my sure trust is in thee.
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7 0 let my mouth be filled with thy
praise : that I may sing of thy glory and
honor all the day long.

8 Cast me not away in the time of age
forsake me not when my strength faileth
me.

9 For mine enemies speak against me;
and they that lay wait for my soul take
their counsel together, saying : God hath
forsaken him ; persecute him, and take him,
for there is none to deliver him.

10 Go not far from me, 0 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 dishonor that seek
to do me evil.

12 As for me, I will patiently abide
alway : and will praise thee more and
more.

13 My mouth shall daily speak of thy
righteousness and salvation : for I know
no end thereof.

14 I will go forth in the strength of the
Lord God : and will make mention of thy
righteousness only.

15 Thou, O God, hast taught me from
my youth up until now : therefore will I
tell of thy wondrous works.

16 Forsake me not, O God, in mine old
age, when I am gray-headed : until I have
showed thy strength unto this generation

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and thy power to all them that are yet for
to come.

17 Thy righteousness O God, is very
high : and great things are they that thou
hast done ; 0 God, who is like unto thee !

18 O what great troubles and adversities
hast thou showed 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 honor :
and comforted me on every side;

20 Therefore will I praise thee, and thy
faithfulness, 0 God, playing upon an instru
ment of music : 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 right
eousness all the day long : for they are con
founded and brought unto shame that seek
to do me evil.

PSALM Ixxii. Deus, judicium.

Q.IYB the King thy judgments, 0 God :
and thy righteousness unto the King's
son.

2 Then shall he judge thy people accord
ing unto right : and defend the poor.

3 The mountains also shall bring peace :
and the little hills righteousness unto the
people.

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4 He shall keep the simple folk by their
right : defend the children of the poor, and
punish the wrong-doer.

5 They shall fear thee as long as the sun
and moon endureth : from one generation
to another.

6 He shall come down like the rain into
a fleece of wool : even as the drops that
water the earth.

7 In his time shall the righteous flourish :
yea, and abundance of peace, so long as the
moon endureth.

8 His dominion shall be also from the
one sea to the other : and from the flood
unto the world's end.

9 They that dwell in the wilderness shall
kneel before him : his enemies shall lick the
dust.

10 The kings of Tharsis and of the isles
shall give presents : the kings of Arabia and
Saba shall bring gifts.

11 All kings shall fall down before him :
all nations shall do him service.

12 For he shall deliver the poor when he
crieth : the needy also, and him that hath
no helper.

13 He shall be favorable to the simple
and needy : and shall preserve the souls of
the poor.

14 He shall deliver their souls from false
hood and wrong : and dear shall their blood
be in his sight.

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15 He shall live, and unto him shall be
given of the gold of Arabia : prayer shal]
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 amongst
the posterities : which shall be blessed
through him; and all the heathen shall
praise him.

18 Blessed be the Lord God, even the
God of Israel : which only doeth wondrous
things ;

19 And blessed be the Name of his
Majesty for ever : and all the earth shall be
filled with his Majesty. Amen, Amen.

frager.

PSALM Ixxiii. Quam bonus Israel/

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 A.id why? I was grieved at the

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wicked : I do also see tlie ungodly in such
prosperity.

4 For they are in no peril of death : but
are lusty and strong.

5 They come in no misfortune like other
folk : neither are they plagued like othei
men.

6 And this is the cause that they are sc
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 advan
tage.

11 Tush, say they, how should God per
ceive it : is there knowledge in the Most
High?

12 Lo, these are the ungodly, these pros
per 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 pun
ished : and chastened every morning.

14 Yea, and I had almost said even aa

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they : but 10, then I should have condemned
the generation of thy children.

15 Then thought I to understand this :
but it was too hard for me,

18 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 0 how suddenly do they consume :
perish, and come to a fearful end !

19 Yea, even like as a dream when one
awaketh : so shalt thou make their image
to vanish out of the city.

20 Thus my heart was grieved : and it
went even through my reins.

21 So foolish was I, and ignorant : even
as it were a beast before thee.

22 Nevertheless, I am alway by thee :
for thou hast holden me by my right hand.

23 Thou shalt guide me with thy coun
sel : 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.

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27 But it is good for me to hold me fast
by God, to put my trust in the Lord God :
and to speak of all thy works in the gates
of the daughter of Sion.

PSALM Ixxiv. Ut quid, Deus?

C\ GOD, wherefore art thou absent from
us so long : why is thy wrath so hot
against the sheep of thy pasture?

2 O think upon thy congregation : whom
thou hast purchased, and redeemed of old.

3 Think upon the tribe of thine inherit
ance : and Mount Sion, wherein thou hast
dwelt.

4 Lift up thy feet, that thou mayest
utterly destroy every enemy : which hath
done evil in thy sanctuary.

5 Thine adversaries roar in the midst of
thy congregations : and set up their ban
ners 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 ham
mers.

8 They have set fire upon thy holy
places : and have denied the dwelling-
place of thy Name, even unto the ground.

9 Yea, they said in their hearts, Let us
make havoc of them altogether : thus have

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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.

11O God, how long shall the adversary
do this dishonor : how long shall the enemy
blaspheme thy Name? for ever?

12 Why withdrawest thou thy hand :
why pluckest thou not thy right hand out
of thy bosom to consume the enemy ?

13 For God is my King of old : the help
that is done upon earth, he doeth it himself.

14 Thou didst divide the sea through
thy power : thou breakest the heads of the
dragons in the waters.

15 Thou smotest the heads of Leviathan
in pieces : and gavest him to be meat for
the people in the wilderness.

16 Thou broughtest out fountains and
waters out of the hard rocks : thou driedst
up mighty waters.

17 The day is thine, and the night is
thine : thou hast prepared the light and the
sun.

18 Thou hast set all the borders of the
earth : thou hast made summer and winter.

19 Remember this, O Lord, how the
enemy hath rebuked : and how the foolish
people hath blasphemed thy Name.

20 O deliver not the soul of thy turtle
dove unto the multitude of the enemies :

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and forget not the congregation of the pool
for ever.

21 Look upon the covenant : for all the
earth is full of darkness, and cruel habita
tions.

22 O let not the simple go away ashamed :
but let the poor and needy give praise unto
thy Name.

23 Arise, 0 God, maintain thine own
cause : remember how the foolish man
blasphemeth thee daily.

24 Forget not the voice of thine enemies :
the presumption of them that hate thee
increaseth ever more and more.

THE FIFTEENTH DAY.

PSALM Ixxv. Confitebimur tibi.

IJNTO 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 inhabit-
ors thereof : I bear up the pillars of it.

5 I said unto the fools, Deal not so

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madly : and to the ungodly, Set not up
your horn.

6 Set not up your horn on high : and
speak not with a stiff' neck.

7 For promotion cometh neither from the
east, nor from the west : nor yet from the
south.

8 And why? God is the Judge : he
putteth down one, and setteth up another.

9 For in the hand of the Lord there is a
cup, and the wine is red : it is full mixt,
and he poureth out of the same.

10 As for the dregs thereof : all the un
godly of the earth shall drink them, and
suck them out.

11 But I will talk of the God of Jacob :
and praise him for ever.

12 All the horns of the ungodly also will
•I break : and the horns of the righteous

shall be exalted.

PSALM Ixxvi. Notus in Judaea.

TN Jewry is God known : his Name ia
great in Israe1.

2 At Salem is his tabernacle : and his
dwelling in Sion.

3 There brake he the arrows of the bow :
the shield, the sword, and the battle.

4 Thou art of more honor and might
than the hills of the robbers.

5 The proud are robbed, they have slept

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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 judgment to be
heard from heaven : the earth trembled, and
was still,

9 When God arose to judgment : and to
help all the meek upon earth.

10 The fierceness of man shall turn to
thy praise : and the fierceness of them shalt
thou refrain.

11 Promise unto the Lord your God, and
keep it, all ye that are round about him :
bring presents unto him that ought to be
feared.

12 He shall refrain the spirit of princes :
and is wonderful among the kings of the
earth.

PSALM Ixxvii. Voce mea ad Dominum.

I WILL cry unto God with my voice :
even unto God will I cry with my voice,
and he shall hearken unto me.

2 In the time of my trouble I sought the
Lord : my sore ran, and ceased not in the
night-season; my soul refused comfort.

3 When I am in heaviness, I will think

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upon God : when my heart is vexed, I will
complain.

4 Thou boldest mine eyes waking : I am
so feeble that I cannot speak.

5 I have considered the days of old : and
the years that are past.

6 I call to remembrance my song : and
in the night I commune with mine own
heart, and search out my spirit.

7 Will the Lord absent himself for ever :
and will he be no more entreated?

8 Is his mercy clean gone for ever : and
is his promise come utterly to an end for
evermore ?

9 Hath God forgotten to be gracious :
and will he shut up his loving-kindness in
displeasure ?

10 And I said, It is mine own infirmity :
but I will remember the years of the right
hand of the Most Highest.

11 I will remember the works of the
Lord : and call to mind thy wonders of old
time.

12 I will think also of all thy works :
and my talking shall be of thy doings.

13 Thy way, O God, is holy : who is so
great a God as our God?

14 Thou art the God that doest won
ders : and hast declared thy power among
the people.

15 Thou hast mightily delivered thy
people : even the sons of Jacob and Joseph.

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16 The waters saw thee, O God, the
waters saw thee, and were afraid : the
depths also were troubled.

17 The clouds poured out water, the air
thundered : and thine arrows went abroad.

18 The voice of thy thunder was heard
round about : the lightnings shone upon
the ground; the earth was moved, and
shook withal.

19 Thy way is in the sea, and thy paths
in the great waters : and thy footsteps are
not known.

20 Thou leddest thy people like sheep :
by the hand of Moses and Aaron.

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PSALM Ixxviii. Attendite popule.

TTEAR my law, 0 my people : incline
your ears unto the words of my mouth.

2 I will open my mouth in a parable : I
will declare hard sentences of old;

3 Which we have heard and known :
and such as our fathers have told us ;

4 That we should not hide them from the
children of the generations to come . but
to show the honor of the Lord, his mighty
and wonderful works that he hath done.

5 He made a covenant vrith Jacob, and

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gave Israel a law : which he commanded
(JUT forefathers to teach their children ;

6 That their posterity might know it
and the children which were yet unborn ;

7 To the intent that when they came up :
they might show their children the same;

8 That they might put their trust in
God : and not to forget the works of God,
but to keep his commandments.

9 And not to be as their forefathers, a
faithless and stubborn generation : a gene
ration that set not their heart aright, and
whose spirit cleaveth not steadfastly untc
God;

10 Like as the children of Ephraim .
who being harnessed, and carrying bows,
turned themselves back in the day of battle

11 They kept not the covenant of God :
and would not walk in his law ;

12 But forgat what he had done : and
the wonderful works that he had showed
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 gc
through : he made the waters to stand on
an heap.

15 In the day-time also he led them with
a cloud : and all the night through with a
light of fire.

16 He clave the hard rocks in the wil-

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derness : 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 il crushed out like the rivers.

18 Yet for all this they sinned more
against him : and -provoked the Most
Highest in the wilderness.

19 They tempted God in their hearts :
and required meat for their lust.

20 They spake against God also, saying :
Shall God prepare a table in the wilderness ?

21 He smote the stony rock indeed, that
the water gushed out, and the streams
flowed withal : but can he give bread also,
or provide flesh for his people?

22 When the Lord heard this, he was
wroth : so the fire was kindled in Jacob,
and there came up heavy displeasure against
Israel ;

23 Because they believed not in God :
and put not their trust in his help.

24 So he commanded the clouds above :
and opened the doors of heaven.

25 He rained down manna also upon
them for to eat : and gave them food from
heaven.

26 So man did eat angels' food : for he
sent them meat enough.

27 He caused the east-wind to blow
under heaven : and through his power he
brought in the southwest-wind.

28 He rained flesh upon them as thick as

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dust : and feathered fowls like as the sand
of the sea.

29 He let it fall among their tents : even
round about their habitation.

30 So they did eat, and were well filled;
for he gave them their own desire : they
were not disappointed of their lust.

31 But while the meat was yet in their
mouths, the heavy wrath of God came upon
them, and slew the wealthiest of them : yea,
and smote down the chosen men that were
in Israel.

32 But for all this they sinned yet more :
and believed not his wondrous works.

33 Therefore their days did he consume
in vanity : and their years in trouble.

34 When he slew them, they sought
him : and turned them early, and inquired
after God.

35 And they remembered that God was
their strength : and that the high God was
their redeemer.

36 Nevertheless, they did but flatter him
with their mouth : and dissembled with
him in their tongue.

37 For their heart was not whole with
him : neither continued they steadfast in
his covenant.

38 But he was so merciful, that he for
gave their misdeeds : and destroyed them
not.

39 Yea, many a time turned he his

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wrath away : and would not suffer his
whole displeasure to arise.

40 For he considered that they were but
flesh : and that they were even a wind that
passeth away, and cometh not again.

41 Many a time did they provoke him in
the wilderness : and grieved him in the
desert.

42 They turned back, and tempted God :
and moved the Holy One in Israel.

43 They thought not of his hand : and
of the day when he delivered them from
the hand of the enemy ;

44 How he had wrought his miracles in
Egypt : and his wonders in the field of
Zoan.

45 He turned their waters into blood : so
that they might not drink of the rivers.

46 He sent lice among them, and de
voured them up : and frogs to destroy them.

47 He gave their fruit unto the caterpil
lar : and their labor unto the grasshopper.

48 He destroyed their vinos with hail
stones : and their mulberry-trees with the
frost.

49 He smote their cattle 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,

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and spared not their soul from death : but
gave their life over to the pestilence;

52 And smote all the first-born in Egypt :
the most principal and mightiest in the
dwellings of Ham.

53 But as for his own people, he led them
forth like sheep : and carried them in the
wilderness like a flock.

54 He brought them out safely, that they
should not fear : and overwhelmed their
enemies with the sea.

55 And brought them within the borders
of his sanctuary : even to his mountain,
which he purchased with his right hand.

56 He cast out the heathen also before
them : caused their land to be divided
among them for an heritage, and made the
tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents.

57 So they tempted and displeased the
most high God : and kept not his testi
monies ;

58 But turned their backs, and fell away
like their forefathers : starting aside like a
broken bow.

59 For they grieved him with their hill-
altars : and provoked him to displeasure
with their images.

60 When God heard this, he was wroth :
and took sore displeasure at Israel;

61 So that he forsook the tabernacle in
Silo : even the tent that he had pitched
among men.

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62 He delivered their power into cap
tivity : and their beauty into the enemy's
hand.

63 He gave his people over also unto the
sword : and was wroth with his inherit
ance.

64 The fire consumed their young men :
and their maidens were not given to ma"r-
riage.

65 Their priests were slain with the
sword : and there were no widows to make
lamentation.

66 So the Lord awaked as one out of
sleep : and like a giant refreshed with wine.

67 He smote his enemies in the hinder
parts : and put them to a perpetual shame.

68 He refused the tabernacle of Joseph :
and chose not the tribe of Ephraim ;

69 But chose the tribe of Judah : even
the hill of Sion which he loved.

70 And there he built his temple on
high : and laid the foundation of it like the
ground which he hath made continually.

71 He chose David also his servant : and
took him away from the sheep-folds;

72 As he was following the ewes gre^t
with young ones he took him : that he
might feed Jacob his people, and Israel his
inheritance.

73 So he fed them with a faithful and
true heart : and ruled them prudently with
all his power.

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THE SIXTEENTH DAY.

PSALM Ixxix. Deus, venerunt.

r\ GOD, the heathen are come into thina
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
Deasts of the land.

3 Their blood have they shed like water
on every side of Jerusalem : and there was
no man to bury them.,

4 We are become an open shame to our
enemies : a very scorn and derision unto
them that are round about us.

5 Lord, how long wilt thou be angry :
shall thy jealousy burn like fire for ever?

6 Pour out thine indignation upon the
heathen that have not known thee : and
upon the kingdoms that have not called
upon thy Name.

7 For they have devoured Jacob : and
laid waste his dwelling-place.

8 O remember not our old sins, but have
mercy upon us, and that soon : for we are
come to great misery.

9 Help us, 0 God of our salvation, for

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the glory of thy Name : O deliver us, and
be merciful unto our sins, for thy Name's
sake.

10 Wherefore do the heathen say : Where
is now their God ?

11 O let the vengeance of thy servants'
blood that is shed : be openly showed upon
the heathen, in our sight.

12 0 let the sorrowful sighing of the
prisoners come before thee : according to
the greatness of thy power, preserve thou
those that are appointed to die.

13 And for the blasphemy wherewith our
neighbors 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 showing forth thy
praise from generation to generation.

PSALM Ixxx. Qui regis Israel.

WEAR, 0 thou Shepherd of Israel, thou
that leadest Joseph like a sheep : show
thyself also, thou that sittest upon the
Cherubim.

2 Before Ephraim, Benjamin, and Manas-
ses : stir up thy strength, and come, and
help us.

3 Turn us again, O God : show the light
of thy countenance, and we shall be whole.

4 0 Lord God of hosts : how long wilt

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fchou be angry with thy people that pray-
eth?

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 neighbors : and our enemies laugh us
to scorn.

7 Turn us again, thou God of hosts :
show the light of thy countenance, and we
shall be whole.

8 Thou hast brought a vine out of
Egypt : thou hast cast out the heathen, and
planted it.

9 Thou madest room for it : and when
it had taken root, it filled the land.

10 The hills were covered with the
shadow of it : and the boughs thereof were
like the goodly cedar-trees.

11 She stretched out her branches unto
the sea : and her boughs unto the river.

12 "Why hast thou then broken down
her hedge : that all they that go by pluck
off her grapes?

13 The wild boar out of the wood doth
root it up : and the wild beasts of the field
devour it.

14 Turn thee again, thou God of hosts,
look down from heaven : behold, and visit
this vine;

15 And the place of the vineyard that
thy right hand hath planted : and the

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branch that thou madest so strong for thy
self.

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, 0 Lord God of hosts :
show the light of thy countenance, and we
shall be whole.

PSALM Ixxxi. Exultate Deo.

we merrily unto God our strength :
make a cheerful noise unto the God of
Jacob.

2 Take the psalm, bring hither the tabret :
the merry harp with the lute.

3 Blow up the trumpet in the new-moon :
even in the time appointed, and upon our
solemn feast-day.

4 For this was made a statute for Israel :
and a law of the God of Jacob.

5 This he ordained in Joseph for a testi
mony : when he came out of the land of
Egypt, and had heard a strange language.

6 I eased his shoulder from the burden :

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and his hands were delivered from making
the pots.

7 Thou calledst upon me in troubles, an i
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, 0 my people ; and I will assure
thee, O Israel : if thou wilt hearken unto
me,

10 There shall no strange god be in
thee : neither shalt thou worship any other
god.

11 I am the Lord thy God, who brought
thee out of the land of Egypt : open thy
mouth wide, and I shall fill it.

12 But my people would not hear my
voice : and Israel would not obey me;

13 So I gave them up unto their own
hearts' lusts : and let them follow their
own imaginations.

14 0 that my people would have heark
ened 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

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the finest wheat-flour : and with honey out
of the stony rock should I have satisfied
thee.

PSALM Ixxxii. Deus stetit.

OD standeth in the congregation of
princes : he is a Judge among gods.

2 How long will ye give wrong judg
ment : and accept the persons of the un
godly?

3 Defend the poor and fatherless : see
that such as are in need and necessity have
right.

4 Deliver the outcast and poor : save
them from the hand of the ungodly.

5 They will not be learned, nor under
stand, but walk on still in darkness : all
the foundations of the earth are out of
course.

6 I have said, Ye are gods : and ye are
all the children of the Most Highest.

7 But ye shall die like men : and fall
like one of the princes.

8 Arise, O God, and judge thou the
earth : for thou shalt take all heathen to
thine inheritance.

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PSALM Ixxxiii. Deus, quis similis.

TJOLD not thy tongue, 0 God, keep not
still silence : refrain not thyself, 0
God.

2 For lo, thine enemies make a murmur
ing : 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 Ishmaelites : the Moabites, and Ha-
garenes ;

7 Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalek : the
Philistines, with them that dwell at Tyre,

8 Assur also is joined with them : and
have holpen the children of Lot.

9 But do thou to them as unto the Midi-
anites : unto Sisera, and unto Jabin at the
brook of Kison;

10 Who perished at Endor : and became
as the dung of the earth.

11 Make them and their princes like
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Oreb and Zeb : yea, make all their princes
like as Zeba and Salmana ;

12 Who say, Let us take to ourselves •
the houses of God in possession.

13 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 tem
pest : and make them afraid with thy
storm.

16 Make their faces ashamed, 0 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 High
est over all the earth.

PSALM Ixxxiv. Quam dilectal

OHOW amiable are thy dwellings : thou
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Lord or hosts!

2 My soul hath a desire and longing to
enter into the courts of the Lord : my
heart and my flesh rejoice in the living
God.

3 Yea, the sparrow hath found her an
house, and the swallow a nest, where she
.nay lay her young : even thy altars, O
Lord of hosts, my King and my God.

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4 Blessed are they that dwell in thy
house : they will be alway praising thee.

5 Blessed is the man whose strength is
in thee : in whose heart are thy ways.

6 Who going through the vale of misery
use it for a well : and the pools are filled
with water,

7 They will go from strength to strength :
and unto the God of gods appeareth every
one of them in Sion.

8 0 Lord God of hosts, hear my prayer :
hearken, O God of Jacob.

9 Behold, 0 God our defender : and look
upon the face of thine Anointed.

10 For one day in thy courts : is better
than a thousand.

11 I had rather be a door-keeper in the
house of my God : than to dwell in the
tents of ungodliness.

12 For the Lord God is a light and de
fence : the Lord will give grace and wor
ship ; and no good thing shall he withhold
from them that live a godly life.

13 O Lord God of hosts : blessed is the
man that putteth his trust in thee.

PSALM Ixxxv. Benedixisti, Domine.

T ORD, thou art become gracious unto thy
land : thou hast turned away the cap
tivity of Jacob.

2 Thou hast forgiven the offence of thj
people : and covered all their sins.
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8 Thou hast taken away all thy dis
pleasure : and turned thyself from thy
wrathful indignation.

4 Turn us then, O God our Saviour :
and Jet thine anger oease from us.

5 Wilt thou be displeased at us for ever :
and wilt thou stretch out thy wrath from
one generation to another?

6 Wilt thou not turn again, and quicken
us : that thy people may rejoice in thee?

7 Show us thy mercy, 0 Lord : and
grant us thy salvation.

8 I will hearken what the Lord God will
say concerning me : for he shall speak
peace unto his people, and to his saints,
that they turn not again.

9 For his salvation is nigh them that fear
him : that glory may dwell in our land.

10 Mercy and truth are met together :
righteousness and peace have kissed each
other.

11 Truth shall flourish out of the earth :
and righteousness hath looked down from
heaven.

12 Yea, the Lord shall show loving-
kindness : and our land shall give her
increase.

13 Righteousness shall go before him :
and he shall direct his going in the way.

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THE SEVENTEENTH DAY.

Porninjg flragn.

PSALM Ixxxvi. Inclina, Domine.

DOW 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 hia
trust in thee.

3 Be merciful unto me, O Lord : for T
will call daily upon thee.

4 Comfort the soul of thy servant : for
unto thee, O Lord, do I lift up my soul.

5 For thou, Lord, art good and gracious :
and of great mercy unto all them that call
upon thee.

6 Give ear, Lord, unto my prayer : and
ponder the voice of my humble desires.

7 In the time of my trouble I will call
upon thee : for thou hearest me.

8 Among the gods there is none like
unto thee, O Lord : there is not one that
can do as thou doest.

9 All nations whom thou hast made shall
come and worship thee, 0 Lord : and shall
glorify thy Name.

10 For thou art great, and doest won
drous things : thou art God alone.

11 Teach me thy way, O Lord, and I will

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walk in thy truth : O knit my heart unto
thee, that I may fear thy Name.

12 I will thank thee, 0 LorcUmy 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, plen
teous in goodness and truth.

16 0 turn thee then unto me, and have
mercy upon me : give thy strength unto
thy servant, and help the son of thine hand
maid.

17 Show some token upon me for good ;
that they who hate me may see it, and be
ashamed : because thou, Lord, hast holpen
me, and comforted me.

PSALM Ixxxvii. Fundamenta ejus.

VFER foundations are upon the holy hills :
the Lord loveth the gates of Sion more
than all the dwellings of Jacob.

2 Very excellent things are spoken of
thee : thou city of God.

3 I will think upon Rahab and Babylon
with them that know me.

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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.

PSAI M Ixxxviii. Domine, Deus.

r\ LORD God of my salvation, I have cried
day 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 them that go
down into the pit : and I have been even as
a man that hath no strength.

4 Free among the dead, like unto them
that are wounded, and lie in the grave : who
are out of remembrance, and are cut away
from thy hand.

5 Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit : in
a place of darkness, and in the deep.

6 Thine indignation lieth hard upon me :
and thou hast vexed me with all thy storms,

7 Thou hast put away mine acquaintance

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far from me : and made me to be abhorred
of them.

8 I am so fast in prison : that I cannot
get forth.

9 My sight faileth for very trouble :
Lord, I have called daily upon thee, I have
stretched forth my hands unto thee.

10 Dost thou show wonders among the
dead : or shall the dead rise up again, and
praise thee?

11 Shall thy loving-kindness be showed
in the grave : or thy faithfulness in destruc
tion?

12 Shall thy wondrous works be known
in the dark : and thy righteousness in the
land where all things are forgotten?

13 Unto thee have I cried, O Lord : and
early shall my prayer come before thee.

14 Lord, why abhorrest thou my soul :
and hidest thou thy face from me?

15 I am in misery, and like unto him that
is at the point to die : even from my youth
up thy terrors have I suffered with a trou
bled mind.

16 Thy wrathful displeasure goeth over
me : and the fear of thee hath undone me.

17 They came round about me daily like
water : and compassed me together on every
side.

18 My lovers and friends hast thou put
away from me : and hid mine acquaintance
out of my sight.

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PSALM Ixxxix. Misericordias Domini.

V/fY song shall be alway of the loving-
kindness of the Lord : with my mouth
will I ever be showing 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 saints.

6 For who is he among the clouds : that
shall be compared unto the Lord?

7 And what is he among the gods : that
shall be like unto the Lord?

8 God is very greatly to be feared in the
council of the saints : and to be had in
reverence of all them that are round about
him.

9 0 Lord God of hosts, who is like unto
thee : thy truth, most mighty Lord, is on
every side.

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10 Thou rulest the raging of the sea .
thou stillest the waves thereof when they
arise.

11 Thou hast subdued Egypt, and des
troyed it : thou hast scattered thine enemiea
abroad with thy mighty arm.

12 The heavens are thine, the earth also
is thine : thou hast laid the foundation of
the round world, and all that therein is.

13 Thou hast made the north and the
south : Tabor and Hermon shall rejoice in
thy Name,

14 Thou hast a mighty arm : strong is
thy hand and high is thy right hand.

15 Righteousness and equity are the
habitation of thy seat : mercy and truth
shall go before thy face.

16 Blessed is the people, 0 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.

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21 I have found David my servant :
with my holy oil have I anointed him.

22 My hand shall hold him fast : and
my arm shall strengthen him.

23 The enemy shall not be able to do
him violence : the son of wickedness shall
not hurt him.

24 I will smite down his foes before his
face : and plague them that hate him.

25 My truth also and my mercy shall be
with him : and in my Name shall his horn
be exalted.

26 I will set his dominion also in the
sea : and his right hand in the floods.

27 He shall call me, Thou art my Father
my God, and my strong salvation.

28 And I will make him my First-born :
higher than the kings of the earth.

29 My mercy will I keep for him for
evermore : and my covenant shall stand
fast with him.

30 His seed also will I make to endure
for ever : and his throne as the days of
heaven.

31 But if his children forsake my law :
and walk not in my judgments ;

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

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I not utterly take from him : nor suffer raj
truth to fail.

34 My covenant will I not break, nor
alter the thing that is gone out of my lips :
I have sworn once by my holiness, that I
will not fail David.

35 His seed shall endure for ever : and
his seat is like as the sun before me.

36 He shall stand fast for evermore as
the moon : and as the faithful witness in
heaven.

37 But thou hast abhorred and forsaken
thine Anointed : and art displeased at him.

38 Thou hast broken the covenant o+'
thy servant : and cast his crown to the
ground.

39 Thou hast overthrown all his hedges :
and broken down his strongholds.

40 All they that go by spoil him : and
he is become a reproach to his neighbors.

41 Thou hast set up the right hand of
his enemies : and made all his adversaries
to rejoice.

42 Thou hast taken away the edge of his
sword : and givest him not victory in the
battle.

43 Thou hast put out his glory : and
cast his throne down to the ground.

44 The days of his youth hast thou
shortened : and covered him with dis
honor.

45 Lord, how long wilt thou hide thy

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gelf? for ever : and shall thy wrath burn
like fire?

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 blas
phemed thee, and slandered the footsteps of
thine Anointed : Praised be the Lord for
evermore. Amen and Amen.

THE EIGHTEENTH DAY

PSALM xc. Domine, refugium.

T OBD, thou hast been oar refuge : from

one generation to another.
2 Before the mountains were brought
forth, or ever the earth and the world were
made : thou art God from everlasting, and
world without end.

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3 Thou turnest man to destruction :
again thou sayest, Come again, ye children
of men.

4 For a thousand years in thy sight are
but as yesterday : seeing that is past as a
watch in the night.

5 As soon as thou scatterest them they
are even as a sleep : and fade away sud
denly like the grass.

6 In the morning it is green, and grow-
eth up : but in the evening it is cut down,
dried up, and withered.

7 For we consume away in thy dis
pleasure : and are afraid at thy wrathful
indignation.

8 Thou hast set our misdeeds before thee :
and our secret sins in the light of thy coun
tenance.

9 For when thou art angry all our days
are gone : we bring our years to an end, as
it were a tale that is told.

10 The days of our age are threescore
years and ten; and though men be so
strong that they come to fourscore years :
yet is their strength then but labor and sor
row; so soon passeth it away, and we are
gone.

11 But who regardeth the power of thy
wrath : for even thereafter as a man feareth,
so is thy displeasure.

12 So teach us to number our days : thai
we may apply our hearts unto wisdom.

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13 Turn thee again, O Lord, at the last •
and be gracious unto thy servants.

14 O satisfy us with thy mercy, and that
soon : so shall we rejoice and be glad all
the days of our life.

15 Comfort us again now after the time
that thou hast plagued us : and for the
years wherein we have suffered adversity.

16 Show 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 out
handy -work.

PSALM xci. Qui habitat.

\yHOSO dwelleth under the defence of
the Most High : shall abide under the
shadow of the Almighty.

2 I will say unto the Lord, Thou art my
hope, and my strong hold : my God, in him
will I trust.

3 For he shall deliver thee from the snare
of the hunter : and from the noisome pes
tilence.

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

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by night : nor for the arrow that flieth by
day;

6 For the pestilence that walketh in
darkness : nor for the sickness that destroy -
eth 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 shalt thou behold :
and see the reward of the ungodly.

9 For thou, Lord, art my hope : thou
hast set thine house of defence very high.

' 10 There shall no evil happen unto thee :
neither shall any plague come nigh thy
dwelling.

11 For he shall give his angels charge
over thee : to keep thee in all thy ways.

12 They shall bear thee in their hands :
that thou hurt not thy foot against a stone.

13 Thou shalt go upon the lion and
adder : the young lion and the dragon shalt
thou tread under thy feet.

14 Because he hath set his love upon me,
therefore will I deliver him : I will set him
up, because he hath known my Name.

15 He shall call upon me, and I will hear
him : yea, I am with him in trouble; I will
deliver him, and bring him to honor.

16 With long life will I satisfy him : and
show him my salvation.

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PSALM xcii. Bonum est confiteri.

FT is a good thing to give thanks unto
the Lord : and to sing praises unto thy
Name, O Most Highest;

2 To tell of thy loving-kindness early in
the morning : and of thy truth in the night-
season ;

3 Upon an instrument of ten strings, and
upon the lute : upon a loud instrument, and
upon the harp.

4 For thou, Lord, hast made me glad
through thy works : and I will rejoice in
giving praise for the operations of thy
hands.

5 O Lord, how glorious are thy works :
thy thoughts are very deep.

6 An unwise man doth not well consider
this : and a fool doth not understand it.

7 When the ungodly are green as the
grass, and when all the workers of wicked
ness do flourish : then shall they be destroyed
for ever ; but thou, Lord, art the Most High
est for evermore.

8 For lo, thine enemies, 0 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.

10 Mine eye also shall see his lust of mine
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snemies : and mine ear shall hear his desire
of the wicked that arise up against me.

11 The righteous shall flourish like a
palm-tree : and shall spread abroad like a
cedar in Libanus.

12 Such as are planted in the house of
the Lord : shall flourish in the courts of the
house of our God.

13 They also shall bring forth more fruit
in their age : and shall be fat and well-
liking;

14 That they may show how true the
Lord my strength is : and that there is no
unrighteousness in him.

PSALM xciii. Dominus regnavit.

Lord is King, and hath put on glori
ous 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 thv
seat been prepared : thou art from ever
lasting.

4 The floods are risen, 0 Lord, the floods
have lift up their voice : the floods lift up
their waves.

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5 The waves of the sea are mighty, and
rage horribly : but yet the Lord, wno dwell-
eth on high, is mightier.

6 Thy testimonies, O Lord, are very
sure : holiness becometh thine house for
ever.

PSALM xciv. Dens ultionum.

C\ LORD God, to whom vengeance belong-
eth : thou God, to whom vengeance
belongeth, show thyself.

2 Arise, thou Judge of the world : and
reward the proud after their deserving.

3 Lord, how long shall the ungodly :
how long shall the ungodly triumph ?

4 How long shall all wicked doers speak
so disdainfully : and make such proud
boasting ?

5 They smite down thy people, 0 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 under
stand ?

9 He that planted the ear, shall he not
hear : or he that made the eye, shall he
aot see?

10 Or he that nurtureth the heathen : it

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DAY 18. THE PSALTER.

is lie 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 chas
tenest, O Lord : and teachest him in thy
law;

13 That thou mayest give him patience
in time of adversity : until the pit be
digged up for the ungodly.

14 For the Lord will not fail his people :
neither will he forsake his inheritance.

15 Until righteousness turn again unto
judgment : all such as are true in heart
shall follow it.

16 Who will rise up with me against the
wicked : or who will take my part against
the evil- doers?

17 If the Lord had not helped me : it
had not failed, but my soul had been put to
silence.

18 But when I said, My foot hath slipped :
thy mercy, O Lord, held me up.

19 In the multitude of the sorrows that
I had in my heart : thy comforts have re
freshed my soul.

20 Wilt thou have anything to do with
the stool of wickedness : which imagineth
mischief as a law ?

21 They gather them together against
the soul of the righteous : and condemn
the innocent blood.

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THE PSALTER. DAY 19

22 But the Lord is my refuge : and my
God is the strength of my confidence.

23 He shall recompense them their wick
edness, and destroy them in their own
malice : yea, the Lord our God shall
destroy them.

THE NINETEENTH DAY.

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 show ourselves glad in
him with psalms.

3 For the Lord is a great God : and a
great King above all gods.

4 In his hand are all the corners of the
earth : and the strength of the hills is his
also.

5 The sea is his, and he made it : and
his hands prepared the dry land.

6 O come, let us worship and fall down :
and kneel before the Lord our Maker.

7 For he is the Lord our God : and we

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DAY 19. THE PSALTER.

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 wilder
ness ;

9 When your fathers tempted me : proved
me, and saw my works.

10 Forty years long was I grieved with
this generation, and said : It is a people
that do err in their hearts, for they have
not known my ways;

11 Unto whom I sware in my wrath :
that they should not enter into my rest.

PSALM xcvi. Gantate Domino.

r\ SING unto the Lord a new song : sing
unto the Lord, all the whole earth.

2 Sing unto the Lord, and praise his
Name : be telling of his salvation from
day to day.

3 Declare his honor unto the heathen :
and his wonders unto all people.

4 For the Lord is great, and cannot
worthily be praised : he is more to be
feared than all gods.

5 As for all the gods of the heathen, they
are but idols : but it is the Lord that made
the heavens.

6 Glory and worship are before him •
power and honor are in his sanctuary.

7 Ascribe unto the Lord, 0 ye kindreda

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THE PSALTER. DAY 19

of the people : ascribe unto the Lord wor
ship and power.

8 Ascribe unto the Lord the honor 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
hath made the round world so fast that it
cannot be moved; and how that he shall
judge the people righteously.

11 Let the heavens rejoice, and let the
earth be glad : let the sea make a noise,
and all that therein is.

12 Let the field be joyful, and all that is
in it : then shall all the trees of the wood
rejoice before the Lord.

13 For he cometh, for he cometh to judge
the earth : and with righteousness to judge
the world, and the people with his truth.

PSALM xcvii. Dominus regnavit.

Lord is King, the earth may be glad
thereof : yea, the multitude of the
isles may be glad thereof.

2 Clouds and darkness are round about
him : righteousness and judgment are the
habitation of his seat.

3 There shall go a fire before him : and
burn up his enemies on every side.

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DAY 19. THE PSALTER.

4 His lightnings gave shine unto the
world : the earth saw it, and was afraid.

5 The hills melted like wax at the pres
ence of the Lord : at the presence of the
Lord of the whole earth.

6 The heavens have declared his right
eousness : and all the people have seen his
glory.

7 Confounded be all they that worship
carved images, and that delight in vain
gods : worship him, all ye gods.

8 Sion heard of it, and rejoiced : and
the daughters of Judah were glad, because
of thy judgments, O Lord.

9 For thou. Loud, 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 thing which is evil : the Lord pre-
serveth the souls of his saints; he shall
deliver them from the hand of the un
godly.

11 There is sprung up a light for the
righteous : and joyful gladness for such as
are true-hearted.

12 Kejoice in the Lord, ye righteous :
and give thanks for a remembrance of hia
holiness.

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THE PSALTER. DAT 19

PSALM xcviii. Gantate Domino.

C\ SING unto the Lord a new song : for
he hath done marvellous things.

2 With his own right hand, and with his
holy arm : hath he gotten himself the vic
tory.

3 The Lord declared his salvation : his
righteousness hath he openly showed in the
sight of the heathen.

4 He hath remembered his mercy and
truth toward the house of Israel : and all
the ends of the world have seen the salva
tion of our God.

5 Show yourselves joyful unto the Lord,
all ye lands : sing, rejoice, and give thanks.

6 Praise the Lord upon the harp : sing
to the harp with a psalm of thanksgiving.

7 With trumpets also and shawms : O
show yourselves joyful before the Lord, the
King.

8 Let the sea make a noise, and all that
therein is : the round world, and they that
dwell therein.

9 Let the floods clap their hands, and let
the hills be joyful together before the Lord :
for he is come to judge the earth.

10 With righteousness shall he judge the
world : and the people with equity.

553

DAY 19. THE PSALTER.

PSALM xcix. Dominus regnavit.

Lord is King, be the people uever so
impatient : he sitteth between the Cheru
bim, be the earth never so unquiet.

2 The Lord is great in Sion : and high
above all people.

3 They shall give thanks unto thy Name :
which is great, wonderful, and holy.

4 The King's power loveth judgment;
thou hast prepared equity : thou hast exe
cuted judgment and righteousness in Jacob.

5 O magnify the Lord our God : and fall
down before his footstool ; for he is holy.

6 Moses and Aaron among his priests,
and Samuel among such as call upon his
Name : these called upon the Lord, and he
heard them.

7 He spake unto them out of the cloudy
pillar : for they kept his testimonies, and
the law that he gave them.

8 Thou heardest them, O Lord our God :
thou forgavest them, O God, and punishedst
their own inventions.

9 O magnify the Lord our God, and
worship him upon his holy hill : for the
Lord our God is holy.

PSALM c. Jubilate Deo.

f\ BE ye joyful in the Lord, all ye lands :
serve the Lord with gladness, and coma
before his presence with a song.
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THE PSALTER. DAY 19

2 Be ye sure that the Lord he is God : it
is he that hath made us, and not we our
selves; we are his people, and the sheep of
his pasture.

3 O go your way into his gates with
thanksgiving, and into his courts with
praise : be thankful unto him, and speak
good of his Name.

4 For the Lord is gracious, his mercy is
everlasting : and his truth endureth from
generation to generation.

PSALM ci. Misericordiam et judicium.

"V/TY song shall be of mercy and judgment :
unto thee, O Lord, will I sing.

2 0 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 slaudereth his neighbor :
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 faith
ful in the land : that they may dwell with
me.

555

DAY 20 THE PSALTER.

9 Whoso leadeth a godly life : lie 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.

THE TWENTIETH DAT.

PSALM cii. Domine, exaudi.

EAR my prayer, 0 Lord : and let my
crying come unto thee.

2 Hide not thy face from me in the time
of my trouble : incline thine ear unto me
when I call; 0 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 firebrand.

4 My heart is 'smitten down, and with
ered 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 wil

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THE PSALTER. DAY 20

ierness : and like in owl that is in the
desert.

7 I have watched, ind am even as it
were a sparrow : that sitteth alone upon
the house-top.

8 Mine enemies revile me all the day
long : and they that are mad upon me are
sworn together against me.

9 For I have eaten ashes as it were
bread : and mingled my drink with weep
ing;

10 And that, because of thine indignation
and wrath : for thou hast taken me up, and
cast me down.

11 My days are gone like a shadow :
and I am withered like grass.

12 But thou, O Lord, shalt endure for
ever : and thy remembrance throughout
all generations.

13 Thou shalt arise, and have mercy
upon Sion : for it is time that thou have
mercy upon her, yea, the time is come.

14 And why? thy servants think upon
her stones : and it pitieth them to see her
in the dust.

15 The heathen shall fear thy Name, C
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 prayei

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DAY 20. THE PSALTER.

of the poor destitute : and despiseth not
their desire.

18 This rhall 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 mourning of
such as are in captivity : and deliver the
children appointed unto death ;

21 That they may declare the Name of
the Lord in Sion : and his worship at Jeru
salem ;

22 When the people are gathered to
gether : 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, 0 my God, take me not
away in the midst of mine age : as for thy
years, they endure throughout all genera
tions.

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,

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THE PSALTER. DAY 20

28 The children of thy servants shall
continue : and their seed shall stand fast in
thy sight.

PSALM ciii. Benedic, anima mea.

pRAISE the Lord, O my soul : and all
that is within me, praise his Holy
Name.

2 Praise the Lord, O my soul : and for
get not all his benefits;

3 Who forgiveth all thy sin : and heal-
eth all thine infirmities;

4 Who saveth thy life from destruction :
and crowneth thee with mercy and loving-
kindness ;

5 Who satisfieth thy mouth with good
things : making thee young and lusty as an
eagle.

6 The Lord executeth righteousness and
judgment : for all them that are oppressed
with wrong.

7 He showed his ways unto Moses : his
works unto the children of Israel.

8 The Lord is full of compassion and
mercy : long-suffering, and of great good
ness.

9 He will not alway be chiding : neither
keepeth he his anger for ever.

10 He hath not dealt with us after OUT
sins : nor rewarded us according to oui
wickednesses.

559

DAY 20. THE PSALTER.

11 For look how high the heaven is in
comparison of the earth : so great is hia
mercy also toward them that fear him.

12 Look how wide also the east is from
the west : so far hath he set our sins from
us.

13 Yea, like as a father pitieth his own
children : even so is the Lord merciful
unto them that fear him.

14 For he knoweth whereof we are made :
he remembereth that we are but dust.

15 The days of man are but as grass :
for he flourisheth as a flower of the field.

16 For as soon as the wind goeth over it,
it is gone : and the place thereof shall know
it no more.

17 But the merciful goodness of the Lord
endureth for ever and ever upon them that
fear him : and his righteousness upon chil
dren's children ;

18 Even upon such as keep his covenant :
and think upon his commandments to do
them.

19 The Lord hath prepared his seat in
heaven : and his kingdom ruleth over
all.

20 0 praise the Lord, ye angels of his,
ye that excel in strength : ye that fulfil his
commandment, and hearken unto the voice
of his word.

21 O praise the Lord, all ye his hosts
ye servants of his that do his pleasure.

560

THE PSALTER. DAY 20

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.

civ. Benedic, anima mea.

DRAISB the Lord, O my soul : O Lord
my God, thou art become exceeding
glorious; thou art clothed with majesty and
honor,

2 Thou deckest thyself with light as it
were with a garment : and spreadest out
the heavens like a curtain.

3 Who layeth the beams of his chambers
in the waters : and maketh the clouds his
chariot, and walketh upon the wings of the
wind.

4 He maketh his angels spirits : and his
ministers a flaming fire.

5 He laid the foundations of the earth :
that it never should move at any time.

6 Thou coveredst it with the deep like as
with a garment : the waters stand in the
hills.

7 At thy rebuke they flee : at the voice
of thy thunder they are afraid.

8 They go up as high as the hills, and
down to the •* alleys beneath : even unto

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the place which thou hast appointed foi
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 the beasts of the field drink
thereof : and the wild asses quench their
thirst.

12 Beside them shall the fowls of the air
have their habitation : and sing among the
branches.

13 He watereth the hills from above :
the earth is filled with the fruit of thy
works.

14 He bringeth forth grass for the cattle :
and green herb for the service of men ;

15 That he may bring food out of the
earth, and wine that maketh glad the heart
of man : and oil to make him a cheerful
countenance, and bread to strengthen man's
heart.

16 The trees of the Lord also are full of
sap : even the cedars of Libanus which he
hath planted;

17 Wherein the birds make their nests :
and the fir-trees are a dwelling for the
stork.

18 The high hills are a refuge for the
wild goats : and so are the stony rocks foi
the conies.

562

THE PSALTER. DAY 20

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 forests
do move.

21 The lions, roaring after their prey :
do seek their meat from God.

22 The sun ariseth, and they get them
away together : and lay them down in their
dens.

23 Man goeth forth to his work, and to
his labor : until the evening.

24 0 Lord, how manifold are thy works :
in wisdom hast thou made them all; the
earth is full of thy riches.

25 So is the great and wide sea also :
wherein are things creeping innumerable,
both small and great beasts.

26 There go the ships, and there is that
Leviathan : whom thou hast made to take
his pastime therein.

27 These wait all upon thee : that thou
mayest give them meat in due season.

28 When thou givest it them, they gather
it : and when thou openest thy hand, they
are filled with good.

29 When thou hidest thy tace, they are
troubled : when thou takest away their
breath, they die, and are turnedp again to
their dust.

30 When thou lettest thy breath go forth.

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PAY 21. THE PSALTER.

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 shali
smoke.

33 1 will sing unto the Lord as long as I
live : I will praise my God while I have my
being.

34 And so shall my words please him ;
my joy shall be in the Lord.

35 As for sinners, they shall be consumed
out of the earth, and the ungodly shall come
to an end : Praise thou the Lord, O my
soul, praise the Lord.

THE TWENTY-FIRST DAY.

PSALM cv. Confitemini Domino.

GIVE thanks unto the Lord, and caL
upon his Name : tell the people whav
things he hath done.

2 0 let your songs be of him, and praise
him : and let your talking be of all his
vondrous works.

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THE PSALTER. DAY 21

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 judg
ments of his mouth,

6 0 ye seed of Abraham hib servant : ye
children of Jacob his chosen.

7 He is the Lord our God : uis judgments
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 thai he sware unto
Isaac ;

10 And appointed the same unto Jacob
for a law : and to Israel for an everlasting
testament ;

11 Saying, Unto thee will I give the land
of Canaan : the lot of your inheritance ;

12 When there were yet but a few of
them : and they strangers in the land ;

13 What time as they went from one
nation to another : from one kingdom to
another people;

14 He suffered no man to do them
wrong : but reproved even kings for their
sakes ;

15 Touch not mine Anointed -. and do
my prophets no harm.

565

DAY 21. THE PSALTER.

16 Moreover, he called for a dearth upoc
the land : and destroyed all the provision
of bread.

17 But he had sent a man before them .
even Joseph, who was sold to be a bond
servant ;

18 Whose feet they hurt in the stocks :
the iron entered into his soul ;

19 Until the time came that his cause
was known : the word of the Lord tried
him.

20 The king sent, and delivered him :
the prince of the people let him go free.

21 He made him lord also of his house :
and ruler of all his substance;

22 That he might inform his princes after
his will : and teach his senators wisdom.

23 Israel also came into Egypt : and
Jacob was a stranger in the land of Ham.

24 And he increased his people exceed
ingly : 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 showed 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.

THE PSALTER. DAY 21.

29 He turned their waters into blood :
and slew their fish.

30 Their laud 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 also and fig-
trees : and destroyed the trees that were in
their coasts.

34 He spake the word, and the grass
hoppers came, and caterpillars innumera
ble : and did eat up all the grass in their
land, and devoured the fruit of their ground.

35 He smote all the first-born in their
land : even the chief of all their strength.

36 He brought them forth also with
silver and gold : there was not one feeble
person among their tribes.

37 Egypt was glad at their departing :
for they were afraid of them.

38 He spread out a cloud to be a cover
ing : 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.

567

DAY 21. THE PSALTER.

41 For why? he remembered his holj>
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 hea
then : and they took the labors of the
people in possession;

44 That they might keep his statutes :
and observe his laws.

PSALM cvi. Confitemini Domino.

GIVE thanks unto the Lord, for he is
gracious : and his mercy endureth for
ever.

2 Who can express the noble acts of the
Lord : or show forth all his praise?

3 Blessed are they that alway keep judg
ment : and do righteousness.

4 Remember me, O Lord, according to
the favor that thou bearest unto thy people •
O visit me with thy salvation;

5 That I may see the felicity of thy
chosen : and rejoice in the gladness of thy
people, and give thanks with thine inherit
ance.

6 We have sinned with our fathers : wn
have done amiss, and dealt wickedly.

568

THE PSALTER. DAY 21.

7 Our fathers regarded not thy wonders
in Egypt, neither kept they thy great good
ness in remembrance : but were disobedient
at the sea, even at the Bed Sea.

8 Nevertheless, he helped them for his
Name's sake : tha he might make his
power to be known.

9 He rebuked the Red Sea also, and it
was dried up : so he led them through the
deep, as through a wilderness.

10 And he saved them from the adver
sary's hand : and delivered them from the
hand of the enemy.

11 As for those that troubled them, the
waters overwhelmed them : there was not
one of them left.

12 Then believed they his words : and
sang praise unto him.

13 But within a while they forgat his
works : and would not abide his counsel.

14 But lust came upon them in the wil
derness : and they tempted God in the
desert.

15 And he gave them their desire : and
sent leanness withal into their soul.

16 They angered Moses also in the tents :
and Aaron the saint of the Lord.

17 So the earth opened, and swallowed
up Dathan : and covered the congregation
of Abiram.

18 And the fire was kindled in their
company : the fame burnt up the ungodly

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I)AY 21. THE PSALTER.

19 They made a calf in Horeb : and
worshipped the molten image.

20 Thus they turned their glory : into
the similitude of a calf that eateth hay.

21 And they forgat God their Saviour :
who had done so great things in Egypt;

22 Wondrous works in the land of Ham :
and fearful things by the Red Sea.

23 So he said he would have destroyed
them, had not Moses his chosen stood before
him in the gap : to turn away his wrathful
indignation, lest he should destroy them.

24 Yea, they thought scorn of that
pleasant land : and gave no credence unt<?
his word ;

25 But murmured in their tents : ana
hearkened not unto the voice of the Lord.

26 Then lift he up his band against them :
to overthrow them in the wilderness ;

27 To cast out their seed among the
nations : and to scatter them in the lands.

28 They joined themselves unto Baal-
peor : and ate the offerings of the dead.

29 Thus they provoked him to anger
with their own inventions : and the plague
was great among them.

30 Then stood up Phinees, and prayed :
and so the plague ceased.

31 And that was counted unto him for
righteousness : among all posterities for
evermore.

32 They angered him also at the waters

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THE PSALTER. DAY 21

of strife : so that he punished Moses for
their sakes;

33 Because they provoked his spirit :
so that he spake unadvisedly with his
lips.

34 Neither destroyed they the heathen :
as the Lord commanded them;

35 But were mingled among the heathen :
and learned their works.

36 Insomuch that they worshipped their
idols, which turned to their own decay :
yea, they offered their sons and their daugh
ters unto devils;

37 And shed innocent blood, even the
blood of their sons and of their daughters :
whom they offered unto the idols of Canaan ;
and the land was defiled with blood.

38 Thus were they stained with their own
works : and went a whoring with their own
inventions.

39 Therefore was the wrath of the Lord
kindled against his people : insomuch that
he abhorred his own inheritance.

40 And he gave them over into the hand
of the heathen : and they that hated them
were lords over them.

41 Their enemies oppressed them : and
had them in subjection.

42 Many a time did he deliver them : but
they rebelled against him with their own
inventions, and were brought down in theii
wickedness.

571

DAY 22. THE PSALTER.

43 Nevertheless, when he saw their adver
sity : he heard their complaint.

44 He thought upon his covenant, and
pitied them, according unto the multitude
of his nurcies : yea, he made all those that
led them away captive to pity them.

45 Deliver us, O Lord our God, and
gather us from among the heathen : that we
may give thanks unto thy holy Name, and
make our boast of thy praise.

46 Blessed be the Lord God of Israel,
from everlasting, and world without end :
and let all the people say, Amen.

THE TWENTY -SECOND DAY.

PSALM cvii. Confitemini Domino.

GIVE thanks unto the Lord ; for he ia
gracious : and his mercy endureth for
ever.

2 Let them give thanks whom the Lord
hath redeemed : and delivered from the hand
of the enemy ;

3 And gathered them out of the lands,
from the east, and from the west : from the
north, ;*nd from the south.

572

THE PSALTER. DAY 22

4 They went astray in the wilderness out
of the way : and found no city to dwell in.

5 Hungry and thirsty : their soul fainted
in them.

6 So they cried unto the Lord in their
trouble : and he delivered them from their
distress.

7 He led them forth by the right way :
that they might go to the city where they
dwelt.

8 O that men would therefore praise the
Lord for his goodness : and declare the
wonders that he doeth for the children of
men!

9 For he satisfieth the empty soul : and
filleth the hungry soul with goodness.

10 Such as sit in darkness, and in the
shadow of death : being fast bound in misery
and iron ;

11 Because they rebelled against the
words of the Lord : and lightly regarded
the counsel of the Most Highest ;

12 He also brought down their heart
through heaviness : they fell down, and
there was none to help them.

13 So when they cried unto the Lord in
their trouble : he delivered then out of their
distress.

14 For he brought them out of darkness,
and out of the shadow of death : and brake
their bonds in sunder.

15 0 that men would therefore praise the

573

DAY 22. THE PSALTER.

Lord for his goodness : and declare the
wonders that he doeth for the children of
men!

16 For he hath broken the gates of brass :
and smitten the bars of iron in sunder.

17 Foolish men are plagued for their
offence : and because of their wickedness.

18 Their soul aborred all manner of
meat : and they were even hard at death's
door.

19 So when they cried unto the Lord in
their trouble : he delivered them out of their
distress.

20 He sent his word, and healed them :
and they were saved from their destruction.

21 O that men would therefore praise the
Lord for his goodness : and declare the
wonders that he doeth for the children of
men!

22 That they would offer unto him the
sacrifice of thanksgiving : and tell out his
works with gladness !

23 They that go down to the sea in
ships : and occupy their business in great
waters ;

24 These men see the works of the Lord :
and his wonders in the deep.

25 For at his word the stormy wind
ariseth : which lifteth up the waves thereof.

26 They are carried up to the heaven,
and down again to the deep : their sou]
melteth away because of the trouble.

574

THE PSALTER. DAY 22

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 0 that men would therefore praise the
Lord for his goodness : and declare the
wonders that he doeth for the children of
men!

32 That they would exalt him also in the
congregation of the people : and praise him
in the seat of the elders!

33 Who turneth the floods into a wildjr-
ness : and drieth up the water-springs.

34 A fruitful land maketh he barren :
for the wickedness of them that dwell
therein.

35 Again, he maketh the wilderness a
standing water : and water-springs of a
dry ground.

36 And there he setteth the hungry :
that they may build them a city to dwell in ;

37 That they may sow their land, and
plant vineyards : to yield them fruits of
increase.

38 He blesseth them, so that they multi

575

DAY 22. THE PSALTER.

ply 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 the'm to be evil-
entreated through tyrants : and let them
wander out of the way in the wilderness;

41 Yet helpeth he the poor out of
misery : and maketh him households like a
flock of sheep.

42 The righteous will consider this, and
rejoice : and the mouth of all wickedness
shall be stopped.

43 Whoso is wise, will ponder these
things : and they shall understand the
loving-kindness of the Lord.

PSALM cviii. Paratum cor meum.

C\ GOD, my heart is ready, my heart is
ready : I will sing, and give praise
with the best member that I have.

2 Awake, thou lute and harp : I myself
will awake right early.

3 I will give thanks unto thee, O Lord,
among the people : I will sing praises unto
thee among the nations.

576

THE PSALTEK. DAY 22.

4 For thy mercy is greater than the
heavens : and thy truth reacheth unto the
clouds.

5 Set up thyself, 0 God. above the
heavens : and thy glory above all the earth ;

6 That thy beloved may be delivered :
let thy right hand save them, and hear thou
me.

7 God hath spoken in his holiness : I
will rejoice therefore, and divide Sichem,
and mete out the valley of Succoth.

8 Gilead is mine, and Manasses is mine :
Ephraim also is the strength of my head;

9 Judah is my law-giver; Moab is my
wash-pot : over Edorn will I cast out my
shoe; upon Philistia will I triumph.

10 Who will lead me into the strong
city : and who will bring rne into Edom?

11 Hast not thou forsaken us, O God :
and wilt not thou, O God, go forth with our
hosts ?

12 O help us against the enemy : for
vain is the help of man.

13 Through God we shall do great acts :
and it is he that shall tread down our
enemies.

PSALM cix. Deus laudum.

tTOLD not thy tongue, O God of my
praise : for the mouth of the ungodly,
yea, the mouth of the deceitful is opened
upon me.

2* 577

DAY 22. THE PSALTER.

2 And they have spoken against me with
false tongues : they compassed me about
also with words of hatred, and fought
against me without a cause.

3 For the love that I had unto them, lo,
they take now my contrary part : but I
give myself unto prayer.

4 Thus have they rewarded me evil for
good : and hatred for my good-will.

5 Set thou an ungodly man to be ruler
over him : and let Satan stand at his right
hand.

6 When sentence is given upon him, let
him be condemned : and let his prayer be
turned into sin.

7 Let his days be few : and let another
take his office.

8 Let his children be fatherless : and his
wife a widow.

9 Let his children be vagabonds, and beg
their bread : let them seek it also out of
desolate places.

10 Let the extortioner consume all that
he hath : and let the stranger spoil his
labor.

11 Let there be no man to pity him : nor
to have compassion upon his fatherless
children.

12 Let his posterity be destroyed : and
in the next generation let his name be clean
put out.

13 Let the wickedness of his fathers be

678

THE PSALTER. DAY 22

had in remembrance in the sight of the
Lord : and let not the sin of his mother be
done away.

14 Let them alway be before the Lord :
that he may root out the memorial of them
from off the earth ;

15 And that, because his mind was not
to do good : but persecuted the poor help
less man, that he might slay him that was
vexed at the heart.

16 His delight was in cursing, and it
shall happen unto him : he loved not bless
ing, 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 cloak that
he hath upon him : and as the girdle that
he is always girded withal.

19 Let it thus happen from the Lord unto
mine enemies : and to those that speak evil
against my soul.

20 But deal thou with me, O Lord God,
according unto thy Name : for sweet is thy
mercy.

21 0 deliver me, for I am helpless and
poor : and my heart is wounded within
me.

22 I go hence like the shadow that de-
parteth : and am driven away as the grass
hopper.

579

DAY 23. THE PSALTER.

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, 0 Lord my God : O save
me according to thy mercy ;

26 And they shall know how that this
is thy hand : and that thou, Lord, hast
done it.

27 Though they curse, yet bless thou :
and let them be confounded that rise up
against me ; but let thy servant rejoice.

28 Let mine adversaries be clothed with
shame : and let them cover themselves with
their own confusion, as with a cloak.

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 unright
eous judges.

THE TWENTY-THIRD DAY.

PSALM ex. Dixit Dominus.

E Lord said unto my Lord : Sit thou
on my right hand, until I make thine
enemies thy footstool.

580

THE PSALTER. DAY 23.

2 The Lord shall sjnd 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
}A)ople offer thee free-will offerings with an
holy worship : the dew of thy birth is of
tne womb of the morning.

4 The Lord sware, and will not repent :
Thou art a Priest for ever, after the order
of Melchizedech.

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
»hall 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. Confttebor tibi.

F WILL give thanks unto the Lord with
my whole heart : secretly among the
faithful, and in the congregation.

2 The works of the Lord are great :
sought out of all them that have pleasure
therein.

3 His work is worthy to be praised and
had in honor •. and his righteousness en-
dureth for ever.

4 The merciful and gracious Lord hath
so done his marvellous works : that they
ought to be had in remembrance.

581

DAY 23. TflE PSALTE&.

5 He hath given meat unto them that
fear him : he shall ever be mindful of hi?
covenant.

6 He hath showed his people the powei
of his works : that he may give them the
heritage of the heathen.

7 The works of his hands are verity and
judgment : all his commandments are true

8 They stand fast for ever and ever :
and are done in truth and equity.

9 He sent redemption unto his people :
he hath commanded his covenant for ever;
holy and reverend is his Name.

10 The fear of the Lord is the beginning
of wisdom : a good understanding have all
they that do thereafter; the praise of it
endureth for ever.

PSALM cxii. Beatus vir.

gLESSED is the man that feareth the
Lord : he hath great delight in his
commandments.

2 His seed shall be mighty upon earth :
the generation of the faithful shall be
blessed.

3 Riches and plenteousness shall be in
his house : and his righteousness endureth
for ever.

4 Unto the godly there ariseth up light
in the darkness : he is merciful, loving, aud
righteous.

582

THE JSALTER. DAY 23.

5 A good man is merciful, and lendeth
and will guide his words with discretion.

6 For he shall never be moved : and the
righteous shall be had in everlasting re
membrance.

7 He will not be afraid of any evil
tidings : for his heart standeth fast, and
believeth in the Lord.

8 His heart is stablished, 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 remain-
eth for ever; his horn shall be exalted with
honor.

10 The ungodly shall see it, and it shall
grieve him : he shall gnash with his teeth,
and consume away; the desire of the un
godly shall perish.

PSALM cxiii. Laudate, pueri.

T>BAISE the Lord, ye servants : O praise
the Name of the Lord.

2 Blessed be the Name of the Lord :
from this time forth for evermore.

3 The Lord's Name is praised : from the
rising up of the sun unto the going down
of the same.

4 The Lord is high above all heathen :
and his glory above the heavens.

5 Who is like unto the Lord our God,
that hath his dwelling so high : and vet

583

DA f 23. THE PSALTER.

humbleth himself to behold the things that
are in heaven and earth!

6 He taketh up the simple out of the
dust : and lifteth the poor out of the mire;

7 That he may set him with the princes :
even with the princes of his people.

8 He maketh the barren woman to keep
house : and to be a joyful mother of
children.

PSALM cxiv. In exitu Israel.

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 ;

THE PSALTER. DAY '23.

8 Who turned the hard rock into a stand
ing water : and the flint-stone into a spring
ing well.

PSALM cxv. Non nobis, Domine.

unto us, 0 Lord, not unto us, but
unto thy Name give the praise : for thy
loving mercy, and for thy truth's sake.

2 Wherefore shall the heathen say : Where
is now their God ?

3 As for our God, he is in heaven : he
hath done whatsoever pleased him.

4 Their idols are silver and gold : even
the work of men's hands.

5 They have mouths, and speak not :
eyes have they, and see not.

6 They have ears, and hear not : noses
have they, and smell not.

7 They have hands, and handle not; feet
have they, and walk not : neither speak
they through their throat.

8 They that make them are like unto
them : and so are all such as put their trust
in them.

9 But thou, house of Israel, trust thou in
she Lord : he is their succor 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 de
fender.

12 The Lord hath been micdful of us,

585

DAY 24 THE PSALTER.

and he shall bless us : even he shall bless
the house of Israel, he shall bless the house
of Aaron.

13 He shall bless them that fear the Lord :
both small and great.

14 The Lord shall increase you more and
m 3re : 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, 0 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.

THE TWENTY-FOURTH

Iftorntttjg fjrager.

PSALM cxvi. Dilexi, quoniam.

T AM well pleased : that the Lord hath
heard the voice of my prayer ; J

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 ni6
round about : and the pains of hell gat hold
upon me.

586

THE PSALTER. DAY 24.

4 1 shall find trouble and heaviness, and
I will call upon the Name of the Lord : 0
Lord, I beseech thee, deliver my soul.

5 Gracious is the Lord, and righteous :
yea, our God is merciful.

6 The Lord preserveth the simple : I was
in misery, and he helped me.

7 Turn again then unto thy rest, O my
soul : for the Lord hath rewarded thee.

8 And why ? thou hast delivered my soul
from death : mine eyes from tears, and my
feet from falling.

9 I will walk before the Lord : in the
land of the living.

10 I believed, and therefore will I speak ;
but I was sore troubled : I said in my haste,
All men are liars.

11 What reward shall I give unto the
Lord : for all the benefits that he hath done
unto me?

12 I will receive the cup of salvation :
and call upon the Name of the Lord.

13 I will pay my vows now in the pre
sence 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
thy 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.

587

DAY 24. THE PSALTER.

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,
0 Jerusalem. Praise the Lord.

PSALM cxvii. Laudate Dominum.

Q PRAISE the Lord, all ye heathen •

praise him, all ye nations.
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.

C\ GIVE thanks unto the Lord, for he is
gracious : because his mercy endureth
for ever.

2 Let Israel now confess that he is gra
cious : and that his mercy endureth for
ever.

3 Let the house of Aaron now confess :
that his mercy endureth for ever.

4 Yea, let them now that fear the Lord
confess : that his mercy endureth for ever.

5 I called upon the Lord in trouble : and
the Lord heard me at large.

6 The Lord is on my side : I will not
fear what man doeth unto me.

7 The Lord taketh my part with them
that help me : therefore shall I see my
desire upon mine enemies.

8 It is better to trust in the Lord : than
to put any confidence in man.

588

THE PSALTER. DAY 24

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 hand
of the Lord bringeth mighty things to pass.

16 The right hand of the Lord hath the
preeminence : the right hand of the Lord
bringeth mighty things to pass.

17 I shall not die, but live : and declare
the works of the Lord.

18 The Lord hath chastened and cor
rected 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.

589

DAY 24 THE PSALTER.

21 I will thank thee; for thou hast heard
me : and art become my salvation.

22 The same stone which the builders
refused : is become the head -stone in the
corner.

23 This is the Lord's doing : and it is
marvellous in our eyes.

24 This is the day which the Lord hath
made : we will rejoice and be glad in it.

25 Help me now, O Lord : O Lord, send
us now prosperity.

26 Blessed be he that cometh in the
Name of the Lord : we have wished you
good luck, ye that are of the house of the
Lord.

27 God is the Lord, who hath showed us
light : bind the sacrifice with cords, yea,
even unto the horns of the altar.

28 Thou art my God, and 1 will thank
thee : thou art my God, and 1 will praise
thee.

29 O give thanks unto the Lord; for he
is gracious : and his mercy endureth for
ever.

(toning fjrager.

PSALM cxix. Beati immaculati.

DLESSED are those that are undefiled in
the way : and walk in the law of the
Lord.

590

THE PSALTER. DAY 24

2 Blessed are they that keep his testimo
nies : 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 dili
gently keep thy commandments.

5 O that my ways were made so direct :
that I might keep thy statutes!

6 So shall I not be confounded : while I
have respect unto all thy commandments.

7 I will thank thee with an unfeigned
heart : when I shall have learned the judg
ments of thy righteousness.

8 I will keep thy ceremonies : 0 forsake
me not utterly.

In quo corriget?

Y^HEKEWITHAL shall a young man
cleanse his way : even by ruling
himself after thy word.

10 With my whole heart hare I sought
thee : O let me not go wrong nut of thy
commandments !

11 Thy words have I hid within my
heart : that I should not sin against thee.

12 Blessed art thou, O Lord : 0 teach
me thy statutes !

13 With my lips have I been telling : of
all the judgments of thy mouth.

14 I have had as great delighf IP the.
way of thy testimonies : as in all

of riches.

591

DAY 24. THE PSALTER.

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.

C\ 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
judgments.

21 Thou hast rebuked the proud : and
cursed are they that do err from thy com
mandments.

22 O turn from me shame and rebuke :
for I have kept thy testimonies.

23 Princes also did sit and speak against
me : but thy servant is occupied in thy
statutes.

24 For thy testimonies are my delight :
and my counsellors.

Adhsesit pavimento.

\/f Y soul cleaveth to the dust : 0 quicken

thou me, according to thy word.
26 I have acknowledged my ways, and
thou heardest me : O teach me thy sta
tutes!

592

THE PSALTER. DAY 25.

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 heavi
ness : 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 judgments 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 command
ments : when thou hast set my heart at
liberty.

THE TWENTY-FIFTH DAY.

$H0rntttjg forager.

Legem pone.

HHEACH me, 0 Lord, the way of thy
statutes : and I shall keep it unto the
end.

34 Give me understanding, and I shall
keep thy law : yea, I shall keep it with my
whole heart.

35 Make me to go in the path of thy
commandments : for therein is my desire.

2N 593

DAT 25. THE PSALTEH.

36 Incline mine heart unto thy testimo
nies : and not to covetousness.

37 O turn away mine eyes, lest they
behold vanity : and quicken thou me in
thy way.

38 O stablish thy word in thy servant :
that I may fear thee.

39 Take away the rebuke that I am
afraid of : for thy judgments are good.

40 Behold, my delight is in thy com
mandments : 0 quicken me in thy right
eousness.

Et veniat super me.

T ET thy loving mercy come also unto me,
O Lord : even thy salvation, according
unto thy word.

42 So shall I make answer unto my bias
phemers : 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 judgments.

44 So shall I alway keep thy law : yea,
for ever and ever.

45 And I will walk at liberty : for I seek
thy commandments.

46 I will speak of thy testimonies also,
sven before kings : and will not be
ashamed.

47 And my delight shall be in thy com
mandments : which I have loved.

48 Mv hands also will I lift up unto th\

594

TttE PSALTER. DAY 25

commandments, which I have loved : and
my study shall be in thy statutes.

Memor esto servi tui.

THINK upon thy servant, as concern
ing thy word : wherein thou hast
caused me to put my trust.

50 The same is my comfort in my trou
ble : 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
judgments, 0 Lord : and received comfort.

53 I am horribly afraid : for the ungodly
that forsake thy law.

54 Thy statutes have been my songs : in
the house of my pilgrimage.

55 I have thought upon thy Name, O
Lord, in the night-season : and have kept
thy law.

56 This I had : because I kept thy com
mandments.

Portio mea, Domine.

art my portion, O Lord : I have
promised to keep thy law.

58 I made my humble petition in thy
presence with my whole heart : O be merci'
tul unto me, according to thy word.

59 I called mine own ways to remem

595

DAY 25. THE PSALTER.

brance : and turned my feet unto thy testi
monies.

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 1 will rise to give thanks
unto thee : because of thy righteous judg
ments.

63 I am a companion of all them that
fear thee : and keep thy commandments.

64 The earth, O Lord, is full of thy
mercy : O teach me thy statutes!

Bonitatem fecisti.

C\ LORD, thou hast dealt graciously with
thy servant : according unto thy word.

66 O learn me true understanding and
knowledge : for I have believed thy com
mandments.

67 Before I was troubled, I went wrong :
but now have I kept thy word.

68 Thou art good and gracious : O teach
me thy statutes!

69 The proud have imagined a lie against
me : but I will keep thy commandments
with my whole heart.

70 Their heart is as fat as brawn : but
my delight hath been in thy law.

71 It is good for me that I have been in
trouble : that I may learn thy statutes.

596

THE PSALTER. DAT 25.

72 The law of thy mouth is dearer unto
me : than thousands of gold and silver.

toning gramir.

" »T ^

Manus tuse fecerunt me.

hands have made me and fashioned
me : 0 give me understanding, that I
may learn thy commandments.

74 They that fear thee will be glad when
they see me : because I have put my trust
in thy word.

75 I know, O Lord, that thy judgments
are right : and that thou of very faithful
ness hast caused me to be troubled.

76 0 let thy merciful kindness be my
comfort : according to thy word unto thy
servant.

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 0 let my heart be sound in thy sta
tutes : that I be not ashamed.

597

DAY 25. THE PSALTER.

Deficit anima mea.

A/TY soul hath longed for thy salvation •
and I have a good hope because of
thy word.

82 Mine eyes long sore for thy word :
saying, O when wilt thou comfort me?

83 For I am become like a bottle in the
smoke : yet do I not forget thy statutes.

84 How many are the days of thy ser
vant : when wilt thou be avenged of them
that persecute me?

85 The proud have digged pits for me :
which are not after thy law.

86 All thy commandments are true :
they persecute me falsely; O be thou my
help.

87 They had almost made an end of me
upon earth : but I forsook not thy com
mandments.

88 O quicken me after thy loving-kind
ness : and so shall I keep the testimonies
of thy mouth.

In seternum, Domine.

C\ LOED, thy word : endureth for ever in
heaven.

90 Thy truth also remaineth from one
generation to another : thou hast laid the
foundation of the earth, and it abideth.

91 They continue this day according to
thine ordinance : for all things serve thee.

598

THE PSALTER. DAY 25

92 If my delight had not been in thy
law : I should have perished in my trouble

93 I will never forget thy command
ments : 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 testi
monies.

96 I see that all things come to an end :
but thy commandment is exceeeding broad.

Quomodo dilexi!

T 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.

99 I have more understanding than my
teachers : for thy testimonies are my study.

100 I am wiser than the aged : because
I keep thy commandments.

101 I have refrained my feet from every
evil way : that I may keep thy word.

102 I have not shrunk from thy judg
ments : for thou teachest me.

103 O how sweet are thy words unto my
throat : yea, sweeter than honey unto my
mouth !

104 Through thy commandments I get
understanding : therefore I hate all evil ways

599

DAY 26 THE PSALTER.

THE TWENTY-SIXTH DAY.

Lucema pedibm meis.
word is a lantern unto my feet : and
a light unto my paths.

106 I have sworn, and am steadfastly
purposed : to keep thy righteous judg
ments.

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 judgments.

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 com
mandments.

111 Thy testimonies have I claimed as
mine heritage for ever : and why? they
are the very joy of my heart.

112 I have applied my heart to fulfil thy
statutes alway : even unto the end.

Iniquos odio habui.

1" HATE them that imagine evil things .

but thy law do I love.
114 Thou art my defence and shield :
and my trust is in thy word.
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THE PSALTER. DAY 26

115 Away from me ye wicked : I will
keep the commandments of my God.

116 0 stablish me according to thy word,
that I may live : and let me not be disap
pointed 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 aw^y all the ungodly
of the earth like dross : therefore I love
thy testimonies.

120 My flesh trembleth for fear of tnee :
and I am afraid of thy judgments.

Feci judiciuin.

F DEAL with the thing that is lawful and
right : O give me not over unto mine
oppressors !

122 Make thou thy servant to delight in
that which is good : that the proud do me
no wrong.

123 Mine eyes are wasted away with
looking for thy health : and for the word
of thy righteousness.

124 O deal . with thy servant according
unto thy loving mercy : and teach me thy
statutes.

125 I am thy servant, O grant me under
standing : that I may know thy testimonies

601

DAY 26. THE PSALTER.

126 It is time for thee, Lord, to lay to
thine hand : for they have destroyed thy
law.

127 For I love thy commandments •
above gold and precious stones.

128 Therefore hold I straight all thy
commandments : and all false ways 1
utterly abhor.

Mirabilia.

testimonies are wonderful : therefore
doth my soul keep them.

130 When thy word goeth forth : it
giveth light and understanding unto the
simple.

131 I opened my mouth, and drew in
my breath : for my delight was in thy
commandments.

132 O look thou upon me, and be merci
ful unto me : as thou usest to do unto those
that love thy Name.

133 Order my steps in thy word : and so
shall no wickedness have dominion over
me.

134 O deliver me from the wrongful
dealings of men : and so shall I keep thy
commandments.

135 Show the light of thy countenance
upon thy servant : and teach me thy sta
tutes.

136 Mine eyes gush out with water : be
sause men keep not thy law.

602

THE PSALTER. DAY 26.

Justus es, Domine.

RIGHTEOUS art thou, O Lord : and true
is thy judgment.

138 The testimonies that thou hast com
manded : are exceeding righteous and true,

139 My zeal hath even consumed me :
because mine enemies have forgotten thy
words.

140 Thy word is tried to the uttermost :
and thy servant loveth it.

141 I am small and of no reputation :
yet do I not forget thy commandments.

142 Thy righteousness is an everlasting
righteousness : and thy law is the truth.

143 Trouble and heaviness have taken
hold upon me : yet is my delight in thy
commandments.

144 The righteousness of thy testimonies
is everlasting : O grant me understanding,
and I shall live.

(tening

Clamavi in toto corde meo. . •.. ..-

1" CALL with my whole heart : hear me,

O Lord; I will keep thy statutes.
146 Yea, even unto thee do I call : holp
me, and I shall keep thy testimonies
603

DAY 26. THE PSALTER.

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, 0 Lord, according
unto thy loving-kindness : quicken me,
according as thou art wont.

150 They draw nigh that of malice per
secute me : and are far from thy law.

151 Be thou nigh at hand, O Lord : for
all thy commandments are true.

152 As concerning thy testimonies, I
have known long since : that thou hast
grounded them for ever.

Vide humilitatem.

Q CONSIDER mine adversity, and deliver
me : for I do not forget thy law.

154 Avenge thou my cause, and deliver
me : quicken me according to thy word.

155 Health is far from the ungodly : for
they regard not thy statutes.

156 Great is thy mercy, 0 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 trans
gressors : because they keep not thy law.

159 Consider, O Lord, how I love thy
commandments : O quicken me, according
to thv loving-kindness.

604

THE PSALTER. DAY 26.

160 Thy word is true from everlasting :
all the judgments of thy righteousness
endure for evermore.

Principes persecuti sunt.

T3RINCES 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 judgments.

165 Great is the peace that they have
who love thy law : and they are not
offended at it.

166 Lord, I have looked for thy saving
health : and done after thy commandments.

167 My soul hath kept thy testimonies :
and loved them exceedingly.

168 I have kept thy commandments and
testimonies : for all my ways are before
thee.

Appropinquet deprecatio.

T ET my complaint come before thee, O
Lord : give me understanding accord
ing to thy word.

170 Let my supplication come before
thee : deliver me according to thy word.
605

DAY 27. THE PSALTER.

171 My lips shall speak of thy praise :
when thou hast taught me thy statutes.

172 Yea, my tongue shall sing of thy
word : for all thy commandments are
righteous.

173 Let thine hand help me : for I have
chosen thy commandments.

174 I have longed for thy saving health,
0 Lord : and in thy law is my delight.

175 O let my soul live, and it shall praise
thee : and thy judgments shall help me.

176 I have gone astray like a sheep that
is lost : O seek thy servant, for I do not
forget thy commandment*

THE TWENTY-SEVENTH DAY.

PSALM cxx. Ad Dominum.

V1THEN I was in trouble, I called upon the
Lord : and he heard me.

2 Deliver my soul, O Lord, from lying
lips : and from a deceitful tongue.

3 What reward shall be given or done
unto thee, thou false tongue : even mighty
and sharp arrows, with hot burning coals.

4 Woe is me, that I am constrained to
dwell with Mesech : and to have my habit a
tion among the tents of Kedar !

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THE PSALTER. DAY 27

5 My soul hath long dwelt amoiig them :
that are enemies unto peace.

6 I labor for peace, but when I speak
unto them thereof : they make them ready
to battle.

PSALM cxxi. Levavi oculos tneos.

T WILL lift up mine eyes unto the hills :
from whence cometh my help.

2 My help cometh even from the Lord :
who hath made heaven and earth.

3 He will not suffer thy foot to be
moved : and he that keepeth thee will not
sleep.

4 Behold, he that keepeth Israel : shall
neither slumber nor sleep.

5 The Lord himself is thy keeper : the
Lord is thy defence upon thy right hand ;

6 So that the sun shall not burn thee by
day : neither the moon by night.

7 The Lord shall preserve thee from all
evil : yea, it is even he that shall keep thy
soul.

8 The Lord shall preserve thy going out,
and thy coming in : from this time forth for
evermore.

PSALM cxxii. Lsetatus sum.

1 WAS glad when they said unto me : We

will go into the house of the Lord.
2 Our feet shall stand in thy gates : 0
Jerusalem.

607

DAY 27. THE PSALTER.

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 judgment : even
the seat of the house of David.

6 O pray for the peace of Jerusalem : they
shall prosper that love thee.

7 Peace be within thy walls : and plen-
teousness within thy palaces.

8 For my brethren and companions'
sakes : I will wish thee prosperity.

9 Yea, because of the house of the Lord
our God : I will seek to do thee good.

PSALM cxxiii. Ad te levavi oculos meos.

TJNTO thee lift I up mine eyes : O thou
that dwellest in the heavens.

2 Behold, even as the eyes of servants
look unto the hand of their masters, and as
the eyes of a maiden unto the hand of her
mistress : even so our eyes wait upon the
Lord our God, until he have mercy upon
as.

3 Have mercy upon us, 0 Lord, have
mercy upon us : for we are utterly des
pised.

4 Our soul is filled with the scornful
reproof of the wealthy : and with the
despitefulness of the proud.

608

THE PSALTER. DAY 27

PSALM cxxiv. Nisi quia Dominus.

the Lord himself had not been on our
side, now may Israel say : if the Lorn

himself had not been on our side, when men

rose up against us;

2 They had swallowed us up quick ;
when they were so wrath fully displeased
at us.

3 Yea, the waters had drowned us : and
the stream had gone over our soul.

4 The deep waters of the proud : had
gone even over our soul.

5 But praised be the Lord : who hath
•ot given us over for a prey unto their
teeth.

6 Our soul is escaped even as a bird out
of the snare of the fowler : the snare is
broken, and we are delivered.

7 Our help standeth in the Name of the
Lord : who hath made heaven and earth.

PHBY that put their trust in the Lord
shall be even as the Mount Sion : which

PSALM cxxv. Qui confidunt.

that put their trust in th
l be even as the Mount Sion :
not be removed, but standeth fast for
ever.

2 The hills stand about Jerusalem : even
*o standeth the Lord round about his peo
ple, from this time forth for evermore.

3 For the rod of the ungodly cometh
aot into the lot of the righteous : lest the

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DAY 27. THE PSALTER.

righteous put their hand unto wicked
ness.

4 Do well, O Lord : unto those that are
good and true of heart.

5 As for such as turn back unto theii
own wickedness : the Lord shall lead them
forth with the evil doers ; but peace shall be
upon Israel.

(toning f rager.

PSALM cxxvi. In convertendo.

"VVTHEN the Lord turned again the capti
vity of Sion : then were we like unto
them that dream.

2 Then was our mouth filled with laugh
ter : and our tongue with joy.

8 Then said they among the heathen .
The Lord hath done great things for them.

4 Yea, the Lord hath done great things
for us already : whereof we rejoice.

5 Turn our captivity, O Lord : as the
rivers in the south.

6 They that sow in tears : shall reap in

7 He that now goeth on his way weeping,
and beareth forth good seed : shall doubt
less come again with joy, and bring hia
sheaves with him.

610

TDE PSALTER. DAY 27

PSALM cxxvii. Nisi Dommus.

tlie Lord build the house : theii
labor is but lost that build it.

2 Except the Lord keep the city : the
watchman waketh but in vain.

3 It is but lost labor 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 hath his quiver
full of them : they shall not be ashamed
when they speak with their enemies in the
gate.

PSALM cxxviii. Beati omnes.

gLESSED are all they that fear the Lord :
and walk in his ways.

2 For thou shalt eat the labor of thine
hands : O well is thee, and happy shalt
fchou 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.

611

DAY 27. THE PSALTER

6 The Lord from out of Sion shall sa
bless thee : that thou shalt see Jerusalem
in prosperity all thy life long.

7 Yea, that thou shalt see thy children's
children : and peace upon Israel.

PSALM cxxix. Ssepe expugnaverunt.

A/TANY 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 pre
vailed against me.

3 The plowers plowed upon my back :
and made long furrows.

4 But the righteous Lord : hath hewn
the snares of the ungodly in pieces.

5 Let them be confounded and turned
backward : as many as have evil will at
Sion.

6 Let them be even as the grass growing
upon the house-tops : which withereth afore
it be plucked up;

7 Whereof the mower filleth not his
hand : neither he that bindeth up the
sheaves his bosom.

8 So that they who go by say not so
much as, The Lord prosper you : we
wish you good luck in the Name of the
Lord.

THE PSALTER. DAY 27.

PSALM cxxx. De profundis.

/ )UT of the deep have I called unto thee,
0 Lord : Lord, hear my voice.

2 0 let thine ears consider well : the
voice of my complaint.

3 If thou, Lord, wilt be extreme to mark
what is done amiss : 0 Lord, who may
abide it?

4 For there is mercy with thee : there
fore shalt thou be feared.

5 I look for the Lord ; my soul doth wait
for him : in his word is my trust.

6 My soul fleeth unto the Lord before
the morning watch : I say, before the
morning watch.

7 O Israel, trust in the Lord, for with
the Lord there is mercy : and with him is
plenteous redemption.

8 And he shall redeem Israel : from all
his sins.

PSALM cxxxi. Domine, non est.
T ORD, I am not high-minded : I have no
proud looks.

2 I do not exercise myself in great mat
ters : which are too high for me.

3 But I refrain my soul, and keep it low,
like as a child that is weaned from his
mother : yea, my soul is even as a weaned
child.

4 O Israel, trust in the Lord : from this
time forth for evermore.

613

DAY 28. THE PSALTER.

THE TWENTY-EIGHTH DAY.

Dflonuttjg frapr.

PSALM cxxxii. Memento, Domine.

f ORD, remember David : and all hia
trouble ;

2 How he sware unto the Lord : and
vowed a vow unto the Almighty God of
Jacob ;

3 I will not come within the tabernacle
of mine house : nor climb up unto my bed;

4 I will not suffer mine eyes to sleep, nor
mine eyelids to slumber : neither the tem
ples of my head to take any rest;

5 Until I find out a place for the temple
of the Lord : an habitation for the mighty
God of Jacob.

6 Lo, we heard of the same at Ephrata :
and found it in the wood.

7 We will go into his tabernacle : and
fall low on our knees before his footstool.

8 Arise, O Lord, into thy resting-place :
thou, and the ark of thy strength.

9 Let thy priests be clothed with right
eousness : and let thy saints sing with joy-
f-jLness.

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;

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THE PSALTER. DAY 28

12 Of' the fruit of thy body : shall I set
upon thy seat.

13 If thy children will keep my cove
nant, and my testimonies that I shall learn
them : their children also shall sit upon thy
seat for evermore.

14 For the Lord hath chosen Sion to be
an habitation for himself : he hath longed
for her.

15 This shall be my rest for ever : here
will I dwell, for I have a delight therein.

16 I will bless her victuals with increase :
and will satisfy her poor with bread.

17 I will deck her priests with health :
and her saints shall rejoice and sing.

18 There shall I make the horn of David
to nourish : I have ordained a lantern for
mine Anointed.

19 As for his enemies, I shall clothe
them with shame : but upon himself shall
his crown flourish.

PSALM cxxxiii. Ecce, quam bonuml

TOEHOLD, how good and joyful a thing it
is : brethren, to dwell together in
unity !

2 It is like the precious ointment upon
the head, that ran down unto the beard :
even unto Aaron's beard, and went down to
the skirts of his clothing.

3 Like as the dew of Hermon : which
fell upon the hill of Sion.

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DAY 28. THE PSALTER.

4 For there the Lord promised his bless
ing : and life for evermore.

PSALM cxxxiv. Ecce nunc.

DEHOLD now, praise the Lord : all ye
servants of the Lord;

2 Ye that by night stand in the house of
the Lord : even in the courts of the house
of our God.

3 Lift up your hands in the sanctuary :
and praise the Lord.

4 The Lord, that made heaven and earth •
give thee blessing out of Sion

PSALM cxxxv. Laudate Nomen.

Q PEAISE the Lord, laud ye the Name
of the Lord : praise it, O ye servants
of the Lord ;

2 Ye that stand in the house of the Lord :
in the courts of the house of our God.

3 O praise the Lord, for the Lord is gra
cious : O sing praises unto his Name, for it
is lovely.

4 For why? the Lord hath chosen Jacob
unto himself : and Israel for his own pos
session.

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 : in the sea, and
in all deep places.

7 He bringeth forth the clouds from thp

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THE PSAtTEft. DAY 28.

ends of the world : and sendeth forth light
nings with the rain, bringing the winds out
of his treasures.

8 He smote the first-born of Egypt :
both of man and beast.

9 He hath sent tokens and wonders into
the midst of thee, O thou land of Egypt :
upon Pharaoh and all his servants.

10 He smote divers nations : and slew
mighty kings;

11 Sehon, king of the Amorites ; and Og,
the king of Bashan : and all the kingdoms
of Canaan;

12 And gave their land to be an heri
tage : even an heritage unto Israel his
people.

13 Thy name, 0 Lord, endureth for ever :
so doth thy memorial, O Lord, from one
generation to another.

14 For the Lord will avenge his people :
and be gracious unto his servants.

15 As for the images of the heathen,
they are but silver and gold : the work of
men's hands.

16 They have mouths, and speak not :
eyes have they, but they see not.

17 They have ears, and yet they hear
aot : 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.

617

DAY 28 THE PSALTER.

19 Praise the Lord, ye house of Israel
praise the Lord, ye house of Aaron.

20 Praise the Lord, ye house of Levi :
ye that fear the Lord, praise the Lord.

21 Praised be the Lord out of Sion : who
dwelleth at Jerusalem.

tttjg f rager.

PSALM cxxxvi. Confitemini Domino.

GIVE thanks unto the Lord, for he is
gracious : and his mercy endureth for
ever.

2 O give thanks unto the God of all
gods : for his mercy endureth for ever.

3 O thank the Lord of all lords : for his
mercy endureth for ever.

4 Who only doeth great wonders : fcr
his mercy endureth for ever.

5 Who by his excellent wisdom made
the heavens : for his mercy endureth for
ever.

6 Who laid out the earth above the
waters : for his mercy endureth for ever.

7 Who hath made great lights : for his
mercy endureth for ever.

8 The sun to rule the day : for his mercy
endureth for ever.

9 The moon and the stars to govern the
uight : for his mercy endureth for ever.

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TBE PSALTER. DAY 28.

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 Bed Sea in two
parts : for his mercy endureth for ever.

14 And made Israel to go through the
midst of it : for his mercy endureth for
ever.

15 But as for Pharaoh and his host, he
overthrew them in the Eed Sea : for his
mercy endureth for ever.

16 Who led his people through the wil
derness : for his mercy endureth for ever.

17 Who smote great kings : for his
mercy endureth for ever ;

18 Yea, and slew mighty kings : for his
mercy endureth for ever;

19 Sehon, king of the Amorites : for his
mercy endureth for ever;

20 And Og, the king of Bashan : for his
mercy endureth for ever;

21 And gave away their land for an
heritage : for his mercy endureth for
ever.

22 Even for an heritage unto Israel, his
servant : for his mercy endureth for ever.

23 Who remembered us when we were
in trouble : for his mercy endureth for
ever.

DAY 28. THE PSALTER.

24 And hath delivered us from our ene
mies : for his mercy endureth for ever.

25 Who giveth food to all flesh : for his
mercy endureth for ever.

26 O give thanks unto the God of heaven .
for his mercy endureth for ever.

27 O give thanks unto the Lord of lords •.
for his mercy endureth for ever.

PSALM cxxxvii. Super flumina.

DY the waters of Babylon we sat down
and wept : when we remembered thee
0 Sion.

2 As for our harps, we hanged them up •
upon the trees that are therein.

3 For they that led us away captive
required of us then a song, and melody in
our heaviness : Sing us one of the songs of
Sion.

4 How shall we sing the Lord's song : in
a strange land?

5 If I forget thee, O Jerusalem : let my
right hand forget her cunning.

6 If I do not remember thee, let my
tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth :
yea, if I prefer not Jerusalem in my
mirth.

7 Remember the children of Edom, O
Lord, in the day of Jerusalem : how they
said, Down with it, down with it, even to
the ground.

8 0 daughter of Babylon, wasted with

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THE PSALTER. DAY 28

misery : yea, happy shall he be that reward-
eth thee as thou hast served us.

9 Blessed shall he be that taketh thy
children : and throweth them against the
stones.

PSALM cxxxviii. Oonfitebor tibi.

J" 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 heard-
est me : and enduedst rny soul with much
strength.

4 All the kings of the earth shall praise
thee, 0 Lord : for they have heard the
words of thy mouth.

5 Yea, they shall sing in the ways of the
Lord : that great is the glory of the Lord.

6 For though the Lord be high, yet hath
he respect unto the lowly : as for the proud,
he beholdeth them afar off.

7 Though I walk in the midst of trouble,
yet shalt thou refresh me : thou shalt stretch
forth thy hand upon the furiousness of mine
enemies, and thy right hand shall save
me.

8 The Lord shall make good his loving-
kindness toward me : yea, thy mercy, 0

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DAY 29. THE PSALTER.

Lord, endureth for ever; despise not then
the works of thine own hands.

THE TWENTY-NINTH DAY.

PSALM cxxxix. Domine, probasti.

LORD, thou hast searched me out, and
known me : Thou knowest my down-
sitting, and mine up-rising; thou under-
standest my thoughts long before.

2 Thou art about my path, and about my
bed : and spiest out all my ways.

3 For lo, there is not a word in my
tongue : but thou, 0 Lord, knowest it alto
gether.

4 Thou hast fashioned me behind and
before : and laid thine hand upon me.

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.

SKI take the wings of the morning :
and remain in the uttermost parts of tha

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THE PSALTER. DAY 29

9 Even there also shall thy hand lead
me : and thy right hand shall hold me.

10 If I say, Peradventure the darkness
shall cover me : then shall my night be
turned to day.

11 Yea, the darkness is no darkness with
thee, but the night is as dear as the day :
the darkness and light to thee are both
alike.

12 For my reins are thine : thou hast
covered me in my mother's womb.

13 I will give thanks unto thee, for I am
fearfully and wonderfully made : marvellous
are thy works, and that my soul knoweth
right well.

14 My bones are not hid from thee :
though I be made secretly, and fashioned
beneath in the earth. ^

15 Thine eyes did see my substance, yet
being 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 : O how great is the sum of them !

18 If I tell them, they are more in num
ber than the sand : when I wake up, I am
present with thee.

19 Wilt thou not sla/ the wicked, 0
Grod : Depart from me, ye blood-thirsty
men.

20 For they speak unrighteously against

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DAY 29. THE PSALTER.

thee : and thine enemies take thy Name
in vain.

21 Do not I hate them, O Lord, that
hate thee : and am not I grieved with those
that rise up against thee?

22 Yea, I hate them right sore : even as
though they were mine enemies.

23 Try me, 0 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.

"T)ELIVEB me, O Lord, from the evil
man : and preserve me from the
wicked man ;

2 Who imagine mischief in their hearts :
and stir up strife all the day long.

3 They have sharpened their tongues
like a serpent : adder's poison is under
their lips.

4 Keep me, 0 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,
»nd set traps in my way.

6 I said unto the Lord, Thou art my

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THE PSALTER. DAY 29.

God : hear the voice of my prayers, 0
Lord.

7 O Lord God, thou strength of my
health : thou hast covered my head in the
day of battle.

8 Let not the ungodly have his desire, 0
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 mo
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 pros
per 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.

T" OED, I call upon thee, haste thee unto
me : and consider my voice, when I
cry unto thee.

2 Let my prayer be set forth in thy sight
as the incense : and let the lifting up of
my hands be an evening sacrifice.
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DAY 29. THE PSALTER.

3 Set a watch, O Lord, before my mouth .
and keep the door of my lips.

4 O let not mine heart be inclined to any
evil thing : let me not be occupied in un
godly works with the men that work wick
edness, 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.

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THE PSALTER. DAf 29

fjrager.

PSALM cxlii. Voce mea ad Dominum.

| OEIED 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 showed 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, 0 Lord, and said :
Thou art my hope, and my portion in the
land of the living.

7 Consider my complaint : for I am
brought very low.

8 O deliver me from my persecutors :
for they are too strong for me.

9 Bring my soul out of prison, that I
may give thanks unto thy Name : which
thing if thou wilt grant me, then shall tba
righteous resort unto my company.

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DAY 29. THE PSALTER.

PSALM cxliii. Domine, exaudi.

TJEAE my prayer, O Lord, and consider
my desire : hearken unto me for thy
truth and righteousness' sake.

2 And enter not into judgment 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, 0 Lord, and that soon, for
my spirit waxeth faint : hide not thy face
from me, lest I be like unto them that go
down into the pit.

8 O let me hear thy loving-kindness be
times in the morning, for in thee is my
trust : show thou me the way that I should
walk in ; for I lift up my soul unto thee.

9 Deliver me, O Lord, from mine ene
mies : for I flee unto thee to hide me.

10 Teach me to do the thing that pleaseth
thee, for thou art my God : let thy loving

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THE PSALTER. DAY 30

Spirit lead me forth into the land of right
eousness.

11 Quicken me, 0 Lord, for thy Name's
sake : and for ihy righteousness' sake bring
my soul out of trouble.

12 And of thy goodness slay mine ene
mies : and destroy all them that vex my
soul ; for I am thy servant.

THE THIRTIETH DAY.

Utorninjg fjragn.

PSALM cxliv. Benedictus Dominus.

gLESSED be the Lord my strength : who
teacheth my hands to war, and my
fingers to fight ;

2 My hope and my fortress, my castle
and deliverer, my defender in whom I
trust : who subdueth my people that is
under me.

3 Lord, what is man, that thou hast such
respect unto him : or the son of man, that
thou so regardest himl

4 Man is like a thing of nought : his
time passeth away like a shadow.

5 Bow thy heavens, 0 Lord, and come
down : touch the mountains, and they shall
smoke.

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DAY 30. THE PSALTEE.

6 Cast forth thy lightning, and tear
them : shoot out thine arrows, and consume
them.

7 Send down thine hand from above :
deliver me, and take me out of the great
waters, from the hand of strange children ;

8 Whose mouth talketh of vanity : and
their right hand is a right hand of wicked
ness.

9 I will sing a new song unto thee, 0
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 labor,
that there be no decay : no leading into
captivity, and no complaining in our streets.

15 Happy are the people that are in such
a case : yea, blessed are the people who
have the Lord for their Grod.

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THE PSALTER. DAY 30

PSALM cxlv. ExaUabo te, Deus.

T WILL magnify thee, O God, my King :
and I will praise thy Name for ever and
ever.

2 Every day will I give thanks unto
thee : and praise thy Name for ever and
ever.

3 Great is the Lord, and marvellous,
worthy to be praised : there is no end of
his greatness.

4 One generation shall praise thy works
unto another : and declare thy power.

5 As for me, I will be talking of thy
worship : thy glory, thy praise, and won
drous 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 kind
ness shall be showed : and men shall sing
of thy righteousness.

8 The Lord is gracious and merciful :
long-suffering, and of great goodness.

9 The Lord is loving unto every man :
and his mercy is over all his works.

10 All thy works praise thee, O Lord :
and thy saints give thanks unto thee.

11 They show the glory of thy kingdom •
and talk of thy power ;

12 That thy power, thy glory, and might-

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DAY 30. THE PSALI ER.

iness of thy kingdom : might be known
unto men.

13 Thy kingdom is an everlasting king
dom : and thy dominion endureth through
out 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, 0
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 un
godly.

21 My mouth shall speak the praise of
the Lord : and let all flesh give thanks unto
his holy name for ever and ever.

PSALM cxlvi. Lauda, anima mea.

pEAISE the Lord, 0 my soul; while I
live, will I praise the Lord : yea, as
long as I have any being, I will sing praises
unto my Grod.

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THE PSALTER. DAY 30

2 O put not your trust in princes, nor in
any child of man : for there is no help in
them.

3 For when the breath of man goeth
forth, he shall turn again to his earth : and
then all his thoughts perish.

4 Blessed is he that hath the God of
Jacob for his help : and whose hope is in
the Lord his God ;

5 Who made heaven and earth, the sea,
and all that therein is : who keepeth his
promise for ever ;

6 Who helpeth them to right that suffer
wrong : who feedeth the hungry.

7 The Lord looseth men out of prison :
the Lord giveth sight to the blind.

8 The Lord helpeth them that are fallen :
the Lord careth for the righteous.

9 The Lord careth for the strangers; he
defendeth the fatherless and widow : as for
the way of the ungodly, he turneth it upside
down.

10 The Lord thy God, 0 Sion, shall be
King for evermore : and throughout all
generations.

PSALM cxlvii. Laudate Dominum.
Q 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.
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DAY 30. THE PSALTER.

2 The Lord doth build up Jerusalem
and gather together the outcasts of Israel.

3 He healeth those that are broken in
heart : and giveth medicine to heal theii
sickness.

4 He telleth the number of the stars :
and calleth them all by their names.

5 Great is our Lord, and great is his
power : yea, and his wisdom is infinite.

6 The Lord setteth up the meek : and
bringeth the ungodly down to the ground.

7 0 sing unto the Lord with thanks
giving : 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 moun
tains, and herb for the use of men ;

9 Who giveth fodder unto the cattle :
and feedeth the young ravens that call upon
him.

10 He hath no pleasure in the strength
of an horse : neither delighteth he in any
man's legs.

11 But the Lord's delight is in them
that fear him : and put their trust in his
mercy.

12 Praise the Lord, 0 Jerusalem : praise
thy God, 0 Sion.

13 For he hath made fast the bars of thy
gates : and hath blessed thy children within
thee.

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THE PSALTER. DAY 30

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 runreth very
swiftly.

16 He giveth sr.ow like wool : and scat-
tereth 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 showeth 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 hia
laws.

PSALM cxlviii. Laudate Dominum.

PRAISE the Lord of heaven : praise
him in the height.

2 Praise him, all ye angels of his : praise
him, all his hosts.

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

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DAY 30. THE PSALTKK.

ever : he hath given them a law which shaiJ
not be broken.

7 Praise the Lord upon earth : ye dragons,
and all deeps.

8 Fire and hail, snow and vapors : 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
shildren, 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
shildren of Israel, even the people that
Berveth him.

PSALM cxlix. Cantate Domino.

C\ SINGr unto the Lord a new song : let
the congregation of saints praise him.

2 Let Israel rejoice in him that made
him : and let the children of Sion be joyful
in their King.

3 Let them praise his Name in the dance :
let them sing praises unto him witk tabret
and harp.

4 For the Lord hath pleasure in his peo
ple : and helpeth the meek-hearted.

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THE PSALTER. DAY 30

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-ede;ed sword in their
hands ;

7 To be avenged of tne heathen : and to
rebuke the people ;

8 To bind their kings in chains : iuid.
their nobles with links of iron.

9 That they may be avenged of them, as
it is written : Such honor have all his
saints.

PSALM cl. Laudate Dominum.

PKAISE God in his holiness : praise
him in the firmament of his power.

2 Praise him in his noble acts : praise
him according to his excellent greatness.

3 Praise him in the sound of the trumpet :
praise him upon the lute and harp.

4 Praise him in the cymbals and dances
praise him upon the strings and pipe.

5 Praise him upon the well-tuned cym
bals : praise him upon the loud cymbals.

6 Let every thing that hath breattt
praise the Lord.

THE END OF THE PSALTEB

637

SUPPLEMENTARY TREATISE.

IP rager-Jooft Amended

ACCORIUHa TO

THE PRESBYTERIAN REVISION OP Idtt.

HISTORICALLY AND ORITICALLT KEVIBWKO

n
CHARLES W SHIELDS 0 D

•Then was never anything by th« irtt of man SO well devised. Of
•o 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."—
Preface to the First Prayer book in 1549.

"It cannot be thought any disparagement or derogation either
to the work itself, or to the compilers of it, or to those who have
hitherto used it, if, after more than a hundred years since its first
composure, such further emendations be now made therein, as may
be judged necessary for satisfying the scruples of a multitude of
sober persons, who cannot at all, or very hardly, comply with the
use of it, as now it is, and may best suit with the present times after
to long an enjoyment of the glorious light of the gospel, and so
happy a reformation." — Preface of the Prabyterian Revisers in 1661.

" Upon the principles already laid down, it cannot but be sup.
posed that further alterations would in time be found expedient.
Accordingly, a commission for a review was issued in the year 1689;
but this great and good work miscarried at that time."— Preface t»
Ue American Prayer-book in 1788.

CONTENTS.

CHAPTER L

The Origin of the Westminster Directory for Public
Worship 0

CHAPTER II.

The Presbyterian Revision of the Book of Common
Prayer, 13

CHAPTER III.

The General Assembly's Revision of the Westmin
ster Directory, 22

CHAPTER IV.

Ministerial Neglects, and their Remedies, under the
Directory, 28

CHAPTER V.

Congregational Neglects, and their Remedies, under
the Directory, 85

CHAPTER VI.

The Consistency of a Free Liturgy with the Direc
tory 41

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8 CONTENTS.

CHAPTER VH.

The Warrant for the Presbyterian Book of Common
Prayer 60

CHAPTER VIH-

The Historical Materials for the Presbyterian Book
of Common Prayer, ••• 62

CHAPTER IX.

The Historical and Critical Analysis of the Amended
Presbyterian Prayer-book, 78

APPENDIX L

A Chronological List of the Principal Liturgical and
Historical Documents connected with the compi
lation and revision of the Prayer-book, and used
in the preparation of this edition, 137

APPENDIX II.

The Presbyterian Exceptions against the Book of
Common Prayer in 1661, with Notes tracing their
previous and subsequent history, 141

APPENDIX III.

A General Index to the Historical Sources of the
Offices in the Presbyterian Prayer-book, 179

APPENDIX IV.

A Tabular View of the Presbyterian Prayer-book
as compared with th<i Episcopalian, Calvinistic,
Lutheran, Mediaeval, and Primitive Liturgies, 188

THB

DIRECTORY FOR PUBLIC WORSHIP

AND THE

BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER.
CHAPTER L

THE ORIQI* Or THE WESTMINSTER DIRECTORY FOB
PUBLIC WORSHIP.

IT may somet:w^s happen that Churches will have so
far departed, in the progress of events, from their own
early standards aod usages, that the work of restoration
must incur somewhat of the suspicion belonging to that
of innovation. In rcch a case, we have no alternative
but to calmly appeal from existing prejudices to facts,
authorities, and principles, and then leave the truth to
vindicate itself, in th< face of any odium or ridicule that
may arise.

The writer, therefore, in entering opon the difficult
bat vital question of ihre treatise, has buA to premise,
that the views advocated are believed to he not only
scriptural and reasonable, but in accordance with the
history and the best interests of the Church to which he
belongs ; that they are heliA neither in a sectarian nor
in a latitudinarian spirit; that they have not been
hastily formed,' but are the result of some /ears of
study and experience; and tWt they are not meant to
be here advanced without due caution and deference.
It would be too much to expert »• ready assent to th«m
on the part of those who have not passed through

10 THE ORIGIN OF

similar course of reflection; but it is hoped they will
at least be received in the spirit in which they are
offered.*

Our first resort must be to that portion of our Church
standards, known as the "Directory for Public Wor
ship. " This is the more necessary, since but few Pres
byterians in this country would seem to be acquainted
with its origin, or rightly to appreciate its advantages
as a mean between the extremes of imposed liturgies
and "irregular, or extravagant effusions" in the service
of Qod; as is abundantly shown by the general neglect
into which it has fallen.

In the Scotch editions of the Confession of Faith, the
formulary has this title — "The Directory for the Public
Worship of God, agreed upon by the Assembly of Divinei
at Westminster, with the assistance of Commissioners
from the Church of Scotland, as a part of the Cove
nanted uniformity in religion betwixt the Churches of
Christ in the kingdoms of Scotland, England, and Ire
land." But, as first adopted, and by law established,
it was entitled, "A Directory for the Public Worship of
God, throughout the three kingdoms of England, Scot
land, and Ireland; together with an ordinance of Par
liament for the taking away of the Book of Common
Prayer, and the Establishing and Observing of this
present Directory throughout the Kingdom of England
and Dominion of Wales." These titles, viewed in con
nection with several previous events, will afford a suffi
cient clue to its origin.

While the Church of Scotland differed from the
Church of England, in having been reformed from
Popery by presbyters rather than by prelates, it agreed
with it, and with all the Reformed Churches, in adher
ing both to the principle and to the use of a liturgy.
The "Book of Common Prayer" itself was, at one time,

• While the Editor of the Presbyterian Book of Common Prayer
la alone responsible for the manner in which he has performed his
task, yet it is proper to state, that he has not acted without con-
•filiation with prominent Ministers of oar Church, and has had th«
advantage of suggestions from the late Dr. William M. Englen
tud Professor Charles Hodge, who separately examined the
Drool-sheets of the work, while it was pacing through the prem

THET WESTMINSTER luTtECTORY 11

in use in many Presbyterian parishes;* and the "Book
of Common Order," at length adopted by the General
Assembly, had some things in common with the Prayer
Book, as will appear on comparing them. And even
the first proposals to introduce the English liturgy into
Scotland, were so favorably entertained by the General
Assembly that under its sanction a Prayer Book, sub
stantially agreeing with that of the Church of England,
was prepared, though never actually used.f

What might have been the result, had these measures
been pursued with moderation and cnution by the suc
ceeding king, it were now simply curious to inquire.
But the rise of the High Church party in England,
under the lead of Archbishop Laud, the revival of
many papistical ceremonies in the Church service, and
the wild attempt of King Charles 1. to impose them by
force of arms upon the people of Scotland, soon dashed
all hopes of uniformity or conformity in worship between
the two kingdoms, on the basis of any existing liturgy.
It was enough to rouse the Scots to a frenzy, that the
book sent to them was a foreign production, and had
not been regularly passed upon by their own Church
courts, even if on examination it had been found free
from errors and superstitions. The first attempt to use
it in the cathedral at Edinburgh, was frustrated by a
popular outbreak. "The Service-book, the bishops
themselves, and every rag and remnant of Episcopacy,
were blown away out of Scotland, to the four winds of
heaven, by the first breath of that tempest." And at
length all ranks and orders, throughout England as well
as Scotland, with a contagious enthusiasm, banded
themselves together to resist the invasion, and defend
the Reformed religion against the fresh inroad of the
old hierarchy. To make this compact more binding
and impressive, it was preceded by a public fast, and
attended with the religious solemnity of an oath ; the

* Collier's Ecclesiastical History, vi. 580, vil. 388. Peterkin'i
Records of the Kirk of Scotland, p. iv. Heylin's History of th«
Reformation, Vol. II. p. 32'2. note.

t Collier, vii. 388; Cook's History of the Church of Scotland,
Vol. II. p. 336; Calderwood's True History of the Church of Scot.
land, pp. 5, 663, 716—17; Hall's Reliquiae Liturgicas, Vol. L p. 19.

12 THE ORIGIN OF THE DIRECTORY.

whole assembly — parliament, divines, and people —
rising at the cljse of the service, and, with uplifted
hands, uniting in a "Solemn ueague and Covenant,"*
of which the following was the first article :

"We noblemen, barons, knights, gentlemen, citizens. burgesses,
ministers of the gospel, and commons of all sorts, in the kingdom*
of Scotland, fingland, and Ireland, by the providence of God. living
under one king, and being of one reformed religion, having before
our eyes the glory of God, and the advancement of the kingdom of
our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, the honor and hxppines of the
king's majesty and bis posterity, and the true public liberty, and
peace of the kingdoms, wherein every one's private condition is
Imcfruded; and calling to mind the treacherous and bloody plots,
conspiracies, attempts and practices of the enemies of God against
the true religion and professors thereof in all places, especially in
these three kingdoms, ever since the reformation of religion ; and
how much their rage, power, and presumption are of late, and at
this time, increased and exercised, whereof the deplorable state of
the Church and kingdom of Ireland, the distressed estate of the
Church and kingdom of England, and the dangerous estate of the
Church and kingdom of Scotland, are present and public testimo
nies. We have now at last (after other means of supplication,
remonstrance, protestation, and sufferings.) for the preservation of
ourselves and our religion from utter ruin and destruction, accord
ing to the commendable practice of these kingdoms in former times,
and the example of God's people in other nations; after mature
deliberation, resolved and determined to enter into a mutual and
solemn league and covenant, wherein we all subscribe, and each
one of us for himself, with our hands lifted up to the Most High
God, do swear,

" I. That we shall sincerely, really, and constantly, through the
grace of God, endeavor, in our several places and callings, the pre
servation of the reformed religion in the Church of Scotland, in
doctrine, worship, discipline, and government, against our common
enemies; the reformation of religion in the kingdoms of England
and Ireland, in doctrine, worship, discipline, and government,

* "The Solemn League and Covenant, for Reformation and
Defence of Religion, the honor and happiness of the King, and the
peace and safety of the three kingdoms of Scotland, England, and
Ireland, agreed upon by Commissioners from the Parliament and
Assembly of Divines in England, with Commissioners of the Con
vention of Estates and General Assembly in Scotland; approved by
the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, and by both
Houses of Parliament and Assembly of Divines in England, and
taken and subscribed by them, Anno 1643; and thereafter by the
said authority, taken and subscribed by all ranks in Scotland and
England the same year; and ratified by act of Parliament of Scat-
land, Anno 1044. And again renewed in Scotland, with an acknow-
ledgment of sins, and engagement to duties, by all ranks. Anno
1648, and by the Parliament 1K49; and taken and subscribed by

King Charles 21., at Spey, June 23, 1650; and at Scoon, J
W6L"— Oanftuia* tfftoith of the V/iurch qf Scotland,

anuary

REVISION OF BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER J3

according to the word of God, and the example of the best Reformed
Churches; and shall endeavor to bring the churches of God iu 'b«
three kingdoms to the nearest conjunction and uniformity in reli-
prfon, Confession of Faith, Form of Church Government, Directory
fur Worship, and Catechising; that we, and our people after us,
may, as brethren, live in faith and love."

It was thus that the Scotch Covenanters, being now
in league with the English Puritans, defeated the Pre-
latical party in the field, and obtained in Parliament
the convocation at Westminster, of that famous assem
bly of divines to which we owe our Directory.

Of this Magna Charta of a pure and free worship, it
is enough to say, that it has received praise from intel
ligent adversaries, no less than friends, as a solemn,
temperate, and most instructive document; and that,
after the lapse of two centuries, it remains among the
authorized formularies of the Church of Scotland, and
of the kindred Presbyterian Churches of this country.
To be rightly judged, however, either as to matter or
style, it should only be viewed in its full form, as- first
set forth by the Westminster divines, and in the light
of the political and religious events from which it
sprang.

CHAPTER II.

THE PRLSBYTERIAN REVISION OF THE BOOK O» OOMMOM
PRAYER AT THE SAVOY CONFERENCE.

THE reign of the Directory in the Church of England
was short. The wave which had brought the Presbyte
rians into power soon overwhelmed them, and their
religious reformation was hurried beyond their control
into a political revolution. Having thrust down the
Episcopalians, they were now, in their turn, thrust
down by the Independents, or Congr 'gationalists, and
both Directory and Prayer-book sank from view in the
confusions which followed.

Out of this anarchy, the Presbyterian clergy rose
foremost in restoring order and peace, both to Church

14 PRESBYTERIAN REVISION OF THE

ami State. In London, they issued a public protest
against the murder of the king, and rebuked the ex«
cesses of the rebel army;* and in Scotland, they recalled
his successor from exile, crowned him, and rallied to his
standard, in opposition to Cromwell. And now the
strange sight was presented, of Covenanter in arms
against Puritan, both fighting and praying in the face
of their own mutual and solemn league and covenant.

After a dreary period of defeat and disorder, the
result was the reestablishment of the throne and Consti
tution. But it by no means followed, that because the
Presbyterians had thus been instrumental in restoring
the monarchy, they also intended the restoration of that
hierarchy which, from the first, had been the only
object of their hostility.f Nor did it seem unreasonable
that the Church of England, in accordance with the
national sentiment, might continue substantially Pres
byterian, both in polity and liturgy. J The parliament

* " A Serious and Faithful Representation of the Judgments of ths
Ministers of the Gospel within the province of London." See Collier.
Eccl. Hist. ix. p. 357.

t " A Defence of our Proposals to his Majesty for Agreement in
Matters of Religion." "The Petition of the Ministers to the King
upon the First Draft of his Declaration." " Alterations in the Decla
ration proposed by the Ministers." See Documents relating to On
Settlement of Church of England in 1662. pp. 39, 79, 98. Published
by the United Saint Bartholomew Committee. London, 1862.

J "The Presbyterians," says Collier, an Episcopalian historian,
"had several circumstances of advantage to support their hopes.
Possession of the chair, the inclinations of no small numbers of the
people, the countenance of great men. and the king's Declaration at
Breda, gave this party no uncomfortable prospect."

" The Presbyterians," says Bishop Burnet, " were possessed of most
of the great benefices in the church, chiefly in the city of London,

and in the two universities There were a great many of them

in very eminent posts, who were legally possessed of them, and who
bad gone into the design of the Restoration in so signal a manner,
•nd with such success, that they had great merit," Ac. Burnet's
History of his Own Times, p. 89.

"They represented," says Bancroft, "a powerful portion of the
aristocracy of England ; they bad. besides the majority in the Com
mons, the exclusive possession of the House of Lords; they held
command of the army, they had numerous and activt adherents
among the clergy; the English people favored them. Scotland,
which had been so efficient in all that had thus far been done, wag
entirely devoted to their interests, and they hoped for a compromise
With their sovereign."

"The Presbyterians," nys Keal, who WM tu from being tJiett

BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER. 15

and the aristocracy were then Inclined to presbytery, aa
a safe mean between prelacy and independency. Lead
ing prelates themselves had already favored a "reduc
tion of episcopacy," to be attained by making the
diocesan bishop a sort of permanent moderator of pres
bytery or synod;* and as the Directory had many of
the rubrical elements of the Prayer-book, it was not
impossible to combine the freedom ...id spirituality of
the former, with the order and decorum of the latter,
and thus, while securing their respective advantages,
also escape their respective perils.

Accordingly, in the deputation which recalled Charles
the Second to the throne, were such leading Presbyte
rian divines as Drs. Reynolds, Bates, Calamy, Baxter,
&c., who presented an address J to the king, in which
they said:

"We are satisfied in our judgments concerning the lawfulness of
• Liturgy, or Form of Public Worship, provided that it be for the
matter agreeable unto the Word of God, and fitly suited to the
nature of the several ordinances and necessities of the Church;
neither too tedious in the whole, nor composed of too short prayers,
unmeet repetitions or responsals; nor to be dissonant from the Lit-
urgius of other Reformed Churches; nor too rigorously imposed ; nor
the minister so confined thereunto, but that he may also mr.ke use
of those gifts for prayer and exhortation, which Christ hath given
him for the service and edification of the Church."

" And inasmuch as the Book of Common Prayer hath in it many
things that are justly offensive, and need amendment, hath been
long discontinued, and very many, both ministers and people, per
sons of pious, loyal, and peaceable minds, are therein greatly dis
satisfied ; whereupon, if it be again imposed, will inevitably follow
Bad divisions, and widening of the breaches which your Majesty is
now endeavoring to heal ; we do most humbly offer to your Majesty's
wisdom, that for preventing so great evil, and for settling the Church
In unity and peace, some learned, godly, and moderate divines, ol

friend, "were in possession of the whole power of England; the
council of State, the chief officers of the army and navy, and the
governors of the chief forts and garrisons, were theirs; their clergy
were in possession of both universities, and of the best livings of
the kingdom." See Hodge's History of the Presbyterian Church,
p. 25—27.

* "The Reduction of Episcopacy unto the form of Sy nodical
Government." See Document V., and Bayne's Historical Introduc
tion to the Documents, p. 106. Also Calamy's ^ife of Baxter, chap.
Tiii ; and Knox's Book of Common Order

J "The First Address and Proposals of the Ministers." See Docu
ments relating to the settlement of the Church of England by thi
Act of Uniformity, in 1062, p. 12.

16 PRESBYTERIAN REVISION OF THE

both persuasions, indifferently chosen, may be employed to compili
Burh a form us is before described, as much as may be in Scriptur*
words: or at least to revise and effectually reform the old, together
with an addition or insertion of some other varying forms in Scrip,
ture phrase, to be used at the minister's choice; of which variety
and liberty there be instances in the Book of Common Prayer."

And the result of this application was "his Mfijesty'8
Declaration to all his loving subjects concerning Eccle
siastical Affairs,"* wherein, among other pledges given
for a proper fusion of episcopacy with presbytery in the
Church, was this one concerning the proposed revision
of the Prayer-book :

"Since we find some exceptions made against several things
therein, we will appoint an equal number of learned divines, of both
persuasions, to review the same, and to make such alterations as

partf
ne or
other at his discretion."

For tht, Assurances given in this Royal Declaration,
the Presbyterian clergy of London presented an "Hum-
ble and Grateful Acknowledgement"! to the King, who,
at the same time, appointed several of them his chap
lains, while to others were offered high preferments,
none of which, however, were accepted but the bishop
ric of Norwich, by Dr. Reynolds, and that only on the
conditions of the Declaration. J And at length, in due

* See Documents, Ac., p. 63; CardwelFs History of Conferences on
Prayer-book, p 256.

| See Documents, Ac., p. 101, and Reliquiae Baxterianae, by Sylves
ter, p 284.

J Calamy's Life of Baxter, p. 155 ; Hume's History of England,
p. 478, Harper's edition; Proctor's History of Prayer-book, p. 114;
Non-Conformists' Memorial, vol. i. p. 24; Neal's History of the Puri
tans, vol. ii. 216. Bishop Reynolds had been a prominent member
of the Westminster Assembly, and was not only appointed, but
acted on the side of the Presbyterian divines in the Savoy Confer
ence. Baxter says that he " persuaded him to acccept the bishopric."
Reid attributes his continuance in it to "a covetous and polih'o con
sort." Calamy says that " he carried the wounds of the Church w ilh
him to his grave;" and Neal that he was "a frequent pieacher. a
constant resident in his diocese, and a good old Puritan, who iiever
concerned himself with the politics of the court." He is termed, by
different writers, "the pride and glory of the Presbyterians In th«
city of London," " one of the most eloquent preachers of his ajre,'' a
"thorough Calviuist," and a "strenuous oppoaor of the .jus divinw*
of

BOOK OP COMMON PRATEB. 17

form, a commission was issued for the promised revision
to twelve Episcop-alian divines, with nine coadjutors,
and likewise to as many, the following named, Presbyte
rian divines, then incumbents of various livings:

PBESBYTERIAW COMMISSIONERS AT THE SAVOY CONFERENCE, A. 9. 1MV

Principal*,

ANTHONY TUCKNEY, D. D.,

Regius Prof, of Div., Cambridge
JOHN CONANT, D. D.,

Regius Prof, of Div., Oxford.
WILLIAM SPURSTOW, D. D.,

Mast. Katharine Hall, Cambridge.
JOHN WALLIS, D. D.,

Sav. Prof, of Geometry, Oxford.
THOMAS M ANTON, D. D.,

St. Pvul's, London.
EDMUND CALAMY, D. D.,

Perp, Cur. of AJdermanbunj.
Rev. RICHARD BAXTER.

Minister at Kidderminster.
Rev. ARTHUR JACKSON,

St. Faith's, London.
Rev. THOMAS CASE,

St. Mary Magdalen, London.
Rev. SAMUEL CLARKE,

Perp Cur. Bennet Fink, London.
Rev. MATTHEW NEWCOMEN,

Vicar of Dedham.
KDWAKD REYNOLDS, D. D.,

Bishop of Norwich.

Ooactfutart.

THOMAS HORTON, D. D.,

Prof, of Div., Oresh. Col., Cambridge
THOMAS JACOMB, D. D.,

St. Martin's, London.
WILLIAM BATES, D.D.,

St. Dunstan's, London.
WILLIAM COOPER, D. D.,

St. Olave, London.
Rer. JOHN RAWLINSON,

Vicar of Lambeth.
JOHN LIOHTFOOT, D. D.,

Vice Chancellor of Cambrfcjgm.
JOHN COLLINS, D. D.,

St. Stephens, Norwich,
BENJAMIN WOODBRIDOE, D. D.,

Vicar of Newbury.
ROGER DRAKE, D. I).,

St. 1'Bter'n, London.

18 PRESBYTERIAN REVISION OP THE

The terms of the Commission ran thus :

"Charles the Second, by the grace of God, King of England, Scot
land, France, and Ireland, defender of the faith, &c. To our trustj
and well-beioved the most reverend father in God Accepted arch*
bishop of York, the right reverend fathers in God Gilbert bishop of
London, John bishop of Durham, John bishop of Rochester, llcurj
bishop of Chichester, Humphrey bishop of Sarum. George bishop
Of Worcester, Robert bishop of Lincoln, Benjamin bishop of Peter
borough, Bryan bishop of Chester, Richard bishop of Carlisle, John
bishop of Exeter, Edward bishop of N'orwich ; and to our trusty and
well-beloved the reverend Anthony Tuckney Dr. in divinity, John
Conant Dr in divinity, William Spurstow Dr. in divinity, John
Wallis Dr. in divinity, Thomas Manton Dr. in divinity, Edmund
Calamy batchelor in divinity, Richard Baxter clerk, Arthur Jackson
clerk, Thomas Case, Samuel Clark, Matthew Newcomen clerks: and
to our trusty and well-beloved Dr. Earles dean of Westminster, Peter
Heylen Dr. in divinity, John Racket Dr. in divinity, John Barwick
Dr. in divinity, Peter Gunning Dr. in divinity, John Pearson Dr. in
divinity, Thomas Pierce Dr. In divinity, Anthony Sparrow Dr. in
divinity, Herbert Thorndike batchelor in divinity. Thomas Horton
Dr. in divinity, Thomas Jacomb Dr. in divinity, William Bates, John
Rawlinson clerks, William Cooper clerk, Dr. John Lightfoot, Dr. John
Collinges, Dr. Benjamin Woodbridge, and William Drake clerk,
greeting. Whereas by our Declaration > f the five and twentieth of
October last concerning ecclesiastical affairs, we did amongst other
things express our esteem of the liturgy of the Church of England,
contained in the Book of C.inuion Prayer; and yet since we find
some exceptions made against several things therein, we did by our
said Declaration declare we would appoint an equal number of
learned divines of both persuasions, to review the same, and to make
such alterations therein as should be thought most necessary, and
some additional forms in the Scripture phrase, as near as miuht be,
suited unto the nature of the several parts of public worship; we
therefore in accomplishment of our said will and intent, and of our
continued and constant care and study for the p»ace and unity of
the Churches within our dominions, and for th« removal of all
exceptions and differences, and the occasions of such differences and
exceptions from amotgst our good subjects, for or concerning the
said Book of Common Prayer, or any thing therein contained, do by
these our letters patent require, authorize, constitute and appoint
you the snid archbishop, bishops, doctors, and persons, to advise
upon and review the said Book of Common Prayer, comparing the
game with the most ancient liturgies which have been used in the
•jhurch, in the primitive and purest times: and to that end to
isiemble and meet together from time to time, and at such times
within the space of four calendar months now next ensuing, in the
master's lodging in the Savoy in the Strand, in the county of Mid-
ilesex, or in such other place, or place", as to you shall be thought
at and convenient, to take into your serious and grave considera
tion, the several directions and rules, forms of player, and things in
the said Book of Couimon Prayer contained, and to advise, and con*
suit upon and about the same, and the several exceptions and
objections which shall now be raised against the same. And if occa*
don be, to make such reasonable and necessary alterations, oorreo

BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER. 19

tton« and amendments therein, as by and between you the said
archbishop, bishops, doctors, and persons hereby required to meet
and advize, as aforesaid, Fhall be agreed upon t'i l>e needful or expe
dient for the giving satisfaction to tender consciences, and the
restoring and continuance of pea'-e and unity, in the churches under
our protection and government; but aioMing as much as may be,
all unnecessary alterations of the forma and liturgy wherewith the
people are already acquainted, and have so long received in LUa
Church of England."*

It will be found, on comparing this document with
the King's Declaration, that meanwhile the parties had
materially changed ground. So that no sooner were
they confronted, than it was made plain they were to
enter upon "a campaign rather than a conference."
The Episcopalians stiffly assumed the defensive, insisted
upon the formality of a written debate,f and demanded
a list of objections; and the Presbyterians finding, after
a lengthy correspondence, ending in a mere logical
wrangle, that no terms could be made with them, with
drew at last, in hope of holding the King to his
pledges, J and obtaining redress in Parliament. A
renewed appeal, drawn up by Baxter, concluded in
these words:

" Finally, as your Majesty, under God, is the protection whereto
your pe iple fly, and as the same necessities still remain which drew
forth your gracious Declaration, we most humbly and earnestly
beseech vour Majesty that the benefits of the said Declaration may
be continued to your people; and, in particular, that none be pun
ished or troubled for not using the Common Prayer, until it be effect
ually reformed, and the additions made that are therein expressed.
We crave your Majesty's pardon for the tediousness of this address,
and shall wait in hope that so great a calamity to your people, as
would follow the loss of so many able, faithful ministers, as rigorous
impositions would cast out, shall never be recorded in the history oi
your reign; but that these impediments of concord being forborne,
your kingdoms may flourish in piety and peace."§

But in this hope they were doomed to be disappointed.

• "The King's Warrant for the Conference at the Savoy." Sea
Document XIV.

f This manoeuvre, though it bad the effect, at the time, of placing
the 1'resbyterian commissioners in a false position, has, however,
secured to us, as we shall see, the full records of the Conference.

J See " Efforts of Presbyterian Ministers to have the King's I drla-
ration of October 1660, enacted." Document XXV.

g "The due Account and humble Petition of us Ministers of th«
Gospel, lately commissioned for the Revi«<v and Alteration of tilt
Liturgy." Document XXIIt.

£0 PRESBYTERIAN REVISION OF THE

The vaunted "word of a king" proved but a broken
reed; and with the duplicity* of Charles, and the ser
vility of Parliament, were thrown against them all the
libellousf influences in which that corrupt age abounded.
The Prayer book, with its exceptionable features un
changed, was presented to the House of Commons; and
at length, by the close vote of 186 to 180, the House of
Lords reluctantly assenting, J was passed that famous
"Act of Uniformity," under the operation of which, on
St Bartholomew's Day, (now doubly memorable in our
annals,) two thousand Presbyterian clergy, then unsur
passed in learning, loyalty, or piety, and comprising
names whose praise is still in all the churches, chose
rather to quit their livings, in the face of beggary and
disgrace, than continue in an establishment unto which
they could not conscientiously conform.| And, at the

* "I must tell you," said the king, in one of his speeches to tliu
Commons, " I have the worst luck in the world, if, after all the
reproaches of being a papist, whilst I was abroad, I am suspected ol
being a Presbyterian, now I am come home " Journals of Parlia
ment relating to the Act of Uniformity. Document XXVI. See also
Bishop Burnet's History of his Own Time, pp. 92, 179.

•!• Buruet, p. 184, and Neal, vol ii. p. 211.

+ Knight's History of England, Book VIII., p. 801.

\ " St. Bartholomew's day being come, on which the Act of Uni
formity was to take place, two thousand Presbyterian ministers
chose rather to quit their livings than to subscribe to the conditions
of this Act. It was expected that a division would have happened
amongst them, and that a great number of them would have chose
rather to conform to the Church of England than to see themselves
reduced to beggary. It was not, therefore, without extreme surprise
that they were all seen to stand out, — not so much as one suffering
hiniMjIf to be tempted. As this is a considerable event of this reign,
it will not be improper to inquire into the causes of this rigor against
the Presbyterians." Kapin's History of England, as quoted in Col
lier, ix. 453.

'• On one and the game day, England saw the becoming spectacle
jf two thousand ministers of Jesus Christ embracing penury rather
than stoop to dishonest compliance. From college halls and cathe
dral closes, from stately and from humble parsonages, endeared by
the familiarity of happy and useful years; holy men led out their
delicately nurtured families, not knowing whither they should go."
Palfry's History of New England, vol. ii. p. 130.

'•It is not this or that thing that puts us upon this dissent," said
Jacomb. of St. Martin's, Ludgate, "but it is conscience towards God
and fear of offending Him. I censure none that differ from me. as
though they displease God ; but yet, as to myself, should I do thug
and thus, I should certainly violate the peace of my own conscience,
«nd offend God. which I must not do. Shall we not follow thoM

BOOK OP COMMON PRAYER. 21

•ame time, by one of those astounding revolutions with
which history sometimes sets all philosophy at defiance,
Episcopacy was established in Scotland on the ruins oJ
the Covenant and Directory.

And thus it seemed that every vestige of Protestant
liberty had been swept out of the three kingdoms. The
event proved, however, that it was but a brief recoil, as
if to collect strength for a last triumphant effort. In
the year 1690, in the reign of the Calvinistic King
William, Presbytery again rose from under the heel of
Prelacy, and achieved, in the Church of Scotland, such
a legal establishment as had before extinguished it in
the Church of England. The Directory and the Prayer-
book were driven farther apart than ever, and the two
extremities of the island settled down into those ex
tremes of Protestant churchmanship in which they have
continued until the present day.*

who, through faith and patience, inherit the promises? Shall we
leave the snow of Lebanon for Kedar and Mescbech? No! let us
commit ourselves to the care of our Heavenly Father. Arise! let us
go bonce!" Quoted in New Englander, Jan. 1863.

* It will be seen that, in this chapter, we have given only so much
of the history of the times as directly bears upon the present inves
tigation. It was confessedly an age of intolerance when both parties
by turns became persecutors and victims; and we have not thought
It necessary to enter into controversies so remote from our time and
country ; if indeed we are not spared the necessity of vindicating
that < comparatively lenient Presbyterian rule of which Jeremy Tay
lor (while allowed to pursue the vocation of a teacher in Wales)
could speak as "the gentleness and mercy of a noble enemy." Our
aim has not been to paint either party as tyrants or saints ; but
simply to bring to view the unquestionable fact that the framers ol
our Church standards were not only, at the time, as a body, the
lawful inheritors of the Prayer book, but also that they afterwards,
by their own action, became its lawful revisers, with a view to its
resumption. The case was different with the Independent or Con
gregational ministers, who, from disloyalty, as well as doctrinal
repugnance, forfeited their livings ; but the incumbency of the Pres
byterian clergy, together with that of the ejected Episcopalians, was
placed beyond question by the Act 12, Car. ii. cap. 17, entitled "An
Act for confirming and restoring of ministers;" and when it la
remembered that the whole number of claimants for restoration was
not above two or three hundred, we shall know how to estimate the
wild assertion sometimes made, that seven thousand or eight thou
sand Episcopalian martyrs are to be weighed against the two thou
sand Presbyterians. See Calamy's Account and Remarks on Dr.
Walker's Account, vols. 1. and ii. Consult also Burnet and Neal,
and the civil historians, Hume, Hallam, Macaulay, Knight, and
May.

22 GENERAL ASSEMBLY'S REVISION OF

CHAPTER III.

XHX GENERAL ASSEMBLY'S REVISION OP THE WEST
MINSTER DIRECTORY FOR PUBLIC WORSHIP.

OUR historical sketch (in which we have aimed at truth
and fairness) has brought to view these facts: 1st. That
liturgies, or prescribed forms of public worship, were in
use in the early Church of Scotland, as in all the Re
formed Churches; 2d. That the Directory was, in its
origin, a revolutionary protest against civil and ecclesi
astical tyranny in such matters, and a concession to the
principle of uniformity or conformity peculiar to estab
lished or State-religions;* 3d. That it was followed by
a healthy reaction — there having been at one time at
least two thousand Presbyterian clergy in England who
would have been willing to use even the Prayer book
itself, had it been properly reformed and amended; and
4th. That the Directory was finally established by law
in Scotland, as the alternative to a legally imposed
liturgy, and as the only existing safeguard of a free and
spiritual worship.

We come now to its history in our own country. It
was certainly not necessary that these extremes, be
tween which the Church was driven in the Old World,
should have been repeated on a larger scale in the New,
necessitated, as they mainly were, by political and sec
tarian controversies, which no longer trammel us on
this side of the Atlantic; and it is not even probable
that they would have been so repeated, had our fathers
been able to free themselves from inherited prejudices,
and to foresee the present diversified condition and rela-

* These points are fully proved in the two learned and valuable
works of Rev. Charles W. Baird, to whom belongs the credit of a
first investigator and collector of the Presbyterian Liturgies.
" Eutaxia, or *he Presbyterian Liturgies; Historical Sketches by a
Minister of the Presbyterian Church," published by M. W. Dod; and
"A Book of I'ublic Prayer, compiled from the authorized formula
ries of the Presbyterian Church, as prepared by the Reformers, Cal
vin, Kuox, Bucer, and others, with Supplementary Forms. Published
by Charles Scribuer, 1857.

THE WESTMINSTER DIRECTORY. 23

tiong of our Church. As it was, it is well known that
\n the General Assembly which adopted our Confession
of Faith, the most learned and judicious members, such
as Drs. Rogers, McWhorter, Ashbel Green, were in
favor of so enlarging the liturgical element of the Direc
tory, as to include in it not merely rules and topics, but
complete forms for the minister's use, either as exam
ples or materials of divine service; and the committee
of revision actually prepared and reported such a
liturgy, and advocated its adoption.* The failure of
the scheme is not now to be wondered at, or indeed,
regretted; especially since the spirit which prompted it
so far prevailed in the counsels of the Assembly as to
procure the amendment of the Directory in several par
ticulars. We shall see, if we compare our edition of
that formulary with the same as first adopted by the
Westminster divines, that the additions we have made to
it are decidedly liturgical in their tendency.

In the chapter on the "Preaching of the Word," we
find added this much needed caution against the danger
of degrading public worship into mere sermonizing:

" As one primary design of public ordinances is to pay social acts
of homage to the Most High God. ministers ought to be careful not
to make their sermons so long as to interfere with or exclude the
more important duties of prayer and praise; but preserve a just
proportion between the several parts of public worship."

In the chapter on the "Singing of Psalms" and
hymns, (which latter compositions! are not named in
the Westminster formulary,) it is recommended to con
gregations "to cultivate some knowledge of the rules
of music, that we may praise God in a becoming manner
with our voices, as well as with our hearts;" and to
ministers, "that more time be allowed for this excellent
part of divine service than has been usual in most of
our churches."

* Assembly's Digest, p. 9. Eutaxia, or the Presbyterian Liturgies.
Chap, xiii

t The history of our present Hymn Book affords some instructive
precedents in reference to the corresponding question of a Prayer
Bool; and shows how steadily the reaction has been going on in
modern Pre.sbyterianism, from that false extreme into which it wai
driven in the Church of Scotland. Assembly's Digest — Psalmody*
op. 180—187.

24 GENERAL ASSEMBLY'S REVISION OP

The chapter on "Public Prayer" is made more exact
and methodical, the matter of such devotions being
placed under several heads, as Adorations, Thanksgiv
ings, Confessions, Supplications, Pleadings, and Interces
sions; while, as to the manner, the use of forms is
neither enjoined nor forbidden, as appears from this
important amendment:

"We think it necessary to observe, that although we do not
approve, as is well known, of confining ministers to *et or fixed
forms of prayer for public worship, yet it is the indispensable duty
of every minister, previously to his entering on his offico, to prepare
and qualify himself for this part of his duty, as well as for preach
ing. He ought, by a thorough acquaintance with the Holy Scrip
tures, by reading the best writers on the subject, by meditation, and
by a life of communion with God in secret, to endeavor to acquire
both the spirit and the gift of prayer. Not only so, but when he ii
to enter on particular acts of worship, he should endearor to com
pose his spirit, and to digest his thoughts for prayer, that it may be
performed with dignity and propriety, as well as to the profit of
those who join in it; and that he may not disgrace that important
service by mean, irregular, or extravagant effusions."

The entire chapter on "Admission to Sealing Ordi
nances" is an addition, and thus extracts the kernel of
truth from the error of Confirmation :

"Children born within the pale of the visible Church, and dedl
cated to God in baptism, are under the inspection and government
of the Church, and are to be taught to read and repeat the Cate
chism, the Apostles' Creed, and the Lord's Prayer. They are to be
taught to pray, to abhor sin, to fear God, and to obey the I-ord Jesus
Christ. And, when they come to years of discretion, if they be free
from scandal, appear sober and steady, and have sufficient know
ledge to discern the Lord's body, they ought to be informed it is
their duty and privilege to come to the Lord's Supper."

While such significant additions as these are to be
noticed, it is still to be regretted that the suggestions
in reference to the reading of the Scriptures and of the
Psalms, should not have been more fully retained, and
that the specific direction as to the use of the Lord's
Prayer should have been inconsistently (see Larger Cate
chism, Q 187,) and no doubt inadvertently, omitted.

The Directory, as thus amended at its adoption, ha?
remained, without material alteration, our authorized
guide in public worship; but the spirit which ruled in
those amendments has continued in various ways to
express itself. The insertion of that form in our hymn

THE WESTMINSTER DIRECTORY. 25

books, designed for use in divine service; the issue by
our Board, of such manuals as "Miller on Public
Prayer," the "Sailor's Companion, or, Book of Public
and Private Devotions for Seamen;" and the publica
tion of such works as "Eutaxia, or the Presbyterian
Liturgies," and "A Book of Public Prayer, Compiled
from the Authorized Formularies of the Presbyterian
Church," are marks of a growing opinion in this
matter;* to which may be added the more practical
experiment of the "St. Peter's Church," at Rochester.
Even in the mother Church of Scotland, on the very
battle ground of the Directory, the Moderator of the
General Assembly, in his opening sermon,f has recom
mended and ably advocated a more liturgical mode of

* See also Princeton Review, 1855, Art. V., " Presbyterian Litur
gies:'' and 1847, Art. IV., "Public Prayer." The author of the last
named article speaks of having "sometimes heard the intimation,
that the Book of Common Prayer, could it be quietly introduced,
would be an improvement upon the present forms of devotion in
many of our pulpits."

f Hi' explains that there are many who " are dissatisfied, not with
our doctrine, but with our external forms of worship. The com
plaint is, that our services are bald and cold ; that they are ill fitted
to evoke the feelings and emotions which become worshippers ; that
we come together rather as an audience to hear a lecturer or teacher,
than to pour forth our confessions, and desires, and prayers for
mercy and forgiveness through the blood of Christ; that when
prayer is made, it is rather that of presiding ministers than of the
assembled people; that they are wholly at the discretion of one
man, however mediocre may be big gifts ; that this is in no reasona
ble sense common prayer, for that they often toil after him in vain;
that through our present system they are made passive and silent,
rather than living worshippers; and are not called to confess within
the sanctuary the Lord Jesus with the mouth, though it be wri'ten,
' With the heart man believeth unto righteousness, and with the
mouth confession is made unto salvation.' .... The regulation of
these different matters, if there is truth in ecclesiastical history,
was, at one period at least, left to congregations and their pastors
and rulers; and to them it is humbly submitted, this Church might
commit such power with greater security than any other, inasmuch
as if any attempt was made to return to the forms and usages of a
better age, against the mind of a major part of the congregation, or
even to the offending of the honest prepossessions of a considerable
portion of it, we have, through the subordination of our judicato-
ries, ampl« means of grant!) g redress."

He adds: " Many clergymen and members of the Church of Scot
land, not the least in name, acquirements, and worth, hove fre
quently discussed the matter with me, and have arrived at the enm<
conclusion."

26 GENERAL ASSEMBLY'S REVISION O!

worship, as essential to the preservation and extension
of the Church in some communities. And if we choose
to look around us, we shall see on every side sistef
Churches and denominations, occupied with the problem
of a liturgy that shall retain all that is valuable in the
Church of the past, and yet be adapted to the Church
of the present and the future.

But the general inference we would now draw from
the facts before us, is, that there has always been,
throughout our history, what may be called a liturgical
type or phase of Presbyterianism, and that its advo
cates are of unimpeachable orthodoxy and piety; being
BO attached to our Directory as the only safe universal
guide for the whole Church, that they "do not approve
of confining" pastors or congregations to liturgies, and
yet maintaining a voluntary and judicious use of them,
in cases where it is plainly needed and desired, to be
not only consistent with our standards, but part of that
liberty wherewith Christ hath made his people free.
And if it be asked why so little practical success has
hitherto sanctioned their views, we need only mention
two reasons as sufficient to account for past failures.

One fatal mistake has been that of attempting to
compose, rather than simply to compile, a liturgy. Some
of the Presbyterian Commissioners to the Savoy Con
ference, through the injudicious zeal of Baxter, for the
addition to the Prayer Book of his "Reformed Liturgy,"
a hasty effusion of his own, were betrayed into an error,
which was most adroitly turned against them by their
adversaries;* and our first Assembly's Committee of
Revision were on the same path, when they recom
mended the whole Church, though only as a sample, an
entirely new devotional production, ignoring even the
hallowed formularies of Calvin and Knox. Scarcely
less questionable is our Church pride and sensitiveness
sometimes shown in reference to the Prayer Book, as
if that excellent compilation, so largely referable to
Presbyterian sources and sanctions, were an exclusively
Episcopalian production, or as if it were needful to
repudiate the common treasury of Christian devotion

* Bishop Burnet's History of bis own Times, Vol. I., p. 180.

THE WESTMINSTER DIRECTORY. 27

from which much of it was taken. If we intend to act
upon this principle in our public worship, we must
winnow out of our Hymn Book its Roman Catholic,
Episcopalian, and Methodist hymns, and restrict our
selves to Presbyterian poems, set to Presbyterian airs.
And the reformation will not be complete until we have
banished the organ and the choir from our churches,
and succeeded in devising for ourselves an architecture,
less heathen or more Protestant than the Greek or Qothio
temples in which some of our congregations are content
to worship. The truth is, that, strictly speaking, a
liturgy, like a creed or confession, cannot be the pro
duct of any one mind or age, or even sect of the Church;
and it is no wonder that good sense and good taste
have always combined with true piety in eschewing
forms of worship, whether prescribed or extemporane
ous, which are full of individual conceits and ingenious
novelties.

But the other, and not less serious, mistake which
has been made, is that of hoping to impose, or in any
way introduce a liturgy throughout the entire Church,
without regard to its diversified condition. We have
seen that our whole history is a protest against the
interference of the civil power in such matters; many
things in the Prayer-book which were simply indiffer
ent, or even laudable, having been resisted to the
utmost, when by law enjoined as terms of communion;
and the same instinct of liberty rises against any abuse
of even Church power in the details of public worship.
The genius of presbytery, the world over, cannot
endure anything more stringent than a Directory, or
system of general rules and suggestions; and to pic
ture her vast communion, ministers and congregation^
servilely drilled through the manual of an imposed
ritual, would be the wildest of fancies. Tt may be
questioned, indeed, whether the best liturgy that could
be framed, were it abruptly taken up and enforced by
ecclesiastical authority, would be, if warrantable, on
any account desirable. Our Church, as a Church,
might find in such appliances a binderance to her own
growth, efficiency, and spirituality ; as is shown by tin
fact, that the denomination which adheres to an im

28 MINISTERIAL NEGLECTS, AND THEIH

posed liturgy cannot take it effectively outside of th«
cities, into the country, or to the frontiers. Moreover,
in a land so vast and varied as ours, anything like
strict uniformity of worship is, in the nature of things,
unattainable. It is unreasonable that a congregation
in St. Louis or New York should have all its appliances
of devotion exactly like those of a congregation in the
interior of Pennsylvania, or of Kansas, and such a rigid
correspondence does not, in fact, exist throughout our
bounds. The Church has, therefore, wisely foreborne
either to enjoin or to forbid choirs, organs, particular
styles of architecture and furniture, or a stated order
and form of the several parts of public worship; and it
may be safely assumed that all parties would unite in
deprecating any summary legislation in reference to
such questions, as not only unnecessary, but an inva
sion of that constitutional liberty in things indifferent,
which we prize as second only to our uniformity in
things essential.

In several following chapters we propose to discuss
the existing abuses of our Directory, or the evils which
have arisen under it, and the available remedies and
improvements.

CHAPTER IV.

MINISTERIAL NEGLECTS, AND THEIR REMEDIES UNDER
THE DIRECTORY.

IN public worship, the two human parties are the min
ister and the congregation — the former leading in the
service, and the latter accompanying him with the
heart, or in some parts, with the voice also ; and, for
the guidance of these two parties, the Directory gives
certain general rules and suggestions. Let us consider,
in this article, the ministerial requisites of edifying
worship; and we would do this in no censorious or
critical spirit, but only out of love to that Church which
is the mother of us all, and from a conviction that the
lefects in our present practice are already generally

BEMEDIE8 UNDER THE DIRECTORY. 29

admitted and regretted, and all the more readily, be
cause they are not past remedy. The writer, indeed,
is simply confessing for himself, as well as for others.

And let it be candidly asked, at the outset, if out
ministry have not, as a body, widely departed from the
direction that " one primary design of public ordinances
is to pay social acts of homage to the Most High God;"
and if, in yielding to the popular taste for able and elo
quent sermons, they are not neglecting the prescribed
general and special preparation "for this part of their
duty as well as for preaching?" No true Presbyterian,
indeed, would wish to see the pulpit thrust aside in our
worship. It is the glory of Protestant, as it was of
primitive Christianity; and our Church, in so carefully
furnishing herself with a race of educated preachers
and scholars, has acquired a hold upon the intellectual
classes, as distinguished from the merely fashionable,
or the merely vulgar, which makes her the bulwark of
all conservatism throughout the land. But while we
have thus signally escaped the evil which existed when,
according to the Westminster divines,* "the reading of
common prayer was made no better than an idol by
many ignorant and superstitious people, who, pleasing
themselves in their presence at that service, and their
lip-labor in bearing a part in it, have thereby hardened
themselves in their ignorance and carelessness of true
knowledge and saving piety," may we not meanwhile
have lapsed towards the opposite error, of making no
better than an idol the reading of a sermon, by so
allowing it to "exclude or interfere with the more im
portant duties of prayer and praise,"f that they are
degraded into a mere hasty prelude of the preacher, or
"disgraced with mean, irregular, or extravagant effu
sions"?

Some eminent exceptions, indeed, there are to this
general neglect; but it cannot be denied that in too
many cases there is neither "a just proportion between
the several parts of public worship,"! nor any evidence
of the required carefulness that they "may be per-

* Preface to.the Westminster Directory,
t Directory, chap. vi. and chap. v.

30 MINISTERIAL NEGLECTS, AND THEIR

formed with dignity and propriety, as well as to tht
profit of those who join in them."* The matter, form,
and arrangement of them have been left to chance or
impulse The psalms, hymns, and Scripture readings,
or lessons, are selected at random, or upon no obvious
principle; and the prayers are long and rambling effu
sions of what happens to come uppermost in the mind.
All is vague, crude, and unedifying; and the congrega
tion, sympathizing with the preacher, are glad to
despatch their devotions and come to the sermon, where
they can have something more orderly and intelligible.

It is, indeed, often urged, in extenuation of these
evils, that worshippers are, or ought to be, in a lesa
critical mood during the devotional than the more didac
tic part of the service, and certain texts are quoted in
favor of the minister's literally taking no thought what
shall be said, and relying upon the Holy Spirit abso
lutely for good utterance, as well as right feeling. It
would be easy to parry such texts, and to quote counter-
texts; — "God is not the author of confusion in the
churches of his saints;" "I will pray with the Spirit,
and I will pray with the understanding also;" " Let all
things be done decently and in order;" or to cite that
methodical form of devotion, combining both directory
and liturgy, which our Lord taught his disciples. But
we admit the general principle asserted, while we still
insist upon its proper limitations. The most acceptable
and edifying public worship is, unquestionably, that in
which the minister's form and the people's feeling are
directly prompted by the Holy Ghost; and yet what
shall be said of that in which the form does not fully
express the feeling, but in many ways positively
thwarts or destroys it — in which there is no well-
ordered system of hymns, psalms, lessons, and prayers,
by which to excite, sustain, and guide devotion ; and in
which the worshipper is either driven from public into
private prayer, or rendered the worst of formalists?
The late Dr. Miller, in his work upon this subject,! has
enumerated many, but by no means all, of the defectiv*

* Directory, chap. vl. and v..

t Miller on Public Prayer, chap. IT.

REMEDIES UNDER fHE DIRECTORY. 31

forms or modes of public prayer, such a? the repeti
tious, the tedious, the irreverent, the incoherent, the un~
seasonable, the political, the complimentary, the didactic,
the rhetorical, the sarcastic, &c. We ask, in all Chris,
tian candor, if it is not a gross abuse of the doctrine ol
spiritual gifts and influences, to rank such effusions as
utterances of <&e Holy Ghost, or to impose them upon
a worshipping assembly as their prayers? They are not
theirs, and cannot be made theirs, any farther than they
actually express the desires of their hearts, and are, on
their part, intelligently and devoutly offered up unto
God.

And this great and growing neglect is already tell
ing injuriously upon our whole system. We believe we
only utter a common sentiment, when we say that, on
the one hand, it has increased the taste for a style of
"sensational" preaching which but few ministers can
acquire or sustain; and, on the other hand, has ren
dered all public prayer and praise a mere foil to the
sermon. The pulpit has become the rival of the ros
trum, and mere intellectual entertainment substituted
for devout communion with God. The people take
refuge from the service in the discourse, and the dis
course is elaborated at the expense of the service.
Whereas, the need of careful preparation for the one
only exceeds that for the other by as much as what is
offered in the form of prayer or praise to God, is more
momentous than what is addressed in the form of mere
argument or appeal to man.

Now, the obvious remedy for these evils is to have
some plan or method of preparing and conducting the
several parts of public worship, by means of which the
whole service shall be made at least coherent and intel
ligible. With most ministers, the only plan would seem
to be to adopt the lessons, hymns, and prayers mainly
to the sermon. But, while this may be convenient, it
can scarcely be called reasonable ; for, unless his sub
ject has been before announced, or the occasion itself is
suggestive, the congregation are left to grope after him,
vaguely guessing his meaning, or else to worskip with
out any intelligent sympathy with him, or with one
another. Leaving this principle to be adopted whei

32 MINISTERIAL NEGLECTS, AND THEIR

circumstances require it, a better method, we suggest,
would be ordinarily to frame the services before the dis«
course, entirely independent of it, or at least to have
some obvious system in which the sermon shall follow
as part of the worship, and not the worship precede aa
a mere vague prologue to the sermon. The reason for
this is, that there are certain "social acts of homage,"
which every congregation, on ordinary occasions, ought
to offer, whatever may be the particular theme the
preacher has chosen. Besides his special instruction,
there are acts of confession, supplication, intercession,
thanksgiving, praise, and hearing of God's word, which
must be suited to the various classes, states, and char
acters of a mixed assembly, and without which their
service cannot be called public worship. And to say
that every minister can properly express and conduct
these varied devotions without any plan or forethought,
is to say what every minister knows to be simply impos
sible. It is for the want of such plan and forethought
that large portions of the Scriptures are never read in
our churches; that there is scarcely ever a complete
service in which no part is slighted or exagger
ated, and no class of worshippers neglected, and that
in general the ministrations of each pastor are of neces
sity so impresssed with his own individuality, that the
people neither receive from God his whole Word, nor
can publicly offer to God their whole heart. And
though we would not have the ministry, as a body, come
under the bondage of an inflexible system, yet we see
no reason why any minister might not for himself so
systematize the ordinary church service as to secure at
once his own convenience and profit, and the edification
of his fellow-worshippers. The leading features of such
a system may be briefly indicated as follows :

1. He might arrange a yearly course of Scripture
lessons for the instruction of the people in the entire
word of God, by reading in every service from both Tes
taments (according to the suggestion of the original
Directory,) not necessarily whole chapters, (which
divisions are not inspired, and are often too lengthy for
a single reading.) but brief portions, selected in the
order of the sacred books themselves, or upon some

REMEDIES UNDER THE DIRECTORY. 33

•thpr scriptural and rational principle. As Christ is
the end and sum of both dispensations, there could b»
ao more effective mode of unfolding the whole divine re
velation than that of converging, Sabbath after Sabbath,
the blended light of history and prophecy, of gospel and
epistle, upon the leading events of his life, and the main
features of his doctrine. And these lessons might be
separated or followed by a prayer or hymn, in keeping
with them, or suited to give devotional expression to
them. Such an arrangement, besides imparting variety
and unity to the service, would also afford that much-
needed relief and help, a stated supply of themes for
the sermon.

2. He might adhere to some simple method in the
stated public prayers, by at least keeping each class of
them distinct and proportionate, so that neither the
confessions, nor supplications, nor intercessions, nor thanks
givings of the congregation should be omitted, nor "the
whole rendered too short or too tedious." The Direc
tory further recommends, besides the cultivation of
personal piety, pre-arrangement and pre-meditation aa
to the matter of such devotions; but whether as to the
form of them, there should be anything like composi
tion or compilation from the Scriptures, and the best
models, is not decided, and cannot be, by any general
rule. " Let every man be fully persuaded in his own
mind." It is certain, that the public prayers of some
of the holiest and most gifted ministers, such as Drs.
Green and Chalmers, were often as carefully prepared
as their sermons; and it is equally certain, that the
ministrations of other eminent preachers would have
been greatly improved by such preparation. Those
who most oppose it, are generally those who most need
it. There is much ignorant prejudice in reference to
this grave matter. Because the warm, unstudied effu
sions of a good man, evidently in communion with God,
and himself as remarkable for prudence as for piety,
are confessedly better than the most sincere recitation,
and infinitely better than the mere formal reading of
prayers, we absurdly elevate the rare exception into a
rule. But there is no practical evidence in our minis
try to support the specious pretension; and until th«

34 MINISTERIAL NEGLECTS.

preacher has given proof of an apostolic gift of utter
ance, it is surely questionable whether he ought to
leave his fellow-worshippers wholly at the mercy of his
moods and caprices.

8. He might arrange the several parts of worship in
some natural order or succession, by which the wor
shipper should be conducted from the simple to the
more difficult and intimate stages of devotion; begin
ning with an Invocation, or act of Humiliation and
Confession, and thence proceeding to the Reading of the
Law and the Gospel, with Confession of Faith, through
the Supplications and Intercessions, to the crowning
acts of Thanksgiving and Praise. And sometimes
might be used with profit those excellent summaries of
these several parts of public service, the Commandments,
the beatitudes, the Apostles' Creed, the Lord's Prayer,
and that well-digested series of petitions contained in
the reformed Litany, the whole being preceded by one
of the reformed Confessions.

4. He might both have and use a form in those cere
monial offices, for which the Directory provides only
general rules, but which cannot, in the nature of the
case, be wholly extemporized — such as the "Adminis
tration of Baptism," "Administration of the Lord's
Supper," "Admission of Persons to Sealing Ordi
nances," "Solemnization of Marriage," "Burial of the
Dead," &c. It is matter of general complaint, if not
loud, yet deep, that these solemn occasions are so often
marred by crude and random effusions. If only a few
well-chosen sentences of Scripture were pronounced at
such times, it would be far better than the mere desul
tory harangues to which intelligent and devout assem
blies are sometimes subjected.

But to sum up all in one word, the minister might
haye an exempl:fied Directory or Liturgy of his own,
each as was common in all the early and some of the
modern Presbyterian churches. If the only objection
would be, the labor of composing or compiling it, we
hope yet to show that this is an objection which can
easily be avoided.

CONGREGATIONAL NEGLECTS. 35

CHAPTER V.

CONGREGATIONAL NEGLECTS, AND THEIR REMEDIES
UNDER THE DIRECTORY.

WHATEVER may be the abuses and evils in the minis
terial department of our public worship, we believe
them to be fully equalled by those which prevail in that
of the congregation; and because the latter are the par
ties primarily interested, their peculiar errors, as well
as rights and duties, should be all the more freely can
vassed. It would, indeed, be much pleasanter to pic
ture our whole theory, realized both in a ministry
endowed with apostolic gifts, and in assemblies rapt in
pentecostal fervors; but let it be remembered that the
very first step towards amendment, is to deal honestly
with the facts as we find them.

And we, therefore, affirm it to be as undeniable as it
is lamentable, that in many of our congregations •
growing suppression has been taking the place of all
proper expression of devotional feeling. Jadging by
appearances, in some cases, the great mass would seem
no longer to go to church to worship Gcd, so much aa
to hear choirs and sermons. They sit between the pul
pit and the organ, in mute compliance, while their
prayers and praises are performed by proxy. With all
our boasted Protestantism, we have in the heart of our
communion the essence of the Roman ritual, a vicarious
tervice, of which the people are but auditors, and in
which, sometimes, they can no more individually parti
cipate than if priest and choir were praying and sing
ing for them in a separate performance.

Some signal exceptions, indeed, there may be to this
general decline of congregational worship; but the
mournful fact is conspicuous, that our assemblies, as a
class, neither " praise God in a becoming manner, with
their voices, as well as with their hearts," nor intelli
gently unite in " offering up their desires to God for
things agreeable to his will." Those solemn functions
have been delegated to the choir and the preacher, in

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whose hands they have become respectively mere artis
tic performances, and individual rhapsodies. In many
eases the people do not, simply because they cannot,
pray or sing; and the words, "Let us pray," or "Let
us sing," are but dead formulas — hints of a duty, echoes
of a reality.

It is sometimes urged, in extenuation of these abuses,
that the several parts of divine service ought to be thus
committed to qualified proxies, in order that by the free
exercise of their superior gifts, under the influence of
the Holy Ghost, the body of worshippers shall be edi
fied ; and the example of the primitive Christian assem
blies is cited as an illustration. We need not deny the
general doctrine, while we insist that it should at least
be carefully and consistently applied. That is unques
tionably the most edifying form of public worship, in
which those most gifted in prayer and praise shall lead,
while the rest of the assembly accompany or follow
them ; but even the inspired prophets and many-
tongued psalmists, in the early Church, were admon
ished by the apostle to be intelligible, as well as fervent,
and on no pretence to intrude mere private rhapsody
into public worship. And how much less excusable is
any such abuse or misuse of gifts in a modern assembly?
If it be granted that the minister or the chorister "edifieth
himself," can it be said that "the church is edified"?
And when it is plain that neither party is edified ; that
the public praises are a mere display of musical art,
and the public prayers a mere exposure of personal
feelings, and even conceits, prejudices, and errors,
"how shall he that occupieth the room of the unlearned
(laymen or private person) say Amen?" We sometimes
hear the devotions criticised not less freely than the
Bermon as "interesting," "impressive," "beautiful,"
"eloquent," or the reverse of these. Is it conceivable
that this was what the Apostle meant by "excelling in
spiritual gifts, to the edifying of the Church," or can
such performances themselves, in any proper sense, be
regarded as "social acts of homage to the Most High
God"?

And the natural effect of this vicarious system has
been, not only to rob the people of their prayers and

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praises, but to destroy all wholesome relish on theii
part for more congregational worship, if not, in some
cases, to foster a depraved taste for the impressive,
rather than the expressive forms of religious service.
How could this be otherwise? The worshipper, from
being a passive auditor, easily becomes a mere critic
of the whole performance, and craves only what shall
pleasantly affect his ear or his imagination, or readily
fall in with his taste and prejudices. According as the
choir do their part, well or ill, he approves or disap
proves. If his devotional feeling is sometimes stirred
by the preacher, it is at other times hindered. And
thus he becomes more regardful of the human agents
in worship, than of the Divine majesty and presence,
and loses that sense of individual responsibility, which
would be sustained and kept awake, were he expressing
his own feeling by actually taking part, audibly and
intelligently, with others in common acts of devotion.

Now, it must be admitted that these are, to some
extent, necessary evils, not absolutely peculiar to our
system of worship ; and that the most direct and effect
ive remedy for them is to be sought in the cultivation of
an earnest and spiritual piety, on the part of both min
isters and people. It is, indeed, most true, that did
both parties habitually live near to God, and come
together in the church full of the Holy Ghost, our wor
shipping assemblies would be shaken as with a mighty
wind of holy fervor, and pray and sing as with tongues
of flame; and in times of revival, we are brought to
some faint appreciation of this lost ideal. But it is
sheer folly, in the face of such facts as have been
detailed, to act upon a theory fit only for prophets and
psalmists, and even by them only too soon and sadly
perverted; and if we would escape that spasmodic
type of piety, which at once necessitates and abuses
revivals of religion, we must not, in ordinary times at
least, disdain the means of normal, healthy growth and
culture.

We would, therefore, advocate the use of any right
expedients which can be devised for bringing the con
gregation into more direct sympathy and outward union
with the minister, and with one another, in their com

38 CONGREGATIONAL NEGLECTS, AND THEIB

mon devotions. Nothing which can further such im
portant ends is too insignificant to be considered. In
social services, such a trifle as gathering together a
thin, scattered assembly, into a compact body, will free
them from the sense of formality and coldness that
would otherwise prevail; and in more public services, a
similar benefit might be attained by bringing the minis
ter down from his stilted pulpit, and the choir out of
their distant loft, and more visibly and audibly asso
ciating them with the mass of their fellow-worshippers.
But without dwelling upon Buch details, we will limit
ourselves to one or two general suggestions, which we
believe to be legitimate and practical.

1. It would greatly promote congregational devotion,
or true public worship, to restore to the whole assembly
their peculiar privilege and bounden duty of "praising
God by singing psalms or hymns, publicly in the
church."* There is that in the very act of such vocal
utterance which is fitted to express and nourish holy
feeling; and choirs, organs, choristers, or precentors,
only succeed in their vocation in so far as they develope
it from the mass of worshippers. It is accordingly
recommended in the Directory, "that we cultivate some
knowledge of the rules of music," and that "the whole
congregation should be furnished with books, and
ought to join in this part of worship;" for both of
which duties excellent provision has been made in our
Psalmodist and Hymn Book. It may be questioned,
however, whether either Rouse's or Watts's version of
the Psalms is to be preferred, either on the score of
poetry, or of music, or of devotion, to the literal version
chanted by the choir and people. The responsive read
ing of the Psalter, though only confusing, and anything
but solemn to one not taking part in it, has, however,
the recommendation that it engages the attention, and
helps the devotion of every worshipper; since all may
read, though all cannot sing.

2. It would also be a great improvement, if the con
gregation could join more intelligently in the publia
prayers, as well as praises, by being no less positively

• Directory. Chap. fa.

REMEDIES UNDER THE DIRECTORY. 39

associated with the minister than with the chorister.
We cannot see any such intrinsic difference between the
two services as to demand the diverse practice respect
ing them. If it is indispensable, in the nature of the
case, to extemporize the prayers, why not also to impro
vise the hymns? or if an assembly may devoutly use
forms of praise, may they not as devoutly use forms of
prayer? The mere intellectual effort of composing or
following extemporaneous productions, in the solemn
act of public devotion, is very often unfavorable to sim
ple, earnest feeling. The listener becomes entangled
with the speaker in sentence-making, or is repelled by
expressions or sentiments which, to say the least, he
cannot readily adopt and offer up as his own. But,
could both parties agree, as touching what things they
will ask, and unite together in the use of the same
words, there would certainly be less to hinder or dis
tract their common act of worship.

Whether audible responses ought also to be added, as
a further help to congregational devotion, is a question
of usage and taste, rather than of principle. It cannot
be denied, that in the ancient Jewish and early Chris
tian assemblies, the "private person," as the phrase,
"he that occupieth the room of the unlearned" might
be properly rendered, was wont literally to "say Amen."
And when we hear the fervid ejaculations of the Method
ists on the one side, and the methodical responses of
Episcopalians on the other, we cannot affirm the custom
to be in itself either undevout or indecorous. Nor can
it be proved to be wholly un-presbyterian. In our early
liturgies, says the author of "Eutaxia," "the prayers,
by constant use made familiar to the people, were to be
followed silently, or in subdued tones." The minister
invited the people to make the Confession of Sins, "fol
lowing in heart these words," or "sincerely saying."
And perhaps this mental accompaniment and silent
Amen are to be preferred, on the whole, either to the
noisy outcries or the confused murmuring of our neigh
bors. The main thing is, that the attention and devo
tion be easily sustained, and whether the voice join or
respond, is» immaterial, if only the minister's form, (for
some form every minister does and must have,) be BO

4U CONGREGATIONAL NEGLECfrS,

timple, suitable, and well-known, that each worshippw
can follow it without intellectual fatigue or confusion,
and with a fully assenting mind.

Besides the Amen in ancient worship was used the
Selah, or pause for silent devotion, which though
tJ»o designed as a " rest" in the musical performance
of praise, might equally well, in accordance with
modern usage, be employed for prayer. As there
are times or moods in which the minister will be
prompted to fresh, unpremeditated utterances, for
which no formulary can make due provision, so there
may be occasions, in solemn assemblies, especially in
time of communion at the Lord's table, when intervals
of silence will conduce far more than speech to true
spiritual worship. Let us not disdain devotional helps,
from whatever source they may be taken, but remember
that no usage becomes widely prevalent which is not
founded in some legitimate want of human nature,
whether it be the speechless Quaker meeting, or the
revival Exhortation, or the random Amen and Hallelu
jah of the Methodist, or the formal Litany and Collects
of the Episcopalian. It is rather the dictate of wisdom
to cull out the good from the evil, and, if possible, avoid
the abuses and extremes of a partial system, by com
bining occasional free prayer of the minister, and silent
prayer of the worshiper, with stated prayers for the
whole congregation.

8. It would complete the ideal we are framing, if the
congregation, besides thus participating both in the
prayers and in the praises, could also intelligently fol
low the minister through his scheme of lessons, psalms,
and hymns, for each Sunday of the yearly course, by
means of a service-book or manual, companion to our
Directory and Hymn-book. Whatever might be the
advantage to the pastor of such a scheme, that to the
people would be ten-fold greater, as it vould bring them
into perfect sympathy with him, and render their public
worship what it ought to be — a systematic instruction
in the whole letter of Scripture, together with an intel
ligent offering up unto God of those ordinary prayers
and praises which are proper to every Christian assem
oly-

A FREE LITURGY WITH THE DIRECTORY. 41

In a word, supposing such a system of divine servic*
to have been composed or compiled, in any case where
the parties should be mutually so disposed, the minister
and congregation might agree, under the general rules
of our Directory, (as, indeed, has already been done in
at least one instance,*) to conduct their public devotions
by the aid of a liturgy. There are, we are aware, grave
prejudices and objections to this, which ought to be
duly weighed; and we therefore propose to consider
them in another chapter.

CHAPTER VL

IHK CONSISTENCY OF A FREE LITURGY WITH THK
DIRECTORY.

"THE Directonrfor Public Worship," as the name itself
implies, is a manual of directions for the regulation of
ministers and congregations in performing divine ser
vice, and differs from a Liturgy in being a prescription
of thoughts rather than of words, of rules rather than
of materials of devotion; it being left to the discretion
of the parties whether such materials shall be extem
porized or formulated. The use of a Prayer-book in
connection with it would, it is plain, be no more incon
sistent with its theory or structure than is the use of a
Hymn-book, provided the prayers, as the hymns, were
orthodox and suitable; and such a combination, we
know, actually prevailed at one time in the Church of
England. f

* See the "Church Book of St. Peter's Church," Rochester, N. Y.

f While Presbytery was established it was made a penal offence to
use the Prayer-bouk, as while Episcopacy was established it was
made a penal offence to hold a Prayer-meeting; but there were then,
as there are now, some, both Episcopalians and Presbyterians, wl o
took the liberty to have either, according to circumstances. Com
pare Lightfoot's Journal of the Assembly of Divines: Complete
Works, vol xiii. p. 323, 341, and Lathbury's History of the Prayer
Book, p. 290; Hull's Lit. Reliq., vol. i. p. 88.

42 THE CONSISTENCY OP A

We are met, however, on the threshold of tho ques
tion, by a prejudice and a misconception, neither of
which we Relieve to be reasonable or truly Presbyterian.

Of the prejudice, which does undoubtedly prevail, let
it be said, in the first place, that it is by no means uni
versal, but has taken root most widely and deeply in the
Scotch and Scotch-Irish portions of our Church. We
do not wish to be misunderstood. It is one of the chief
excellencies of our system, whereby its true catholicity
is approved, that it is of no mere national or local
origin, and cannot be absorbed in any single ecclesias
tical organization, such as the Church of Rome, or the
Church of England, or the Church of Scotland ; but
flourishes m all lands, in connection with all races, and
under all political systems. Besides the Scotch type
of Presbytery, we have the Dutch, the German, the
French, and the English; and these several elements
have been so fused together in our American commu
nion, and in almost every Presbyterian family that has
been long enough in the country, that no true son of
such a Church can be suspected of blaming or praising
one to the disparagement or advantage of the other.
While, therefore, we hold to the staunch orthodoxy of
John Knox in opposing all relics of Papal superstition
and error in the public worship of God, we may,
now at least, demur to his destructive zeal against
a certain Book of Common Prayers, about which hia
conscience was straitened in the time of the Frankfort
persecutions,* but concerning which, even then, he
could draw from his teacher, John Calvin, •}• no harsher
sentence than that it contained multas tolerabiles ineptiat
(many endurable trifles) ; and if our subsequent history

* Knox, however, was not opposed to the contents of the Prayer-
book in toto, but rather to its accompanying ceremonies. He could,
and did, use it when in England, omitting, by permission of Cran-
mer. the parts he disliked; and his reason for not accepting a bene
fice in London was, that he was "not willing to be bound to us*
King Edward's book entire" See "The Puritans and Queen Eliza
beth." by Samuel Hopkins, pp. 77, 78, vol. i.

t After Knox had returned to Scotland, Calvin again writes to
him in 1561 : "With regard to ceremonies, I trust, even sho-jH you
displease many, that you will moderate your rigor." Calvin's L»b
5~ru. Trans, by Jules Bonnet. Vol. iv. p. 184.

FREE LITURGY WITH THE DIRECTORY. 43

as to other church questions be all that we could desire,
yet we may begin to query whether we have succeeded
as well in adjusting the liturgical problem; and whether,
upon the whole, such learned and godly Presbyterians
as Thomas Manton, Edmund Calamy, William Bates,
Richard Baxter, did not show better logic and wisdom
in striving to purge out the tolerabiles ineptias, than to
throw away the gold with the dross. The truth is, that
throughout all these troubles, our Church was passing
between the two fires of Prelacy and Independency,
liturgy and conventicle — escaping unhurt, indeed,
though not without marks of the flame; and to this
day the motto of the mother Kirk still suits the
dilemma of her American daughter — Nee tamen con-
tumebatur, with the difference, that we now lean too
near to the Puritan, to be in any danger of the Rit
ualist.

But, in the second place, it could easily be shown
that even our Scotch prejudice against liturgies is both
unintelligent and inconsistent. The simple tact is, that
the Church of Scotland, although at present non-
liturgical, is not, and never has been anti-liturgical,
but was driven into its negative position by "the un
justifiable efforts of Laud and his master to force a
justly obnoxious liturgy upon a free people;"* and as
one of the ill effects of that unhappy controversy, we
inherit a morbid terror of everything approaching to
form in public worship. But the earlier usage, even in
the days of Knox, as we have seen, was very different.
"The Book of Common Order, or the Order of the
English Kirk at Geneva, whereof John Knox was Min
ister: approved by the famous and learned man, John
Calvin; received and used by the Reformed Kirk of
Scotland, and ordinarily prefixed to the Psalms in
Metre: A. D. 1600," has all the elements of a complete
liturgy, and contains, in common with the Prayer book,
as parts of the ordinary service, a Confession of SJns,
the Lord's Prayer, the Apostles' Creed, a Prayer for
the whole estate of Christ's Church, &c., bes-ides the
marriage service nearly verbatim, the ceremony of tht

• Eutaxia, p. 250.

44 THE CONSISTENCY OF A

ring excepted. We have seen under what pressure ot
Prelacy on the one side, and dragging of Ii dependency
on the other, we were at length forced away from both
these liturgies into the Directory. But it is surely
neither wise nor consistent to continue under the
dominion of a prejudice due to such causes.

There is, however, in connection with this prejudice,
a misconception which has, no doubt, tended to
strengthen and perpetuate it, and which may even
remain after it has been exposed, or where it does not
prevail. We refer to the common mistake of confound
ing a liturgy with an artistic ritual or elaborate cere
monial service. The very word is associated in some
minds with those objects of Puritan dislike, the altar,
the surplice, the sign of the cross, bowing in the creed,
and all the paraphernalia of a scenic worship. What
has been described, however, in these pages, has no
thing to do with such accessories, and would be
imperilled by admixture with them.* We have advo
cated no particular style of church architecture and
furniture, or of ministerial dress, or of congregational
behavior, and have proposed no innovations in such
matters; but, leaving them where the Directory leaves
them, have simply maintained that there might be, and,
in some cases, there ought to be, in connection with the

• It was from no dislike of art, In Itself and in its own sphere, but
only from an anxiety to guard the more vital interests of religion,
that the Calvinistic cultus, in distinction from the Lutheran, be
came so strongly impressed with an aspect of sobriety and sim
plicity. "We must not forget," gftys a learned critic of both
systems, "that it was people of the South, among whom Calvin as a
Reformer specially labored. Ceremonies which, in a nation with the
more earnest and tranquil character of the Germans, Luther could
retain, without a thought of their being abused, not without ground
appeared dubious in the case of the most excitable Southern tem
perament, which only too soon would have clung to that »hich is
outward; and since Calvin well knew that Catholicism., -vith all \t»
gorgeous splendor, and its superstitions resting on uim p/et«D«ions
and emotums, was tne offsf rang of the glowing South, he must, even
on this ground: nav« found it necessary, in order to preserve the
evangelical doctrine from all commingling with Catholicism, to pre-
peut it outwardly also in rueged antithesis to that system." The
Sunday Service according to the Liturgies of the Churches of th«
Reformation, by Itev. C. P Krautb, 0. D., Editor of the Lutheran
•nd Missionary

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faithful preaching of God's word, a system of common
devotions for both minister and people, whereby they
could methodically become acquainted with the Holy
Scriptures, and statedly, by simple spiritual acts of
worship, offer up their public prayers and praises
"with the spirit and with the understanding also."
With the Presbyterian divines at the Savoy Conference,
we have judged that "Prayer, confession, thanksgiving,
reading of the Scriptures, and administration of the
sacraments, in the plainest and simplest manner, were
matter enough to furnish out a sufficient liturgy, though
nothing either of private opinion, or of church pomp,
of garments, or prescribed gestures, of imagery, of
music, of matter concerning the dead, of many super
fluities which creep into the Church under the name of
order and decency, did interpose itself."*

Such a liturgy we believe to be not only consistent
with true Presbyterianism, but a legitimate develop
ment of it, which has hitherto been hindered by unto
ward influences, and which is already urgently needed
to defend the weak point of our system, and equip it
for the work of church extension in all directions. And
its judicious introduction by agreement of the two par
ties concerned, need not occasion any interference with
the rights of those congregations which prefer a differ
ent usage, nor any more serious diversity than already,
and of necessity, prevails in our practice.

Of the objections that may be raised to such a liturgy,
the most plausible is, that it would tend to formalism in
worship. We do not wish to slur this objection, but to
sift it as thoroughly as can be, in the absence of a fair
experiment, by which alone the question could be
decided. It would indeed be but right to first take
into account the alternative evils to which we are
exposed. There may be such things as hypocrisy,
cant, extravagance, and superstition, as well as formal
ity in divine service; and when there is no fresh
impulse or occasion of devotion, it will not be strange,
it will simply be unavoidable, that, in the absence of a

* The Exceptions against the Book of Common Prayer. Docw
ment XV.

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well-ordered form to excite and cherish holy feeling,
there should be forced or feigned excitement. We are
not speaking of what ought to be, but of what are, the
facts. Let us not deceive ourselves, but look at the
question on all sides, and we may possib;y reach the
conclusion, that at times a liturgy might prove a help
rather than a hinderance to true spiritual worship. When
the minister's spirit is clouded and heavy, his written
sermon is a great relief, and may even gradually warm
him up into genuine fervor, and his whole audience with
him; or if he eschew preparation and paper, and halt
and trip in his utterance, large excuses can still be
made for one who comes speaking to the people in the
name of God; but when he turns to speak to God in the
name of the people, is it perfectly reasonable that the
devotions of some hundreds of worshippers should be
left dependent upon his bodily condition ? The spirit
may be willing, but the flesh is weak. He might,
perhaps, take some old familiar words in company with
them, and at least not hinder their devotion or his own;
but to absolutely make new prayers for them, ex tempore,
every Sunday, under dread of falling into a form of
prayer — alas! is it not enough that he should make two
able and eloquent sermons?

Some form there must be, in all edifying worship.
(Without it, we relapse towards Methodist extravagance
or Quaker apathy. Some form there is in every pas
tor's mode of conducting worship. He glides intc a
service almost as stereotyped as the dreaded liturgy.
It is, after all, the thing without the name; and the
only question really worth considering, is, whether that
liturgy shall be a good one or a bad one. The advo
cates of a supposed impromptu service, springing up in
perennial freshness, and ceaseless variety, do not seem
rightly to distinguish between public and private devo
tion, or between ordinary and extraordinary states of
religious feeling. In social meetings, especially during
seasons of revival, or on marked providential occasions,
the whole outward expression of worship will indeed be
free and artless, and any thing like forms would be felt
aa an intolerable bondage; but in large assemblies, con
vened for stated acts of homage, there cannot but be

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more of system, sameness, and pre-arrangement. Nor
is it easy to see what advantage would be gained by an
ingenious variety, or capricious novelty, so far as that
is possible in reference to the ordinary devotions of a
congregation, when there might be customary forms of
expressing them, which have been used and sanctioned
by the learned and godly of all churches and ages;
which being largely taken from the very words of Scrip
ture, concisely express the wants, the fears, the doubts,
the hopes, and the joys of all Christians; and which
are marked by a simple majesty of style, a chaste fer
vor, tenderness, and solemnity, utterly unknown in
any modern compositions. In the open, voluntary use
of such helps to devotion, both parties might find a
mutual relief and profit, which must be foregone so
long as either the people are at the mercy of random
effusions, or the minister is hampered with a surrepti
tious form of his own.

We may add, that the objection now under consider
ation is not supported by facts. Some of the most
spiritually-minded men that ever lived, have used and
contended for a liturgy ; but formalists will be formal
under any system.

Another and kindred objection is, that a liturgy
would repress all originality on the part of the minister,
and foster a deadly monotony in his services. The life
of public worship, it is argued, consists in that vivid
impression made by an earnest speaker, with heart
aglow, and voice and tone spontaneously giving forth
every petition as an expression of his own personal
feeling. Such prayers, it is said, are more "interest
ing," "solemn," or "touching," than any recited form,
however appropriate. We admit this personal or indi
vidual element to be a great advantage in the sermon,
and even, with proper limitations, in the service. The
very best preaching and praying are confessedly extem
poraneous, and also the very worst. It depends entirely
upon the person, the mood, the occasion, and the cir
cumstances ; and when all of these are not perfectly
favorable, then the question presents another aspect
The Apostle's rule is, " Let all things be done to edify
ing;" and there may be, as we have seen, individual

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peculiarities or originalities in public prayer which are
not edifying. Because the broken, confused utterances
of some private suppliant are far better for him than
any form, it does not follow that they will also be more
edifying to a whole assembly, nor is it quite clear that
any sentimental advantage or pathetic interest gained
by their exposure, is not more than balanced by the
risk of a certain vanity, embarrassment, or indelicacy,
on the one side, together with a certain admiration,
regret, or pity, on the other. Ah ! it may be pardona
ble iu us to like to hear a good sermon ; but is it wor
shipping God to like to hear how well a man can pray t
and do we not sometimes see the "gift of prayer" with
out the grace, as well as the grace without the gift?

Moreover, the objection we are considering is valid
only on the assumption, that the minister is so slavishly
tied down to rules and forms, that he cannot, when the
fresh mood or new occasion prompts him, break away
from them into more spontaneous services. It would,
of course, be impossible to frame either directions or
samples for every possible emergency ; and the only
proper design of a liturgy is, to give edifying expression
to those stated public devotions, which are in their
nature fixed and invariable, while all the benefits of the
most informal worship may still be sufficiently retained
in the lecture and prayer-meetings during the week, or
in the second service on the Lord's day, as well as by
blending free with stated prayer, on all occasions, at
discretion.

A far more specious scruple is, that liturgies foster an
"»sthetical" form of devotion, or cultivate the taste
and imagination at the expense of the heart and con
science. Some persons, it is asserted, are of a liturgi
cal temperament, and by dwelling critically upon the
form in distinction from the matter or spirit of worship,
at length become so fastidious, that they are in danger
of making their whole religion little better than one of
the fine arts ; and this, it is maintained, is a weakness
and folly, which ought to be mortified rather than
humored.

It need not be denied that there may be an excess of
even so good a thing as good taste; but, on the other

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aand, it must be confessed that the holiest things may
be spoiled by sc trifling a thing as a little bad taste.
And when Presbyterian congregations, on all sides, are
to be found worshipping in imitation Parthenons
and Westminsters, with the aid of costly music and
oratory, we may fairly question, what should be the
literary character of their liturgy; and, whether it
would not be wiser, safer, and more consistent to giy*
vent to the irrepressible aesthetic element in the
form of a reasonable service, than to lavish it upon
artistic surroundings, so little in keeping with the tra
ditional simplicity of our worship.

It is also sometimes objected that forms of devotion,
and especially those in the Prayer-book, are suited only
to the worldly classes of society, and to such as are
content with a superficial type of Christianity. Even
Episcopalian dissent, we are told, with the prestige of
a court ritual, is undermining "the Church" in Scot
land ; the whole fashionable class in our own country
are assuming a liturgical mode of worship as one of
their prerogatives; and its general adoption in the pres
ent state of things, could only relax the terms of com
munion, and obscure or weaken the vital distinction
between the Church and the world.

We have no disposition to make light of such appre
hensions. Let it be freely granted, as experience both in
the Old and the New world has shown, that an imposed
lituigy does thus cramp the evangelizing power of the
ministry, and foster caste, fashion, and worldliness;
yet this could not be charged against an optional
liturgy to be used or forborne, according to the vary
ing exigency of places and occasions. Nor should we
disguise it from ourselves that, without some flexible
agency of this kind, we are in danger of losing our hold
upon those educated classes who really form the brain
and virtue of the state. It is in fact the mission of a
true Church of Christ to embrace within itself both
extremes of the social scale, and so mould and re adjus*
all ranks and conditions, as to render them but varioui
members of one and the same mystical body.

As to the objection, that it would cost us something
of church pride and consistency, or expose us to ridicule

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as imitators, if this be so, it is enough to say, in view of
the historical facts already presented, that the sooner all
parties are rid of such ideas the better.

The only remaining difficulty we now think of is, the
want of a suitable manual or service-book, sanctioned
by sufficient Presbyterian authority to ineure its ortho
doxy and encourage its use. We believe this objection
to be the most serious that can be raised; but by no
means insuperable, as we hope may appear in our next
chapter.

CHAPTER VIL

THE WAERANT FOR THE PRESBYTERIAN VERSION Of
THE PBAYER-BOOK.

IN our previous essays we have advocated these three
means of correcting and improving our public worship:
1st. In all cases a careful attention to the rules and
suggestions of the Directory ; 2d. In many cases a sys
tem of services, with forms or examples, composed or
compiled by the minister for his own assistance ; 3d. In
some cases, where the parties are so agreed, a liturgy,
or scheme of common devotions, for both minister and
congregation, containing not merely psalms an 1 hymns,
and Directory, but tables of Scripture lessons, form? of
stated prayer, and of administration of the sacraments,
and other rites of the Church. Advancing a step far
ther, we desire now to show that either or all of these
advantages can be secured in an edition of the Book of
Common Prayer, as revised by the Royal Commission of
Presbyterian Divines, at the Savoy Conference, A. D.
1661, and in agreement with oar Directory for Publio
Worship.

As this was with the writer no foregone conclusion,
but a wholly unforeseen result of some studies and
efforts in the direction of a truly Presbyterian liturgy,
be begs the reader, who has followed him thus far, to

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candidly review the several historical facts upon which
it is based, and the arguments upholding it.

1. The Prayer-book was set aside for the Directory by
the Westminster divines on avowed principles which adm&
of its resumption. In their Preface, after recounting the
eviU then arising out of its forcible imposition upon the
cL arches, they thus declared their motives:

" Upon these, and many the like weighty considerations, in refer
ence to the whole Book in general, and because of divers particulars
contained in it; not from any love to novelty, or intention to dis
parage our first reformers, (of whom we are persuaded that were
they now alive, they would join with us in this work, and whom we
acknowledge as excellent instruments, raised by God, to begin the
purging and building of his house, and desire they may be had of us
and posterity in everlasting remembrance, with thankfulness and
honor,) but that we may, in some measure, answer the gracious
providence of God, which at this time calleth upon us for further
reformation, and may satisfy our own consciences, and answer the
expectation of other reformed churches, and the desires of many of
the godly among ourselves, and withal give some public testimony
of our endeavors for uniformity in Divine worship, which we have
promised in our 'Solemn League and Covenant.' We have, after
earnest and frequent calling upon the name of God, and after much
consultation, not with flesh and blood, but with his holy word,
resolved to lay aside the former liturgy, with the many rites and
ceremonies, formerly used in the worship of God, and have agreed
upon this following Directory for all the parts of public worship, at
otdinary and extraordinary times."

We believe that both the spirit and the letter of these
cautious declarations favor the point we are arguing.
When it is remembered that the Directory was mainly a
semi-political device,* resulting from the opposite forces
of prelacy-and independency, and that it utterly failed
to secure the *' covenanted uniformity," for which it
was originally framed ; and when it is remembered that
the objections therein enumerated against the Prayer-
book, such as the imposition of things indifferent as

* The Parlimentary order to the Assembly of Divines was, that
they should confer and treat among themselves "concerning th«
Directory of Worship, or liturgy hereafter to be in the Church." Th«
subject occupied them more than two months, and the result was a
compromise of the Scotch Commissioners with the Independents, and
»f both with the English Presbyterians. To escape dicuseion a very
disproportionate number of the former, were appointed on the Com
mittee to prepare the Preface. See Iletherington's History of West
minster Assembly, pp. 153, 154. Lightfoot's Journal of Westminstef
Assembly, Vol. xiii. p. 17. Baird's Bo»k of Public Prayer, Intro, p. ri

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terms of communion, the suppression of free prayer and
preaching, the obtrusion of new papistical ceremonies,
and the maintenance of an unedifying, beneficed clergy,
were chargeable to the mere political and sectarian
surroundings of the book, rather than to its contents,
duly purged and amended ; and when, moreover, it i»
remembered that we, in this land and age of greater
light and freedom, are no longer harassed by the unto
ward influences, and driven to the rash extremes, which
this liturgy then occasioned, and that all former difficul
ties in regard to its use, in our present necessities and
opportunities, have subsided into mere inherited preju
dices; we shall surely not be inconsistent, to say the
least, if we return to it as to the work of our revered
forefathers, and thereby again illustrate our dearly
bought liberty, as well to resume and modify it, as to
lay it aside according to the varying exigency of times
and occasions. And, lest it be thought we misrepresent
them, let the simple fact which afterwards followed be
next considered.

2. The Prayer-book was actually revised by the framera
of the. Directory, and their associates, with a view to its
resumption. Among the Presbyterian Commissioners at
the Savoy Conference, were some of the most distin
guished Westminster divines;* and their own immor
tal writings still rank as the authorized standards of
our church, f Both as scholars and theologians they

•Tuckney,Calamy, Spurstow, WalHs, Case, Reynolds, Newcomen,
Conant. Lightfoot, etc.

f Tuckney and Reynolds were members of the Committee which
framed our Confession of Faith. Tuckney, Arrowsmith, and New-
eomen were the committee to prepare the Larger Catechism, the
principal part of which was in the very words of Tuckney. 'Ihug
the name first among the revisers of the Prayer-book, had also been
first among the framers of our standards See History of the West
minster Assembly, compiled for the Board of Publication, from the
best authorities, pp. 348, 383. The composition of the Shorter Gate-
»his;n is commonly attributed to Wallis, see Hetherington's History
of the Westminster Assembly, p. 2(51. Reid's Memoirs of the Lives
ftnd writings of the Westminster Divines, p 18'.

See the "Non-Conformist's Memorial"; being an account of thi
Lives, Sufferings and Printed Works, of the t«-o thousand Minister*
ejected from the Church of England.

PRESBYTERIAN PRAYER-BOOK. 53

Were unequalled,* either then or since, and were nol
despised e^C"v by their adversaries, who proffered them
the highest honors of that Church establishment which,
with the spirit of martyrs, they afterwards abandoned.
It cannot be charged, much less proved upon such men,
that they were of a compliant or compromising temper.
While, as they declared, they had " not the least
thought of depraving or reproaching the Book of Com
mon Prayer," yet their "exceptions" against it were
not only "general," but "particular" or verbal, with a
degree of scrupulous minuteness that would now be
deemed superfluous; and these "exceptions," having
never been fairly acted upon by both parties, have come
down to us without a trace or taint of concession. We
have, in fact, all the materials of a thoroughly Presby
terian edition of the Prayer-book in the form of such
historical documents as the following :

1. " The King's Warrant for the Conference at the Savoy."

2. "The Exceptions of the Presbyterian Ministers against the
Book of Common Prayer," (including a written critii-ism upon both
text and rubric, with proposed alterations, emendations, and addi
tions.)

3. " The Answer of the Bishops to the Exceptions of the .Minis
ters."

4. " The Petition for Peace and Concord, presented to the Bishops,
with the proposed Reformation of the Liturgy."

f. "The Rejoinder of the Ministers to the Answer of the Bishops
— the Grand Debate between the most Reverend the Bishops and
the Presbyterian Divine?, appointed bv his pacred Mnjesty, as Com
missioners for the Review and Alteration of the Book of Common
Praysr, &c., being an exact account of their whole proceedings.
The most perfect copy. London, 1661 : pp. 1 — U8."t

* See "An Account of the Ministers, Lecturers, Masters and lei-
lows of Colleges who were silenced or ejected by the Act of Unifor
mity in 1661. Designed for the preserving to Posterity, the Memory
of their Names, Characters, Writings, and Sufferings," in two vols.,
by Edmund Calamy, D. D. London, 1713 Also the same enlarged,
and edited by Palmer, in 3 vols., entitled the •• Non-Conformist'*
Memorial, being an account of the Lives, Sufferings, and Printed
Works, of the two thousand Ministers ejected from the Church oi
England."

t As collateral aids nay also be used, the present English Prayer-
book with its Prrsbytedan emendations, for which the most rev-
' rend Bishop* in their Preface (see the English edition) thought
At to apologize ; the proposed Erayer-book of 1689, which wn§ f ained
in consultation with the leaders of the ejected I're.-byteriar s. and
trlucu, in the opinion of Calamy, would have satisfied more thM

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The Book, as revised and amended by the aid of these
documents, could not be chargeable with any private or
modern fancies, but would embody the matured sugges
tions of learned and godly men, who were lawfully
charged with the work of revision, and who, in that good
work, endured great temptation and persecution. And
the whole, besides being a worthy memorial of our
Church forefathers, would be at least as truly Presby
terian as our present service-book, which contains a
Directory of Worship, originally framed by ordained
ministers of the Church of England, "with the assist
ance of Commissioners from the Church of Scotland," *
and a collection of hymns compiled from all accessible
sources. But the last shred of an objection, on the
score of consistent Presbyterianism, must disappear
before our next consideration.

3. As the Directory is but a skeleton of the Prayer-
book, so the Prayer-book itself is but a compilation which
is more Presbyterian than Episcopalian in its sources. We
mean simply to say that, leaving out of view those por
tions which belong exclusively to neither party, but havs
been sanctioned and used by both, (being derived from
ancient Christian liturgies, and from Lutheran formu
laries,) the remainder, which is by no means inconsider
able in character or quantity, is almost entirely Presby
terian. This is unquestionably true of the Book as
revised by the Savoy Presbyterians, and it is sufficiently
true for this argument, of the Book as it is now familial
to the American reader ; as will appear from the follow
ing genera! reference to its historical sources, f

The Exhortation, General Confession, Declaration of
Absolution, and General Thanksgiving, in the Order for
Daily Prayer, and the Ten Commandments as they
appear in the Ante-Communion Office, are admitted to be

twot'.irds of their number; and the different Presbyterian editions,
dating before tbe Savoy Conference, especially the Second Book of
King Edward VI., to which the Presbyterian Commissioners con
stantly appealed.

* Of the one hundred and twenty divines in tbe Westminster
Assembly, five were Commissioners from tbe Church of Scotland,
lix or seren were Independents, several were Episcopalians, *nd th*
remainder were English Presbyterians.

f See Chapter iz. for a more particular analvsic.

P6ESBYTERIAN PRAYER-BOOK. 55

•f Calvinistic origin. All that remains (except the
apocryphal Song and Lessons,) viz., the Te Deum, the
Litany, the Creeds, the Collects, Epistles, and Gospels,
have passed from their ancient sources through Presby
terian sanctions, and under a Presbyterian revision, to
their present form. In other words, the whole Lord's
day service, as usually performed, contains but a single
prayer* that can be traced to a distinctively Episcopa
lian origin; and for the obvious reason, partly, that that
service was framed before the assertion of Prelacy
against Presbytery arose, and also that its Protestant
additions and emendations are almost exclusively from
Calvinistic sources.

In the occasional Offices of Baptism, Matrimony, Visi
tation of the Sick, and Burial of the Dead, the question
of authorship lies between the Calvinist and the Luthe
ran, or between the French and the German Protestant,
rather than between the Presbyterian and the Episcopa
lian. While portions of those formularies are clearly
traceable to the Cologne liturgy of the Calvinistic Bucer
and Melanchthon, yet, having thus originated outside of
the pretentious Anglican Prelacy, they belong to the
general class of Reformed or Protestant now- Episcopal
rituals, and as such, might have continued in actual use,
but for certain doubtful expressions and superstitious
ceremonies, by which they were vitiated, and from which
our ecclesiastical fathers in the Savoy Conference strove
to purge them.

As to the Psalter, it is well known that it was first
restored to the people, in the form of congregational
psalmody, in the Church of Geneva, from whence it was
copied, as a popular element of worship in the English
churches.

Of the whole compilation, indeed, except the Ordinal
or ordination services, and several political or State
services, added after the Savoy Revision, it is safe to
affirm, that were it amended according to that revision,
it would be as thoroughly Presbyterian in its historical
sources sa well as sanctions, and, in fact, in every thing

* IC\ <>?i this exception is doubtful. See Chapter ix. " Pr»y»r fci
all Conditions of Men."

66 THE WARRANT FOR THE

but its present popular associations, as the book now
used in our pulpits and pews. The almost universal
impression to the contrary has arisen out of the falsa
assumption that our forefathers were as much opposed
to Liturgy as Prelacy, or to the literary contents of the
Prayer-book, as to the tyrannical statutes and supersti
tious rites accompanying it. It is forgotten, or no longer
known among us, that the Presbyterian Church in Eng
land, with her two thousand clergy, her scholars, divines,
and patriots of illustrious memory, her prestige of learn
ing, rank, and power, in the act of giving up, for c<m-
science' sake, the high places and rich livings of an estab
lishment which owed its restoration to her loyalty, also
abandoned a liturgy to which her ministers had an
hereditary right, upon the basis of which their adver
saries were legally compelled to meet them in conference
for their satisfaction, and which, at the same time, they
declared they had "not the least thought of depraving
or -eproaching." And this hard alternative* into which
they were driven by the exigencies of a State religion, in
an age of sectarian rancor and violence, we have thought
lessly accepted and continued as our sole, normal con
dition. But surely, after two centuries of peaceful
progress, in another country, under a government of
equal laws, and in the midst of spontaneous tendencies
towards a free, spiritual liturgy, it is high time to ask if
there be not some sufe mean between the wild extremes
from which we have so happily escaped, and whether

* The question has been asked, why the Presbyterian clergy did
not set up their revised Liturgy or reformed Prayer book, outside of
the Established Church ? But it must be remembered that like the
Scotch Presbyterians, they contended for the principle of an Estab
lishment, and but a short time before, by Acts of King and Parlia
ment, legally formed part of it; and moreover, it was only through
political intrigue thai they lost their former control of it; the "Act
of Uniformity," in plain violation of the Royal Declaration, having
been expressly so framed as to drive them beyond its pale, strip them
of their orders, and place them under civil disabilities which were
only removed by the "Act of Toleration " in 1698, when an effort
was made, by a new Commission, for their " Comprehension " in the
Establishment; but owing to various causes, "this great and good
work at that time miscarried." See Archbishop Tillotson's Works,
p. 5. VJ. London ed. 1752, and Calamy's Abridgment of Faxtert
Hist, of his Life and Times, p. 317.

PRESBYTERIAN PRAYER-BOOK. 57

history has not reserved it as a just providential com
pensation, that we should now enter into the labors,
while we vindicate the fame, of those faithful men "of
whom the world was not worthy."

4. Our last and conclusive argument is, that the
Prayer-book, thus revised, with our American Directory
in place of the English Rubric, ts the only Presbyterian
liturgy that is either desirable or practicable After what
we have stated as to the origin and history of that com
pilation, we shall not now be suspected of any disloyalty
in affirming that, with all its faults, it is simply incom
parable. No one who studies the subject, historically
and philosophically, can fail to see that it meets the
needs of ordinary divine service better than any other
formulary that has ever been devised, or become widely
prevalent. A fresh worker in this field, taking as his
ideal of Christian worship a scheme of stated forms,
which should express, in simple Scripture phrase, the
common needs of a church assembly, and be redolent of
the communion of saints in all lands and ages — such a
worker, after all the thought and research he can bestow
upon the question, at length finds that he has been antici
pated by a book which is framed to fit the mould of the
universal Christian heart, which is wrought out of the
warp and woof of ancient and modern piety, which con
tains the cream of all liturgies, both of our own and of
other churches, and which has lingering about it a savor
of pure and fervent devotion belonging to no other unin
spired composition. If he loves our English Bible, he
must also love that English liturgy which was the prc-
duct of the same age, and in the same sacred style To
attempt now any better devotional phraseology would
be as vain as to frame a better version of the Holy Scrip
tures. To attempt any different compilation would be
but to glean in fields already reaped and garnered-
and to attempt any ingenious recomposition of its mate
rials, would be but to incur the odium of imitation or
invasion, where we ought rather to assert an original
right of property and inheritance. It has, in fact, been
the chief mistake of oar liturgical writers hitherto, that,
from a well-meant fear of concession or intrusion, they
have BO generally striven to ignore a collection which has

been culled from the gathered wisdom and piety of tn«
Church universal, and which, after all that has been
said and done against it, has continued, for these seve
ral centuries past, the only Christian liturgy deserving
the name.*

We know very well, indeed, that as now viewed by
Presbyterians, it has many serious blemishes and incon
veniences, and even pernicious errors,f the still remain
ing dross of the furnace through which it has passed;
but none of these, it will be found, have escaped the
searching revision and thorough expurgation of the
Savoy divines, or need encumber it in the hands of
those who are not trammelled with inflexible rubrics.
As combined with a Directory, allowing to the minister
his liberty to remedy, at discretion, the tedious length
and multiplicity of its services, and neither requiring
nor precluding responses, on the part of the congrega
tion, nor indeed demanding any other behaviour than ia
already customary in onr assemblies, it would, we hon
estly believe, be the best liturgy that could be desired,
or now devised.

We will even go further, and declare our conviction
that, as it is the only liturgy fit to be used, so it is the
only one that can be used with any thing like Presbyte
rian consistency. The nature of our system, and the
nature of the exigency, combine to shut us up to this
alternative. On the one hand the wise, generous spirit
of our system will not allow the whole Church to be
hampered with any thing more liturgical than a Direc
tory; and, on the other hand, the exigency to be met
is such, that it cannot be fully supplied by mere private

* We do not except the Presbyterian Liturgies of the continent for
the reason that they break more entirely with the " Catholic or
Universal Church" of the past, than was deemed necessary by the
Savoy Presbyterians; and moreover, being of foreign origin and mod-
era translation, are wanting in th»t solemn scriptural style, peculiar
to the old English of our Bibles, and so desirable in ord«>r to separate
the language of public worship from that of ordinary literature and
aonversxtion.

f For example, the Baptismal offices and the Ordinal, which, it to
well known, are not, in their most natural sense and effect, entirely
acceptable even to all Episcopalians, and still less to the great mas!
5f Christians in other churches.

PRESBYTERIAN PRAYER-BOOK. 59

•r Toluntary efforts. For any single pastor to compose
a liturgy, would be as absurd as to compose a hymn-
book; and for him to compile one, exclusive of the
Prayer-book, would be as impossible as to compile a
new creed or psalter. No man or body of men now
living could frame any better, or any other formulary,
at all answering to the proper idea of a liturgy, than
that which our ecclesiastical forefathers in England
have first revised, and then bequeathed to us, invested
with the halo of martyrdom ; and by adopting it as the
fruit of their orthodoxy, learning and piety, while we
gain all the advantages of authority, antiquity, catho
licity, and perfect fitness, we sacrifice neither our
liberty, nor our just pride as Presbyterians.*

* To say that Presbyterians would become Episcopalians by thus
returning to a liturgy inherited and revised by the framers ol
our own Church standards, is like sayiug that Episcopalians are
becoming Presbyterians because they have begun to discover that
the framers of tlieir Church standards held to Apostolical succession,
If they held it at all, as presbytf.rial rather than episcopal. A series
of learned and able articles have lately appeared in the Episcopal
Recorder in which the writer conclusively shows :

" 1. That in the Ordinal, as it was arranged by Oranmer, fiidlsy,
and their coadjutors, there is no difference in the words of ordaining,
to distinguish the office of Bishop from that of Presbyter This dis
tinction was not niade till one hundred years later, by the Bishops
under Charles II.

"2. There is no evidence, in the form itself, that the Reformer*
regarded the office as a distinct older, derived from Scripture."

And in view of tbe facts and authorities which he cites, he perti
nently asks:

" Is it not evident that the Reformers, if they believed in any
doctrine of ministerial succession, regarded it as belonging to the
order of presbyters by divine appointment? ... If the succes
sion is not in the presbyterate by divine right, why did members
h^ld livings by law in the Church of England, who were ordained
by presbyters alone, preaching and administering the sacraments to
the members of that church for more than a century? What
ground, then, is there in the Ordinal (as arranged by the Reform
ers,) for this boasted personal, tactual. »postolic episcopal succession,
which has led to sacramental error, defection to Popery, spread dis-
eord in our communion, repelled our fellow-cbristiaiis, and pre
vented a union of Protestant Christendom?" He also expresses the
"confident hope," on behalf of tbe EpiscopaMAng generally, that
these views will "commend them to the re pect and confidence ol
intelligent Christians In their respective churched." See "THl
VIEW op TUB CHUHCH AND MINISTRY OF CHRIST, as held by the Pro-
tesfant Episcopal Church, eontaired in her standards, and explained
according to the published expositions of tbe compilers and revisers

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Nor could its use in common with that highly respeci
able denomination, which meanwhile has arisen \n our
own country, and so faithfully preserved and honored

of the Book of Common Prayer." — Episcopal Recorder, Art. ix.,
March 1863.

While our neighbors are thus proving themselves to he such good
Presbyterians, we are tempted to reciprocate, by reminding them
that the first American Presbytery, by any test that may be applied
to it, is quite as certainly traceable to " the Apostles' time," through
the Church of Scotland, as the first American Episcopate, through
the Church of England; and although, like the venerable Bishop
White, we are somewhat indifferent concerning this question of
an Apostolical pedigree, yet it is because we insist only upon our
Apostolical doctrine and discipline. Wherever these marks of the
true succession appear, we are happy to honor and sanction them,
whether in ministers of the Protestant Episcopal Church, or any
of its sister denominations. See Alexander's " Essays on the Primi
tive Church Offices," p. 177.

We have said that Bishop White was somewhat indifferent as to
the Episcopal succession. It does not seem to be generally known
or remembered, how narrowly that eminent divine and patriot
escaped becoming a Presbyterian. In a learned essay which he
published at the time of the Revolution, entitled, " The Case of the
Episcopal Churches in the United States Considered," will be found the
"sketch of a frame of government," which so substantially accords
with the Constitution of the Presbyterian Church, one cannot but
regret that the course of events did not favour its adoption. It
proposed a series of representative bodies, corresponding respectively
to the Presbytery, Synod, and General Assembly, (p. 12.) with the
difference that the Moderator of each Presbytery was to be a perma
nent officer, to be invested, however, with no exclusive power of
ordination or confirmation, and to be burdened with no duty that
should li materially interfere with bis employments in the station
of a parochial clergyman," (p. 11); and as at that time it was objected
that •' the very name of Bishop is offensive," he was to be entitled
"a President, a Superintendent, or in plain English, and according
to the literal translation of the original, an Overseer," (p. 19.) The
scheme would, indeed, further comprise "a general approbation of
Episcopacy, and a declaration of an intention to procure the succes
sion as soon as conveniently may be." Bat the author himself
declares that "the proposal to constitute a fraro« of government, the
execution of which shall depend on the pleasure of persons un
known, differing from us in language, habits, and perhaps in reli
gious principles, has too ludicrous an appearance to deserve consid
eration," (p. 17) ; and in view of the existing rupture with the British
government, he urges "an immediate execvtion of the plan, vt ithout
waiting for the Episcopal succession," "on the presumption tbatthe
worship of God. and the instruction and reformation of the people,
»re the principal objects of ecclesiastical discipline, and to relinquish
them from a scrupulous adherence to episcopacy, is sacrificing the
substance to the ceremony," (p. 19.) In support of the plan, then
follows an admirable argument from history and Scripture against
the divine right of episcopacy, (chap, v.,) with this conclusion

PRESBYTERIAN PRAYER-BOOK. 61

it among us, be other than pleasing to any, in eithei
Church, who "profess and call themselves Christians,"
or who are ready to rejoice at the many and great
things in Avhich Christians can agree, as compared
with the few and small things in which they differ.

We conclude this part of our subject with two infer
ences. The one is, that the liturgical question has
already been exhausted, so far as discussion could
exhaust it, by a former age. The time for mere argu
ment has gone by. We have here presented, not with
out some needful exaggeration, it may be, a side which
Presbyterians have but seldom viewed. We know very
well what strong reasonings can be brought from the
opposite side; but we know also that no reasonings
that could now be brought from either side would equal
those of the disputants who were once so terribly in

" Now if the form of church government rest on no other foundation
than ancient and apostolic practice, it is humbly submitted to con
sideration, whether Episcopalians will not be thought scarcely
deserving the name of Christians, should they, rather than consent
to a temporary deviation, abandon every ordinance of positive and
divine appointment," (p. 25.) He further suggests that " should the
episcopal succession afterwards be obtained, any supposed imperfec
tions of the intermediate ordinations might, if it were judged proper,
be supplied without acknowledging their nullity, by a conditional
ordination resembling that of conditional baptism in the liturgy,"
(p. 20.); but beyond this very dubious intimation, there is not m
sentence to show that " the succession supposed necessary to consti
tute the Episcopal character," (p. 15,) was considered by him to be
in any view essential or fundamental.

Eventually, however, as it is well known, circumstances altered
"the case of the EpiscopHl churches," and developed in them a dif
ferent theory of ecclesiastical polity. The first General Convention
petitioned the English Archbishops that they " would be pleased to
confer the Episcopal character," and, on certain terms, the petition
was granted by Act of Parliament; Bishop White himself being one
of the clergymen who crossed the ocean to receive consecration. If
this course indicated a radical change of opinions on his part, ihe
above quotations could only appear perplexing to all parties. Under
the circumstances, we incline to the hypothesis that, like Bishop
Reynolds of Norwich, he continued at heart as good a Presbyterian
after as before his promotion to a diocesan charge; for certainly no
one can read his able treatise without feeling what the Bishop him-
self says of a similar work of Stillingfleet, that •• the book seems
easier RETRACTED than REFUTED," (p. 25.)

The copy from which we quote bears the imprint of William Clay-
poole, Philadelphia, 1782, and contains the autograph of thl
learned author.

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earnest, as to add battles to their books, diplomacy to
their logic, and martyrdom to their orthodoxy

The other inference is, that the whole question is one
of the unsolved problems which the Old World has be
queathed to the New. Although so thoroughly can
vassed there, yet it was at length settled only by the
strong arm of the law, and in a manner that posterity
here refuses to accept as final or satisfactory. The
Directory of the Established Church of Scotland, and
the Liturgy of the Established Church of England, the
several fruits of a sectarian warfare, that would permit
neither to live but by exterminating the other, cannot
now be viewed, in the light of facts around us, as other
than rash extremes, from which the free churches of
this land are already verging towards a substantial
unity, in the midst of trivial diversity.

On the 24th of August last, in the city of London,
but out of the Church of England, was commemorated
the bi-centenary of that black day in her saints' calen
dar, the second St. Bartholomew tragedy, which gave
her the Prayer-book, without the pledged alterations,
at a cost of so many martyrs for Presbyterian oithodoxy
and spirituality. Should the same work as here issued
on the basis of their revision, and in their name, do
aught towards that spiritual "Act of Uniformity,"
which neither covenants nor statutes could then com-

Gl, or now retard, their testimony will not have been
vain.

CHAPTER

»HB HISTORICAL MATERIALS FOR THE PRESBYTBRIAW
PRAYER-BOOK.

WE have maintained that the problem of a Presbyterian
liturgy can only be met and solved by bringing the
American Presbyterianism of the Nineteenth Century
Into contact with the English Presbyteriauism of the

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Beventeenth Century, through an edition of the Prayer-
book, as revised by the Savoy divines on the one side,
and conformed to our Directory of Worship on the other.
It alone wou'.d be a truly Christian liturgy, since it
would be a formulated expression of the devotions of
God's people as guided and illumined by the Holy Ghost
in all ages of the Church; it alone would be a truly
Protestant liturgy, since it would be freed from Mediae
val or Roman errors and superstitions, and retain only
such ancient formulas as are consistent with Primitive
Christianity, together with the choicest formulas of the
Reformation ; and it alone would be a truly Presbyterian
liturgy, since it would rest upon the authority of twenty
orthodox divines, some of whom were among the
framers of our Church standards, some of whom could
have been bishops had they not preferred to remain
presbyters and Presbyterians, and nearly all of whom
maintained their Presbyterianism at a sacrifice of every
worldly interest. We propose now to glance at the his
torical materials for such an edition, and the principles
which should govern us in applying them.

"In the beginning of the blessed Reformation," said
the framers of our Directory,* "our wise and pious
ancestors took care to set forth an order for redress of
many things which they then, by the Word, discovered
to be vain, erroneous, superstitious, and idolatrous, in
the public worship of God. This occasioned many
godly and learned men to rejoice much at the Book of
Common Prayer at that time set forth; because the
mass, and the rest of the Latin service being removed,
the public worship was celebrated in our own tongue.
Many of the common people also received benefit by
hearing the Scriptures read in their own language,
which formerly were unto them as a book that is sealed.

"Howbeit long and sad experience hath made it mani
fest that the Liturgy used in the Church of England
(notwithstanding all the pains and religious intentions
»f the compilers of it) hath proved an offence, not only
ko many of the godly at home, but also to the reformed
Churches abroad."

* f refuce to the Westminster Director/.

f>4 THE HISTORICAL MATERIALS FOfc

The history of the Prayer-book is indeed but the his
tory of a struggle between evangelism and ritualism,
spirituality and formality, in the Protestant Church of
England. The successive revisions of the book were
the pitched battles between the two parties, and the
Savoy Conference was a last, decisive encounter, which
marked the defeat on English soil of those Presbyterian
principles which have since arisen and flourished with
out restraint in the Church of Scotland and in the
churches of this country.

At the very dawn of the Reformation, these two ten
dencies began to show themselves. The first Prayer-
book of King Edward VI., in 1549, had scarcely been
issued before it was eagerly assailed by the more evan
gelical reformers, its relics of papal superstition
expunged, and the whole thoroughly reviewed and
amended. The result was King Edward's Second Book
in 1552, by which the Calvinistic side of the Reforma
tion got a firm foothold in the Church of England. The
compilers and first revisers of the liturgy held to
diocesan episcopacy simply as a convenient ancient
institution which had been kept up in the Church
"from the Apostles' time," and formed part of the
existing organization of the State, a bishop being also
a baron of the realm ; and they not only recognised the
parity of bishops and presbyters,* but invited foreign
Presbyterian divines to occupy chairs of divinity in
their universities, and to sit with them in a synod or
council for the settlement of doctrine.f More than
this; they actually consulted them, while the church
service was undergoing reviewal, and drew largely from
Presbyterian formularies which were then at hand and
in use in the foreign congregations of Lasko and Pol-
lanus. The introductory portions of the Daily Prayer

* Strype's Life of Cranmer, p. 420, Oxford edition ; and similar
opinions of Bishops Hooper, Jewel, Grindal, Parkhurst, Ponet, Ac.,
In their writings collected by the Parker Society. They have been
admirably collated in a series of articles in the fpiscc/pal Recorder,
Philadelphia, 1863.

f See Letters of Cranmer to Calvin, Bullinger, Melanchthoii,
Bucer, Laseo, and Hardenberg. Remain* ; Parker Society, pp. 420—
134; Strype's Life of Cranmer, vol. i. pp. 280, 410.

THE PRESBYTERIAN PRAYER-BOOK. 65

unl the Communion were the fruit, and still remain ai
the monuments, of this first revision.

The fortunes of the book are next to be traced to
Frankfort on the Continent, whither it had been carried
by the English Reformers in their flight from the perse-
cution^ of Queen Mary. John Knox was chosen one
of the ministers to the congregation of exiles; and
attempts were made, though not without some scanda
lous dissensions, at a further reformation of the Church
ritual. Men who afterwards became eminent bishops in
the English Church, at this time "gave up private bap
tisms, confirmation of children, saints' days, kneeling
at the Holy Communion, the linen surplices of the min
isters, crosses, and other things of the like character,"
retaining, however, "the remainder of the form of
prayer and of the administration of the sacraments;"
and "with the consent of the whole Church there was
forthwith appointed one pastor, two preachers, four
elders, two deacons ; the greatest care being taken that
every one should be at perfect liberty to vote as he
pleased." Had these large concessions been properly
represented to Calvin, to whom both parties appealed,
it is fair to presume, he would have been more than
satisfied with so near an approach to Presbyterian ideas
of polity and worship.* But the controversy became
embittered with personal and national antipathies ;
Knox and Whittingham, through the intrigue of their
adversaries, were driven from Frankfort to Geneva,
where they set up the Book of Common Order in
antithesis to the Book of Common Prayer; and thus
were sown the seeds of the great schism between the
Church of England and the Church of Scotland.

Upon the accession of Queen Elizabeth in 1658, the ex-
ilesf were admitted to places of authority and influence

* Compare a " Brieff Discours off the troubles begonne at Frank-
ford In Germany, A. D. 1554, Abowte the Booke off Common
Prayer and Ceremonies," (reprinted London, 1845,) with the Letter*
addressed to Calvin by Cox, (afterwards Bishop of Ely,) Sandys,
(Archbishop of York,! Ghrindal, (Archbishop of Canterbury,) Ac,
Original Letters, vol. ii. pp. 753—63. Parker Society edition.

f "Some of whom, during their absence, had been ordained
According ' he customs ot the countries .vUeie they had re8id*d

THE HISTORICAL MATERIALS FOB

in the English Church, and, as might be expected, the}
came back prepared to urge the reforms which they
had practised while abroad.* Such, at least, was the
drift of their emendations, when occupied with the revi
sion of the Prayer book ; but the compromising policy
of Elizabeth, who had to deal with Romanists as well as
Protestants, prevailed against the ecclesiastical com
mission,! and the liturgy, as re-established, leaned
backward from the Second book of King Edward to
ward the First.

The great movement itself, however, still went for
ward. "The Genevan faction, or PuritanJ party," aa
it is the fashion of certain writers to call them, began
to issue modified editions of the Prayer-book, or in
social worship to use Calvin's or Knox's liturgy, and
even to form presbyteries within the Church establish-
ment.$ And when King James ascended the throne in

These were admitted, without re-ordination, to preach and bold
benefices. One of them (Whittingham) was promoted to a deanery."
Bishop White's Essay on " The Case of the Episcopal Churches,"
page 22.

* Strype's Annals, vol. i, p 127.

f " Except Archbishop Parker, who had remained in England
during the late reign, and Cox, Bishop of Ely, who had taken a
strong part at Frankfort against innovation, all the most eminent
churchmen, such as Jewell, Grindal, Sandys, Noell, were in favoui
of leaving off the surplice, and what were called the Popish ceremo
nies. Whether their objections are to be deemed narrow and frivo
lous, or otherwise, it is inconsistent with veracity to dissemble that
the Queen alone was the cause of retaining those observances to
which the great separation from the Anglican establishment is
ascribed." Hallam. Const Hist, of England, chap. iv.

J The term Puritan was originally applied to all who sought
greater purity in the Church, by freeing it from the remaining
errors and superstitions of Romanism. The Presbyterian Puritans
were from the first strict churchmen, agreeing with the Congrega
tional Puritans in being Calvinists, but differing from them on
questions of polity and liturgy. As they appeared " in the manur-
houses of that old time, they were a stately, polite, religious people ;
not austere, yet not frivolous; whose theory of lif« was that the
chief end of man is not to amuse and be amused, but to glorify God
and enjoy him for ever." Bayne's Historical Introduction.

J For a lull account of the rise and fpread of Presbyterianism in
tiie Church of England, and its early and continued assertion oi
itself against Congregationalism on the one side, and Ritualism on
the other, see tho learned work of Professor Samuel Hnpking, ''Tin
Puritans and Queen Elizabeth." vol. i chap x . vol. ii chaps. XT.
xvi. Also Hetherington's History of the \VesUr-' uster Divines,
->. 43; Hodge's History of Pres. Church, chap. L

THE PRESBYTERIAN PRAYER-BOOK. 67

1603, they had grown strong enough to present the
famous "Millenary Petition," (so called because of its
thousand signatures,) in which they renewed the objec«
tions first raised at Frankfort, fraying "that the cross
in baptism, interrogatories ministered to infants, con
firmations, as superfluous, maybe taken away; baptism
not to be administered by women, and so explained;
that examination may go before the communion; that
it be ministered with a sermon ; that divers terms
of priests and absolution, and some other used, with
the ring in marriage, and other such like in the book
may be corrected; the longsomeness of service abridged;
church songs and music moderated to better edification;
that the Lord's day be not profaned; the rest upon
holidays not so strictly urged; that there may be an
uniformity of doctrine prescribed; no Popish opinion
to be any more taught or defended; no ministers
charged to teach their people to bow at the name of
Jesus; and that the Canonical Scriptures only be read
in church." And in view of this petition, it was deemed
debatable by Archbishop Whitgift "whether to over
throw the said book, or to make alteration of things
disliked in it." About this time also Lord Bacon pub
lished a pamphlet, in which, says Hallam, "he excepts
to several matters of ceremony; the cap and surplice,
the ring in marriage, the use of organs, the form oi
absolution, lay-baptism, &c." The result was that a
Conference between the parties was appointed by Kinp
James at Hampton Court, and, after some discussion,
several emendations made, which, if trivial, at leasi
showed the steady growth of evangelical opinions.

While, however, Presbyterian divines were thus
striving after a more primitive and Protestant worship,
the opposite party were as steadily aiming at a semi-
popish ritual, until at length, under the reign of
Charles I., in 1637, the long pent storm burst forth
Archbishop Laud, with that passion for mediaeval art
which has since ensnared so many tasteful but narrow
minds, began his ecclesiological experiments upon the
Scots. Then followed the events described in our first
chapters — the wild uprising of the Covenanters — thaif
•oleum League with the Puritans — the vaiu attempt by

• Bacon's Works : " Concerning the Liturgy, Ceremonies and
Subscription."

68 THE HISTORICAL MATERIALS FOE

a new and more radical revision of the Prayer-boot tt
stay the revolution — the defeat of Prelacy by the Par
liamentary forces — the Assembly of Divines at West
minster — the Establishment of the Directory in place of
the Liturgy — the rapid increase of the Independents —
the overthrow of both Church and State in the time of
the Commonwealth — the protest of the Presbyterian
Clergy of London against the death of Charles the First
and the crowning of Charles the Second, by the Scottish
Presbyterians — the ultimate restoration of the Mon
archy through their combined efforts and those of the
Episcopalian Royalists — the re-action of Presbyterian-
ism in favor of a revised Liturgy — its failure to effect a
Reformation of the Prayer-book through the Savoy
Conference* — and its final extinction by the Act ol
Uniformity.

Thus it appears that from the very origin of the
Prayer-book, the spirit of English Presbyterianism had
been steadily gaining ground with each successive
revision, until at length it found itself between two
extreme factions, one of which could see nothing good
in the book, and the other nothing evil in it ; and in the
vain effort by turns to master and conciliate these hos
tile elements within the pale of an Established Church,
it finally perished. But it died, only as the martyr dies,
for the good of posterity. At the cost of its own life it
restored monarchy to England, and gave democracy to
America, and to the church universal bequeathed an
amended Prayer-book, which, if it is still, as hitherto, to
live only in history, must ever remain as the model of a
pure, free, and catholic liturgy.

Now when we come to sift the literary materials which
have accumulated during this exciting history, it will be
found that, for our present purpose, we need make no
account of any documents or writings before the last

* "The minds of the ruling Episcopalians, irritated by recent suf
fering, were less intent on conciliation than on retaliation. Bishop
Burnet assigns a reason still less excusable; that many great pre
ferments were in the hands of obn6xious persons, who on account of
their services towards the restoration, coi Id not otherwise be ejected,
than by making the terms of conformity difficult." Bishop WhiteV
Kns:iy, p. 23

THE PRESBYTERIAN PRAYER-BOOK. 6(J

revision in 1661 ; partly because it was not until that tiim
that English Presbyterianism had fully unfolded ami
defined itself against Independency as well as Prelacy,
arid also because it then in fact gave a resumi (more
thorough than any that could now be made,) of the pre
vious Puritan revisions, together with its own matured
exceptions and emendations. The records of the Savoy
Conference alone, will yield us that expurgated Prayer-
book which, in contrast with the Episcopalian editions
now in use, shall express the sense of our standards on
the authority, and to a great extent, in the very words of
the learned divines who first framed and used them.

And happily, these invaluable records are not only
full and explicit, but at length easily accessible.* It
would be interesting to take them up in detail, anddis
cuss them in their bearings upon the condition and pros
pects of modern Presbyterianism. But the question
before us requires us only to select and present that one
important document into which is collected the sense of
all the others, and which must ever remain as the basis
of anything deserving to be called a Presbyterian
Liturgy.

A glance at the history! will show that the paper

* The Editor had been endeavoring to gather these papers from the
obscure works in which they have hitherto been scattered, when
his attention was called to a full collection of them, entitled " Docu
ments relating to the Sftttf.ment of the Church of England, by the Act
of Uniformity of 1662," a list of which will be found in our Appen
dix The volume is issued by the "United Saint Bartholomew
Committee," an organization formed in connection with the recent
Bicentenary Celebration of Nonconformity in London; and a
Second Edition has a Historical Introduction by the distinguished
Essayist, Peter Bayne, Kgq., Editor of the Weekly Review, an Organ of
the English Synod. The series of Documents, thus for the first time
issued in a connected form, " exhibits the relations of the King, the
Parliament, the Bishops, and the Presbyterian Divines to each other
in the discussions which preceded and resulted in the Act of Uni
formity;" and the Committee declare it was their " unanimous reso
lution that, in collecting them and presenting them to public notice,
th • most rigid impartiality should be observed." Their republication
in our own country would shed much light into this greatly neglec
ted department of our Church History.

I The fullest account may lie found in Reliquiae Baxterianae, or
Baxter's History of his own Life aud Times, at first edited by Syl
vester. and afterwards abridged by Calamy, (Chapter viii London ed,
1713,) aud by Orme, (vol. L pp. 181—193, Boston ed, 1831.) Othei

70 THE HISTORICAL MATERIALS FOE

entitled " The Exceptions against the Book of Common
Prayer," compiled by Reynolds, Wallis, Calamy, New-
comen, Bates, Clarke, Jacomb, &c., and presented at
the opening of the Conference, is the only document
which fully and authoritatively represents the views of
the Presbyterian Commissioners. Other writings were
indeed offered in their name, but not, as it would seem,
with their full knowledge and sanction; this one being
in fact the report of a committee to which had been
assigned the duty of preparing the proposed "correc
tions and amendments," while the other papers, " The
Petition for Peace and Concord presented to the Bishops
with the proposed Reformation of the Liturgy," "The
Rejoinder of the Ministers to the Answer of the Bish
ops," and "The Petition to the King at the close of the
Conference," were of Baxter's composition alone, and
brought forward at a stage of the proceedings when it
had become plain that the Conference was a failure,
and after several of the Presbyterians, among them
Tuckney, had already left, in despair of any reconcilia
tion. We make this discrimination merely to simplify
our task; for the writings in question are not only deeply
interesting as memorials of the time, but also exceed
ingly valuable for confirming and interpreting that chief
document of the revision.

As to the production known as Baxter's " Reformed
Liturgy," it should be observed, that it does not appear
among the records,* and according to his statement,
was not even read by the opposite party. It was in
fact precluded by the terms of the King's Warrant,
which extended only to "corrections, alterations, and
amendments;" having been ingeniously so framed as
to exclude the "additional forms" promised in the
King's Declaration. Under this misapprehension, the
task of preparing such supplementary forms would seem
indeed to have been assigned to Baxter; but not, aa
has been absurdly charged, with the view of substitut-

iketches are given by Collier, Burnet, Neal, and various later writers,
but they are mainly derived from Baxter's Narrative.

* It may be found in Calsmy's Life (if Baxter, vol. i., London ed,
1713. Also in Hall's Requite Liturgicce.

THE PRESBYTEV1AN PRAYER-BOOK. 71

ing them as a new liturgy in place of the Prayer-book.
The real object aimed at was to secure freedom of wor
ship, by the "addition or insertion of some other vary
ing forms in Scripture phrase, to be used at the minis
ter's <?hoice,"* as well as to enrich the book with more
Protestant models of devotion than the meagre versicles
and collects of which it was then chiefly composed.
Time may have shown that this scheme was impractica
ble, and set a lower estimate than his own upon Bax
ter's liturgical efforts ; but the defect at which they were
aimed was one which the Episcopalian Commissioners
themselves afterward endeavored to supply, and which
to this day is felt as a serious want by all who are
accustomed to the freshness and variety of a less rigid
mode of worship. It is a defect, however, which is
only to be remedied by the grace of extemporaneoua
prayer; and the fate of Baxter's effusion should be a
warning to every ambitious liturgy-maker not to think
of legislating for that class of devotions which cannot,
in the nature of the case, be formulated, but must be
left to the pastor or bishop of each flock, as the mood or
occasion will prompt him. Of all such rash attempts
we may say what Milton said of the imposed Prayer-
book: "To imprison and confine by force, within a pin
fold of set words, those two most unimprisonable things,
our prayers and that divine spirit of utterance that
moves them, is a tyranny that would have longer hands
than those giants who threatened bondage to heaven."f
Our present concern, therefore, is only with those
ancient and catholic models which alone can properly
enter into a free liturgy, and upon which alone the col
lective wisdom of the Presbyterian Commissioners waa
exercised. And no one can read their paper of correc
tions without being struck at once with its cautious and
conservative tenor, and its entire harmony with the
genius of Presbyterian worship. It yielded no small
share of the emendations which distinguish the present
Prayer-bookJ of the Church of England, and largely

* Documents, p. 17.

t KikonoklHstes, Chapter XT!., upon the Ordinance against thi
C"-i moil 1'rayer-book.
} Preface to the .English Prayer book.

72 THE HISTORICAL MATERIALS FOB

accords with the exceptions which at this day are taken
by the Liberal and Evangelical party. We may add,
that whatever comparative excellences are to be found
in the edition of the Protestant Episcopal Church in
this country,* if not remotely derived from its sugges
tions, are at least in agreement with them. And yet
it is, at the same time, so distinctive and unequivocal, in
those parts which have hitherto been disregarded, that
any sound Presbyterian of the present day will imme
diately recognise in it the work of the large-hearted
men to whom we look as the founders and framers of
our Church. »

While, however, all this is true of the paper in gene
ral, yet it will be found that, in the actual work of
applying it as in this edition, two abatements must be
made in regard to such of its details as are confessedly
of minor importance, and involve no question of doc
trine or principle.

In the first place, it will be seen that the authors of
the document themselves carefully discriminate between
"some particulars that seem to be corrupt, and to carry
in them a repugnancy to the rule of the Gospel," and
" others dubious and disputable as not having a clear
foundation in Scripture for their warrant," or still
others " of inferior consideration, verbal rather than
material, which, were they not in the public liturgy of
so famous a church, we should not have mentioned."
And that they would not have been tenacious of such
points, had they been met by the other party with a
spirit of amicable conference, is not only plain from the
paper itself, (which was never designed as an ultimatum,
being composed mainly of proposals and matters for
treaty and consultation,) but was afterwards shown by
their own concessions, when some of them, in the year
1698, under the reign of King William, united with Til-
lotson, Stillingfleet, Tennison, and other eminent Bish
ops, in a second attempt to revise the Liturgy with a
view to their comprehension in the Church Establish
ment.! And though the effort again proved a failure,

* °reface, fourth paragraph, arid p. 75 below.

t The MS. of the Alterations in the, Hook of Common 1 'ray er prepared
by tlte Royal Commissioners far the Revision of the Liturgy in ItSJ.

THE PRESBYTERIAN PRATER-BOOK. 73

yet it has yielded us additional and most valuable helps,
which we have not failed to use, in the interpretation
and application of the document before us.

In the second place, it should be remembered that
since this document was prepared, a great change has
been steadily working in regard to many matters of mere
usage and taste, involving no essential principle of Pres-
byterianism. The whole liturgical question, indeed,
has meanwhile become reversed. Then it was the lib
erty to use the gift of prayer which was first to be
asserted; now it is the liberty to use forms of prayer
which is still to be preserved. It is obvious that many
things which then were simply intolerable as parts of
an enforced liturgy, may now be safely left indifferent
under a directory, and that in thus consigning them to
the spontaneous action of Christian feeling we are not
abandoning, but only following out the principles of our
forefathers, who craved no other freedom for themselves
than they were willing to concede to their brethren.*
Nor should it surprise us to find, after the lapse of two
centuries, and in the altered circumstances in which we
are now placed, that some of their minor criticisms
seem trivial or inapplicable. This may only show what
they themselves maintained, how impossible it is to make
rules and forms for all cases, and also how invariable is
that law of the human mind, by which it reacts from any
extreme into which it has been driven.

after lying hidden under seal in Lambeth Library for more than a
century and a half, became at length accessible, by order of Parlia
ment, in the Blue Book of June 2d, 1854. An "Account of the pro
ceedings of the Commissioners," and an Abstract of their proposed
Emendations is given by Calamy in his Life of Baxter. Chapter xvii.
Vol. i. A summary is also given in Procter's History of Prayer-book,
p. 146, and the Revised Collects by Baird in the Book of Public
Prayer. The Alterations have been largelj used by Rev. Richard
Bingham. in a late work entitled " Lituryiw Recuscr. Exemplar: the
Prayer book as it might be: or Formularies old, revised, and new,
suggesting a reconntructed and amplified Liturgy," London, 1863.

* "We would avoid both the extreme that would have no forms,
and the contrary extreme that would have nothing but forms. . . .
It is a matter of far greater trouble to us. that you would deny us
and all ministers the liberty of using any other prayers besides (the
forms in) the lit u ivy than that you impose these." Rejoinder of tii«
Preabvterians; Documents p. 247.

74 THE HISTORICAL MATERIALS FOR

And yet, it would he a great mistake to suppose,
because this paper was, in some trifling respects, origin
ally defective, and in others has become obsolete, that
therefore the editor has been thrown entirely upon hia
own taste and judgment, in applying it, or even in supply
ing its little deficiencies. We fortunately possess certain
collateral sources of information, quite as authoritative
and explicit, by means of which the two principal docu
ments to be used may be fully confirmed and comple
merited even to the smallest particulars. What is want
ing in the Savoy records, or in our Directory, is more than
made up to us by other authorities cotemporary with
the former, and cognate to the latter, so that not only
upon all the great substantial of doctrine and order,
but also upon the veriest minutiae of usage, convenience,
and taste, we can converge the light of history from
every quarter.

If now we bring together and arrange the materials
chiefly used in discriminating and preparing this edition,
they may thus be exhibited at one view:

THE PRAYKR-BOOK OP CHARLES I.

Presbyterian Exceptions of 1661. The Assembly's Directory.

Presbyterian Rejoinder of 1661. The Assembly's Digest

Semi-Presbyterian Revision of 1689. The Calvinistic Liturgies.

THE PRESBYTERIAN PRAYER-BOOK.

It will be seen that the editor's task has been simply
to take that edition which was in the hands of the Savoy
Commissioners, and, in the first instance, apply to it
the two documents which respectively represent the
English and the American view of its contents; and hia
duty and aim have been to reject everything inconsis
tent with both, and retain all of either that remains.
The text, therefore, or body of the service, has only
been a tered so far as the "Exceptions" require; but
the Rubric has been everywhere superseded by the
Directory, especially in the sacramental offices, in which
it has been inserted literally. Thus the doctrinal frame
work has been taken from our standards, while the form
and fashion of the whole have been rendered expressive
of their import.

THE PRESBYTERIAN PRAYER-BOOK. 75

Then, as to the numerous details not reached by
the=e two chief documents, we have used the auxiliary
writings severally connected with them. For confirm
ing and supplementing the Exceptions, we have com.
pared Baxter's Rejoinder, which exhibits the Presbyte
rians at their farthest extreme from the Episcopalians,*
and the Revision of 1689, which exhibits the Episco
palians in their nearest approach *,o the Presbyte
rians, f For confirming and supplementing the Direc
tory, we have compared the Assembly's Acts and
Deliverances, which present the most modern and
American phase of Presbyterianism, and the Calvinistic
or Reformed Liturgies, which present its most ancient
and catholic aspect. And then the several products of
these comparisons have been blended in the work of
emendation, so far as consistent with each other and
with the work as a whole. The result is, unless we
greatly over-estimate our labors, a Prayer-book so
amended as to contain nothing, however trivial, for
which good Presbyterian authority and usage cannot be
cited.

Having thus collected, sifted, and applied our mate
rials, it only remains to analyze the product before us
by tracing the several offices to their historical sources,
and showing their fitness either as materials or models
of divine worship. This we propose to do in our next
chapter, leaving the reader, as we proceed, to compare
the text with our commentary upon it.

* "All which considered, we altogether despair of that happy suc
cess which thousands hope and wait for from this his Majesty's
commission : unless God shall incline your hearts for the peace and
union of the nation, to a more considerable and satisfactory altera
tion of the liturgy." Calamy in the Presbyterian Rejoinder; Docu
ments, p. 204.

t "Thus much I shall venture to say, that such Amendments as
those were, with such an allowance in the point of Orders for Ordi
nation by Presbyters, as is made 13 KHz., cap. 12, would, in all proba
bility, have brought in two-thirds of the Dissenters in England."
Calamy, in his Life of Baxter, vol. i. p. 448.

We have also made use of the " Proposals for a Comprehension of
the Presbyterians," made by ?tillingfleet and Tillotwm in conference
with Manton Bates and Baxter in 1668. Ibid. p. 817.

76 ANALYSIS OF THE PRAYEE-BOOK.

CHAPTEE IX.

HISTORTCAl AHD CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF TUB AMINDE1
PRESBYTERIAN PRAYER-BOOK.

As the object we have in view does not take us over
the ancient ground common to all Liturgies and Prayer-
books, and already pre-occupied by so many learned
treatises,* we shall confine ourselves mainly to such in
vestigations as may serve to distinguish this edition from
others; and our method will be to penetrate first to
the original sources from which the book was compiled,
and then, by a more specific criticism of its contents, to
trace the changes through which it has passed to its
present amended form, together with the reasons active
in producing them.

SECT. I. The Catholic Original*.

In the early progress of the Reformation, royal
injunctions were given that certain portions of the
Latin service, then used in the churches, such as the
Lord's Prayer, the Creed, and the Epistle and Gospel
for the day, should be recited from the pulpit in the
mother tongue; that the English Litany should be said
plainly by the priest and choir in the midst of the
church; and that after matins should be read a Lesson
from the New Testament, and after evensong a Lesson
from the Old Testament.f At the same time an "Order
of Communion" was issued, restoring the cup to the
laity, and virtually abolishing the Roman Mass ;J and

* Palmer: Origines Liturgicce. Bingbam: Originet
Maskel: Monumenla Ritualia Ecdenx dnglicance. Freeman: /Vt«-
ciples of Divine Service.

f Injunctions given by the most Excellent Prince, Edward tbe
Sixth, Ac. Appendix to Archbishop Cranmer's Remains, p. 498.
Parker Society ed.

J Liturgies of King Edward the Sixth, pp. 1—8, Parker Societt
•diUon.

THE PROTESTANT ORIGINALS. 77

at length these several elements of a Protestant liturgy
became embodied in a "Book of Common Prayer,"
designed to supersede the old monastic ritual, and
engage the whole people intelligently in every part of
divine service.*

The nucleus of the Prayer-book was thus immediately
derived from the Breviary and Missal, as translated by
the English Reformers, and adapted to the uses of con
gregational worship: but remotely it was of much more
primitive and less questionable origin; and, as here
presented, after all the revisions it has undergone, with
its numerous Protestant accretions, erasions, and emen
dations, it will be found to retain scarcely a trace of the
Roman and Anglican channels through which it has
passed from its ancient sources, and to be indeed, so far
as it is not distinctively Presbyterian, simply catholic
or common to all churches of Christ.

Leaving ibis fact to appear as we proceed, we pass to
those more modern originals concerning which there is
greater diversity of opinion.

SECT. II. The Protestant Originals.

Brides the ancient service-books there were also in
th<j hands of the compilers of the Prayer-book three
new formularies, portions of which were incorporated
in the first and second editions. These were, 1. Her
mann's Consultation or sciujine of doctrine and wor
ship for the Electorate of Cologne. 2. Pollanus'a
Liturgy of the Church of French Refugees in England.
3. Lasco's Ecclesiastical Service of the Church of
German Foreigners in London. It is important to
discriminate the sources from which these formularies
had been compiled, and the changes they underwent
both before and after they were embodied in the Eng
lish liturgy.

As to the origin of the two last named productions
there can be no question. It is conceded by all parties, '
that they were trai slated from a form which had been
composed and used by Calvin in the church at Stras-

* Preface to the Book of Common Prayer, 1549, Strype, vol. it
p. m.

?8 ANALYSIS OF THE PRAYER-BOOK.

burg, and which became the germ and model of all the
Reformed liturgies.* This is clear not only from their
structure and contents, but also from the events con
nected with their origin and history.

Valerandus Pollanus was Calvin's successor at Stras-
burg, and on the publication of the Interim, an imperial
edict adverse to the Reformers, fled with his congrega
tion to England, where the Lord Protector gave them
an asylum in Somersetshire, and allowed them the free
use of their ritual in Qlastonbury Cathedral. The dis
putes in the English church which led to the further
reformation and amendment of the Prayer-book, turned
the attention of both parties to these foreign Protest
ants, and Pollanus in 1550-51, published in Latin, Cal
vin's Strasburg liturgy as used by them, together with
a Dedication to King Edward the Sixth, and an Apol
ogy, vindicating them from the aspersions of the
Romanists, f

* This must not be confounded with Calvin's Genevan Liturgy,
which differed from ihe Strasburg in some of the respects in which
the latter agreed, with the Prayer book. Eutaxia, p. 20, 206.

The following authorities, representing all varieties of theologi
cal prepossession, may be consulted in regard to the Calvinistic origi
nals of the Prayer-book:

(Anglican.) History of the Prayer-book, by Archdeacon Berens,
published by the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, pages
39, 41, 43, 87, 88, 141, 555—8; Archbishop Laurence's Hampton Lec
tures, pages 207, 208 ; Freeman's " Principles of Divine Service," vol.
i., p. 313; Procter's History of the Prayer-book, pages 31. 32, 45—49,
341, 346, note; "Private Prayers in the Reign of Queen Elizabeth;"
Parker Society, p 488, note; Strype's Eccl. Mem. vol. ii., chapter
xxix. ; Burnet's History of the Reformation, p. 415; Strype's Life ol
Cranmer, p. 200, and Appendix ; Heylin's History of the Reforma
tion, published by the Eccl. Hist. Society, vol. i. pages 193, 22>'>, *70;
Hardwicke's History of the Christian Church during the Reforma
tion, Cambridge edition, pages 222, 223.

(German.) Daniel's Codex Liturgicus; Eccl. Ref. et Angl., vol. i;
Ebrard's Reformirtes Kirchenbuch, p. 323; Hertzog's Encyclopedia.
Articles: England, Anglican Church, Cranmer, and Calvin.

(American.) Bishop Brownel's Commentary on the Prayer book,
Introduction, p 21. Eutaxia or the Presbyterian Liturgies, chapter*
x — xii. Mr. Baird's on refill researches into the Calvinistic Liturgies
place his work in the first rank of authorities.

f Liturgia Stcra, Sen Ritus Ministerii in Eccletia Peregrinorvm
Profugorum propter Evangdium Christi Argentina, 1551. Cum
Apologia pro hoc Liturgia Par Valerandum mianum Flandrum.
Ihe date is incorrectly given by Proctor. Compare with Sirype
vol. ii. 379. It may be found in Daniel's Codex Liturgicua, vol. i.

THE PROTESTANT ORIGINALS. 79

About the same time a distinguished Pole, John A.
Lasco, also a Calvinist, or Zwinglian, took shelter in
England upon the invitation of Cranmer, and was
appointed superintendent of the foreign congregation of
refugees in London. The liturgy used in their worship,
was prepared by him on the basis of that translated by
Pollanus, and was published both in Dutch and in
Latin.* Lasco, moreover, was intimately associated
with Cranmer, as his guest and adviser, while the
liturgy was undergoing revision, and took an active part
in the whole work of the English Reformation.

It is thus evident from the history, that the Calvinistic
liturgy was not only in actual use in several congrega
tions to which the framers of the Prayer-book would
naturally refer for an example of Protestant worship
but that it was also in their hands in several languages.
And this historical testimony, as we shall see hereafter,
is amply sustained by the internal evidence of the book
itself.

In regard to the other work mentioned, that of Bucer
and Melancthon, there is more room for doubt. f It

* Forma ac Ratio tola ecclesiastici ministerii in peregrinorum, potit-
timum vero Gf.rmanorum Ecclesia institute Londini in Anglia per
Edvardum Sextum. Auctore Job. A Lasco, Polonise Barne. Both
Lasco's and Pollanus' Liturgies are sketched by Dr. Krauth io his
" Sunday Service according to the Liturgies of the Churches of the
Reformation."

f This work was not so much a liturgy as a provisional scheme of
doctrine and worship, which Melancthon and Bucer were invited to
prepare by Hermann, " that pious Confessor the late Elector and Arch
bishop of Cologne, who, for adhering to the Protestant religion, and
Betting on foot the Reformation of his country, was deprived by the
Pope and Emperor." It was first published in German in 1543, and
in 1 545 in Latin at Donn, with the title, "Nostra Hermanni Archepisc.
Col/miensix Simplex ft Pia Ddiberatio et Christiana, in Verbo Dei fun-
data Refurmatio." An English translation of this Latin work WM
printed in 1547, and a second revised edition in 1548, entitled, "A
simple and religious consultation of us Hermann, by the grace of
(toil. Archbishop of Cologne, and Prince Elector, Ac., by what means
a Christian Reformation, and founded in God's word, of doctrine,
administration of the divine Sacraments, of ceremonies, and the
whole cure of souls, and other ecclesiastical ministries, may ba
hognn among men committed to our pastoral charge, until the
l.i/i d grant a better to be appointed either by a free and Christian
council, general or national, or else by the States of the Empire of
Germany, gathered together in the Holy Ghost. " Procter's History

80 ANALYSIS OF THE PRAYER-BOOK.

would, in fact, be simply absurd for any party cow to
lay an exclusive claim to the authorship or purport of
a production which was compiled by divines noted for
liberal views and union tendencies, and with the express
design of reconciling the two extremes of the Reforma
tion. After investigating the history in all directions,
and viewing the question on all sides, we have reached
the conclusion that, as this liturgy started at some
middle-point between Lutheranism and Zwinglianism, it
therefore entered the Prayer-book with a bias toward
Calvinism, and that this bias was confirmed at the first
revision, increased at each succeeding revision, and
finally completed by the Presbyterian Commissioners at
the last revision. Our reasons for this view are the
following:

1. It was never used or sanctioned in any Lutheran
community, but on the contrary, was opposed and sup
pressed by Luther himself on its first appearance.*

2. Not only was it compiled from Reformed as well as
Lutheran sources, f but both of its compilers were warm
personal friends of Calvin, and favorable to a union

of the Prayer-book, p. 40. The Cologne Liturgy is noticed in Strype'a
Eec. Mem , and the German edition of it may be found in Richter's
Kirchenordnungen, vol. i.

* " The Reformation Book, which wag mainly Bucer's work, and in
which, so far as the liturgy is concerned, the established ritual waa
followed as closely as possible, the Constitution of the Church
retained, and the doctrine of the Strasburg and Hessian Confession*
adopted — was sent by Hermann himself to the Klector of Saxony,
who submitted it for examination to the Lutheran zealot Ormsdorf.
Luther was incensed by it, especially in regard to the Lord's Supper,
and first assailed Bucer, and became so much excited against Me-
lancthon, that the latter thought seriously of leafing WittemberK,
expecting that Luther would come out publicly against him." Life
of Bucer, by J. W. Baura, Prof in Strosburg, p 535.

t From the formularies of Nuremburg (Lutheran,); Saxony
(Lutheran,) ; Strasburg (Reformed,) and Hesse (Reformed.) See Rich
ter's Evangelischen Kirchenordnungen, vol. i.

It appears from a letter of Melancthon that the doctrinal portion
was prepared by himself, while the ritual portion, (which is the part
that appears in the Prayer-book.) was prepared by Bncer. " Retinuit
ple.rnque Osiandri Bucerus ; quosdam articulos auxit, ut est copiosus.
Mihi, cum omnia relegissem, attribuit articnlos, detrinitate, de crea-
tlone, de peccatr originis, de justitia fidei et operum, de ecclesia, de
pcenitentia. It his consumpsi tempos hactenus, et legi de caeremo-
nils Baptism st Coen* Domini quae ipse composuit." Epist. 2707
Opp. V. 112.

THE PROTESTANT ORIGINALS. 81

with the Calvinistic churches.* This feeling, indeed,
in Bucer amounted to a ruling passion, drew upon
him the suspicion and persecution of his countrymen,
and at length forced him into exile and poverty. Cal
vin was the first to offer him an asylum at Geneva,
but afterwards advised him to accept Cranmer's invita
tion to a professorship in Oxford, and addressed him a
letter full of the highest consolations of Christian
philosophy. f

3. Whatever may be said of Bucer's seeming incon
sistency and vacillation in Germany, or of the syncretis-
tic nature of the liturgy he there compiled, yet it is
undeniable that while he was in England, assisting in
the revision of the Prayer-book, he represented the
views of Calvin, who had written him urging that "all
ceremonies may be abolished which in any way savour
of superstition, "J and who often mourned his untimely
death as the greatest calamity to the English Reforma
tion. "When I consider what a loss the Church of God
has suffered by the death of this one man, I cannot but
every now and then renew my grief. He would have
done great service in England; and I hoped for some
thing greater from his writings hereafter than what he
has hitherto published. "g And that these hopes|| had
been well founded is shown by the strictures or censura
of the Prayer-book, fl which Bucer prepared at the

* See Calvin's Tracts, vol il. pp. 211, 281, 354—356, 496; Calvin's
Letters, vol. i. p. 137; Zurich Letters, First Series, pp. 161, 234;
Second Series, p. 73; Original Letters of Ref. pp. 488, 5b5, 541 — 548,
685, 688. Published by Parker Society. Strype's Ecc. Mem., vol. ii.
pp. 190, 326. Hertzog's Encyclodedia, Art. Bucer, and Calvin.

f Calvin's Letters, trans, by Jules Bonnet, vol. ii. p. 212.

i Ibid. p. 232. g Ibid. p. 312.

if Milton calls Bucer " that elect instrument of reformation highly
honored, and had in reverence by Edward the Sixth and his whole
Parliament" . . . "whose incomparable youth doubtless had brought
forth to the Church of England such a glorious manhood, bad hU
life reached it, as would have left in the affairs of religion nothing
without an excellent pattern for us now to follow." Prose Work»,
Bobn's edition, pp. 317, 278. See also Milton's collection of "Testi
monies of the high approbation which learned men have given of
Martin Bueer," pp. 274 — 277.

1f Censura, Martini Bitceri super libra Sacrorum, ten ordination ii
tccUsur ntijtte ministerii ecdesiastici in Regno Anglia, ad petitioner*
R. Arcliiepiscopi Cantuariensis, Tliomce Cranmeri conscripta, A
summary of the Censura is given by Procter, pages 40 43.

82 ANALYSIS OP THE PRAYER-BOOK.

request of Cranmer, and which are in fact almost iden«
tical with those afterwards urged by the CalvinistU
party in the Church of England.

4. Had the Bucerian and Me'ancthonian portions of
the Prayer-book been thus amended according to Bucer's
own matured views and suggestions, they would have
been rendered almost entirely Calvinistic, and the Eng
lish Church, in ritual as well as doctrine, would have
been freed from its Romanist and Lutheran remnants.*
But it was reserved for the Puritans, during the hun
dred years which followed, to continue the work of
criticism begun by the Calvinistic reformers, and at
length tor the Presbyterian Puritans, in distinction
from the Episcopalian Puritans on the one side, and the
Independent Puritans on the other, to complete that
work by their strictures offered in the Savoy Conference.
"The Exceptions against the Book of Common Prayer"
are at once a resumt and enlargement of the "Censura
super Libro Sacrorum," and the two documents, taken
together, mark the germ and the flower of a Prayer-
book that deserves in every sense to be called Presby
terian.

If now we survey the originals of the English Liturgy,
at one view, from their origin throughout their history,
we shall be ready for the general conclusion ; that,
while King Edward's First Prayer-book exhibited the
Prot '-tant as distinguished from the Romanist phase
of Christianity, and while King Edward's Second
Prayer-book exhibited the Calvinistic as distinguished
from the Lutheran phase of Protestantism, the Prayer-
book here presented will exhibit the Presbyterian as
distinguished from the Episcopalian phase of Calvinism.
And the proofs of this will accumulate at every step of
that more particular analysis to which we proceed.

SECT. III. The Revised Rubrics.

The Rubrics (so called from the red letters in which
they were printed in old copies) are the rules for the

* ••The leath of Edward seems to have prevented a further ap-
pro!i«-li to the seh« me of Ocneva in our ceremonies, mid perhape U
our Church government." Hallam's Const Hist., cbap.iv.

THE REVISED RUBRICS. 83

government of Minister and People in Divine Service,
and correspond to our Directory. In the ancient Ser
vice-books, as well as in the Lutheran and Reformed
Agenda, they are much less imperative and obligatory
than in the English Prayer-book, which breathes through
out a tone of punctilious command, better suited to a state
ritual than a church service. This has been obviated by
substituting in place of the word "shall" the word "will"
to indicate what is agreed and customary, or the word
"may" to indicate what is discretionary and variable:
a change which simply gains liberty without sacrificing
order, since custom soon acquires the force of authority,
and authority is of no avail where it loses its hold upon
custom, as is shown by the continual conflict of usage
with Rubrics and Directories.

The Introductory rubrics concerning ecclesiastical
vestments and furniture, are ommitted as relating to mat
ters which by the Directory are wisely and safely left
indifferent. The altar,* and surplice,-\ were associated
in the minds of many Episcopalians, as well as Presby
terians, with a false doctrine of the ministry and sacra
ments, and are at best but a poor imitation of the sig
nificant ritual in which they originated. The simpli
city and spirituality of Christian worship would seem
better represented and promoted by those traditional
symbols of Preshyterianism, the pulpit, the communion
table, the baptismal font, and (if anything more official
than the ordinary clerical dress is desired) the Genevan
robes, customary in the Dutch churches or the scholar's
gown, still in use in some of our own pulpits.

For similar reasons the rubrics concerning behaviour
have been expunged, except in the few instances where

* Cranmer's " Six Reasons why the Lord's Board should rather be
after the form of a Table than of an Altar." Remains and Letters,
p. 524. Similar opinions were maintained by Bishops Ridley,
Hooper, Ac.

•',• Bishop Jewel ] renounced it " a stage dress, a fool's coat, a reliqua
of the Amorites." Archbishop Qrindal " hesitated about accepting
a mitre from dislike of what he called the mummery of consecra
tion," and together with Bishops Sandys and Noel, was "in favor of
leaving off the surplice." In these views Hucer and Martyr con
curred. Zurich Letters, 161; Original Letters of Ret-, 488, 585.
Str.y pe'c Ecc. Mem., chap, xiviii ; and Life of Cranmer, vU. ii. p. 2) Oj

64 ANALYSIS OP THE 1 RATER-BOOK.

gome direction seemed needful, and not likely to trench
upon existing usage or liberty. The genuflexions, into
nations, and bowings, practised in the English ritual,
were desired by our forefathers to be left free to each
worshipper, because of a feeling that nothing is so abhor
rent in the sight of both God and man, as a devout
demeanor, which is either enforced or simulated. The
Book as here amended may be used either by the min
ister alone, or by the congregation with him, when both
are so agreed; the minister leading in the whole ser
vice audibly, and the congregation accompanying him
with the heart or with the voice also, in those parts
marked as more especially assigned to them, according
as each one's devotion shall prompt him. It should be
said, however, that the actual reading of divine service
by the parties, is a species of pupilage, to be endured
only until they have become so familiar with it as to be
able to say it from the heart without any danger of say
ing it only from the book.

As to responses, except where personal feeling is strong
enough to impel them above the low tone of ordinary
devotion, we may urge the objection, brought against
them two hundred years ago, that " they cause a con
fused murmur in the congregation, whereby what is
read is less intelligible and therefore unedifying;"* and
the difficulty, always encountered of making them gene-
i-al and accordant, renders them on grounds of taste as
well as of devotion, unsuitable to a mixed assembly.
They properly belong in fact to the choral or monastic
service from which they were borrowed, and in which
they were artistically rendered by trained worshippers,
and in a Protestant Church must cease to be express •
ive precisely in proportion as they become impressive.

As to posture, we only remark in general, that while
standing and kneeling are both of them scriptural atti
tudes in prayer, and alike sanctioned by catholic and
Presbyterian usagef yet in using these services it will

* Presbyterian " Exceptions." No. Hi. See Appendix, and Entaxia,
pace??.

f " I'o pray standing, was in public worship believed to have been
va Apostolic usage. The Presbyterians of Scotland, and at times th«

THE REVISED RUBRICS. 85

be most convenient for the worshipper to bow the head
or the knee in the Prayers and Confessions, to stand
up in the Creeds, Psalms, Hymns and Doxologies, and
to remain seated during Lessons, Exhortations, and
Sermons.

In nothing is the rigidity and bondage of an imposed
Prayer-book so manifest as in the mode of combining, or
rather aggregating together the several offices it pres
cribes. According to the theory of those offices, the
Lord's day would be marked by a succession of distinct
sei vices each complete in itself, and performed at differ
ent hours ; beginning with Morning Prayer at dawn,
and ending with Evening Prayer at twilight, with the
Litanj-, Sermon, and Communion, intervening towards
mid- day as the distinguishing or proper services of the
day. Instead of crudely joining all of these together
in a single morning service, full of needless repetitions
and a tedious prolixity of parts, it would seem more
reasonable to use each, as originally designed, sepa
rately, or at least to combine them with some discretion.
It will be found, by following the rubric as amended,
that without any perplexity to either party, the minis
ter may practise either of the following six varieties of
devotional service before the Sermon or Communion :

1. Morning Prayer. 4. Morning Prayer and Litany.

2. Litany. 6. Litany and Sunday Service.

3. Sunday Service. 6. Sunday Service and Litany.

A principal section of one office might also be con
joined to that of another, by proceeding as far as the

Lutherans of Germany, are probably the only occidental Christiana
who now observe the one only rubric laid down for Christian wor
ship by the first (Ecumenical Council." Stanley's Eastern Church,
page 263. The Direction in Pollanus' Liturgy is "Ac to:o hoc tern-
pore (during Confession and Absolution,) po'pulus magna cum reve-
rentia vel astat, vel procumbit in genua, utut animus cujusque tule-
rit." Posture in the Daily service was prescribed only in the Creed and
Confession, until the last revision. In the Communion, kneeling
was prescribed, but according to I. and II. Edward, it was to '• be used
or left as every man's devotion serveth, without blame." See Docu
ments, p. 131. Among the Proposals of 1689, was one, " That if
any refuse to receive the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper kneeling,
it may be administered to them in their pews." Calainy. p. 463. In
the Church of Calvin the communicants came forward by group* to
receive the elements. Kutaxia, p. 46.

86 ANALYSIS OP THE PRAYER-BOOK.

First Lesson, and then beginning the Lord's day service
(Ante Communion,) or by proceeding as far as the Sec
ond Lesson, and then beginning the Epistle and Gospel
for the day, (or Proper Service,) according to either of
the following conjunctions :

First Lesson. ^ fTe Deum.

Collect and Commandments. > or < Epistle and Gospel'

Collect, Epistle, and Gospel. ) (Beatitudes.

This arrangement would not only obviate the repeti
tious use of Lessons, as well as Creeds, but also afford
the means of adapting the service to the church-season,
by omitting either the Commandments, or the Te Deum,
according to the nature of the occasion ; and it ought
not to disturb a liturgical purist, as much as the patch
work of inserting the Communion-Absolution, Creed,
and Gloria in Excelsis, in the midst of the Daily Prayer.
The use of some such discretion as to omissions or vari
ations, will be the more needful if any of the Occa
sional services are to be introduced, or if the cir
cumstances are so extraordinary as to require a modifi
cation of the whole service. The Presbyterian revisers
were surely not hypercritical, when they questioned
whether it did not savor of "vain repetition," for even
the Lord's prayer to be said six times,* by the same
assembly ; and that they were neither factious nor
eccentric in craving for the minister the judicious " use
of those gifts for prayer and exhortation, which Christ
hath given him for the service and edification of the
church, according to its various and emergent neces-
Bity,"f is shown by the fact that we have lived to see
Episcopalian Prayer-meetings in advance of Presbyte
rian Prayer-books,

SECT. IV. The Revised Daily Services.

In all the Reformed Churches it was the custom to
fcaye Daily Prayers, J morning and evening, at church
as well as at home, in distinction from those of Roman-

• Documents, Ac., p. 124. 306. f IMd- P- M, U6.

t Calvin'i Daily Offices. Eutaxia, chap. iii.

THE REVISED DAILY SERVICES. 87

Ism, which were monastic, rather than congregational
or domestic; and when the Latin was superseded by
the English service, the Versicles, Collects, Canticles,
and Creeds, which had been hitherto confined to the
priest and choir, were transferred in the form of Com-
mon Prayers to the whole worshipping assembly. "The
history of the English church tells of ceaseless endea
vors to make these services in practice what they were
in theory, the ritual o-f the whole body of the faithful.
But the seven-fold nature of the scheme on which they
were framed, and withal their unvernacular shape, for
bad the possibility of any such use of them."* They
are in fact the least Protestant portions of the Prayer-
book, and are not to be found in any of the Reformed
Liturgies, though as here presented, it will be seen that
they have been comparatively freed from the objectiona
mentioned.

The Order for Daily Prayer may be conveniently con
sidered in three parts, 1. the introduction, consist
ing of the Sentences, Exhortation, Confession, and Abso
lution ; 2. the body of the service, consisting of the
Lord's Prayer, Gloria Patri, Psalmody, Lessons, Creed,
and Collects; and 3. the conclusion, consisting of the
Prayers, Thanksgivings, and Benediction. We shall
find that of these several parts, the first and third are
of Presbyterian origin, while the intermediate portion,
after the Presbyterian revisions through which it has
passed, retains scarcely anything Roman or Anglican.

(I.) "The truth respecting the very appropriate
opening of our service seems to be," says Procter,
"that the hint was taken from two books of service,
used by congregations of refugees in England, which
were published about this time : the one being the
version of Calvvn's form by Pollanus; and the other
that used by the Walloons under John A. Lasco." The
idea of such a penitential introduction, to take the place
of private confession and absolution, was due to Calvin,
and its whole structure is obviously Protestant, popular,
and at variance with mediaeval models. f It ther-ifon

• Freeman as quoted by Proctor.

» Compare the Confiteor with any Reformed Confession.

88 ANALYSIS OF THE PRAYER-BOO*.

appears in the Prayer-book, prefixed to the Morning
Prayer, and is not found in the first edition, nor printed
before the Evening Prayer until the last edition.*

The Sentences form the basis of the Exhortation, and
are sundry texts of Scripture designed to move to the
Confession and prepare for the Absolution. In the
Morning Prayer, they have been retained without change,
as found in the English edition; but in the Evening
Prayer others have been added, for alternative use, of
a more various import, compiled from different Re
formed Liturgies.

The Exhortation inculcates the need of Confession
and Absolution, or penitence an< pardon, as prelimi
nary to the acts of thanksgiving, praise, hearing of
God's Word, and prayer, which are announced as to
follow in the body of the service. It was evidently
modelled upon similar forms, common in all the Re
formed Churches, and is eminently applicable to a
congregation emerging into the light of Protestant
worship, or to a congregation needing instruction in the
elements of such worship, or to any congregation as a
weekly or occasional exhortation, but its use twice
every day would be but one of the inconsistencies of a
liturgy that allows no discretion.

The Confession follows as the act of the congregation,
incited to repentance by the Sentences and Exhortation,
and is necessarily general in its tei :ns, though not origin
ally designed to preclude more particular confession,
which might be silently made during a brief pause at
the close. It was derived from the Calvinistic models
of Pollanus and Lasco, but is English, and more scriptu
ral in style, and less doctrinal in its import. Its sup
posed want of an explicit acknowledgment of original
as well as actual sin was denied by the Episcopalians,!
is still scrupled by Unitarians, J and, if originally

* Compare Breviarium Romanum, King Edward's First Prayer-
book and Primer, and the present Knglish Prayer-book.

t Answer of the Bishops; Documents, p. 115; Burtxit's Hist, ol
the Kef., p. 415.

I Compare Common Prayer for Christian Worship, ed"ed by Rev.
James Martineau, and the Book of Common Prayer according to the
use of King's Chapel, Boston, in both of which the phrase, " there in
it m health in us," is omitted.

THE REVISED DAILY SERVICES. 89

intended, could not have been significant in a book
that elsewhere abounds in assertions of that doctrine.
Such dogmatic confessions, indeed, would seem rathe*
to befit some later stage of the service than its begin
ning; and however valuable and essential they may be
in their proper place, it would certainly be a rash hand
that, for the sake of them, would now mar this time-
hallowed formula.

The Absolution (or Remission of Sins, as the title was
amended after the Hampton revision, in deference to
Puritan scruples against a word of popish sound)
ensues upon the Confession as the act of the Minister
speaking to the people in the name and by the author,
ity of Christ. It differs from other official declarations
of divine grace only in being more formal and in de
riving peculiar solemnity from its connection with an
act of public devotion. Such a formula is found in all
the Calvinistic liturgies except the Genevan, from which
it was excluded by a scruple. "There is none of us,"
says Calvin, "but must acknowledge it to be very use
ful that, after the General Confession, some striking
promise of Scripture should follow, whereby sinners
might be raised to the hopes of pardon and reconcilia
tion. And I would have introduced this custom from
the beginning, but some fearing the novelty of it would
give offence, I was over easy in yielding to ti ... m;* so
the thing was omitted, and now it would not be season
able to make any change, because the greatest part of
our people begin to rise up before we come to the end
of the Confession." In most of the Reformed Churches,
the Absolution was variable in form, consisting simply
of ''some striking promise of Scripture," pronounced
by the minister, like the "Comfortable Words" after
the Confession in the Communion service ; but in
Lasco's liturgy, from which the Prayer-book Tersion
was taken, f it had assumed a more liturgical, though

* It was, however, adopted, through his advice in other Reformed
Churches, and especially incorporated in his Strasburg liturgy,
which his discinle ami successor Pollanui introduced into England,
and upon the basis of which Lasco's Service book was framed. See
Institute, Book III., Cap IV.

t " In this book. (La8co's,)"says Proctor, " there Is a form of Con
fession and of Absolution. In which some phrases resemble the con-

90 ANALYSIS OF THE PRAYER-BOOK.

lets scriptural style. The petition, or mutual interces*
sion of minister and people, with which it concludes,
(unhappily turned into an exhortation in late editions,
but in this preserved literally,) gathers up the purport
of the whole preceding service as preparatory to that
which is to follow, and so meets a want felt by the
Presbyterian revisionists.*

(II.) At this point we leave the modern, and entel
upon the ancient portion of the office; and that which
forms our second general division. It consists mainly o{
Psalms and Lessons, those catholic elements of all wor
ship, both Hebrew and Christian, Romanist and Protest
ant, but is peculiar in admitting a responsive element
more largely than any other congregational liturgy; a
peculiarity due to its monastic origin, and here modi
fied by the Presbyterian emendations.

The Lord's Prayer, with which it begins, fittingly
enters the service as that divine model and rule.f it
ever behoves us to use, "when we pray." In the
Latin ritual, it had been said secretly by the Priest alone,
the Choir responding as he raised his voice in the con
cluding petition; but afterwards it was said aloud by
the minister, and since the last revision, by both minis
ter and people. The doxology with which it closes, waa
added at the instance of the Presbyterians, J is scriptu
ral, in accordance with Greek as distinguished from
Roman usage, and appropriately connects the preced-

responding portions which were added to the Second Book of King
Edward VI. ' Neque amplius velis mortem peceatoris, sed potfus ut
convertatur et vivat . . . omnibus vere poenitentibus (qui videlicet
;i mil K pecatis sni- cum sui accusatione gratiam ipsius per nonien
Christi Domini implorant) omnia ipsorum peocata prorsus condotiwt
atque aboleat . . . omnibus, inquam, vobis qui ita affecti, estis
denuncio, flducia promissionum Christi, vestra peccata omnia in
coelo a Deo Patre nostro m xlis plane omnibus remissa esse . . . opem
tuam divinam per meritum Kilii tui dilecti supplices imploramus . .
nobisque dones Spiritum Sanctum tuum . . . ut lex tua sandi ill!
(eorli) insculpi ac per nos demum . . . tota vita nostra exprinr ejua
Denfifleio possit.' "

• Exception XVII.

+ Larger Catechism, p. 187. Westminster Directory. Public Prayef,

J Exception*. See Appendix.

THE REVISED DAILY SERVICES. 91

Sng act of penitence with the following office of praise
and psalmody.

in the edition which was before the Savoy Comnns-
sioners, certain Versicles taken from the ancient service,
urere then added as follows :

Minister. 0 Lord, open thou our lips,
Answer. And our mouth shall show forth thy praise.
Minister. 0 God, make speed to save us,
Answer. 0 Go<5, make haste to help us.
Minister. Glory be to the Father, and to the, &?..,
As it was in the beginning, is now, Ac.
Praise ye the Lord.

In accordance with the Presbyterian Exceptions,* we
have retained only so much of this portion as seema
needful to mark the transition of the service, and in a
form neither requiring, nor precluding the responses.
The second couplet in fact breaks the sense and is easily
spared, but the Gloria Patri, which is a Trinitarian dox-
ology of primitive origin and Presbyterian sanction,! ia
certainly appropriate to the worshipper, rising from con
fession, absolution, and prayer, to engage in praise.
After the minister's invitation, Praise ye the Lord, an
additional response, "The Lord's name be praised,"
was interpolated, by Laud,J in the Scottish Prayer-book
of 1637, and is still found in late editions.

The Venite ExuUemus,\ or 95th Psalm, had been sung
from an early period, as introductory either to the whole
service, or to the psalmody immediately following it;
and for ordinary occasions there could certainly be no
Psalm more appropriate ; but there may be times when
discretion will suggest some other selection, both hero
and also at the opening of the Evening Prayer, where
another example is given.

After the Venite comes the daily portion of the Panl-
ter> which, according to mediaeval usage, was sung

* Exception in.

t Rejoinder. Documents, pp. 210, 296. According to Bellafmin*
1^ was " formed in the Council of Nicsea, as a particular testimony
fcgtinst the Arians."

1 Proctor's Hist, of Prayer-book, p. 213.

$ The Latin titles, which are remnants of the ancient service, ar»
»Le first phrase or words of the Psalm or Hymn to which they refer.

92 ANALYSIS OP THE PRATER-BOOK.

through in course once ever^ week, and for this pur
pose divided into seven part; called nocturns; but in
the reformed service was appointed to be read through
once every month, a change which has the advantage of
bringing the whole Book of Psalms into the Sunday
Service, though not in their inspired order. It may be
questioned, therefore, whether a yearly course of the
Psalms, arranged for the Lord's day alone, would not
secure a more orderly acquaintance with them, in view
of modern usage as to daily services ; and such an
arrangement may be found in one of the Tables.

The responsive reading of the verses by minister and
people may have been a rude substitute for the anti-
phonal chanting of priest and choir; but it is open to
the objection already urged against all unmusical re
sponses ; it is in violation of the sense or rhythm which
is often parallelistic in the members of each verse,
rather than by alternate verses;* and, except for habit
uated nerves, is even less solemn than the doggerel of
Rouse, or Watts unequally yoked with worldly airs.
The experience of the whole Church would seem to be
fast settling towards the conviction that the Psalms
cannot with propriety be either versified or read, but
should be simply chanted in prose,f according to their
original structure in the temple-service, and the usage
of catholic antiquity. In such a view, the extremes of
doctrine and culture may meet, the most conscientious
advocacy of literal psalmody be reconciled to the high
est style of musical art, and the vexed relations of
choir and congregation harmoniously adjusted. And it
is this class of considerations which has mainly influ
enced us in here retaining the older version of the
Psalter. It is more Calvinistio in origin, and more
Saxon in style, than the approved translation ;J and

* Tholunk on the Psalms; Introduction. Sect H. Hengst-nberg
on the Psalms; Appendix. The Formal Arrangement of the
Psalms.

t Assembly's Digest; Psalmody.

jThe Prayer-book Psa'ter was derived from several German and
Lntin versions as translated into English and afterwards twice
revised by Coverdale, "a zealous Calvinipt, both in ductrine ana dis
cipline," who, together with Whittingham, Kuox, Pollauus, ant'

THE REVISED DAILY SERVICES. 93

though not to be compared with it for didactic purposes
when read as the rest of holy Scripture in lessons, yet
it is certainly quite as "smooth and fit for song" as any
metrical version, and has the advantage of having been
long in use, and of being already pointed as it is to be
sung; the colon (:) in each verse marking the division
of the chant, throughout the Psalter, as in all the other
musical portions of this edition.

The repetition of the Gloria Patri after each Psalm
was questioned by the Presbyterians as a somewhat
mechanical performance; is not in accordance with the
most catholic usage, and after some Psalms is evidently
unsuitable ; but its use at the close of the psalmody
may serve to Christianize the Hebrew lyrics, and would
seem to be a fitting climax to the act of praise, espe
cially when, upon its first occurrence, it has been said
rather than sung.

We next enter upon the didactic part of the office, the
Reading of the Scriptures, which is assigned exclusively
to the Minister of the Word, and fitly follows the con
gregational acts of confession and psalmody, as that
"part of the public worship of God wherein we acknow
ledge our dependence upon him, and subjection to him,
and one means sanctified by him for the edifying of hia
people."* Before the Reformation, it had been "so
altered, broken, and neglected, by planting in uncer
tain stories and legends, with a multitude of responds,
verses, vain repetitions, commemorations, and synod-
als,"f as to have become wholly unintelligible. The
reading of two Lessons in every service, one from each
Testament, and in the order of the canon, is in accord
ance with primitive and Presbyterian usage; serves to
mark the development and unity of divine revelation
under both dispensations; and instructs both minister
and people in the knowledge of God. But we may
doubt whether a daily course of Lessons, as of Psalms,

others, engaged in preparing the Geneva Bible. See Home's Biblical

Bibliography, pp. 70 — 75.

* Westminster Directory: Rcndinjr c f the Scriptn'-»s
f King Kduard'B l'rujer-1 ouk, Preface concerning the Service of

the Church.

04 ANALYSTS OP THE PRAYER-BOOK.

is not less suited to modern habits of public worshij
than a yearly course for Sundays alone; and have
therefore added such a Table, which has the high sanc
tion of the Church of Scotland.*

As to the Proper Lessons and Proper Psalmg, or such
as are severally proper to the different Sundays of the
church year, we only remark, in passing, that they
apparently befit the Lord's Day Service better than the
Daily Prayer, which latter office is adjusted to the civil
rather than to the ecclesiastical calendar, and would
seem to require a rehearsal of the sacred books in their
inspired connection and canonical order, as fundamen
tal and preliminary to the more dogmatic re-arrange
ment of them in the Sunday service.

The Apocryphal Scriptures are omitted not merely
because of their spurious claim and erroneous con
tents, but also because their use in the form of Lessons
cannot but adulterate "the very pure Word of God."f
And on the same principle, the discarded Lessons from
the Book of the Apocalypse are restored.

It was a primitive custom, and is also directed in the
Book of Common Order, J that the reading of the
Scriptures should be intermingled with the singing of
Psalms; and the Canticles, which are the fixed portions
of the office, serve this purpose of relieving the atten
tion after the Lessons, and giving life and variety to the
service.

The Te Deum Laudamut, called in the Breviary the
"Canticle of Ambrose and Augustine," from an old
legend that at their baptism it was sung alternately by
them as composed by inspiration, is one of the earliest
Christian hymns of praise, and has also scmewhat "the
appearance of a choral paraphrase of the Creed." The
reading and musical pointing of the English edition are
retained without alteration.

• Aids to Devotion, prepared by a Com. of Gen. Asssrub.

t Preface of 1549. It was also proposed IB 1689, " that the Apocry •
phal Lessons and those of the Old Testament which are too Aatural,
be thrown out." Calamy, p 453. See Conf. of Kaith, chap i

t Book of Pub. Pr., Appendix 350

g A verbal improvement was proposed in 1689, "That those wordf
In the Te Deum, ' 1'Uiie Honourable, true, and Onljf Son,' be turned

THE REVISED DAILY SERVICES. 95

The Benedicite, or "Song of the Three Children," waa
added after the Te Deum for alternative use, during
Lent or at discretion ; but its apocryphal character
made it less acceptable to the Presbyterians than
" some Psalm or Scripture hymn ;" and the Laudalt
Domimim, (Ps. 148,) of which it is a lyrical exposition,
has be-en substituted for it, as further recommended at
the semi-Presbyterian revision in 1689.*

The Benedictus, (Luke i. 68,) or "Song of the Prophet
Zacharias," was one of the first New Testament hymns,
and has been used from a remote period in the position
where it occurs, after the Lessons, as expressing praise
for the fulfilment of the Old in the New dispensation.

The Jubilate Deo, (Ps. 100), a Psalm of Thanksgiving,
•was added as an alternate to the Benedictus, when that
Bong should have been read immediately before in the
daily course of Lessons.

The corresponding Oanticlesf at Evening Prayer,
Magnificat, (Luke i. 46,) or "Song of the Virgin Mary,"
Nunc Dimittis, (Luke ii. 29,) or "Song of Simeon," with
their alternate Psalms, Cantate Domino, (Ps. 98,) and
Ben f die anima mea, (Ps. 103,) follow the Prophecies and
Epistl ;s as appropriate hymns of praise for the bless
ings of a completed revelation, and were early used in
the Calvinistic as well as primitive churches. J

The Apostles' Creed seems naturally to enrue upon th<*
Lessons as a personal confession of faith in the Scrip
tures, of which it is but a doctrinal summary, orthodox
in its purport, catholic in its usage, and liturgical in its
Btyle. As it was not fully developed until the Second
or Third Century, it could not have been compiled by
the Apostles, according to the legend, which attributes
a clause to each of them; though it appears to hav«
originated in the baptismal formula with gradual accre
tions, and to have been at first the individual profession

Into 'thine Only begotten Son,' Honourable being only * civil term,
kin! nowhere used in Sacrit." Calamy, p. 454.

* Exceptions; Appendix. Proctor, p. 147.

t It was proposed, in 1689, to substitute Psalmt for the New Te»
foment Canticles. Compare ualamy, p. 451, and Profc Epise. I'm} ei»
book

J liuUiia, p. 27.

96 ANALYSIS OF THE PRAYER-BOOK.

of converts or catechumens, rather than an ordinary
act of public worship.* It was retained in all the Pro
testant Confessions, is the text and frame-work of Cal
vin's " Institute of Theology," and not only lies at the
basis of our own Cathechisms, but is given as a formula
to be taught to children as part of their training for the
Lord's Supper.t

As in the beginning of the service the minister
declares the divine grace after the people have con
fessed their sins, so here at length, after the minister
has declared the divine word, the people confess their
faith, and are thus in readiness for those more mature
devotions, the supplications, intercessions, and thanks
givings which are to follow.

From this point, according to the Prayer-book in the
hands of the Savoy Commissioners, the office was thus
continued :

Minister. 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.

IT Then the Minister, Clerks, and people shall say the Lord's prayer
in English in a loud voice.

Our Father, which art In heaven, &c.

11 Then the Minister standing up shall say,

O Lord, show thy mercy upon us.

Answer And grant us thy salvation.

Minister. O Lord, save the King.

Answer. And mercifully hear us when we call upon thee.

Minister. Endue thy ministers with righteousness.

Answer And make thy chosen people joyful.

Minister. O Lord, save thy people.

Answer. And bless thine Inheritance.

Minister. Give peace In our time, O Lord.

Answer. Because there Is none other that flghteth for us,

but only thou, O God.

Minister. O God, make clean our hearts within us,
Answer. And take not thy Holy Spirit from us.

* The Nicene Creed seems to have been reserved In all the Re
formed Churches for the Communion as the proper Eucharistlcal
Confession of Faith; the Apostles' Creed being, strictly speaking, a
Baptismal Confession. See Dr. Krauth's Sunday Service, pp. 46, 47
Proctor, p. 228. Bunson's Hlppolytus, vol. 11. p. 92.

t Directory, chap. li.

THE REVISED DAILY SERVICES. 97

For the reasons already mentioned,* we have not felt
at liberty to retain more of this portion than the con
nection seems to require. The Lesser Litany, the repe
tition of the Lord's 1 rayor and the versicular petitions
for the King, for Ministers, for the People, and for
Peace, however beautiful they may be considered in a
liturgical light, are suited only to a choral service, and
as to their import superseded by the more Protestant
forms of prayer which conclude the office. Bat the
mutual Salutation of minister and people, which was a
primitive, if not apostolic formula, is appropriate to the
parties before entering the divine presence as suppli
ants; and the first and last couplet of versicles, which
are respectively taken from the 85th and 51st Psalms,
recommend themselves as suitable introductory petitions
with which to begin the prayers following.

The Collect for the Day here enters as a link of the
church-year connecting the Daily with the Sunday
service, and when the Proper Lessons have been read
before it, it may be relevant; but it is better reserved
for the office in which it originated, and where alone, in
most cases, its fitness can become fully apparent.

The Collect for Peace, which is not in the ancient
Daily office, belongs to a special service in the Sacra-
mentary, and is of the nature of an occasional prayer, f
suitable to a warlike age, and perhaps to the troubled
state of public affairs at the time the Prayer book was
formed. J It is certainly a beautiful petition, and has
acquired new meaning and force from the present dis
tracted state of our country; but that it should have
been recited at other times, and for generations, without
regard to its irrelevancy, only shows how impossible it
is to frame a liturgy on the principle of an enforced uni
formity, and may illustrate the general criticism passed

* See page 91 above, and also the Episcopalian proposals for the
comprehension of the Presbyterians. "To omit all the responsal
Prayers to the Litany " Calamy. p. 3'20.

f It appears in the Missa pro Pact, placed after the Misia tanport
belli, and also among the Litany Collects; and although foui d in
the Sunday Fprvice, ye. it was not used in the week day or ferial
offices. Compare Miss. Row., Brev. Rom., and Procter's Comparative
t»bl« p. 448. J Procter, p 23&

98 ANALYSIS OP THE PRAYER-BOOK.

by the Presbyterians upon the Collects, that some oi
them hava "no suitableness with the occasions upon
which they are used, but seem to have fallen in rather
casually, than from an orderly contrivance."*

The two Collects for Grace, the one at Morning and
the other at Evening Prayer, are of very ancient origin,
and the only collects obviously pertinent to a Daily
office. The first phrase of the latter, '-Lighten our
darkness, we beseech thee, 0 Lord," is especially suit.
able to a twilight service ; but to use the former, with
its expression, " the beginning of this day," so late as
noon or mid-day, is a solecism which, together with that
involved in the invariable use of the other collects, may
be obviated by attention to the preceding rubric con
cerning the use of the Litany.

(III.) We next enter upon our third and last division,
beginning at the point where the old Latin, and the
early English office ended. The remaining Prayers are
mainly a Puritan accretion of forms which grew out
of the felt unsuitableness of the preceding Versicles,
and Collects, to Protestant worship in a popular assem
bly, and are framed upon the principle enunciated by
the Presbyterians in 1661; "the Holy Scriptures, both
of the Old and New Testament, intimating the people's
part in public prayer to be only with silence and rever
ence to attend thereunto, and to declare their consent
in the close by saying Amen."\

The Prayer for the Chief Magistrate and all in Author
ity is the English "Prayer for the King's Mnjesty,"
adapted to American ideas of government by substitut
ing for the words, "the only Ruler of princes," the
more republican and equally scriptural phrase, "the
Blessed and Only Potentate," and by inserting less per
sonal petitions in place of the loyal request, " grant him
in health and wealth long to live," which is very be
coming under a monarchy, but not so suitable to a i tiler
whose political existence terminates every four years. J
The whole prajer is in accordance with apostolic injunc-

* Exception XVI. f Exception III. See Appendix.

JCompaie the alterations bere made with analog us )>'irnseB it
UM Collect for the King; Communion Office; Kngliwh i'r»yer book.

THE REVISED DAILY SERVICES. 99

tion and with universal feeling is scriptural :n style
and purport, and no doubt originated at a very early
period of the Reformation, though it does not appear in
King Edward's First Prayer-book, and was used as tht
first of the occasional prayers at the close of the Litany
until 1661, when it was transferred to its present
position.

The Prayer for Ministers and Congregations is the
ancient Collect, as amended by the Parliamentary Com
mittee in 1641, and the Royal Commission of 1689,* and
more exactly conformed to the doctrine of ministerial
parity and communion. The title of Bishop, though
scriptural and Presbyterian, f is not yet so generally
attributed to ministers as to admit of its use in a form
of devotion without misapprehension.

The Prayer for all Conditions of Men, or General
Intercession, by whomsoever composed, originated in
the Presbyterian revision as a substitute for the Col
lects, and is evidently modelled upon, if not largely
quoted from, Calvinistic prayers, already authorized
and domesticated in England. J The word "finally"
seems inappropriate in so short a form, and is supposed
to indicate that originally it was much longer, including
such petitions for the king, clergy, and people, as are
found in the preceding Versicles and Collects. But
when the latter were retained by the Episcopalians at
the last revision, it became necessary to omit the for
mer, somewhat at the expense of the connection. The
break might possibly be supplied by restoring, from the
sources whence the form was taken, some addition of
this kind: "And we also beseech thee, be merciful t«.
all Christian States and Rulers, that under them thy
true religion may be everywhere maintained, manners
reformed, and sin punished, according to the rule of thy

* Procter, p. 99. Calany says it was proposed in 1689 that " thoat
words in the Prayer for the Clergy, who alone workest great marvdt,
as subject to le ill interpreted by persons vainly disposed, shall b«
thus, Who alone art the Author of all good gifts." Life of Baxter,
p 454

t Conf. of Faith, uhap. iv.

t Compare Kxception XVI; Proctr-r. p. 202; Liturgical
4ueeu E1U, p. 266; Kutaxm, pp. 38, 39, 167.

100 ANALYSIS OF THE PRAYER-BOOK.

Word." Such an amendment, besides being in keeping
•with the philanthropic spirit of the prayer, would com
plete the sense without interfering with that of the more
particular intercessions preceding it.

The General Thanksgiving was composed by Reynolds,
one of the Presbyterian Commissioners, and in accord
ance with their suggestion, to meet a defect which had
been felt from the time of the Hampton Conference.*
It breathes a thoroughly evangelical spirit, and in style
is distinguishable from mediaeval expressions of grati
tude, which were in the form of Canticles and short
Collects. The English edition has it among the " Occa
sional Prayers, to be used before the two final Prayers
of the Litany, or of Morning and Evening Prayer;"
but as here placed, for habitual use, it follows any
Special Thanksgivings which have preceded it, as the
General Intercession follows the Special Intercessions,
and also forms a fitting climax to the whole office,
•which, having begun in a General Confession, may
fittingly end with a General Thanksgiving.

The Prayer of St. Chrysostom, though not certainly
traceable to that Saint, is of Greek origin, and appears
in all ancient liturgies. As a concluding petition, foun
ded upon the promise of divine grace and presence in all
common or social prayers, it naturally arises in every
heart in view of the petitions before offered.

The Apostolic Benediction, or benedictory prayer, does
not appear in the Latin or early English office, was first
placed at the end of Queen Elizabeth's Litany, and was
not added to the Daily Prayer until the last revision.
It was however customary in the primitive Church as
a substitute for the ancient Levitical blessing, and
doubtless grew out of the Apostolic valediction, used
not only at the close of the Epistles, but also in dismiss
ing worshipping assemblies, for which purpose it should
be reserved, according to Presbyterian usage, f when

* Compare Exception ITII. §2; Rejoinder, p. 267 ; Proctor, p. 263.
»nd authorities there quoted.

t It was also used in the Cal vinistic Churches as a Salutation, in the
fcrm in which it occurs at the beginning of the Apostolic Epistles;
the Minister pronouncing it us the first act of Divine Service; and it
U utill BO used U she Reformed Dutch Church in this country. Wf

THE REVISED LITANY. 101

sther services are to follow. Its use in the form here
presented (with the pronoun you changed to us) as a
common prayer, rather than as an official blessing,
though not in strict accordance with the Scripture
formula, may relieve any scruples which are felt when
the conductor of the service is not an ordained minister.
If now the reader, in the light of these investigations,
will compare the Daily Service in this Book with that in
King Edward's First Book, he will be able to test the
claims we have asserted. He will find that the two have
scarcely anything in common, but such scriptural and
ancient forms, as originated beyond the pale, and before
the existence of the Church of England. So distinguish
able indeed are all late editions by reason of their Cal-
vinistic, Puritan, and Presbyterian accretions, that we do
not hesitate to admit, that for all the purposes of rhetori
cal impression and artistic effect, they are far inferior to
the beautiful service as it was first translated, and
before the hand of innovation had marred its symmetry.*
And if we prefer the former, it is only because we doubt
if there can now beany safe or consistent mean between
a liturgy that shall be primitive and Protestant, and one
that is essentially mediaeval and monastic.

SKOT. V. The Revised Litany.

The Litany, which appears as a distinct office in all
Prayer-books, was the earliest English, and probably

have placed it among the Introductory Sentences, where it may serve
the same purpose. Either there or at the close of the service, as a
form of greeting, or of dismissing the people, it fulfils its original
design; but its occurrence in the midst of the service, as an IT Hil
ary prayer, 5s clue to a want of such discretionary power in combin-
Ing this office with others, as is suggested by the preceding rubric.
Compare Conf of Faith, pp. 444, 447, 503. And Princeton Review,
April 1861. Article v. The Apostolic Benediction. Assembly's
Digest, p. 83. Levitical Blessing, Num. vi. 22 — 26.

* " In approaching these Calvinistic innovations, our ritualist il
Badly at fault. Loath to refer them to their unmistakeable sources,
he takes a new journey into the past, and overhauls his accumula
te'! stores of missals, pontificals, and sacramentaries, but comes back
with nothing that ingenuity can twist into a semblance of pater
nity. We shrink from the cruelty of informing him at last, that
these forms are the off pritig of a system, which however venerated
by his fathers, is identified to his mind with ' heresy, false doctrine,
and schism,' from which be piously prays, ' Deliver us.' " ilutuxia,
pag« 108.

102 ANALYSIS OF THE PRAYER-ROOK.

ftlso the earliest Roman and Greek form of publi" FuppH«
cation. Its peculiar structure is said to have originated
in a primitive custom of "bidding prayers;" the minis
ter naming the subject of the petition, and the people
ejaculating, Lord, have mercy upon us, or some like phrase.
In process of time this usage, is supposed to have become
a methodical form, in which the petitions and respon-
ees were always the same; and at length it reached litur
gical perfection as chaunted in solemn processions of the
clergy and people during the church fasts, or on occa
sions of public calamity.

The Litany, which was before the Savoy Cftramission-
ers for revision, had derived its framework and body
from the old Latin form, but was also indebted for par
ticular ideas and phrases to Hermann's Consultation or
Reformation Book, as well as to the emendations of the
English Reformers. The relative amount and value
of these several portions will appear from the follow
ing version,* in which the parts due to Bucer are in
italics, and those due to Cranmer in parentheses.

0 God the Father, of heaven, have mercy upon us (miserable
sinners.)

0 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 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 fore
fathers; 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.

•Compare the Litany of the Anglo-Saxon Church, (Procter, p. 251,)
the Litany prepared by Bucer for Hermann's Consultation, (Baird'j
Book of Public Prayer, p. 67, 352,) the Roman Litanies, (Miss. Rom.
»nd Brev. Rom.,) and the Litany in Queen Elizabeth's Prayer-book.
Several subjects and exprp«sion« not found in the Anglo-Siixon
Litany are oo;n mou to both the Koinan and the German Litauies,
from whence they passed into Cranmer's English version with
•light alteration*.

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(From all blindness of heart); from pride, (vain-glory, and hyp*
erwy,) from (envy), hatred, and malice, and all unctaaritableness,
(Good) Lord, deliver us.

From fornication, and all other deadly sin; (and from all the
deceits of the world, the flesh, and the devil.)

From lightning and tempest; from plague, pestilence, and famine;
from battle and murder, and from sudden death.

(From all sedition, privy conspiracy, and rebellion ; from all fals\
doctrine, heresy, and schism; from hardness of heart, and contempt
of thy Word and Commandment. I

By the mystery of thy holy Incarnation ; by thy holy Nativity (and
Circumcision;) by thy Baptism, Fasting, and Temptation;

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 tfie Holy Ghost;

In all time of our tribulation; in aU time of our prosperity ; in the
hour of death, and in the day of judgment;

\Vc sinners do beseech thee to hear us, (0 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, (goo<l Lord.)

(That it may please thee to illuminate all bishops, pastors, and
ministers of the Church, with true knowledge and understanding of
thy Word, and that both by their preaching and living they may
set it forth, and show it accordingly ;)

That it may please thee to bless and keep all thy people ;

That it may phase thee to give to all nations unity, peace, and
concord;

That it may please thee (to give us an beart to love and dread
thee, and diligently to live after thy commandments;)

That it may please thee to give to all thy people increase of grace, to
hear meekly thy Word, and to receive it withpure affection, and to bring
forth the fruits of the Spirit;

That it may please thee to bring into Uie way of truth, all such as have
errfd, and are deceived;

That it may phase thee to strengthen such as do itand ; and to comfort
an I help the weak-hearted ; and to raise up them that fall ; and finally
to brat down Satan under our feet ;

That it may please thee to succor, help, and comfort, all that are in
ganger, necessity, and tribulation ;

That it may please thee to preserve (all that travel by land or by
water,) all women laboring of child, all sick persons, and young chil
dren ; and to show thy pity upon all prisoners and captives ;

That it may please thee to defend, and provide for, the fatherless chil
dren and widows, (ar.J all that are desolate and oppressed;)

T/int it may please thee to have mercy upon all men ;

Thai it may please thee to forgive our enemies, persecutors, and slan>
derers, and to turn their hearts ;

That it may please thee to give and preserve to our use th«
kindly fruits of the earth, (so that In due time we may enjoy
them;)

That it may please thee to give us true repentance; (to forgive ui
all our sins, negligences, and ignorances; and to endue us with ihe
grace of thy Holy Spirit to amend our lives according to thy Holy
Word;)

104 ANALYSIS OF THE PRA YEA-BOOK.

Son of God, we beseech thee to hear us.

O I.amb of God. who takest away the sing of the world, grant M
thy peace ;

O Lamb of God, who takest away the sins of the world, hays
mercy upon us.

The result of this comparison will show that while
the general model of the ancient litanies has been pre
served, yet the contents have been materially enlarged
and modified in each of its particular divisions.

The Invocations, which form the introductory por
tion, and in the old office were a long series of addresses
to the Virgin, to angels and archangels, patriarchs,
apostles, martyrs, and confessors, became at the Re
formation restricted to the Three Sacred Persons of the
Trinity; but their responsive repetition is peculiar to
the English Litany, as also certain added phrases (such
as " miserable sinners ") seem to ensure orthodoxy some
what, at the expense of fitness.

The Deprecation*, or petitions for deliverance from
the various sins, evils, and calamities to which mankind
are subject, are the ancient series, prefaced with a
prayer or anthem which occurs in the Breviary between
the Penitential Psalms and the Litany, and enlarged by
several Protestant additions. An unprejudiced critic
might question whether the epithet "good Lord," inter
polated by Cranmer, is any improvement upon the
original, (Libora nos Domine.) But on the other hand,
it may be doubted whether the proposal of the Presby
terians to change the words "sudden death" to "dying
suddenly and unprepared," although in accordance with
the original, (a subitanea et improvisa morte,)* is not
a scruple sufficiently met by the connection in which
the phrase occurs, and hardly worth the risk of innova
tion

The Obsecrations, or pleadings for mercy, are a recital
of the grounds on which the previous deprecations are
made, or the argument of the suppliant from the merits
of Christ as illustrated in his whole earthly work and
mission. They form the most solemn portion of the
service, and carry in them a tone of all but inspired

• fiUe Exceptions, Hermann's Litany, and Brer. Rom Litunin.

THE REVISED LITANY. 105

pathos and fervor, suited at once to incite and express
the deepest emotions of awe, penitence, and love.

The Intercessions, which then follow as a still higher
act of supplication, are the largest, and by far the most
Protestant portion of the office. Beginning with a peti
tion for the Church universal, they comprise, in a natu
ral order, the different classes and conditions, both civil
and ecclesiastical, for whom public prayer should be
offered, together with such special mercies and graces
as are suited to all the common vicissitudes of human
experience. It. would be difficult to imagine any topic
of ordinary intercession which is not found in this beau
tiful summary, and perhaps impossible to improve the
arrangement. The only changes made are such as
seem required by our simpler forms of polity ; the substi
tution of '-Rulers and Magistrates" for "King, Princes,
Nobles, and Parliament," and of "Pastors and Ministers"
for " Bishops, Pastors, and Ministers," which latter
phrase of Cranmer was altered at the last revision to
"Bishops, Priests, and Deacons," — "an expression,"
Bays Proctor, "more distinctly opposed to Presbyterian
notions of the Christian ministry." The corresponding
suffrage in Hermann's Litany, was, "That it may
please thee to preserve in soundness of Word and holi
ness of life, all Pastors and Ministers of thy Church."*
We have also added from the same source, a petition for
the unity of the church and increase of the ministry,
which seems to be especially required by the present
state of Christendom and heathendom.

After the Intercessions, in the Latin office, came the
Agnus Dei, forming in the English service a fit conclu
sion: and as what follows does not seem suited to
popular worship, at least on ordinary occasions, the
Rubric suggests discretion in using it, which is also in
accordance with one of the "Proposals" to the Presby
terians in 1668.f

The Lesser Litany, as the threefold or ninefold invo
cations of Christ are called, is the early Greek form,

•Compare Hermann's Litany and Liturgy of Evan. Lutheran
Church, 1860.
t Calamy, TO! 1. p. 320, and Prot. Epiac. Prayer-book.

106 ANALYSIS OF THE PRAYER-BOOK.

and was probably the germ of the Greater Litany, whicli
afterwards grew up in the Roman Church. It was
chaunted responsively in the ancient processions, at the
beginning, as well as at the end of the Litaneutical
Service, in connection with Psalmody, and with pauses
for the Lord's Prayer and the Collects. As here inserted,
and as viewed apart from the ceremonial in which it
originated,* it is difficult to see its relevancy, or fitnesb
for Protestant worship. This whole added portion,
indeed, though containing separate versicles of great
beauty, is confused and fragmentary, owing to the man
ner in which it was compiled by Cranmer from different
parts of the ancient services. The first couplet and
collect were taken from Bucer's Litany ;f what follows to
the end of the Gloria Patri, from the choral introduction
to a Rogation Service; and then are inserted certain
Versicles designed to be used in time of War (in temport
belli.)\ Perhaps this latter section may serve to distin
guish the discretionary, from the ordinary part of the
Litany, as a supplement suitable only to occasions of
public calamity.

Besides the concluding Prayer of St. Chrysostom, a
series of Occasional Prayers and Thanksgivings have
accumulated since the reign of Elizabeth, which, at the
last revision, were placed under a separate heading,
and in this edition will be found among the Additional
Services, noticed in our last section.

This Litany might be appropriately used either as a
distinct office, according to its original structure, with
a selected psalm, lesson, and hymn, or in combination
with the Daily or Sunday Service, as suggested in the
different rubrics pertaining to these several offices.

SECT. VI. The Revised Sunday Service.
Under both dispensations, the seven-fold division of
time, founded in natur&l as well r.s divine law, has
generally prevailed for purposes alike of rest and of
devotion, with the difference only that the Christiar
Sabbath falls upon the first day of the week instead of

• See Miss. Rom. Litaniae. f Book of Public Pmyer, p. TO.

t Procter, p. 2M.

THE REVISED SUNDAY SERVICE. 107

the last. It was called the Lord's day, after the exam
ple of St. John, and perhaps in allusion to our Saviour's
resurrection upon that day of the week; and it is still
so called in all ancient liturgies, the English Prayer-
book having in this respect departed from scriptural
and catholic usage.* Other things being equal, the
Dominical or Christian title is certainly preferable, at
least in a book of devotion, to the pagan name Sun
day,] or even to the Jewish name Sabbath; and if we
have not in all cases adopted this suggestion of the
Presbyterian Revisers, J it is only because the introduc
tion of such a phrase as the Lord's day throughout the
calendar would now lead to much vague and inelegant
circumlocution; and a narrow usage and false taste
have combined to make it impracticable.

It seems to have been the primitive custom to cele
brate the Lord's Supper in connection with the Lord's
day, as a weekly communion, and the proper culmina
tion of every Christian service; and all the ancient
liturgies are constructed upon this theory. But inas
much as modern habits of worship have rendered the
practice obsolete, and its presumed continuance equivo-
cal,§ and since, moreover, the so-called Ante-Com
munion is already practically dissevered from the
Communion itself by the interposition of collects,
lessons, and sermons incongruous with it, we have
placed the anterior portion of the office where alone it
occurs and belongs, after the Daily Service and before
the Proper Services with which it is immediately con
nected. This simpler and more consecutive arrange-

* In the Latin offices, Saturdays are called Sabbaths, (Sabbata ;)
["Sunday, the Lord's day, (Dominica;) and the Sundays after Trinity
are reckoned as the Lord s days after Pentecost, (Dominica post Pen-
teeosten) — a phraseology which certainly has the mtrit of being
scriptural.

f " The retention of the old Pagan name of 'IHes Solis,' or ' Sun
day,' for the weekly Christian Festival, is, in great measure,
owing to the union of Pagan and Christian sentiment with which
the first day of the week was recommended by Constantino to his
subjects, Pagan and Christian alike, as the ' venerable day of the
3un.' " Stanley's Hist, of Kastern Church, p. 291.

1 Exception XI.

| Compare Presbyterian Exception, Episcopalian Answer, and
Presbyterian Rejoinder. Documents, pp. 116, 264, 255.

108 ANALYSIS OF THE PRAYER-BOOK.

nieut may diminish still more that inconvenience of
which the Reformers complained in the ancient offices,
when ''the manifold changings of the service was the
cause, that to turn the book only was so hard and intri
cate 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,"* and at the same time secure the
liberty of using the services separately or in combina
tion, as taste, prejudice, or custom will dictate.

The whole Sunday Office may, therefore, be consid
ered in three general divisions: 1. The Order for Divine
Service on the Lord's Day, or the ordinary and fixed
portions, consisting of the introductory Collect, the
Lord's Prayer, Commandments, Beatitudes, and Creed.
2. The Proper Services, or variable portions, consisting
of the Collects, Epistles, and Gospels proper to the
different Sundays of the Church-year. 8. The Com
munion Service, or Holy Supper to be added to the
ordinary service as often as parochial authority will
appoint. f We shall find, as we proceed, that of these
several parts, the first and third are traceable to primi
tive and Presbyterian sources, while the second has
derived its present form from a Presbyterian revision.

The first division of the office, what we have termed
the Order for Divine Service on the Lord's Day, cor
responds in its structure and purport to the service of
Catechumens or Hearers of the Word, preliminary to
the Eucharist in the primitive Church, and also substan
tially agrees with the "Order of Worship," now cus
tomary in our churches, its fixed portions serving as
examples or summaries of the several parts of our
ordinary service. It is essentially a homiletical office,
properly culminating in a sermon, and is not necessa
rily connected either with the Festival services or with
the Communion, as it existed long before the church-
year was matured, and was originally detached from

• Preface to King Edward's First Prayer-book.

t An undesigned correspondence may be discerned between thoM
several divisions and the Ordo, Proprium, and Canon of the ancient
service ; but all the details of the arrangement proceed upon total);

different principles.

THE REVISED SUNDAY SERVICE. 10S

the Lord's Supper, the catechumens or hearers being
dismissed as soon as the Sacrament began.* It is, in
fact, the most scriptural, apostolic, catholic, and Pres
byterian form which the book contains.

The LcKlalus Sum, (Ps. 122,) placed before the
office, was one of the fifteen "Songs of Degrees"
sung while ascending the steps of the ancient temple to
engage in the public service. It is given as an example
of an introductory chant, corresponding to the Introit
in the Latin office, or to the selected Metrical Psalm
in the modern office. It might take the place of the
choir Voluntary, becoming so customary in our churches.
The English usage was derived from Geneva, though at
first it seems to have been a crude addition to the
established service rather than an integral part of it.f
Were the prose psalmody substituted for the metrical,
and the chant selected always of an introductory tenor,
a prelude suited to compose the mind according to the
nature of the occasion, the fitness and advantage of this
initial act of praise would become much more obvious.

The Collect for Purity, with which the office properly
begins, was one of the preparatory prayers used in the
ancient service, and corresponds in position and import
to the introductory petition or "Invocation" prescribed
by the Directory. J Such a solemn appeal to the great
Searcher of hearts for grace and aid, on entering his
presence and engaging in his service, will be the spon
taneous impulse of every true worshipper.

The Lord's Prayer, which immediately follows, is
placed after rather than before the preparatory petition,
in accordance with the most catholic as well as Presby
terian usage, and also because it is then more likely to
be used by the congregation "with understanding,
faith, reverence, and other graces necessary to the
right performance of the duty of prayer."^

The Commandments are not found in King Edward's

* See Bunsen'g Hippolytus and his Age, vol. ii. The Church and
House-book of the Ancient Christians, pp. 47, 48. Neander's Church
History, vol. i. pp. 305, 327, 328.

t Procter, pp. 59, 176; Eutaxia. p. 126.

} Chap. y. 'i Larger Catechism, Q. 187.

110 ANALYSIS OF THE PRAYER-BOOK.

First Book, which, at this point, in common with the
old office, has the Lesser Litany, or Kyrie eleison, to be
eaid or song nine times:

i i i . Lord, have mercy upon us.
ii i . Christ, have mercy upon us.
ill. Lord, have mercy upon us.

At the Calvinistic revision, these responses seem to
have been retained, but with the insertion of a com
mandment before each of them, and the addition to
each of the further petition, "and incline our hearts to
keep this law," and also of the summary prayer at the
close, "and write all these laws in our hearts, we
beseech thee." Such a use of the Decalogue in public
worship, though common to all the Presbyterian litur
gies, had been hitherto unknown in the mediaeval offices
with which it is plainly out of keeping, and it is known
to have been borrowed from the Lord's Day Service of
Pollanus, from which also was taken the concluding
petition.* The same feeling which prompted the peni
tential introduction to the Daily Prayer would seem
also to have suggested this addition, and its fitness,
especially when the Communion is to follow, must be
obvious. The approved translation has been used in com
pliance with the Presbyterian Exceptions ; and although,
for the same reason, the kneeling posture and audible
responses are not enjoined or even suggested, yet it
may be doubted whether one should listen to the Read
ing of the Law as to any ordinary lesson of Scripture,
or if its due effect, as the instrument of conviction, is
not to bring both mind and body into a lowly attitude.

After the commandments, in the English edition,
came two Collects for the King, in place of which the
American Episcopalian edition has, very appropriately,
our Lord's Summary of the Law and the Prophets, together
with a suitable Collect — an idea which was also suggested
by the Presbyterian revisers, and had already been illus
trated in the liturgy of Pollanus. f Such an epitome of

•Compare King Edward's First and Second Prayer-books and
Pollanus' Liturjria Peregrlnorum.

t The Collect is the second at the end of the Communion. Th«
following it the Petition ID Pollanua' Liturgy: "ivmine Deus,

THE REVISED SUNDAY SERVICE. Ill

the Old Testament, in the words of its Divine Ex
pounder, serves to mark the transition to the New Tes
tament, and to carry forward the wowhipper from the
humbling discipline of the law into the light and
liberty of the gospel.

The Collect, Epistle, and Gospel are the more glad
some devotions which then follow, breathing the Chris
tian in distinction from the Hebrew spirit. As set forth
in the ancient offices, they are a series of carefully
arranged services, epitomizing throughout the year the
whole New Testament history and doctrine in the words
of Christ and his apostles, together with appropriate
petitions hallowed by immemorial usage, and are
unquestionably suited to train up a far more intelligent
type of devotion than that induced by the random use
of Scripture which prevails in many churches. At the
same time, it would be only falling into the other
extreme to be so bound even to this beautiful system as
to have no discretion when occasions or circumstances
plainly require different selections.

The Beatitudes, which are found only in this edition,
may serve as a summary of the Gospel, corresponding
to the Commandments as a summary of the Law, the
posture of penitents and disciples being now changed
to that of thankful worshippers. They are in keeping
with the ancient custom, at first retained by the Reform
ers, of standing at the reading of the Gospel with the
joyful ascription, "Glory be to thee, 0 Lord;" and were
recommended to be placed in this office by the Semi-
Presbyterian Commission of 1689, as an occasional sub
stitute for the Commandments with the response, "Lord,
have mercy upon us, and make us partakers of this bless
ing." They also appear as a permanent Gospel Lesson
in the Sunday Morning Prayer of King Edward's Primer. *
But whether used as an ordinary lesson, or as a series

Pater misericors, qui hoc decalogo per servum tuum Mosen nod
Legis tnai justitiam docuisti ; dignare cordibus nostris earn ita tuo
spiritu inscribere, ut nequicquam deinceps in vita migis optemus,
»ut vc] i in us, qutim tibi obedientia ftftinufnatissima placere in oiunfr
bus, per Jesum Christum lilium tuum. Ameb."
* Compare Procter, p. 151.

112 ANALYSIS OP THE PRAYER-COOK.

of solemn benedictions, they cannot fail to meet with a
response in every Christian heart.

The Gloria in Excelsis Deo, which next follows, was
transferred at the Calvinistic revision of King Edward'?
First Book from the beginning to the close of the office,
and there placed as a post-communion doxology. It-
would, however, occur too seldom if confined to that
position, and seems to follow naturally, in our arrange
ment, as an exalted act of praise for the blessings of the
gospel already felt, or yet to be fully experienced by
the beatified believer. The hymn itself is one of the
earliest hymns of the Eastern Church, and is supposed
to have been founded upon the angelic song at the birth
of the Saviour. The spirit of that divine original seems
indeed to linger in its sublime words, lifting the soul
beyond the sins and sorrows of life, and bearing it away
into a region of heavenly purity and peace.

The Nicene Creed, also a product of the Eastern
Church, may appropriately take the place of the Apos
tles' Creed on communion-days, as being that more pre
cise and full confession of faith proper to a service in
which the "hearer" is supposed to have become a
•'believer," and the catechumen trained into a communi
cant. Born in the great Council of Nicsea, as the fruit
of the assembled wisdom of the Church, in an age when
doctrinal truth was prized above every worldly interest,
it remains among us to this day the most ancient, ortho
dox, and catholic symbol in Christendom, and may more
perfectly realize the Communion of Saints on earth than
any other uninspired words that could now be recited
in a Christian assembly.

When Morning Prayer is offered immediately before
and in connection with this office, the Creed will of
course be omitted, and the Sermon will follow the
Gloria in Excelsis, or such other hymn as may have been
appointed by the minister. But otherwise, in order to
render the service complete, the Litany will here be
used, followed by the Hymn, Announcements, and Col
lection.

The Collect before Sermon, is taken from the ancient
form customary at the reading of the Gospel, and
eKpreases » petition which, whether offered privately bj

THE REVISED SUNDAY SERVICE. 113

the preacher alone, or silently by preacher and hearer
together, is always felt to be suitable to the parties at
that juncture.

The Sermon itself has ever been the great central
feature of primitive and Protestant worship, and still
serves to distinguish the evangelizing from the mere
ritualistic type of Christianity. The Directory, espe
cially the Westminster edition, is careful to exalt this
function of the Christian ministry, and insists upon a
preacher "presupposed to be versed in the whole body
of theology, but moat of all in the Holy Scriptures, and
to have skill in the original languages, and in such arta
and sciences as are handmaids unto divinity." Viewed
in a liturgical light the Sermon grows naturally out of
the Epistle and Gospel, which may either suggest the
theme,* or be themselves selected with reference to it,
when the occasion is extraordinary, or the minister's
taste and judgment shall dictate some different routine
of topics.

The Collect after Sermon is an early English form
composed by the reformers, and answers to a rule in the
Directory as well as to a common feeling that prayer is
needed not only for "the sound preaching and con-
scionable hearing of the Word," but also that we may
become doers thereof. To further which ends more
particular petitions "in relation to the subject treated
of in the discourse" will be offered by every workman
who rightly divides the Word of truth. f

The Collects, Ascriptions, and Benedictions, added for
discretionary use, may serve as examples of different
modes of ending the last prayer or of closing the whole
service. They are taken from the Scriptures and from
the Ancient liturgies, except the first Collect, which is
due to the Proposals of 1689.J

In using this Order of Service, it is obvious that
much will depend upon the manner in which its variable
portions are arranged from Sunday to Sunday ; and to
a consideration of this question our second general
division is devoted.

* See ab-ive, chap. IT. f Direct., chap. v.

t See Revised Collect* in Book of Pub. Prayer. It appears also ii
the Institution Office. Prot. Kpiac. Prayer-book.

114 ANALYSIS OF THE PRAYER-BOOK.

SECT. VII. The Revised Proper Services.

It is the doctrine of our standards that there is nt
day commanded to be kept holy under the Gospel, except
the Lord's Day ; but as it is not enjoined so neither ig
it forbidden to have a yearly course of Services for the
observance and improvement of that day; nor can there
be any sound objection to such an arrangement, but
rather much to recommend it, if only it proceed upon
some scriptural and rational principle, be not imposed
upon the conscience, and be in accordance with the
purest and most catholic usage. Besides the good
accruing to the Church at large by thus promoting in a
practical form the Communion of Saints there will be
yielded in each congregation those two essentials of
fresh devotion and effective preaching, an occasion for
the hearer and a theme for the speaker, and the conse
quent means of celebrating the Lord's days throughout
the year with greater profit and solemnity.

Now, it is undeniable that the elements of such a
system originated in the Church of the Apostles and
were retained in greater or less perfection by all the
Reformed Churches, except the Church of Scotland
during its later history and the Church of England during
the time when the Presbyterian framers of our standards
were in league with the Covenanters and Independents.
As soon as they were released from that political com
pact they returned to a more scriptural stand-point, and
according to Apostolic teaching and example, would
have allowed a voluntury observance of such Dominical
or Christian festivals as breathe the spirit of the Lord's
day, and are, in most cases, actually blended with it.*

On the other hand, however, it must also be granted
that this primitive calendar, having originated in a rude
age of the world, has grown up in defiance of all accu-

* Compare Neander's Hist, of Christian Rel. and Church, vol. L
p. 295 ; Schaff s History of the Apostolic Church, p. 557 ; Eutaxia.
p. 28. Presbyterian Exceptions and Rejoinder, and the Epistle of St
Paul to the Romans, chap, xiv

It Is to be observed that the Appendix to the Westminster Directory
against Holy Days and Festivals was expunged from out edition at
the revision by the General Assembly.

THE REVISED PROPER SERVICES. 115

rate chronology and history, and for centuries has been
steadily supplanted by the modern civil calendar, until
now it remains only as a mass of ingenious anachron
isms. And it may be questioned whether, in the New
World, the sentimental advantage of keeping it in con
cert with the churches which adhere to it in the Old
World, is to be weighed against its practical inconven
ience and absurdity, when that nest of chronic puzzles
which prefaces the Prayer-book could be reduced to
a single Table, and the principle of the whole still
retained, by so simple a change as that of fixing Easter
for the first or second Sunday in April.*

Easter-day, which at first fell upon a week-day,
until by a decree of the Council of Nicsea it was made
to fall upon a Sunday, grew out of the Jewish year aa
a Christian Passover, in the same manner that the
Lord's day grew out of the Jewish week as a Christian
Sabbath, the one being an annual and the other a
weekly observance of his resurrection. It forms the
epoch from which the whole Christian year dates, the
seasons before it being mainly devoted to a rehearsal of
Christ's life and passion, and those following it, to a
rehearsal of his example and doctrine.

Advent, Epiphany and Lent, are the seasons observed
in approacbiug Easter from about the beginning of De
cember until about the beginning of April, and the
Lord's days during that period may commemorate hia
Incarnation, Nativity, Circumcision, Baptism, Tempta
tion. Agony, Crucifixion, and Burial. Ascension, Whit-
tunday or Pentecost and Trinity, are the seasons observed
in leaving Easter, from about the first of April until
about the beginning of December, and the Lord's days
during that period may commemorate his Resurrection,
his Glorification with the Father, hia Sending the Holy

• "There is one point in regard to the settlement of the Paschal
question, which seenu entirely to have escaped the Nicene Fathers,
but whi:h. probably, owing to their want of foresight, will, with
•ach succeeding century, widen the divergence between civil
and ecclesiastical usage*. How many collisions and complication!
might have been avoided, had Raster been then, once for all, raad«
a fixed, instead of a moiable, festival!" Stanley's Eastern Church,
p. 2G3.

116 ANALYSIS OP THE PRAYER-BOOK.

Ghost, and all the peculiar lessons of the New Tes
tament.

The devout recognition, with appropriate services, of
the week-days commonly called Christinas-day, Good-
Friday, and Ascension-day, is in accordance with Pres
byterian and catholic usage; but the observation of
Lent as a religious fast was objected to by the Presby
terians, "the example of Christ fasting forty days and
nights being no more imitible nor intended for the imi
tation of a Christian, than any other of his miraculous
works."

In compliance with the same authority the Proper
Services appointed for Saints' days have been expunged,
and the names of any Apostles and Evangelists left in
the calendar are there simply for the preservation of
their memories and other useful purposes.

The Proper Services which are retained are only
such as appertain to the strictly Dominical festivals in
honor of our Lord and in connection with his own Holy
Day, and their addition to the ordinary service is left
wholly discretionary. In the Latin Church they con
sisted of a number of intricate parts adjusted to the
minute ritual which had overgrown the primitive order,
such as the Introits, Graduals, Tracts, Gospels, Col
lects, Epistles, besides the Offertories, Secreta, Prefaces,
Communions, and Post-communions connected with the
celebration of the Lord's Supper. Of these none have
been retained in the English Prayer-book but the Col
lects, Fpistles and Gospels, which are really the most
ancient portions, are in nowise inconsistent with the
simple usages of Protestant worship, and owe the
improved form in which they now appear to the Pres
byterian revisionists.

The Collect for the Day is a brief petition collecting in
a single sentence the devotional feeling proper to the fes
tival to which it refers, or to the Gospel or Epistle with
which it is connected. Many of the collects date from
a very remote period, and are of great force and beauty
as well in the original Latin as in the pure English in
which they have come down to us. Some verbal errors
In them were corrected at the instance of the Pres-

THE REVISED PROPER SERVICES. 117

byterian Commissioners,* and a thorough revision of
them was afterwards attempted by the Episcopalian Com*
missioners of 1689, on the principle of adapting them
more closely to the Epistles and Gospels, and vith the
view of expressing more clearly the evangelical senti
ment of their Presbyterian associates. As an attempt
to remedy the vagueness and generality which mark a
number of them, especially those for the Sundays after
Trinity, the proposed amendments are praiseworthy;
but in most cases they mar the ancient model without
at the same time sufficiently gaining the object in
view.

The Epistle and Gospel for the Day express in a more
didactic form the sense of the cellect, and are designed
to inculcate the leseons proper to the occasion or festi
val to which they belong. They were rendered in th«
approved translation in accordance with the Presbyte
rian revision, and have been retained without alteration,
Their antiquity and general fitness make them prefera
ble to any new selections, and they are useful for devo
tional reading at other times.

Besides these ancient Proper services, the new fea
tures which have arisen in tbe modern office may be
adapted to the church-year together with the sermon.

The Introductory Psalm, instead of being appointed
at random, or as a mere general prelude, might be
suited to the ecclesiastical season on the principle of the
Introit retained in King Edward's First Prayer-book.
Such a re-adjustment of the Psalter would serve to
Christianize it, and to bring it more intelligently into
divine worship; and if the whole Psalm were not in
every instance relevant, the fit verses only might be
used, or, what is better, Canticles formed cut of differ
ent verses compiled from any of the poetical portions
of the Scriptures. The Table of Proper Psalms, added
tfl a help in making such selections, has been taken

• Compare the Presbyterian Exceptions to " the two Collects for
St. John's day, and Innocent's, for the first day in Lent, for the
fcnrth Sunday after Easter, for Trinity Sunday, for the sixth and
twelfth Sunday after Trinity, for St. Luke's day, and
diy," with tbe snaio in the English Prayer-book.

118 ANALYSIS OP THE PRAYER-BOOK.

partly from the ancient offices and partly from various
modern liturgies.*

An arrangement of Hymns on the same principle
8till further ensures unity and beauty to these commem-
morative services.

Even a corrse of Sermons or Homilies, well selected
from approved divines, and adapted to the lessons of
the yearly course, though it would be too unwieldy to
form part of a public liturgy, might be an advantage in
the case of such worshippers as are deprived of a stated
ministry, f

According to the theory already advocated, the Proper
services are suitable t. the Sunday, rather than to the
Daily, office; but there may he seasons or circumstances
in which both offices can be conveniently and profitably
used; and the Table of Proper Lessons to be read at
Morning and Evening Prayer will afford the means of
substituting suitable selections in place of those of the
Daily course.

SECT. VIII. The Revised Communion Service.

We next approach the most sacred portion of the
office, or indeed of the whole book, and that for which
the other services are but a preliminary training, lead
ing io it as to the very crown and complement of all
Christian worship, the "holy of holies" in the Church-
service.

The L ". d's Supper grew out of the Paschal Supper,
with :. change of symbols, the broken bread being used
in place of tlie slain lamb to express and convey the
benefits of Christ's sacrifice, and a Table substituted
for the Altar, as the social feature of the rite. In the
early Church it was unquestionably observed in the
simplest •Banner as a spiritual service of Thanksgiving
and Communion; but in process of time it became, in
the Latin Church, the elaborate ritual called the Mass,
And so continued uutil the Reformation, when the

* Compare King Edward's First Prayer-book, the Evangelical
Lutheran Liturgy, and Uturgiae Reeusae Exemplar.
f Confession of Faith, p. 452.

THE REVISED COMMUNION SERVICE. US

Protestant churches, with greater or less approxima
tion, returned to the simplicity of the primitive insti
tution.

The Order for the Administration of the Lord's Suppet
or Holy Communion, as amended by the Savoy Presby
terians, will be found, when historically traced and
analyzed, substantially to contain: 1. The "Lord's
Supper" of th« Apostolical Church ; 2. The " Eucha
rist" of the Primitive Church; 3. The earliest English
Protestant "Order of Communion;"* 4. The Calvin-
istic " Form of Celebrating the Lord's Supper;" 5. The
Westminster and American Directory for "Administra
tion of the Lord's Supper." And it is believed that, as
here presented, it retains every thing essential to either
of these formularies, and nothing inconsistent with
any of them.

The office may be conveniently considered in three
parts: 1. The Ante-Communion, consisting of the Col
lection, the Prayer for the Church Militant, Exhorta
tions, Words of Institution, Admonition and Invitation,
Confession, Absolution, and Prayer of Humble Access ;
2. The Communion, consisting of the Versicles, the
Tersanctus, the Prayer of Consecration, the Ministra
tion and Communion of the Bread and Wine; 3. The
Post-Communion, consisting of the Thanksgiving, the
Closing Hymn, and Benediction. We shall fiud that,
while the first and last portions are essentially Protest
ant in their origin and structure, the intermediate
portion retains all of the primitive and catholic service
which is consistent with the Scriptures and with our
own standards.

What we have termed the Ante-Communion portion
is a series of preparatory and preliminary services
through which the communicant passes, by natural

* This formulary, which was issued and in use some months In
advance of the Prayer-book, was substantially taken by the English
Reformers from the Reformed Service of Bucer and Melancthon,
•nd was also immediately translated and submitted by Coverclale te
the examination of Calvin, who does not seem to have disapproved
of it It may be found in the " Liturgies of King Kdward VI j
Parker Society." See also Coverdale's Letters to Calvin; Origin*)
Letters, First Series, p. 31.

120 ANALYSIS OF THE PRAYER-BOOK.

advances of feeling, to the solemn acts of participation
in the Communion itself. They are not found in the
ancient office, but were affixed to it before it was trans
lated and popularized, very much as the introductory
oortion of the Daily Prayer was prefixed to the ancient
part of that office. As first used, indeed, they formed
a distinct English Communion of the laity, ensuing
upon the Latin Mass performed by the clergy, until
the Prayer-book was compiled about a year afterwards,
when they lost their provisional character, and became
blended in a somewhat confused manner with certain
translated portions of the old office.* They are here
preserved, with but one or two additions, in the exact
order in which they were first used, that they may
serve the purpose to which they are so beautifully
adapted, of inducing charity, penitence, assurance, and
humility in the expecting communicant.

The Rubrics, introductory and concluding, are liter
ally quoted from the Directory, and also those through
out the office, as far as practicable.

The Exhortations proceed upon the principle of the
Apostolic Exhortation, "Let a man examine himself,
and so let him eat of that bread and drink of that cup,"
and answer to the Preparatory Lecture prescribed by
the Directory, and customary in Presbyterian churches.
They might serve as samples upon which to model such
addresses, or be used as stated forms according to the
custom of some Calvinistic liturgies. The second Ex
hortation is attributed to Peter Martyr. The other two
appear first in the "Order of Communion," but re-appear
also in Knox's "Book of Common Order," and are
thoroughly Calvinistic in tone and structure. They
owe their •t..'«sent arrangement to the Presbyterian

* In the Prayer-book of 1549, the " Order of Communion" appean
at the end of the old office unmutilated; but in 1552 it wss prefixed
to that office, with the exception of the ' Prayer of Humble Access,"
which was inserted between the Tersanctus and the Consecration
Prayer. At the same time certain portions of the latter prayer werf
tnndered from it, and placed apart at the very extremes of the
office, where they form respectively the " Prayer for the Church
Militant" and the " Post-Communion Thanksgiving." See the " I<it-
uraries of King Edward," Parker Society; and also a comparative
»iew in Chevalier Bunsen's Uippolytus, vol. ii. p 173—204.

THE REVISED COMMUNION SERVICE. 121

Exceptions, as also an added clause for the comfort of
doubting Christians, taken from the Larger Catechism.

The Collection for the Poor and other Pious Purposes,
placed next before the office, to be used in connection
with it, or as a distinct act of worship, corresponds to
the Oblation in the Eucharist, and to the Offertory in the
Latin and English service. It seems at first to have
consisted of contributions to the Agapje or Love-Feast,
or of gifts for the support of the ministry and the poor;
but the multiplied objects of modern charity have dis
connected it from the Sacrament which it might other-
wise so fittingly precede, and rendered it scarcely more,
sometimes less, than an ordinary part of divine service.
For this reason, other Scripture sentences of various
import have been added; and in compliance with the
Presbyterian Exceptions the Apocryphal selections have
been expunged.

The Prayer for the Church Militant is also not neces
sarily connected with the Communion, but may appro
priately take the place of the ordinary prayer after
sermon, and serve to extend the feeling of charity,
expressed in the Collection, from the particular assem
bly of communicants to the whole Church universal
into spiritual communion with which they are about to
enter. Such a usage was common in the primitive
Eucharist, and the form itself is very ancient, though
in its structure and in certain expressions it resembles
a prayer with the same title in Knox's Book of Common
Order.

The Words of Institution are inserted in compliance
with the Directory, and serve both as a warrant and a
lesson to insure the intelligent reception of the Sacra
ment, especially when explained after the manner of
the Exhortation following them. They form that por
tion of the rite which our Saviour himself dictated, and
are afterwards repeated by the minister, while giving
the elements, "in accordance with his example, institu
tion, and command," as a declaration to the people,
rather than as part of the consecrating prayer; the
latter usage seeming to carry in it a notion of some
transubstantiative effect upon the bread and wine to
Which the words refer.

122 ANALYSIS OF THE PRAYER-BOOK.

The Admonition and Invitation have their warinnt in
the Apostolic Epistles and in the Directory, and owe
their form to the "Order of Communion." They also
correspond to the primitive usage of dismissing the
catechumens ami separating the communicants at the
close of the ordinary service, with such exclamations
as "No Profane!" "Let none depart entitled to stay!"
and are designed at once to guard the Sacrament from
an injurious effect upon "the profane, the ignorant, and
the scandalous," and to encourage the timid, penitent,
and believing in their advances.

The Confession is from the same source, somewhat
abbreviated in form, and with an added clause from the
Calvinistic Confession of Pollanus.* As a preliminary
act in coming to the Communion, it is common to all
liturgies, and dictated by universal Christian feeling.
No language could be more deeply penitential, or more
fittingly express the pungent convictions and fervid
supplications with which the worthy communicant
approaches the Sacrament.

The Prayer for Absolution, which then immediately
follows, is a Protestant version of the old form, and
suitably differs from that in the Daily service, by being
precatory rather than declaratory in style. It is also
appropriately followed by the more scriptural though
less liturgical expression of the same sentiment, the
Comfortable Words, proceeding on the Calvinistic prin
ciple of "raising sinners to the hopes of pardon" after
confession, and also of reciting the revealed grounds
upon which that pardon is sought, declared, and
granted.

The Prayer of Humble Access is an entirely Protestant
form, which was composed by the English Reformers
for the "Order of Communion," and breathes the
deeply religious spirit of the age in which it was pro
duced. In the Prayer-book it became transferred to a
later stage of the service, where it only breaks the con
tinuity of feeling; but as first used, and here preserved
in its original connection, it collects the feelings of min
gled humility and assurance, resulting from the Confcs-
lion and Absolution preceding it, and prepares th«

* Procter, p. 346.

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Suppliant for the more joyous devotions of the Eucha
rist then to follow.*

At this point we enter upon our second general
division, which we have termed the Communion itself,
and which is the most primitive and apostolic portion
of the office, having been largely in use in the primitive
Church, as well as in the modern Calvinistic liturgies.

The Versicle* with which it begins, may mark the
transition from the one portion to the other, with a
befitting change of tone and posture, and also them
selves appropriately herald the Thanksgiving. Espe-
pecially the Sursum Corda\ ("Lift up your hearts") waa
used in the early Christian assemblies as a warning to
the worshipper to assume the devotional intention
proper at this juncture; and the other responses, fol
lowing between the minister and the communicant, may
further serve to stir up and provoke an attentive mood
and solemn expectancy as the critical part of the service
approaches.

The Preface, which then introduces the acts of Thanks
giving and Praise, bears traces of the more liturgical
style of a later age, when the free usages of primitive
worship had begun to harden into a ritual. It varied,
in the Latin office, with the recurring festivals of the
Church year, and was designed to present the event or
doctrine celebrated in each as the special ground of the
following thanksgiving. Of these Proper Prefaces,
only the five relating to the Nativity, Resurrection, and
Ascension, of Christ, the Mission of tho Holy Ghost, and
the Trinity, were retained in the English office. This ia
certainly, as far as it goes, an improvement. To cele
brate the Lord's Supper in commemoration of an apos
tle, saint, or martyr, is a manifest perversion; but it ia
still doubtful whether even such an event as the Birth
or Ascension of Christ is entirely congruous witk a rite

* The last clause is amended in accordance with the Presbyterian
Exceptions. Compare it also with "Order of Communion" and
First and Second Prayer books of Edward VI. Parker Society
edition.

f See Presbyterian Rejoinder, Documents, p. 210 ; " Apostolical
Constitutions," in Bnnsan't) Hippolytus, ToL ii. p. 48: and Pollanu/
Liturgia Vevegrinorum.

124 ANALYSIS OF THE PRAYER-BOOK.

expressly framed to symbolize his death and convey the
benefits of his passion. Moreover, the interjection of
Buch foreign ideas at this moment can only tend to
interrupt the flow of devotion toward the Sacrament,
and confuse the grateful feeling proper to it. We have
therefore retained but a single Preface, setting forth
the burden of the Eucharist itself, the great sacrifice
of Christ upon the Cross, as the theme of exultant
praise in receiving it. The language used for this pur
pose is taken from another portion of the office where it
seems to occur less appropriately than in this connec
tion.*

The Tersanctua, or Trisagion, so called from its
threefold ascription of the word Holy, then follows in
fulfilment of the Preface, as an exalted act of adoration
and gratitude, lifting the worshipper into communion
with the whole heavenly host, as if in anticipation of
that glorious realization of the Eucharistic symbol,
when the Lamb, appearing as it had been slain, becomes
the centre of universal praise. This sublime hymn
seems to have derived its theme from the seraphic
vision in Isaiah, and has been o use in the Christian
Church, as part of this service, from the most primitive
times, f

The Prayer of Consecration is designed, in accordance
with the Directory, to "set apart the elements from
common use," by charging them with their appointed
significance as emblems and pledges of that broken
body and shed blo^d of Christ which they exhibit, by
invoking the Holy Spirit to render them n.eans of
spiritual nourishment, and by imploring those inward
graces necessary to their worthy reception. The Ian-
guage of the form is derived from very ancient sources,
BO anended by the English Reformers as to exclude all
Ideas cf transubstantiation in the elements themselves,
and witk an added clause from the Westminster Cate
chism, expressing their effect in the believing recipient.
The petition for the consecrating or blessing the ele-

* Compare Prefaces in Miss. Rom. and in English Prayer-book
With this edition
t See the 1'riinitive Eucharist in Bunsen, p. 49.

THE REVISED COMMUNION SERVICE. 125

ments, "with the Word and Holy Spirit," is taken from
King Edward's Prayer-book, and is an addition suggested
by the Presbyterians, and in accordance with the doc
trine of our standards.*

The Breaking of the Bread is a ceremony which be
longed to the rite as instituted by Christ and described
by the apostles, which was common in the primitive and
reformed liturgies, which is required by the Directory,
and in accordance with the Presbyterian Exceptions,
and which itself enters into the symbolical structure of
the Sacrament by representing the breaking of Christ's
body for us, and our communion with him and with one
another as his members, f

The Administration of the Elements is prescribed
according to the rules in the Directory, and is designed
to be a devout repetition, as near as may be, of the origi
nal scene of the Lord's Supper; the Minister standing
at a table rather than at an altar, and the communi
cants being assembled around or before it, while he
gives them the sacred emblems in the name and with
the words of Christ. J

The Sentences of Scripture to be pronounced, during
the distribution of each element, and the rubric explain
ing their use, are from the Calvinistic and Knoxian
liturgies, and allowable according to the Directory,
which prescribes no form of words for "putting the
communicants in mind of the grace signified by the
Sacrament." Such inspired declarations, aptly chosen,

* Confession of Faith, chap, xxix.; Larger Catechism, Q. 169, 170 ;
Early Prayer-books and Presbyterian Exceptions.

t Hodge's Outlines of Theology, p. 505.

j In the Liturgy of Pollanus, the words used were, "Panis quem
frangimus communicatio est corporis Christi; accipite, comedite
memores corpus Christi pro vobis es»e fractum. Calix benedictionis
cui benedicimus communicatio est sanguinis Christi, qui pro vobig
est fusus in remissionem pecatorum" — a form compiled from the
different Scriptures relating to the Sacrament. The Westminster
Directory has the following: "According to the holy institution,
command, and example of our blessed Saviour Jesus Christ, I take
this bread, and having given thanks, break it, and give it unto you.
(There the minister, who is also himself to communicate, is to break
the bread, and K\\K it to the communicants:) Take. ye,eatye; this it
tht body of Christ which is broken for you : do thit t» remembranct
if him."

126 ANALYSIS OP THE PRAYER-BOOK.

would seem to be preferable either to the repetition of
the same formula to each communicant, or to the loose
harangues to the whole assembly, which sometimes mar
*.he service. It is a time when the simple Word of God
will prove a better help to devotion than any words of
man, uttered with rhetorical propriety, or in strained
exhortation; and the practice has been found as accept
able as it is profitable.*

The Silent Prayer, after receiving the elements, is a
primitive and catholic usage, would seem to be dictated
by a spontaneous feeling, and has, besides, the inci
dental advantage of affording the minister as well aa
the communicant an interval for secret devotion.

The third and concluding portion of the office, termed
the Post-Communion, is a brief series of services suited
to incite and express the sentiments proper to the com
municant on leaving the Lord's Table. Like the Ante-
Communion or Preparatory Lecture, it is sometimes
reserved as a separate service in the after part of the
day, with a sermon or exhortation, designed to express
the thankful feeling of the communicants, or to admon
ish them to walk worthy of their vocation as Christ's
followers. As here arranged, it forms a fitting conclu
sion to the office, and is more in accordance with the
Directory than a distinct service after the first glow of
the sacramental devotion has faded.

The Scripture Sentences after Communion are taken in
part from King Edward's Prayer-book, and may appro
priately mark the transition to this portion of the office
by expressing, according to the selection used, the feel
ings which will spontaneously arise at the moment.

The Thanksgiving after Communion is an act of devo
tion prescribed by the Directory, and common in all
Presbyterian liturgies. The first of the two examples
given formed the conclusion of the Consecration Prayer
in 1549; but at the Calvinistic revision in 1552 it was
transferred to its present position,* where alone it is

* Kutaxia, p. 56. Book of Public Prayer. Book of Common Order.
Liturgies of German Reformed Church and Evangelical Lutheran
Church.

* In the American Episcopal edition it is transferred back again
to the Consecration Prayer, where it appears in connection with cer>

THE REVISED COMMUNION SERVICE. 127

fittingly offered, and where, moreover, it no longe*
implies a material oblation of the elements, but a spirit
ual oblation made by the communicants of their own
persons, with praise and thanksgiving, in the language
of St. Paul's exhortation to "present our bodies a living
sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, as our reasonable
service." Such an act of grateful personal dedication
of himself to Christ will be a spontaneous impulse of
the communicant at this iunctnre, and could scarcely b«
expressed in more scriptural terms. The second exam
ple is also a strictly Protestant form, composed by the
Calvinistic Reformers, and may serve to vary the feeling
resulting from the Sacrament by expressing more the
feeling of praise in connection with prayer for self-
consecration. If the Lord's Prayer has not been used
in the preceding service, it will be in accordance with
liturgical law and usage to offer it also with the Thanks
giving.

The Hymn and Doxology will express, in still more
joyous form, this thankfulness, and conclude the office
as our Lord and his apostles concluded it, when they
"sang an hymn and went out into the Mount of Olives."
The "Gloria in Excelsis," or Greater Doxology, is pre
scribed in late editions; but the "Song of Simeon,"
" Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace,"
was in universal use at the close of the Calvinistic lit
urgy, and beautifully connects together ideas of the
earthly and the heavenly Communion at the moment of
dismissing the communicants. "They can rise no higher
in this life. There is nothing beyond but heaven. Their
longings find fit expression in the Nunc Dimittis."^

The Blessing follows in accordance with catholic
usage. The form, compiled by Bucer, is here given in
other editions, but in this is placed for ordinary use
among the forms at the close of the Sunday service.
The benediction, inserted in place of it, is taken from

lain other expressions taken from tbe Scottish Prayer-book of Land.
fcThe result of the patch-work," says Bunsen, "is (with a littlf
grammatical inaccuracy) the following remarkable prayer." (Then
fallows the prayer as found in the Prayer-book of the Protestant
Episcopal Church.) Vol. ii. p. 198.
f EuUxia, p. 40. Preface to Lutheran Liturgy.

128 ANALYSIS OF THE PRAYER-BOOK.

the Directory, and besides being in the very words of
Scripture, ha3 the advantage of rising into a solemn
doxology of both minister and people at the close.

SECT. IX. The Revised Baptismal Servicet.

The Baptismal offices form a class of initiatory rites
and services by means of which the children of the
Church and converts from the world may be personally
trained for the communion of the faithful. As here
arranged, they contain the Directory inserted as liter
ally as possible in place of the English Rubric, and will
be found to be substantially in agreement with primi
tive and Presbyterian usage.

The Order of Baptism of Infants is simply our Bap
tismal Directory interwoven with appropriate forms or
examples of each part of the service, originally derived
in part from the ancient office, and in part from the
formulary of Bucer and Melancthon, and afterwards
subjected at first to the Calvinistic revision of 1552, and
finally to the Presbyterian revision of 1661. The effect
of these emendations has been, 1. The abolition of the
office of Sponsors or Pro-parents, except in the anoma
lous cases mentioned in the last rubric; 2. The careful
removal of expressions declaring the absolute and inva
riable regeneration of children in baptism; 3. The
exclusion of chrism, the sign of the cross, and other
superstitious ceremonies practised in the mediaeval
ritual. The Presbyterian revisers were willing that the
use of the sign of the cross should be left free to the
choice of the parents; but the phrase in our Directory,
«' without adding any other ceremony," seems to allow
no such option. The alterations and amendments ex
press the sense of our standards in their own language
or in that of their framers, as far as can be, and the
whole office, whether used as a model or as a fixed form,
is suited to redeem this Sacrament from the practical
neglect into which it has fallen, both as to its doctrine
and the mode of administration.*

* For the sources of this form, see the Westminster and Amerii nn
Directory and Confession of Faith, the Presbyterian Exceptions and
Rejoinder. Baxter's Reformed Liturgy the Proposed Alterations ol

THE REVISED BAPTISMAL SERVICES. 129

The Catechism, defined "an instruction to be learned
by baptized children and others before they come to tha
Communion," belongs to a class of strictly Protestant
formularies which sprang up in great numbers at the
Reformation, and were designed to ensure the early
indoctrination of the rising generation. They proceed
upon the principle of the catechetical schools in the primi
tive Church, and the Sunday-schools in the modern
Church, and are a private and laic mode of teaching, as
distinguished from the more public and official preach
ing of the Word. The need of a Larger Catechism, to
be added to that which Cranmer placed in the Prayer-
book, and used for the instruction of persons of riper
years, was very soon felt, and several manuals of the
foreign Reformers came into use, among them the
Larger and Shorter Catechisms of Calvin, which were
ordered by statute to be taught in the University of
Oxford as late as 1578.* The meagreness of the
Prayer-book Catechism led the Presbyterians to pro
pose a number of amendments, in which it is plain they
had before their minds those Westminster models which
form our only authorized expositions of Christian doc
trine. And we have therefore complied with both
authorities by inserting the Creed, the Decalogue, and
the Lord's Prayer, as the instruction for very young
children, and the Westminster Catechism as the expli
cation of those formularies for the indoctrination of tha
more advanced catechumen. At the same time, how
ever, we are free to admit that another and simpler and
more personal form, somewhat on the model of that in the
Prayer-book, with the emendations of the Presbyterian
revisers, is a great desideratum; and nothing but an
unwillingness to risk the introduction of a disturbing
element has prevented the insertion of it in tins
edition, f

1668 and 1689, and the Presbyterian Liturgies of the Continent
Knox's Book of Common Order. Digest of Acts of the General
Assembly.

* Eutaxia, p. 196. Procter, p. 392.

f After the Exceptions against the Catechism were presented, th«
argument was thus continued :

Episcopalian Answer. " The Catechism U not intended as a wlioli

130 ANALYSIS OF THE PRAYER-BOOK.

The Order of Admission to the Lord's Supper of Chit*
dren Baptized and come to Years of Discretion, is the
logical, and, in a normal state of the Church, would be
the invariable sequel and complement of the Baptismal
service and the Catechetical training. Such a form or
rite was no doubt practised from the apostles' time,
until at length it became magnified into the pseudo-
sacrament called Confirmation; and even those Reformed
Churches which have discarded the name have still
retained the thing in the shape of some usage, more or
less ceremonial, by which baptized persons are publicly
admitted to the Communion. The form here given is
•imply chap. ix. of the Directory, prefixed as a rubrio
to the English office, so amended bj the Presbyterians
as to preclude several grave errors. The principal
points of difference are, 1. Candidates are not simply
required to recite memoriter the Commandments, the
Apostles' Creed, and the Lord's Prayer, but must "be
free from scandal," and "be examined as to their
knowledge and piety."* 2. The "officers of the church
are the judges of their qualifications,"! and the act of
their admission to the Communion is not restricted to

body of divinity, but M • comprehension of the articles of faith,
and other doctrines most necessary to salvation; and being short,
is fittest for children and common people, and, as it was thought,
sufficient upon mature deliberation, and BO is by us."

Presbyterian Rejoinder. "The Creed, Decalogue, and the Lord'i
Prayer, contain all that is absolutely necessary to salvation at least.
If you intended no more, what need you make a Catechism ? If you
intend more, why have you no more? But except in the very wordi
of the Creed, the essentials of Christianity are left out. If no expli
cation is necessary, trouble them with no more than the text of the
Creed, Ac. If explication be necessary, let them have it; at least in
• Larger Catechism fitter for the riper." Documents, p. 328.

* " We desire that the credible, approved profession of faith and
repentance be made necessaries." Presbyterian Rejoinder.

t "There exists a difference between the traditionary views and
practice of the Presbyterian and Congregational Churches with
respect to the ability, the right, and the duty of church officers, of
forming and affirming a positive official judgment upon the inward
spiritual character of applicants for church privileges. The Congre-
gationalists understand by 'credible profession,' the positive evi
dence of a religious experience which satisfies the official judges of
the gracious state of the applicant. The Presbyterians understand
by that phrase only an intelligent profession of true spiritual faith
In Christ which is not contradicted by the life." Hodge'a OUines of
Theology, p. 616.

THE REVISED BAPTISMAL SERVICES, lol

any superior order of diocesan clergymen, but exer
cised as an ordinary ministerial function by the pastor
in connection with the parochial presbytery or elders of
the congregation.* 3. The ancient benedictory symbol
of the imposition of hands upon the head of the candi
date is neither enjoined nor forbidden, and if practised,
would appear neither as an apostolic rite nor as a sac-
lamental sign conveying special grace, but only as an
ordinary pastoral blessing and token of religious conse
cration, that might accord with the spontaneous feeling
of the parties at the moment. The office, thus amended,
forms a natural link between the two sacraments of
infant Baptism and adult Communion, and is fitted not
only to exhibit the truth in contrast with the error of
Confirmation as practised in the Roman and Anglican
Churches, but also to magnify the Sacraments rather
than to depreciate them, and to develope the organic lift
of the Church by its own normal increase, f

The Order of Baptism for Adults and such as are out
of the Visible Church, is a comparatively modern office;

* Prelatical as distinguished from Presby terial Confirmation, is not
practised in the Greek Church or in the Lutheran Church, and as
retained in the Anglican Church is most naturally regarded as a
remnant of Romanism, and one of the fruitful sources of a false
theory of the ministry and Sacraments which has pervaded both
bodies." See Stanley's History of Eastern Church, p. 518.

t "This passage (Heb. vi. 2) abundantly testifies that this rite had
Its beginning from the apostles, which afterwards, however, was
turned into superstition, as the world almost always degenerates
Into corruptions, even with regard to the best institutions. They
have, indeed, contrived the fiction that it is a Sacrament by which
the spirit of regeneration is conferred, a dogma by which they have
mutilated baptism ; for what was peculiar to it, they transferred to
the imposition of hands! Let u* then know that it was instituted
by its first founders that it might be an appointed rite for prayer,
»s Augustine calls it. The profession of faith which youth made,
»fter having passed the time of childhood, they indeed intended to
confirm by this symbol, but they thought of nothing less than to
destroy the efficacy of baptism. Wherefore the pure institution at
this day ought to be retained, but the superstition removed. And
this passage tends to confirm pedo-baptism ; for why should the
same doctrine be called as to some baptism, but as to others the
Imposition of hands, except that the latter, after having received
baptism, were taught in the faith, so that nothing remained for
them but the laying on of hands?" Calvin's Commentary on He
brews, p. 134. See also Schaffe History of Apos. Church, p. 684
Neander's Hist., vol. 1 p. 316.

132 ANALYSIS OP THE PRAYER-BOOK.

although Adult, as well as Infant, Baptism doubt!es«
prevailed in the Church of the apostles as it must
still prevail in unevangelized communities. As here
amended, it consists of rubrics taken from our stand
ards, and illustrated by forms derived from the same
sources which yielded the Order of Infant Baptism,
with such additions and alterations as the difference
between them requires.

SECT. X. The Revised Occasional Servicit.

Under the head of Occasional Services we may con
veniently class such as do not enter statedly into the
Public Services as congregational acts of worship, but
grow out of the special occasions of Matrimony, Sick
ness, Death, and Burial, when the Church comes in
contact with domestic and social life. They are in no
sense Sacraments, though they proceed upon natural
relations and instincts which are recognised in the
Scriptures as of divine appointment, and which it is
the mission of the Christian ministry to cherish, exalt,
and sanctify. As here presented, they will be found to
have been derived from the same liturgical sources, and
through the same revisions, to which we owe the ser
vices already reviewed.

The Form of Solemnization of Matrimony is derived in
part from the ancient office, and in part from the formu
laries of Melancthon, Bucer, and Lasco. The greater
portion of it also appears in the Genevan liturgy of
Knox and Whittingham. The introductory and con
cluding rubrics are taken from the Directory, and,
together with the few emendations made in the text
according to the Presbyterian Exceptions, serve to
guard the rite on the one hand from the superstition
which would exalt it into a church- sacrament, and on
the other from the sensuality which would degrade it
into a mere civil compact. Certain expressions also
have been dropped, which, though scriptural and salu
tary, and deserving to be read and pondered, are in
questionable taste as recited in a public service ; while
at the same time enough has been retained to inculcate

THE ADDITIONAL SERVICES. 133

the sacredness and purity of true marriage both upon
Christians and upon unbelievers.

The Order for the Visitation of the Sick is almost en«
tirely due to the ancient office, the Absolution being
omitted as liable to be perverted to superstitious ends,
and the rubrics so amended as to better accord with
American customs. Whether used as a model upon
which to construct sick-room devotions, or as a form in
cases where any is desired or needed, its fitness as an
office of consolation cannot be questioned.

The Order for the Communion of the Sick, which may
properly be blended with or added to the preceding
service, is simply the English form, prefaced with a
rubric, which is in the words of an Act passed by the
last General Assembly, and by which it will be suf
ficiently guarded from superstition and perversion.

The Order for the Burial of the Dead is also mainly
derived from the ancient service, but has been freed
from mediaeval superstitions and unsafe expressions by
the Protestant additions and Presbyterian emendations
which it has received. The Words of Committal* are
from Bucer, amended with phrases from the Advent
Collect, and from Rev. xx. 13; and the Prayers after
Burial were added at the Calvinistic revision in 1552,
and in the unmutilated form, in which they are here
retained, bear internal evidence of their origin.f

The Presbyterian Exceptions also have been carefully
applied, and the whole office thus rendered "consistent
with the largest rational charity" towards the dead, as
well as with that "instruction and comfort of the
living," for which it is universally acknowledged to be
so beautifully fitted.

SECT. XI. The Additional Services.

Besides domestic occasions for the exercise of the
pastoral or ministerial function, there will arise other,
more public emergencies, when the Church comes in

* The use of these words, after some discussion, was decided to be
allowable by the Westminster Assembly. See Lightfoot's Journal-

t Compare also with the •' Forme and Maner of Burial I usit in th«
Kirk of Montroia." Published by Wodrow Society. Miscellany.
TOLL

134 ANALYSIS OF THE PRAYER-BOOK.

contact with the State; and the forms suited to them
must -vary according to the social usages or civil lawa
which prevail in different countries. To this class
belong the Additional Services in this edition, printed in
different type, as a supplement to the ordinary Prayer-
book, and designed to adapt it more completely to the
political and religious peculiarities of American society.
They are taken from a Manual lately prepared by the
editor, and examined and recommended by a number
of clergymen of national reputation in the different
Christian denominations of the country, and are, as far
as possible, a compilation from the Holy Scriptures, the
ancient liturgies, and the modern formularies of the
Reformed Churches; the few examples not afforded by
such sources having been composed out of scriptural
and liturgical expressions after the same models.
Although free from sectarian peculiarities, and com
piled before the idea of this Prayer-book was formed,
their addition to it may give it greater fulness and fit
ness, if not for actual use, yet at least as a help toward
something better.*

* " A Manual of Worship, suitable to be used in Legislative and
ither Public Bodies, in the Army and Navy, and in Military and
Kaval Academic?, Asylums, Hospitals, Ac. Compiled from the
Forms and in accordance with the Common Usages of all Christian
Denominations."

RECOMMENDATION.

" The undersigned cordially unite in recommending this MANUAL or
WORSHIP as suitable for discretionary use in National and State
Legislatures, in the Army and Navy, and in Military and Naval
Institutions, in cases where our own respective rules and customs of
worship cannot be exclusively maintained."

REV. ALBERT BARNES, Pastor of the First Presbyterian Church,
(N. 8.,) Philadelphia.

REV. H. W. BELLOWS, D. D., Minister to the First Congregational
Church, (Unitarian,) New York.

REV. H. A. BoARDMAif, D. D , Pastor of the Tenth Presbyterian
Church, (0. S.,) Philadelphia.

REV. CHARLES D. COOPER, D. D., Rector of St. Philip's Church,
(Episcopal,) Philadelphia.

KEY. 3. B. DALES, D. D., Pastor of the First United Presbyterian
Church, Philadelphia.

REV. THOMAS DE WITT, D. P., Pastor of Collegiate Reformed Dutch
Church, New York.

Riv. 3. P. DURBIN, D. D., Methodist Episcopal Church, New Tork

THE ADDITIONAL SERVICES. 135

The Form of Visitation of Mourners is a social service,
neither public nor domestic, strictly speaking, though
it corresponds somewhat to the Visitation of the Sick.
Its chief warrant, however, is the existing usage of
having an office of devotion at the house of the deceased
person, before proceeding to the church or to the grave,
or in cases where it is not convenient or desirable fo*
all the company to attend either of those services. On
such informal occasions, the practice of reading aptly
chosen portions of Scripture, and accompanying them
with a brief address, if need be, and suitable petitions,
has been found more acceptable than set lessons and
collects, or than the opposite extreme of desultory
exhortation and prayer.

The Forms of Public Humiliation and Public Thanks
giving, like the English state-services, are modelled
upon the Order of the Daily and Sunday Offices, and
may be either blended with or added to corresponding
portions of those offices, as circumstances will dictate.
The examples given are mainly of early English origin,
with such modern emendations and additions as our
political system demands; and it is believed that they
comprise all the ordinary public vicissitudes which will

REV. H. B. HACKETT, D. D., Prof, in Newton (Baptist) Theological
Institution, Mass.

KEV. H. HARBAUOH, D. D., Pastor of St. John's Church, (German
Reformed,) Lebanon, Pa.

REV. CHARLES HODGE, D. D., Professor of Theology, Princeton,
New Jersey.

REV. C. P. KRAUTH, D. D., Evangelical Lutheran Church, Phila.
delphia.

RIGHT REV. C. P. MC!LVAINE, D. D., D.O.L., Protestant Episcopal
Church, Diocese of Ohio.

RIGHT REV. ALONZO POTTER, D. D., LL. D., Protestant Episcopal
Church, Diocese of Pennsylvania.

REV. BARNAS SEARS, D. D., President of Brown University, Provi
dence, R. I.

REV. THOMAS H. STOCKTON, D. D., Methodist Protestant Church.

BEV. THATCHER TH AVER, D.D., Pastor of the Congregational Church}
Newport, R. I.

REV. Jos. P. THOMPSON, D. D., Pastor of the Tabernacle (Congrega
tional) Church, New York.

REV. WILLIAM R. WILLIAMS, D. D., Pastor of the Baptist Church,
Amity Street, New York.

REV. THEODORE D. WOOLSEY, D. D., LL.D., President of Yale College
New Haven, Conn.

136 ANALYSIS OF THE PRAYER-BOOK.

be likely to become, by appointment of the civil author-
ity, an occasion either of humiliation or of thanksgiving.

The Forms of Daily Prayer to be used in Legislatures,
in the Army and Navy, in Schools and Families, and
other like recurrent occasions, are examples of a class
of devotions, incident to civil and social life, for which
the Prayer-book does not make adequate provision, as
is shown by the numerous manuals which are issued to
meet the want. The peculiarity of those here given is,
that they are derived from catholic sources, and framed
upon scriptural and liturgical models.

The Various Prayers and Various Thanksgivings, to be
used in connection with the immediately preceding
forms, or in the Daily or Sunday Office, as the special
occasion will require, correspond to the miscellany usu
ally placed after the Litany, but differ from them in
being more numerous and various, and therefore too
unwieldy a collection to be inserted in the midst of the
ordinary service. They also are mainly classic in their
origin and style, and may serve either as samples or as
set forms, by means of which public, social, or private
worship may be varied and adapted to the different
emergencies and vicissitudes of human life.

The date and authorship of these forms, as far as
ascertainable, will appear in our General Index to the
Historical Sources of the Prayer-book, to which we must
also refer the reader for a variety of other minute
information respecting its contents, which could not be
included in our previous review without pedantic and
wearisome citations at every step of our progress. The
accuracy of the Index, in any particular case, can
easily be tested by referring to the authorities already
quoted.

APPENDIX I.

A CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF THE PRINCIPAL HISTORICAI
AND LITURGICAL DOCUMENTS CONNECTED WITH THH
COMPILATION AND REVISION OF THE PRAYER-BOOK,
AND USED IN THB PREPARATION OF THIS EDITION.

The following List may sufficiently exhibit, at one view, th«
literary history of the Prayer-book, but comprises only such
writings as are most authoritative in deciding questions relating to
it, without pretending to include the numerous collateral works in
the shape of histories, expositions, editions, and versions to which
it has given rise, and which by themselves form a bibliography too
extensive to be brought within the limits of this treatise.

King Edward1! First Prayer-book (1549.)

The Latin Breviary, Missal, and Ritual.
The English Litany of Henry the Eighth.
The German Reformation- book of Bucer and Melano-
thon, prepared for Hermann, Elector of Cologne.
The English "Order of Communion."

King Edward's Second Prayer-book (1552.)

Calvin's Letters to the Lord Protector, to King Ed«
ward the Sixth, and to Bucer, urging further Reforma
tion.

Bucer's Censura of the Prayer-book.

The Calvinistic Liturgy of Pollanus.

The Calvinistio Liturgy of Lasco.

King Edward's Prymer, or Book of Private Prayer.

Original Works and Letters of the English Reformers,
collected by the Parker Society.

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138 APPENDIX.

The Frankfort Prayer-book (IMS.)

Brief Discourse of th« Troubles at Frankfort, bj
Knox and Whittingham.

Original Letters and Works of the English Exiles at
Frankfort.

Knox's Book of Common Order for the English
Church at Geneva.

Queen Elizabeth's Prayer-book (1558.)

The Litany used in the Queen's Chapel.

Original Works and Letters of Elizabethan Reformers

The Puritan Editions of the Prayer-book.

The Prayer-book of King James I. (1603.)

The Millenary Petition for Revision.
Alterations or Explanations made in 1604.

The Prayer-book of Charles I. (1639.)

Archbishop Laud's Prayer-book for Scotland.

The Parliamentary Committee's Considerations upon
the Book of Common Prayer.

The Parliamentary Order for Revision of the Liturgy.

The Calvinistic and Knoxian Liturgies before the
Parliamentary Assembly of Divines.

The Westminster Assembly's Directory for Public
Worship.

The Prayer-book of Charles II. (1661.)

Declaration of King Charles II. from Breda.

Interview of the Presbyterian Ministers with King
Charles II. at Breda.

Discourse of the Ministers with King Charles II. ip
London.

The First Address and Proposals of the Ministers.

LIST OP AUTHORITIES. 139

Archbishop Usher's Model of Church Government.

Requests verbally presented to King Charles II. in
consequence of the Act for restoring the English Clergy.

The Bishops' Answer to the First Proposals of the
London Ministers, who attempted the work of recon
cilement.

A Defence of our Proposals to His Majesty for Agree
ment in Matters of Religion.

His Majesty's Declaration to all his loving subjectl
of his kingdom of England and dominion of Wales con
cerning Ecclesiastical affairs.

The Petition of the Ministers to the King upon the
first draft of his Declaration.

Alterations in the Declaration proposed by the Min
isters.

Humble and grateful acknowledgment of some Min
isters of London for the Declaration.

A Proclamation prohibiting all unlawful and seditious
meetings and conventicles under pretence of religious
worship.

The King's Warrant for the Conference at the Savoy.

The Exceptions against the Book of Common Prayer.

The Answer of the Bishops to the Exceptions of the
Ministers.

The Petition for peace and concord presented to the
Bishops with the proposed Reformation of the Liturgy.

The Rejoinder of the Ministers to the Answer of the
Bishops.

Paper offered by Bishop Cosins, and Answer thereto.

The Discussion on Kneeling at the Lord's Supper.

The Discussion on the Sinfulness of the Liturgy.

The Reply to the Bishops' Disputants which was not
answered.

Petition to the King at the close of the Conference.

The Act of Uniformity, 14 Car. ii. cap. 4.

Efforts of Presbyterian Ministers to have the King's
Declaration of October, 1660, enacted.

Extracts from Journals of Parliament relating to the
passing of the Act of Uniformity.

The Six Hundred Alterations made in the Book of
Common Prayer by Convocation, and adopted by Par
liament.

140 APPENDIX.

The Publication of the Book of Common Prayer.

The King's Declaration of the 27th of December,
1662.

Proceedings in Parliament upon the King's Declara
tion of 26th December, 1662.

The Conventicle Act, 1664; 16 Car. ii. cap. 4.

The Five Mile Act, 17 Car. ii. cap. 2.

The Conventicle Act, 1670 ; 22 Car. ii. cap. 1.

The Test Act, 25 Car. ii. cap. 2.

The Prayer-book of King Wittiam III.

Proposals for the Comprehension of the Presbyteri
ans, and Indulgence to the Independents, between
Bishops Stilliugfleet, and Tillotson, etc., and Drs. Bates,
Mauton, and Baxter.

Declaration of William, Prince of Orange, to endeavor
a good agreement between the Church of England and
Protestant Dissenters.

Alterations in the Book of Common Prayer prepared
by the Royal Commissioners for the Revision of the
Liturgy in 1689.

The Toleration Act, 1 Guil. et Mar.

APPENDIX II.

THE PRESBYTERIAN EXCEPTIONS AGAINST THE
BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER,

PRESENTED AT THE 8AVOT CONFERENCE, A. D. 1661.

From the preceding Hst of authorities we select, for the reason*
given in chap, viii., the following document, and here present it, not
only as the basis of this edition, but as a historical nucleus of all
previous and subsequent editions and revisions, as will appear in
the notes which we have collated from the different authorities
dating before and after it. The references are to pages in this trea
tise, which, in connection with corresponding portions of the
Prayer-book, will show the manner in which these Exceptions have
been applied.

ACKNOWLEDGING with all humility and thankfulness,
his majesty's most princely condescension and indul
gence, to very many of his loyal subjects, as well in hia
majesty's most gracious Declaration, as particularly in
this present commission, issued forth in pursuance
thereof; we doubt not but the right reverend bishops,
and all the rest of his majesty's commissioners intrusted
in this work, will, in imitation of his majesty's most
prudent and Christian moderation and clemency, judge
it their duty (what we find to be the apostles' own prac
tice) in a special manner to be tender of the churches'
peace, to bear with the infirmities of the weak, and not
to please themselves, nor to measure the consciences of
other men by the light and latitude of their own, but
seriously and readily to consider and advise of such
expedients as may most conduce to the healing of ou*
breaches, and uniting those that differ.
And albeit we have a high and honorable esteem of

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142 APPENDIX.

those godly and learned bishops and others, who wer«
the first compilers of the public liturgy, and do look
upon it as an excellent and worthy work, for that time,
when the Church of England made her first step out of
such a mist of popish ignorance and superstition wherein
it formerly was involved; yet, considering that all
human works do gradually arrive at their maturity and
perfection, and this in particular, being a work of that
nature, hath already admitted several emendations
since the first compiling thereof: —

It cannot be thought any disparagement or deroga
tion either to the work itself, or to the compilers of it,
or to those who have hitherto used it, if after more than
a hundred years, since its first composure, such further
emendations be now made therein as may be judged
necessary for satisfying the scruples of a multitude of
Bober persons, who cannot at all (or very hardly) com
ply with the use of it, as now it is, and may best suit
with the present times after so long an enjoyment of
the glorious light of the gospel, and so happy a reforma
tion: especially considering that many godly and learned
men have from the beginning all along earnestly desired
the alteration of many things therein; and very many
of his majesty's pious, peaceable, and loyal subjects,
after so long a discontinuance of it, are more averse
from it than heretofore; the satisfying of whom (as far
as may be) will very much conduce to that peace and
unity which is so much desired by all good men, and so
much endeavored by his most excellent majesty.*

And therefore, in pursuance of this his majesty's
most gracious commission, for the satisfaction of tender
consciences, and the procuring of peace and unity
amongst ourselves, we judge meet to propose,

I. First, that all the prayers and other materials of

* This Preface, In which a hundred years of grievance and protest
find utterance, was warmly discussed, paragraph by paragraph, iq
the Bp.scopalian Answer and Presbyterian Rejoinder ; and though
Its lofty conservatism and catholicity were disregarded by the Eng
lish prelates in the day of their power, yet its spirit still lives in tin
liberal and spiritual portion of the Church of England, and cannot
but increase in the corresponding class of American Episcopalians
in proportion as the common enemy of ritualism shall force then)
Into closer practical union with their hereditary Presbyterian alliea,

THE PRESBYTERIAN EXCEPTIONS. 143

fte liturgy may consist of nothing doubtful or questioned
amongst pious, learned, and orthodox persons, inasmuch
as the professed end of composing them is for the de
claring of the unity and consent of all who join in the
public worship ; it being too evident that the limiting
of church-communion to things of doubtful disputation,
hath been in all ages the ground of schism and separa
tion, according to the saying of a learned person.*

"To load our public forms with the private fancies
upon which we differ, is the most sovereign way to per
petuate schism to the world's end. Prayer, confession,
thanksgiving, reading of the Scriptures, and administra
tion of the sacraments in the plainest and simplest
manner, were matter enough to furnish out a sufficient
liturgy, though nothing either of private opinion, or of
church- pomp, of garments, or prescribed gestures, of
imagery, of music, of matter concerning the dead, of
many superfluities which creep into the Church under
the name of order and decency, did interpose itself. To
charge churches and liturgies with things unnecessary,
was the first beginning of all superstition, and when
scruple of conscience began to be made or pretended,
then schism began to break in. If the special guides
and fathers of the Church would be a little sparing of
incumbering churches with superfluities, or not over-
rigid, either in reviving obsolete customs, or imposing
new, there would be far less cause of schism or super
stition; and all the inconvenience were likely to ensue
would be but this, they should in so doing yield a little
to the imbecility of their inferiors; a thing which St.
Paul would never have refused to do. Meanwhile,
wheresoever false or suspected opinions are made a
piece of church-liturgy, he that separates is not the
schismatic; for it is alike unlawful to make profession
of known or suspected falsehood, as to put in practice
Unlawful or suspected action."

* In this first exception is presented that ideal of orthodoxy
blended with chanty, authority with liberty, and unity with variety,
which Presbyterian churches, not only in England, but in all coun
tries, haye steadfastly pursued, oftentimes, as in this instance, at
the expense of their worldly interests.

144 APPENDIX.

II. Further, we humbly desire that it may be seri
ously considered, that as our first Reformers out of theii
great wisdom did at that time so compose the liturgy
as to win upon the papists, and to draw them into their
church-communion, by varying as little as they well
could from the Romish forms before in use: so whethei
in the present constitution, and state of things amongst
us, we should not, according to the same rule of pru
dence and charity, have our liturgy so composed as to
gain upon the judgments and affection of all those who,
in the substantial of the Protestant religion, are of the
same persuasions with ourselves: inasmuch as a more
firm union and consent of all such, as well in worship aa
in doctrine, would greatly strengthen the Protestant
interest against all those dangers and temptations which
our intestine divisions and animosities do expose us
unto from the common adversary.*

III. That the repetitions, and responsals of the clerk
and people, and the alternate reading of the psalms
and hymns, which cause a confused murmur in the con
gregation, whereby what is read is less intelligible, and
therefore unedifying, may be omitted: the minister
being appointed for the people in all public services
appertaining unto God, and the Holy Scriptures, both
of the Old and New Testament, intimating the people's
part in public prayer to be only with silence and rever
ence to attend thereunto, and to declare their consent
in the close by saying Amen.f

IV. That in regard the litany (though otherwise con
taining in it many holy petitions) is so framed that the
petitions for a great part are uttered only by the people.

* An exception first raised at Frankfort in 1555, renewed at Hamp
ton Court in 1603, adopted in the Westminster Assembly in 1645,
disputed in the Episcopalian Answer, re-affirmed in the Presbyterian
Rejoinder, partially conceded in 1668 by the Episcopalian Proposals
for the Comprehension of the Presbyterians, and practically guaran
teed in 1689 by the Act of Toleration.

i First broached at Frankfort. Practised for a century afterwards
b\ the English Puritans. Authorized by the Parliamentary Assem
bly. Negatived in the Answer, lie-affirmed in the Rejoinder. Made
illegal by the Act of Uniformity, and finally allowed by the Act of
Toleration. Partially adopted by the American Episcopalians
Applied, pp. 58, 84.

THE PRESBYTERIAN EXCEPTIONS. 145

which we think not to be so consonant to Scripture,
which makes the minister the mouth of the people to
God in prayer, the particulars thereof may be composed
into one solemn prayer to be offered by the minister
unto God for the people.*

V. That there be nothing in the liturgy which may
seem to countenance the observation of Lent as a reli«
gious fast; the example of Christ fasting forty days
and nights being no more imitable, nor intended for the
imitation of a Christian, than any other of his miracu
lous works were, or than Moses his forty days' fast was
for the Jews; and the act of Parliament, 5 Eliz., for
bidding abstinence from flesh to be observed upon any
other than a politic consideration, and punishing all
those who, by preaching, teaching, writing, or open
speeches, shall notify that the forbearing of flesh is of
any necessity for the saving of the soul, or that it is the
service of God, otherwise than as other politic laws
are.f

VI. That the religious observation of saints' days,
appointed to be kept as holy-days, and the vigils
thereof, without any foundation (as we conceive) in
Scripture, may be omitted. That if any be retained,
they may be called festivals, and not holy-days, nor
made equal with -the Lord's day, nor have any peculiar
service appointed for them, nor the people be upon such
days forced wholly to abstain from work, and that the
names of all others now inserted in the Calendar, which
are not in the first and second books of Edward the
Sixth, may be left out. J

VII. That the gift of prayer, being one special quali
fication for the work of the ministry bestowed by Christ

* First questioned at Frankfort. Disputed in the Answer. Defended
in the Rejoinder. Left indifferent in this edition.

t Proposed in the Westminster Assembly. Denied in the Answer.
Defended in the Rejoinder. Conceded by the English Episcopalian!
in the Commission of 1689. Adopted by the Ameiican Episcopalian!
in the Convention of 1786. Applied. P. 116.

J Partially conceded by the Episcopalians in 1641. Made an Ap
pendix to the Westminster Directory in 1646. Refused in tha
Answer. Left indifferent in the Rejoinder. Dropped from the Ameri
can Directory. Partially adopted in the American Episcopalian
Prayer book. Applied. I'. 116.

146 APPENDIX.

in order to the edification of his Church, and to b«
exercised for the profit and benefit thereof, according to
its various and emergent necessity ; it is desired that
there may be no such imposition of the liturgy, as that
the exercise of that gift be thereby totally excluded in
any part of public worship. And further, considering
the great age of some ministers and infirmities of others,
and the variety of several services oft-times concurring
upon the same day, whereby it may be inexpedient to
require every minister at all times to read the whole, it
may be left to the discretion of the minister to omit
part of it, as occasion shall require; which liberty w«
find to be allowed even in the First Common Prayer-
book of Edward VI.*

VIII. That in regard of the many defects which have
been observed in that version of the Scriptures which is
used throughout the liturgy (manifold instances whereof
may be produced, as in the epistle for the first Sunday
after Epiphany, taken out of Romans xii. 1, "Be ye
changed in your shape;" and the epistle for the Sunday
next before Easter, taken out of Philippians ii. 5, " Found
in his apparel as a man;" as also the epistle for the
fourth Sunday in Lent, taken out of the fourth of the
Galatians, "Mount Sinai is Agar in Arabia, and border-
eth upon the city which is now called Jerusalem;" the
epistle for St. Matthew's day, taken out of the second
epistle of Corinth, and the ivth, "We go not out of
kind;" the gospel for the second Sunday after Epiph-
any, taken out of the second of John, "When men be
drunk ;" the gospel for the third Sunday in Lent, taken
out of the xi<A of Luke, "One house doth fall upon
another;" the gospel for the Annunciation, taken out
of the first of Luke, "This is the sixth month which
was called barren;" and many other places,) we there
fore desire, instead thereof, the new translation allowed
by authority may alone be used.f

• Practised for a century before by tb« Puritans. Authorized bj
»he Parliamentary Assembly of Divines. Refused in the Answer.
Defended in the Rejoinder. Forbidden by the Act of Uniformity.
Allowed by the Act of Toleration. Practised, to some extant, by
" Evangelical" Episcopalians. Guaranteed by the Directory.

f Conceded by the Episcopalians. Adopted in all subsequent
Prayer-books throughout, except in the Commandment* and th«
Psalter. Applied in the Commandment*.

THE PRESBYTERIAN EXCEPTIONS. 14?

IX. That inasmuch as the holy Scriptures are able ta
make us wise unto salvation, to furnish us throughly
unto all good works, and contain in them all things
necessary, either in doctrine to be believed, or in duty
to be practised; whereas divers chapters of the apocry
phal books appointed to be read, are charged to be in
both respects of dubious and uncertain credit: it ia
therefore desired, that nothing be read in the church for
lessons, but the holy Scriptures of the Old and New
Testament.*

X. That the minister be not required to rehearse any
part of the liturgy at the communion-table, save only
those parts which properly belong to the Lord's Sup
per; and that at such times only when the said holy
Supper is administered.t

XL That as the word "minister," and not priest or
curate, is used in the Absolution, and in divers other
places ; it may throughout the whole book be so used
instead of those two words; and that instead of the
word " Sunday," the word " Lord's day" may be every
where used.J

XII. Because singing of psalms is a considerable part
of public worship, we desire that the version set forth
and allowed to be sung in churches may be amended ;
or that we may have leave to make use of a purer
version. §

XIII. That all obsolete words in the Common Prayer,
and such whose use is changed from their first signifi-
cancy, as '' aread" used in the gospel for the Monday
and Wednesday before Easter; " Then opened he their

* First proposed at Hampton Court. Queried by the Episcopalians
In 1611. Adopted by the Westminster Presbyterians. Discussed in
the Answer and Rejoinder. Conceded by the Episcopalian Commis-
«loners of 1668 and 1689. Retained in the American Confession of
Faith. Applied. P. 94.

f First proposed by Bucer in 1549. Advocated by the Elizabethan
Puritans. Maintained by the Episcopalians in 1641. Denied in the
Answer. Defended in the Rejoinder. Applied. P. 107.

I Conceded by the Episcopalian Commissioners in 1689. Applied
•s far as now practicable. P. 107.

I This Exception does not refer to the prose Psalter, but to Peal ml
In metre- Se» Answer and Rejoinder, and p. 92.

148 APPENDIX.

wits," used in the gospel for Easter Tuesday, &o.; may
be altered unto other words generally received and
belter understood.*

XIV. That no portions of the Old Testament, or of
the Acts of the Apostles, be called "epistles," and
read as snch.f

XV. That whereas throughout the several offices, the
phrase is such as presumes all persons (within the com
munion of the church) to be regenerated, converted,
and in an actual state of grace, (which, had ecclesiasti
cal discipline been truly and vigorously executed, in
the exclusion of scandalous and obstinate sinners,
might be better supposed ; but there having been, and
still being a confessed want of that, (as in the liturgy
is acknowledged,) it cannot be rationally admitted in
the utmost latitude of charity :) we desire that this
may be reformed. J

XVI. That whereas orderly connection of prayers,
and of particular petitions and expressions, together
with a competent length of the forms used, are tending
much to edification, and to gain the reverence of people
to them; there appears to us too great a neglect of
both, of this order, and of other just laws, of method.

PARTICULARLY.

1. The collects are generally short, many of them
consisting but of one, or at most two sentences of peti
tion ; and these generally ushered in with a repeated
mention of the name and attributes of God ; and presently
concluding with the name and merits of Christ ; whence
are caused many unnecessary intercisions and abruptions
which, when many petitions are to be offered at the same
time, are neither agreeable to scriptural examples, nor
suited to the gravity and seriousness of that holy duty J

* Conceded and generally adopted in the Prayer-book.

t Partially conceded and adopted.

I Urged by Bucer in 1549, and by th Puritans from the begin-
•ing. Enjoined by the Westminster formularies. Discussed in the
Answer and Rejoinder without result. Conceded and proposed in
1668, and 1698. Carefully applied throughout this edition.

\ Denied in the Answer, but partially conceded »nd adopted in
the Proposed Collects of 1698.

tHE PRESBYTERIAN EXCEPTIONS. 14$

2. The prefaces of many collects have not any deaf
ind special respect to the following petitions ; and par
ticular petitions are put together, which have not any
due order, nor evident connection one with another, nor
Buitableness with the occasions upon which they are
used, but seem to have fallen in rather casually, than
from an orderly contrivance.

It is desired, that instead of those various collects,
there may be one methodical and entire form of prayer
composed out of many of them.*

XVII. That whereas the public liturgy of a church
should in reason comprehend the sum of all such sins
as are ordinarily to be confessed in prayer by the
church, and of such petitions and thanksgivings as are
ordinarily by the church to be put up to God, and the
public catechisms or systems of doctrine, should sum
marily comprehend all such doctrines as are necessary
to be believed, and these explicitly set down ; the pres
ent liturgy as to all these seems very defective.

PARTICULARLY.

1. There is no preparatory prayer in our address to
God for assistance or acceptance ; yet many collects in
the midst of the worship have little or nothing else.f

2. The Confession is very defective, not clearly
expressing original sin, nor sufficiently enumerating
actual sins, with their aggravations, but consisting only
of generals ; whereas confession being the exercise of
repentance, ought to be more particular. J

3. There is also a great defect as to such forms of
public praise and thanksgiving as are suitable to gospel-
worship §

4. The whole body of the Common-prayer also con-
sisteth very much of mere generals: as, "to have our
prayers heard — to be kept from all evil, and from all

* Denied, but afterwards adopted, in several examples, in both
English and American Prayer-books. Pp. 99, 98.

{Disproved in the Answer. Not applied. P. 91.
Discussed in the Answer and Rejoinder, but neither before not
afterwards. Not applied. P. 90

9 Queried in the Answer, but finally admitted and remedied in all
lubgequent editions. Applied. P. 99.

?.50 APPENDIX.

enemies, and all adversity, that we might do Qod'a
will ;" without any mention of the particulars in which
these generals exist.

5. The Catechism is defective as to many necessary
doctrines of our religion ; some even of the essentials
of Christianity not mentioned except in the Creed, and
there not so explicit as ought to be in a catechism,*

XVIII. Because this liturgy containeth the imposi
tion of divers ceremonies which from the first reforma
tion have by sundry learned and pious men been judged
unwarrantable, as,

1. That public worship may not be celebrated by any
minister that dare not wear a surplice.

2. That none may baptize, nor be baptized, without
the transient image of the cross, which hath at least
the semblance of a sacrament of human institution,
being used as an engaging sign in our first and solemn
covenanting with Christ ; and the duties whereunto we
are really obliged by baptism being more expressly
fixed to that airy sign than to this holy sacrament.

3. That none may receive the Lord's Supper that
dare not kneel in the act of receiving ; but the minister
must exclude all such from the communion : although
such kneeling not only differs from the practice of
Christ and of his apostles, but (at least on the Lord's day)
is contrary to the practice of the catholic church for
many hundred years after, and forbidden by the most
yenerable councils that ever were in the Christian world.
All which impositions are made yet more grievous by
that subscription to their lawfulness which the canon
exacts, and by the heavy punishment upon the non-
observance of them which the act of uniformity inflicts.

And it being doubtful whether God hath given power
unto men, to institute in his worship such mystical
teaching signs, which not being necessary in genere, fall
not under the rule of "doing all things decently,
orderly, and to edification," and which once granted,
will, upon the same reason, open a door to the arbitrary
imposition of numerous ceremonies of which St. Augus«
tine complained in his days ; and the things in contro-

• See below. Exceptions against the Catechism

THE PRESBYTERIAN EXCEPTIONS. 151

Tersy being in the judgment of the imposers confessedly
indifferent, who do not so much as pretend any real
goodness in them of themselves, otherwise than what i«
derived from their being imposed, and consequently tha
imposition ceasing, that will cease also, and the worship
of God not become indecent without them :

Whereas, on the other hand, in the judgment of the
opposers, they are by some held sinful, and unlawful in
themselves ; by others very inconvenient and unsuitable
to the simplicity of gospel worship, and by all of them
very grievous and burthensome, and therefore not at all
fit to be put in balance with the peace of the church,
which is more likely to be promoted by their removal
than continuance: considering also how tender our
Lord and Saviour himself is of weak brethren, declar
ing it much better for a man to have a "millstone
hanged about his neck, and be cast into the depth of
the sea, than to offend one of his little ones:" and how
the apostle Paul (who had as great legislative power in
the church as any under Christ) held himself obliged
by that common rule of charity, " not to lay a stumb
ling block, or an occasion of offence before a weak bro
ther, choosing rather not to eat flesh whilst the world
stands" (though in itself a thing lawful) "than offend
his brother for whom Christ died:" we cannot but
desire that these ceremonies may not be imposed on
them who judge such impositions a violation of the
royalty of Christ, and an impeachment of his laws as
insufficient, and are under the holy awe of that which
is written, Deut. xii. 32; "What thing soever I com
mand you, observe to do it ; thou shalt not add thereto,
nor diminish from it;" but that there may be either a
total abolition of them, or at least such a liberty, that
those who are unsatisfied concerning their lawfulness
or expediency, may not be compelled to the practice
of them, or subscription to them ; but may be permit*
ted to enjoy their ministerial function, and communion
with the church, without them.

The rather because these ceremonies have for above
an hundred years been the fountain of manifold evils
in this church and nation, occasioning sad divisions
between ministers and ministers, as also between

152 APPENDIX.

ministers and people ; exposing many orthodox, pious,
and peaceable ministers to the displeasure of thei*
rulers, casting them on the edge of the penal statutes,
to the loss not only of their living and liberties, but
also of their opportunities for the service of Christ and
his church ; and forcing people either to worship God
in such a manner as their own consciences condemn, or
doubt of, or else to forsake our assemblies, as thousands
have done. And no better fruits than these can be
looked for from the retaining and imposing of these
ceremonies, unless we could presume that all hia
majesty's subjects should have the same subtilty of
judgment to discern even to a ceremony how far the
power of man extends in the things of God, which is
not to be expected; or should yield obedience to all the
impositions of men concerning them, without inquiring
into the will of God, which is not to be desired.

We do therefore most earnestly entreat the right
reverend fathers and brethren, to whom these papers
are delivered, as they tender the glory of God, the
honor of religion, the peace of the Church, the service
of his majesty in the accomplishment of that happy
union, which his majesty hath so abundantly testified
his desires of, to join with us in importuning his most
excellent majesty, that his most gracious indulgence, as
to these ceremonies, granted in his royal Declaration,
may be confirmed and continued to us and our posteri
ties, and extended to such as do not yet enjoy the benefit
thereof.*

XIX. As to that passage in his majesty's Commission,
where we are authorized and required to compare the
present liturgy with the most ancient liturgies which
have been used in the Church in the purest and most
primitive times ; we have in obedience to his majesty's
Commission, made inquiry, but cannot find any records

* These ceremonies were abandoned by the English Episcopalians
at Frankfort; opposed by the Puritans at Hampton Court; minutflv
•njoined in the Scottish "Prayer-l>ook; abolished by the Parliament
»ry Assembly; defended in the Answer; deplored in the Rejoinder:
left indifferent in the Proposed Prayer book of 1698. and also to
some extent in the Protestant Episcopal Prayer-book, and in thu
•dition. Pp. 83,84.

THE PRESBYTERIAN EXCEPTIONS. 153

of known credit, concerning any entire forms of liturgy,
within the first three hundred years, which are con
fessed to be as the most primitive, so the purest ages of
the Church ; nor any impositions of liturgies upon any
national Church for some hundreds of years after. We
find indeed some liturgical forms fathered upon St.
Basil, St. Chrysostom, and St. Ambrose, but we hav«
not seen any copies of them, but such as give us suf
ficient evidence to conclude them either wholly spuri
ous, or so interpolated, that we cannot make a judg
ment which in them hath any primitive authority.*

Having thus in general expressed our desires, w«
come now to particulars, which we find numerous and
of a various nature ; some, we grant, are of inferior
consideration, verbal rather than material, (which,
were they not in the public liturgy of so famous a
Church, we should not have mentioned,) others dubious
and disputable, as not having a clear foundation in
Scripture for their warrant: but some there be that
seem to be corrupt, and to carry in them a repugnancy
to the rule of the gospel ; and therefore have adminis
tered just matter of exception and offence to many,
truly religious and peaceable, — not of a private station
only, but learned and judicious divines, as well of other
reformed Churches as of the Church of England, — ever
since the Reformation.

We know much hath been spoken and written by way
of apology in answer to many things that have been
objected ; but yet the doubts and scruples of tender
consciences still continue, or rather are increased. We
do humbly conceive it therefore a work worthy of those
wonders of salvation, which God hath wrought for his
majesty now on the throne, and for the whole kingdom,
and exceedingly becoming the ministers of the gospel
of peace, with all holy moderation and tenderness to
endeavor the removal of everything out of the worship
of God which may justly offend or grieve the spirits of
sober and godly people. The things themselves that

* Disputed in the Answer. Defended with a learned argument in
th* Rejoinder.

154

APPENDIX.

are desired to be removed, not being of the foundation
of religion, nor the essentials of public worship, nor the
removal of them any way tending to the prejudice of
the Church or State ; therefore their continuance and
rigorous imposition can no ways be able to countervail
the laying aside of so many pious and able ministers,
and the unconceivable grief that will arise to multitudes
of his majesty's most loyal and peaceable subjects, who
upon all occasions are ready to serve him with their
prayers, estates, and lives For the preventing of
•which evils we humbly desire that these particulars
following may be taken into serious and tender consid
eration.

CONCERNING MORNING AND EVENING PRATER.

Rubric.

That morning and even
ing prayer shall be used in
the accustomed place of
the church, chancel, or
chapel, except it be other
wise determined by the or
dinary of the place; and
the chancel shall remain as
in times past.

Exception.

We desire that the words
of the first rubric may be
expressed as in the book
established by authority of
parliament 6 and 6 Edw.
VI. thus : " The morning
and evening prayer shall
be used in such place of
of the church, *hapel, or

chancel, and the minister
shall so turn him, as the people may best hear, and if
there be any controversy therein, the matter shall be
referred to the ordinary."*

Rubric.

And here is to be noted,
that the minister, at the
time of the communion,
and at other times, in his
ministration shall use such
ornaments in the church,

Exception.

Forasmuoh as this rubria
seemeth to bring back the
cope, albe, &c., and other
vestments forbidden by the
Common Prayer-book 6 and
6 Edw. VI. and so our rea-

* Substantially conceded by the Episcopalians in 1641. Refused
in the Answer. Formally proposed by the Episcopalian Comrnig*
tinners of 1698. The rubric is omitted in the Prot. Epiu. Prayer-
book, and in this edition.

THE PRESBYTERIAN EXCEPTIONS. 155

as were in use by authori
ty of parliament, in the
second year of the reign of
Edward the Sixth, accord
ing to the act of parlia
ment.

Rubric.

sons alleged against cere
monies under our eigh
teenth general exception,
we desire it may be wholly
left out.*

Exception.

The Lord's Prayer after
the absolution ends thus,
" Deliver us from evil."

We desire that thesa
words, f "For thine is the
kingdom, the power and
the glory, for ever and

ever. Amen," may be always added unto the Lord's
prayer; and that this prayer may not be enjoined to be
BO often used in morning and evening service.

Rubric.

Exception.

And at the end of every
psalm throughout the year,
and likewise in the end of

Benedictus, Benedicite, Mag
nificat, and Nunc Dimittis,
shall be repeated, " Glory
be to the Father," &o.

By this rubric, and other
places in the Common
Prayer-books, the Gloria
Patri is appointed to be
said six times ordinarily in
every morning and evening
service, frequently eight
times in a morning, some
times ten ; which we think carries with it at least
an appearance of that vain repetition which Christ for-
bids: for the avoiding of which appearance of evil, we
desire it may be used but once in the morning, and
once in the evening. J v

Rubric.

Exception.

In such places where The Lessons, and the
they do sing, there shall Epistles, and Gospels, be-
the Lessons be sung, in a ing for the most part nei-

* The history is the same as that of the preceding Exception.

t Conceded by the Episcopalians in 1641. Disputed in the Answer,
but adopted in all subsequent Prayer-books, in most instances.

J Conceded by the Episcopalians in 1641. Refused in the Answer.
Proposed by the Episcopalians in 1698. Applied. P. 93.

156

APPENDIX.

plain tune, and likewise
the Epistle and Gospel.

ther psalms nor hymns, we
know no warrant why they
should be sung in any
place, and conceive that the distinct reading of them
with an audible voice tends more to the edification of
the church.*

Rubric.

Or this canticle, Benedi-
cite omnia opera.

Exception.

We desire that some
psalm or scripture hymn
may be appointed instead
of that apocryphal, f

IN THE LITANY.

Exctption.

In regard that the wages
of sin is death ; we desire
that this clause may be

thus altered; "From fornication, and all other heinous,

or grievous sins."t

Rubric.

From all fornication, and
all other deadly sin.

Rubric.

From battle, and mur
der, and sudden death.

Exception.

Because this expression
of "sudden death" hath
been so often excepted
against, we desire, if it be thought fit, it may be thus
read: "From battle and murder, and from dying sud
denly, and unprepared. "£

Rubric.

That it may please thee,
to preserve all that travel
by land or by water, all

Exception.

We desire the term "all"
may be advised upon, as
seeming liable to just ex-

* Proposed by the Episcopalians in 1641. Disputed in the Answer.
Adopted in all subsequent Prayer books.

t Conceded by the Episcopalians in 1641. Refused in the Answer.
Applied. P. 93.

| Conceded by the Episcopalians in 1641. Refused in the Answer.
Defended in the Rejoinder.

§ First broached at Frankfort. Renewed at Hampton Court. D*>
nied in the Answer. Conceded and proposed in 1698. Mot Appliwl
P. 104.

THE PRESBYTERIAN EXCEPTIONS.

157

Women laboring with child,
all sick persons, and young
children, and to show thy
pity upon all prisoners and
captives.

ceptions; and that it may
be considered, whether it
may not better be put
indefinitely, "those that
travel," &c., rather than
universally.*

THE COLLECT OK CHRISTMAS DAT.

Rubric.

Almighty God, which
hast given us thy only be
gotten Son, to take our
nature upon him, and this
day to be born of a pure
virgin, &c.

Rubric.

Then shall follow the
collect of the Nativity,
which shall be said con
tinually unto new-years-
day.

Exception.
We desire that in both
collects the word "thia
day" may be left out, it
being according to vulgar
acceptation a contradic
tion. f

THE COLLECT FOR WHITSUNDAY.

Rubric.

God, which upon this
day, &c.

Rubric.

The same collect to be
read on Monday and Tues
day in Whitsun-week.

Rubric.

The two collects for St.
John's day, and Innocent's,
the collects for the first
day in Lent, for the fourth

Exception.

We desire that these col
lects may be further con-
sidered and abated, as
having in them divers

* Denied in the Answer. Defended in the Rejoinder.
t Conceded and substantially adopted in all subsequent Prayer
books.

158

APPENDIX.

Sunday after Easter, for
Trinity Sunday, for the
sixth and twelfth Sunday
after Trinity, for St. Luke's
day, and Michaelmas day.*

things that we fudge fit
to be altered.

THE OBDEB FOB THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE LORD*!
SUPPER.

Rubric.

So many as intend to be
partakers of the holy com
munion shall signify their
names to the curate over
night, or else in the morn
ing before the beginning
of morning prayer, or im
mediately after.

Exception.

The time here assigned
for notice to be given to
the minister is not suf
ficient, f

Rubric.

Exception.

And if any of these be
* notorious evil liver, the
curate, having knowledge
thereof, shall call him and
advertise him in any wise
not to presume to the
Lord's table.

We desire the ministers'
power both to admit and
keep from the Lord's table,
may be according to his
majesty's Declaration, 25th
Oct., 1660, in these words :
"The minister shall admit
none to the Lord's supper

till they have made a credible profession of their faith,
and promised obedience to the will of God, according as
is expressed in the considerations of the rubric before
the catechism ; and that all possible diligence be used
for the instruction and reformation of scandalous offend
ers, whom the minister shall not suffer to partake of the
Lord's table until they have openly declared themselves
to have truly repented and amended their former

• Evaded in the Answer, bnt adopted in the Prayer-book,
t Queried by the Episcopalians In 1641. Conceded in the Answwr
and adopted.

THE PRESBYTERIAN EXCEPTIONS.

159

naughty lives, as is partly expressed in the rubric, and
more fully in the canons."*

Rubric.

Then shall the priest re
hearse distinctly all the ten
commandments, and the
people kneeling, shall after
every commandment, ask
God's mercy for transgress
ing the same.

Exception.
We desire,

1. That the preface pre*
fixed by God himself to the
ten commandments may be
restored.f

2. That the fourth com
mandment may be read as
in Exod. xx., Deut. v., " He

blessed the Sabbath-day."J

3. That neither minister nor people may be enjoined
to kneel more at the reading of this than of other parts
of Scriptures, the rather because many ignorant per
sons are thereby induced to use the ten commandments
as a prayer. §

4. That, instead of those short prayers of the people
intermixed with the several commandments, the minis
ter, after the reading of all, may conclude with a suit
able prayer. ||

Rubric.

After the Creed, if there
be no sermon, shall follow
one of the homilies already
set forth, or hereafter to be
set forth by common au
thority.

Exception.

We desire that the preach
ing of the word may be
strictly enjoined, and not
left so indifferent, at the
administration of the sac
raments; as also that min
isters may not be bound to
those things which are as
yet but future and not in
being, fl

* Conceded by tbe Episcopalians in 1641. Conceded In the Answer,
And substantially adopted.

t Conceded, but not adopted.
j Ibid.

\ Refused in the Answer, but conceded and proposed In 1668. Lefl
Indifferent in this edition. I' 110
[| See last note.

* Un;ed by the I'nritiins fr>r a eentut-y. Denied in the Auswe»
Defended iu the Rejoin Jer. Applied. P. 113.

160

APPENDIX.

After such sermon, hom
ily, or exhortation, the
curate shall declare, &c.,
and earnestly exhort them
to remember the poor, say-
one or more of these sen
tences following.

Then shall the church
wardens, or some other by
them appointed, gather the
devotion of the people.

Exhortation.

Two of the sentence!
here cited are apocryphal,
and four of them more
proper to draw out the
people's bounty to their
ministers, than their char
ity to the poor.*

Collection for the poor
may be better made at or
a little before the depart
ing of the communicants, f

If it be intended that
these exhortations should
be read at the communion,
they seem to us to be un
seasonable.}

We be come together at
this time to feed at the
Lord's supper, unto the
which in God's behalf I
bid you all that be here
present, and beseech you,
for the Lord Jesus Christ's
sake, that ye will not refuse to come, &o.

The way and means thereto is first to examine your
lives and conversation ; and if ye shall perceive your
offences to be such as be not only against God, but also
against your neighbors, then ye shall reconcile your
selves unto them, and be ready to make restitution and
satisfaction.

And because it is requi
site that no man should
come to the holy commu
nion but with a full trust

in God's mercy and with a troubled conscience. 2
quiet conscience.

We fear this may dis
courage many from com
ing to the sacrament, who
lie under a doubting and

• Refused in the Answer, but conceded partially In 1698. Applied.
P.121.

t Queried by the Episcopalians in 1641. Left indifferent in thii
•dition.

J Disputed, but partially conceded and adopted.

2 Disputed in the Answer. Defended in the Rejoinder. Pnrtially
tjnceded in 1689. Applied. P. 13 L.

THE PRESBYTERIAN EXCEPTIONS.

161

[Rubr.~\ Before the Confes
sion.

Then shall this general
confession be made in the
name of all those that are
minded to receive the holy communion either by one of
them, or else by one of the ministers, or by the priest
himself.

We desire it may be mad«
by the minister only.*

[Rubr.] Before the Confu
sion.

Then shall the priest or
the bishop (being present)
stand up, and turning him
self to the people, say
thus.

[Proper] Preface on Chri»t~

mas day, and seven days

after.

Because thou didst give
Jesus Christ, thine only
Son, to be born as this day
for us, Ac.

[Proper Preface] Upon
Whitsunday, and six days

after.

According to whose most
true promise, the Holy
Ghost came down this day
from heaven.

Prayer before that which it

at the consecration.
Grant us that our sinful

Exception.

The minister turning
himself to the people is
most convenient through
out the whole ministra-
tion.f

First, we cannot peremp
torily fix the nativity of
our Saviour to this or that
day particularly. J Second
ly, it seems incongruous ^0
affirm the birth of Christ
and the descending of the
Holy Ghost to be on this
day for seven or eight days
together. J

We desire that, whereas

* Queried by the Episcopalians In 1641. Partially conceded and
adopted. Applied.

f Queried by the Episcopalians in 1641. Refused in the Answer.
Defended in the Rejoinder. Applied.

1 Denied in tbe Answer. Proved in the rejoinder.

f Not noticed in the Answer, but adopted in the Prayer-book.

162

APPENDIX.

bodies may be made clean
by his body, and our souls
washed through his most
precious blood.

Prayer at the consecration.
Hear us, 0 merciful Fa
ther, &c., who in the same
night that he was betrayed
took bread, and when he
had given thanks, he brake
it, and gave to his disci
ples, saying, Take, eat, &o.

Rubric.

Then shall the minister
first receive the commu
nion in both kinds, &c.,
and after deliver it to the
people in their hands,
kneeling; and when he de-
livereth the bread, he shall
say, " The body of our
Lord Jesus Christ, which
was given for thee, pre
serve thy body and soul
unto everlasting life, and
take and eat this in re
membrance," &c.

these words seem to give a
greater efficacy to the
blood than to the body of
Christ, they may be altered
thus, "That our sinful
eouls and bodies may be
cleansed through his pre
cious body and blood."*

We conceive that the
manner of the consecrat
ing of the elements is not
here explicit and distinct
enough, and the minister's
breaking of the bread is
not so much as mentioned. •}•

We desire, that at the
distribution of the bread
and wine to the communi
cants, we may use the
words of our Saviour aa
near as may be, and that
the minister be not requir
ed to deliver the bread and
wine into every particular
communicant's hand, and
to repeat the words to each
one in the singular num
ber, but that it may suffice

to speak them to divers
jointly, according to our
Saviour's example. J
We also desire that the kneeling at the sacrament (it
being not that gesture which the apostles used, though

* Disputed in the Answer. Defended in the Rejoinder. Conceded
»nd proposed in 1668, and 1689. Applied. P. 123.

f Partially conceded. Fully applied. P. 124.

% Refused in the Answer. Defended in tV>e Rejoinder. Applied.
V. 126.

THE PRESBYTERIAN EXCEPTIONS. 163

Christ was personally present amongst them, nor thai
which was used in the purest and primitive times of the
church) may be left free, as it was 1 and 2 Edw.
[VI,] "As touching kneeling, &c., they may be used or
left as every man's devotion serveth, without blame."*
Rubric. Exception.

And note that every par- Forasmuch as every par
ishioner shall communicate ishioner is not duly quali-
at the least three times in fied for the Lord's supper,
tKe year, of which Easter and those habitually pre-
to be one, and shall also pared are not at all times
receive the sacraments and actually disposed, but ma-
other rites, according to ny may be hindered by the
the order in this book ap- providence of God, and
pointed. some by the distemper of

their own spirits, we de
sire this rubric may be either wholly omitted, or thus
altered : —

" Every minister shall be bound to administer the
sacrament of the Lord's supper at least thrice a year,
provided there be a due number of communicants mani
festing their desires to receive."f

And we desire that the following rubric in the Com
mon Prayer-book, in 5 and 6 Edw. [VI,] established by
law as much as any other part of the Common Prayer-
book, may be restored for the vindicating of our church
in the matter of kneeling at the sacrament (although
the gesture be left indifferent:) " Although no order can
be so perfectly devised but it may be of some, either for
their ignorance and infirmity, or else of malice and
obstinacy, misconstrued, depraved, and interpreted in a
wrong part; and yet, because brotherly charity willeth
that, so much as conveniently may be, offences should
be taken away; therefore are we willing to do the
same. Whereas it is ordained in the book of Common
Prayer, in the administration of the Lord's supper,

• Maintained by Bucer In 1549. Partially conceded by the Epl*
eopalians In 1611. Refused in the Answer. Defended in the Rejoin
der. Conceded and proposed in 1668, and 1689.

t Conceded by the Episcopalians in 1641. Refused in the Aiwww
Conceded and proposed in 1689.

164 APPENDIX.

that the communicants kneeling should receive the holj
communion, which thing being well meant for a signifi«
cation of the humble and grateful acknowledging of th«
benefits of Christ given unto the worthy receivers, and
to avoid the profanation and disorder which about the
holy communion might else ensue, lest yet the same
kneeling might be thought or taken otherwise, we do
declare, that it is not meant thereby that any adoration
is done, or ought to be done, either unto the sacramen
tal bread or wine there bodily received, or unto any
real and essential presence there being of Christ's natu
ral flesh and blood : for as concerning the sacramental
bread and wine, they 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 as concerning the natural body and blood of our
Saviour Christ, they are in heaven, and not here ; for it
is against the truth of Christ's natural body to be in
more places than in one at one time."*

OF PUBLIC BAPTISM.

There being divers learned, pious, and peaceable
ministers who not only judge it unlawful to baptize
children whose parents both of them are athiests, infi
dels, heretics, or unbaptized, but also such whose pa
rents are excommunicate persons, fornicators, or other
wise notorious and scandalous sinners ; we desire they
may not be enforced to baptize the children of such,
until they have made due profession of their repent
ance, f

Before Baptism.
Rubric. Exception.

• Parents shall give notice We desire that more
over night, or in the morn- timelynoticemaybegiven. J
Ing.

* Procured by Knnx. Approved by Bucer. Denied In the An,
nwer, but partially adopted in the Prayer-book. Fully conceded-
enlarged, and amended in 1689.

t Disputed in the Answer. Defended in the Rejoinder. Conceded
and proposed in 1689. Applied.

J Denied in the Answer. Defended in the Rejoinder. Applied.

THE PRESBYTERIAN EXCEPTIONS.

165

Rubric.

And the godfathers, and
the godmothers, and the
people with the children,

&c.

Exception.

Here is no mention of
the parents, in whose right
the child is baptized, and
who are fittest both to
dedicate it unto God, and

to covenant for it: we do not knorw that any persons
except the parents, or some others appointed by them,
have any power to consent for the children, or to enter
them into covenant. We desire it may be left free to
parents, whether they will have sureties to undertake
for their children in baptism or no.*

Rubric.
Ready at the font.

In the first Prayer.

By the baptism of thy
well-beloved Son, &c., didst
sanctify the flood Jordan,
and all other waters, to the
mystical washing away of
sin, &o.

The Third Exhortation.
Do promise by you that
be their sureties.

Exception.

We desire it may be so
placed as all the congrega
tion may best see and hear
the whole administration, f

It being doubtful whether
either the flood Jordan or
any other waters were sanc
tified to a sacramental use,
by Christ's being baptized,
and not necessary to be
asserted, we desire this
may be otherwise express
ed. I

We know not by what
right the sureties do prom
ise and answer in the name
of the infant: it seemeth
to us also to countenance

* First proposed at Hampton Court. Refused in the Answer.

Defended In the Rejoinder. Conceded and proposed in 1668 and

1689. Partially adopted in the American Episcopalian Prayer-book,

j- First propofed by Buoer in 1549. Discussed, but left indifferent

I Urged by Bucer in 1549. Conceded in 1641. Disputed in tin

Answer. Defended in the Rejoinder. Conceded and proposed ii

1668 and 1689. Adopted in subsequent Prayer-books. Applied.

166

APPENDIX.

Ths Questions.
Dost thou forsake, &o.
Dost thou believe, &c.
Wilt thou be baptized,
&c.

the Anabaptistical opinion
of the necessity of an ac<
tual profession of faith and
repentance in order to bap
tism. That such a profes
sion may be required of

parents in their own name, and now solemnly renewed
when they present their children to baptism, we will
ingly grant: but the asking of one for another is a
practice whose warrant we doubt of: and therefore we
desire that the first two interrogatories may be put to
the parents to be answered in their own names, and the
last propounded to the parents or pro-parents thus,
" Will you have this child baptized into this faith ?"*

The second Prayer before
Baptism.

May receive remission
of [their] sins by spiritual
regeneration.

In the Prayer after Baptism.

That it hath pleased thee
to regenerate this infant by
thy Holy Spirit

This expression seeming
inconvenient, we desire it
may be changed into this ;
" May be regenerated and
receive the remission of
sins."f

We cannot in faith say,
that every child that is
baptized is "regenerated
by God's Holy Spirit ;" at
least it is a disputable
point, and therefore we
desire it may be otherwise
expressed. J

* Suggested by Bucer in 1549. Urged at Hampton Court in 1603.
Conceded and proposed in 166S and 1689. Applied.

\ Discussed in the Answer and Rejoinder. Conceded and proposed
It 1668 and 1689. Applied.

% Disputed in the Answer Defended in the Rejoinder. Conceded
and proposed in 1668. Applied.

THE PRESBYTERIAN EXCEPTIONS. 167

[Rubric] after Baptism.

Then shall the priest Concerning the cross in
make a cross, &c. baptism, we refer to oui

18th general.*

Or PBIVATE BAPTISM.

We desire that baptism may not be administered in a
private place at any time, unless by a lawful minister,
and in the presence of a competent number : that whera
it is evident that any child hath been so baptized, no
part of the administration may be reiterated in public,
under any limitations : and therefore we see no need of
any liturgy in that case.f

OF THE CATECIIISM.J

Catechism. Exception.

\. Quest. What is your We desire these three

name, &c. first questions may be al-

2. Quest. Who gave you tered ; considering that the
that name ? far greater number of per-

Ans. My godfathers and sons baptized within these

my godmothers in my bap- twenty years last past, had

tism ; wherein I was made no godfathers or godmo-

a member of Christ, the thers at their baptism. The

child of God, and an in- like to be done in the sev-

heritor of the kingdom of enth question,

heaven. We conceive it might be

3. Quest. What did your more safely expressed thus ;
godfathers and godmothers " Wherein I was visibly ad-
do for you in baptism ? mitted into the number of

[Ans. They did promise the members of Christ, the

• Urged at Hampton Court in 1603. Queried by the Episcopalian*
in 1641. Refused in the Answer. Defended in the Rejoinder. Con
ceded and proposed in 1668 and 1689. Adopted in the American
Prayer-books.

t Suggested by Bucer and at Hampton Court. Discussed in the An-
|wer and Rejoinder. Conceded and proposed in 1668. Applied.

% The various changes proposed in the Catechism were discussed
In the Answer and Rejoinder without result; and though virtuallj
conceded and proposed in 1689, have never been adopted.

168

APPENDIX.

and vow three things in my
name, &c.]

children of God, and tin
heirs (rather than ' inheri
tors') of the kingdom of
heaven."

Of the Rehearsal of the Ten

Commandments.
10. Ana. My duty to
wards God is to believe in
him, &c.

We desire that the com
mandments be inserted ac
cording to the new trans
lation of the Bible.

In this answer there
seems to be particular respect to the several command
ments of the first table, as in the following answer to
those of the second. And therefore we desire it may
be advised upon, whether to the last word of this
answer may not be added, "particularly on the Lord's
day," otherwise there being nothing in all this answer
that refers to the fourth commandment.

14. Quest. How many
sacraments hath Christ or
dained, &c. ?

Ans. Two only as gene
rally necessary to salva
tion.

19. Quest. What is re
quired of persons to be
baptized ?

Ans. Repentance, where
by they forsake sin ; and
faith, whereby they stead
fastly believe the promises
of God, &c.

20. Quest. Why then are
infants baptized when by
reason of their tender age
they cannot perform them ?

Ans. Yes : they do per
form them by their sure
ties, who promise and vow
them both in their names.

That these words may
be omitted, and answer
thus given; "Two only,
baptism and the Lord's
supper."

We desire that the en
tering infants into God's
covenant may be more wa
rily expressed, and that
the words may not seehi to
found their baptism upon
a really actual faith and
repentance of their own ;
and we desire that a prom
ise may not be taken for a
performance of such faith
and repentance: and espe
cially, that it be not as
serted that they perform
these by the promise of
their sureties, it being to
the seed of believers that
the covenant of God is made; and not (that we can

THE PRESBYTERIAN EXCEPTIONS.

169

Bnd) to all that have such believing sureties, who are
neither parents nor pro-parents of the child.

In the general we observe, that the doctrine of th«
sacraments which was added upon the conference at
Hampton Court, is much more fully and particularly
delivered than the other parts of the Catechism, in
short answers fitted to the memories of children, and
thereupon we offer it to be considered : —

First, Whether there should not be a more distinct
and full explication of the Creed, the Commandments
and the Lord's Prayer.

Secondly, Whether it were not convenient to add
(what seems to be wanting) somewhat particularly con
cerning the nature of faith, of repentance, the two
covenants, of justification, sanctification, adoption, and
regeneration.

OF CONFIRMATION.

The last Rubric before the
Catechism.

And that no man shall
think that any detriment
shall come to children by
deferring of their confir
mation, he shall know for
truth, that it is certain by
God's word that children,
being baptized, have all
things necessary for their
salvation, and be undoubt
edly saved.

Rubric after the Catechism.

So soon as the children
can say in their mother-
tongue the Articles of the
Faith, the Lord's Prayer,

Although we charitably
suppose the meaning of
these words was only to
exclude the necessity of
any other sacraments to
baptized infants ; yet these
words are dangerous as to
the misleading of the vul
gar, and therefore we de
sire they may be ex
punged.*

We conceive that it is
not a sufficient qualifica
tion for confirmation, that
children be able memoriter

* Conceded in 1641. Partially conceded in the Answer, but not
adopted in the Prayer book. Defended in the Rejoinder. Adopted
In the Protestant Episcopal Prayer-book.

170

APPENDIX.

and the Ten Command
ments, and can answer
such other questions of
this short Catechism, &c.,
then shall they be brought
to the bishop, &c., and the
bishop shall confirm them.

to repeat the Articles of
the Faith, commonly call
ed the Apostles' Creed,
the Lord's Prayer, and the
Ten Commandments, ant?
to answer to some ques
tions of this short Cate
chism ; for it is often found
that children are able to do all this at four or five years
old. 2dly. It crosses what is said in the third reason
of the first rubric before confirmation, concerning the
usage of the church in times past, ordaining that con
firmation should be ministered unto them that were of
perfect age, that they being instructed in the Christian
religion, should openly profess their own faith, and
promise to be obedient to the will of God. And there
fore, 3dly, we desire that none may be confirmed but
according to his majesty's Declaration, viz., "That
confirmation be rightly and solemnly performed by the
information, and with the consent of the minister of
the place."*

Rubric after the Catechism.
shall they be

Then

brought to the bishop by
one that shall be his god
father or godmother.

The Prayer before the Impo
sition of Hands,

Who hast vouchsafed to
regenerate these thy ser
vants by water and the
Holy Ghost, and hast giv-

This seems to bring in
another sort of godfathers
and godmothers, besides
those made use of in bap
tism ; and we see no need
either of the one or the
other, f

This supposeth that all
the children who are
brought to be confirmed
have the Spirit of Christ,

* Urged by Bucer Disputed in the Answer. Defended in tb«
Rejoinder. Fully conceded and proposed in 1689. Applied.

t Discussed without result Adopted in the Protestant Episcopal
Prayer-book.

THE PRESBYTERIAN EXCEPTIONS. 171

en unto them the forgive- and the forgiveness of all

ness of all their sins. their sins ; whereas a great

number of children at that

ftge, having committed many sins since their baptism,
do show no evidence of serious repentance, or of any
special saving grace ; and therefore this confirmation
(if administered to such) would be a perilous and grosa
abuse.*

Rubric before the Imposition
of Hands.

Then the bishop shall This seems to put a high-
lay his hand on every child er value upon confirmation
severally. than upon baptism or the

Lord's supper ; for accord
ing to the rubric and order in the Common Prayer-
book, every deacon may baptize, and every minister
may consecrate and administer the Lord's supper, but
the bishop only may confirm, f

The Prayer after Imposition
of Hands.

We make our humble We desire that the prao-
eupplications unto thee for tice of the apostles may
these children; upon whom, not be alleged as a ground
after the example of thy of this imposition of hands
holy apostles, we have laid for the confirmation of
our hands, to certify them, children, both because the
by this sign, of thy favor apostles did never use it in
and gracious goodness to- that case, as also because
wards them. the Articles of the Church

of England declare it to
be a "corrupt imitation of the apostles' practice," Acts

XXV.

We desire that imposition of hands may not be made,
as here it is, a sign to certify children of God's grace
and favor towards them ; because this seems to speak it

* Discussed without result. Conceded and proposed in 1668.
Applied.

t Conceded at Frankfort in 1555. Discussed in the Answer and R#
joinder without result. Applied. P. 130.

172

APPENDIX.

• sacrament, and is contrary to that fore-mentioned
25th Article, which saith, that •' confirmation hath 110
visible sign appointed by God."*

The last Rubric after Con
firmation.

None shall be admitted We desire that confirms-

tc the holy communion,
until such time as he can
say the Catechism, and be
confirmed.

tion may not be made so
necessary to the holy com
munion, as that none
should be admitted to it
unless they be confirmed, f

Of THE FORM Or SOLEMNIZATION OF MATRIMONY.

The man shall give the

woman a ring, &c.,

shall surely perform and
keep the vow and covenant
betwixt them made, where
of this ring given and re
ceived is a token and
pledge, &c.

Seeing this ceremony of
the ring in marriage is
made necessary to it, and a
significant sign of the vow
and covenant betwixt the
parties ; and Romish ritu
alists give such reasons for
the use and institution of
the ring, as are either fri

volous or superstitious ; it is desired that this cere
mony of the ring in marriage may be left indifferent,
to be used or forborne.

The man shall say, With
my body I thee worship.

This word " worship"
being much altered in the
use of it since this form
was first drawn up, we de
sire some other word may
be used instead of it.g

* Discussed without result Conceded and proposed in 1668.

+ Partially conceded and adopted.

I Discussed without result. Applied.

\ Proposed at Hampton Court in 1603. Conceded in 1641. Con>
ceded in the Answer, but not adopted in the English Prayer-book.
Adopted in American Prayer-books.

THE PRESBYTEEIAN EXCEPTIONS.

173

In the name of the Fa- These words being only
ther, and of the Son, and used in baptism, and here
of the Holy Ghost. in the solemnization of ma

trimony, and in the abso
lution of the sick; we desire it may be considered,
whether they should not be here omitted, lest they should
eeem to favor those who count matrimony a sacra
ment.*

This word "depart" ia
here improperly used, f

Exception.

We conceive this change
of place and posture men
tioned in these two rubrics
is needless, and therefore
desire it may be omitUd. J

Till death us depart.

Rubric.

Then the minister or
clerk going to the Lord's
table, shall say or sing this
psalm.

Next Rubric.

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, &c.

Collect. Exception.

Consecrated the state of Seeing the institution of

matrimony to such an ex- marriage was before the

cellent mystery. fall, and so before the

promise of Christ, as also

for that the said passage in this collect seems to coun
tenance the opinion of making matrimony a sacrament,
we desire that clause may be altered or omitted. 2

Rubric.

Then shall begin the
communion, and after the

Exception.

This rubric doth either
enforce all such as are un-

* Discussed without result. Not applied.

f Conceded and adopted in all Prayer-books.

j Discussed. Modified and proposed in 1689. Adopted in the Pro>
tenant Episcopal Prayer-book.

I Discussed without result Conceded and proposed in 166&
Applied.

174

APPENDIX.

Gospel shall be said a ser
mon, &c.

Last Rubric.
The new married per
sons the same day of their
marriage must receive the
holy communion.

fit for the sacrament to
forbear marriage, contrary
to Scripture, which ap
proves the marriage of all
men; or else compels all
that marry to come to the
Lord's table, though never
so unprepared: and there
fore we desire it may be omitted, the rather because
that marriage festivals are too often accompanied with
such divertisements as are unsuitable to those Chris
tian duties, which ought to be before and follow after
the receiving of that holy sacrament.*

OF THE ORDER FOR THE VISITATION Of THE SICK.

Rubric before Absolution.

Exception.

Here shall the sick per
son make a special con
fession, &c., after which
confession the priest shall
absolve him after this sort:
Our Lord Jesus Christ, &c.,
and by his authority com
mitted to me, I absolve
thee.

Forasmuch as the con
ditions of sick persons be
very various and different,
the minister may not only
in the exhortation, but in
the prayer also be directed
to apply himself to the
particular condition of the
person, as he shall find
most suitable to the pres
ent occasion, with due regard had both to his spiritual
condition and bodily weakness; and that the absolution
may only be recommended to the minister to be used or
omitted as he shall see occasion.

That the form of absolution be declarative and con
ditional, as, "I pronounce thee absolved" — instead of,
"I absolve thee" — "if thou dost truly repent and
believe."!

* Queried In 1001. Discussed without result Modified and pro
posed in 1689. Adopted in the Protestant Episcopal Prayer-book.

t Proposed in 1601. Refused In the Answer. Modified and pro
paged in 1689. Expunged from American Prayer-book*.

THE PRESBYTERIAN EXCEPTIONS.

175

Or THS COMMUNION OF THE SICK.

Rubric.

Consider, that many sick
persons, either by their
ignorance or vicious life,
without any evident mani
festation of repentance, OF
by the nature of the disease
disturbing their intellectu
als, be unfit for receiving
the sacrament. It is pro
posed, that the minister be
not enjoined to administer
the sacrament to every sick
person that shall desire it,
but only as he shall judge
expedient.*

OT THE ORDER FOR THE BURIAL OF THE DEAD.

We desire it may be expressed in a rubric, that the
prayers and exhortations here used are not for the ben
efit of the dead, but only for the instruction and com*
fort of the living, f
First Rubric.

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 knowledge over-night,
or else early in the morn
ing, to the curate: and
having a convenient place
in the sick man's house, he
shall there administer the
holy communion.

The priest meeting the
corpse at the church-stile,
shall say, or else the priest
and clerk shall sing, &c.

We desire that ministers
may be left to use their
discretion in these circum
stances, and to perform
the whole service in the
church, if they think fit, for the preventing of those
inconveniences which many times both ministers and
people are exposed unto by standing in the open air. J

The second Rubric.

When they come to the
grave, the priest shall say,
&c.

* Discussed without result. Applied.

+ Applied.

J Ridiculed in the Answer, but adopted in the Prayer-book.

176 APPENDIX.

Forasmuch as it hath These words cannot in
pleased Almighty God, of truth be said of persona
his great mercy to take living and dying in open
unto himself the soul of and notorious sins.*
our dear brother here de
parted ; we therefore commit his body to the ground
in sure and certain hope of resurrection to eternal
life.

Thefirtt Prayer.

We give thee hearty These words may harden
thanks for that it hath the wicked, and are incon-
pleased thee to deliver this sistent with the largest ra-
our brother out of the mis- tional charity.f
eries of this sinful world,
&o.

That we, with this our brother, and all other depart
ed in the true faith of thy holy Name, may have our
perfect consummation and bliss.

The last Prayer.

That when we depart These words cannot be
this life, we may rest in used with respect to those
him, as our hope is this persons who have not by
our brother doth. their actual repentance

given any ground for the
hope of their blessed es
tate. J

Of THE THANKSGIVING OF WOMEN AFTER CHILD-BIRTH,
COMMONLY CALLED CHURCHING 01 WOMEN. 2

Rubric.

The woman shall come In regard that the wo-
unto the church, and there men's kneeling near the

* Conceded or Queried in 1641. Discussed in the Answer and Re
joinder. Conceded and proposed in 1668, and 1698. Adopted in
Protestant Episcopal Prayer-book.

f See preceding note.

: ibid.

\ The proposed changes were discussed with as little result as in
previous instances The office having become obsolete, is omitted,
•r retained in the form of an occasional Prayer and Thanksgiving.

THE PRESBYTERIAN EXCEPTIONS.

1,7

•hall kneel down in some
convenient place nigh un
to the place where the ta
ble stands, and the priest
standing by her shall say,
&o.

Rubric.

Then the priest shall say
this Psalm cxxi.

0 Lord, save this wo
man thy servant.

Ant. Which putteth her
trust in thee.

Last Rubric.
The woman that comes
to give thanks, must offer
the accustomed offerings.

The same Rubric.
And if there be a com
munion, it is convenient
that she receive the holy
communion.

table is in many churches
inconvenient, we desire
that these words may be
left out, and that the min
ister may perform that ser
vice either in the desk or
pulpit.

Exception.

This Psalm seems not to
be so pertinent as son.e
other, viz., as Psalm cxiii.
and Psalm cxxviii.

It may fall out that a
woman may come to give
thanks for a child born in
adultery or fornication, arid
therefore we desire that
something may be required
of her by way of profes
sion of her humiliation, as
well as of her thanksgiv
ing.

This may seem too like a
Jewish purification, rather
than a Christian thanks
giving.

We desire this may be
interpreted of the duly
qualified ; for a scandal
ous sinner may come to
make this thanksgiving.

Thus have we, in all humble pursuance of his majes
ty's most gracious endeavors for the public weal of this
Church, drawn up our thoughts and desires in this
weighty affair, which we humbly offer to his majesty's
commissioners for their serious and grave consideration;
wherein we have not the least thought of depraving or

178 APPENDIX.

reproaching the Book of Common Prayer, but a sincere
desire to contribute our endeavors towards the healing
the distempers, and (as soon as may be) reconciling the
minds of brethren. And inasmuch as his majesty hath
in his gracious Declai'ation and Commission mentioned
new forms to be made and suited to the several parts of
worship ; we have made a considerable progress therein,
and shall (by God's assistance) offer them to the rev
erend commissioners with all convenient speed. And if
the Lord shall graciously please to give a blessing to
these our endeavors, we doubt not but the peace of the
Church will be thereby settled, the hearts of ministers
and people comforted and composed, and the great
mercy of unity and stability (to the immortal honor of
our most dear sovereign) bestowed upon ua aud oui
posterity after u*.

APPENDIX III.

GENERAL INDEX

Or THE HISTORICAL SOURCES OF THE PRESBYTERIAN
PRAYER-BOOK.

A.D.

Emendation, Presbyterian, 1661.

Preface, Editor.

Tables of Daily Psalms and Les-"|

Ta"b°les of Proper Psalms and Les- } W* **»™*, 1™-

song, J

Table of Lessons for the Lord's

days Church of Scotland.

MORNING PRAYER.

Sentences, 1 (Calvin, 1546.

Exhortation, | I Pollanus, 1550.

Confession, '" J Lasco, 1551.

Absolution, J [Cranmer, 1552.

Doxology in the Lord's Prayer, Presbyterian, 1661.

Versicle, (Ps. Iv. 15,) Ancient Usage, 500.

Gloria Patri, Nicene, 451.

Venite, (Ps. xcv.,) Ancient Usage,

Monthly Arrangement of Psalter, English Usage, 1549.

f St. Ambrose. (/)
Te Deum, -I St. Augustine, (f)

{Hilary, 365.

Landate Dominum, (Ps cxlvi'i.,).. Presbyterian, 1661.

Benedictus, (Luke i. 68,) Ancient Usage.

Jubilate Deo, (Ps. c.,) First Revision, 1552.

Apostles' Creed, Ruffinus, 250.

Salutation, Primitive.

Versicles, (Ps. li. 10, 11,) Ancient mage.

Collect for the Day j^"-g gjf- ^

»>»-tfor Peac^ {IgSW iJS

(179J

180

APPENDIX.

Collect for Gr.ce, '
Prayer for the Chief Magistrate,.,

Prayer for Ministers and People,..

Prayer for all Conditions of Men,.. Presbyterian Revision, 1661.

General Thanksgiving, Presbyterian Revision, 1661.

Prayer of StChrysostom,.. St. Chrysostom, 400.

Benediction, (2 Cor. xiii. 14,) English Usage, 1661.

EVENING PRAYER.

Sentences, Exhortation, &e., Calvinistic Revision, 1552.

First Versicle, (Ps. Iv. 15,) English Usage, 1552.

Magnificat, (Luke i. 46,)] Ancient Usage.

Cantate Domino, (Ps. xeviii.,). English Usage, 1552.

Nunc Dimittis, (Luke ii. 29,) Ancient Usage.

Benedic Anima, (Ps. ciii.,) American Usage, 1798.

Collect for Peace, { f^'mage> ^

Collect for Grace, Ancient Usage, 494.

The Litany,..

THE LITANY.

'Apostolical Constitutions,

Anglo-Saxon,
liiuxr,
Cranmer,
Amended,

300.

590.

900.
1643.
1549.
1661.
1798.

THE LORD'S DAY SERVICE.

Collect for Purity,.

Ten Commandments, ,

Summary of the Law, ,

Collect, Epistle, and Gospel for )

the Day, J

Eight Beatitudes, ,

Gloria in Excelsis, ,

Nicene Creed,

Collect before Sermon,

Collect after Sermon,

Benediction

First Concluding Collect,

Second, Third, and Fourth Con )

eluding Collects, j
Benedictions,

(Ancient.
\English Usage,
(Calvin,
-< Pottanus,
[Oranmer,
American Usage,

Ancient Usage,

Proposed Revision,

Greek Church,

Council of Nictea,

Ancient.

English Reformed,

JBitcer,

Proposed Revition,

Ancient.

New Testament.

1649.
1645.
1660.
1552.
1798.

400.

1698,
300,
451.

16491
1643.

163&

HISTORICAL INDEX OF PRAYER-BOOK. 181

THE COLLECTS FOR THE CHRISTIAN YEAR.

A. D.

first and Second in Advent, ......... English Reformed, 164ft

Third in Advent,.. ...................... Composed, 1661

Fourth in Advent, ....................... Gflasius, 494.

Christmas, ................................. English Reformed, 1549.

Sunday after Christmas ............... Altered Ancient, 1549.

Circumcision of Christ, ............... Gregory, 590

Epiphany, ................................. " "

First, Second, Third and Fifth ) u «

after Epiphany, (

Fourth after Epiphany, ............... Altered Ancient, 1661.

Sixth after Epiphany, .................. Composed, 1661.

Septuagesima, ............................ Gregory, 690.

Sexagesima, ............. ................. Altered Gregory, 1549.

Quinquagesima, ......................... English Reformed, 1549.

Ash Wednesday, ........................ " " "

PirstinLent, ............................ « « «

Sunday next before Easter, ......... Gelasius, 494.

Good Friday, First Collect ............ Gregory, 690.

" Second " ........... Gelasius, 494.

" Third " ........... English Reformed, 1649.

Easter Even, .............................. Composed, 1661.

Easter Day, ................................ Gelasius, 494.

First and Second after Easter, ...... Knglish Reformed, 1549.

Third after Easter, ..................... Leo, 483.

Fourth " ...................... Altered Ancient, 1661.

Fifth " ...................... Gelasius, 494.

Ascension Day, ........................... Gregory, 590.

Sunday after Ascension ............... Altered Ancient, 1661.

Whitsunday, .............................. Gregory, 690.

Trinity, ...................................... " "

First after Trinity, .................... Gelasim, 494.

Second " ...................... iltered Ancient, 1661.

Third, Fourth, Fifth, ................... Gregory, 690.

Sixth, Seventh, Eighth, ............... Gelasius, 494.

Ninth, Tenth, ............................. Leo, 483.

Eleventh ................................... Gelasius, 494.

Twelfth, Thirteenth. Fourteenth,.. Leo, 483.

Fifteenth, Sixteenth, ................. .. Gelasiut, 494.

Seventeenth, .............................. Gregory, 690.

Twentieth, Twenty-first, .............. Gelasiut, 494.

Twenty-second, ........................... Anglo-Saxon, 900.

Twenty third. Twenty-fourth) ... .o-

- - ^o^.

Twenty-flfth,

THE COMMUNION SERVICE.

First Rubric, .............................. Directory, 1788,

Second Rubric, ........................... Larger Catechism, 1644

Exhortations. ...... ..................... j

182

APPENDIX.

A. D.

t Calmnistic Revision, 1552.

Rubrics before Exhortations 1 Presbyterian Revision, 1661.

( Directory, 1788.

C Ancient.

Prayer for Church Militant J Reformed, 1549.

(Revised, 1552.

Words of Institution, Directory, 1788.

Admonition, j SSStt*"* Jg£

"Cation, SSW*^ Xft

C Bucer, 1545.

Confession J Pollanus, 1550.

f Presbyterian, 1661.

Absolution, j 4««r*| ^«*«*i

I Revised, 1552.

Comfortable Words, Cologne Liturgy, 1545.

Praver of Humblp A ce=s English Reformed, 1545.

)leAceR) Presbyterian Revision, 1661.

Versicles, ") Apostolic.

Preface, V Latin Usage, 300.

Tersanctus, ) .dnte A'icene, 400.

Ottered Ancient, 1649.

Consecrating Prayer, Cafowmtic Revision, 15*>2.

Shorter Catechism. 1661.
* Oalvinistic Liturgies.

Breaking of the Bread Directory, 1645.

Presbyterian, 1661.

Administration of Bread and Wir.e, " "

Sentences of Scripture, / Reformed Liturgies, 1545.

\ Book of Onmmon Order, 1555.

Thanksgivings, English Reformed, 1552.

Gloria in Excelsis,. English Usage, 1552.

Nunc Dimittis, Calvinistic Usage, 1546.

Benediction, Directory, 1788.

Rubrics, Confession of Faith, 1645.

BAPTISM OF INFANTS.

First Rubric Directory, 1646.

Second Rubric, Westminster Oateehitm, 1645.

TtiH fJnonol 1 f Luther, 1633.

SxhorZon, I IMdancthon, 1545.

Thanksgiving, f -\ J%cer> ™fc

First Prayer, ] ?aW^'

J ' J [Amended, 661.

Second Prayer Amended Ancient, 1661.

Address to Parents, * f?Meri^

Questions to Parente, 1 ^menrfed, 1661.

I Directory. 1788.

(Luther, 1533.

Petitions, J flucer,

1861

HISTORICAL INDEX OF PRAYER-BOOK. 183

A. D.

Woids of Administration, ............ Our Lord.

n, . ,„ t, (English Reformed, 1549.

Words of Reception, .................... { Abided, 16tU.

Exhortation, ~> ( Calvinistic Revision, 1552.

Lord s Prayer, >- ........................ •( /Vesfytenaw Revision, 1661.

Thanksgiving, )

f English Reformed, 1549.
Final Address to Parents ............. | advinuticLiturffie*.

Rubrics, .................................... Confession of fhith, 1645.

Rubric concerning Guardians ...... Assembly's Acts, 1787.

CATECHISM*

Rubric, ..................................... Directory, 1788.

The Lord's Prayer, "|

The Commandments, V ............... Shorter Catechism, 1788.

The Creed, )

The Catechism, ........................... Westminster Assembly, 1645.

ADMISSION TO THE LORD'S SUPPER.

Rubrics, .................................... Directory, 1788.

Versicles, ) ( English Reformed, 1549.

Collect, { •" - I Amended, 1661,1668.
Questions to Candidate ................ Amended Ancient.

Benedictional Prayer, .................. CalviniBtic Revision, 1552.

s-irct nniionf / German, 1545.

First Collect, .............................. j English, 1549

Second Collect, ............. _ ............. Ancient.

BAPTISM OF ADULTS.

First Rubric, .............................. Confession of fhith, 1645.

Second Rubric, ................. .......... Directory. 1788.

Addresse8,Prayer8,etc .................

SOLEMNIZATION OF MARRIAGE.

First Rubric, .............................. Directory, 1645.

Second " ............................... " 1788.

Third " .............................. Ancient.

Fourth " .............................. ZWrwtory, 1788.

fBucer, 1S45.

•""ortation, .............................. J %£„ gj

(.Knox, 1656.

The Espousals, ) A*^~.t

The Ceremony of the Ring, \ ...... Ancient.

The JTirst Prayer, ....................... Amended Ancient, 1649.

184

APPENDIX.

A. D.

The Second Praver (Amended Ancient, 1549.

icon* Prayer, j Presbyterian Revision, 1661

Declaration to the Witnesses, Cologne Liturgy, 1545.

Benedictions, Ancient.

Homily, English Reformed, 1549.

VISITATION OF THE SICK.

First Rubric, Directory, 1645.

Vsrsicles, ) ...

Pravers \AmendedAncient, 1549.

Exhortations ,J "" '" \ ^Werian Remgwn, 1661.

De Profundis, » .* American Usage, 1798.

Benedictions, English Reformed, 1549.

The Pour Occasional Prayers, Revision, 1661.

The Communion of the Sick, {££&«** 1863.

BURIAL OF THE DEAD.

First Rubric, Presbyterian, 1661.

First Sentence of Scripture. > *„„•*-,»

Second « " J 4noen*.

Third " " English Reformed, 1549.

Psalms, ) „ M „
Lesson, } "'

The Sentence* at the Grave { £g* 1M3_

The Words of Committal, Bucer, 1552.

The Sentence after Committal. Ancient Usage,

Th« Pravfirs after Burial / OaMnistic Revision, 1502.

The Prayers after Burial, j Knojft Laurgy> 1556i

Benediction, Revision, 1661.

Prayer after Burial at Sea, Manual of Worship.

INDEX OF THE ADDITIONAL SERVICES.

The word Compiled will, in most instances, indicate those exam
ples which are not afforded, in a complete form, by any ancient or
modern formulary, but which the Editor has woven, after the clatwia
models, out of such scriptural and liturgical expressions as seemed
to be most suitable. The word Ancient indicates those which date
before the Reformation, and the authors of which are unknown.

Lessons,
Bcripture Sentenc

VISITATION OF MOURNERS.
. Lutheran Liturgy.

Third Prayer, ............................. Clergyman's Companion.

Seventh Prayer, ....... _ .................. Jeremy Taylor.

HISTORICAL INDEX OF PRAYER-BOOK. 181

PUBLIC HUMILIATION.

A. IX

E^Tonfession. j *»« **« •**«**

Proper Psalms and lessons, Compiled.

The Collect, Ancient.

A Prayer In Time of Pestilence, Compiled.

In Time of Plague," Old English, 1652.

In Time of Drought, Compiled.

In time of Dearth or Famine, ~J

for Fatweather, [ Old En.lisH, UK

In Time of War, J

In Time of Insurrections and) ,, ,,

Tumults, } JohnKnox-

In Troublous Times, Bishop A. Potter.

For the Preseryation of the Nation, Compiled.
For the Return of Peace, 1

For the Restitution of all things, \ Ancient.
Concluding Prayer, J

PUBLIC THANKSGIVING.

llS'Tnanksgiving, } Amendtd English State- ***».

Proper Psalms and Les ons, Compiled.

The Collect, Ancient.

Thanksgivings after Harvest, English Occasional 0/ft.t.

For American Independence, "J

For the Bounties of Providence, > Compiled.

For the Removal of Pestilence, )

For Deliverance from Plague,) ^IA f^^-.i, ,<.,,,

Second Example, } ™ Old English, 1604

For Removal of Famine, _,__. Compiled.

For Rain, ")

For Fair Weather, I Old Enaliih IfiOi

For Plentv I ••«•»«. • iMu £/ngnsn, lout,

For Victory,

For any Great Public Deliver-")

ance,
For Restoration of Peace at [

Home, J

For Restoration of Peac* Abroad, )
For Promise of Millenium, j

DAILY PRAYERS.

Introductory Collects, 1

Morning and Evening Collect), |
For the Civil Authorities, i

In Legislatures, > Compiled.

In the Army,

, i

)

186 APPENDIX.

A. D

In the Nary,. ............ ......... ........ English, 1661.

In Schools, ................................. Compiled,

In Families, ............................... Ancient.

Concluding Collects, .................... Ancient.

VARIOUS PRAYERS.

first Collect^ ............................. English Reformed. 1649.

Second " .............................. Calvin, 1560.

Third " ............. .. ............ ... Compiled.

Fourth " .............................. Ancient.

A Confession of Original Sin, ........ Calvin, 1544.

Of Sins of the Heart, .................. {8£STi*«l"« !«».

Of Thought, Word, and Deed, ...... Ancient.

First Collect for Pardon, .............. Ancient.

Second " " .............. Old English, 1560.

First Collect for Penitence, ......... " " 1560.

Second " " ......... Ancient.

For Holy Living, ........................ Old English, 1660.

For Purity, ................................ Ancient.

For Pledge, ( ..................... Old English, 1560.

For Perseverance,

For Hope, £ Old English, 1560.

For Witness of the Holy Spirit, )

Before the Communion, t t ,»•„,*

At the Communion \ ............ Ancient.

Before Baptism of Children, ......... Reformed Dutch Liturgy.

For Baptized Children, ................. Amended Ancient.

Before the Election of Elders or i

Deacons, > Compiled.

For the General Assembly, )

For the Church Universal, ........... English, 1698,

For Congress, ............................. Amended English, 1661.

At the Beginning of the Day, )

Against Worldly Ca-.efulness, >... Old English, 1560.

At Night, )

For Absent Friends, .................... Compiled.

After Instances of Mortality, ........ Clergyman's Companion.

After a Burial, ........................... Compiled.

On Commencing a Journey, > , , . . .

On Commencini a Voyage, j ...... Amended Ancient.

For Persons going to Sea, ) „ .

For a Person Under Affliction, } ~ P^oUstant Eptsc. Prayer***.

For Food, )

For Rain, I ........ „ .......... Amended Ancient.

For Fair Weather, )

Prayen in Storms at Sea, ........ I Presbyterian.

( Episcopalian,

HISTORICAL INDEX OF tRAYER-BOOK. 18?

A. D.

Among Enemies,

o Prison, T
factors,
entence off
J

For the Wounded,

For a Person Oast into Prison,

For Imprisoned Malefactors, ,,. n_/..,— k~»t vtt\

For Persons under Sen IHth ft**""-** "11.

Death,
After a Disaster in War, .............. Compiled.

Collects in reference to Various )
Sacred Events and Persons, /
A Prayer For Christian Missions,.. English Occational Office.
For Christian Rulers and Na-"

Foftne'jews,
For Infidels and Heretics,
A General Prayer Containing >
the Duty of Every Christian,

VARIOUS THANKSGIVINGS.

After Child-birth, ....................... Amended Ancient,

After Baptism of Children, ........... Reformed Dutch.

AttheBeginningoftheDay,) Old Fiwlixh IfiM

Second Example, | ...... UM £nfflts/l'

For the Beginning of Recovery, ) „, . . . ... _^.,

For Recovery of Sickness, / Protestant Episcopal.

For Recovery of Sick or WoundO

Fof'SuppliesofFood, [ ^rnenM Ancient.

For Returning Rain,

For Deliverance from Storms, ...... Oomp.led.

Second Cample, ........................

For I'eliverance from Enemies, ..... Old English, 1004.

For Safe Return of Prisoners, ...... Amended Ancient.

For Safe Return from Sea, ........... 1'mtf.stnut Episcopal.

tor Safe Return from Camp^gn^. Cbmpiltd.

APPENDIX IV.

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