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THE BOOK

COMMON PRAYER,

AND ADMINISTRATION OP

THE SACKAMENTS,

AND OTHER RITES AND CEREMONIES OF THE CHURCH,

ACCORDING TO THE USE OP

Cjwrrlj 0f (Knglaotr:

TOGETHER WITH

THE PSALTEK, OR PSALMS OF DAVID,

POINTED AS THEY ARE TO BE SUNG OR SAID IN CHURCHES;
AND THE

FORM AND MANNER OF MAKING, ORDAINING, AND

CONSECRATING OF BISHOPS, PRIESTS,

AND DEACONS.

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Annex

THE CONTENTS OF THIS BOOK.

I. THE Preface. I XVI.

II. Concerning the Service of the

Church. XVII.

III. Concerning Ceremonies, why

some be abolished, and some XVIII.
retained. XIX.

IV. The Order how the Psalter is XX.

appointed to be read.

V. The Order how the rest of the XXI.

Holy Scripture is appointed
to be read.

VI. A Table of Proper Lessons and XXII.
, Psalms.

VII. The Calendar, with the Table of ! XXIII.

Lessons.
VIIL Tables and Eules for the Feasts XXIV.

and Fasts through the whole

Year.

IX. The Order for Morning Prayer. XXV.

X. The Order for Evening Prayer. XXVI.

XI. The Creed of St. Athanasius.

XII. The Litany. XXVII.

XIII. Prayers and Thanksgivings upon

several occasions.

XIV. The Collects, Epistles, and Gos-

pels, to be used at the Minis- XXVIII,
tration of the Holy Com- j
munion, throughout the Year. { XXIX.
XV. The Order of 'the Ministration' j
of the Holy Communion.

The Order of Baptism, both
Publick and Private.

The Order of Baptism for those
of Riper Years.

The Catechism.

The Order of Confirmation.

The Form of Solemnization of
Matrimony.

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

The Order for the Burial of the
Dead.

The Thanksgiving of Women
after Childbirth.

A Commination, or denouncing
of God's anger and judge-
ments against Sinners.

The Psalter.

Forms of Prayer to be used at
Sea.

The Form and Manner of Mak-
ing, Ordaining, and Consecrat-
ing of Bishops, Priests, and
Deacons.

A Form of Prayer for the Twen-
tieth Day of June.

Articles of Religion.

THE PREFACE.

IT hath been the wisdom of the Church of England, ever since the first
compiling of her Publick Liturgy, to keep the mean between the two
extremes, of too much stiffness in refusing, and of too much easiness in
admitting any variation from it. For, as on the one side common experience
sheweth, that where a change hath been made of things advisedly established
(no evident necessity so requiring) sundry inconveniences have thereupon,
ensued ; and those many times more and greater than the evils, that were
intended to be remedied by such change : So on the other side, the particular
Forms of Divine worship, and the Kites and Ceremonies appointed to be
used therein, being things in their own nature indifferent, and alterable, and
so acknowledged ; it is but reasonable, that upon weighty and important
considerations, according to the various exigency of times and occasions,
such changes and alterations should be made therein, as to those that are in
place of Authority should from time to time seem either necessary or
expedient. Accordingly we find, that in the Reigns of several Princes of

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THE PEEFACE.

blessed memory since the Reformation, the Church, upon just and weighty
considerations her thereunto moving, hath yielded to make such alterations
in some particulars, as in their respective times were thought convenient :
Yet so, as that the main Body and Essentials of it (as well in the chiefest
materials, as in the frame and order thereof) have still continued the same
unto this day, and do yet stand firm and unshaken, notwithstanding all the
vain attempts and impetuous assaults made against it, by such men as are
given to change, and have always discovered a greater regard to their own
private fancies and interests, than to that duty they owe to the publick.

By what undue means, and for what mischievous purposes the use of
the Liturgy (though enjoined by the Laws of the Land, and those Laws
never yet repealed) came, during the late unhappy confusions, to be discon-
tinued, is too well known to- the world, and we are hot willing here to
remember. But when, upon His Majesty's happy Restoration, it seemed
probable, that, amongst other things, the use of the Liturgy would also
return of course (the same having never been legally abolished) unless some
timely means were used to prevent it; those men who under the late
usurped powers had made it a great part of their business to render the
people disaffected thereunto, saw themselves in point of Reputation and
Interest concerned (unless they would freely acknowledge themselves to
have erred, which such men are very hardly brought to do) with their
utmost endeavours to hinder the restitution thereof. In order whereunto
divers Pamphlets were published against the Book of Common Prayer, the
old Objections mustered up, with the addition of some new ones, more than
formerly had been made, to make the number swell. In fine, great impor-
tunities were used to His Sacred Majesty, that the said Book might be
revised, and such Alterations therein, and Additions thereunto made, as
should be thought requisite for the ease of tender Consciences : whereunto
His Majesty, oxit of his pious inclination to give satisfaction (so far as could
l>e reasonably expected) to all his subjects of what persuasion soever, did
graciously condescend.

In which review we have endeavoured to observe the like moderation,
as we find to have been used in the like case in former times. And there-
fore of the sundry alterations proposed unto us, we have rejected all such as
were either of dangerous consequence (as secretly striking at some established
Doctrine, or laudable Practice of the Church of England, or indeed of the
whole Catholick Church of Christ) or else of no consequence at all, but
utterly frivolous and vain. But such alterations as were tendered to us (by
what persons, under what pretences, or to what purpose soever so tendered)
as seemed to us in any degree requisite or expedient, we have willingly, and
of our own accord assented unto: not enforced so to do by any strength of
Argument, convincing us of the necessity of making the said Alterations :
For we are fully persuaded in our judgements (and we here profess it to the
world) that the Book, as it stood before established by Law, doth not
contain in it any thing contrary to the Word of God, or to sound Doctrine,
or which a godly man may not with a good Conscience use and submit unto,
cr which is not fairly defensible against any that shall oppose the same; if
it shall be allowed such just and favourable construction as in common
Equity ought to be allowed to all human Writings, especially such as are
set forth by Authority, and even to the very best translations of the holy
Scripture itself.

THE PREFACE.

Our genei-al aim therefore in this undertaking was, not to gratify this
or that party in any their unreasonable demands; but to do that, which to
our best understandings we conceived might most tend to the preservation
of Peace and Unity in the Church ; the procuring of Reverence, and exciting
of Piety and Devotion in the publick Worship of God ; and the cutting off
occasion from them that seek occasion of cavil or quarrel against the Liturgy
of the Church. And as to the several variations from the former Book,
whether by Alteration, Addition, or otherwise, it shall suffice to give this
general account, That most of the Alterations were made, either first, for the
better direction of them that are to officiate in any part of Divine Service ;
which is chiefly done in the Calendars and Kubricks : Or secondly, for the
more proper expressing of some words or phrases of ancient usage in terms
more suitable to the language of the present times, and the clearer expla-
nation of some other words and phrases, that were either of doubtful signifi-
cation, or otherwise liable to misconstruction : Or tbii'dly, for a more perfect
rendering of such portions of holy Scripture, as are inserted into the Liturgy;
which, in the Epistles and Gospels especially, and in sundry other places,
are now ordered to be read according to the last Translation : and that it was
thought convenient, that some Prayers and Thanksgivings, fitted to special
occasions, should be added in their due places ; particularly for those at Sea,
together with an office for the Baptism of such as are of riper years : which,
although not so necessary when the former Book was compiled, yet by the
growth of Anabaptism, through the licentiousness of the late times crept in
amongst us, is now become necessary, and may be always useful for the
baptizing of Natives in our Plantations, and others converted to the Faith.
If any man, who shall desire a more particular account of the several
Alterations in any part of the Liturgy, shall take the pains to compare the
present Book with the former; we doubt not but the reason of the change
may easily appear.

And having thus endeavoured to discharge our duties in this weighty
affair, as in the sight of God, and to approve our sincerity therein (so far as '
lay in us) to the consciences of all men; although we know it impossible (in
such variety of apprehensions, humours and interests, as are in the world)
to please all; nor can expect that men of factious, peevish, and perverse spirits
should be satisfied with any thing that can be done in this kind by any
other than themselves : Yet we have good hope, that what is here presented,
and hath been by the Convocations of both Provinces with great diligence
examined and approved, will be also well accepted and approved by all
sober, peaceable, and truly conscientious Sons of the Church of England.

CONCERNING THE SERVICE OF THE CHURCH.

THERE was never any thing by the wit
of man so well devised, or so sure establish-
ed, which in continuance of time hath not
been corrupted: As, among other things,
it may plainly appear by the Common
Prayers in the Church, commonly called
Divine Service. The first original and
ground whereof if a man would search out
by the ancient Fathers, he shall find, that
the same was not ordained but of a good
purpose, and for a great advancement of
godliness. For they so ordered the matter,
that all the whole Bible (or the greatest
part thereof), should be read over once
every year; intending thereby, that the
Clergy, and especially such as were Minis-
ters in the congregation, should (by often
reading, and meditation in God's word)
be stirred up to godliness themselves, and
be more able to exhort others by wholesome
Doctrine, and to confute them that were
adversaries to the Truth; and further, that
the people (by daily hearing of holy Scrip,
ture read in the Church) might continually
profit more and more in the knowledge of
God, and be the more inflamed with the
Jove of his true Religion.

But these many years passed, this godly
and decent order of the ancient Fathers
hath been so altered, broken, and neglected,
by planting in uncertain Stories, and Le-
gends, with multitude of Responds, Verses,
vain Repetitions, Commemorations, and Sy-
nodals ; that commonly when any Book
of the Bible was begun, after three or four
Chapters were read out, all the rest were
unread. And in this sort the Book of
Isaiah was begun in Advent, and the Book
of Genesis in Septuagesima , but they were >
only begun, and never read through: After
like sort were other Books of holy Scripture
used; And moreover, whereas St. Paul \
would have such language spoken to the
people in the Church, as they might un-
derstand, and have profit by hearing the
same ; The Service in this Church of Eng-
land these many years hath been read in
Latin to the people, which they understand

not; so that they have heard with their
ears only, and their heart, spirit, and mind,
have not been edified thereby. And fur-
thermore, notwithstanding that the ancient
Fathers have divided the Psalms into seven
Portions, whereof every one was called a
Noclum : Now of late time a few of them
have been daily said, and the rest utterly
omitted. Moreover, the number and hard-
ness of the Rules called the Pte, and the
manifold changings of the Service, was the
cause, that to turn the Book only was so
hard and intricate a matter, that many times
there was more business to find out what
should be read, than to read it when it was
found out.

These inconveniences therefore consider-
ed, here is set forth such an Order, whereby
the same shall be redressed. And for a
readiness in this matter, here is drawn out
a Calendar for that purpose, which is plain
and easy to be understood; wherein (so
much as may be) the reading of holy Scrip-
ture is so set forth, that all things shall be
done in order, without breaking one piece
from another. For this cause be cut ofF
Anthems, Responds, Invitatories, and such
like things as did break the continual course
of the reading of the Scripture.

Vet, because there is no remedy, but
that of necessity there must be some Rules ;
therefore certain Rules are here set forth ;
which, as they are few in number, so they
are plain and easy to be understood. So
that here you have an Order for Prayer,
and for the reading of the holy Scripture,
much agreeable to the mind and purpose
of the old Fathers, and a great deal more
profitable and commodious, than that which
of late was used. It is more profitable, be-
cause here are left out many things, whereof
some are untrue, some uncertain, some vain
and superstitious; and nothing is ordained
to be read, but the very pure Word of God,
the holy Scriptures, or that which is agree-
able to the same; and that in such a Lan- !
guage and Order as is most easy and plain
for the understanding both of the Readers

CONCERNING THE SERVICE OF THE CHURCH.

and Hearers. It is also more commodious,
both for the shortness thereof, and for the
plainness of the Order, and for that the
Rules be few and easy.

And whereas heretofore there hath been
great diversity in saying and singing in
Churches within this Realm; some follow-
ing Salisbury Use, some Hereford Use, and
some the Use of Bangor, some of York,
some of Lincoln ; now from henceforth
all the whole Realm shall have but one
Use.

And forasmuch as nothing can be so
plainly set forth, but doubts may arise in

the use and practice of the same ; to appease
all such diversity (if any arise) and for the
resolution of all doubts, concerning the
manner how to understand, do, and ex-
ecute, the things contained in this Book ;
the parties that so doubt, or diversely take
any thing, shall alway resort to the Bishop
of the Diocese, who by his discretion shall
take order for the quieting and appeasing
of the same ; so that the same order be not
contrary to any thing contained in this
Book. And if the Bishop of the Diocese
be in doubt, then he may send for the re-
solution thereof to the Archbishop.

THOUGH it be appointed, That all things shall be read and sung in the Church
in the English Tongue, to the end that the congregation may be thereby edified; yet
it is not meant, but that when men say Morning and Evening Prayer privately,
they may say the same in any language that they themselves do understand.

And all Priests and Deacons are to say daily the Morning and Evening Prayer
either privately or openly, not being let by sickness, or some other urgent cause.

And the Curate that ministereth in every Parish-Church or Chapel, being at home,
and not being otherwise reasonably hindered, shall say the same in the Parish-Church
or Chapel where he ministereth, and shall cause a Bell to be tolled thereunto a con-
venient time before he begin, that the people may come to hear God's Word, and to
pray with him.

OF CEREMONIES,

WHY SOME BE ABOLISHED, AND SOME RETAINED.

()F such Ceremonies as be used in the
Church, and have had their beginning by
the institution of man, some at the first
were of godly intent and purpose devised,
and yet at length turned to vanity and su-
perstition: some entered into the Church
by undiscreet devotion, and such a zeal as
was without knowledge; and for because
they were winked at in the beginning, they
grew daily to more and more abuses, which
not only for their unprofitableness, but also
because they have much blinded the people,
and obscured the glory of God, are worthy
to be cut away, and clean rejected : other
there be, which although they have been
devised by man, yet it is thought good to
reserve them still, as well for a decent order
in the Church, (for the which they were
first devised) as because they pertain to
edification, whereunto all things done in
the Church (as the Apostle teacheth) ought
to be referred.

And although the keeping or omitting
of a Ceremony, in itself considered, is but
a small thing ; yet the wilful and contemp-
tuous transgression and breaking of a com-
mon order and discipline is no small offence
before God, Let all things be done among
you, saith St. Paul, in a seemly and due
order : The appointment of the which order
pertaineth not to private men; therefore
no man ought to take in hand, nor presume
to appoint or alter any publick or common
Order in Christ's Church, except he be law-
fully called and authorized thereunto.

And whereas in this our time, the minds
of men are so diverse, that some think it
a great matter of conscience to depart from a
piece of the least of their Ceremonies, they
be so addicted to their old customs; and again
on the other side, some be so new-fangled,
that they would innovate all things, and so
despise the old, that nothing can like them
but that is new: it was thought expedient

OF CEREMONIES, &c.

not so much to have respect how to please
and satisfy either of these parties, as how
to please God, and profit them both. And
yet lest any man should be offended, whom
good reason might satisfy, here be certain
causes rendered, why some of the accustom-
ed Ceremonies be put away, and some re-
tained and kept still.

Some are put away, because the great
excess and multitude of them hath so in-
creased in these latter days, that the burden
of them was intolerable; whereof Saint
Augustine in his time complained, that
they were grown to such a number, that
the estate of Christian people was in worse
case concerning that matter, than were the
Jews. And he counselled that such yoke
and burden should be taken away, as time
would serve quietly to do it. But what
would Saint Augustine have said, if he had
seen the Ceremonies of late days nsed among
us; whereunto the multitude used in his
time was not to be compared ? This our
excessive multitude of Ceremonies was so
great, and many of them so dark, that they
did more confound and darken, than declare
and set forth Christ's benefits unto us. And
besides this, Christ's Gospel is not a Cere-
monial Law, (as much of Moses' Law was, )
but it is a Religion to serve God, not in
bondage of the figure or shadow, but in
the freedom of the Spirit; being content
only with those Ceremonies which do serve
to a decent Order and godly Discipline,
and such as be apt to stir up the dull mind
of man to the remembrance of his duty to
God, by some notable and special signifi-
cation, whereby he might be edified. Fur-
thermore, the most weighty cause of the
abolishment of certain Ceremonies was,
That they were so far abused, partly by
the superstitious blindness of the rude and
unlearned, and partly by the unsatiable
avarice of such as sought more their own
lucre, than the glory of God, that the
abuses could not well be taken away, the
thing remaining still.

But now as concerning those persons,
which peradventure will be offended, for that

some of the old Ceremonies are retained
still: If they consider that without some
Ceremonies it is not possible to keep any
Order, or quiet Discipline in the Church,
they shall easily perceive just cause to re-
form their judgements. And if they think
much, that any of the old do remain, and
would rather have all devised anew : then
such men granting some Ceremonies con-
venient to be had, surely where the old
may be well used, there they cannot rea-
sonably reprove the old only for their age,
without bewraying of their own folly. For
in such a case they ought rather to have
reverence unto them for their antiquity, if
they will declare themselves to be more
studious of unity and concord, than of in-
novations and new-fangleness, which (as
much as may be with true setting forth
of Christ's Religion) is always to be es-
chewed. Furthermore, such shall have no
just cause with the Ceremonies reserved to
be offended. For as those be taken away
which were most abused, and did burden
men's consciences without any cause; so
the other that remain, are retained for a
discipline and order, which (upon just
causes) may he altered and changed, and
therefore are not to be esteemed equal with
God's Law. And moreover, they be nei-
ther dark nor dumb Ceremonies, but are
so set forth, that every man may understand
what they do mean, and to what use they
do serve. So that it is not like that they
in time to come should be abused as other
have been. And in these our doings we
condemn no other Nations, nor prescribe
any thing but to our own people only :
For we think it convenient that every
Country should use such Ceremonies as they
shall think best to the setting forth of (iod's
honour and glory, and to the reducing of
the people to a most perfect and godly
living, without error or superstition; and
that they should put away other things,
which from time to time they perceive to
be most abused, as in men's ordinances
it often chanceth diversely in divers coun.
tries.

THE ORDER HOW THE PSALTER IS APPOINTED
TO BE READ.

THE Psalter shall be read tnrough once
every Month, as it is there appointed, both
for Morning and Evening Prayer. But in
February it shall be read only to the twenty,
eighth, or twenty-ninth day of the Month.

And, whereas January, March, May,
July, August, October, and December have
one-and-thirty days apiece; It is ordered,
that the same Psalms shall be read the last
day of the said months, which were read the
day before : So that the Psalter may begin
again the first day of the next month ensuing.

And, whereas the 119th Psalm is divided
into twenty-two portions, and is over-long to
be read at one time; It is so ordered, that
at one time shall not be read above four
or five of the said portions.

And at the end of every Psalm, and of
every such part of the 119th Psalm, shall
be repeated this Hymn,

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.

NOTE, That the Psalter followeth the Division of the Hebrews, and the Translation
of the great English Bible, set forth and used in the time of King Henry the Eighth,
and Edward the Sixth.

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

THE Old Testament is appointed for the
First Lessons at Morning and Evening Pray-
er, so as the most part thereof will be read
every year once, as in the Calendar is ap-
pointed.

The New Testament is appointed for the
Second Lessons at Morning and Evening
Prayer, and shall be read over orderly every
year twice, once in the morning and once in
the evening, besides the Epistles and Gos-
pels, except the Apocalypse, out of which
there are only certain Lessons appointed at
the end of the year, and certain Proper Les-
sons appointed upon divers feasts.

And to know what Lessons shall be read
every day, look for the day of the Month
in the Calendar following, and there ye
shall find the chapters and portions of chap-
ters that shall be read for the Lessons, both
at Morning and Evening Prayer, except
only the moveable feasts, which are not
in the Calendar, and the immoveable, where
there is a blank left in the column of Les-
sons, the Proper Lessons for all which days
are to be found in the Table of Proper
Lessons.

If Evening Prayer is said at two different
times in the same place of worship on any
Sunday (except a Sunday for which alterna-

tive Second Lessons are specially appointed
in the Table,) the Second Lesson at the se-
cond time may, at the discretion of the minis-
ter, be any chapter from the four Gospels, or
any Lesson appointed in the Table of Les-
sons from the four Gospels.

Upon occasions, to be approved by the
Ordinary, other Lessons may. with h s con-
sent, be substituted for those which are
appointed in the Calendar.

And Note, That whensoever Proper
Psalms or Lessons are appointed ; then the
Psalms and Lessons of ordinary course
appointed in the Psalter and Calendar (if
they be different) shall be omitted for that
time.

Note also that upon occasions to be ap-
pointed by the Ordinary, other Psalms may,
with his consent, be substituted for those
appointed in the Psalter.

If any of the Holy-days for which Proper
Lessons are appointed in the Table fall upon
a Sunday which is the first Sunday in Ad-
vent, Easter Day, Whitsunday, or Trinity
Sunday, the Lessons appointed for such Sun-
day shall be read, but if it fall upon any
other Sunday, the Lessons appointed either
for the Sunday or for the Holy-day may be
read at the discretion of the minister.

NOTE also, That the Collect, Epistle, and Gospel appointed for the Sunday shall serve
all the week after, where it is not in this Book otherwise ordered.

PROPER LESSONS

TO BE READ AT MORNING AND EVENING PRAYER ON
AND OTHER HOLY-DAYS THROUGHOUT THE

THE SUNDAYS
YEAR.

LESSONS PROPER FOR SUNDAYS.

MATTINS.

EVENSONG.

Sundays of Advent.
The First

Isaiah 1

25
SO, to v. 27

85
42

51
55

Job 27
Prov. 1
9

Gen. 1 & 2, to p. 4
Rev. 21. to . 9

Gen. S

9, to r. 20

]9, i). 12 tot'. SO
27, to v. 41

42
Exod. 3

Matt. 26

Exod. 12, to v. 29
Rev. 1, v. 10 to c. 1")

Numb. 16, to c. SO
1 Cor. 15, to v. 29
Numb. 20, to u. 11
22
Deut. 4, to v. 23
- G

16, toe. 13
Rom. 8, to v. 18

Isaiah 6, to v. 11
Rev. 1, to v. 9

Isaiah 2 or
11, to v. 11
26
32

88
43

52, c. 13 & 53
57
Co
Job 28
Prov. 3
- 11 ,,

Gen. 2, e. 4
Rev. 21, u. 9 to 22, t>. 6

Gen. 6
12

22, toe. 20
28
39
43
Exod. 5
- 10
Luke 19, v. 28

Exod. 12, P. 29
John 20, v. 11 to v. 19

Numb. 16, c. 36
John 20, v. 24 to v. 30
Numb. 20, v. U to 21, v. 10
23
Deut. 4, v. 23 to r. 41
8

Isaiah 11
Gal. 5, r. 16

Gen. 18
Eph. 4, to v. 17

Isaiah 4, v. 2
24
28, v. 5 to v. 19
S3, v. 2 to v. 23

40
44

54
61
06

Second

Third

Fourth

Sundays after Christmas.
The First

Second

Sundays after the
Epiphany.
The First

Third

Job 29
Prov. 8
15

Job 38

Gen. 8
13

23
32
40
45
Exod. 6, to v. 14
11
Luke 20, v. 9 to . 21

Exod. 14
Rev. 5

Numb. 17, to v. 12

21, c. 10
24
Deut. 5
10

Joshua 1

Ezck. 36, v. 25
Acts 18, v. 24 to 19, v. 21

Gen. 1 & 2, to v. 4
Matt. 3

Fifth

Sixth

Second Lesson

Sundays in Lent.
The First

Third

Fifth

Sixth

Sundays after Easter.
The First

Third

Fifth

Sunday after Ascension Day

LESSONS PROPER FOR SUNDAYS.

MATTINS.

EVENSONG.

Sundayt after Trinity.

The First

Second

Third

Fourth

Fifth

Sixth

Seventh

Eighth

Ninth

Tenth

Eleventh

Twelfth

Thirteenth

Fourteenth

Fifteenth

Sixteenth

Seventeenth

Eighteenth

Nineteenth

Twentieth

Twenty-first

Twenty-second

Twenty-third

Twenty-fourth

Twenty-fifth

Twenty-sixth

Twenty-seventh

Josh. 3, c. 7 to 4, p. 15
Judges 4

1 Sam. 2, to p. 27

15, to p. 24

2 Sam. 1

1 Chron. 21

29, v. 9 to v. 29

1 Kings 10, toe. 25
12

22, to v. 41

2 Kings 5
a

2 Chron. 36
Jerem. 5

36
Ezek. 14

Daniel 8

Hosea 14
Amos 3

Mic-ah 4 & 5, to p. 8
Habak. 2
Eccles. 11 & 12

Josh. 5, p. 13 to 6, r. 21
Judges 5

1 Sam. 3

2 Sam. 12, to v. 24

1 Chron. 22

2 Chron. 1

1 Kings 11, to v. 15

2 Kings 2, to v. 16

6, to v. 24

10, to c. 32

Nehem. 1 & 2, to v. 9
Jerem. 22

Ezek. 2

Daniel 4

7, P. 9
Joel 2, v. 21
Amos 5
Micah 6
Habak. 3
Haggai 2, to p. 10

or Joshua 24

Judges 6, v. 11

1 Sam. 4. to p. 19

Kuth 1

1 Sam. 17

2 Sam. 18

1 Chron. 28, to v. 21

IK ings 3

11, v. 26

,, 17

.. 21

2 Kings 4, p. 8 to p. 5

23, to v. 31

Nehem. 8

Jerem. 35

Ezek. 13, to v. 17

21, c. 15

Daniel 1

Joel 3, p. 9

Amos 9

Jlicah 7

Zephaniah 3

Malachi 3 & 4

NOTE. That the Lessons appointed in the above Table for the Twenty-seventh Sunday after Trinity shall always
be read on the Sunday next before Advent.

LESSONS PROPER FOR HOLY-DAYS.

MATTINS.

EVENSONG.

St. Andrew.

1st Lesson

2nd Lesson

St. Thomas.

1st Lesson

2nd Lesson

Nativity of Christ.
1st Lesson ...

St. Stephen.

1st Lesson

2nd Lesson

St. John Evangelist

1st Lesson

2nd Lesson

Innocents' Day.
1st Lesson

Circumcition.

1st Lesson

2nd Lesson

Isaiah 5t
John 1, v. 55 to
v. 43

Job 42, to r. 7
John 20, v. 19 to
v.24

Isaiah 9, to v. 8
Luke 2, to p. 15

Gen. 4, to c. 11
Acts 6

Exod. S3, v. 9
John 13, r. 23 to
p. 36

Jer. 31, to c. 18

Gen. 17, v. 9
Uom. 2, v. 17

Isaiah 65, to r. 17
John 12, p. 20 to
v. 42

Isaiah 35
John 14, to t. 8

Isaiah 7, v. 10 to

c. 17
Titus 3, p. 4 to c. 9

2 Chron. 24, p. 15

top. 23
Acts S, to p. 9

Isaiah 6
Itev. 1

Baruch 4, v. 21 to
p. 81

Deut. 10, p. 12
Col. 2, p. 8 to p. 18

Epiphany.

1st Lesson

2nd Lesson

Conversion of
St. Paul.

1st Lesson

2nd Lesson

Purification of the
Virgin Mary.
1st Lesson

St. Matthias.

1st Lesson

Annunciation of
our Lady.
1st Lesson

Ash Wednesday.

1st Lesson

2nd Lesson

Monday before
Easter.

1st Lesson

2nd Lesson

Isaiah 60
Luke 3, p. 15 to
p. 23

Isaiah 49, to p. 13
Gal. 1, p. 11

Exod. 13, to p. 17

1 Sam. 2, p. 27 to
p. 36

Gen. 3, to p. 16

Isaiah 58, to v. 13
Mark 2, p. 13 to
p. 23

Lam. 1, to p. 15
John 14, to p. 15

Isa. 49, p. 13 to p. 24
John 2, to p. 12

Jer. 1, to p. 11
Acts 26, to v. 21

Haggai 2, to p. 10
Isaiah 22, p. 15

Isaiah 52, p. 7 to
p. 13

Jonah 3
Heb. 12, p. 3 to
p. 18

Lam. 2, p. 13
John 14, p. 15

LESSONS PROPER FOR HOLY-DAYS.

MATTINS.

EVENSONG.

MATTINS.

EVENSONG.

Tuesday before

Monday in

Easter.

Whittun Week.

1st Lesson

Lam. 3, to v. 34

Lam. 3, p. 84

1st Lesson

Gen. 11, to p. 10 Num. 11, p. 16 to

2nd Lesson

John 15, to r. 11

John 15, r. 14

f. 31

2nd Lesson

1 Cor. 12, to v. 14 1 Cor. 12, t>. 27

Wednesday Before
Easter.

Tuesday in

1st Lesson Lam. 4, top. 21

Dan. 9, v. 20

Whitsun Week.

2nd Lesson

John 16, to v. 1C

John 16, v. 16

1st Lesson
2nd Lesson

Joel 2, . 21
1 Thess. 5, v. 12 to

Micah 4, to p. 8
1 John 4, to v. U

Thursday before

p. 21

Easter.

St. Barnabas.

1st Lesson

Hosea 13, to v. 15

Hosea 14

1st Lesson ....:.

Deut. 33, to v. 12 Nahum 1

2nd Lesson

John 17

John 13, to v. 36

2nd Lesson

Acts 4, v. 31

Acts 14, v. 8

Good Friday.

St. John Baptist.

1st Lesson Gen. 22, to p. 20

Isaiah 52, r. 13
ft S3

1st Lesson
2nd Lesson

Mai. 3, to r. 7
Matt. 3

Malachi 4
Matt. 14, to p. 13

2nd Lesson

John 18

1 Peter 2

St. Peter.

Easter Eren.
1st Lesson

Zechariah 9

Hosea 5, v. 8 to

1st Lesson
2nd Lesson

Ezek. 3, t>. 4 to p. 15
John 21, v. 15 to
v. 23

Zechanah 3
Acts 4, p. 8 to
p. 23

2nd Lesson
Monday in

Luke 23, v. 50

6, v. 4
Rom. 6, to v. 14

St. Janet.
1st Lesson
2nd Lesson

2 Kinssl, top. 16
Luke 9, p. 51 to

Jer.26, o.btop. 1C

Easter Week.
1st Lesson
2nd Lesson

Exod. 15, to v. 22
Luke 21, to v. 13

Cant. 2, r. 10
Matt. 28, to v. 10

St. Bartholomew.
1st Lesson

p. 57

Gen. 28, p. 10 to
r. 18

Deut. 18, p. 15

Tuesday in

St. Matthew.

Easter Week.

1st Lesson

1 Kings 19, p. 15

1 Chron. 29, to

1st Lesson

2 Kings 13, v. 14
to c. 22

Ezek. 37, to p. 15

St. Michael.

p. 20

2nd Lesson ...

John 21, to v. 15

John 21, p. 15

1st Lesson

Genesis 32

Dan. 10, p. 4

2nd Lesson

Acts 12, p. 5 to

Rev. 14, p. 14

St. Mark.

p. 18

1st Lesson

Isaiah 62, r. 6

Ezek. 1, to v. 15

: St. Luke.

1st Lesson

Isaiah 55

Ecclus. 38, to p. 15

St. Philip and

St. James.

St. Simon and

1st Lesson

Isaiah 61

Zechariah 4

St. Jude.

2nd Lesson

John 1, r. 43

1st Lesson

Isaiah 28, p. 9 to

Jer. 3, p. 12 to r. 19

p. 17

Ascension Day.

; All Sahitt.

1st Lesson i Dan. 7, P. 9 to

2 Kings 2, to p. 16

1st Lesson

Wisd. 3, to p. 10

Wisd. 5, to p. 17

p. 13

2nd Lesson

Heb. 11, p. 33 & 12,

Rev. 19, to p. 17

2nd Lesson Luke 24, v. 41

Hebrews 4

to c.l

PROPER PSALMS ON CERTAIN DAYS.

MATTINS.

EVENSONG.

MATTINS.

EVENSONG.

Christmas Day

Psalm 19

Psalm 89

Easter Day

Psalm 2

Psalm 113

110

114

132

Ill

118

Aih Wednesday

Psalm 6

Psalm 102

Ascension Day

Psalm 8

Psalm 24

130

___ _ go

143

108

Good Friday

Psalm 22

Psalm 69

Whitsunday

Psalm 48

Psalm KM

68.

115

THE CALENDAR,

TABLE OF LESSONS.

JANUARY

BATH

XXXI DAYS.

MORNING PRAYER.

EVENING PRAYER.

X1KST LESSON.

SECOND LESSON.

HBST LESSON.

SECOND LESSON.

t
X
4
B
6
7
8
9
10
11
11

IS
16
17
18
19
80
21
-1
V
SI
S3
M
K
H

BO
SI

b
e

b
e
d

R
A
b
6
d
e
f
K
A
b

R
A
b

Circumcit. of our Lord.

Gen. 1, to v. 20
2, c. 4
3, o. 20 to 4, p. 16

5, to v. 28

Matt. 1, p. 18
2
3
4, to p. 28

Gen. 1,0.20102,1). 4
S, to c. 20
4, p. 16
5,p.28to6,c.9

Actsl
2, to p. 22
2. c. 22

Epiphany of our Lord.

6, c. 9
8
11, to e. 10
IS
15
17, to r. 28
18, p. 17
20

21, t>. S3 to
22, p. 20
24, to c. 29

24, v. 52
25. v. 19
26, r. 18
27, v. SO
29, to e. 21
31, p. 36
82, v. 22
S5, to c. 21

4, c. 23 to 5, p. 13
5, p. 13 to p. 33
5, p. 33
6, to c. 19
C, e. 19 to 7, p. 7
7, o. 7
8, to v. 18
8, o. 18
9, toe. 18
9, p. 18
10, to u. 24
10, p. 24
11
12, to P. 22
12, P. 22
13, to p. 24
13, p. 24 to p. 51!

IS, p. 53 to

1 t, e. 13

7
9. to v. 20
12
14
16
18, to v. 17
19, c. 12 to v. 30
21, to p. 22
23
24, p. 29 to p. 52
25, p. 5 to P. 19
26, to p. 18
27, to p. 30
28
31, to v. 25
32, to o. 22
S3
87, toe. 12

4, to p. 32
4. p. 32 to 5, p. 17
5, p. 17
6
7. to p. 35
7, v. 35 to 8, p. 5
8, p. 5 to c. 26
8, p. 26
9. to p. 23
9. p. 23
10, to p. 24
10. p. 24
11
12
13, to p. 26
13, p. 26
11
15, to c. 30

Lucian, Priest & Mart.

Hilary, Bishop & Conf.

Prisca, Virgin & Mart. .

Fabian, Bishop & Mart.
Agnes, Virgin & Martyr
Vincent, Deac. & Mart.

Conversion of St. Paul.

37, r. 12
40
41, p. 17 to p. Si
42, v. 25

43, c. 25 to
44, p. li
45, to c. 25

14, P. 13
15, to P. 21
15 V 21

39
41, to c. 17

41, p. 53 to
42, v. 25
43, to p. 25

44, p. 14

45, r. 25 to

40, v. 8

15, p. SO to
16, r. 1C
16, p. 16

17, to P. 16
17. P. 16
18, to c. 24

18, p. 24 to
19, P. 21

16, to p. 24

16, r. 24 to
17, r. 14
17, P. 14

THE CALENDAR,

WITH TECH

TABLE OF LESSONS,

FEBRUARY

HATH

XXVIII DAYS,

in every Leap Year 29 days.

MORNING PRAYER..

EVENING PRAYER.

FIRST LESSON.

SECOND LESSON.

HRST LESSON.

SECOND LESSON.

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

4
e
f
g
A
b
e-
d
e
f
g
A.
b
c
d
e
f
g
A
b
: e
d
e
f
g
A
b
c

Fatt

Gen. 46, P. 26 to
47, v. 13

Matt. 18, to p. 21
18, v. 21 to

Gen. 47, p. 13

Acts 19, v. 21
20, to p. 17
20, p. 17
21, to p. 17
21,p.l7tor.37

21, p. 37 to
22, p. 23
" p 23 to

Purification of V. Mary
Blasius, Bp. & Martyr .

48
50
Exod.2
4, to o. 24

5, v. 15 to
6, P. 14
7, t>. 14

8, v. 20 to
9, v. 13
10, to p. 21

12, to p. 21

12, v. 43 to
13, p. 17
14, v. 10

15, v. 22 to

16, 17. 11

17
19
H, toe. IS
23, p. 11
25. to c. 23
28, r. 29 to v. 42
31
82, p. 15

33, r. 12 to
34, p. ID

19, p. 3
19, v. 3 to c. 27

19, v. 27 to
20, v. 17
20, c. 17

21, to c. 23
1, c. 23
22, to P. 13
22, P. 15 toe. 41

22, p. 41 to
23, p. 13
23, p. 13

24, to P. 29
24, p. 29
25, to P. 31
25, p. 31
26, to p. 31
26, p. 31 to p.57
26, p. 57
27.top.27
27,P.27top.57
27, p. 57
28
Mark 1, to p. 21
1, P. 21
2, to p. 23

2, p. 23 to
3, p. 13
3, v. 13

4, to p. 85
Matt. 7

49
Exod.l
3

4, p. 27 to
5, r. 15
6, p. 28 to
7, P. 14
8, to p. 20

9, p. 13
10, p. 21 & 11
12, p. 21 to p. 4.'!

IS, p. 17 to
14, p. 10
15, to p. 22

16, r. 11
18
20, to p. 22

22, p. 21 to
23, v. 10
24

28, to p. 13

29, P. 35 to
30, p. 11
32. to p. 15

33. to P. 12
34, p. 10 to p. 27

Agatha, Virg. & Martyr

23, p. 12
23. p. 12

25
26
27, to p. 18
27, P. 18
28. to p. 17
28, p. 17
Rom. 1
2, to p. 17
2, p. 17
3
4
5
6
7
8, to p. 18
8. p. 18
9, to p. 19
9. p. 19
10
12

Valentine, Bp. & Martyr

Fatt

34, p. 27
89, c. 30

40, c. 17

Levit. 14, to
t>. 23
19, to p. 19

35, p. 29 to
36, p. 8
40, to p. 17

Levit. 9, p. 22 to
10, p. 12
16, to P. 23

19, P. 30 to
20, p. 9

THE CALENDAK,

WITH THE

TABLE OF LESSONS.

MARCH

BATH

XXXI DAYS.

MORNING PRAYER.

EVENING PRAYER.

?IRST LESSON.

SECOND LESSON.

FIRST LKSSON.

SECOND LESSON.

14
3

19
8

16
5

:;
4
S

r
i

u
is

15
16
17

IP
M
21

H
B

g
A

f
g

A
b

f
1
A
b
c
d
e
f
s
A
b
'e
1

David, Arelibp
Chad, Bishop

I.evit. 25. to o. 18
26, to P. 21
Num. 6
10, p. 11
11, v. 24
13, p. 17
14, v. 26
16, p. 23
20, to r. 14
21, to r. 10
22, to v. 22
.23
25
Dent. 1, to r. 19
- 2, to r. 26
S, e. 18
4, v. 25 to B. 41
5. r. 22
7, to c. IS
8
- 11, to c. 18
15, to c. 16
18, r. 9
26

Mark 4, r. 35 to
5. p. 21
5, p. 21

6, to o. 14
6, p. 14 to v. 30
6, p. SO

7, toe. 21

7, P. 24 to
8, p. 10
8 v 10 to

Levit. 25, p. 18 to
P. 44
26, p. 21

Num. 9, p. 15 to
10, p. 11
11, to p. 24

12
14, to P. 26
16, to P. 23
17
20, p. 14
21, p. 10 to p. 32
42, P. 22
21
27, P. 12
Deut. 1. p. 19

2, p. 26 to
3, p. 18
4, to p. 2i

5, to p. 22
6
7, P 12

Rom. 11, top. 25
ll.c.25
12
13

it, i 15, to p. 8

15, p. 3
16
1 Cor. 1, to p. 26
1. p. 2642

4, top. 18
4, p. 18 4 5
6
7, to p. 25
7 P 25

Perpetua, Martyr ...

9, p. 2
9, p. 2 to p. 30

9 p 30

10, to p. 32
10, v. 32
11, to . 27

11, p. 27 to

12, P. 13
1* P 13 to p So

Gregory, Bishop

12, P. 35 to

8
9
10, & 11, t>. 1
11, p. 2 to p. 17
11, . 17
12, to p. 28
12, p. 28 4 13
14. top. 20
14, p. 20
15. to v. 35
15, p 35

13, p. U
13, p. 14

14, to p. 27
14, p. 27 to p. 53
14, P. 5S
15, to p. 42
15, p. 42 4 16
Luke 1, to p. 26
1, p. 26 to p. 46
1, p. 46
2, to p 21

Edward, King of W.
[Saxons

10, p. 8
11. P. 18
17. P. 8
24, p. 5

Benedict, Abbot

Fast

Annunc. of V. ttary .

28, to c. 15
28.T.47
SO
31 r 14 to v 30

28, p. 15 to p. 47
29, P. 9

2, p. 21
S, top 23

16
2 Cor. 1, to p. 23

1. P. 23 to
2,. U
2, p 11 43

81, to p. 14

31, p. SO to
32, r. 41
33

4, tor. 16
4. p. 16
5, to v. 17

82, p. 44
84

Joshua 1

THE CALENDAR,

TABLE OF LESSONS.

APRIL

HATH

XXX DAYS.

MORNING PRAYER.

FIRST LESSON.

SECOND LESSON.

EVENING PRAYER.

FIRST LESSON.

SECOND LESSON.

is: i

2
3

4
5
6

4! 10

12 12

13
14

17! 17

Ci 18

ft
A

b ' Richard, Bishop

c I St. Ambrose, Bishop

d I

e I

Alphege, Archbp

St. George, Martyr...

Joshua 2

_ ____ A

9, e. S

21, v. 43 to

22, c. 11
28

Judges 2

6, r. 24

8, c. 32 to

9,t>. 25
11, to c. 29

Hut hi

ISam. 1

2, v. 21

14, to c. 24
15

St. Hark, Evang..

17, to c. 31

17, c. 55 to

18, c. 17
20, to e. 18

Luke 5, c. 17

6, toe. 20

6,0.20

7, toe. 24

7, c. 24

8, to e. 26

8, r. 26

9, toe. 28

9, e. 28 to

, e. 51
I 9, c. 51 to
10, r. 17

10, e. 17

11, to c. 29

11. c. 29

12, to c. 35

12, v. 35

13, toe. 18

13, e. 18

14, to e. 25

14, e. 25 to

15, p. 11
15, c. 11

17, to c. 20

17, e. 20

18, to e. 31

18, e. 31 to

19, c. 11
19, e. 11 to

p. 28
19, r. 28

20. to e. 27

20, c. 27 to

21, c. 5
21. c. 5

Joshua 3

10, to r. 16

22, e. 11

Judges 4

6, toe. 24

11, e. 29

^14

Ruth 2

1 Sam. 2, to o. 21

14, e. 24 to

e.47
16

17, e. 81 to

e. 55
19

20.e.l8

-22
24.&25.C.1

2 Cor. 5

- 6.47, c.l

- 7,e.2

10
j - 11, to c. SO

i - 11. c. SO to
1 12, e. 14

- 12, e. 14 & 13

GaUl

- 4, to p. 21

- 4, e. 21 to
5, v. 18

- 6. e. IS

- 6
Eph.l

- 2

- 3

- 4, toc.25

- 4, e. 25 to
5, p. 22

- 5, P. 22 to
6, p. 10

- 6,e. 10

Phil. 1

- 2

- 3

- 4

Col. 1, to e. 21

- 1, e. 21 to
2.P.8

- 2.e.8

THE CALENDAR,

WITH THE

TABLE OF LESSONS.

MAY

HATH

XXXI DATS.

MORNING PRATER.

EVENING PRAYER.

T1KST LESSON.

SECOND LESSON.

FIRST LESSON.

SECOND LESSON.

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
IS
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23

25
26
27
28
29
SO
31

r
i

A
b

4
e

f
*
A
b

A
b

St. Philip & St. Jane* ..

Colos. 3, to p. 18

3, P. 18 to
4, p. 7
4.C.7

1 Thess. I
2
8

5
2 Thess. I
2

1 Tim. 1 to r. 13
1. p. 18 & 2
3
4
5

1 Sam. 26
31
2 Sam. 3, r. 17

--<-- 6
7. P. 18
11

13, v. 88 to
14, c. 26
15, v. 16

16, p. 15 to
17, r. 24
18, P. 18

19, p. 24
23, to c. 24
1 Kings 1, tor. 28
1 Chron. 20, r. 10
1 Kings 4, p. 20
6, to o. 15
8, t>.22 toe. 54
10
ll,t>.26

12, t7. 25 to
13, t>. 11
14. to t. 21

16, c. 8
- 18, to c. 17
19
22, tor. 41
2 Kings 2
5
6, P. 24
8, toe. 16
10, toe. 18

Luke 22, to r. 31
22.p.31tor.54
22, r. 54
23, to v. 26
23, . 26 top. 50

23, r. 50 to
24, p. 13
24. p. 13

John 1, to p. 29
1. v. 29

3, to p. 23
3, p. 22
4, to r, 31
4, p. 31
.1, tor. 2 1
5, p. 24
C, to o. 22
6, P. 22 to p. 41
6, P. 41
7. to p.^
7, P. 25

1 Sam. 28, p. 3 .
2 Sam. 1
4
7. to p. 18
9
12, to p. 24
15. top. 16
16. to r. 15

17. P. 24 to
18, p. 18
19, to p. 24

Invention of the Cross .

St. John Port. Lat ......

21. toe. 15
24

1 Kint*s 1. p. 28 to
p. 49
3

8. to p. 22
8 P 54 to

6
2 Tim. I

Dunstan, Archbishop...

9. p. 10
11, to p. 2(5

12, top. 25
13 P 11 1

15, p. 25 to
16, P. 8
17

Titus 1
2

8, to v. 31
8, p. 81
9, top. 39

9, p. 39 to
10, p. 22
10, p. 22

11, to p. 17
11, . 17 to p. 47

11, p. 47 to
12, p. 20
12, P. 20

18, . 17

3
Philemon
Heb. 1
2. A 8. to p. 7
3 p 7 to

21
2 Kings 1
4. p. 8
6, top. 24

Augustine, Archbishop.
Ven. Bede, Presbyter...

4, p. 14
4, p 14 & 5

9
10, . 18

m . -

THE CALENDAR,

WITH THB

TABLE OF LESSONS.

JUNE

HATH

XXX DAYS.

MORNING PRAYER.

EVENING PRAYER.

PIKST LESSON.

SECOND LESSOR.

nRST LESSON.

SECOND LESSON.

1
2
3

4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30

e
f
g
A
b
c
d
e
f
g
A
b
c
d
e
f
K
A
b
c
d
e
f
K
A
b
e
d
e
f

Nicomede, Martyr

2 Kings 13
17, v. 24
2 Chron. IS
15
19
20, v. 31 & 21
23
25
28
29,.3toc.21

John 13, to v. 21
13, c. 21
14
15
16, to r. 16
16, c. 16
17
18, to c. 28
18, t. 28
19, to r. 25

2 Kings 17, toe. 24
2 Chron. 12
14
16, A 17, to r. 14
20, to v. 31
22
24
26,427
2 Kings 18, to c. 9

2 Chron. 30, & 31,

v. I

Ueb.8
9
10, to p. 19
10, c. 19
11, to . 17
11. v. 17
12
IS
James 1
2

Boniface, Bp. & Martyr

2 Kings 18, p. 13
19, c. 20

Isaiah 38, v. 9 to
v. 21
2 Kings 22

23, v. 21 to
24, v. 8
25, r. 8

Ezra 4
7
9
Nehem. 1

6, & 7, to c. 5

19, ti. 25
20, tor. 19
20, c. 19
21
Actsl
2, to r. 22
2, r. 22
3
4, to c. 32

4, . 82 to

5, v. 17
5, v. 17

2 Kings 19, to v. 20
20
2 Chron. S3
2 Kings 23, to v. 21

24, c. 8 to
25, c. R
Ezral, &3

8, v. 15
10, to v. 20
Nehem. 2
5
7.P.73&8

1 Peter 1, to c. 22

l.t>. 22 to
2,t>. H
2, v. 11 to
3, r. 8
3, c. 8 to
4, c.7
4.t>.7

5
2 Peter 1
2
3

St. Alban, Martyr

Trans, of Edw. King of
[W. Sax.

Feat

St. John Baptist

13, to v. 15
Esther 1
4
6

7, to . 35

7, c. 35 to
8,c. 5
8, v. 5 to c. 26

8, p. 26

18, p. 15
Esther 2, r. 15 & 3
5

1 John 1
2, to e. 15

2, v. 15

8, tot. 10

Fatt

St. Peter, Apost. i Mar.

Jobl

9, tot). 23

Job 2

3, v. 16 to

4.C.7

THE CALENDAR,

TABLE OF LESSONS.

JULY

HATH

XXXI DAYS.

MORNING PRAYER.

HRST LESSON. SECOND LESSON.

EVENING PRAYER.

FIRST LESSON. SECOND LESSON.

17 i b

Visit, of 31 Virg. Mar?
Tran. of St. Martin, Bp.

Swithun, Bishop, Tran.

Margaret, Virg. & Mart.
St. Mary Magdalene ...

Ftut

St. Jame*, Ap. & Mart. .
St. Anne ....

-7
-10
-12
-14
-17
-21
-23

25, i 26

-28

- SO, c. 12 to c. 27
-32

38, c. 39 4 39

Prov. 1, to p. 20
2

3, p. 27 to

4, p. 20
5. p. 15

-> 11, to p. 15
12, p. 10

- 14, p. 9 to v. 28

Acts 9, v. 23
10, to r. 24

10, v. 24

IS, to c. 26

IS, c. 26

15, to v. 30

15, c. SO to

16, D. 16
16, r. 16

17. to c. 16

17. P. 16

18, to c. 24

18, p. 24 to

19, p. 21
19, c. 21

20, to c. 17

20, P. 17

21, toe. 17

- 21, p. 17 to c. 37

21, c. 87 to

22, c. 23
22, c. 23 to

23, c. 12
23, v. 12

Job 4

" 6
_ ^ _ , Q

22, p. 12 to p. 29

29,&30,r.l

31. c. 13

38, to c. 39

Prov. 1, p. 20

3, to c. 27

4, r. 20 to

5, c. 15
6, to c. 20

10, p. 16

11, r. 15

14, v. 28 to

15, p. 18

15, v. 18

16, c. 31 to

17, P. 18
19. P. IS

21, to p. 17

23, P. 10

28, to c. 17

28, p. 17

Rom. 1

16, to P. 20

18, p. 10

20, to c. 28

22, to p. 17

24. p. 21

26, to p. 21

1 John 1, v. 7
5

2 John

3 John
Jude

Matt. 1. p. 13
2

4, top. 23

4, p. 23 to

5, p. 13
5, p. 13 to

5, p. OS
5. v. 33

6. top. 19

6, p. 19 to

7. P. 7
7. c. 7

8. to p. 18

8. p. 18

9, top. 18

9, p. 18

10, to p. 21

10, p. 24

12, to p. 22

12, p. 22

18, to p. 24

13,p.2itor.5S

13, p. 53 to

14, r. 13
14, p. 13

15, to p. 21
15, p. 21

16, to p. 24

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TABLE OF LESSONS.

AUGUST

HATH

XXXI DAYS.

MORNING PRAYER.

FIKST LESSON.

SECOND LESSON.

EVENING PRATER.

FIHST LESSON. SECOND LESSON

Lammas Day.

Transfig. of our Lord ...
Name of Jesus

e | St. Lawrence, Martyr...
f

Fart

St. Bartholomew, Apost.

St. Augustine, Bishop .
St. John Bapt. beheaded

Prov. 27, to c. 23

80, top. 18

Eccles. 1
3

Jeremiah 2, to p. 14
5, p. 19

t, to p. 17
9, to p. 17

18, to p. 18

22, p. IS

24
26

29, p. 4 to p. 20

- 31. to p. 15

S3, top. 14

36. P. 14

38, v. 14

50. toe. 21

Ezek. 1, to v. 15

3, v. 15

12, P. 17

Rom. 2, to p. 17

2, p. 17

3
4

8, top. 18

8, p. 18

9, to v. 19

9, p. 19

11, to . 25

11. P. 25

14, & 15, to p. 8

15, p. 8

1 Cor. 1, to p. 26

1, P.26&2

4, to p. 18

4, p. 18 & 5

7, to p. 25

7, P. 25

10, & 11, p. 1

11, p. 2 to v. 17

Prov. 28, to v. 15

81, P. 10

Eccles. 2, to p. 12
4

Jeremiah 1

5, to v. 19

6, to p. 22

8.P.4

13, c. 8 to c. 24

17, to v. 19

22, to v. 13

23, to o.l6

25, to v. 15

31, v. 15 to v. 88

33, P. 14

86, top. 14

38, top. 14

51, p. 54

Ezek. 1, p. 15

8, to p. 15

11, p. 14

13, top. 17

Matt. 16, c. 24 to

17, v. 14
17. P. 14

18, to p. 21

18, P. 21 to

19, v. 3

19, p. 8 to c. 27

19, p. 27 to

20, v. 17
20, p. 17

21, to p. 23

21, v. 23
22, to P. 15

22, p. 15 to

p. 41
22, p. 41 to

23, v. 13
23, P. 13

24, to P. 29

24, P. 29

25, to p. 31

25, p. 31

26, to p. 31

26, p. 31 to

p. 57
26, p. 57

27, top. 27

27, P. 27 to

p. 57
27, P. 57

Mark 1, to p. 21

1, p. 21

2, to p. 23

2, P. 23 to

3, P. 13
3, p. IS

4, to p. 35

4,p.35to

5, p. 21

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WITH THE

TABLE OF LESSONS.

SEPTEMBER

HATB

XXX DAYS.

MORNING PRAYER.

EVENING PRATER.

riEST LESSON.

SECOND LESSON.

FIKST LESSON.

SECOND LESSON.

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30

g
A
b
c
d
e
t
g
A
b
e
d

e
f

A
1.

g
A
b
o
4
'e
f
I

Giles, Abbot & Coufes. .

Ezek. 13, p. 17
14, v. 12
18, to p. 19
20, to v. 18
20, t. S3 to v. 44
24, v. 15
27, to r. 26
28, to . 20
32, to p. 17
S3. p. 21
34, p. 17
37, to p. 15
47, to p. 13
Dan. 2, to r. 24

4, P. 19
5, p. 17
7, to p. 15
9, to p. 20
10. to p. 20

1 Cor. 11, p. 17
12. to p. 28
12. p. 28 & 13
14. to p. 20
14, P. 20
15, to p. 35
15, p. 35
16
2 Cor. 1, to p. 23

1, p. 23 to
2, p. 14
2. P. 14 & 3

4
6. & 7, P. 1

10
11, to p. 30

11, p. 30 to
12, v. 14
12, c. 14 & 13

Gal. 1
2
3
4, to p. 21

4, P. 21 to
5, p. 18
5, p. IS

Ezek. 14, to c. 12
16. P. 44
18, P. 19
20, P. 18 to p. S3
22, P. 23
26
27, P. 26
31
33, to p. 21
34, top. 17
36, P. 16top.33
S7.P. 15
Dan. 1
2, r. 24
4, to p. 19
5, to p. 17
6
7, P. 15
9, p. 20
12

Mark 5, p. 21
6, to P. 14
6, P. 14 to p. 30
6, P. 30
7. to p. 24

7, P. 24 to
8, P. 10
8, p. 10 to
9.C.2
9, P. 2 to p. 30

Q.P.30
10, to p. 32
10, p. 32
11, to p. 27

11, p. 27 to
12, p. 13
12,P.13tOP.35

12, v. 35 to
13, P. 14
13. c. 14

14. to p. 27
14, p.27top.53
14, p. 53
15, to p. 42
15, p. 42 & 1C
Luke 1, to p. 2C
1, P. 26 to r. 57
1. p. 57
2, to p. 21
2, p. 21
3, to c. 23
4, to v. 16

Evurtius, Bishop

Nativity of 151. V. Mary

Holy Cross Day

Lambert, Bp. & Martyr

Fast

St. Matthew, Apostle

Hosea2, v. 11
5, p. 8 to 6, P. 7
8
10
13, to p. 15
Joell
2, . 15 to p. 28

Hosea 4, to p. 13
7, P. 8
- 9
11, & 12, to p. 7
14
Joel 2, to p. 15
2, P. 28 to 3, p.

St. Cyprian, Archbp. ...

St. Michael & all A npel*
St. Jerom, Pr. & Conf. .

3, p. 9

Epli. 1

Amos 1, & 2, to p. 4

4, P. 1C

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WITH THK

TABLE OF LESSONS

OCTOBER

HATH

XXXI DAYS.

MORNING PRAYER.

EVENING PRAYER.

HKST LESSON.

SECOND LESSON.

FIRST LESSON.

SECOND LESSON.

1
2
3
4

C
7
8

10
11
12
13
14
13
16
17
IS
11)
20
21
22

20
27
28
20
30
31

b
c
d
e
f
g
A
b

d
e
f
K
A
b
c
d
e
f

A
b
c
d
e
f
K
A
b
c

Remigius, Bishop .

Amos 2, P. 4 to
3, c. 9
5, to p. 18

Jonah 1
3
Micah 1, to r. 10
3
5
7
Jfahum2
Habak. 1
3

Zeph. 1, v. 14 to
2,c.4

Haggai 2, to p. 10
Zech. 1, to v. 18

Eph.2
3
4, to r. 25

4, p. 25 to
5. p. 22
5, p. 22 to
C, v. 10
6. v. 10

Phil.l
2

3
4
Col. 1, to p. 21
1, v. 21 to 2, r. 8
2, p. 8
3, to r. 18
3 P 18 & 4

Amos 4, p. 4
5. p. 18 to 6, p. P

Obadiah
Jonah 2
4
Micah 2
4
G
Xalium 1
3
Habak. 2
Zeph. 1, tor. 11
2,r. 4
Haggail
2, p. 10
Zech. 1, p. IS & 2

Luke 5, to p. 17
5, p. 17
6. to p. 20
6, p. 20
7, to p. 24
7, P. 24
8, to p 26

Faith, Virs.& Martyr...

8, p. 26
9. top.28
9, p. 28 to p. 51

9, p. 51 to
10, p. 17
10, v. 17

11, to p. 29
11, p. 29
12, to p. 35

12, r. 35
13, to r. 18
13, p. 13
14, to p. 25

14, p. 5 to
15, p. 11
15, p. U

16
17. to p. 20
17, P. 20
18, to p. 31

18, p. 31 to
19, p. 11
19,p.lltop.28

19, P. 28
20, to p. 27

20, p. 27 to
21, p. 5

St.Denys, Bp. & Mart. .

Trans. of K.Edw., Con.

1 Thess. 1

2 Thess. 1
o
3
1 Tim. 1, to p. 18
1, r. 18 & 2

4
5
6
2 Tim. 1

Etheldreda, Virgin

7
8, v. 14
10
12
11
Mai. 2
S.P.13&4

4
6
8, to p. H
9, p. 9
11
13
Mai. 1
3, to p. 13
Wisdom 1

Crispin, Martyr

Feat

St. Simon & St. Jude

Wisdom 2
6, top. 22
7, v. 15

4.P.7

6, v. 22 to

7, P. 15
8, top 19

Fast

THE CALENDAR,

WITH THE

TABLE OF LESSONS.

NOVEMBER

HATH

XXX DAYS.

MORNING PRAYER.

EVENING PRAYER.

FIRST LESSON.

SECOND LESSON.

riEST LESSON.

SECOND LESSON.

2
8

4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
11
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
80

i
r

K
A
b

a
f

A
b
e
d

f
ft
A
b
e
d

A
b
c
d

All Saintt' Day

Wisdom 9

11, r. 15 to
12, v. 8
Ecclus. 1, to p. 14

3, p. 17 to P. SO
5
10, c. 13
15, c. 9
18, to p. 15
19, v. 13
24, to c. 24
S3, v. 7 to r. 23
35
39, to v. 13
41, to r. 14
44, to r. 16
51, P. 10
Baruch 4, p. 36 & 5
Isaiah 1, c. 21
3, to v. 16
5, to c. 18
6
8, c. 5 to c. 18
9, c. 8 to 10, v. 5
10, p. 20
11. v. 10
13
17
19, to v. 16

2 Tim. 3
4

Titus 1

x Q

3
Philemon
Heb.l
2, & 3, to v. 7
3, c. 7 to 4, p. 14
4, p. 14 & 5

7
8

10, to p. 19
10, P. 19
11. to p. 17
11, p. 17
12
13
James 1
2
3
4
5
1 Pet. 1, to p. 22

1, p. 22 to
2, p. 11
2. p. 11 to 3, p. 8

Wisdom 11, to p. 15
17
Ecclus. 2
4, p. 10
7.P.27
14, to v. 20
16. p. 17
18, p. 15
22, p. 6 to p. 24
24, p. 24
34, p. 15
37, P. 8 to p. 19
39, p. 13
42, p. 15
50, to p. 25
Baruch 4, to v. 21
Isaiah 1, to p. 21
2
4, p. 2
5, r. IS
7, to c. 17
8, p. 18 to 9, p. 8
10, p. 5 to p. 20
11, to p. 10
12
14, to r. 24
18
19. P. 16

Luke 22, to p. 31
22,p.31top.54
22, p. M
23, to p. 26
23, p. 26 to p.

23, p. 50 to
24, p. 13
24, v. 18

John 1, to p. 29
1, p. 29
2
3, to p. 22
3, p. 22
4, to p. 31
4, p. 31
5, top. 24
5, p. 24
G, to p. 22
6, p. 22 to p. 41
6, p. 41
7, to p. 25
7, P. 25
8, to p. 31
8, p. 31
9, top. 39

9, p. 89 to
10, p. 22
10, p. 22

11, to p. 17
11, p. 17 to p. 47

Leonard, Confessor

St. Martin, Bp. & Conf.

Britins, Bishop

Machntus, Bishop

Hugh, Ep. of Lincoln...

Edmund, King & Mart.

Cecilia, Virg. & Martyr
St. Clement, Bishop ...

Catherine, Vir. & Mart.

Fatt

St. Andrew, Apostle ....

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WITH THE

TABLE OF LESSONS.

DECEMBER

BATH

XXXI DAYS.

MORNING PRAYER.

EVENING PRAYER.

FIRST LESSON.

SECOND LESSON.

FIRST LESSON.

SECOND LESSON.

1
2
3
4

6
7
8
9
10
11
12
IS
11
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
21
23
26
27
28
29
SO
81

f
K
A
b
e
d
a
t
K
A
b
c
d
e
t
K
A
b
c
d
e
f
K
A
b
c
d
e
f
g

Isaiah 21, to p. IS
22, v. 15
24
26, to c. 20
28, top. 14
29. to p. 9
SO. to v. 18
31
33
35
40. c. 12
41, p. 17

42, c. IS to
43,t7.8
. to p. 21

45.P.8
47
40, to p. 13
50
51, p. 9
52.tr. 13.&53

1 Pet. 3, p. 8 to
4, p. 7
4.P.7

5
2 Pet. 1
2
8
Uohnl
2. to v. 15
2. p. 15
8. to v. 16

8, v. 16 to
4, p. 7
4.0.7

2 John
3 John
Jade
Rev. 1
2. p. 18 to 3. p. 7
4
6

Isaiah 22, to v. 15
23
25
26, c. 20 & 27
28, p. 11
29, v. 9
SO, c. 18

John 11, p. 47 to
12, c. 20
12, p. 20

13, to p. 21
13, p. 21
14
15
16, to r. 16
1C, c. 16
17
18, to c. 28
18, p. 28
19, to p. 20
19, P. 25
20, to c. 19
20, p. 19
21
Rev. 2, to v. 18
3, p. 7
: 5
7

Nicolas, Bishop

Concep. of Virg. Mary .

32
SI
40. to c. 12
41, to r. 17
42. to r. 18
43, v. 8

44, v. 21 to
45, v. 8
46

^g
49. c. 13
51. to c. 9
52, to v. 13
54

Lucy, Virg. & Martyr...

OSapientia

Fast

St. Thomas, Ap. & Mart.

57
59

8
11
14

56
58
60

10
12
15

Fast

16
19, to p. 11
20

21, v. 15 to

22, c. 6

18
19. P. 11
21, to p. 15
22, p. 6

61
63

63, P. 8

62
64, & 65, to v. 8

Silvester Bishop

TABLES AND RULES FOR THE MOVEABLE AND IMMOVEABLE

FEASTS; TOGETHER WITH THE DAYS OF FASTING AND

ABSTINENCE, THROUGH THE WHOLE YEAR.

RULES TO KNOW WHEN THE MOVEABLE FEASTS AND HOLY-DAYS BEGIN.

SISTER-DAY (on which the rest depend) is always the First Sunday after the Full Moon
which happens upon, or next after the Twenty-first Day of March; and if the Full Moon happens
upon a Sunday, Easter-Day is the Sunday after.

Advent-Sunday is always the nearest Sunday to the Feast of St. Andrew, whether before or
after.

Septiiapesima
Seiagesima

Quinquagesima

fyuadrageti ma

Rogation-Sunday

Ascension-Day

Whit-Sunday

Trinity-Sunday

Sunday is

I Nine >

I Eight

\ Seven f

I Six J

{Five Weeks
Forty Days I
Seven Weeks |
Eight Weeks >

Weeks before Easter.

after Easter.

A TABLE OF ALL THE FEASTS THAT ARE TO BE OBSERVED IN THE
CHURCH OF ENGLAND THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

The
Days

Feasts
of

The
Days
of the

Feasts
of

All Sundays in the Year.

("The Circumcision of our Lord JESUS

CHRIST.
The Epiphany.
The Conversion of St. Paul.
The Purification of the Blessed Virgin.
St. Matthias the Apostle.

of the ^ The Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin.
St. Mark the Evangelist.
St. Philip and St. James the Apostles.
The Ascension of our Lord JESUS CHRIST.
St. Barnabas.

The Nativity of St. John Baptist.
St. Peter the Apostle.

Monday and Tuesday in Easter-Week.

Monday and Tuesday in Whitsun- Week.

fSt. James the Apostle.
St. Bartholomew the Apostle.
St. Matthew the Apostle.
St. Michael and all Angels.
Sf. Luke the Evangelist.
St. Simon and St. Jude the Apostles
All Saints.

St. Andrew the Apostle.
Sf. Thomas the Apostle.
The NATIVITY of Our LORD.
St. Stephen the Martyr.
St. John the Evangelist.
The Holy Innocents.

A TABLE OF THE VIGILS, FASTS, AND DAYS OF ABSTINENCE,
TO BE OBSERVED IN THE YEAR.

The
Eve

/-The Nativity of our Lord.
IB The Purification of the

Virgin Mnr;,.
\ The Annunciation of the

Vigils
before

Virgin.
Cute-Day.

Ascension-Day.
Pentecost.
St. Matthias.

Blessed
Blessed

The
Evens

Vigilj
before

t. John Baptist.
St. Peter.
St. James.
St. Bartholomew.
St. Matthew.
St. Simon and St. Jude.
St. Andrew.
St. Thomas.
-All Saints.

NOTB, That if any of these Feast-Days fall upon a Monday, then the Vigil or Fast-Day shall be kept
upon the Sat unlay, and not upon the Sunday next before it.

DAYS OF FASTING, OR ABSTINENCE.

The Forty Days of Lent.

The Ember Days at the Four Seasons, beingthe Wednesday, Friday,
and Saturday after

1 1. The First Sunday in Lent

Feast of Pentecost,
itembcr 14.
nber 13.

1 1. 1 ne rn
I 2. The Fe
\ 3. Septemt
U. Decemb

III. The Three Rotation-Days, being the Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, before Holy-Thursday,

or the Ascension of our LORD.

IV. All the Fridays in the Year, except CHKIST.MAS-DAY.

A SOLEMN DAY

JOB WHICH

A PARTICULAR SERVICE IS APPOINTED.
The Twentieth day of June, being the Day on which Her Majesty began her happy reign.

A TABLE TO FIND EASTER-DAY, FROM THE PRESENT TIME

TILL THE YEAR 1899 INCLUSIVE

, ACCORDING TO

THE FOREGOING CALENDAR.

Golden
Number.

Day

of the
Month.

Sun-
day
Let-
ter.

Golden
Number.

Day

of the
Month.

Sun-
day
Let-
ter.

THIS Table contains so much of the Calendar as is
necessary for the determining of Easter; to find
which, look for the Golden Number of the year in
the first Column of the Table, against which stands

the day of

he I'aschal Ti

11 Moon; then look i

n the

third coluir

n for the Sun

day Letter, next afte

r the '

XIV

March 21

VII

ril 8

G i

day of the

Kull Moon, a

nd the day of the A

onth

III

standing against that Sunday Letter is Easter-Day.
If the Pull Moon happens upon a Sunday, then (ac-

- 10

cording to

toe first rule)

the next Sunday af

ter is

Easter-Day

To find the Golden Number, or Prime, add one to

XII

- 12

the Year of

our Lord, and

then divide bv If); tt

e re-

XIX

- 13

mainder, if any, is the Golden Number ; but if nothing
remained), then ID is the Golden Number.

VIII

- 14

To find the Dominical or Sunday Letter, accord-

- 15

ing to the Calendar, until the year 171/JJ
inclusive, add to the Year of our Lord its

XVI

29
30

D
E

XVII

- 16
- 17

A
B

fourth part, omitting fractions ; and also
the number 1 : Divide the sum by 7 ; and
if there is no remainder, then A is the

I
2
a

F'
E

- 18

Sunday Let

ter: But if a

ly number re-

XIII

April 1

- 19

maineth, then the Letter standing against 5
that number in the small annexed Table

- 20

is the Sunday Letter.

3
4
5

B
C
D

- 21
- 22
- 23

For the next Century, that is, from the year 1800
till the year 1 i','.?<J inclusive, add to the current year
only its fourth part, and then divide by 7, and proceed
as in the last Rule.

XVIII
VII

E
F

- 24
- 25

B
C

NOTE, That in all Bissextile or Leap Years, the
Letter found as above will be the Sunday Letter, from
the intercalated day exclusive to the end of the year.

ANOTHER TABLE

FIND EASTER TILL

THE YEAR

1899 INCLUSIVE.

SUNDAY LETTERS.

GOLDEN

NUMBER.

I April 16

- 18

11 April 9

- 4

III March 26

- 28

IV April 16

- 11

V April 2

- 4

March 31

April I

VI April 23

. 24

- 25

VII April 9

- 11

VIII April 2

March 28

April 1

IX April 16

- 18

X April 9

- 11

XI March 26

- 28

XII April 16

- 18

XIII April 2

- 4

XIV March 26

- 28

XV April 16

- 11

XVI April 2

- 4

__ K

March 30

April 1

XVII April 23

- 18

XVIII April 9

- 11

XIX April 2

March 2?

- 28

April

To make use of the preceding Table, find the Sunday Letter for the Year in the uppermost Line,
and the Golden Number, or Prime, in the Column of Golden Numbers, and against the Prime, in th

same Line under the Sunday Letter,

you 1

ave the Day of the

Month on whi

ch EASTER falleth t

lat

year. But Note, that the Name of the Month is set oh the Left Hand, or just with the Figure, and
followeth not, as in other Tables, by Descent, but Collateral.

5 3

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Sundays after
Trinity.

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Ascension
Day.

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Easter Day.

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The First Day
of Lent.

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A TABLE

OF THE

MOVEABLE FEASTS,

ACCORDING TO THE SEVERAL DAYS THAT EASTER

CAN POSSIBLY FALL UPON.

Easter
Day.

Sundays
after
Epiphany.

Septua-
gesima
Sunday.

The First
Day of
Lent.

Rogation
Sunday.

Ascension
Day.

Whit-
Sunday.

Sundays
after
Trinity.

Advent
Sunday.

Mar. 22

One

Jan. 18

Feb. 4

Apr. 26

Apr. 30

May 10

Nov. 29

One

May 1

One

Dec. 1

Two

May 1

Nov. 27

Two

. 24

Two

Dec. 1

Apr. 1

Three

_^ 2

Three

. 30

Nov. 27

Three

Feb. 1

Three

Dec. 1

Four

. 19

Nov. 27

Four

June 1

Four

Dec. 1

Five

. 3

Five

Mar. 1

Five

T O

Nov. 27

Five

_ ^

Five

L _ 015

Five

Dec. 1

Six

June 1

Six

Nov. 2?

Six

NOTB, That in a Bissextile or Leap- Year, the Number cf Sundays after Epiphany will be the same,

as if Easter Day had fallen One Day later than it really does. And for the same reason, One Day

must, in every Leap- Year, be added to the Day of the Month given by the Table for Septuagesima

Sunday: And the like must be done for the First Day of Lent (commonly called Ash Wednesday)

unless the Table gives some Day in the Month of March for it; for in that case, the Day given

by the Table is the right Day.

A TABLE TO FIND EASTER

FKOM

THE YEAR 1900 TO THE YEAR 2199 INCLUSIVE.

OOLDKX
NUMBER.

DAY OP

THK MONTH.

SUNDAY

LKTTEH.

XIV

March 22

xrx.

THE Golden Numbers In the foregoing

VIII

Calendar will point out the Dayi of the

Paschal Full Moons, till the Year of our

XVI

Lord 1900; at which Time, in order that
the Ecclesiastical Full Moons may fall nearly

April 1

on the same Days with the real Full Moons,

XIII

the Golden Numbers must be removed to

different Days of the Calendar, as is done

In the annexed Table, which contains so

much of the Calendar then to be used, as

^ 5

U necessary for finding the Paschal Full

Moons, and the Feast of Easter, from the

XVIII

Year 1900, to the Year 2199 inclusive. This

VII

Table is to be made use of, In all respects,

^ 9

at the first Table before inserted, for find-

ing Easter till the Year 1899.

XII

XVII

GENERAL TABLES

FOR FINDING THE DOMINICAL OR SUNDAY-LETTER,

AND THE PLACES OF THE GOLDEN NUMBERS IN THE CALENDAR.

TABLE I.

TABLE IL

11. III.

III.

Yean of our Lord.

Years of our Lord.

1600

1700

1800

1600

5200

1700

53110

1800

5400

1900

2100

2200

2300

2500

2600

2700

1900

5500

* /

2000

2400

2800

2000

5600

2100

57(10

2900

3000

3100

3300

3400

3700

2200

6800

3200

3600

2300

5900

2400

6000

3800

3900

4100

4200

4300

4500

4000

2500

6100

4000

4400

2600

6200

4700

4900

5000

5100

5300

5400

5500

2800

6300
6400

21
20

4800

6200

5600

2900

6500

5700

5800

5900

6100

6200

6300

6500

3100

6600
6700

22
23

6000

6400

3200

6800

6600

6700
6800

6900

7000

7100
7200

7300

7400

3400
3500

O/IAA

8
9

6900
7000
7100

23
24
24

7500
7600

7700

7800

7900
8000

8100

8200

8300
8400

OOUU

3700
3800

9
10

7200
7300
7400

24
25
25

3900

7500

8500

&c.

4000

7600

4100

7700

4200

7800

To find the Dominical or Sur

day Letter

4300

7900

for any given Year of our Lord, add to

4400

8000

the year its fourth part, omitting frac-

4500
400

13
13

8100
8200

28
29

tions, and also the number,

which in

4/00

8300

Table I. standeih at the top of the

48<>0

8400

2!)

column, wherein the number of hundreds

4!)<K)

85l>0

contained in that given year is found:

6000

4c.

Divide the sum by 7 Hid if there is no

5100

remainder, then A is the Sun

lay Letter;

but if any number remaineth
Letter, which standeth under

, then the
that num-

To find the Month and Days of the Month to which the
Golden Numbers ought to be prefixed in the Calendar, in
any given Year of our Lord, consisting of entire hundred

her at the top of the Table, is the Sunday

years, and in all the intermediate years betwixt that and the

Letter.

next hundredth year following, look in the second column

of Table II. for the given year, consisting of entire hundreds,

and note the number or cypher which stands against it In

the third column; then, in Table III. look for the same

number in the column under any given Golden Number,

which when you have found, guide your eye side-ways to

the left band, and in the first column you mil find the

Month and Day to which that Golden Number ought to be

prefixed in the Calendar, during that period of one hundred

years.

The letter B prefixed to certain hundredth years in Table II.

denotes those years which are still to be accounted Bissextile

or Leap Years in the New Calendar; whereas all the other

hundredth years are to be accounted only common years.

TABLE III.

Paschal
Full Moon.

Sunday
Letter.

THE GOLDEN NUMBERS.

1(1

Iti

March 81

March 22

Iff

March 23

March 24

March 25

March 26

March 27

March 28

March 29

March 30

March 31

April 1

April 2

111

April 3

April 4

April 5

April 6

April 7

April 8

April 9

April 10

211

April 11

April 12

2!!

lil

April 13

1!)

April 14

April 15

2<;

April 16

April 17

it;

April 17

April 18

THE ORDER FOR

MORNING AND EVENING PRAYER,

DAILY TO BE SAID AND USED THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

THE Morning and Evening Prayer shall be used in the accustomed
Place of the Church, Chapel, or Chancel j except it shall be other-
wise determined by the Ordinary of the Place. And the Chancels shall
remain as they have done in times past.

And here is to be noted, that such Ornaments of the Church, and
of the Ministers thereof, at all times of their Ministration, shall be
retained, and be iu use, as were in this Church of England, by the
Authority of Parliament, in the Second Year of the Reign of King
Edward the Sixth.

THE ORDER FOR

MORNING PRAYER,

DAILY THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

1 At the beginning of Morning Prayer the Minister shall read with a,
loud voice some one or more of these Sentences of the Scriptures that
follow. And then he shall say that which is written after the said
Sentences.

WHEN the wicked man turneth away
from his wickedness that he hath
committed, and doeth that which is law-
ful 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 spi-
rit : a broken and a contrite heart, God,
thou wilt not despise. Psalm li. 17.

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

MORNING PRAYER.

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.

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

Kepent ye ; for the Kingdom of heaven
is at hand. St. Matth. 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. St.
Luke xv. 18, 19.

Enter not into judgement with thy ser-
vant, Lord ; for in thy sight shall no man
living be justified. Psalm cxliii. 2.

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

DEAELY beloved brethren, the Scrip-
ture moveth us in sundry places to
acknowledge and confess our manifold sins
and wickedness; and that we should not
dissemble nor cloke them before the face

MORNING PRAYER.

of Almighty God our heavenly Father;
but confess them with an humble, lowly,
penitent, and obedient heart ; to the end
that we may obtain forgiveness of the same,
by his infinite goodness and mercy. And
although we ought at all times humbly to
acknowledge our sins before God ; yet ought
we most chiefly so to do, when we assemble
and meet together to render thanks for the
great benefits that we have received at his
hands, to set forth his most worthy praise,
to hear his most holy Word, and to ask those
things which are requisite and necessary, as
well for the body as the soul. Wherefore
I pray and beseech you, as many as are here
present, to accompany me with a pure heart,
and humble voice, unto the throne of the
heavenly grace, saying after me ;

IT A general Confession to be said of the whole Congre-
gation after the Minister, all kneeling.

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.

MORNING PRAYER.

But thou, Lord, have mercy upon us,
miserable offenders. Spare thou them,
God, which confess their faults. Restore
thou them that are penitent; According to
thy promises declared unto mankind in Christ
Jesu our Lord. And grant, most mer-
ciful Father, for his sake ; That we may
hereafter live a godly, righteous, and sober
life, To the glory of thy holy Name. Amen.

IF The Absolution, or Remission of sins, to be pronounced
by the Priest alone, standing; the people still kneeling.

A LMIGHTY God, the Father of our Lord
L\. Jesus Christ, who desireth not the death
of a sinner, but rather that he may turn
from his wickedness, and live ; and hath
given power, and commandment, to his
Ministers, to declare and pronounce to his
people, being penitent, the Absolution and
Remission of their sins : He pardoneth and
absolveth all them that truly repent, and
unfeignedly believe his holy Gospel. Where-
fore let us beseech him to grant us true
repentance, and his Holy Spirit, that those
things may please him, which we do at this
present ; and that the rest of our life here-
after may be pure, and holy ; so that at the
last we may come to his eternal joy ; through
Jesus Christ our Lord.

1T The people shall answer here, and at the end of all other prayers,

Amen.

MORNING PRAYER.

1T Then the Minister shall kneel, and say the Lords Prayer with an
audible voice ; the people also kneeling, and repeating it with him,
both here, and wheresoever else it is used in Divine Service.

OUR 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
deliver us from evil : For thine is the
kingdom, The power, and the glory, For
ever and ever. Amen.

1T Then likewise he sJiall say,

Lord, open thou our lips.
Answer. And our mouth shall shew forth
thy praise.

Priest. God, make speed to save us.
Answer. Lord, make haste to help us.

IF Here all standing up, the Priest shall say,

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

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

Priest. Praise ye the Lord.

Answer. The Lord's Name be praised.

MORNING PRAYER.

IT Then shall be said or sung this Psalm following : except on Easter
Day, upon which another Anthem is appointed; and on the Nine-
teenth Day of every Month it is not to be read here, but in the
ordinary course of the Psalms.

VENITE, EXULTEMUS DOMINO.

Psalm xcv.

OCOME, 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 shew ourselves glad in
him with Psalms.

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

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

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

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 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.

MORNING PRAYER.

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.

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.

1f Then shall follow the Psalms in order as they are appointed. And
at the end of every Psalm throughout the Year, and likewise at the
end o/Benedicite, Benedictus, Magnificat, and Nunc dimittis, shall
be repeated,

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

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

U Then shall be read distinctly with an audible voice the First Lesson,
taken out of the Old Testament, as is appointed in the Calendar,
except there be proper Lessons assigned for that day: He that
readeth so standing and turning himself, as he may best be heard of
all such as are present. And after that, shall be said or sung, in
English, the Hymn called Te Deum Laudamus, daily throughout
the Year.

^ NOTE, That before every Lesson the Minister shall say, Here
beginneth such a Chapter, or Verse of such a Chapter, of such
a Book: And after every Lesson, Here endeth the First, or
the Second Lesson.

MORNING PRAYER.

TE DEUM LAUDAMUS.

WE praise thee, God : we acknow-
ledge 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 Cherubin, and Seraphin : con-
tinually do cry,

Holy, Holy, Holy : Lord God of Sabaoth ;

Heaven and earth are full of the Majesty :
of thy Glory.

The glorious company of the Apostles :
praise thee.

The goodly fellowship of the Prophets :
praise thee.

The noble army of Martyrs : praise thee.

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

The Father : of an infinite Majesty ;

Thine honourable, true : and only Son ;

Also the Holy Ghost : the Comforter.

Thou art the King of Glory : 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.

MORNING PRAYER.

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.

Lord, save thy people : and bless thine
heritage.

Govern them : and lift them up for ever.

Day by day : we magnify thee ;

And we worship thy Name : ever world
without end.

Vouchsafe, Lord : to keep us this day
without sin.

Lord, have mercy upon us : have
mercy upon us.

Lord, let thy mercy lighten upon us :
as our trust is in thee.

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

MORNING PRAYER.

IT Or this Canticle.
BENEDICITE, OMNIA OPERA.

OALL ye Works of the Lord, bless ye
the Lord : praise him, and magnify
him for ever.

ye Angels of the Lord, bless ye the
Lord : praise him, and magnify him for ever.

ye Heavens, bless ye the Lord : praise
him, and magnify him for ever.

ye Waters that be above the Firma-
ment, bless ye the Lord : praise him, and
magnify him for ever.

all ye Powers of the Lord, bless ye
the Lord : praise him, and magnify him for
ever.

ye Sun, and Moon, bless ye the Lord :
praise him, and magnify him for ever.

ye Stars of Heaven, bless ye the Lord :
praise him, and magnify him for ever.

ye Showers, and Dew, bless ye the
Lord : praise him, and magnify him for ever.

ye Winds of God, bless ye the Lord :
praise him, and magnify him for ever.

ye Fire and Heat, bless ye the Lord :
praise him, and magnify him for ever.

ye Winter and Summer, bless ye the
Lord : praise him, and magnify him for
ever.

MORNING PRAYER.

ye Dews, and Frosts, bless ye the Lord :
praise him, and magnify him for ever.

ye Frost and Cold, bless ye the Lord :
praise him, and magnify him for ever.

ye Ice and Snow, bless ye the Lord :
praise him, and magnify him for ever.

ye Nights, and Days, bless ye the Lord :
praise him, and magnify him for ever.

ye Light and Darkness, bless ye the
Lord : praise him, and magnify him for
ever.

ye Lightnings, and Clouds, bless ye
the Lord : praise him., and magnify him
for ever.

let the Earth bless the Lord : yea,
let it praise him, and magnify him for
ever.

ye Mountains, and Hills, bless ye the
Lord : praise him, and magnify him for
ever.

all ye Green Things upon the Earth,
bless ye the Lord : praise him, and magnify
him for ever.

ye Wells, bless ye the Lord : praise
him, and magnify him for ever.

ye Seas, and Floods, bless ye the Lord :
praise him, and magnify him for ever.

ye Whales, and all that move in the
Waters, bless ye the Lord : praise him, and
magnify him for ever.

MORNING PRAYER.

all ye Fowls of the Air, bless ye the
Lord : praise him, and magnify him for
ever.

all ye Beasts, and Cattle, bless ye the
Lord : praise him, and magnify him for
ever.

ye Children of Men, bless ye the Lord :
praise him, and magnify him for ever.

let Israel bless the Lord : praise him,
and magnify him for ever.

ye Priests of the Lord, bless ye the
Lord : praise him, and magnify him for ever.

ye Servants of the Lord, bless ye the
Lord : praise him, and magnify him for ever.

ye Spirits and Souls of the Righteous,
bless ye the Lord : praise him, and magnify
him for ever.

ye holy and humble Men of heart, bless
ye the Lord : praise him, and magnify him
for ever.

Ananias, Azarias, and Misael, bless ye
the Lord : praise him, and magnify him for
ever.

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

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

IT Then shall be read in like manner the Second Lesson, taken out of
the New Testament. And after that, the Hymn following; except
when that shall happen to be read in the Chapter for the Day, or for
the Gospel on St. John Baptist's Day.

MORNING PRAYER.

BENEDICTUS. St. Luke i. 68.

BLESSED 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 Cove-
nant ;

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

That we being delivered out of the hand of
our enemies : might serve him without fear ;

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

And thou, Child, shalt be called the Pro-
phet 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 ;

MORNING PRAYER.

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.

IT Or this Psalm.
JUBILATE DEO. Psalm c.

OBE 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 ; we are his people, and the sheep
of his pasture.

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

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

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

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

MORNING PRAYER.

IF Then shall be sung or said the Apostles 1 Creed by the Minister
and the people, standing: except only such days as the Creed of
St. Athanasius is appointed to be read.

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
Catholick Church ; The Communion of
Saints ; The Forgiveness of sins ; The
Kesurrection of the body, And the life ever-
lasting. Amen.

T And after that, these Prayers following, all devoutly kneeling ; the
Minister first pronouncing with a, loud voice,

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

Minister. Let us pray.
Lord, have mercy upon us.

Christy have mercy upon us.
Lord, have mercy upon us.

MORNING PRAYER.

IT Then the Minister, Clerks, and people, shall say the Lord's Prayer

with a loud voice.

OUR 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
deliver us from evil. Amen.

IT Then the Priest standing up, shall say,

Lord, shew thy mercy upon us ;

Answer. And grant us thy salvation.

Priest. Lord, save the Queen.

Answer. And mercifully hear us when we
call upon thee.

Priest. Endue thy Ministers with right-
eousness.

Answer. And make thy chosen people
joyful.

Priest. Lord, save thy people.

Answer. And bless thine inheritance.

Priest. Give peace in our time, Lord.

Answer. Because there is none other that
fighteth for us, but only thou, God.

Priest. God, make clean our hearts
within us.

Answer. And take not thy Holy Spirit
from us.

MORNING PRAYER

IF Then shall follow three Collects; the first of the Day, which shall be
the same that is appointed at the Communion; the second for Peace;
the third for Grace to live well. And the two last Collects shall
never alter, but daily be said at Morning Prayer throughout all the
Year, as followeth; all kneeling.

THE SECOND COLLECT, FOR PEACE.

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 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.

THE THIRD COLLECT, FOR GRACE.

OLOKD, our heavenly Father, Al-
mighty 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 righteous in thy sight ;
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

TF In Quires and Places where they sing, here followeth the Anthem.

MORNING PRAYER.

1[ Then these five Prayers following are to be read here, except when
the Litany is read; and then only the two last are to be read, as
they are there placed.

A PRAYER FOR THE QUEEN'S MAJESTY.

OLORD our heavenly Father, high and
mighty, King of kings, Lord of lords,
the only Ruler of princes, who dost from
thy throne behold all the dwellers upon
earth ; Most heartily we beseech thee with
thy favour to behold our most gracious
Sovereign Lady, Queen VICTORIA; and
so replenish her with the grace of thy Holy
Spirit, that she may alway incline to thy
will, and walk in thy way : Endue her plen-
teously with heavenly gifts ; grant her in
health and wealth long to live ; strengthen
her that she may vanquish and overcome
all her enemies ; and finally, after this life,
she may attain everlasting joy and felicity ;
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

A PRAYER FOR THE ROYAL FAMILY.

ALMIGHTY God, the fountain of all
jL\- goodness, we humbly beseech thee to
bless Albert Edward Prince of Wales, the
Princess of Wales, and all the Royal Family :
Endue them with thy Holy Spirit ; enrich
them with thy heavenly grace ; prosper them
with all happiness ; and bring them to thine
everlasting kingdom ; through Jesus Christ
our Lord. Amen.

MORNING PRAYER.

A PRAYER FOR THE CLERGY AND PEOPLE.

ALMIGHTY and everlasting God, who
JL\. alone workest great marvels ; Send
down upon our Bishops, and Curates, and
all Congregations committed to their charge,
the healthful Spirit of thy grace ; and that
they may truly please thee, pour upon them
the continual dew of thy blessing. Grant
this, Lord, for the honour of our Advo-
cate and Mediator, Jesus Christ. Amen.

A PRAYER OF ST. CHRYSOSTOM.

ALMIGHTY God, who hast given us
^JL 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, 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.

2 Cor. xiii.

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

Here endeth the Order of Morning Prayer throughout the Tear.

THE ORDER FOR

EVENING PRAYER,

DAILY THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

1f At the beginning of Evening Prayer the Minister shall read with a
loud voice some one or more of these Sentences of the Scriptures that
follow. And then he shall say that which is written after the said
Sentences.

WHEN the wicked man turneth away
from his wickedness that he hath
committed, and doeth that which is law-
ful 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 spi-
rit : a broken and a contrite heart, God,
thou wilt not despise. Psalm li. 17.

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

EVENING PRAYER.

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.

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

Repent ye ; for the Kingdom of heaven
is at hand. St. Matth. 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. St. Luke xv.
18, 19.

Enter not into judgement with thy ser-
vant, Lord ; for in thy sight shall no man
living be justified. Psalm cxliii. 2.

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

DEAELY beloved brethren, the Scrip-
ture moveth us in sundry places to
acknowledge and confess our manifold sins j
and wickedness ; and that we should not
dissemble nor cloke them before the face :
of Almighty God our heavenly Father; '

EVENING PRAYER.

but confess them with an humble, lowly,
penitent, and obedient heart; to the end
that we may obtain forgiveness of the same,
by his infinite goodness and mercy. And
although we ought at all times humbly to
acknowledge our sins before God ; yet ought
we most chiefly so to do, when we assemble
and meet together to render thanks for the
great benefits that we have received at his
hands, to set forth his most worthy praise,
to hear his most holy Word, and to ask those
things which are requisite and necessary, as
well for the body as the soul. Wherefore I
pray and beseech you, as many as are here
present, to accompany me with a pure heart,
and humble voice, unto the throne of the
heavenly grace, saying after me ;

T A general Confession to be said of the whole Congre-
gation after the Minister, all kneeling.

ALMIGHTY and most merciful Father;
-T\. 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.

EVENING PRAYER.

But thou, Lord, have mercy upon us,
miserable offenders. Spare thou them,
God, which confess their faults. Restore
thou them that are penitent ; According to
thy promises declared unto mankind in
Christ Jesu our Lord. And grant, 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.

1T The Absolution, or Remission of sins, to be pronounced
by the Priest alone, standing; the people still kneeling.

ALMIGHTY God, the Father of our
JL\. 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 let us beseech him to grant us true
repentance, and his Holy Spirit, that those
things may please him, which we do at this
present ; and that the rest of our life hereafter
may be pure, and holy ; so that at the last
we may come to his eternal joy; through
Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

EVENING PRAYER.

*[[ Then the Minister shall kneel, and say the Lord's Prayer; the
people also kneeling, and repeating it with him.

OUK 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 deliver us from evil : For thine is the
kingdom, The power, and the glory, For
ever and ever. Amen.

1T Then likewise he shall say,

Lord, open thou our lips.
Answer. And our mouth shall shew forth
thy praise.

Priest. God, make speed to save us.
Answer. Lord, make haste to help us.

f Here all standing up, the Priest shall say,

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

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

Priest. Praise ye the Lord.

Answer. The Lord's Name be praised.

EVENING PRAYER.

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

MAGNIFICAT. St. Luke i.

MY soul doth magnify the Lord : and
my spirit hath rejoiced in God my
Saviour.

For he hath regarded : the lowliness of
his hand-maiden.

For behold, from henceforth : all gene-
rations shall call me blessed.

For he that is mighty hath magnified me :
and holy is his Name.

And his mercy is on them that fear him :
throughout all generations.

He hath shewed strength with his arm :
he hath scattered the proud in the ima-
gination of their hearts.

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

He hath filled the hungry with good
things : and the rich he hath sent empty
away.

He remembering his mercy hath holpen
his servant Israel : as he promised to our
forefathers, Abraham and his seed, for ever.

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

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

EVENING PRAYER.

11 Or else this Psalm; except it be on the Nineteenth Day of the
Month, when it is read in the ordinary course of the Psalms.

CANTATE DOMINO. Psalm xcviii.

OSING 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 victory.

The Lord declared his salvation : his
righteousness hath he openly shewed in the
sight of the heathen.

He hath remembered his mercy and
truth toward the house of Israel : and all
the ends of the world have seen the sal-
vation of our God.

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

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

With trumpets also and shawms : shew
yourselves joyful before the Lord the King.

Let the sea make a noise, and all that
therein is : the round world, and they that
dwell therein.

Let the floods clap their hands, and let
the hills be joyful together before the Lord :
for he cometh to judge the earth.

With righteousness shall he judge the
world : and the people with equity.

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

EVENING PRAYER.

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

fl Then a Lesson of the New Testament, as it is appointed. And
after that, Nunc dimittis (or the Song of Simeon) in English, as
followeth.

NUNC DIMITTIS. St. Luke ii. 29.

E>KD, now lettest thou thy servant de-
part 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.

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

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

^[ Or else this Psalm ; except it be on the Twelfth Day of the Month.
DEUS MISEREATUR. Psalm Ixvii.

GOD be merciful unto us, and bless us :
and shew us the light of his counte-
nance, and be merciful unto us :

That thy way may be known upon earth :
thy saving health among all nations.

Let the people praise thee, God : yea,
let all the people praise thee.

let the nations rejoice and be glad :
for thou shalt judge the folk righteously,
and govern the nations upon earth.

EVENING PRAYER.

Let the people praise thee, God : yea,
let all the people praise thee.

Then shall the earth bring forth her in-
crease : and God, even our own God, shall
give us his blessing.

God shall bless us : and all the ends of
the world shall fear him.

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

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

^ Then shall be said or sung the Apostles' Creed by the Minister and

the 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 as-
cended into heaven, And sitteth on the right
hand of God the Father Almighty ; From
thence he shall come to judge the quick
and the dead.

I believe in the Holy Ghost ; The holy
Catholick Church ; The Communion of
Saints ; The Forgiveness of sins ; The Ke-
surrection of the body, And the life ever-
lasting. Amen.

EVENING PRAYER.

U" And after that, these Prayers following, all devoutly kneeling ; the
Minister first pronouncing with a loud voice,

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

Minister. Let us pray.
Lord, have mercy upon us.

Christ 9 have mercy upon us.
Lord, have mercy upon us.

^[ Then the Minister, Clerks, and people, shall say the Lord's Prayer

with a loud voice.

OUR 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 de-
liver us from evil. Amen.

1f Then the Priest standing up shall say,

Lord, shew thy mercy upon us ;

Answer. And grant us thy salvation.

Priest. Lord, save the Queen.

Answer. And mercifully hear us when
we call upon thee.

Priest. Endue thy Ministers with right-
eousness.

Answer. And make thy chosen people
joyful.

EVENING PRAYER.

Priest. Lord, save thy people.

Answer. And bless thine inheritance.

Priest. Give peace .in our time, Lord.

Answer. Because there is none other that
fighteth for us, but only thou, God.

Priest. God, make clean our hearts
within us.

Answer. And take not thy Holy Spirit
from us.

Tl Then sliall follow three Collects ; the first of the Day ; the second for
Peace; the third for Aid against all Perils, as hereafter followeth :
which two last Collects shall be daily said at Evening Prayer
without alteration.

THE SECOND COLLECT AT EVENING PRAYER.

OGOD, 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 both our
hearts may be set to obey thy commandments,
and also that by thee we being defended
from the fear of our enemies may pass our
time in rest and quietness ; through the
merits of Jesus Christ our Saviour. Amen.

THE THIRD COLLECT, FOR AID AGAINST
ALL PERILS.

EGHTEN our darkness, we beseech
thee, 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.

EVENING PRAYER.

jf In Quires and Places where they sing, here followeth the Anthem.
A PRAYER FOR THE QUEEN'S MAJESTY.

OLOED our heavenly Father, high
and mighty, King of kings, Lord of
lords, the only Ruler of princes, who dost
from thy throne behold all the dwellers
upon earth ; Most heartily we beseech thee
with thy favour to behold our most gracious
Sovereign Lady, Queen VICTORIA; and
so replenish her with the grace of thy Holy
Spirit, that she may alway incline to thy
will, and walk in thy way : Endue her plen-
teously with heavenly gifts ; grant her in
health and wealth long to live ; strengthen
her that she may vanquish and overcome
all her enemies ; and finally, after this life,
she may attain everlasting joy and felicity ;
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

A PRAYER FOR THE ROYAL FAMILY.

ALMIGHTY God, the fountain of aU
JTlL goodness, we humbly beseech thee to
bless Albert Edward Prince of Wales, the
Princess of Wales, and all the Eoyal Family :
Endue them with thy Holy Spirit; enrich
them with thy heavenly grace ; prosper them
with all happiness ; and bring them to thine
everlasting kingdom ; through Jesus Christ
our Lord. Amen.

EVENING PRAYER.

A PRAYER FOR THE CLERGY AND PEOPLE.

ALMIGHTY and everlasting God, who
\. alone workest great marvels; Send
down upon our Bishops, and Curates, and
all Congregations committed to their charge,
the healthful Spirit of thy grace ; and that
they may truly please thee, pour upon them
the continual dew of thy blessing. Grant
this, Lord, for the honour of our Advo-
cate and Mediator, Jesus Christ. Amen.

A PRAYER OF ST. CHRYSOSTOM.

ALMIGHTY God, who hast given us
JL\. 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, 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.

2 Cor. xiii.

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

Here endeth the Order of Evening Prayer throughout the Tear.

AT MORNING PRAYER.

T[ Upon these Feasts ; Christmas Day, the Epiphany, Saint Matthias,
Easter Day, Ascension Day, Whitsunday, Saint John Baptist,
Saint James, Saint Bartholomew, Saint Matthew, Saint Simon and
Saint Jude, Saint Andrew, and upon Trinity Sunday, shall be sung
or said at Morning Prayer, instead of the Apostles' Creed, this
Confession of our Christian Faith, commonly called The Creed of
Saint ATHAXASIUS, by the Minister and people standing.

QUICUNQUE VULT.

TTTHOSOMVEK will be saved : before
V T all things it is necessary that he hold
the Catholick Faith.

Which Faith except every one do keep
whole and undefiled : without doubt he shall
perish everlastingly.

And the Catholick Faith is this : That we
worship one God in Trinity, and Trinity in
Unity ;

Neither confounding the Persons : nor
dividing the Substance.

For there is one Person of the Father,
another of the Son : and another of the Holy
Ghost.

But the Godhead of the Father, of the
Son, and of the Holy Ghost, is all one : the
Glory equal, the Majesty co-eternal.

Such as the Father is, such is the Son :
and such is the Holy Ghost.

The Father uncreate, the Son uncreate :
and the Holy Ghost uncreate.

The Father incomprehensible, the Son
incomprehensible : and the Holy Ghost
incomprehensible .

AT MORNING PRAYER.

The Father eternal, the Son eternal : and
the Holy Ghost eternal.

And yet they are not three eternals : but
one eternal.

As also there are not three incompre-
hensibles, nor three uncreated : but one
uncreated, and one incomprehensible.

So likewise the Father is Almighty,
the Son Almighty : and the Holy Ghost
Almighty.

And yet they are not three Almighties :
but one Almighty.

So the Father is God, the Son is God : and
the Holy Ghost is God.

And yet they are not three Gods : but one
God.

So likewise the Father is Lord, the Son
Lord : and the Holy Ghost Lord.

And yet not three Lords : but one
Lord.

For like as we are compelled by the
Christian verity : to acknowledge every
Person by himself to be God and Lord;

So are we forbidden by the Catholick
Eeligion : to say, There be three Gods, or
three Lords.

The Father is made of none : neither
created, nor begotten.

The Son is of the Father alone : not made,
nor created, but begotten.

AT MORNING PRAYER.

The Holy Ghost is of the Father and of
the Son : neither made, nor created, nor
begotten, but proceeding.

So there is one Father, not three Fathers;
one Son, not three Sons : one Holy Ghost,
not three Holy Ghosts.

And in this Trinity none is afore, or after
other : none is greater, or less than another;

But the whole three Persons are co-eternal
together : and co-equal.

So that in all things, as is aforesaid : the
Unity in Trinity, and the Trinity in Unity
is to be worshipped.

He therefore that will be saved : must thus
think of the Trinity.

Furthermore, it is necessary to everlasting
salvation : that he also believe rightly the
Incarnation of our Lord Jesus Christ.

For the right Faith is, that we believe
and confess : that our Lord Jesus Christ,
the Son of God, is God and Man ;

God, of the Substance of the Father,
begotten before the worlds : and Man, of
the Substance of his Mother, born in the
world;

Perfect God, and perfect Man : of a rea-
sonable soul and human flesh subsisting;

Equal to the Father, as touching his
Godhead : and inferior to the Father, as
touching his Manhood.

AT MORNING PRAYER.

Who although he be God and Man : yet
he is not two, but one Christ;

One ; not by conversion of the Godhead
into flesh : but by taking of the Manhood
into God ;

One altogether; not by confusion of Sub-
stance : but by unity of Person.

For as the reasonable soul and flesh is one
man : so God and Man is one Christ ;

Who suffered for our salvation : descended
into hell, rose again the third day from the
dead.

He ascended into heaven, he sitteth on the
right hand of the Father, God Almighty :
from whence he shall come to judge the
quick and the dead.

At whose coming all men shall rise again
with their bodies : and shall give account for
their own works.

And they that have done good shall go
into life everlasting : and they that have done
evil into everlasting fire.

This is the Catholick Faith : which except
a man believe faithfully, he cannot be saved.

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

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

THE LITANY.

H Here followeth the LITANY, or General Supplication, to be sung
or said after Morning Prayer upon Sundays, Wednesdays, and
Fridays, and at other times when it shall be commanded by the
Ordinary.

OGOD the Father, of heaven : have
mercy upon us miserable sinners.

God the Father, of heaven : have mercy
upon us miserable sinners.

God the Son, Kedeemer of the world :
have mercy upon us miserable sinners.

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

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

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

Remember not, Lord, our offences, nor
the offences of our forefathers ; neither take
thou vengeance of our sins : spare us, good
Lord, spare thy people, whom thou hast
redeemed with thy most precious blood,
and be not angry with us for ever.

THE LITANY.

Spare us, good Lord.
From all evil and mischief; from sin, from
the crafts and assaults of the devil; from thy
wrath, and from everlasting damnation,

Good Lord, deliver us.
From all blindness of heart ; from pride,
vain-glory, and hypocrisy; from envy, hatred,
and malice, and all uncharitableness,

Good Lord, deliver us.
From fornication, and all other deadly
sin; and from all the deceits of the world,
the flesh, and the devil,

Good Lord, deliver us.
From lightning and tempest; from plague,
pestilence, and famine ; from battle and
murder, and from sudden death,
Good Lord, deliver us.
From all sedition, privy conspiracy, and
rebellion; from all false doctrine, heresy,
and schism; from hardness of heart,
and contempt of thy Word and Command-
ment,

Good Lord, deliver us.
By the mystery of thy holy Incarnation ;
by thy holy Nativity and Circumcision ; by
thy Baptism, Fasting, and Temptation,

Good Lord, deliver us.
By thine Agony and bloody Sweat; by
thy Cross and Passion; by thy precious
Death and Burial ; by thy glorious Besur-

THE LITANY.

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 wealth ; in the hour of death, and in
the day of judgement,

Good Lord, deliver us.

We sinners do beseech thee to hear us,
Lord God ; and that it may please thee
to rule and govern thy holy Church univer-
sal in the right way ;

We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord.

That it may please thee to keep and
strengthen in the true worshipping of thee,
in righteousness and holiness of life, thy
Servant VICTORIA, our most gracious
Queen and Governor ;

We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord.

That it may please thee to rule her heart
in thy faith, fear, and love, and that she
may evermore have affiance in thee, and
ever seek thy honour and glory ;

We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord.

That it may please thee to be her de-
fender and keeper, giving her the victory
over all her enemies ;

We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord.

That it may please thee to bless and
preserve Albert Edward Prince of Wales, the
Princess of Wales, and all the Koyal Family;

THE LITANY.

We beseech iliee to hear us, good Lord.

That it may please thee to illuminate all
Bishops,Priests, andDeacons, with true know-
ledge and understanding of thy Word ; and
that both by their preaching and living they
may set it forth, and shew it accordingly ;

We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord.

That it may please thee to endue the
Lords of the Council, and all the Nobility,
with grace, wisdom, and understanding ;

We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord.

That it may please thee to bless and
keep the Magistrates, giving them grace to
execute justice, and to maintain truth ;

We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord.

That it may please thee to bless and
keep all thy people ;

We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord.

That it may please thee to give to all
nations unity, peace, and concord ;

We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord.

That it may please thee to give us an
heart to love and dread thee, and diligently
to live after thy commandments ;

We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord.

That it may please thee to give to all thy
people increase of grace to hear meekly thy
Word, and to receive it with pure affection,
and to bring forth the fruits of the Spirit ;

We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord.

THE LITANY.

That it may please thee to bring into the
way of truth all such as have erred, and are
deceived ;

We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord.

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

We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord.

That it may please thee to succour, help,
and comfort, all that are in danger, neces-
sity, and tribulation ;

We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord.

That it may please thee to preserve all
that travel by land or by water, all women
labouring of child, all sick persons, and
young children; and to shew thy pity upon
all prisoners and captives ;

We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord.

That it may please thee to defend, and pro-
vide for, the fatherless children, and widows,
and all that are desolate and oppressed ;

We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord.

That it may please thee to have mercy
upon all men ;

We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord.

That it may please thee to forgive our
enemies, persecutors, and slanderers, and to
turn their hearts ;

THE LITANY.

We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord.

That it may please thee to give and preserve
to our use the kindly fruits of the earth, so
as in due time we may enjoy them ;

We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord.

That it may please thee to give us true
repentance ; to forgive us all our sins, 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.
Son of God : we beseech thee to hear us.
Lamb of God : that takest away the
sins of the world ;

Grant us thy peace.

Lamb of God : that takest away the
sins of the world ;

Have mercy upon us.

Christ, hear us.

Christ, hear us.
Lord, have mercy upon us.

Lord, have mercy upon us.
Christ, have mercy upon us.

Christ, have mercy upon us.
Lord, have mercy upon us.

Lord, have mercy upon us.

THE LITANY.

^[ Then sJudl the Priest, and the people with him, say the
Lords Prayer.

OUK 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 de-
liver us from evil. Amen.

Priest. Lord, deal not with us after
our sins.

Answer. Neither reward us after our
iniquities.

Let us pray.

OGOD, merciful Father, that despisest
not the sighing of a contrite heart,
nor the desire of such as be sorrowful;
Mercifully assist our prayers that we make
before thee in all our troubles and adver-
sities, whensoever they oppress us ; and
graciously hear us, that those evils, which
the craft and subtilty of the devil or man
worketh against us, be brought to nought ;
and by the providence of thy goodness they
may be dispersed; that we thy servants,
being hurt by no persecutions, may ever-
more give thanks unto thee in thy holy
Church ; through Jesus Christ our Lord.

THE LITANY.

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

OGOD, 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.

Lord, arise, help us, and deliver us for
thine honour.

Glorv be to the Father, and to the Son :

*/ *

and to the Holy Ghost ;

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

From our enemies defend us, Christ.
Graciously look upon our afflictions.

Pitifully behold the sorrows of our hearts.
Mercifully forgive the sins of thy people.

Favourably with mercy hear our prayers.
Son of David, have mercy upon us.

Both now and ever vouchsafe to hear us,
Christ.

Graciously hear us, Christ; graciously
hear us, Lord Christ.

Priest. Lord, let thy mercy be shewed
upon us ;

Answer. As we do put our trust in thee.

Let us pray.

WE humbly beseech thee, Father,
mercifully to look upon our infirmi-
ties ; and for the glory of thy Name turn

THE LITANY.

from us all those evils that we most right-
eously 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 honour and glory ; through
our only Mediator and Advocate, Jesus
Christ our Lord. Amen.

A Prayer of St. Chrysostom.'

ALMIGHTY God, who hast given us
^JL 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, Lord,
the desires and petitions of thy servants, as
may he most expedient for them ; granting
us in this world knowledge of thy truth,
and in the world to come life everlasting.
Amen.

2 Cor. xiii.

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

Here endeth the LITANY.

PRAYERS AND THANKSGIVINGS,

UPON SEVERAL OCCASIONS,

To be used before ike two final Prayers of the Litany, or of Morning
and Evening Prayer.

PRAYERS.

For Rain.

OGOD, heavenly Father, who by thy
Son Jesus Christ hast promised to all
them that seek thy kingdom, and the right-
eousness thereof, all things necessary 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 honour ; through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen.

For fair Weather.

O ALMIGHTY Lord God, who for the
sin of man didst once drown all the
world, except eight persons, and afterward
of thy great mercy didst promise never to
destroy it so again; We humbly beseech
thee, that although we for our iniquities
have worthily deserved a plague of rain and
waters, yet upon our true 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.

PRAYERS.

In the time of Dearth and Famine.

OGOD, heavenly Father, whose gift it is,
that the rain doth fall, the earth is
fruitful, beasts increase, and fishes do multi-
ply ; Behold, we beseech thee, the afflictions
of thy people ; and grant that the scarcity
and dearth, which we do now most justly
suffer for our iniquity, may through thy
goodness be mercifully turned into cheap-
ness and plenty ; for the love of Jesus Christ
our Lord, to whom with thee and the Holy
Ghost be all honour and glory, now and for
ever. Amen.

Or this.

OGOD, merciful Father, who, in the
time of Elisha the prophet, didst sud-
denly in Samaria turn great scarcity and
dearth into plenty and cheapness; Have
mercy upon us, that we, who are now for
our sins punished with like adversity, may
likewise find a seasonable relief: Increase
the fruits of the earth by thy heavenly
benediction; and grant that we, receiving
thy bountiful liberality, may use the same
to thy glory, the relief of those that are
needy, and our own comfort ; through Jesus
Christ our Lord. Amen.

In the time of War and Tumults.

ALMIGHTY God, King of all kings,
and Governor of all things, whose

PRAYERS.

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, asswage their malice, and con-
found their devices ; that we, being armed
with thy defence, may be preserved ever-
more from all perils, to glorify thee, who
art the only giver of all victory; through
the merits of thy only Son, Jesus Christ
our Lord. Amen.

In the time of any common Plague or Sickness.

O 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.

PRAYERS.

T In the Ember Weeks, to be said every day, for those
that are to be admitted into Holy Orders.

\ LMIGHTY God, our heavenly Father,
JL\. who hast purchased to thyself an uni-
versal Church by the precious blood of thy
dear Son; Mercifully look upon the same,
and at this time so guide and govern the
minds of thy servants the Bishops and Pas-
tors of thy flock, that they may lay hands
suddenly on no man, but faithfully and
wisely make choice of fit persons to serve
in the sacred Ministry of thy Church. And to
those which shall be ordained to any holy
function give thy grace and heavenly bene-
diction ; that both by their life and doctrine
they may set forth thy glory, and set forward
the salvation of all men; through Jesus
Christ our Lord. Amen.

Or this.

A LMIGHTY God, the giver of aU good
JTJL gifts, who of thy divine providence hast
appointed divers Orders in thy Church ;
Give thy grace, we humbly beseech thee,
to all those wiio are to be called to any
office and administration in the same ; and
so replenish them with the truth of thy doc-
trine, and endue them with innocency of
life, that they may faithfully serve before
thee, to the glory of thy great Name, and
the benefit of thy holy Church; through
Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

PHAYERS.

TT A Prayer that may be said after any of the former.

OGOD, whose nature and property is
ever to have mercy and to forgive, re-
ceive our humble petitions ; 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 honour of Jesus Christ, our
Mediator and Advocate. Amen.

IT A Prayer for the High Court of Parliament, to be
read during their Session.

MOST gracious God, we humbly be-
seech thee, as for this Kingdom in
general, so especially for the High Court of
Parliament, under our most religious and
gracious Queen at this time assembled :
That thou wouldest be pleased to direct
and prosper all their consultations to the
advancement of thy glory, the good of thy
Church, the safety, honour, and welfare of
our Sovereign, and her Dominions ; that all
things may be so ordered and settled by
their endeavours, upon the best and surest
foundations, that peace and happiness, truth
and justice, religion and piety, may be esta-
blished 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. Amen.

PRAYERS.

II A Collect or Prayer for all Conditions of men, to
be used at such times when the Litany is not ap-
pointed to be said.

OGOD, 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
the good estate of the Catholick Church ;
that it may be so guided and governed by
thy good Spirit, that all who profess and
call themselves Christians may be led into
the way of truth, and hold the faith in unity
of spirit, in the bond of peace, and in right-
eousness of life. Finally, we commend to
thy fatherly goodness all those, who are any
ways afflicted, or distressed, in * TM S to be

rninrl "hnrlv nr PQ+ a+p f* P<MP- said when any de "

a, oociy, < estate , [_ espe- sire the Prayers of
dally those for whomour prayers the congregation.
are desired^] that it may please thee to
comfort and relieve them, according to their
several necessities, giving them patience
under their sufferings, and a happy issue
out of all their afflictions. And this we beg
for Jesus Christ his sake. Amen.

THANKSGIVINGS.

^ A General Thanksgiving*

A LMIGHTY God, Father of all mercies,
XjL 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 ; [* par- * TM S to be
ticulartu to those who desire "d*J eD 7* | a *

t/ m haVe been prayed

now to offer up their praises for desire to return
and thanksgivings for thy late praise -
mercies vouchsafed unto them.] We bless
thee for our creation, preservation, and
all the blessings of this life; but above
all, for thine inestimable love in the re-
demption 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 shew forth thy praise,
not only with our lips, but in our lives ; by
giving up ourselves to thy service, and by
walking before thee in holiness and right-
eousness all our days ; through Jesus Christ

THANKSGIVINGS.

our Lord, to whom with thee and the Holy
Ghost be all honour and glory, world with-
out end. Amen.

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 joy-
ful rain upon thine inheritance, and to
refresh it when it was dry, to the great
comfort of us thy unworthy servants, and
to the glory of thy holy Name ; through
thy mercies in Jesus Christ our Lord,
Amen.

For fair Weather.

OLORD God, who hast justly humbled
us by thy late plague of immoderate
rain and waters, and in thy mercy hast re-
lieved and comforted our souls by this sea-
sonable 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 gene-
ration; through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen.

THANKSGIVINGS.

For Plenty.

OMOST merciful Father, who of thy
gracious goodness hast heard the de-
vout 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
continue thy loving-kindness unto us, that
our land may yield us her fruits of increase,
to thy glory and our comfort; through Jesus
Christ our Lord. Amen.

For Peace and Deliverance from our Enemies.

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 deli-
verance from those great and apparent
dangers wherewith we were compassed :
We acknowledge 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 Jesus Christ
our Lord. Amen.

For restoring Publick Peace at Home.

OETEENAL God, our heavenly Fa-
ther, who alone makest men to be of
one mind in a house, and stillest the out-

THANKSGIVINGS.

rage 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 amongst us ;
most humbly beseeching thee to grant to all
of us grace, that we may henceforth obe-
diently walk in thy holy commandments ;
and, 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 towards
us; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

For Deliverance from the Plague, or other common

Sickness.

OLOKD God, who hast wounded us for
our sins, and consumed us for our
transgressions, by thy late heavy and dread-
ful visitation ; and now, in the midst of
judgement remembering mercy, hast re-
deemed our souls from the jaws of death;
We offer unto thy fatherly goodness our-
selves, our souls and bodies which thou hast
delivered, to be a living sacrifice unto thee,
always praising and magnifying thy mercies
in the midst of thy Church ; through Jesus
Christ our Lord. Amen.

Or this.

THANKSGIVINGS.

humbly acknowledge before thee,
most merciful Father, that all the
punishments which are threatened in thy
law might justly have fallen upon us, by
reason of our manifold transgressions and
hardness of heart : Yet seeing it hath pleased
thee of thy tender mercy, upon our weak
and unworthy humiliation, to asswage the
contagious sickness wherewith we lately have
been sore afflicted, and to restore the voice
of joy and health into our dwellings ; We
offer unto thy Divine Majesty the sacrifice
of praise and thanksgiving, lauding and
magnifying thy glorious Name for such
thy preservation and providence over us ;
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

COLLECTS, EPISTLES,

AND GOSPELS,

TO BE USED THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

H NOTE, That the Collect appointed for every Sunday, or for any Holy -day
that hath a Vigil or Eve, shall be said at the Evening Service next before.

fiut

THE COLLECT.

ALMIGHTY God, give us grace that we may
-LlL cast away the works of darkness, and put
upon us the armour of light, now in the time of
this mortal life, in which thy Son Jesus Christ
came to visit us in great humility ; that in the
last day, when he shall come again in his glo-
rious Majesty to judge both the quick and dead,
we may rise to the life immortal, through him
who liveth and reigneth with thee and the
Holy Ghost, now and ever. Amen.

11 This Collect is to be repeated every day, with tlie other Collects in Advent,

until Christmas Eve.

THE EPISTLE. ROM. xin. 8.

OWE no man any thing, but to love one an-
other : for he that loveth another hath ful-
filled the law. For this, Thou shalt not com-
mit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt
not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness,

FIRST SUNDAY IN ADVENT.

Thou shall not covet ; and if there be any other
commandment, it is briefly comprehended in
this saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy neigh-
bour as thyself. Love worketh no ill to his
neighbour ; therefore love is the fulfilling of the
law. And that, knowing the time, that now it
is high time to awake out of sleep : for now is
our salvation nearer than when we believed.
The night is far spent, the day is at hand ; let
us therefore cast off* the works of darkness,
and let us put on the armour of light. Let
us walk honestly as in the day; not in riot-
ing and drunkenness, not in chambering and
wantonness, not in strife and envying. But
put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make
not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts
thereof.

THE GOSPEL. ST. MATTH. XXL 1.

WHEN they drew nigh unto Jerusalem,
and were come to Bethphage, unto the
mount of Olives, then sent Jesus two disciples,
saying unto them, Go into the village over
against you, and straightway ye shall find an
ass tied, and a colt with her: loose them, and
bring them unto me. And if any man say
ought 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, say-
ing, Tell ye the daughter of Sion, 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

SECOND SUNDAY IN ADVENT.

their garments in the way; others cut down
branches from the trees, and strawed them in
the way. And the multitudes that Avent 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 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.

THE COLLECT.

BLESSED Lord, who hast caused all holy
Scriptures to be written for our learning;
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. ROM. xv. 4.

TT7HATSOEVER things were written afore-
V V time, were written for our learning; that
we through patience, and comfort of the Scrip-
tures, might have hope. Now the God of pa-
tience and consolation grant you to be like-

SECOND SUNDAY IN ADVENT.

minded one towards another, according to Christ
Jesus : that ye may with one mind, and one
mouth, glorify God, even the Father of our Lord
Jesus Christ. Wherefore receive ve 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 unfo the fathers : And that
the Gentiles might glorify God for his mercy; as
it is written, For this cause I will confess to thee
among the Gentiles, and sing unto thy Name.
And again he saith, Rejoice, ye Gentiles, with
his people. And again, Praise the Lord, all ye
Gentiles, and laud him, all ye people. And
again, Esaias saith, There shall be a root of Jesse,
and he that shall rise to reign over the Gentiles,
in him shall the Gentiles trust. Now the God
of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believ-
ing, that ye may abound in hope, through the
power of the Holy Ghost.

THE GOSPEL. ST. LUKE xxi. 25.

AND there shall be signs in the sun, and in
JI\. the moon, and in the stars; and upon the
earth distress of nations, with perplexity, the
sea and the waves roaring; men's hearts failing
them for fear, and for looking after those things
which are coming on the earth : for the powers
of heaven shall be shaken. And then shall they
see the Son of Man coming in a cloud with
power and great glory. And when these things
begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift
up your heads; for your redemption draweth
nigh. And he spake to them a parable, Behold
the fig-tree, and all the trees; when they now
shoot forth, ye see and know of your own selves
that summer is now nigh at hand. So likewise

THIRD SUNDAY IN ADVENT.

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.

faty Cljirir Smtirag in ^frfent

THE COLLECT.

OLORD Jesu 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 pre-
pare and make ready thy way, by turning the
hearts of the disobedient to the wisdom of the
just, that at thy second coming to judge the
world we may be found an acceptable people in
thy sight, who livest and reignest with the Fa-
ther and the Holy Spirit, ever one God, world
without end. Amen.

THE EPISTLE. 1 COR. iv. 1.

E"!T a man so account of us, as of the minis-
ters of Christ, and stewards of the mysteries
of God. Moreover, it is required in stewards,
that a man be found faithful. But with me it
is a very small thing that I should be judged
of you, or of man's judgement: yea, I judge not
mine own self. For I know nothing by myself,
yet am I not hereby justified ; but he that
judgeth me is the Lord. Therefore judge no-
thing 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.

FOUKTH SUNDAY IN ADVENT.

THE GOSPEL. ST. MATTH. xi. 2.

NOW when John had heard in the prison the
works of Christ, he sent two of his disci-
ples, and said unto him, Art thou he that should
come, or do we look for another? Jesus answered
and said unto them, Go and shew 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 whosoever
shall not be offended in me. And as they de-
parted, Jesus began to say unto the multitudes
concerning John, What went ye out into the
wilderness to see? a reed shaken with the wind?
But what went ye out for to see? a man clothed
in soft raiment? behold, they that wear soft
clothing are in kings' houses. But what went
ye out for to see? a prophet? yea, I say unto
you, and more than a prophet. For this is he of
whom it is written, Behold, I send my messenger
before thy face, which shall prepare thy way
before thee.

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THE COLLECT.

OLORD, raise up (we pray thee) thy power,
and come among us, and with great might
succour us; that whereas, through our sins and
wickedness, we are sore let and hindered in run-
ning the race that is set before us, thy bountiful
grace and mercy may speedily help and deliver
us ; through the satisfaction of thy Son our Lord,
to whom with thee and the Holy Ghost be
honour and glory, world without end. Amen.

FOUETH SUNDAY IN ADVENT.

THE EPISTLR PHILIP, iv. 4.

T3EJOICE in the Lord alway, and again
JA; I say, Rejoice. Let your moderation be
known unto all men. The Lord is at hand. Be
careful for nothing: but in every thing, by
prayer and supplication with thanksgiving, let
your requests be made known unto God. And
the peace of God, which passeth all understand-
ing, shall keep your hearts and minds through
Christ Jesus.

THE GOSPEL. ST. JOHN i. 19.

THIS 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 Phari-
sees. 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 OF OUR LORD, OR THE
BIRTH-DAY OF CHRIST,

COMMONLY CALLED

THE COLLECT*

ALMIGHTY God, who hast given us thy
XJL 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 regenerate, and
made thy children by adoption and grace, may
daily be renewed by thy Holy Spirit; through
the same our Lord Jesus Christ, who liveth and
reigneth with thee and the same Spirit, ever one
God, world without end. Amen.

THE EPISTLE. HEBB. i. 1.

GOD, 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 up-
holding 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? And again, I will be to
him a Father, and he shall be to me a Son?

CHRISTMAS DAY.

And again, when he bringeth in the first-begot-
ten 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 ves-
ture shalt thou fold them up, and they shall be
changed; but thou art the same, and thy years
shall not fail.

THE GOSPEL. ST. JOHN L 1.

IN 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
comprehended it not. There was a man sent
from God, whose name was John. The same
came for a witness, to bear witness of the light,
that all men through him might believe. He
was not that light, but was sent to bear witness
of that light. That was the true light, which
lighteth every man that cometh into the world.
He was in the world, and the world was made
by him, and the world knew him not. He
came unto his own, and his own received him

SAINT STEPHEN'S DAY.

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.

Saint

THE COLLECT.

GRANT, O Lord, that, in all our sufferings
here upon earth for the testimony of thy
truth, we may stedfastly look up to heaven, and
by faith behold the glory that shall be revealed;
and, being filled with the Holy Ghost, may learn
to love and bless our persecutors by the example
of thy first Martyr Saint Stephen, who prayed
for his murderers to thee, O blessed Jesus, who
standest at the right hand of God to succour all
those that suffer for thee, our only Mediator
and Advocate. Amen.

1T Then shall follow the Collect of the Nativity, which shall be said continually

unto New-year's Eve.

FOR THE EPISTLE. ACTS vn. 55.

STEPHEN, being full of the Holy Ghost,
looked up stedfastly into heaven, and saw
the glory of God, and Jesus standing on the
right hand of God, and said, Behold, I see the
heavens opened, and the Son of Man standing
on the right hand of God. Then they cried out
with a loud voice, and stopped their ears, and ran
upon him with one accord, and cast him out of
the city, and stoned him: and the witnesses laid
down their clothes at a young man's feet, whose

SAINT JOHN THE EVANGELIST'S DAY.

name was Saul. And they stoned Stephen, call-
ing upon God, and saying, Lord Jesus, receive
my spirit. And he kneeled down, and cried
with a loud voice, Lord, lay not this sin to their
charge. And when he had said this, he fell
asleep.

THE GOSPEL. ST. MATTH. xxin. 34.

T3EHOLD, I send unto you prophets, and
JD wise men, and scribes ; and some of them
ye shall kill and crucify ; and some of them shall
ye scourge in your synagogues, and persecute
them from city to city ; that upon you may
come all the righteous blood shed upon the
earth, from the blood of righteous Abel unto the
blood of Zacharias, son of Barachias, whom ye
slew between the temple and the altar. Verily
I say unto you, All these things shall come upon
this generation. O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou
that killest the prophets, and stonest them which
are sent unto thee ; how often would I have
gathered thy children together, even as a hen
gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye
would not ! Behold, your house is left unto you
desolate. For I say unto you, Ye shall not see
me henceforth, till ye shall say, Blessed is he
that cometh in the Name of the Lord.

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THE COLLECT.

MERCIFUL Lord, we beseech thee to cast
thy bright beams of light upon thy Church,
that it being enlightened by the doctrine of thy
blessed Apostle and Evangelist Saint John may
so walk in the light of thy truth, that it may at
length attain to the light of everlasting life ;
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

SAINT JOHN THE EVANGELIST'S DAY.

THE EPISTLE. 1 ST. JOHN i. 1.

r I lH AT which was from the beginning, which
_L we have heard, which we have seen with
our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our
hands have handled of the word of life ; (for the
life was manifested, and we have seen it, and
bear witness, and shew unto you that eternal
life, which was with the Father, and was mani-
fested unto us ;) That which we have seen and
heard declare we unto you, that ye also may
have fellowship with us ; and truly our fellow-
ship is with the Father, and with his Son Jesus
Christ. And these things write we unto you,
that your joy may be full. This then is the
message which we have heard of him, and de-
clare unto you, That God is light, and in him is
no darkness at all. If we say that we have fel-
lowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie,
and do not the truth : but if we walk in the light,
as he is in the light, we have fellowship one
with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his
Son cleanseth us from all sin. If we say that
we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the
truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, he is
faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to
cleanse us from all unrighteousness. If we say
that we have not sinned, we make him a liar,
and his word is not in us.

THE GOSPEL. ST. JOHN xxi. 19.

JESUS said unto Peter, Follow me. Then
Peter, turning about, seeth the disciple
whom Jesus loved following ; which also leaned
on his breast at supper, and said, Lord, which
is he that betrayeth thee ? Peter seeing him
saith to Jesus, Lord, and what shall this man

THE INNOCENTS' DAY.

do ? Jesus saith unto him, If I will that he
tarry till I come, what is that to thee ? Fol-
low thou me. Then went this saying abroad
among the brethren, That that disciple should
not die : yet Jesus said not unto him, He
shall not die ; but, If I will that he tarry till I
come, what is that to thee ? This is the dis-
ciple which testifieth of these things, and wrote
these things, and we know that his testimony
is true. And there are also many other things
which Jesus did, the which if they should be
written every one, I suppose, that even the
world itself could not contain the books that
should be written.

THE COLLECT.

O ALMIGHTY God, who out of the mouths
of babes and sucklings hast ordained
strength, and madest infants to glorify thee by
their deaths ; Mortify and kill all vices in us,
and so strengthen us by thy grace, that by the
innocency of our lives, and constancy of our faith
even unto death, we may glorify thy holy Name ;
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

FOE THE EPISTLE. REV. nv. 1.

I LOOKED, and lo, a Lamb stood on the
mount Sion, and with him an hundred forty
and four thousand, having his Father's Name
written in their foreheads. And I heard a voice
from heaven, as the voice of many waters, and
as the voice of a great thunder : and I heard the
voice of harpers harping with their harps : and

THE INNOCENTS' DAY.

they sung as it were a hew song before the
throne, and before the four beasts, and the
elders ; and no man could learn that song, but
the hundred and forty and four thousand, which
were redeemed from the earth. These are they
which were not defiled with women, for they
are virgins : these are they which follow the
Lamb whithersoever he goeth : these were re-
deemed from among men, being the first-fruits
unto God, and to the Lamb. And in their
mouth was found no guile ; for they are with-
out fault before the throne of God.

THE GOSPEL. ST. MATTH. n. 13.

FT1HE Angel of the Lord appeareth to Joseph
X in a dream, saying, Arise, and take the
young child, and his mother, and flee into Egypt,
and be thou there until I bring thee word ; for
Herod will seek the young child to destroy him.
When he arose, he took the young child and his
mother by night, and departed into Egypt, and
was there until the death of Herod ; that it
might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord
by the prophet, saying, Out of Egypt have I
called my Son. Then Herod, when he saw that
he was mocked of the wise men, was exceeding
wroth ; and sent forth, and slew all the children
that were in Bethlehem, and in all the coasts
thereof, from two years old and under, accord-
ing to the time which he had diligently inquired
of the wise men. Then was fulfilled that which
was spoken by Jeremy the prophet, saying, In
Rama was there a voice heard, lamentation, and
weeping, and great mourning, Rachel weeping
for her children, and would not be comforted,
because they are not.

SUNDAY AFTER CHRISTMAS DAY.

C^je StomJrag after Christmas ,ag.

THE COLLECT.

ALMIGHTY God, who hast given us thy
X\. 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 regenerate, and
made thy children by adoption and grace, may
daily be renewed by thy Holy Spirit ; through
the same our Lord Jesus Christ, who liveth and
reigneth with thee and the same Spirit, ever one
God, world without end. Amen.

THE EPISTLE. GAL. iv. 1.

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

THE GOSPEL. ST. MATTH. i. 18.

nnHE birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise :
JL When as his mother Mary was espoused
to Joseph, before they came together she was
found with child of the Holy Ghost. Then Jo-
seph her husband, being a just man, and not
willing to make her a publick example, was
minded to put her away privily. But while he

THE CIRCUMCISION OF CHRIST.

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 conceived
in her is of the Holy Ghost : And she shall bring
forth a Son, and thou shalt 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 interpreted 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.

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THE COLLECT.

ALMIGHTY God, who madest thy blessed
JL\_ Son to be circumcised, and obedient to the
law for man ; Grant us the true circumcision of
the Spirit; that, our hearts, and all our members,
being mortified from all worldly and carnal lusts,
we may in all things obey thy blessed will ;
through the same thy Son Jesus Christ our
Lord. Amen.

THE EPISTLE. ROM. iv. &

BLESSED is the man to whom the Lord will
not impute sin. Cometh this blessedness
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 circum-
cision, or in uncircumcision ? Not in circum-
cision, but in uncircumcision. And he received

THE CIRCUMCISION OF CHRIST.

the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteous-
ness 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 circumcision only, but also
walk in the steps of that faith of our father
Abraham, which he had being yet uncircum-
cised. 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
righteousness of faith. For if they which are
of the law be heirs, faith is made void, and the
promise made of none effect.

THE GOSPEL. ST. LUKE n. 15.

ND it came to pass, as the angels were gone
away from them into heaven, the shepherds
said one to another, Let us now go even unto
Bethlehem, and see this thing which is come to
pass, which the Lord hath made known unto
us. And they came with haste, and found 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 concern-
ing this child. And all they that heard it won-
dered 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 con-
ceived in the womb.

1T The same Collect, Epistle, and Gospel shall serve for every day after unto

the Epiphany.

THE EPIPHANY.

OR THE MANIFESTATION OF CHRIST TO THE GENTILES.
THE COLLECT.

GOD, who by the leading of a star didst

manifest thy only-begotten Son to the Gen-
tiles; Mercifully grant, that we, which know
thee now by faith, may after this life have the
fruition of thy glorious Godhead ; through Jesus
Christ our Lord. Amen.

THE EPISTLR EPHES. in. 1.

FOE, 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 mys-
tery (as I wrote afore in few words, whereby,
when ye read, ye may understand my know-
ledge 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 Apos-
tles and Prophets by the Spirit ; That the Gen-
tiles should be fellow-heirs, and of the same
body, and partakers of his promise in Christ,
by the Gospel: whereof I was made a minister,
according to the gift of the grace of God given
unto me by the effectual working of his power.
Unto me, who am less than the least of all
saints, is this grace given, that I should preach
among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of
Christ; and to make all men see what is the
fellowship of the mystery, which from the be-
ginning 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 EPIPHANY.

the Church the manifold wisdom of God, ac-
cording to the eternal purpose which he pur-
posed in Christ Jesus our Lord: In whom we
have boldness and access with confidence by
the faith of him.

THE GOSPEL. ST. MATTH. n. 1.

WHEN Jesus was born in Bethlehem of
Judaea, 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 worship him. When
Herod the king had heard these things, he was
troubled, and all Jerusalem with him. And
when he had gathered all the chief priests and
scribes ,of the people together, he demanded of
them, where Christ should be born. And they
said unto him, In Bethlehem of Judaea: 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 appeared. And he sent them
to Bethlehem, and said, Go, and search dili-
gently for the young child, and when ye have
found him, bring me word again, that I may
come and worship him also. When they had
heard the king, they departed; and lo, the star
which they saw in the east went before them,
till it came and stood over where the young
child was. When they saw the star, they re-
joiced 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

FIKST SUNDAY AFTER EPIPHANY.

worshipped him: and when they had opened
their treasures, they presented unto him gifts;
gold, and frankincense, and myrrh. And being
warned of God in a dream that they should not
return to Herod, they departed into their own
country another way.

Jfirst Swttrag after % %ip|jang,

THE COLLECT.

OLORD, we beseech thee mercifully to re-
ceive the prayers of thy people which call
upon thee; and grant that they may both per-
ceive 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. xn. 1.

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. And be not
conformed to this world; but be ye transformed
by the renewing of your mind, that ye may
prove what is that good, and acceptable, and
perfect will of God. For I say, through the
grace given unto me, to every man that is
among you, not to think of himself more highly
than he ought to think, but to think soberly,
according as God hath dealt to every man the
measure of faith. For as we have many mem-
bers 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.

SECOND SUNDAY AFTER EPIPHANY.

THE GOSPEL. ST. LUKE n. 41.

NOW 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 return-
ed, the child Jesus tarried behind in Jerusalem ;
and Joseph and his mother knew not of it. But
they, supposing him to have been in the com-
pany, went a day's journey, and they sought
him among their kinsfolk and acquaintance.
And when they found him not, they turned back
again to Jerusalem, seeking him. And it came
to pass, that after three days they found him
in the temple, sitting in the midst of the doctors,
both hearing them, and asking them questions.
And all that heard him were astonished at his
understanding 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 business? 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.

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THE COLLECT.

ALMIGHTY and everlasting God, who dost
X\_ 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.

SECOND SUNDAY AFTEK EPIPHANY.

THE EPISTLE. ROM. xii. 6.

HAYING then gifts differing according to
the grace that is given to us, whether pro-
phecy, let us prophesy according to the proportion
of faith; or ministry, let us wait on our minis-
tering ; or he that teacheth, on teaching ; or he
that exhorteth, on exhortation : he that giveth,
let him do it with simplicity; he that ruleth,
with diligence; he that sheweth 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 honour preferring one
another: 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 perse-
cute you ; bless, and curse not. Rejoice with
them that do rejoice, and weep with them that
weep. Be of the same mind one towards another.
Mind not high things, but condescend to men
of low estate.

THE GOSPEL. ST. JOHN n. 1.

ND 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, Whatsoever he saith unto you, do
it. And there were set there six water-pots of
stone, after the manner of the purifying of the
Jews, containing two or three firkins apiece.
Jesus saith unto them, Fill the water-pots with

THIRD SUNDAY AFTER EPIPHANY.

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 ruler of the feast had tasted
the water that was made wine, and knew not
whence it was, (but the servants which drew the
water knew,) the 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 miracles did Jesus in
Cana of Galilee, and manifested forth his glory,
and his disciples believed on him.

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THE COLLECT.

ALMIGHTY and everlasting God, mercifully
J_jL look upon our infirmities, and in all our
dangers and necessities stretch forth thy right
hand to help and defend us ; through Jesus
Christ our Lord. Amen.

THE EPISTLE. ROM. xn. 16.

BE 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 your-
selves, but rather give place unto wrath ; for it is
written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith
the Lord. Therefore, if thine enemy hunger,
feed him; if he thirst, give him drink: for in so
doing thou shalt heap coals of fire on his head.
Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil
with good.

THIRD SUNDAY AFTER EPIPHANY.

THE GOSPEL. ST. MATTH. vm. 1.

WHEN he was come down from the moun-
tain, great multitudes followed him. And
behold, there came a leper and worshipped him,
saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me
clean. And Jesus put forth his hand, and
touched him, saying, I will; be thou clean.
And immediately his leprosy was cleansed.
And Jesus saith unto him, See thou tell no man,
but go thy way, shew thyself to the priest, and
offer the gift that Moses commanded, for a testi-
mony unto them. And when Jesus was entered
into Capernaum, there came unto him a centurion
beseeching him, and saying, Lord, my servant
lieth at home sick of the palsy, grievously tor-
mented. And Jesus saith unto him, I will come
and heal him. The centurion answered and
said, Lord, I am not worthy that thou shouldest
come under my roof; but speak the word only,
and my servant shall be healed. For I am a
man under authority, having soldiers 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.

FOURTH SUNDAY AFTER EPIPHANY.

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THE COLLECT.

OGOD, who knowest us to be set in the
midst of so many and great dangers, that
by reason of the frailty of our nature we cannot
always stand upright ; Grant to us such strength
and protection, as may support us in all dangers,
and carry us through all temptations; through
Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

THE EPISTLE. ROM. XIIL 1.

EST every soul be subject unto the higher
powers; for there is no power but of God:
the powers that be are ordained of God. Who-
soever 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, honour to whom
honour.

FOURTH SUNDAY AFTER EPIPHANY.

THE GOSPEL. ST. MATTH. vm. 23.

ND when he was entered into a ship, his dis-
ciples followed him. And behold, there
arose a great tempest in the sea, insomuch that
the ship was covered with the waves: but he
was asleep. And his disciples came to him, and
awoke him, saying, Lord, save us, we perish.
And he saith 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 tor-
ment 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 waters. And
they that kept them fled, and went their
ways into the city, and told every thing, and
what was befallen to the possessed of the
devils. And behold, the whole city came out
to meet Jesus: and when they saw him, they
besought him, that he would depart out of their
coasts.

FIFTH SUNDAY AFTER EPIPHANY.

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THE COLLECT.

OLORD, 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 EPISTLR COLOSS. in. 12.

PUT on therefore, as the elect of God, holy
and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness,
humbleness of mind, meekness, long-suffering;
forbearing one another, and forgiving one an-
other, if any man have a quarrel against any;
even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye. And
above all these things put on charity, which is
the bond of perfectness. And let the peace of
God rule in your hearts, to the which also ye
are called in one body; and be ye thankful.
Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all
wisdom, teaching and admonishing one another
in psalms, and hymns, and spiritual songs, sing-
ing with grace in your hearts to the Lord. And
whatsoever ye do, in word or deed, do all in the
Name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God
and the Father by him.

THE GOSPEL. ST. MATTH. XIIL 24.

THE kingdom of heaven is likened unto a
man which sowed good seed in his field.
But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed
tares among the wheat, and went his way. But
when the blade was sprung up, and brought
forth fruit, then appeared the tares also. So the
servants of the householder came, and said unto
him, Sir, didst not thou sow good seed in thy

SIXTH SUNDAY AFTER EPIPHANY.

I field ? from whence then hath it tares ? He said

| unto them, An enemy hath done this. The

I servants said unto him, Wilt thou then that we

go and gather them up? But he said, Nay; lest

while ye gather up the tares, ye root up also the

wheat with them. Let both grow together until

the harvest; and in the time of harvest I will

say to the reapers, Gather ye together first the

tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them :

but gather the wheat into my barn.

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THE COLLECT.

OGOD, 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 king-
dom ; where with thee, O Father, and thee, O
Holy Ghost, he liveth and reigneth, ever one
God, world without end. Amen.

THE EPISTLE. 1 ST. JOHN m. 1.

BEHOLD, 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. Be-
loved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth
not yet appear what we shall be : but we know,
that, when he shall appear, we shall be like
him ; for we shall see him as he is. And every
man that hath this hope in him purifieth him-
self, even as he is pure. Whosoever committeth
sin transgresseth also the law : for sin is the

SIXTH SUNDAY AFTER EPIPHANY.

transgression of the law. And ye know that he
was manifested to take away our sins ; and in
him is 110 sin. Whosoever abideth in him sin-
neth not : whosoever sinneth hath not seen him,
neither known him. Little children, let no
man deceive you : he that doeth righteousness
is righteous, even as he is righteous. 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. ST. MATTH. xxiv. 23.

rilHEN if any man shall say unto you, Lo,
JL here is Christ, or there ; believe it not.
For there shall arise false Christs, and false
prophets, and shall shew great signs and
wonders ; insomuch that (if it were possible)
they shall deceive the very elect. Behold, I
have told you before. Wherefore, if they shall
say unto you, Behold, he is in the desert ; go
not forth : behold, he is in the secret chambers ;
believe it not. For as the lightning cometh out
of the east, and shineth even unto the west ;
so shall also the coming of the Son of Man be.
For wheresoever the carcase is, there will the
eagles be gathered together. Immediately after
the tribulation of those days shall the sun be
darkened, and the moon shall not give her light,
and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the
powers of the heavens shall be shaken. And
then shall appear the sign of the Son of Man in
heaven : and then shall all the tribes of the
earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of Man
coming in the clouds of heaven, with power and
great glory. And he shall send his angels with
a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather
together his elect from the four winds, from one
end of heaven to the other.

SEPTUAGESIMA SUNDAY.

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OR THE THIRD SUNDAY BEFORE LENT.
THE COLLECT.

LORD, we beseech thee favourably to

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

THE EPISTLE. 1 COR. ix. 24.

KNOW 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 incorruptible. I therefore so
run, not as uncertainly ; 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-away.

THE GOSPEL. ST. MATTH. xx. 1.

rilHE kingdom of heaven is like unto a man
JL that is an householder, which went out
early in the morning to hire labourers into his
vineyard. Ajid when he had agreed with the
labourers 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,

SEPTUAGESIMA SUNDAY.

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
steward, Call the labourers, 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 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 a-
gainst 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 an-
swered one of them, and said, Friend, I do thee
no wrong ; didst not thou 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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OR THE SECOND SUNDAY BEFORE LENT.
THE COLLECT.

OLORD 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.

THE EPISTLE. 2 COB. xi. 19.

YE suffer fools gladly, seeing ye yourselves
are wise. For ye suffer if a man bring you
into bondage, if a man devour you, if a man
take of you, if a man exalt himself, if a man
smite you on the face. I speak as concerning
reproach, as though we had been weak : how-
beit, 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 mi-
nisters of Christ ? (I speak as a fool,) I am more :
in labours 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 I have been in the deep ; in
journeyings often ; in perils of waters ; in perils
of robbers ; in perils by mine own countrymen ;
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
painfulness ; in watchings often ; in hunger and
thirst ; in fastings often ; in cold and nakedness ;
besides those things that are without, that which
cometh upon me daily, the care of all the
churches. Who is weak, and I am not weak?
who is offended, and I burn not? If I must
needs glory, I will glory of the things which

SEXAGESIMA SUNDAY.

concern mine infirmities. The God and Father
of our Lord Jesus Christ, which is blessed for
evermore, knoweth that I lie not.

THE GOSPEL. ST. LUKE VHI. 4.

WHEN much people were gathered toge-
ther, and were come to him out of every
city, he spake by a parable : A sower went out
to sow his seed ; and as he sowed, some fell by
the way-side, and it was trodden down, and the
fowls of the air devoured it. And some fell upon
a rock, and as soon as it was sprung up, it
withered away, because it lacked moisture. And
some fell among thorns, and the thorns sprang
up with it, and choked it. And other fell on
good ground, and sprang up, and bare fruit an
hundred-fold. And when he had said these
things, he cried, He that hath ears to hear, let
him hear. And his disciples asked him, saying,
What might this parable be ? And he said,
Unto you it is given to know the mysteries of
the kingdom of God : but to others in parables ;
that seeing they might not see, and hearing they
might not understand. Now the parable is this :
The seed is the Word of God. Those by the
way-side are they that hear ; then cometh the
devil, and taketh away the word out of their
hearts, lest they should believe, and be saved.
They on the rock are they, which, when they
hear, receive the word with joy; and these
have no root, which for a while believe, and in
time of temptation fall away. And that which
fell among thorns, are they, which, when they
have heard, go forth, and are choked with cares,
and riches, and pleasures of this life, and bring
no fruit to perfection. But that on the good
ground, are they, which in an honest and good
heart, having heard the word, keep it, and bring
forth fruit with patience.

QUINQUAGESIMA SUNDAY.

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OR THE NEXT SUNDAY BEFORE LENT.
THE COLLECT.

OLORJD, 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 who-
soever liveth is counted dead before thee : Grant
this for thine only Son Jesus Christ's sake. Amen.

THE EPISTLE. 1 COR. xin. 1.

rilHOUGH I speak with the tongues of men
JL and of angels, and have not charity, I am
become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal.
And though I have the gift of prophecy, and
understand all mysteries, and all knowledge ;
and though I have all faith, so that I could
remove mountains, and have 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 un-
seemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily
provoked, thinketh no evil, rejoiceth not in
iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth ; beareth all
things, belie veth all things, hopeth all things,
endureth all things. Charity 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 ;

QUINQUAGESIMA SUNDAY.

but when 1 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.

THE GOSPEL. ST. LUKE XVIIL 31.

rnHEN Jesus took unto him the twelve,
A and said unto them, Behold, we go up
to Jerusalem, and all things that are writ-
ten by the prophets concerning the Son of
Man shall be accomplished. For he shall be
delivered unto the Gentiles, and shall be mock-
ed, and spitefully entreated, and spitted 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 commanded him to be brought
unto him : and when he was come near, he
asked him, saying, What wilt thou that I
should do unto thee ? And he said, Lord, that
I may receive my sight. And Jesus said unto
him, Receive thy sight; thy faith hath saved
thee. And immediately he received his sight,
and followed him, glorifying God : and all the
people, when they saw it, gave praise unto God.

ASH WEDNESDAY.

THE FIRST DAY OF LENT,

COMMONLY CALLED

THE COLLECT.

ALMIGHTY and everlasting God, who hatest
XlL nothing that thou hast made, and dost for-
give the sins of all them that are penitent ;
Create and make in us new and contrite hearts,
that we worthily lamenting our sins, and ac-
knowledging our wretchedness, may obtain of
thee, the God of all mercy, perfect remission and
forgiveness; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

H Thit Collect is to be read every day in Lent after the Collect appointed

for the Day.

FOR THE EPISTLE. JOEL n. 12.

nnUKN ye even to me, saith the Lord, with
JL 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 repent-
eth 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 bridegroom
go forth of his chamber, and the bride out of
her closet ; let the priests, the ministers of the
Lord, weep between the porch and the altar,
and let them say, Spare thy people, O Lord,
and give not thine heritage to reproach, that
the heathen should rule over them : wherefore
should they say among the people, Where is
their God ?

FIRST SUNDAY IN LENT.

THE GOSPEL. ST. MATTH. vi. 16.

WHEN 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 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 yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth
and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break
through and steal : but lay up for yourselves
treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust
doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break
through nor steal : for where your treasure is,
there will your heart be also.

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THE COLLECT.

OLORD, who for our sake didst fast forty
days and forty nights ; Give us grace to use
such abstinence, that, our flesh being subdued
to the Spirit, we may ever obey thy godly
motions in righteousness, and true holiness, to
thy honour and glory, who livest and reignest
with the Father and the Holy Ghost, one God,
world without end. Amen.

THE EPISTLE. 2 COR. vi. 1.

WE then, as workers together with him,
beseech you also, that ye receive not the
grace of God in vain ; (for he saith, I have
heard thee in a time accepted, and in the day of
salvation have I succoured thee: behold, now is
the accepted time ; behold, now is the day of
salvation ;) giving no offence in any thing, that

FIEST SUNDAY IN LENT.

the ministry be not blamed ; but in all things
approving ourselves as the ministers of God, in
much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in
distresses, in stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults,
in labours, in watchings, in fastings ; by pure-
ness, by knowledge, by long-suffering, by kind-
ness, by the Holy Ghost, by love unfeigned, by
the word of truth, by the power of God, by the
armour of righteousness on the right hand and on
the left, by honour and dishonour, 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 alway rejoicing; as poor, yet
making many rich ; as having nothing, and yet
possessing all things.

THE GOSPEL. ST. MATTH. iv. 1.

THEN was Jesus led up of the Spirit into
the wilderness, to be tempted of the devil.
And when he had fasted forty days and forty
nights, he was afterward an-hungred. And
when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou
be the Son of God, command that these stones
be made bread. But he answered and said, It
is written, Man shall not live by bread alone,
but by every word that proceedeth out of the
mouth of God. Then the devil taketh him up
into the holy city, and setteth him on a pin-
nacle 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 moun-
tain, and sheweth him all the kingdoms of the

SECOND SUNDAY IN LENT.

world, and the glory of them ; and saith unto
him, All these things will I give thee, if thou
wilt fall down and worship me. Then saith
Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan ; for it
is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy
God, and him only shalt thou serve. Then
the devil leaveth him, and behold, angels came
and ministered unto him.

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THE COLLECT.

ALMIGHTY God, who seest that we have no
JLJL power of ourselves to help ourselves ; Keep
us both outwardly in our bodies, and inwardly
in our souls ; that we may be defended from all
adversities which may happen to the body, and
from all evil thoughts which may assault and
hurt the soul ; through Jesus Christ our Lord.
A men.

THE EPISTLE. 1 THESS. iv. 1.

WE beseech you, brethren, and exhort you
by the Lord Jesus, that as ye have receiv-
ed 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 honour ; 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 aven-
ger of all such, as we also have forewarned 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.

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THE GOSPEL. ST. MATTH. xv. 21.

JESUS went thence, and departed into the
coasts of Tyre and Sidon. And behold, a
woman of Canaan came out of the same coasts,
and cried unto him, saying, Have mercy on me,
O Lord, thou Son of David ; my daughter is
grievously vexed with a devil. But he 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 answered
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 masters' 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.

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THE COLLECT.

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

THE EPISTLE. EPHES. v. 1.

BE ye therefore followers of God, as dear
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 savour. But fornication, and all un-
clean ness, or covetousness, let it not be once

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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 partakers
with them : for ye were sometimes darkness,
but now are ye light in the Lord : walk as chil-
dren of light ; (for the fruit of the Spirit is in
all goodness, and righteousness, and truth ;)
proving what is acceptable unto the Lord. And
have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of
darkness, but rather reprove them : for it is a
shame even to speak of those things which are
done of them in secret. But all things that are
reproved are made manifest by the light : for
whatsoever doth make manifest is light. Where-
fore he saith, Awake, thou that sleepest, and arise
from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light.

THE GOSPEL. ST. LUKE xi. 14.

JESUS 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 Beelzebub, the chief of the
devils. And others, tempting him, sought of
him a sign from heaven. But he, knowing their
thoughts, said unto them, Every kingdom di-
vided 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

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Beelzebub cast out devils, by whom do your
sons cast them out? therefore shall they be your
judges. But if I with the finger of God cast out
devils, no doubt the kingdom of God is come
upon you. When a strong man armed keepeth
his palace, his goods are in peace ; but when a
stronger than he shall come upon him, and over-
come him, he taketh from him all his armour
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 places, seeking rest ; and finding
none, he saith, I will return unto my house whence
I came out. And when he cometh, he findeth it
swept and garnished. Then goeth he and tak-
eth 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 lift 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.

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THE COLLECT.

GRANT, 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.

FOURTH SUNDAY IN LENT.

THE EPISTLE. GAL. iv. 21.

r I lELL me, ye that desire to be under the
JL law, do ye not hear the law ? For it is
written, that Abraham had two sons, the one by
a bond-maid, the other by a free-woman. But
he who was of the bond-woman was born after
the flesh ; but he of the free-woman was by
promise. Which things are an allegory : for
these are the two covenants ; the one from the
mount Sinai, which gendereth to bondage, which
is Agar. For this Agar is mount Sinai in Ara-
bia, and answereth to Jerusalem which now
is, and is in bondage with her children. But
Jerusalem which is above is free ; which is the
mother of us all. For it is written, Rejoice, thou
barren that bearest not; break forth and cry,
thou that travailest not: for the desolate hath
many more children than she which hath an
husband. Now we, brethren, as Isaac was, are
the children of promise. But as then he that
was born after the flesh persecuted him that was
born after the Spirit ; even so it is now. 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, brethren, we are not
children of the bond-woman, but of the free.

THE GOSPEL. ST. JOHN vi. 1.

JESUS went over the sea of Galilee, which
is the sea of Tiberias. And a great mul-
titude followed him, because they saw his mi-
racles which he did on them that were diseased.
And Jesus went up into a mountain, and there
he sat with his disciples. And the Passover,
a feast of the Jews, was nigh. When Jesus
then lift up his eyes, and saw a great com-
pany come unto him, he saith unto Philip,

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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 penny-worth of bread is not suffi-
cient 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 thousand. And
Jesus took the loaves, and when he had given
thanks he distributed to the disciples, and the
disciples to them that were set down ; and
likewise of the fishes as much as they would.
When they were filled, he said unto his disci-
ples, Gather up the fragments that remain, that
nothing be lost. Therefore they gathered them
together, and filled twelve baskets with the frag-
ments 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.

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THE COLLECT.

WE beseech thee, Almighty God, mercifully
to look upon thy people ; that by thy
great goodness they may be governed and pre-
served evermore, both in body and soul ; through
Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

FIFTH SUNDAY IN LENT.

THE EPISTLE. HEBR. ix. 11.

HEIST being come an High Priest of good
things to come, by a greater and more per-
fect 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 ob-
tained eternal 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 Me-
diator of the new testament, that by means of
death, for the redemption of the transgressions
that were under the first testament, they which
are called might receive the promise of eternal
inheritance.

THE GOSPEL. ST. JOHN vin. 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 heareth God's
words ; ye therefore hear them not, because ye
are not of God. Then answered 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 dishonour me. And I seek not mine
own glory ; there is one that seeketh and
judgeth. 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 never taste of death.

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Art thou greater than our father Abraham, which
is dead ? and the prophets are dead : whom mak-
est thou thyself? Jesus answered, If I honour
myself, my honour is nothing ; it is my Father
that honoureth me, of whom ye say, that he is
your God : yet ye have not known him ; but I
know him : and if I should say, I know him
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 Abraham ? Jesus said unto them, Yerily,
verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I
am. Then took they up stones to cast at him:
but Jesus hid himself, and \vent out of the
temple.

THE COLLECT.

ALMIGHTY and everlasting God, who, of thy
.jLjL 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. PHILIP, n. 5.

E~)T this mind be in you, which was also in
Christ Jesus : who, being in the form of
God, thought it not robbery to be equal with
God ; but made himself of no reputation, and
took upon him the form of a servant, and was
made in the likeness of men : and being found
in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and

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became obedient unto death, even the death of
the cross. Wherefore 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. ST. MATTH. xxvn. 1.

WHEN the morning was come, all the
chief priests and elders of the people
took counsel against Jesus, to put him to death.
And w r hen 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 in-
nocent blood. And they said, What is that to
us ? see thou to that. And he cast down the
pieces of silver in the temple, and departed, and
went and hanged himself. And the chief priests
took the silver pieces, and said, It is not lawful
for to put them into the treasury, because it is
the price of blood. And they took counsel, and
bought with them the potter's field, to bury
strangers in. Wherefore 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,

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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 nothing. 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 not-
able 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 judgement-seat,
his wife sent unto him, saying, Have thou
nothing to do with that just man : for I have
suffered many things this day in a dream be-
cause of him. But the chief priests and elders
persuaded the multitude that they should ask
Barabbas, and destroy Jesus. The governor
answered and said unto them, Whether of the
twain will ye that I release unto you ? They
said, Barabbas. Pilate saith unto them, What
shall I do then w T ith Jesus, which is called
Christ? They all say unto him, Let him be
crucified. And the governor said, Why, what
evil hath he done ? But they cried out the more,
saying, 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

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crucified. Then the soldiers of the governor
took Jesus into the common hall, and gathered
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 smote him on the head. Arid after
that they had mocked him they took the robe
off from him, and put his own raiment on him,
and led him away to crucify him. And as they
came out they found a man of Cyrene, Simon
by name ; him they compelled to bear his cross.
And when they were come unto a place called
Golgotha, that is to say, a place of a 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 accusation written, THIS IS JESUS THE
KING OF THE JEWS. Then were there two
thieves crucified with him ; one on the right
hand, and another on the left. And they that
passed by reviled him, wagging their heads, and
saying, Thou that destroyest the temple, and
buildest it in three days, save thyself: if thou
be the Son of God, come down from the cross.
Likewise also the chief priests mocking him,
with the scribes and elders, said, He saved
others, himself he cannot save : if he be the
King of Israel, let him now come down from
the cross, and we will believe him. He trusted

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in God ; let him deliver him now, if he will
have him : for he said, I am the Son of God.
The thieves also, which were crucified with him,
cast the same in his teeth. Now from the sixth
hour there was darkness over all the land unto
the ninth hour. And about the ninth hour Jesus
cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama
sabachthani ? that is to say, My God, my God,
why hast thou forsaken me? Some of them
that stood there, when they heard that, said,
This man calleth for Elias. And straightway
one of them ran, and took a spunge, and filled
it with vinegar, and put it on a reed, and gave
him to drink. The rest said, Let be, let us see
whether Elias Avill 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 earth-
quake, and those things that were done, they
feared greatly, saying, Truly this was the Son
of God.

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FOR THE EPISTLE. ISAL LXIII. 1.

WHO is this that cometh from Edom, with
dyed garments from Bozrah ? this that is
glorious in his apparel, travelling in the great-
ness of his strength? I that speak in righteous-
ness, 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

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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 up-
held 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, accord-
ing to all that the Lord hath bestowed on us, and
the great goodness towards the house of Israel,
which he hath bestowed on them, according to
his mercies, and according to the multitude of
his loving-kindnesses. For he said, Surely they
are my people, children that will not lie : so he
was their Saviour. In all their affliction he was
afflicted, and the angel of his presence saved
them : in his love, 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 wilderness, that they should not stumble?
As a beast goeth down into the valley, the

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Spirit of the Lord caused him to rest : so didst
thou lead thy people, to make thyself a glorious
Name. Look down from heaven, and behold
from the habitation of thy holiness, and of thy
glory : where is thy zeal, and thy strength, the
sounding of thy bowels, and of thy mercies to-
wards me ? Are they restrained ? Doubtless
thou art our Father, though Abraham be ignorant
of us, and Israel acknowledge us not : Thou, O
Lord, art our Father, our Redeemer, thy Name
is from everlasting. O Lord, why hast thou
made us to err from thy ways ? and hardened
our heart from thy fear? Return for thy servants'
sake, the tribes of thine inheritance. The people
of thy holiness have possessed it but a little
while : our adversaries have trodden down thy
sanctuary. We are thine : thou never barest rule
over them ; they were not called by thy Name.

THE GOSPEL. ST. MARK xiv. 1.

AFTER two days w r as the feast of the pass-
_\_ over, and of unleavened bread: and the
chief priests and the scribes sought how they
might take him by craft, and put him to death.
But they said, Not on the feast-day, lest there
be an uproar of the people. And being in
Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper, as
he sat at meat, there came a woman having an
alabaster box of ointment of spikenard, very
precious ; and she brake the box, and poured
it on his head. And there were some that had
indignation within themselves, and said, Why
was this waste of the ointment made ? for it
might have been sold for more than three hun-
dred pence, and have been given to the poor:
and they murmured against her. And Jesus
said, Let her alone; why trouble ye her? she
hath wrought a good work on me: for ye have

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the poor with you always, and whensoever ye
will ye may do them good; but me ye have
not always. She hath done what she could;
she is come aforehand to anoint my body to
the burying. Yerily I say unto you, Where-
soever this Gospel shall be preached through-
out the whole world, this also that she hath
done shall be spoken of for a memorial of her.
And Judas Iscariot, one of the twelve, went
unto the chief priests to betray him unto them.
And when they heard it they were glad, and
promised to give him money. And he sought
how he might conveniently betray him. And
the first day of unleavened bread, when they
killed the passover, his disciples said unto
him, Where wilt thou that we go and prepare,
that thou mayest eat the passover? And he
sendeth forth two of his disciples, and saith
unto them, Go ye into the city, and there shall
meet you a man bearing a pitcher of water;
follow him: And wheresoever he shall go in,
say ye to the good-man of the house, The
Master saith, Where is the guest-chamber, where
I shall eat the passover with my disciples ?
And he will shew you a large upper-room fur-
nished, and prepared: there make ready for
us. And his disciples went forth, and came
into the city, and found as he had said unto
them : and they made ready the passover. And
in the evening he cometh with the twelve.
And as they sat, and did eat, Jesus said,
Yerily 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 another said, Is it I? And
he answered and said unto them, It is one of
the twelve that dippeth with me in the dish.
The Son of Man indeed goeth, as it is written

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of him: but woe 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 testa-
ment, which is shed for many. Verily I say
unto you, I will drink no more of the fruit of
the vine, until that day that I drink it new in
the Kingdom of God. And when they had
sung an hymn they went out into the mount of
Olives. And Jesus saith unto them, All ye
shall be offended because of me this night:
for it is written, I will smite the shepherd, and
the sheep shall be scattered. But, after that
I am risen, I will go before you into Galilee.
But Peter said unto him, Although all shall be
offended, yet will not I. And Jesus saith unto
him, Yerily I say unto thee, That this day, even
in this night, before the cock crow twice, thou
shalt deny me thrice. But he spake the more
vehemently, If I should die with thee, I will
not deny thee in any wise. Likewise also said
they all. And they came to a place which was
named Gethsemane : and he saith to his dis-
ciples, Sit ye here, while I shall pray. And he
taketh with him Peter, and James, and John,
and began to be sore amazed, and to be very
heavy, and saith unto them, My soul is exceed-
ing 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; never-

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theless, not what I will, but what thou wilt.
And he cometh and findeth them sleeping, and
saith unto Peter, Simon, sleepest thou ? couldest
not thou watch one hour? Watch ye and pray,
lest ye enter into temptation: the spirit truly
is ready, but the flesh is weak. And again he
went away, and prayed, and spake the same
words. And when he returned he found them
asleep again, (for their eyes were heavy,) nei-
ther 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 go ; lo, he that betrayeth me is at hand. And
immediately, while he yet spake, cometh Judas,
one of the twelve, and with him a great mul-
titude with swords and staves, from the chief
priests, and the scribes, and the elders. And he
that betrayed him had given them a token,
saying, Whomsoever I shall kiss, that same is
he; take him, and lead him away safely. And
as soon as he was come he goeth straightway
to him, and saith, Master, master; and kissed
him. And they laid their hands on him, and
took him. And one of them that stood by drew
a sword, and smote a servant of the high priest,
and cut off* his ear. And Jesus answered, and
said unto them, Are ye come out as against a
thief, with swords and with staves, to take me?
I was daily with you in the temple teaching,
and ye took me not: but the Scriptures must
be fulfilled. And they all forsook him, and fled.
And there followed him a certain young man,
having a linen cloth 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 :

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and with him were assembled all the chief
priests, and the elders, and the scribes. And
Peter followed him afar off, even into the
palace of the high priest; and he sat with the
servants, and warmed himself at the fire. And
the chief priests and all the council sought for
witness against Jesus to put him to death; and
found none. For many bare false witness against
him, but their witness agreed not together.
And there arose certain, and bare false witness
against him, saying, We heard him say, I will
destroy this temple that is made with hands,
and within three days I will build another made
without hands. But neither so did their witness
agree together. And the high priest stood up
in the midst, and asked Jesus, saying, Answerest
thou nothing ? what is it which these witness
against thee ? But he held his peace, and answer-
ed nothing. Again the high priest asked him,
and said unto him, Art thou the Christ, the Son
of the Blessed? And Jesus said, I am; and ye
shall see the Son 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 buffet him, and to say unto him,
Prophesy: and the servants did strike him with
the palms of their hands. And as Peter w r as
beneath in the palace there cometh one of the
maids of the high priest; and when she saw
Peter warming himself she looked upon him,
and said, And thou also wast with Jesus of
Nazareth. But he denied, saying, I know not,
neither understand I what thou sayest. And
he went out into the porch ; and the cock crew.

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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 Galilsean, 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 thrice. And when he
thought thereon, he wept.

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FOR THE EPISTLE. ISAI. L. 5.

FT1HE Lord God hath opened mine ear, and
J_ I 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 : therefore have I set my
face like a flint, and I know that I shall not
be ashamed. He is near that justifieth me;
who will contend with me? Let us stand to-
gether; 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 ser-
vant, that walketh in darkness, and hath no light?
let him trust in the name of the Lord, and stay
upon his God. Behold, all ye that kindle a
fire, that compass yourselves about with sparks;
walk in the light of your fire, and in the sparks
that ye have kindled. This shall ye have of
mine hand, ye shall lie down in sorrow.

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THE GOSPEL. ST. MABK xv. 1.

AND straightway in the morning the chief
XIL priests held a consultation with the elders,
and scribes, and the whole council, and bound
Jesus, and carried him away, and delivered him
to Pilate. And Pilate asked him, Art thou the
King of the Jews? And he answering said
unto hmi, Thou sayest it. And the chief priests
accused him of many things : but he answered
nothing. And Pilate asked him again, saying,
Answerest thou nothing ? behold how many
things they witness against thee. But Jesus
yet answered nothing: so that Pilate marvelled.
Now at that feast he released unto them one
prisoner, whomsoever they desired. And there
was one named Barabbas, which lay bound with
them that had made insurrection with him, who
had committed murder in the insurrection. And
the multitude, crying aloud, began to desire him
to do as he had ever done unto them. But Pilate
answered them, saying, Will ye that I release
unto you the King of the Jews ? For he knew
that the chief priests had delivered him for envy.
But the chief priests moved the people, that
he should rather release Barabbas unto them.
And Pilate answered, and said again unto them,
What will ye then that I shall do unto him whom
ye call the King of the Jews? And they cried
out again, Crucify him. Then Pilate said unto
them, Why, what evil hath he done? And they
cried out the more exceedingly, Crucify him.
And so Pilate, willing to content the people,
released Barabbas unto them, and delivered
Jesus, when he had scourged him, to be cru-
cified. And the soldiers led him away into the
hall, called Prsetorium; and they call together
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purple, and platted a crown of thorns, and put
it about his head : and began to salute him, Hail,
King of the Jews. And they smote him on the
head with a reed, and did spit upon him, and
bowing their knees worshipped him. And when
they had mocked him, they took off the purple
from him, and put his own clothes on him, and
led him out to crucify him. And they compel
one Simon a Cyrenian, who passed by, coming
out of the country, the father of Alexander and
Rufus, to bear his cross. And they bring him
unto the place Golgotha, which is, being inter-
preted, 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 transgressors. And
they that passed by railed on him, wagging
their heads, and saying, Ah, thou that destroyest
the temple, and buildest it in three days, save
thyself, and come down from the cross. Like-
wise also the chief priests mocking said among
themselves, with the scribes, He saved others;
himself he cannot save. Let Christ the King
of Israel descend now from the cross, that we
may see and believe. And they that were cru-
cified 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 Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying,
Eloi, JEloi, lama sabachthani? which is, being

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interpreted, 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 spunge 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
centurion, which stood over against him, saw
that he so cried out, and gave up the ghost, he
said, Truly this man was the Son of God.

THE EPISTLE. HEBR. ix. 16.

WHERE a testament is, there must also of
necessity be the death of the testator:
for a testament is of force after men are dead;
otherwise it is of no strength at 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 with blood both the
tabernacle, and all the vessels of the ministry.
And almost all things are by the law purged with
blood; and without shedding of blood is no re-
mission. It was therefore necessary that the
patterns of things in the heavens should be
purified with these ; but the heavenly things
themselves with better sacrifices than these.
For Christ is not entered into the holy places

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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 foundation of the world; but
now once in the end of the world hath he ap-
peared to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself.
And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but
after this the judgement: so Christ was once
offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them
that look for him shall he appear the second
time without sin unto salvation.

THE GOSPEL. ST. LUKE xxu. 1.

NOW 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 Isca-
riot, being of the number of the twelve. And
he went his way, and communed with the chief
priests and captains, how he might betray him
unto them. And they were glad, and covenanted
to give him money. And he promised, and
sought opportunity to betray him unto them in
the absence of the multitude. Then came the
day of unleavened bread, when the passover
must be killed. And he sent Peter and John,
saying, Go and prepare us the passover, that
we may eat. And they said unto him, Where
wilt thou that w r e 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

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I shall eat the passover with my disciples?
And he shall shew you a large upper-room
furnished; there make ready. And they went,
and found as he had said unto them: and they
made ready the passover. And when the hour
was come he sat down, and the twelve Apostles
with him. And he said unto them, With desire
I have desired to eat this passover with you
before I suffer: for I say unto you, I will not
any more eat thereof, until it be fulfilled in the
Kingdom of God. And he took the cup, and
gave thanks, and said, Take this, and divide it
among yourselves. For I say unto you, I will
not drink of the fruit of the vine, until the King-
dom 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. Like-
wise 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 be-
trayeth me is with me on the table. And truly
the Son of Man goeth as it was determined;
but woe 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 Gen-
tiles exercise lordship over them, and they that
exercise authority upon them are called bene-
factors. But ye shall not be so: but he that
is greatest among 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

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temptations. And I appoint unto you a king-
dom, 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 bre-
thren. 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 kiiowest me. And he said unto
them, When I sent you without purse, and scrip,
and shoes, lacked ye any thing? 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 reck-
oned among the transgressors: for the things
concerning me have an end. And they said,
Lord, behold, here are two swords. And he
said unto them, It is enough. And he came
out, and went, as he was wont, to the mount of
Olives, and his disciples also followed him.
And when he was at the place, he said unto
them, Pray, that ye enter not into temptation.
And he was withdrawn from them about a
stone's cast, and kneeled down and prayed,
saying, Father, if thou be willing, 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 earnestly;
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blood falling down to the ground. And when
he rose up from prayer, and was come to his
disciples, he found them sleeping for sorrow,
and said unto them, Why sleep ye? rise and
pray, lest ye enter into temptation. And while
he yet spake, behold, a multitude, and he
that was called Judas, one of the twelve, went
before them, and drew near unto Jesus to
kiss him. But Jesus said unto him, Judas,
betrayest thou the Son of Man with a kiss?
When they who were about him saw what
would follow, they said unto him, Lord, shall
we smite with the sword? And one of them
smote the servant of the high priest, and cut
off his right ear. And Jesus answered and said,
Suffer ye thus far. And he touched his ear,
and healed him. Then Jesus said unto the chief
priests, and captains of the temple, and the
elders who were come to him, Be ye come out
as against a thief, with swords and staves?
When I was daily with you in the temple, ye
stretched forth no hands against me: 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 toge-
ther, Peter sat down among them. But a cer-
tain 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, say-
ing, 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 fel-
low also was with him; for he is a Galilsean.
And Peter said, Man, I know not what thou

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sayest. And immediately, while he yet spake,
the cock crew. And the Lord turned, and
looked upon Peter; and Peter remembered the
word of the Lord, how he had said unto him,
Before the cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice.
And Peter went out, and wept bitterly. And
the men that held Jesus mocked him, and smote
him. And when they had blindfolded him, they
struck him on the 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 unto them, If I tell you, ye
will not believe: and if I also ask you, ye will
not answer me, nor let me go. Hereafter shall
the Son of Man sit on the right hand of the
power of God. Then said they all, Art thou
then 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 ourselves have
heard of his own mouth.

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THE EPISTLE. 1 COR. xi. 17.

IN this that I declare unto you, I praise you
not; that ye come together not for the better,
but for the worse. For first of all, when ye
come together in the church, I hear that there
be divisions among you, and I partly believe it.
For there must be also heresies among you, that
they who are approved may be made manifest
among you. When ye come together therefore
into one place, this is not to eat the Lord's
supper: for in eating every one taketh before
other his own supper; and one is hungry, and

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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
the Lord Jesus, the same night in which he was
betrayed, took bread; and when he had given
thanks, he brake it, and said, Take, eat; this is
my body, which is broken for you: this do in
remembrance of me. After the same manner
also he took the cup, when he had supped,
saying, This cup is the new testament in my
blood: this do ye, as oft as ye drink it, in
remembrance of me. For as often as ye eat this
bread, and drink this cup, ye do shew the Lord's
death till he come. Wherefore, whosoever shall
eat this bread, and drink this cup of the Lord,
unworthily, shall be guilty of the body and
blood of the Lord. But let a man examine
himself, and so let him eat of that bread, and
drink of that cup. For he that eateth and
drinketh unworthily eateth and drinketh damna-
tion to himself, not discerning the Lord's body.
For this 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 condemned 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. ST. LUKK xxm. 1.

rflHE whole multitude of them arose, and

I led him unto Pilate. And they began to

accuse him, saying, We found this fellow per-

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verting the nation, and forbidding to give tribute
to Caesar, saying, That he himself is Christ a
King. And Pilate asked him, saying, Art thou
the King of the Jews ? And he answered him,
and said, Thou sayest it. Then said Pilate to
the chief priests, and to the people, I find no
fault in this man. And they were the more
fierce, saying, He stirreth up the people, teach-
ing throughout all Jewry, beginning from Gali-
lee to this place. When Pilate heard of Galilee,
he asked whether the man were a Galilsean.
And as soon as he knew that he belonged unto
Herod's jurisdiction, he sent him to Herod, who
himself was also at Jerusalem at that time.
And when Herod saw Jesus he 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 gorgeous robe, and
sent him again to Pilate. And the same day
Pilate and Herod were made friends together;
for before they were at enmity between them-
selves. And Pilate, when he had called to-
gether 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 re-
lease him. For of necessity he must release

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one unto them at the feast. And they cried
out all at once, saying, Away with this man,
and release unto us Barabbas: (who for a cer-
tain 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, saying, 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 instant
with loud voices, requiring that he might be
crucified: and the voices of them and of the
chief priests prevailed. And Pilate gave sen-
tence 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 followed
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 your-
selves, and for your children. 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 moun-
tains, 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 other, malefactors, led with him
to be put to death. And when they were
come to the place which is called Calvary,
there they crucified him; and the malefactors,

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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 also 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 saying, If thou be the
King of the Jews, save thyself. And a super-
scription also was written over him in letters of
Greek, and Latin, and Hebrew, THIS IS THE
KING OF THE JEWS. And one of the
malefactors, 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 nothing 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 tem-
ple was rent in the midst. And when Jesus
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 was done, he glorified God,
saying, Certainly this was a righteous man. And
all the people that came together to that sight,
beholding the things that were done, smote their
breasts, and returned. And all his acquaintance,
and the women that followed him from Galilee,
stood afar off, beholding these things.

THE COLLECTS.

A LMIGHTY God, we beseech thee graciously
XJL to behold this thy family, for which our Lord
Jesus Christ was contented to be betrayed, and
given up into the hands of wicked men, and to
suffer death upon the cross, who now liveth and
reigneth with thee and the Holy Ghost, ever
one God, world without end. Amen.

ALMIGHTY and everlasting God, by whose
JTA. Spirit the whole body of the Church is
governed and sanctified ; Receive our suppli-
cations 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.

O MERCIFUL God, who hast made all men,
and hatest nothing that thou hast made, nor
wouldest the death of a sinner, but rather that
he should be converted and live ; Have mercy
upon all Jews, Turks, Infidels, and Hereticks,
and take from them all ignorance, hardness of
heart, and contempt of thy Word ; and so fetch
them home, blessed Lord, to thy flock, that they
may be saved among the remnant of the true
Israelites, and be made one fold under one
shepherd, Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth
and reigneth with thee and the Holy Spirit,
one God, world without end. Amen.

GOOD FRIDAY.

THE EPISTLE. HEBR. x. 1.

THE law having a shadow of good things
to come, and not the very image of the
things, can never with those sacrifices, which
they offered year by year continually, make the
comers thereunto perfect : for then would they
not have ceased to be offered ? because that the
worshippers once purged should have had no
more conscience of sins. But in those sacrifices
there is a remembrance again made of sins every
year. For it is not possible that the blood of
bulls and of goats should take away sins. Where-
fore, when he cometh into the world, he saith,
Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not, but a
body hast thou prepared me : In burnt-offerings
and sacrifices for sin thou hast had no pleasure :
Then said I, Lo, I come (in the volume of the
book it is written of me) to do thy will, O God.
Above, when he said, Sacrifice and offering,
and burnt-offerings, and offering for sin thou
wouldest not, neither hadst pleasure therein,
which are offered by the Law : then said he,
Lo, I come to do thy will, O God. He taketh
away the first, that he may establish the second.
By the which will we are sanctified, through
the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for
all. And every priest standeth daily ministering,
and offering oftentimes the same sacrifices, which
can never take away sins. But this man, after
he had offered one sacrifice for sins for ever, sat
down on the right hand of God ; from henceforth
expecting till his enemies be made his foot-stool.
For by one offering he hath perfected for ever
them that are sanctified: Whereof the Holy
Ghost also is a witness to us : for after that he
had said before, This is the covenant that I will
make with them after those days, saith the

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Lord, I will put my laws into their hearts, and
in their minds will I write them ; and their sins
and iniquities will I remember no more. Now
where remission of these is, there is no more
offering for sin. Having therefore, brethren,
boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood
of Jesus, by a new and living way, which he
hath consecrated for us, through the vail, that is
to say, his flesh ; and having an High Priest
over the house of God ; let us draw near with
a true heart, in full assurance of faith, having
our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience,
and our bodies washed with pure water. Let
us hold fast the profession of our faith without
wavering; (for he is faithful that promised;)
and let us consider one another to provoke unto
love, and to good works ; not forsaking the as-
sembling of ourselves together, as the manner
of some is ; but exhorting one another : and so
much the more, as ye see the day approaching.

THE GOSPEL. ST. JOHN xix. 1.

PILATE 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 purple robe. And Pilate saith unto
them, Behold the man ! When the chief priests
therefore and officers saw him, they cried out,
saying, Crucify him, crucify him. Pilate saith
unto them, Take ye him, and crucify him : for
I find no fault in him. The Jews answered
him, We have a law, and by our law he ought

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to die, because he made himself the Son of God.
When Pilate therefore heard that saying, he
was the more afraid ; and went again into the
judgement-hall, and saith unto Jesus, Whence
art thou ? But Jesus gave him no answer. Then
saith Pilate unto him, Speakest thou not unto
me ? knowest thou not that I have power to
crucify thee, and have power to release thee ?
Jesus answered, Thou couldest have no power
at all 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
therefore heard that saying, he brought Jesus
forth, and sat down in the judgement-seat, in a
place that is called the Pavement, but in the
Hebrew, Gabbatha. And it w r as the preparation
of the passover, and about the sixth hour : and
he saith unto the Jews, Behold your King!
But they cried out, 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
delivered he him therefore unto them to be
crucified : and they took Jesus, and led him
away. And he, bearing his cross, went forth
into a place called the place of a skull, which
is called in the Hebrew, Golgotha : where
they crucified him, and two other 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 NA-
ZARETH THE KING OF THE JEWS.
This title then read many of the Jews : for the
place where Jesus was crucified was nigh to

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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 the King of
the Jews. Pilate answered, What I have writ-
ten, 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 ves-
ture they did cast lots. These things therefore
the soldiers did. Now there stood by the cross
of Jesus, his mother, and his mother's sister,
Mary the wife of Cleophas, and Mary Magda-
lene. When Jesus therefore saw his mother,
and the disciple standing by, whom he loved, he
saith unto his mother, Woman, behold thy son.
Then saith he to the disciple, Behold thy mo-
ther. 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 vine-
gar : and they filled a spunge with vinegar, and
put it upon hyssop, and put it to his mouth.
When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar,
he said, It is finished : and he bowed his head,
and gave up the ghost. The Jews therefore,
because it was the preparation, that the bodies
should not remain upon the cross on the sab-
bath-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

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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 there out
blood and water. And he that saw it bare re-
cord, and his record is true : and he know r eth
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.

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THE COLLECT.

GRANT, O Lord, that as we are baptized into
the death of thy blessed Son our Saviour
Jesus Christ, so by continual mortifying our
corrupt affections we may be buried with him ;
and that through the grave, and gate of death,
we may pass to our joyful resurrection ; for his
merits, who died, and was buried, and rose again
for us, thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

THE EPISTLE. 1 ST. PETER in. 17.

IT 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 arid preached unto the spirits in prison ;
which sometime were disobedient, when once
the long-suffering of God waited in the days
of Noah, while the ark was a preparing ;

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wherein few, that is, eight souls, were saved
by water. The like figure whereunto, even
baptism, doth also now save us, (not the
putting away the filth of the flesh, but the
answer of a good conscience towards God,)
by the resurrection of Jesus Christ : who is
gone into heaven, and is on the right hand of
God, angels and authorities and powers being
made subject unto him.

THE GOSPEL. ST. MATTH. xxvu. 57.

WHEN the even was come, there came a
rich man of Arimathsea, 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 prepara-
tion, the chief priests and Pharisees came toge-
ther 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 sepulchre be made sure until the third
day, lest his disciples come by night and steal
him away, and say unto the people, He is risen
from the dead : so the last error shall be worse
than the first. Pilate said unto them, Ye have
a watch ; go your way, make it as sure as you
can. So they went and made the sepulchre sure,
sealing the stone, and setting a watch.

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II At Morning Prayer, instead of the Psalm, O come, let us sing, Ac. tfase
Ant/te-ms shall be sung or said.

HEIST our passover is sacrificed for us :
therefore let us keep the feast ;
Not with the old leaven, nor with the leaven of
malice and wickedness : but with the unleavened
bread of sincerity and truth. 1 Cor. v. 7.

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. Rom. vi. 9.

RIST is 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. 1 Cor. xv. 20.

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

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

THE COLLECT.

ALMIGHTY God, who through thine only-
X\_ begotten Son Jesus Christ hast overcome
death, and opened unto us the gate of everlast-
ing life ; We humbly beseech thee, that, as by
thy special grace preventing us thou dost put
into our minds good desires, so by thy continual
help we may bring the same to good effect;
through Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth and
reigneth with thee and the Holy Ghost, ever one
God, world without end. Amen.

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THE EPISTLE. COLOSS. in. 1.

IF 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 therefore your members which
are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness,
inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and
covetousness, which is idolatry : For which
things' sake the wrath of God cometh on the
children of disobedience. In the which ye also
walked some time, when ye lived in them.

THE GOSPEL. ST. JOHN xx. 1.

nnHE first day of the week cometh Mary
JL 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, stooping 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

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sepulchre, and he saw, and believed. For as
yet they knew not the Scripture, that he must
rise again from the dead. Then the disciples
went away again unto their own home.

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THE COLLECT.

ALMIGHTY God, who through thy only-
JTJL 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 con-
tinual 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 x. 34.

T)ETER opened his mouth, and said, Of a
JL truth I perceive that God is no respecter
of persons; but in every nation he that feareth
him, and worketh righteousness, is accepted
with him. The word which God sent unto the
children of Israel, preaching peace by Jesus
Christ; (he is Lord of all;) that word (I say)
ye know, which was published throughout all
Judsea, and began from Galilee, after the bap-
tism 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

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all things which he did, both in the land of
the Jews, and in Jerusalem; whom they slew,
and hanged on a tree: Him God raised up the
third day, and shewed him openly; not to all
the people, but unto witnesses chosen before of

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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 who was ordained of God
to be the Judge of quick and dead. To him
give all the prophets witness, that through his
Name whosoever believeth in him shall receive
remission of sins.

THE GOSPEL. ST. LUKE xxiv. 13.

T3EHOLD, two of his disciples went that
J3 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 hoi den, that
they should not know him. And he said unto
them, What manner of communications are
these that ye have one to another, as ye walk,
and are sad ? 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 Nazareth, who 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

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been he which should 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 sepulchre, and found
it even so as the women had said; but him they
saw not. Then he said unto them, O 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 Scriptures the
things concerning himself. And they drew
nigh unto the village whither they went; and
he made as though he would have gone further:
but they constrained him, saying, Abide with
us, for it is towards 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,
arid gave to them. And their eyes were opened,
and they knew him, and he vanished out of
their sight. And they said one to another, Did
not our heart burn within us, while he talked
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.

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THE COLLECT.

ALMIGHTY God, who through thy only-
JIJL begotten Son Jesus Christ hast overcome
death, and opened unto us the gate of everlast-
ing life; We humbly beseech thee, that, as by
thy special grace preventing us thou dost put
into our minds good desires, so by thy continual
help we may bring the same to good effect;
through Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth and
reigneth with thee and the Holy Ghost, ever one
God, world without end. Amen.

FOR THE EPISTLE. ACTS xin. 26.

MEN and brethren, children of the stock of
Abraham, and whosoever among you fear-
eth God, to you is the word of this salvation
sent. For they that dwell at Jerusalem, and
their rulers, because they knew him not, nor
yet the voices of the prophets which are read
every sabbath-day, they have fulfilled them in
condemning him. And though they found no
cause of death in him, yet desired they Pilate
that he should be slain. And when they had
fulfilled all that was written of him, they took
him down from the tree, and laid him in a se-
pulchre. But God raised him from the dead:
and he was seen many days of them which
came up with him from Galilee to Jerusalem,
who are his witnesses unto the people. And
we declare unto you glad tidings, how that the
promise which was made unto the fathers, God
hath fulfilled the same unto us their children,
in that he hath raised up Jesus again; as it is
also written in the second Psalm, Thou art my
Son, this day have I begotten thee. And as

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concerning that he raised him up from the dead,
now no more to return to corruption, he said
on this wise, I will give you the sure mercies
of David. Wherefore he saith also in another
Psalm, Thou shalt not suffer thine Holy One
to see corruption. For David, after he had
served his own generation by the will of God,
fell on sleep, and was laid unto his fathers, and
saw corruption: but he whom God raised aga'n
saw no corruption. Be it known unto you
therefore, men and brethren, that through this
man is preached unto you the forgiveness of
sins: and by him all that believe are justified
from all things, from which ye could not be jus-
tified 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. ST. LUKE xxiv. 36.

JESUS himself stood in the midst of them,
and saith unto them, Peace be unto you.
But they were terrified and affrighted, and
supposed that they had seen a spirit. And he
said unto them, Why are ye troubled, and why
do thoughts arise in your hearts? Behold my
hands and my feet, that it is I myself: handle
me, and see; for a spirit hath not flesh and
bones, as ye see me have. And when he had
thus spoken, he shewed them his hands and
his feet. And while they yet believed not for
joy, and wondered, he said unto them, Have ye
here any meat? And they gave him a piece of
a broiled fish, and of an honey-comb. And he
took it, and did eat before them. And he said
unto them, These are the words which I spake

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unto you, while I was yet with you, that all
things must be fulfilled which were written in
the law of Moses, and in the Prophets, and in
the Psalms concerning me. Then opened he
their understanding, that they might understand
the Scriptures, and said unto them, Thus it is
written, and thus it behoved Christ to suffer,
and to rise from the dead the third day; and
that repentance and remission of sins should
be preached in his Name among all nations, be-
ginning at Jerusalem. And ye are witnesses of
these things.

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THE COLLECT.

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

THE EPISTLE. 1 ST. JOHN v. 4.

TTTHATSOEYEB, is born of God over-
VV 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 Spirit that beareth
witness, because the Spirit is truth. For there
are three that bear record in heaven, the Father,
the Word, and the Holy Ghost : and these three
are one. And there are three that bear witness
in earth, the spirit, and the water, and the
blood: and these three agree in one. If we

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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 he believeth not the record that God
gave of his Son. And this is the record, that
God hath given to us eternal life; and this life
is in his Son. He that hath the Son hath life;
and he that hath not the Son hath not life.

THE GOSPEL. ST. JOHN xx. 19.

rnHE same day at evening, being the first
JL day of the week, when the doors were shut,
where the disciples were assembled for fear of
the Jews, came Jesus and stood in the midst,
and saith unto them, Peace be unto you. And
when he had so said, he shewed unto them his
hands and his side. Then were the disciples
glad when they saw the Lord. Then said Jesus
to them again, Peace be unto you: As my
Father hath sent me, even so send I you. And
when he had said this, he breathed on them, and
saith unto them, Receive ye the Holy Ghost.
Whosesoever sins ye remit, they are remitted
unto them ; and whosesoever sins ye retain, they
are retained.

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THE COLLECT.

ALMIGHTY God, who hast given thine only
J_JL. 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 re-
ceive that his inestimable benefit, and also daily
endeavour ourselves to follow the blessed steps
of his most holy life; through the same Jesus
Christ our Lord. Amen.

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THE EPISTLE. 1 ST. PETER n. 19.

fTlHIS is thank-worthy, if a man for con-
JL science toward God endure grief, suffering
wrongfully. For what glory is it, if, when
ye be buffeted for your faults, ye shall take
it patiently? but if, when ye do well, and
suffer for it, ye take it patiently; this is ac-
ceptable 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 threat-
ened 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. ST. 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 hireling fleeth, because he is an hireling,
and careth not for the sheep. I am the good
shepherd, and know my sheep, and am known
of mine. As the Father knoweth me, even so
know I the Father : and I lay down my life
for the sheep. And other sheep I have, which
are not of this fold; them also I must bring, and
they shall hear my voice; and there shall be
one fold, and one shepherd.

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THE COLLECT.

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

THE EPISTLE. 1 ST. PETER n. 11.

DEARLY beloved, I beseech you as strangers
and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts,
which war against the soul ; having your con-
versation honest among the Gentiles ; that,
whereas they speak against you as evildoers,
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
evildoers, and for the praise of them that do
well. For so is the will of God, that with well-
doing ye may put to silence the ignorance of
foolish men : as free, and not using your liberty
for a cloke of maliciousness ; but as the servants
of God. Honour all men. Love the brotherhood.
Fear God. Honour the King.

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THE GOSPEL. ST. 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

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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 he saith. Now Jesus knew
that they were desirous to ask him, and said
unto them, Do ye inquire among yourselves of
that I said, A little while and ye shall not see
me ; and again, a little while and ye shall see
me ? Verily, verily I say unto you, That ye shall
weep and lament, but the world shall rejoice:
and ye shall be sorrowful, but your sorrow shall
be turned into joy. A woman, when she is in
travail, hath sorrow, because her hour is come :
but as soon as she is delivered of the child,
she remembereth no more the anguish, for joy
that a man is born into the world. And ye
now therefore have sorrow : but I will see you
again, and your heart shall rejoice, and your
joy no man taketh from you.

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THE COLLECT.

O ALMIGHTY God, who alone canst order
the unruly wills and affections of sinful
men ; Grant unto thy people, that they may
love the thing which thou commandest, and
desire that which thou dost promise; that so,
among the sundry and manifold changes of the
world, our hearts may surely there be fixed,
where true joys are to be found; through Jesus
Christ our Lord. Amen.

THE EPISTLE. ST. JAMES i. 17.

TTWERY good gift, and every perfect gift is

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Father of lights, with whom is no variableness,

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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 right-
eousness of God. Wherefore lay apart all filthi-
ness and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive
with meekness the engrafted Word, which is
able to save your souls.

THE GOSPEL. ST. 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 these things unto you, sorrow hath
filled your heart. Nevertheless, I tell you the
truth ; it is expedient for you that I go away :
for if I go not away, the Comforter will not
come unto you ; but if I depart, I will send
him unto you. And when he is come, he will
reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness,
and of judgement : of sin, because they believe
not on me ; of righteousness, because I go to
my Father, and ye see me no more ; of judge-
ment, because the prince of this world is judged.
I have yet many things 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 speak of himself;
but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he
speak : and he will shew you things to come.
He shall glorify me : for he shall receive of
mine, and shall shew it unto you. All things
that the Father hath are mine : therefore said
I, that he shall take of mine, and shall shew
it unto you.

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THE COLLECT.

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

THE EPISTLE. ST. JAMES i. 22.

BE ye doers of the Word, and not hearers
only, deceiving your own selves. For if
any be a hearer of the Word, and not a doer,
he is like unto a man beholding his natural face
in a glass. For he beholdeth himself, and goeth
his way, and straightway forgetteth what man-
ner of man he was. But whoso looketh into
the perfect law of liberty, and continueth there-
in, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer
of the work, this man shall be blessed in his
deed. If any man among you seem to be re-
ligious, and bridleth not his tongue, but de-
ceiveth his own heart, this man's religion is
vain. Pure religion, and undefiled before God
and the Father, is this, To visit the fatherless
and widows in their affliction, and to keep
himself unspotted from the world.

THE GOSPEL. ST. JOHN xvi. 23.

"T7ERILY, verily I say unto you, Whatsoever
V ye shall ask the Father in my Name, he
will give it you. Hitherto have ye asked no-
thing in my Name : ask, and ye shall receive,
that your joy may be full. These things have

ASCENSION DAY.

I spoken unto you in proverbs : the time cometh
when I shall no more speak unto you in pro-
verbs, but I shall shew 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 into the world : again,
I leave the world, and go to the Father. His
disciples said unto him, Lo, now speakest thou
plainly, and speakest no proverb. Now are we
sure that thou knowest all things, and needest
not that any man should ask thee : by this we
believe that thou earnest forth from God. Jesus
answered them, Do ye now believe? Behold,
the hour cometh, yea, is now come, that ye
shall be scattered every man to his own, and
shall leave me alone : and yet I am not alone,
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 tribu-
lation ; but be of good cheer, I have overcome
the world.

THE COLLECT.

GRANT, 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.
A men.

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ASCENSION DAY.

FOR THE EPISTLE. ACTS i. 1.

former treatise have I made, O Theo-
JL philus, of all that Jesus began both to do
and teach, until the day in which he was taken
up, after that he through the Holy Ghost had
given commandments unto the Apostles whom
he had chosen : to whom also he shewed him-
self alive after his passion, by many infallible
proofs ; being seen of them forty days, and
speaking of the things pertaining to the King-
dom 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 baptized with
water, but ye shall be baptized with the Holy
Ghost not many days hence. When they there-
fore 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 sea-
sons, 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 Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the utter-
most part of the earth. And when he had
spoken these things, while they beheld, he was
taken up, and a cloud received him out of their
sight. And while they looked stedfastly toward
heaven, as he went up, behold, two men stood
by them in white apparel ; which also said,
Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up
into heaven ? This same Jesus, which is taken
up from you into heaven, shall so come,
in like manner as ye have seen him go into
heaven.

SUNDAY AFTER ASCENSION DAY.

THE GOSPEL. ST. MARK xvi. 14.

JESUS appeared unto the eleven as they sat
at meat, and upbraided them with their
unbelief and hardness of heart, because they
believed not them which had seen him after he
was risen. And he said unto them, Go ye into
all the world, and preach the Gospel to every
creature. He that believeth and is baptized
shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall
be damned. And these signs shall follow them
that believe : In my Name 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 re-
cover. 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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THE COLLECT.

OGOD the King of glory, who hast exalted
thine only Son Jesus Christ with great tri-
umph 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 with-
out end Amen.

SUNDAY AFTER ASCENSION DAY.

THE EPISTLE. 1 ST. 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
ever. Amen.

THE GOSPEL. ST. JOHN xv. 26, and part of Chapter xn.

WHEN 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.

GOD, who as at this time didst teach the hearts
of thy faithful people, by the sending to
them the light of thy Holy Spirit ; Grant us by
the same Spirit to have a right judgement in all
things, and evermore to rejoice in his holy com-
fort ; through the merits of Christ Jesus our Sa-
viour, who liveth and reigneth with thee, in the
unity of the same Spirit, one God, world with-
out end. Amen.

FOR THE EPISTLE. ACTS n. 1.

WHEN 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 utterance. And there were
dwelling at Jerusalem Jews, devout men, out
of every nation under heaven. Now when this
was noised abroad, the multitude came together,
and were confounded, because that every man
heard them speak in his own language. And
they were all amazed, and marvelled, saying
one to another, Behold, are not all these which
speak Galilaeans ? And how hear we every man
in our own tongue wherein we were born ? Par-
thians, and Medes, and Elamites, and the dwellers
in Mesopotamia, and in Judaea, and Cappadocia,
in Pontus, and Asia, Phrygia, and Pamphylia,
in Egypt, and in the parts of Libya about
Gyrene, and strangers of Rome, Jews, and Pro-
selytes, Cretes, and Arabians, we do hear them
speak in our tongues the wonderful works of God.

WHITSUNDAY.

THE GOSPEL. ST. JOHN xiv. 15.

JESUS said unto his disciples, If ye love
me, keep my commandments. And I will
pray the Father, and he shall give you another
Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever ;
even the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot
receive, because it seeth him not, neither know-
eth him : but ye know him ; for he dwelleth
with you, and shall be in you. I will not leave
you comfortless ; I will come to you. Yet a
little while, and the world seeth me no more ;
but ye see me : because I live, ye shall live also.
At that day ye shall know, that I am in my
Father, and ye in me, and I in you. He that
hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he
it is that loveth me ; and he that loveth me shall
be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and
will manifest myself to him. Judas saith unto
him, (not Iscariot,) Lord, how is it that thou
wilt manifest thyself unto us, and not unto the
world ? Jesus answered and said unto him, If a
man love me, he will keep my words, and my
Father will love him, and we will come unto him,
and make our abode with him. He that loveth
me not keepeth not my sayings: and the word
which ye hear is not mine, but the Father's which
sent me. These things have I spoken unto you,
being yet present with you. But the Comforter,
which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will
send in my Name, he shall teach you all things,
and bring all things to your remembrance, what-
soever I have said unto you. Peace I leave with
you, my peace I give unto you : not as the world
giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be
troubled, neither let it be afraid. Ye have heard
how I said unto you, I go away, and come again
unto you. If ye loved me, ye would rejoice,
because I said, I go unto the Father: for my

MONDAY IN WHITSUN WEEK.

Father is greater than I. And now I have told
you before it come to pass, that, when it is come
to pass, ye might believe. Hereafter I will not
talk much with you : for the prince of this world
cometh, and hath nothing in me. But that the
world may know that I love the Father ; and as
the Father gave me commandment, even so I do.

Hfontmjr in Mjrcisim QSEeek.

THE COLLECT.

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

FOR THE EPISTLE. ACTS x. 34.

rriHEN Peter opened his mouth, and said,
i Of a truth I perceive that God is no re-
specter of persons ; but in every nation he that
feareth him, and worketh righteousness, is ac-
cepted 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 through-
out all Judaea, and began from Galilee, after the
baptism which John preached : how God anoint-
ed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost, and
with power; who went about doing good, and
healing all that were oppressed of the devil :
for God was with him. And we are witnesses
of all things which he did, both in the land of
the Jews, and in Jerusalem; whom they slew,
and hanged on a tree : Him God raised up the
third day, and shewed him openly ; not to all
the people, but unto witnesses chosen before of

MONDAY IN WHITSUN WEEK.

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
testify that it is he which was ordained of God
to be the Judge of quick and dead. To him
give all the prophets witness, that through his
Name whosoever believeth in him shall receive
remission of sins. While Peter yet spake these
words, the Holy Ghost fell on all them which
heard the word. And they of the circumcision,
which believed, were astonished, as many as came
with Peter, because that on the Gentiles also
was poured out the gift of the Holy Ghost. For
they heard them speak with tongues, and
magnify God. Then answered Peter, Can any
man forbid water, that these should not be bap-
tized, which have received the Holy Ghost as 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. ST. JOHN in. 16.

GOD so loved the world, that he gave his
only-begotten Son, that whosoever believ-
eth 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 be-
lieved 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-
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 that doeth truth
cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made
manifest, that they are wrought in God.

Cueairag in Se

THE COLLECT.

GOD, who as at this time didst teach the
hearts of thy faithful people, by the send-
ing to them the light of thy Holy Spirit ; Grant
us by the same Spirit to have a right judgement
in all things, and evermore to rejoice in his holy
comfort ; through the merits of Christ Jesus our
Saviour, who liveth and reigneth with thee, in
the unity of the same Spirit, one God, world
without end. Amen.

FOR THE EPISTLE. ACTS vin. 14.

WHEN the Apostles, which were at Jerusa-
lem, 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 were baptized in the Name of
the Lord Jesus.) Then laid they their hands
on them, and they received the Holy Ghost.

THE GOSPEL. ST. JOHN x. 1.

"V7ERILY, verily I say unto you, He that
V 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

TRINITY SUNDAY.

which he spake unto them. Then said Jesus
unto them again ; Verily, verily I say unto you,
I am the door of the sheep. All that ever came
before me are thieves and robbers ; but the
sheep did not hear them. I am the door ; by me
if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall
go in and out, and find pasture. The thief cometh
not but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy :
I am come that they might have life, and that
they might have it more abundantly.

THE COLLECT.

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

FOR THE EPISTLE. REV. iv. 1.

AFTER this I looked, and behold, a door
was opened in heaven : and the first voice
which I heard was as it were of a trumpet
talking with me ; which said, Come up hither,
and I will shew thee things which must be
hereafter. And immediately I was in the Spirit ;
and 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 rainbow round about the throne,
in sight like unto an emerald. And round about
the throne were four and twenty seats ; and upon
the seats I saw four and twenty elders sitting,
clothed in white raiment ; and they had on their

TRINITY SUNDAY.

heads crowns of gold : and out of the throne
proceeded lightnings, and thunderings, and
voices. And there were seven lamps of fire
burning before the throne, which are the seven
spirits of God. And before the throne there
was a sea of glass like unto crystal : and in the
midst of the throne, and round about the throne,
were four beasts full of eyes before and behind.
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 Almighty, which was, and is, and is to come.
And when those beasts give glory, and honour,
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, O Lord, to receive glory, and
honour, and power; for thou hast created all
things, and for thy pleasure they are and were
created.

THE GOSPEL. ST. JOHN in. 1.

rnHEKE was a man of the Pharisees, named
JL Nicodenius, a ruler of the Jews : the same
came to Jesus by night, and said unto him,
Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come
from God : for no man can do these miracles
that thou doest, except God be with him. Jesus
answered and said unto him, Verily, verily I
say unto thee, Except a man be born again,
he cannot see the Kingdom of God. Nicodenius
saith unto him, How can a man be born when
he is old? can he enter the second time into

_ FIRST SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. _

his mother's womb, and be born ? Jesus answer-
ed, 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 thee, We speak that
we do know, and testify that we have seen ;
and ye receive not our witness. If I have told
you earthly things, and ye believe not ; how
shall ye believe, if I tell you of heavenly things ?
And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but
he that came down from heaven, even the Son
of man, who is in heaven. And as Moses lifted
up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must
the Son of man be lifted up : that whosoever
believeth in him should not perish, but have
eternal life.

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THE COLLECT.

OGOD, the strength of all them that put
their trust in thee, mercifully accept our
prayers ; and because through the weakness of
our mortal nature we can do no good thing
without thee, grant us the help of thy grace,
that in keeping of thy commandments we may
please thee, both in will and deed ; through
Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

FIRST SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY.

THE EPISTLE. 1 ST. JOHN iv. 7.

BELOVED, 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
kiioweth not God ; for God is love. In this was
manifested the love of God towards us, because
that God sent his only-begotten Son into the
world, that we might live through him. Herein
is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved
us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for
our sins. Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought
also to love one another. No man hath seen
God at any time. If we love one another, God
dwelleth in us, 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 Fa-
ther sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world.
Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son
of God, God dwelleth in him, and he in God.
And we have known and believed the love that
God hath to us. God is love ; and he that
dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in
him. Herein is our love made perfect, that we
may have boldness in the day of judgement;
because as he is, so are we in this world. There
is no fear in love ; but perfect love casteth out
fear ; because fear hath torment : He that fear-
eth is not made perfect in love. We love him,
because he first loved us. If a man say, I love
God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for
he that loveth not his brother, whom he hath
seen, how can he love God, whom he hath not
seen ? And this commandment have we from
him, That he who loveth God love his brother
also.

FIRST SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY.

THE GOSPEL. ST. LUKE xvi. 19.

rTIHERE was a certain rich man, which was
_1 clothed in purple, and fine linen, and fared
sumptuously every day. And there was a cer-
tain beggar named Lazarus, which was laid at his
gate full of sores, and desiring to be fed with
the crumbs, which fell from the rich man's table :
moreover, the dogs came and licked his sores.
And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and
was carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom.
The rich man also died, and was buried : and in
hell he lift up his eyes being in torments, and
seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.
And he cried and said, Father Abraham, have
mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may
dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my
tongue ; for I am tormented in this flame.
But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou
in thy life-time receivedst thy good things, and
likewise Lazarus evil things ; but now he is
comforted, and thou art tormented. And besides
all this, between us and you there is a great
gulf fixed : so that they who would pass from
hence to you cannot ; neither can they pass to
us, that would come from thence. Then he
said, I pray thee therefore, father, that thou
wouldest send him to my father's house : for I
have five brethren ; that he may testify unto
them, lest they also come into this place of
torment. Abraham saith unto him, They have
Moses and the prophets ; let them hear them.
And he said, Nay, father Abraham; but if one
went unto them from the dead, they will repent.
And he said unto him, If they hear not Moses
and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded,
though one rose from the dead.

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THE COLLECT.

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

THE EPISTLE. 1 ST. JOHN in. 13.

MARVEL 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 abid-
eth 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 need, and shut-
teth up his bowels of compassion from him; how
dwelleth the love of God in him? My little chil-
dren, 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 confidence towards 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 com-
mandment, 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.

THIRD SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY.

THE GOSPEL. ST. LUKE xiv. 16.

A CERTAIN man made a great supper, and
JTJLbade 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;
I pray thee have me excused. And another
said, I have married a wife, and therefore I can-
not come. So that servant came, and shewed 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 yoii, That none of those men
which were bidden shall taste of my supper.

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THE COLLECT.

OLORD, 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.

THIRD SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY.

THE EPISTLE. 1 ST. PETER v. 5.

ALL of you be subject one to another, and be
JTJL clothed with humility : for God resisteth the
proud, and giveth grace to the humble. Humble
yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of
God, that he may exalt you in due time ; casting
all your care upon him, for he careth for you.
Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary
the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about seek-
ing whom he may devour: whom resist stedfast
in the faith, knowing that the same afflictions
are accomplished in your brethren that are in the
world. But the God of all grace, who hath called
us into his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after
that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect,
stablish, strengthen, settle you. To him be glory
arid dominion for ever and ever. Amen.

THE GOSPEL. ST. LUKE xv. 1.

drew near unto him all the Publicans
and sinners for to hear him. And the Pha-
risees and Scribes murmured, saying, This man
receiveth sinners, and eateth with them. And
he spake this parable unto them, saying, What
man of you having an hundred sheep, if he lose
one of them, doth not leave the ninety and nine
in the wilderness, and go after that which is lost,
until he find it? And when he hath found it, he
layeth it on his shoulders, rejoicing. And when
he cometh home, he calleth together his friends
and neighbours, saying 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

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of silver, if she lose one piece, doth not light a
candle, and sweep the house, and seek diligently
till she find it? And when she hath found it,
she calleth her friends and her neighbours toge-
ther, saying, Rejoice with me, for I have found
the piece which I had lost. Likewise, I say unto
you, There is joy in the presence of the angels of
God over one sinner that repenteth.

Jxmri|r Sxmtmg after Crinitg,

THE COLLECT.

OGOD, 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, O heavenly
Father, for Jesus Christ's sake our Lord. Amen.

THE EPISTLE. K'OM. vm. 18.

I RECKON that the sufferings of this present
time are not worthy to be compared with the
glory which shall be revealed in us. For the
earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for
the manifestation of the sons of God. For the
creature was made subject to vanity, not willing-
ly, but by reason of him who hath subjected the
same in hope : because the creature itself also
shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption,
into the glorious liberty of the children of God.
For we know that the whole creation groaneth,
and travaileth in pain together until now. And
not only they, but ourselves also, which have
the first-fruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves
groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption,
to wit, the redemption of our body.

FIFTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY.

THE GOSPEL. ST. LUKE vi. 36.

BE ye therefore merciful, as your Father also
is merciful. Judge not, and ye shall not be
judged: condemn not, and ye shall not be con-
demned : forgive, and ye shall be forgiven : give,
and it shall be given unto you ; good measure,
pressed down, and shaken together, and running
over, shall men give into your bosom. For with
the same measure that ye mete withal, it shall be
measured to you again. And he spake a parable
unto them, Can the blind lead the blind? shall
they not both fall into the ditch? The disciple is
not above his master; but every one that is per-
fect shall be as his master. And why beholdest
thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but
perceivest not the beam that is in thine own eye ?
Either how canst thou say to thy brother, Bro-
ther, let me pull out the mote that is in thine
eye, when thou thyself beholdest not the beam
that is in thine own eye? Thou hypocrite, cast
out first the beam out of thine own eye, and then
shalt thou see clearly to pull out the mote that
is in thy brother's eye.

Jfiftjj Sunirag after Crimtg*

THE COLLECT.

RANT, O 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.

FIFTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY.

THE EPISTLE. 1 ST. PETER in. 8.

BE ye all of one mind, having compassion one
of another, love as brethren, be pitiful, be
courteous; not rendering evil for evil, or railing
for railing; but contrariwise blessing; knowing
that ye are thereunto called, that ye should in-
herit 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. ST. LUKE v. 1.

IT 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 were washing their nets. And
he entered into one of the ships, which was Si-
mon'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 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 inclosed a great multitude of fishes, and their

SIXTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY.

net brake. And they beckoned unto their part-
ners which were in the other ship, that they
should come and help them. And they came,
and filled both the ships, so that they began to
sink. When Simon Peter saw it, he fell down
at Jesus' knees, saying, Depart from me, for I
am a sinful man, O 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.

Sktjr Smtiraji after

THE COLLECT.

OGOD, who hast prepared for them that love
thee such good things as pass man's under-
standing; Pour into our hearts such love toward
thee, that we, loving thee above all things, may
obtain thy promises, which exceed all that we
can desire; through Jesus Christ our Lord.
A men.

THE EPISTLE. Ron. vi. 3.

KNOW 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

SIXTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY.

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

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dieth no more; death hath no more dominion
over him. For in that he died, he died unto sin
once; but in that he liveth, he liveth unto God.
Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead
indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through
Jesus Christ our Lord.

THE GOSPEL. ST. MATTH. v. 20.

JESUS said unto his disciples, Except your
righteousness shall exceed the righteousness
of the Scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no case
enter into the Kingdom of heaven. Ye have
heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou
shalt not kill: and whosoever shall kill, shall be
in danger of the judgement. But I say unto you,
that whosoever is angry with his brother with-
out a cause shall be in danger of the judgement:
and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca,
shall be in danger of the council : but whosoever
shall 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
ought against thee; leave there thy gift before
the altar, and go thy way, first be reconciled to
thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift.
Agree with thine adversary quickly, whiles thou
art in the way with him ; lest at any time the ad-
versary deliver thee to the judge, and the judge
deliver thee to the officer, and thou be cast into
prison. Yerily I say unto thee, Thou shalt by
no means come out thence, till thou hast paid
the uttermost farthing.

SWxcntjj j&mtirajj after Criratg.

THE COLLECT.

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

THE EPISTLE. ROM. vi. 19.

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

THE GOSPEL. ST. MAKK vm. 1.

IN those days the multitude being very great,
and having nothing to eat, Jesus called his
disciples unto him, and saith unto them, I have
compassion on the multitude, because they
have now been with me three days, and have
nothing to eat: and if I send them away fasting
to their own houses, they will faint by the way;
for divers of them came from far. And his dis-
ciples answered him, From whence can a man
satisfy these men with bread here in the wilder-
ness? And he asked them, How many loaves

EIGHTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY.

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 commanded 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 bas-
kets. And they that had eaten were about four
thousand. And he sent them away.

Cjxe d%jrtlj Sxtnirag after Crinitjx

THE COLLECT.

OGOD, whose never-failing providence or-
dereth 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 be profitable for us ; throijgh Jesus Christ
our Lord. Amen.

THE EPISTLE. ROM. vui. 12.

T}RETHR,EN, we are debtors, not to the
JL) 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 we cry, Abba, Father. The Spirit it-
self beareth 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.

NINTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY.

THE GOSPEL. ST. MATTH. vn. 15.

BEWARE of false prophets, which come to
you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they
are ravening wolves. Ye shall know them by
their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or
figs of thistles? Even so every good tree bring-
eth forth good fruit ; but a corrupt tree bringeth
forth evil fruit. A good tree cannot bring forth
evil fruit; neither 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 me, Lord, Lord,
shall enter into the Kingdom of heaven; but
he that doeth the will of my Father which is in
heaven.

unirajj after

COLLECT.

GRANT to us, Lord, we beseech thee, the
spirit to think and do always such things
as be rightful; that we, who cannot do any
thing that is good without thee, may by thee
be enabled to live according to thy will ; through
Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

THE EPISTLE. 1 COR. x. 1.

T3RETHREN, I would not that ye should
JO 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

NINTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY.

(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. Neither be ye idolaters, as were some of
them; as it is written, The people sat down to
eat and drink, and rose up to play. Neither let us
commit fornication, as some of them committed,
and fell in one day three and twenty thousand.
Neither let us tempt Christ, as some of them also
tempted, and were destroyed of serpents. Neither
murmur ye, as some of them also murmured, and
were destroyed of the destroyer. Now all these
things happened unto them for ensamples: and
they are written for our admonition, upon whom
the ends of the world are come. Wherefore let
him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he
fall. There hath no temptation taken you, but
such as is common to man : but God is faithful,
who will not suffer you to be tempted above
that ye are able; but will with the temptation
also make a way to escape, that ye may be able
to bear it.

THE GOSPEL. ST. LUKE xvi. 1.

JESUS said unto his disciples, There was a
certain rich man which liad a steward ; and
the same was accused unto him that he had
wasted his goods. And he called him, and said
unto him, How is it that I hear this of thee?
Give an account of thy stewardship; for thou
mayest be no longer steward. Then the steward
said within himself, What shall I do? for my
lord taketh away from me the stewardship:
I cannot dig, to beg I am ashamed. I am

TENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY.

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 unto him, Take thy bill, and
sit down quickly, and write fifty. Then said
he to another, Arid how much owest thou?
Arid he said, An hundred measures of wheat.
And he said unto him, Take thy bill, and write
fourscore. And the lord commended the un-
just steward, because he had done wisely: for
the children of this world are in their genera-
tion 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.

Cjxe Center Sxmtrag after Crimig,

THE COLLECT.

L~H T thy merciful ears, O Lord, be open to
the prayers of thy humble servants ; and
that they may obtain their petitions make them
to ask such things as shall please thee; through
Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

THE EPISTLE. 1 COR. xn. 1.

/CONCERNING spiritual gifts, brethren, I
\^J 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

TENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY.

by the Spirit of God calleth Jesus accursed;
and that no man can say that Jesus is the Lord,
but by the Holy Ghost. Now there are diver-
sities of gifts, but the same Spirit. And there
are differences of administrations, but the same
Lord. And there are diversities of operations,
but it is the same God, who worketh all in all.
But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to
every man to profit withal. For to one is given
by the Spirit the word of wisdom ; to another
the word of knowledge by the same Spirit; to
another faith by the same Spirit ; to another the
gifts of healing by the same Spirit; to another
the working of miracles; to another prophecy;
to another discerning of spirits; to another
divers kinds of tongues; to another the inter-
pretation of tongues. But all these worketh
that one and the self-same Spirit, dividing to
every man severally as he will.

THE GOSPEL. ST. LUKE xix. 41.

AND when he was come near, he beheld the
JljL 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.

afkr Criniig.

THE COLLECT.

OGOD, who declares! thy almighty power
most chiefly in shewing mercy and pity;
Mercifully grant unto us such a measure of thy
grace, that we, running the way of thy com-
mandments, may obtain thy gracious promises,
and be made partakers of thy heavenly treasure ;
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

THE EPISTLE. 1 COR. xv. 1.

T3EETHREN, I declare unto you the Gospel
J3 which I preached unto you, which also ye
have received, and w r herein 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 that he
was seen of Cephas, then of the twelve : after
that, he was seen of above five hundred bre-
thren 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 laboured more
abundantly than they all; yet not I, but the
grace of God which was with me. Therefore
whether it were I or they, so we preach, and
so ye believed.

TWELFTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY.

THE GOSPEL. ST. LUKE XTIII. 9.

JESUS spake this parable unto certain which
trusted in themselves that they were right-
eous, 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, extortion-
ers, unjust, adulterers, or even as this Publican :
I fast twice in the week, I give tithes of all that
I possess. And the Publican, standing afar off,
would not lift up so much as his eyes unto
heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God
be merciful to me a sinner. I tell you, this man
went down to his house justified rather than the
other : for every one that exalteth himself shall
be abased ; and he that humbleth himself shall
be exalted.

tMft|j Sittttrag afkr Crinilrr,

THE COLLECT.

ALMIGHTY and everlasting God, who art
JL\. always more ready to hear than we to
pray, and art wont to give more than either we
desire, or deserve ; Pour down upon us the
abundance of thy mercy; forgiving us those
things whereof our conscience is afraid, and
giving us those good things which we are not
worthy to ask, but through the merits and me-
diation of Jesus Christ, thy Son, our Lord.
Amen.

TWELFTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY.

THE EPISTLE. 2 COB. in. 4.

SUCH trust have we through Christ to God-
ward : not that we are sufficient of our-
selves to think any thing 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 glorious, so that the children of
Israel could not stedfastly behold the face of
Moses for the glory of his countenance, which
glory was to be done away; how shall not the
ministration of the Spirit be rather glorious ?
For if the ministration of condemnation be
glory, much more doth the ministration of right-
eousness exceed in glory.

THE GOSPEL. ST. MARK vn. 31.

JESUS, departing from the coasts of Tyre
and Sidon, came unto the sea of Galilee,
through the midst of the coasts of Decapolis.
And they bring unto him one that was deaf,
and had an impediment in his speech ; and
they beseech him to put his hand upon him.
And he took him aside from the multitude,
and put his fingers into his ears, and he
spit, and touched his tongue ; and looking up
to heaven, he sighed, and saith unto him,
Ephphatha, that is, Be opened. And straight-
way 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.

Cjjirtemtjy Smxtrag after Crinitg,

THE COLLECT.

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

THE EPISTLE. GAL. m. 16.

TO Abraham and his seed were the promises
made. He saith not, And to seeds, as of
many ; but as of one ; And to thy seed, which is
Christ. And this I say, That the covenant that
was confirmed before of God in Christ, the Law,
which was four hundred and thirty years after,
cannot disannul, that it should make the promise
of none effect. For if the inheritance be of the
Law, it is no more of promise ; but God gave
it to Abraham by promise. Wherefore then
serveth the Law ? It was added because of
transgressions, till the seed should come, to
whom the promise was made ; and it was or-
dained 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 be-
lieve.

THIRTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY.

THE GOSPEL. ST. LUKE x. 23.

BLESSED are the eyes which see the things
that ye see. For I tell you, That many pro-
phets and kings have desired to see those things
which ye see, and have not seen them ; and to
hear those things which ye hear, and have not
heard them. And behold, a certain Lawyer
stood up, and tempted him, saying, Master,
what shall I do to inherit eternal life ? He said
unto him, What is written in the Law? how
readest thou ? And he answering said, Thou
shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart,
and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength,
and with all thy mind ; and thy neighbour as
thyself. And he said unto him, Thou hast an-
swered right ; this do, and thou shalt live. But
he, willing to justify himself, said unto Jesus,
And who is my neighbour ? And Jesus answering
said, A certain man went down from Jerusalem
to Jericho, and fell among thieves, which strip-
ped 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 Samaritan,
as he journeyed, came where he was ; and,
when he saw him, he had compassion on him,
and went to him, and bound up his wounds,
pouring in oil and wine, and set him on his
own beast, and brought him to an inn, and
took care of him. And on the morrow, when
he departed, he took out two pence, and gave
them to the host, and said unto him, Take care
of him ; and whatsoever thou spendest more,
when I come again, I will repay thee. Which

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now of these three, thinkest thou, was neigh-
bour unto him that fell among the thieves ?
And he said, He that shewed mercy on him.
Then said Jesus unto him, Go, and do thou
likewise.

JfnurtjemtJT Smttraj after Crimtg,

THE COLLECT.

ALMIGHTY and everlasting God, give unto
JL\. 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.

I 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 contrary the one to the
other ; so that ye cannot do the things that ye
would. But if ye be led by the Spirit, ye are
not under the law. Now the works of the flesh
are manifest, which are these, adultery, fornica-
tion, uncleamiess, lasciviousness, idolatry, witch-
craft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife,
seditions, heresies, envyings, murders, drunken-
ness, 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, temper-
ance : against such there is no law. And they
that are Christ's have crucified the flesh, with
the affections and lusts.

FIFTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY.

THE GOSPEL. ST. LUKE xvn. 11.

ND it came to pass, as Jesus went to Jeru-
salem, that he passed through the midst of
Samaria, and Galilee. And as he entered into a
certain village, there met him ten men that were
lepers, which stood afar off. And they lifted up
their voices, and said, Jesus, Master, have mercy
on us. And when he saw them, he said unto
them, Go, shew yourselves unto the priests.
And it came to pass, that, as they went, they
were cleansed. And one of them, when he saw
that he was healed, turned back, and with a
loud voice glorified God, and fell down on his
face at his feet, giving him thanks ; and he
was a Samaritan. And Jesus answering said,
Were there not ten cleansed? but where are
the nine ? There are not found that returned
to give glory to God, save this stranger. And
he said unto him, Arise, go thy way, thy faith
hath made thee whole.

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THE COLLECT.

KEEP, we beseech thee, O Lord, thy Church
with thy perpetual mercy : and, because
the frailty of man without thee cannot but
fall, keep us ever by thy help from all things
hurtful, and lead us to all things profitable to
our salvation ; through Jesus Christ our Lord.
A men.

FIFTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY.

THE EPISTLE. GAL. vi. 11.

YE see how large a letter I have written
unto you with mine own hand. As many
as desire to make a fair shew in the flesh, they
constrain you to be circumcised ; only lest they
should suffer persecution for the cross of Christ.
For neither they themselves who are circum-
cised keep the law ; but desire to have you
circumcised, that they may glory in your flesh.
But God forbid that I should glory, save in
the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom
the world is crucified unto me, and I unto the
world. For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision
availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision, but a
new creature. And as many as walk according
to this rule, peace be on them, and mercy, and
upon the Israel of God. From henceforth let no
man trouble me ; for I bear in my body the marks
of the Lord Jesus. Brethren, the grace of our
Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. Amen.

THE GOSPEL. ST. MATTH. vi. 24.

NO man can serve two masters : for either
he will hate the one, and love the other ;
or else he will hold to the one, and despise
the other. Ye cannot serve God and Mammon.
Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for
your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall
drink ; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put
on : Is not the life more than meat, and the
body than raiment? Behold the fowls of the
air; for they sow not, neither do they reap,
nor gather into barns ; yet your heavenly Father
feedeth them. Are ye not much better than
they ? Which of you by taking thought can add

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one cubit unto his stature ? And why take ye
thought for raiment ? Consider the lilies of the
field how they grow: they toil not, neither do
they spin : and yet I say unto you, That even
Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like
one of these. Wherefore, if God so clothe the
grass of the field, which to-day is, and to-
morrow is cast into the oven ; shall he not
much more clothe you, O 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 therefore no thought
for the morrow ; for the morrow shall take thought
for the things of itself : sufficient unto the day is
the evil thereof.

Sktmttjr Swttrsg after Crinitg,

THE COLLECT.

OLORD, we beseech thee, let thy continual
pity cleanse and defend thy Church ; and,
because it cannot continue in safety without
thy succour, preserve it evermore by thy help
and goodness ; through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen.

THE EPISTLE. EPHES. in. 13.

I DESIRE that ye faint not at my tribu-
lations for you, which is your glory. For
this cause I bow my knees unto the Father
of our Lord Jesus Christ, of whom the whole

SIXTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY.

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 compre-
hend 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 ex-
ceeding 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.

THE GOSPEL. ST. LUKE vn. 11.

AND it came to pass the day after, that Jesus
J-TJL went into a city called Nain ; and many of
his disciples went with him, and much people.
Now when he came nigh to the gate of the city,
behold, there was a dead man carried out, the
only son of his mother, and she was a widow ;
and much people of the city was with her. And
when the Lord saw her, he had compassion on
her, and said unto her, Weep not. And he
came and touched the bier, (and they that bare
him stood still,) and he said, Young man, I
say unto thee, Arise. And he that was dead
sat up, and began to speak : and he delivered
him to his mother. And there came a fear on
all, and they glorified God, saying, That a great
Prophet is risen up among us, and that God
hath visited his people. And this rumour of
him went forth throughout all Judaea, and
throughout all the region round about.

THE COLLECT.

E^RD, we pray thee that thy grace may
always prevent and follow us, and make
us continually to be given to all good works ;
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

THE EPISTLE. EPHES. iv. 1

I THEREFORE the prisoner of the Lord
beseech you, that ye walk worthy of the
vocation wherewith ye are called, with all lowli-
ness and meekness, with long-suffering, forbearing
one another in love ; endeavouring to keep the
unity of the spirit in the bond of peace. There
is one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called
in one hope of your calling ; one Lord, one faith,
one baptism, one God and Father of all, who is
above all, and through all, and in you all.

THE GOSPEL. ST. LUKE xiv. 1.

IT came to pass, as Jesus went into the house
of one of the chief Pharisees to eat bread on
the 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 these things.
And he put forth a parable to those which were

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bidden, when he marked how they chose out
the chief rooms, saying unto them, When thou
art bidden of any man to a wedding, sit not down
in the highest room ; lest a more honourable man
than thou be bidden of him ; and he that bade
thee and him come and say to thee, Give this
man place ; and thou begin with shame to take
the lowest room. But when thou 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 exalteth himself shall
be abased ; and he that humbleth himself shall
be exalted.

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THE COLLECT.

E>KJD, we beseech thee, grant thy people
grace to withstand the temptations of the
world, the flesh, and the devil, and with pure
hearts and minds to follow thee the only God;
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

THE EPISTLE. 1 COR. i. 4.

I THANK my God always on your behalf, for
the grace of God which is given you by
Jesus Christ; that in every thing ye are en-
riched by him, in all utterance, and in all
knowledge ; even as the testimony of Christ was
confirmed in you ; so that ye come behind in no
gift; waiting for the coming of our Lord Jesus
Christ, who shall also confirm you unto the end,
that ye may be blameless in the day of our Lord
Jesus Christ.

NINETEENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY.

THE GOSPEL. ST. MATTH. xxn. 34.

WHEN the Pharisees had heard that Jesus
had put the Sadducees to silence, they
were gathered together. Then one of them,
who was a Lawyer, asked him a question,
tempting him, and saying, Master, which is
the great commandment in the Law? Jesus
said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy
God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul,
and with all thy mind. This is the first and
great commandment. And the second is like
unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thy-
self. On these two commandments hang all the
Law and the Prophets. While the Pharisees
were gathered together, Jesus asked them,
saying, What think ye of Christ? whose son
is he? They say unto him, The son of David.
He saith unto them, How then doth David in
spirit call him Lord, saying, The LORD said unto
my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, till I make
thine enemies thy foot-stool? If David then
call him Lord, how is he his Son? And 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.

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

NINETEENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY.

THE EPISTLE. EPHES. iv. 17.

IS I say therefore, and testify in the Lord,
that ye henceforth walk not as other Gen-
tiles 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 neighbour: for we are members one of an-
other. 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 labour, working with
his hands the thing which is good, that he may
have to give to him that needeth. Let no cor-
rupt communication proceed out of your 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, where-
by ye are sealed unto the day of redemption.
Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and
clamour, 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.

TWENTIETH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY.

THE GOSPEL. ST. MATTH. 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 blasphemeth. 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, who had given such power unto men.

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THE COLLECT.

O 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 cheer-
fully accomplish those things that thou would-
est have done; through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen.

THE EPISTLE. EPHES. v. 15.

SEE then that ye walk circumspectly, not as
fools, but as wise, redeeming the time, be-
cause the days are evil. Wherefore be ye not
unwise, but understanding what the will of the
Lord is. And be not drunk with wine, wherein
is excess; but be filled with the Spirit; speak-
ing to yourselves in psalms, and hymns, and

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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. ST. MATTH. xxn. 1.

JESUS said, The Kingdom of heaven is like
unto a certain king, who made a marriage
for his son; and sent forth his servants to call
them that were bidden to the wedding; and
they would not come. Again, he sent forth
other servants, saying, Tell them which are bid-
den, Behold, I have prepared my dinner; my
oxen and my fatlings are killed, and all things
are ready; come unto the marriage. But they
made light of it, and went their ways, one to
his farm, another to his 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
burnt up their city. Then saith he to his ser-
vants, The wedding is ready, but they who were
bidden were not worthy. Go ye therefore into
the high-ways, and as many as ye shall find bid
to the marriage. So those servants went out
into the high-ways, and gathered together all,
as many as they found, both bad and good; and
the wedding was furnished with guests. And
when the king came in to see the guests, he saw
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 servants, Bind him hand and foot, and take
him away, and cast him into outer darkness:
there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
For many are called, but few are chosen.

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THE COLLECT.

GRANT, 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.

MY brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in
the power of his might. Put on the whole
armour of God, that ye may be able to stand
against the wiles of the devil. For we wrestle
not against flesh and blood, but against princi-
palities, against powers, against the rulers of the
darkness of this world, against spiritual wicked-
ness in high places. Wherefore take unto you
the whole armour 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 breast-
plate of righteousness ; and your feet shod with
the preparation of the Gospel of peace; above
all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye
shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the
wicked; and take the helmet of salvation, and
the sword of the Spirit, which is the Word of
God: praying always with all prayer and sup-
plication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto
with all perseverance, and supplication for all
saints ; and for me, that utterance may be given
unto me, that I may open my mouth boldly, to
make known the mystery of the Gospel, for
which I am an ambassador in bonds ; that
therein I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak.

TWENTY-SECOND SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY.

THE GOSPEL. ST. JOHN iv. 46.

nnHERE was a certain nobleman, whose son
JL was sick at Capernaum. When he heard
that Jesus was coine out of Judsea into Galilee,
he went unto him, and besought him that he
would come down and heal his son; for he was
at the point of death. Then said Jesus unto
him, Except ye see signs and wonders, ye will
not believe. The nobleman saith unto him, Sir,
come down ere my child die. Jesus saith unto
him, Go thy way, thy son liveth. And the man
believed the word that Jesus had spoken unto
him, and he went his way. And, as he was
now going down, his servants met him, and told
him, saying, Thy son liveth. Then 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; and himself be-
lieved, and his whole house. This is again the
second miracle that Jesus did, when he was
come out of Judsea into Galilee.

Cfomtrr-ser0ittr Stertirag after Crimtjr.

THE COLLECT.

E>RD, 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.

TWENTY-SECOND SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY.

THE EPISTLE. PHILIP, i. 3.

I THANK my God upon every remembrance
of you, (always in every prayer of mine for
you all making request with joy,) for your fel-
lowship in the Gospel from the first day until
now; being confident of this very thing, that
he who 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 you in my heart, inasmuch as
both in my bonds, and in the defence and con-
firmation of the Gospel, ye all are partakers of
my grace. For God is my record, how greatly
I long after you all in the bowels of Jesus
Christ. And this I pray, that your love may
abound yet more and more in knowledge, and in
all judgement : that ye may approve things that
are excellent, that ye may be sincere, and with-
out 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. ST. MATTH. xvni. 21.

"OETER said unto Jesus, Lord, how oft shall
JL 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 com-
manded him to be sold, and his wife and chil-
dren, and all that he had, and payment to be
made. The servant therefore fell down and

TWENTY-THIRD SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY.

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 hundred
pence; and he laid hands on him, and took
him by the throat, saying, Pay me that thou
owest. And his fellow-servant fell down at his
feet, and 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, I 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 tormentors, 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.

Ctowtjr-tljirtr Swtirag after

THE COLLECT.

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

TWENTY-THIRD SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY.

THE EPISTLE. PHILIP, in. 17.

T3RETHEEN, be followers together of me,
JD and mark them which walk so as ye have
us for an ensample. (For many walk, of whom
I have told you often, and now tell you even
weeping, that they are the enemies of the cross
of Christ ; whose end is destruction, whose god
is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame,
who mind earthly things.) For our conversation
is in heaven; from whence also we look for
the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ; who shall
change our vile body, that it may be fashioned
like unto his glorious body, according to the
working whereby he is able even to subdue all
things unto himself.

THE GOSPEL. ST. MATTH. xxn. 15.

r MHEX went the Pharisees and took counsel
_L 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 there-
fore, what thinkest thou? Is it lawful to give
tribute unto Caesar, or not? But Jesus perceived
their wickedness, and said, Why tempt ye me,
ye hypocrites? shew me the tribute-money. And
they brought unto him a penny. And he saith
unto them, Whose is this image and superscrip-
tion? They say unto him, Caesar's. Then saith
he unto them, Render 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.

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THE COLLECT.

OLORD, we beseech thee, absolve thy peo-
ple from their offences; that through thy
bountiful goodness we may all be delivered
from the bands of those sins, which by our
frailty we have committed : Grant this, O
heavenly Father, for Jesus Christ's sake, our
blessed Lord and Saviour. Amen.

THE EPISTLE. COLOSS. i. 3.

WE give thanks to God and the Father of
our Lord Jesus Christ, praying always
for you, since we heard of your faith in Christ
Jesus, and of the love which ye have to all the
saints; for the hope which is laid up for you
in heaven, whereof ye heard before in the word
of the truth of the Gospel ; which is come unto
you, as it is in all the world, and bringeth forth
fruit, as it doth also in you, since the day ye
heard of it, and knew the grace of God in truth.
As ye also learned of Epaphras, our dear fellow-
servant, who is for you a faithful minister of
Christ; who also declared unto us your love
in the Spirit. For this cause we also, since the
day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you,
and to desire that ye might be filled with the
knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual
understanding: that ye might walk worthy of
the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in
every good work, and increasing in the know-
ledge of God; strengthened with all might, ac-
cording to his glorious power, unto all patience
and long-suffering with joyfumess; giving thanks
unto the Father, which hath made us meet to
be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in
light.

TWENTY-FIFTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY.

THE GOSPEL. ST. MATTH. ix. 18.

WHILE Jesus spake these things unto
John's disciples, behold, there came a
certain ruler, and worshipped him, saying, My
daughter is even now dead; but come and lay
thy hand upon her, and she shall live. And
Jesus arose, and followed him, and so did his
disciples. (And behold, a woman, which was
diseased w r ith an issue of blood twelve years,
came behind him, and touched the hem of his
garment, for she said within herself, If I may
but touch his garment, I shall be whole. But
Jesus turned him about, and, when he saw her,
he said, Daughter, be of good comfort, thy faith
hath made thee whole. And the woman was
made whole from that hour.) And when Jesus
came into the ruler's house, and saw the minstrels
and the people making a noise, he said unto
them, Give place; for the maid is not dead,
but sleepeth. And they laughed him to scorn.
But when the people were put forth, he went
in, and took her by the hand, and the maid
arose. And the fame hereof went abroad into
all that land.

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THE COLLECT.

STIR up, we beseech thee, O Lord, the wills
of thy faithful people ; that they, plenteously
bringing forth the fruit of good works, may of
thee be plenteously rewarded; through Jesus
Christ our Lord. Amen.

TWENTY-FIFTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY.

FOB, THE EPISTLE. JER. xxm. 5.

T3EHOLD, the days come, saith the Lord, that
JD I will raise unto David a righteous Branch,
and a King shall reign, and prosper, and shall
execute judgement and justice in the earth. In
his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall
dwell safely: and this is his Name whereby he
shall be called. THE LORD OUR RIGHT-
EOUSNESS. Therefore behold, the days come,
saith the Lord, that they shall no more say, The
Lord liveth, which brought up the children of
Israel out of the land of Egypt ; but, The Lord
liveth, which brought up, and which led the seed
of the house of Israel out of the north-country,
and from all countries whither I had driven
them; and they shall dwell in their own land.

THE GOSPEL. ST. JOHN vi. 5.

WHEN Jesus then lift 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 hun-
dred penny-worth 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 thousand. And Jesus took
the loaves, and, when he had given thanks, he
distributed to the disciples, and the disciples to
them that were set down, and likewise of the
fishes, as much as they would. When they

SAINT ANDREW'S DAY.

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 tnem 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.

H If there be any more Sundays before Advent Sunday, the Service of some
of those Sundays tJiat were omitted after the Epiphany shall be taken in to
supply so many as are here wanting. And if tJiere be fewer, tJie overplus
may be omitted: Provided that this last Collect, Epistle, and Gospel shall
always be used upon tJie Sunday next before Advent.

THE COLLECT.

ALMIGHTY God, who didst give such grace
X\. unto thy holy Apostle Saint Andrew, that
he readily obeyed the calling of thy Son Jesus
Christ, and followed him without delay; Grant
unto us all, that we, being called by thy holy
Word, may forthwith give up ourselves obedi-
ently to fulfil thy holy commandments ; through
the same Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

THE EPISTLE. ROM. x. 9.

F thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord
Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that
God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt
be saved. For with the heart man believeth
unto righteousness, and with the mouth confes-
sion is made unto salvation. For the Scripture
saith, Whosoever believeth on him shall not be
ashamed. For there is no difference between
the Jew and the Greek: for the same Lord over
all is rich unto all that call upon him. For

SAINT ANDKEW'S DAY.

whosoever shall call upon the Name of the Lord
shall be saved. How then shall they call on him,
in whom they have not believed? And how shall
they believe in him, of whom they have not
heard? And how shall they hear without a
preacher? And how shall they preach, except
they be sent? As it is written, How beautiful
are the feet of them that preach the Gospel of
peace, and bring glad tidings of good things!
But they have not all obeyed the Gospel. For
Esaias saith, Lord, who hath believed our re-
port? So then faith cometh by hearing, and
hearing by the Word of God. But I say, Have
they not heard? Yes verily, their sound went
into all the earth, and their words unto the ends
of the world. But I say, Did not Israel know ?
First Moses saith, I will provoke you to jealousy
by them that are no people, and by a foolish
nation I will anger you. But Esaias is very
bold, and saith, I was found of them that sought
me not; I was made manifest unto them that
asked not after me. But to Israel he saith, All
day long I have stretched forth my hands unto
a disobedient and gainsaying people.

THE GOSPEL. ST. MATTH. iv. 18.

JESUS, walking by the sea of Galilee, saw
two brethren, Simon called Peter, and
Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea,
(for they were fishers;) and he saith unto
them, Follow me; and I will make you fishers
of men. And they straightway left their nets,
and followed him. And going on from thence
he saw other two brethren, James the son of
Zebedee, and John his brother, in a ship with
Zebedee their father, mending their nets ; and
he called them. And they immediately left the
ship and their father, and followed him.

THE COLLECT.

ALMIGHTY and everliving God, who for
JLJL the more confirmation of the faith didst
suffer thy holy Apostle Thomas to be doubtful
in thy Son's resurrection ; Grant us so perfectly,
and without all doubt, to believe in thy Son
Jesus Christ, that our faith in thy sight may
never be reproved. Hear us, O Lord, through
the same Jesus Christ, to whom, with thee
and the Holy Ghost, be all honour and glory,
now and for evermore. Amen.

THE EPISTLE. EPHES. n. 19.

NOW therefore ye are no more strangers
and foreigners, but fellow-citizens with the
saints, and of the household of God ; and are
built upon the foundation of the Apostles and
Prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief
corner-stone ; in whom all the building, fitly
framed together, groweth unto an holy temple
in the Lord; in whom ye also are builded to-
gether for an habitation of God, through the
Spirit.

THE GOSPEL. ST. JOHN xx. 24.

mHOMAS, one of the twelve, called Didy-
JL mus, was not with them when Jesus came.
The other disciples therefore said unto him,
We have seen the Lord. But he said unto
them, Except I shall see in his hands the print
of the nails, and put my finger into the print
of the nails, and thrust my hand into his side,
I will not believe. And after eight days again
his disciples were within, and Thomas with

CONVERSION OF SAINT PAUL.

them : then came Jesus, the doors being shut,
and stood in the midst, and said, Peace be
unto you. Then saith he to Thomas, Reach
hither thy finger, and behold my hands ; and
reach hither thy hand, and thrust it into my
side ; and be not faithless, but believing. And
Thomas answered and said unto him, My Lord,
and my God. Jesus saith unto him, Thomas,
because thou hast seen me, thou hast believed ;
blessed are they that have not seen, and yet
have believed. And many other signs truly did
Jesus in the presence of his disciples, which are
not written in this book. But these are written,
that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ,
the Son of God ; and that believing ye might
have life through his Name.

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THE COLLECT.

OGOD, who, through the preaching of the
blessed Apostle Saint Paul, hast caused
the light of the Gospel to shine throughout the
world ; Grant, we beseech thee, that we, having
his wonderful conversion in remembrance, may
shew forth our thankfulness unto thee for the
same, by following the holy doctrine which he
taught ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

FOB THE EPISTLE. ACTS ix. 1.

ND Saul, yet breathing out threatenings and
slaughter against the disciples of the Lord,
went unto the high priest, and desired of him
letters to Damascus to the synagogues, that, if
he found any of this way, whether they were
men or women, he might bring them bound
unto Jerusalem. And, as he journeyed, he came

CONVERSION OF SAINT PAUL.

near Damascus, and suddenly there shined
round about him a light from heaven. And
he fell to the earth, and heard a voice saying
unto him, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me ?
And he said, Who art thou, Lord? And the
Lord said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest :
it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks.
And he, trembling and astonished, said, Lord,
what wilt thou have me to do? And the Lord
said unto him, Arise, and go into the city, and
it shall be told thee what thou must do. And
the men which journeyed with him stood
speechless, hearing a voice, but seeing no man.
And Saul arose from the earth, and when his
eyes were opened he saw no man ; but they
led him by the hand, and brought him into
Damascus. And he was three days without
sight, and neither did eat nor drink. And
there was a certain disciple at Damascus,
named Ananias, and to him said the Lord in a
vision, Ananias. And he said, Behold, I am
here, Lord. And the Lord said unto him, Arise,
and go into the street which is called Straight,
and inquire in the house of Judas for one called
Saul, of Tarsus : for behold, he prayeth, and
hath seen in a vision a man named Ananias,
coming in, and putting his hand on him, that
he might receive his sight. Then Ananias an-
swered, Lord, I have heard by many of this
man, how much evil he hath done to thy saints
at Jerusalem ; and here he hath authority from
the chief priests to bind all that call on thy
Name. But the Lord said unto him, Go thy
way ; for he is a chosen vessel unto me, to
bear my Name before the Gentiles, and kings,
and the children of Israel : for I will shew him
how great things he must suffer for my Name's
sake. And Ananias w r ent his way, and entered

CONVERSION OF SAINT PAUL.

into the house ; and, putting his hands on him,
said, Brother Saul, the Lord, (even Jesus that
appeared unto thee in the way as thou earnest,)
hath sent me, that thou mightest receive thy
sight, and be filled with the Holy Ghost. And
immediately there fell from his eyes as it had
been scales ; and he received sight forthwith,
and arose, and was baptized. And when he
had received meat, he was strengthened. Then
was Saul certain days with the disciples which
were at Damascus. And straightway he preach-
ed Christ in the synagogues, that he is the Son
of God. But all that heard him were amazed,
and said, Is not this he that destroyed them
which called on this Name in Jerusalem, and
came hither for that intent, that he might bring
them bound unto the chief priests? But Saul
increased the more in strength, and confounded
the Jews which dwelt at Damascus, proving
that this is very Christ.

THE GOSPEL. ST. MATTH. xix. 27.

PETER answered and said unto Jesus, Be-
hold, we have forsaken all, and followed
thee ; what shall we have therefore ? And Jesus
said unto them, Yerily I say unto you, That
ye which have followed me, in the regeneration
when the Son of man shall sit in the throne of
his glory, ye also shall sit upon twelve thrones,
judging the twelve tribes of Israel. And every
one that hath forsaken houses, or brethren, or
sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children,
or lands, for my Name's sake, shall receive an
hundred-fold, and shall inherit everlasting life.
But many that are first shall be last, and the
last shall be first.

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PRESENTATION OF CHRIST IN THE TEMPLE,

COMMONLY CALLED,

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THE COLLECT.

ALMIGHTY and everliving God, we humbly

beseech thy Majesty, that, as thy only-
begotten Son was this day presented in the
temple in substance of our flesh, so we may
be presented unto thee with pure and clean
hearts, by the same thy Son Jesus Christ our
Lord. Amen.

FOR THE EPISTLE. MAL. in. 1.

nr>EHOXiD, I will send my messenger, and
JD he shall prepare the way before me : and
the Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come
to his temple ; even the messenger of the cove-
nant, whom ye delight in ; behold, he shall
come, saith the Lord of hosts. But who may
abide the day of his coming? and who shall
stand when he appeareth ? for he is like a re-
finer's fire, and like fullers' soap. And he shall
sit as a refiner and purifier of silver ; and he
shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge them
as gold and silver, that they may offer unto
the Lord an offering in righteousness. Then
shall the offerings of Judah and Jerusalem be
pleasant unto the Lord, as in the days of old,
and as in former years. And I will come near
to you to judgement, and I will be a swift
witness against the sorcerers, and against the
adulterers, and against false swearers, and
against those that oppress the hireling in his
wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that
turn aside the stranger from his right, and fear
not me, saith the Lord of hosts.

PURIFICATION OF SAINT MARY.

THE GOSPEL. ST. LUKE n. 22.

AND when the days of her purification,
JTJL according to the Law of Moses, were ac-
complished, they brought him to Jerusalem, to
present him to the Lord ; (as it is written in
the Law of the Lord, Every male that openeth
the womb shall be called holy to the Lord ;)
and to offer a sacrifice, according to that which
is said in the Law of the Lord, A pair of turtle-
doves, or two young pigeons. And behold, there
was a man in Jerusalem, whose name was
Simeon ; and the same man was just and
devout, waiting for the consolation of Israel :
and the Holy Ghost was upon him. And it
was revealed unto him by the Holy Ghost,
that he should not see death, before he had
seen the Lord's Christ. And he came by the
Spirit into the temple ; and when the parents
brought in the child Jesus, to do for him after
the custom of the Law, then took he him up
in his arms, and blessed God, and said, Lord,
now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace,
according to thy word : for mine eyes have
seen thy salvation, which thou hast prepared
before the face of all people ; a light to lighten
the Gentiles, and the glory of thy people Israel.
And Joseph and his mother marvelled at those
things which were spoken of him. And Simeon
blessed them, and said unto Mary his mother,
Behold, this child is set for the fall and rising
again of many in Israel ; and for a sign which
shall be spoken against; (yea, a sword shall
pierce through thy own soul also;) that the
thoughts of many hearts may be revealed.
And there was one Anna a prophetess, the
daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Aser;
she was of a great age, and had lived with an
husband seven years from her virginity: and

SAINT MATTHIAS'8 DAY.

she was a widow of about fourscore and four
years; which departed not from the temple, but
served God with fastings and prayers night and
day. And she coming in that instant gave
thanks likewise unto the Lord, and spake of
him to all them that looked for redemption in
Jerusalem. And when they had performed all
things according to the Law of the Lord, they
returned into Galilee to their own city Nazareth.
And the child grew, and waxed strong in spirit,
filled with wisdom ; and the grace of God was
upon him.

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THE COLLECT.

O 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
alway preserved from false Apostles, may be or-
dered and guided by faithful and true pastors;
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

FOR THE EPISTLE. ACTS i. 15.

IN those days Peter stood up in the midst of
the disciples, and said, (the number of the
names together were about an hundred and
twenty,) Men and brethren, this Scripture must
needs have been fulfilled, which the Holy Ghost
by the mouth of David spake before concerning
Judas, which was guide to them that took
Jesus: for he was numbered with us, and had
obtained part of this ministry. Now this man
purchased a field with the reward of iniquity;
and falling headlong he burst asunder in the
midst, and all his bowels gushed out. And it
was known unto all the dwellers at Jerusalem,

SAINT MATTHIAS'S DAY.

insomuch as that field is called in their proper
tongue, Aceldama, that is to say, The field of
blood. For it is written in the book of Psalms,
Let his habitation be desolate, and let no man
dwell therein ; and, His bishoprick let another
take. Wherefore, of these men which have
companied with us all the time that the Lord
Jesus went in and out among us, beginning from
the baptism of John, unto that same day that he
was taken up from us, must one be ordained to
be a witness with us of his resurrection. And
they appointed two, Joseph called Barsabas,
who was surnamed Justus, and Matthias. And
they prayed, and said, Thou, Lord, which know-
est the hearts of all men, shew whether of these
two thou hast chosen ; that he may take J>art of
this ministry and apostleship, from which Judas
by transgression fell, that he might go to his
own place. And they gave forth their lots ; and
the lot fell upon Matthias, and he was numbered
with the eleven Apostles.

THE GOSPEL. ST. M'ATTH. xi. 25.

AT that time Jesus answered and said, I thank
JITL thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth,
because thou hast hid these things from the
wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto
babes. Even so, Father, for so it seemed good
in thy sight. All things are delivered unto me
of my Father: and no man knoweth the Son,
but the Father; neither knoweth any man the
Father, save the Son, and he to whomsoever
the Son will reveal him. Come unto me, all ye
that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give
you rest Take my yoke upon you, and learn
of me ; for I am meek and lowly in heart : and
ye shall find rest unto your souls. For my
yoke is easy, and my burden is light.

THE COLLECT.

WE beseech thee, O Lord, pour thy grace
into our 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 resur-
rection; through the same Jesus Christ our
Lord. A men.

FOR THE EPISTLE. ISAL VIL 10.

MOREOVER, the Lord spake again unto
Ahaz, saying, Ask thee a sign of the Lord
thy God; ask it either in the depth, or in the
height above. But Ahaz said, I will not ask,
neither will I tempt the Lord. And he said,
Hear ye now, O house of David ; Is it a small
thing for you to weary men, but will ye weary
my God also? Therefore the Lord himself shall
give you a sign; Behold, a Virgin shall con-
ceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name
Immanuel. Butter and honey shall he eat, that
he may know to refuse the evil, and choose the
good.

THE GOSPEL. ST. LUKE i. 26.

AND in the sixth month the angel Gabriel
was sent from God unto a city of Galilee
named Nazareth, to a Virgin espoused to a man
whose name was Joseph, of the house of Da-
vid; and the Virgin's name was Mary. And the
angel came in unto her, and said, Hail, thou
that art highly favoured, the Lord is with thee ;
blessed art thou among women. And when

SAINT MARKS DAY.

she saw him she was troubled at his saying, and
cast in her mind what manner of salutation this
should be. And the angel said unto her, Fear
not, Mary; for thou hast found favour with
God. And behold, thou shalt conceive in thy
womb, and bring forth a Son, and shalt call his
name JESUS. He shall be great, and shall be
called the Son of the Highest; and the Lord
God shall give unto him the throne of his father
David. And he shall reign over the house of
Jacob for ever ; and of his kingdom there shall
be no end. Then said Mary unto the angel,
How shall this be, seeing I know not a man?
And the angel answered and said unto her, The
Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the
power of the Highest shall overshadow thee:
therefore also that holy thing which shall be
born of thee shall be called the Son of God.
And behold, thy cousin Elisabeth, she hath also
conceived a son in her old age; and this is the
sixth month with her who was called barren:
for w r ith God nothing shall be impossible. And
Mary said, Behold the handmaid of the Lord;
be it unto me according to thy word. And the
angel departed from her.

Saint Bark's

THE COLLECT.

O ALMIGHTY God, who hast instructed
thy holy Church with the heavenly doc-
trine of thy Evangelist Saint Mark; Give us
grace, that, being not like children carried away
with every blast of vain doctrine, we may be
established in the truth of thy holy Gospel;
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

SAINT MARK'S DAY.

THE EPISTLE. EPHES. iv. 7.

UNTO every one of us is given grace, ac-
cording to the measure of the gift of
Christ. Wherefore he saith, When he ascend-
ed up on high, he led captivity captive, and
gave gifts unto men. (Now that he ascended,
what is it but that he also descended first into
the lower parts of the earth ? He that descend-
ed is the same also that ascended up far above
all heavens, that he might fill all things.) And
he gave some Apostles, and some Prophets, and
some Evangelists, and some Pastors and Teach-
ers; for the perfecting of the saints, for the
work of the ministry, for the edifying of the
body of Christ; till we all come in the unity of
the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of
God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure
of the stature of the fulness of Christ; that
we henceforth be no more children, tossed to
and fro, and carried about with every wind of
doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning
craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive;
but speaking the truth in love, may grow up
into him in all things, which is the head, even
Christ: from whom the whole body fitly joined
together, and compacted by that which every
joint supplieth, according to the effectual working
in the measure of every part, maketh increase
of the body, unto the edifying of itself in love.

THE GOSPEL. ST. JOHN xv. 1.

I AM the true vine, and my Father is the hus-
bandman. Every branch in me that beareth
not fruit he taketh away ; and every branch that
beareth fruit, he purge th it, that it may bring
forth more fruit. Now ye are clean through the
word which I have spoken unto you. Abide in

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SAINT PHILIP AND SAINT JAMES'S DAY.

me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear
fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no
more can ye, except ye abide in me. 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. If a
man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch,
and is withered ; and men gather them, and cast
them into the fire, and they are burned. If ye
abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye
shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto
you. Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear
much fruit; so shall ye be my disciples. As the
Father hath loved me, so have I loved you : con-
tinue ye in my love. If ye keep my command-
ments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have
kept my Father's commandments, and abide in
his love. These things have I spoken unto you,
that my joy might remain in you, and that your
joy might be full.

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THE COLLECT.

ALMIGHTY God, whom truly to know
is everlasting life; Grant us perfectly to
know thy Son Jesus Christ to be the way,
the truth, and the life; that, following the
steps of thy holy Apostles, Saint Philip and
Saint James, we may stedfastly walk in the
way that leadeth to eternal life; through the
same thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

THE EPISTLE. ST. JAMES i. 1.

"TAMES, a servant of God and of the Lord
*J Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are
scattered abroad, greeting. My brethren, count
it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations;

SAINT PHILIP AND SAINT JAMES'S DAY.

knowing this, that the trying of your faith
worketh patience. But let patience have her
perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire,
wanting nothing. If any of you lack wisdom,
let him ask of God, that giveth to all men
liberally, and upbraideth not, and it shall be
given him. But let him ask in faith, nothing
wavering; for he that wavereth is like a wave
of the sea, driven with the wind, and tossed.
For let not that man think that he shall receive
any thing of the Lord. A double-minded man
is unstable in all his ways. Let the brother of
low degree rejoice in that he is exalted; but
the rich in that he is made low; because as the
flower of the grass he shall pass away. For the
sun is no sooner risen with a burning heat, but
it withereth the grass, and the flower thereof
falleth, and the grace of the fashion of it perish-
eth : so also shall the rich man fade away in his
ways. Blessed is the man that endureth tempt-
ation; for when he is tried, he shall receive
the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised
to them that love him.

THE GOSPEL. ST. JOHN xiv. 1.

AND Jesus said unto his disciples, Let not
JTTL your heart be troubled; ye believe in God,
believe also in me. In my Father's house are
many mansions ; if it were not so, I would have
told you. I go to prepare a place for you: and
if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come
again, and receive you unto myself, that where
I am, there ye may be also. And whither I go
ye know, and the way ye know. Thomas saith
unto him, Lord, we know not whither thou
goest, and how can we know the way? Jesus
saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the
life : no man cometh unto the Father but by me.

SAINT BARNABAS THE APOSTLE.

If ye had known me, ye should have known my
Father also: and from henceforth ye know him,
and have seen him. Philip saith unto him,
Lord, shew us the Father, and it sufficeth us.
Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so long
time with you, and yet hast thou not known
me, Philip? He that hath seen me hath seen
the Father; and how sayest thou then, Shew
us the Father? Believest thou not that I am
in the Father, and the Father in me? The
words that I speak unto you I speak not of
myself; but the Father that dwelleth in me,
he doeth the works. Believe me, that I am
in the Father, and the Father in me; or else
believe me for the very works' sake. Yerily,
verily I say unto you, He that believeth on
me, the works that I do shall he do also; and
greater works than these shall he do; because
I go unto my Father. And whatsoever ye
shall ask in my Name, that will I do, that the
Father may be glorified in the Son. If ye shall
ask any thing in my Name, I will do it.

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THE COLLECT.

OLORD God Almighty, who didst endue
thy holy Apostle Barnabas with singular
gifts of the Holy Ghost; Leave us not, we be-
seech thee, destitute of thy manifold gifts, nor yet
of grace to use them alway to thy honour and
glory; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

FOR THE EPISTLE. ACTS XL 22.

nniDINGS of these things came unto the

A ears of the Church which was in Jerusa-

lem; and they sent forth Barnabas, that he

should go as far as Antioch. Who, when he

SAINT BARNABAS THE APOSTLE.

came, and had seen the grace of God, was glad;
and exhorted them all, that with purpose of
heart they would cleave unto the Lord. For
he was a good man, and full of the Holy Ghost,
and of faith: and much people was added unto
the Lord. Then departed Barnabas to Tarsus,
for to seek Saul. And when he had found him,
he brought him unto Antioch. And it came
to pass, that a whole year they assembled
themselves with the Church, and taught much
people: and the disciples were called Christians
first in Antioch. And in these days came
prophets from Jerusalem unto Antioch. And
there stood up one of them named Agabus,
and signified by the Spirit, that there should
be great dearth throughout all the world ;
which came to pass in the days of Claudius
Caesar, Then the disciples, every man accord-
ing to his ability, determined to send relief unto
the brethren which dwelt in Judaea. Which
also they did, and sent it to the elders by the
hands of Barnabas and Saul.

THE GOSPEL. ST, JOHN xv. 12.

THIS is my commandment, That ye love one
another, as I have loved you. Greater love
hath no man than this, that a man lay down his
life for his friends. Ye are my friends, if ye do
whatsoever I command you. Henceforth I call
you not servants; for the servant knoweth not
what his lord doeth: but I have called you
friends; for all things that I have heard of my
Father I have made known unto you. Ye
have not chosen me, but I have chosen you,
and ordained you, that ye should go and bring
forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain:
that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in
my Name, he may give it you.

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THE COLLECT.

ALMIGHTY God, by whose providence thy
.\. servant John Baptist was wonderfully born,
and sent to prepare the way of thy Son our
Saviour, by preaching of repentance; Make us
so to follow his doctrine and holy life, that we
may truly repent according to his preaching;
and after his example constantly speak the
truth, boldly rebuke vice, and patiently suifer
for the truth's sake; through Jesus Christ our
Lord. A men.

FOR THE EPISTLE. ISAI. XL. 1.

/COMFORT ye, comfort ye my people, saith
\J your God. Speak ye comfortably to Jeru-
salem, and cry unto her, That her warfare i
accomplished; that her iniquity is pardoned:
for she hath received of the Lord's hand double
for all her sins. The voice of him that crieth
in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the
Lord, make straight in the desert a high-way
for our God. Every valley shall be exalted,
and every mountain and hill shall be made
low, and the crooked shall be made straight,
and the rough places plain. And the glory of
the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh shall
see it together: for the mouth of the Lord hath
spoken it. The voice said, Cry. And he said,
What shall I cry? All flesh is grass, and all the
goodliness thereof is as the flower of the field.
The grass withereth, the flower fadeth, because
the Spirit of the Lord bloweth upon it: surely
the people is grass. The grass withereth, the
flower fadeth; but the word of our God shall
stand for ever. O Zion, that bringest good
tidings, get thee up into the high mountain:

SAINT JOHN BAPTIST'S DAY.

O Jerusalem, that bringest good tidings, lift
up thy voice with strength; lift it up, be not
afraid: say unto the cities of Judah, Behold
your God. Behold, the Lord God will come
with strong hand, and his arm shall rule for
him: behold, his reward is with him, and his
w r ork before him. He shall feed his flock like
a shepherd; he shall gather the lambs with
his arm, and carry them in his bosom, and shall
gently lead those that are with young.

THE GOSPEL. ST. LUKE i. 57.

TJ^LISABETH's full time came that she
JjJ should be delivered; and she brought forth
a son. And her neighbours and her cousins
heard how the Lord had shewed great mercy
upon her; and they rejoiced with her. And
it came to pass, that on the eighth day they
came to circumcise the child; and they called
him Zacharias, after the name of his father.
And his mother answered and said, Not so ;
but he shall be called John. And they said
unto her, There is none of thy kindred that is
called by this name. And they made signs to
his father, how he would have him called.
And he asked for a writing table, and wrote,
saying, His name is John. And they marvelled
all. And his mouth was opened immediately,
and his tongue loosed, and he spake, and praised
God. And fear came on all that dwelt round
about them ; and all these sayings were noised
abroad throughout all the hill-country of Judaea.
And all they that had heard them laid them up
in their hearts, saying, What manner of child
shall this be ? And the hand of the Lord was with
him. And his father Zacharias was filled with
the Holy Ghost, and prophesied, saying, Blessed
be the Lord God of Israel : for he hath visited

SAINT PETER'S DAY.

and redeemed his people, and hath raised up
an horn of salvation for us in the house of his
servant David ; as he spake by the mouth of his
holy prophets, which have been since the world
began ; that we should be saved from our
enemies, and from the hand of all that hate
us ; to perform the mercy promised to our
fathers, and to remember his holy covenant ;
the oath which he sware to our father Abraham,
that he would grant unto us, that we, being
delivered out of the hands of our enemies, might
serve him without fear, in holiness and right-
eousness before him all the days of our life.
And thou, Child, shalt be called the Prophet
of the Highest : for thou shalt go before the
face of the Lord to prepare his ways ; to give
knowledge of salvation unto his people, by the
remission of their sins, through the tender
mercy of our God, whereby the day-spring from
on high hath visited us ; to give light to them
that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death,
to guide our feet into the way of peace. And
the child grew, and waxed strong in spirit ; and
was in the deserts till the day of his shewing unto
Israel.

THE COLLECT.

O ALMIGHTY God, who by thy Son Jesus
Christ didst give to thy Apostle Saint Peter
many excellent gifts, and commandedst him
earnestly to feed thy flock ; Make, we beseech
thee, all Bishops and Pastors diligently to
preach thy holy Word, and the people obedi-
ently to follow the same, that they may receive
the crown of everlasting glory ; through Jesus
Christ our Lord. Amen.

SAINT PETER'S DAY.

FOR THE EPISTLE. ACTS xn. 1.

ABOUT that time Herod the king stretched
JI\_ forth his hands to vex certain of the
Church. And he killed James the brother of
John with the sword. And, because he saw
it pleased the Jews, he proceeded further to
take Peter also. (Then were the days of un-
leavened bread.) And when he had apprehend-
ed him, he put him in prison, and delivered him
to four quaternions of soldiers to keep him, in-
tending after Easter to bring him forth to the
people. Peter therefore was kept in prison ;
but prayer was made without ceasing of the
Church unto God for him. And when Herod
would have brought him forth, the same night
Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound
with two chains ; and the keepers before the
door kept the prison. And behold, the angel
of the Lord came upon him, and a light shined
in the prison ; and he smote Peter on the side,
and raised him up, saying, Arise up quickly.
And his chains fell off from his hands. And
the angel said unto him, Gird thyself, and bind
on thy sandals : and so he did. And he saith
unto him, Cast thy garment about thee, and
follow me. And he went out and followed him ;
and wist not that it was true which was done by
the angel ; but thought he saw a vision. When
they were past the first and the second ward,
they came unto the iron gate that leadeth unto
the city, which opened to them of his own
accord ; and they went out, and passed on
through one street, and forthwith the angel de-
parted from him. And when Peter was come
to himself, he said, Now I know of a surety,
that the Lord hath sent his angel, and hath de-
livered me out of the hand of Herod, and from
all the expectation of the people of the Jews.

SAINT JAMES THE APOSTLE.

THE GOSPEL. ST. MATTH. xvi. 13.

WHEN Jesus came into the coasts of Csesa-
rea Philippi, he asked his disciples, saying,
Whom do men say that I, the Son of man, am ?
And they said, Some say that thou art John the
Baptist, some Elias, and others Jeremias, or one
of the prophets. He saith unto them, But whom
say ye that I am ? And Simon Peter answered
and said, Thou art Christ, the Son of the living
God. And Jesus answered and said unto him,
Blessed art thou, Simon Bar-jona : for flesh and
blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my
Father which is in heaven. And I say also unto
thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I
will build my Church ; and the gates of hell
shall not prevail against it. And I will give
unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven :
and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall
be bound in heaven ; and whatsoever thou shalt
loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.

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THE COLLECT.

RANT, O merciful God, that as thine holy
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, forsaking all worldly and
carnal affections, may be evermore ready to
follow thy holy commandments; through Jesus
Christ our Lord. Amen.

FOR THE EPISTLE. ACTS xi. 27, and part of Chapter xn.

IN those days came prophets from Jerusalem
unto Antioch. And there stood up one of
them named Agabus, and signified by the Spirit,

SAINT JAMES THE APOSTLE.

that there should be great dearth throughout all
the world ; which came to pass in the days of
Claudius Csesar. Then the disciples, every man
according to his ability, determined to send
relief unto the brethren which dwelt in Judaea,
Which also they did, and sent it to the elders
by the hands of Barnabas and Saul. Now about
that time Herod the king stretched forth his
hands to vex certain of the Church. And he
killed James the brother of John with the sword.
And, because he saw it pleased the Jews, he
proceeded further to take Peter also.

THE GOSPEL. ST. MATTH. xx. 20.

rPHEN came to him the mother of Zebedee's
JL children with her sons, worshipping him,
and desiring a certain thing of him. And he
said unto her, What wilt thou ? She saith unto
him, Grant that these my two sons may sit, the
one on thy right hand, and the other on the left,
in thy kingdom. But Jesus answered and said,
Ye know not what ye ask. Are ye able to drink
of the cup that I shall drink of, and to be bap-
tized with the baptism that I am baptized with ?
They say unto him, We are able. And he saith
unto them, Ye shall drink indeed of my cup,
and be baptized with the baptism that I am
baptized with : but to sit on my right hand, and
on my left, is not mine to give ; but it shall be
given to them for whom it is prepared of my
Father. And when the ten heard it, they were
moved with indignation against the two brethren.
But Jesus called them unto him, and said, Ye
know that the princes of the Gentiles exercise
dominion over them, and they that are great
exercise authority upon them. But it shall not
be so among you : but whosoever will be great
among you, let him be your minister; and

SAINT BARTHOLOMEW THE APOSTLE.

whosoever will be chief among you, let him be
your servant : even as the Son of man came not
to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to
give his life a ransom for many.

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THE COLLECT.

O ALMIGHTY and everlasting God, who
didst give to thine Apostle Bartholomew
grace truly to believe and to preach thy Word ;
Grant, we beseech thee, unto thy Church, to
love that Word which he believed, and both to
preach and receive the same ; through Jesus
Christ our Lord. Amen.

FOR THE EPISTLE. ACTS v. 12.

BY the hands of the Apostles were many
signs and wonders wrought among the
people : (and they were all with one accord in
Solomon's porch : and of the rest durst no man
join himself to them: but the people magnified
them : and believers were the more added to the
Lord, multitudes both of men and women:) in-
somuch that they brought forth the sick into the
streets, and laid them on beds and couches, that
at the least the shadow of Peter passing by might
overshadow some of them. There came also a
multitude out of the cities round about unto
Jerusalem, bringing sick folks, and them which
were vexed with unclean spirits ; and they were
healed every one.

THE GOSPEL. ST. LUKE xxn. 24.

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

SAINT MATTHEW THE APOSTLE.

the} 7 that exercise authority upon them are call-
ed benefactors. But ye shall not be so : but he
that is greatest among 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.

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THE COLLECT.

O ALMIGHTY God, who by thy blessed Son
didst call Matthew from the receipt of cus-
tom to be an Apostle and Evangelist ; Grant us
grace to forsake all covetous desires, and inordi-
nate love of riches, and to follow the same thy
Son Jesus Christ, who liveth and reigneth with
thee and the Holy Ghost, one God, world with-
out end. Amen.

THE EPISTLE. 2 COR. iv. 1.

rPHEREFOKE seeing we have this ministry,
_L as we have received mercy, we faint not;
but have renounced the hidden things of dis-
honesty, not walking in craftiness, nor handling
the Word of God deceitfully, but by manifest-
ation of the truth commending ourselves to
every man's conscience in the sight of God.
But if our Gospel be hid, it is hid to them
that are lost: in whom the God of this world
hath blinded the minds of them which believe
not, lest the light of the glorious Gospel of

SAINT MICHAEL AND ALL ANGELS.

Christ, who is the image of God, should shine
unto them. For we preach not ourselves, but
Christ Jesus the Lord ; and ourselves your ser-
vants for Jesus' sake. For God, who com-
manded the light to shine out of darkness,
hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of
the knowledge of the glory of God, in the face
of Jesus Christ.

THE GOSPEL. ST. MATTH. ix. 9.

AND as Jesus passed forth from thence, he
JTJL saw a man named Matthew, sitting at the
receipt of custom: and he saith unto him,
Follow me. And he arose, and followed him.
And it came to pass, as Jesus sat at meat in
the house, behold, many Publicans and sinners
came, and sat down with him and his disciples.
And when the Pharisees saw it, they said unto
his disciples, Why eateth your Master with
Publicans and sinners ? But when Jesus heard
that, he said unto them, They that be whole
need not a physician, but they that are sick.
But go ye and learn what that meaneth, I will
have mercy, and not sacrifice ; for I am not come
to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.

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THE COLLECT.

O EVERLASTING God, who hast ordain-
ed and constituted the services of Angels
and men in a wonderful order ; Mercifully grant,
that as thy holy Angels alway do thee service
in heaven, so by thy appointment they may
succour and defend us on earth ; through Jesus
Christ our Lord. A men.

SAINT MICHAEL AND ALL ANGELS.

FOR THE EPISTLE. REV. xn. 7.

rilHERE was war in heaven : Michael and
JL his angels fought against the dragon, and
the dragon fought and his angels; and pre-
vailed not, neither was their place found any
more in heaven. And the great dragon was
cast out, that old serpent, called the devil and
Satan, which deceiveth the whole world; he
was cast out into the earth, and his angels
w r ere cast out with him. And I heard a loud
voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation,
and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and
the power of his Christ: for the accuser of
our brethren is cast down, which accused them
before our God day and night. And they over-
came him by the blood of the Lamb, and by
the word of their testimony; and they loved
not their lives unto the death. Therefore re-
joice, ye heavens, and ye that dwell in them.
Woe to the inhabiters of the earth, and of the
sea : for the devil is come down unto you, hav-
ing great wrath, because he knoweth that he
hath but a short time.

THE GOSPEL. ST. MATTH. rrai. 1.

AT the same time came the disciples unto
JT\. Jesus, saying, Who is the greatest in the
Kingdom of heaven? And Jesus called a little
child unto him, and set him in the midst of
them, and said, Verily I say unto you, Except
ye be converted, and become as little children,
ye shall not enter into the Kingdom of heaven.
Whosoever therefore shall humble himself as
this little child, the same is greatest in the
Kingdom of heaven. And whoso shall receive
one such little child in my Name, receiveth
me. But whoso shall offend one of these little

SAINT LUKE THE EVANGELIST.

ones which believe in me, it were better for
him that a millstone were hanged about his neck,
and that he were drowned in the depth of the
sea. Woe unto the world because of offences :
for it must needs be that offences come : but
woe to that man by whom the offence cometh.
Wherefore if thy hand or thy foot offend thee,
cut them off, and cast them from thee : it is
better for thee to enter into life halt or maim-
ed, rather than having two hands or two feet
to be cast into everlasting fire. And if thine
eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from
thee : it is better for thee to enter into life with
one eye, rather than having two eyes to be cast
into hell-fire. Take heed that ye despise not
one of these little ones; for I say unto you,
That in heaven their angels do always behold
the face of my Father which is in heaven.

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THE COLLECT.

ALMIGHTY God, who calledst Luke the
JljL Physician, whose praise is in the Gospel,
to be an Evangelist, and Physician of the soul ;
May it please thee, that, by the wholesome me-
dicines 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.

THE EPISTLE. 2 TIM. iv. 5.

WATCH thou in all things, endure afflic-
tions, do the work of an Evangelist, make
full proof of thy ministry. For I am now ready
to be offered, and the time of my departure is
at hand. I have fought a good fight, I have

SAINT LUKE THE EVANGELIST.

finished my course, I have kept the faith.
Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown
of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous
Judge, shall give me at that day : and not to me
only, but unto all them also that love his appear-
ing. Do thy diligence to come shortly unto
me: for Demas hath forsaken me, having loved
this present world, and is departed unto Thes-
salonica; Crescens to Galatia, Titus unto Dal-
matia. Only Luke is with me. Take Mark and
bring him with thee : for he is profitable to me
for the ministry. And Tychicus have I sent to
Ephesus. The cloke that I left at Troas with
Carpus, when thou comest, bring with thee;
and the books, but especially the parchments.
Alexander the copper-smith did me much evil:
the Lord reward him according to his works.
Of whom be thou ware also, for he hath greatly
withstood our words.

THE GOSPEL. ST. LUKE x. 1.

Lord appointed other seventy also, and
JL sent them two and two before his face into
every city and place whither he himself would
come. Therefore said he unto them, The harvest
truly is great, but the labourers are few; pray
ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he
would send forth labourers into his harvest. Go
your ways; behold, I send you forth as lambs
among wolves. Carry neither purse, nor scrip,
nor shoes, and salute no man by the way. And
into whatsoever house ye enter, first say, Peace
be to this house. And if the son of peace be
there, your peace shall rest upon it : if not, it
shall turn to you again. And in the same house
remain, eating and drinking such things as they
give : for the labourer is worthy of his hire.

Saint Sim0n mtir Saint fuk,

THE COLLECT.

O ALMIGHTY God, who hast built thy
Church upon the foundation of the Apo-
stles and Prophets, Jesus Christ himself being
the head corner-stone; Grant us so to be joined
together in unity of spirit by their doctrine, that
we may be made an holy temple acceptable unto
thee ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

THE EPISTLE. ST. JUDE 1.

JUDE, the servant of Jesus Christ, and
brother of James, to them that are sanctified
by God the Father, and preserved in Jesus
Christ, and called: Mercy unto you, and peace,
and love be multiplied. Beloved, when I gave
all diligence to write unto you of the common
salvation, it was needful for me to write unto
you, and exhort you, that ye should earnestly
contend for the faith which w T as once delivered
unto the saints. For there are certain men crept
in unawares, who were before of old ordained to
this condemnation ; ungodly men, turning the
grace of our God into lasciviousness, and deny-
ing the only Lord God, and our Lord Jesus
Christ. I will therefore put you in remem-
brance, though ye once knew this, how that
the Lord, having saved the people out of the
land of Egypt, afterward destroyed them that
believed not. And the angels which kept not
their first estate, but left their own habitation,
he hath reserved in everlasting chains under
darkness unto the judgement of the great day.
Even as Sodom and Gomorrha, and the cities
about them in like manner giving themselves

SAINT SIMON AND SAINT JUDE, APOSTLES.

over to fornicaition, and going after strange
flesh, are set forth for an example, suffering
the vengeance of eternal fire. Likewise also
these filthy dreamers defile the flesh, despise
dominion, and speak evil of dignities.

THE GOSPEL. ST. JOHN xv. 17.

THESE things I command you, that ye love
one another. If the world hate you, ye
know that it hated me before it hated you. If
ye were of the world, the world would love his
own: but because ye are not of the world, but
I have chosen you out of the world, therefore
the world hateth you. Remember the word
that I said unto you, The servant is not greater
than the lord : if they have persecuted me, they
will also persecute you; if they have kept my
saying, they will keep yours also. But all
these things will they do unto you for my
Name's sake, because they know not him that
sent me. If I had not come and spoken unto
them, they had not had sin : but now they have
no cloke for their sin. He that hateth me
hateth my Father also. If I had not done
among them the works which none other man
did, they had not had sin; but now have they
both seen, and hated both me and my Father.
But this cometh to pass, that the word might
be fulfilled that is written in their law, They
hated me without a cause. But when the
Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you
from the Father, even the Spirit 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.

Saints'

THE COLLECT.

O ALMIGHTY God, who hast knit together
thine elect in one communion and fellow-
ship, in the mystical body of thy Son Christ
our Lord ; Grant us grace so to follow thy blessed
Saints in all virtuous and godly living, that
we may come to those unspeakable joys, which
thou hast prepared for them that unfeignedly
love thee; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

FOR THE EPISTLE. REV. vn. 2.

A ND I saw another angel ascending from the
JIJL east, having the seal of the living God;
and he cried with a loud voice to the four
angels, to whom it was given to hurt the earth,
and the sea, saying, Hurt not the earth, neither
the sea, nor the trees, till we have sealed the
servants of our God in their foreheads. And I
heard the number of them which were sealed; and
there were sealed an hundred and forty and four
thousand, of all the tribes of the children of Israel.

Of the tribe of Juda were sealed twelve
thousand.

Of the tribe of Reuben were sealed twelve
thousand.

Of the tribe of Gad were sealed twelve
thousand.

Of the tribe of Aser were sealed twelve
thousand.

Of the tribe of Nepthalim were sealed
twelve thousand.

Of the tribe of Manasses were sealed
twelve thousand.

Of the tribe of Simeon were sealed twelve
thousand.

ALL SAINTS' DAY.

Of the tribe of Levi were sealed twelve
thousand.

Of the tribe of Issachar were sealed twelve
thousand.

Of the tribe of Zabulon were sealed twelve
thousand.

Of the tribe of Joseph were sealed twelve
thousand.

Of the tribe of Benjamin were sealed twelve
thousand.

After this I beheld, and lo, a great multitude,
which no man could number, of all nations, and
kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before
the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with
white robes, and palms in their hands ; and cried
with a loud voice, saying, Salvation to our God
which sitteth upon the throne, and unto the
Lamb. And all the angels stood round about
the throne, and about the elders, and the four
beasts, and fell before the throne on their faces,
and worshipped God, saying, Amen; Blessing,
and glory, and wisdom, and thanksgiving, and
honour, and power, and might, be unto our God
for ever and ever. Amen.

THE GOSPEL. ST. MATTH. v. 1.

JESUS, seeing the multitudes, went up into
a mountain; and when he was set, his dis-
ciples came unto him. And he opened his
mouth, and taught them, saying, Blessed are
the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of
heaven. Blessed are they that mourn : for they
shall be comforted. Blessed are the meek: for
they shall inherit the earth. Blessed are they
which do hunger and thirst after righteousness :
for they shall be filled. Blessed are the mer-
ciful: for they shall obtain mercy. Blessed
are the pure in heart: for they shall see God.

ALL SAINTS' DAY.

Blessed are the peace-makers : for they shall be
called the children of God. Blessed are they
which are persecuted for righteousness' sake : for
theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are ye,
when men shall revile you, and persecute you,
and shall say all manner of evil against you false-
ly for my sake. Rejoice, and be exceeding glad;
for great is your reward in heaven: for so per-
secuted they the prophets which were before you.

THE ORDER FOR THE

ADMINISTRATION OF THE LORD'S SUPPER,

HOLY COMMUNION.

-So many as intend to 63 partakers of thz holy Communion shall
signify their names to the Curate, at least some time the day before.

And if any of those be an open and notorious evil liver, or have done
any wrong to his neighbours by word or deed, so that the Congrega-
tion be thereby offended; the Curate, having knowledge thereof, shall
call him and advertise him, that in any wise he presume not to come
to the Lord's Table, until he hath openly declared himself to have truly
repented and amended his former naughty life, that the Congregation
may tJiereby be satisfied, which before were offended; and tJiat he hath
recompensed the parties, to whom he hath done wrong; or at least
declare himself to be in full purpose so to do, as soon as he conve-
niently may.

Tfie same order sJudl the Carafe use with those betwixt whom he per-
ceiveth malice and hatred to reign; not suffering them to be partakers
of the Lord's Table, until he know them to be reconciled. And if one
of the parties so at variance be content to forgive from the bottom of
his heart all that the other hath trespassed against him, and to make
amends for that he himself hath offended; and the other party will
not be persuaded to a godly unity, but remain still in his frowardness
and malice: the Minister in that case ought to admit the penitent per-
son to the holy Communion, and not him that is obstinate. Pro-
vided that every Minister so repelling any, as is specified in this, or the
next precedent Paragraph of this Rubrick, shall be obliged to give an
account of the same to the Ordinary within fourteen days after at the
farthest. And the Ordinary shall proceed against the offending per-
son according to the Canon.

The Table, at the Communion-time having a fair white linen cloth
upon it, shall stand in the Body of the Church, or in the Chancel,
where Morning and Evening Prayer are appointed to be said. And
the Priest standing at the North-side of the Table shall say the Lord's
Prayer, with the Collect following, the people kneeling.

THE COMMUNION.

OUR Father, which art in heaven, Hal-
lowed be thy Name. Thy kingdom come.
Thy will be done in earth, As it is in hea-
ven. Give us this day our daily bread. And
forgive us our trespasses, As we forgive them
that trespass against us. And lead us not into
temptation; But deliver us from evil. Amen.

THE COLLECT.

A LMIGHT Y God, unto whom all hearts be
-TJL 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.

IF Then shall the Priest, turning to the people, rehearse distinctly all the
TEN COMMANDMENTS; and the people still kneeling shall,
after every Commandment, ask God mercy for their transgression
thereof for the time past, and grace to keep the same for the time to
come, asfolloweth.

Minister.

GOD spake these words, and said; I am
the Lord thy God: Thou shalt have
none other gods but me.

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

Minister. Thou shalt not make to thyself
any graven image, nor the likeness of any
thing that is in heaven above, or in the earth
beneath, or in the water under the earth.

THE COMMUNION.

Thou shalt not bow down to them, nor wor-
ship them: for I the Lord thy God am a
jealous God, and visit the sins of the fathers
upon the children, unto the third and fourth
generation of them that hate me, and shew
mercy unto thousands in them that love me,
and keep my commandments.

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

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

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

Minister. Remember that thou keep holy
the Sabbath-day. Six days shalt thou labour,
and do all that thou hast to do ; but the
seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy
God. In it thou shalt do no manner of work,
thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, thy
man-servant, and thy maid-servant, thy cat-
tle, and the stranger that is within thy gates.
For in six days the Lord made heaven and
earth, the sea, and all that in them is,
and rested the seventh day : wherefore the
Lord blessed the seventh day, and hallowed
it.

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

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Minister. Honour thy father and thy mo-
ther ; that thy days may be long in the land,
which the Lord thy God giveth thee.

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

Minister. Thou shalt do no murder.

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

Minister. Thou shalt not commit adul-
tery.

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 wit-
ness against thy neighbour.

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

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

People. Lord, have mercy upon us, and
write all these thy laws in our hearts, we be-
seech thee.

IF Then shall follow one of these two Collects for the Queen, the Priest
standing as before, and saying,

Let us pray.

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ALMIGHTY God, whose kingdom is
^LJL everlasting, and power infinite; Have
mercy upon the whole Church; and so rule
the heart of thy chosen Servant VICTORIA,
our Queen and Governor, that she (know-
ing whose minister she is) may above all
things seek thy honour and glory: and that
we, and all her subjects (duly considering
whose authority she hath) may faithfully
serve, honour, and humbly obey her, in thee,
and for thee, according to thy blessed Word
and ordinance; through Jesus Christ our
Lord, who with thee and the Holy Ghost
liveth and reigneth, ever one God, world
without end. Amen.

Or,

ALMIGHTY and everlasting God, we
xjL are taught by thy holy Word, that the
hearts of Kings are in thy rule and govern-
ance, and that thou dost dispose and turn
them as it seemeth best to thy godly wis-
dom : We humbly beseech thee so to dis-
pose and govern the heart of VIGTOEIA
thy servant, our Queen and Governor, that,
in all her thoughts, words, and works, she
may ever seek thy honour and glory, and
study to preserve tliy people committed to
her charge, in wealth, peace, and godliness:
Grant this, merciful Father, for thy dear
Son's sake, Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

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T Then shall be said the Collect of the, Day. And immediately after
the Collect the Priest shall read the Epistle, saying, The Epistle [or,
The portion of Scripture appointed for the Epistle] is written in
the Chapter of beginning at the verse. And the Epi-
stle ended, he shall say, Here endeth the Epistle. Then shall he read
the Gospel (the people all standing up} saying, The holy Gospel is

written in the Chapter of beginning at the Verse.

And the Gospel ended, shall be sung or said the Creed following,
the people still standing, as before.

I 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, And was incarnate by
the Holy Ghost of the Virgin Mary, And
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

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Father and the Son together is worshipped
and glorified, Who spake by the Prophets.
And I believe one Catholick and Apostolick
Church. I acknowledge one Baptism for the
remission of sins, And I look for the Resur-
rection of the dead, And the life of the world
to come. Amen.

Tf Then the Curate shall declare unto the people what Holy-days, or
Fasting-days, are in the Week following to be observed. And then
also (if occasion be) shall notice be given of the Communion; and
Briefs, Citations, and Excommunications read. And nothing shall
be proclaimed or published in the Church, durif the time of Divine
Service, but by the Minister: nor by him any thing, but what is pre-
scribed in the Rules of this Book, or enjoined by the Queen, or by the
Ordinary of the place.

1 Then shaUfottoiv the Sermon, or one of the Homilies already set forth,
or hereafter to be set forth, by authority.

T Then shall the Priest return to the Lord's Table, and begin the Offer-
tory, saying one or more of these Sentences following, as he thinketh
most convenient in his discretion.

E1T your light so shine before men, that they
may see your good works, and glorify your
Father which is in heaven. St. Mattfi. v.

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

Whatsoever ye would that men should do
unto you, even so do unto them ; for this is the
Law and the Prophets. St. Matth. vii.

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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. St. Matth. vii.

Zacchgeus stood forth, and said unto the Lord,
Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the
poor; and if I have done any wrong to any man,
I restore four-fold. St. Luke xix.

Who goeth a warfare at any time of his own
cost? Who planteth a vineyard, and eateth
not of the fruit thereof? Or who feedeth a
flock, and eateth not of the milk of the flock?
1 Cor. ix.

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

Do ye not know, that they who minister about
holy things live of the sacrifice; and they who
wait at the altar are partakers with the altar?
Even so hath the Lord also ordained, that they
who preach the Gospel should live of the Gospel.
1 Cor. ix.

He that soweth little shall reap little; and he
that soweth plenteously shall reap plenteously.
Let every man do according as he is disposed in
his heart, not grudgingly, or of necessity; for God
loveth a cheerful giver. 2 Cor. ix.

Let him that is taught in the Word minister
unto him that teacheth, in all good things. Be
not deceived, God is not mocked: for whatso-
ever a man soweth that shall he reap. Gal. vi.

While we have time, let us do good unto all
men; and specially unto them that are of the
household of faith. Gal. vi.

Godliness is great riches, if a man be content
with that he hath: for we brought nothing into
the world, neither may we carry any thing out.
1 Tim. vi.

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Charge them who are rich in this world, that
they be ready to give, and glad to distribute;
laying up in store for themselves a good foun-
dation against the time to come, that they may
attain eternal life. 1 Tim. vi.

God is not unrighteous, that he will forget
your works, and labour that proceedeth of love;
which love ye have shewed for his Name's sake,
who have ministered unto the saints, and yet do
minister. Hebr. vi.

To do good, and to distribute, forget not; for
with such sacrifices God is well pleased. Hebr. xiii.

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

Give alms of thy goods, and never turn thy face
from any poor man ; and then the face of the Lord
shall not be turned away from thee. Tobit iv.

Be merciful after thy power. If thou hast
much, give plenteously: if thou hast little, do
thy diligence gladly to give of that little: for so
gatherest thou thyself a good reward in the day
of necessity. Tobit iv.

He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto
the Lord : and look, what he layeth out, it shall
be paid him again. Prov. xix.

Blessed be the man that provideth for the sick
and needy: the Lord shall deliver him in the
time of trouble. Psal. xli.

If Whilst these Sentences are in reading, the Deacons, Church-wardens,
or other fit person appointed for that purpose, shall receive the Alms
for the Poor, and other devotions of the people, in a decent bason to be
provided by the Parish for that purpose; and reverently bring it to
the Priest, who shall humbly present and place it upon the holy
Table.

T And when there is a Communion, the Priest shall then place upon the
Table so much Bread and Wine, as he shall think sufficient.

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After which done, the Priest shall say,

Let us pray for the whole state of Christ's
Church militant here in earth.

ALMIGHTY and everliving God, who by
JTJL thy holy Apostle hast taught us to make
prayers, and supplications, and to give thanks,
for all men; We humbly beseech thee most

*// there be mercifully \*to accept our alms and obla-

no alms or obla- ,. 7-1 j. ,1

twns, then shaii lions, ana] to receive these our prayers,
ep Z? [ ur which we offer unto thy Divine Majesty;
ti<T 8 ] fc b kft beseeching thee to inspire continually
out unsaid, the universal Church with the spirit of
truth, unity, and concord: And grant, that all
they that do confess thy holy Name may agree
in the truth of thy holy Word, and live in unity,
and godly love. We beseech thee also to save
arid defend all Christian Kings, Princes, and
Governors; and specially thy Servant VICTO-
RIA our Queen; that under her we may be
godly and quietly governed: And grant unto
her whole Council, and to all that are put in
authority under her, that they may truly and
indifferently minister 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 Bishops and Curates,
that they may both by their life and doctrine set
forth thy true and lively Word, and rightly 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 be-
seech thee of thy goodness, O Lord, to comfort
and succour all them, who in this transitory life
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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 partakers of thy heavenly king-
dom : Grant this, O Father, for Jesus Christ's
sake, our only Mediator and Advocate. Amen.

U" When the Minister giveth warning for the celebration of the holy
Communion, (which he shall always do upon the Sunday, or some
Holy-day, immediately preceding,} after the Sermon or Homily ended,
he shall read this Exhortation following.

DEARLY beloved, on day next I 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 remis-
sion 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 God our heavenly Father, for that he
hath given his Son our Saviour Jesus Christ,
not only to die for us, but also to be our spiritual
food and sustenance in that holy Sacrament.
Which being so divine and comfortable a thing
to them who receive it worthily, and so danger-
ous 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
receiving 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 marriage-garment
required by God in holy Scripture, and be
received as worthy partakers of that holy Table.

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The way and means thereto is; First, to
examine your lives and conversations by the
rule of God's commandments; and wherein-
soever ye shall perceive yourselves to have of-
fended, either by will, word, or deed, there to
bewail your own sinfulness, and to confess your-
selves to Almighty God, with full purpose of
amendment of life. And if ye shall perceive
your offences to be such as are not only against
God, but also against your neighbours; then
ye shall reconcile yourselves unto them; be-
ing ready to make restitution and satisfaction,
according to the uttermost of your powers, for
all injuries and wrongs done by you to any
other; and being likewise ready to forgive
others that have offended you, as ye would have
forgiveness of your offences at God's hand : for
otherwise the receiving of the holy Communion
doth nothing else but increase your damnation.
Therefore if any of you be a blasphemer of God,
an hinderer or slanderer of his Word, an adul-
terer, or be in malice, or envy, or in any other
grievous crime, repent you of your sins, or else
come not to that holy Table ; lest, after the
taking of that holy Sacrament, the devil enter
into you, as he entered into Judas, and fill you
full of all iniquities, and bring you to destruction
both of body and soul.

And because it is requisite, that no man should
come to the holy Communion, but with a full
trust in God's mercy, and with a quiet con-
science; therefore if there be any of you, who
by this means cannot quiet his own conscience
herein, but requireth further comfort or counsel,
let him come to me, or to some other discreet
and learned Minister of God's Word, and open
his grief; that by the ministry of God's holy
Word he may receive the benefit of absolution,

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together with ghostly counsel and advice, to the
quieting of his conscience, and avoiding of all
scruple and doubtfulness.

IF Or, in case he shall see the people negligent to come to the Iwly Com-
munion, instead of the former, he shall use this Exhortation.

DEARLY beloved brethren, on I intend,
by God's grace, to celebrate the Lord's
Supper: unto which, in God's behalf, I bid you
all that are here present; and beseech you, for
the Lord Jesus Christ's sake, that ye will not
refuse to come thereto, being so lovingly called
and bidden by God himself. Ye know how
grievous and unkind a thing it is, when a man
hath prepared 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 ye, withdrawing your-
selves from this holy Supper, provoke God's in-
dignation against you. It is an easy matter for
a man to say, I will not communicate, because
I am otherwise hindered with worldly business.
But such excuses are not so easily accepted and
allowed before God. If any man say, I am a
grievous sinner, and 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 your-
selves how little such feigned excuses will avail
before God. They that refused the feast in the
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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 Name of God, I call you in
Christ's behalf, I exhort you, as ye love your
own salvation, that ye will be partakers 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 food. These
things if ye earnestly consider, 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.

IF At the time of the celebration of the Communion, the Communicants
being conveniently placed for the receiving of the holy Sacrament, the
Priest shall say this Exhortation.

DEARLY beloved in the Lord, ye that mind
to come to the holy Communion of the
Body and Blood of our Saviour Christ, must
consider how Saint Paul exhorteth all persons
diligently to try and examine themselves, before
they presume to eat of that Bread, and drink of
that Cup. For as the benefit is great, if with a
true penitent heart and lively faith we receive
that holy Sacrament; (for then we spiritually
eat the flesh of Christ, and drink his blood;
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we are one with Christ, and Christ with us;)
so is the danger great, if we receive the same
unworthily. For then we are guilty of the Body
and Blood of Christ our Saviour; we eat and
drink our own damnation, not considering the
Lord's Body; we kindle God's wrath against
us; we provoke him to plague us with divers
diseases, and sundry kinds of death. Judge
therefore yourselves, brethren, that ye be not
judged of the Lord; repent you truly for your
sins past; have a lively and stedfast faith in
Christ our Saviour; amend your lives, and be
in perfect charity with all men; so shall ye be
meet partakers of those holy mysteries. And
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, mi-
serable sinners, who lay in darkness and the
shadow of death; that he might make us the
children of God, and exalt us to everlasting life.
And to the end that we should alway remember
the exceeding great love of our Master, and only
Saviour, Jesus Christ, thus dying for us, and
the innumerable benefits which by his pre-
cious blood-shedding he hath obtained to us;
he hath instituted and ordained holy mysteries,
as pledges of his love, and for a continual
remembrance of his death, to our great and
endless comfort. To him therefore, with the
Father and the Holy Ghost, let us give (as
we are most bounden) continual thanks;
submitting ourselves wholly to his holy will and
pleasure, and studying to serve him in true
holiness and righteousness all the days of our
life. Amen.

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H Then shall the Priest say to them that come to receive the holy

Communion,

YE that do truly and earnestly repent you
of your sins, and are in love and charity
with your neighbours, and intend to lead a new
life, following the commandments of God, and
walking from henceforth in his holy ways ; Draw
near with faith, and take this holy Sacrament to
your comfort; and make your humble confession to
Almighty God, meekly kneeling upon your knees.

If Then shall this general Confession be made, in the name of all those
that are minded to receive the holy Communion, by one of the Minis-
ters; both he and all the people kneeling humbly upon their knees,
and saying,

ALMIGHTY God, Father of our Lord Jesus
JL\_ Christ, Maker of all things, Judge of all
men; We acknowledge and bewail our mani-
fold sins and wickedness, Which we, from time
to time, most grievously have committed, By
thought, word, and deed, Against thy Divine
Majesty, Provoking most justly thy wrath and
indignation against us. We do earnestly re-
pent, And are heartily sorry for these our mis-
doings; 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 hereafter Serve and please
thee In newness of life, To the honour and glory
of thy Name; Through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen.

? Then shall the Priest (or the Bishop, being present,} stand up, and
turning himself to the people, pronounce this Absolution.

ALMIGHTY God, our heavenly Father, who
JL\. of his great mercy hath promised forgive-
ness of sins to all them that with hearty repent-
ance and true faith turn unto him ; Have mercy

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upon you ; pardon and deliver you from all your
sins; confirm and strengthen you in all good-
ness ; and bring you to everlasting life ; through
Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

IT Then shall the Priest say,

Hear what comfortable words our Saviour Christ
saith unto all that truly turn to him.

OOME unto me all that travail and are
heavy laden, and I will refresh you. St.
Matt. xi. 28.

So God loved the world, that he gave his
only-begotten Son, to the end that all that be-
lieve in him should not perish, but have ever-
lasting life. St. John iii. 16.

Hear also what Saint Paul saith.

This is a true saying, and worthy of all men to
be received, 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 St. John ii. 1.

1 After which the Priest shall proceed, saying,

Lift up your hearts.

Answer. We lift them up unto the Lord.
Priest. Let us give thanks unto our Lord God.
Ansiver. It is meet and right so to do.

1T Then shall the Priest turn to the Lord's Table, and say,

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

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IF Here shall follow the Proper Preface, according to the time, if there
be any specially appointed: or else immediately shall follow ,

mHEREFORE with Angels and Archangels,
J_ and with all the company of heaven, we laud
and magnify thy glorious Name ; evermore prais-
ing thee, and saying, Holy, holy, holy, Lord God
of hosts, heaven and earth are full of thy glory :
Glory be to thee, O Lord most High. Amen.

PROPER PREFACES.

Upon CHRISTMAS DAT, and seven days after.

BECAUSE thou didst give Jesus Christ
thine only Son to be born as at this time
for us ; who, by the operation of the Holy Ghost,
was made very man of the substance of the Vir-
gin Mary his mother; and that without spot of
sin, to make us clean from all sin. Therefore
with Angels, &c.

Upon EASTER DAY, and seven days after.

BUT chiefly are we bound to praise thee for
the glorious Resurrection of thy Son Jesus
Christ our Lord: for he is the very Paschal
Lamb, which was offered for us, and hath taken
away the sin of the w r orld; who by his death
hath destroyed death, and by his rising to life
again hath restored to us everlasting life. There-
fore with Angels, &c.

Upon ASCENSION DAY, and seven days after.

mHROUGH thy most dearly beloved Son
JL Jesus Christ our Lord; who after his most
glorious Resurrection manifestly appeared to all
his Apostles, and in their sight ascended up into
heaven to prepare a place for us ; that where he
is, thither we might also ascend, and reign with
him in glory. Therefore with Angels,

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Upon WHITSUNDAY, and six days after.

rnHROUGH Jesus Christ our Lord; accord-
JL ing to whose most true promise, the Holy
Ghost came down as at this time from heaven
with a sudden great sound, as it had been a
mighty wind, in the likeness of fiery tongues,
lighting upon the Apostles, to teach them, and
to lead them to all truth; giving them both the
gift of divers languages, and also boldness with
fervent zeal constantly to preach the Gospel unto
all nations; whereby we have been brought out
of darkness and error into the clear light and true
knowledge of thee, and of thy Son Jesus Christ.
Therefore with Angels, &c.

Upon the Feast of TRINITY only.

WHO art one God, one Lord; not one only
Person, but three Persons in one Sub-
stance. For that which we believe of the glory
of the Father, the same we believe of the Son,
and of the Holy Ghost, without any difference or
inequality. Therefore with Angels, &c.

IT After each of which Prefaces sJiall immediately be sung or said,

mHEREFORE with Angels and Archangels,
JL and with all the company of heaven, we laud
and magnify thy glorious Name ; evermore prais-
ing thee, and saying, Holy, holy, holy, Lord God
of hosts, heaven and earth are full of thy glory :
Glory be to thee, O Lord most High. Amen.

f Then shall tlie Priest, kneeling down at the Lords Table, say in the
name of all them tliat shall receive the Communion this Prayer
following.

WE do not presume to come to this thy
Table, O merciful Lord, trusting in our own
righteousness, but in thy manifold and great mer-
cies. We are not worthy so much as to gather
up the crumbs under thy Table. But thou art

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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 bodies may be
made clean by his body, and our souls washed
through his most precious blood, and that we may
evermore dwell in him, and he in us. Amen.

If When the P-riest, standing before the Table, hath so ordered the Bread
and Wine, that he may with the more readiness and decency break
the Bread before the people, and take the Cup into his hands, he shall
say the Prayer of Consecration, asfolloweth.

ALMIGHTY God, our heavenly Father,
JI\_ who of thy tender mercy didst give thine
only Son Jesus Christ to suffer death upon the
cross for our redemption; who made there (by
his one oblation of himself once offered) a full,
perfect, and sufficient sacrifice, oblation, and
satisfaction, for the sins of the whole world;
and did institute, and in his holy Gospel com-
mand us to continue, a perpetual memory of
that his precious death, until his coming again ;
Hear us, O merciful Father, we most humbly
beseech thee; and grant that we receiving these
thy creatures of bread and wine, according to
thy Son our Saviour Jesus Christ's holy insti-
tution, in remembrance of his death and passion,
may be partakers of his most blessed Body and
Blood : who, in the same night that . Her e the
he was betrayed, took Bread; and,
when he had given thanks, the brake
it, and gave it to his disciples, saying,
Take, eat, {this is my Body which is
given for you: Do this in remembrance to L-^MTd
of me. Likewise after supper he ||took u B p r e d a11 the
the Cup ; and, when he had given Here he is

, *V ., ,, 3 . to take tlie Cup

thanks, he gave it to them, saying, into h* hand:

Priest is to take
the Paten into
his hands :

t And here

res
Bread:

THE COMMUNION.

And here Drink ye all of this ; for this is my
rpon'every'ves- Blood of the Ne w Testament, which
iteor 6 "]^ is shed for you and for many for
is^fwinTto the remission of sins: Do this, as oft
be consecrated. as y e s hall drink it, in remembrance
of me. Amen.

IF Then shall the Minister first receive the Communion in both kinds
himself, and then proceed to deliver the same to the Bishops, Priests,
and Deacons, in like manner, (if any be present,) and after that to the
people also in order, into their hands, all meekly kneeling. And, when
he delivereth the Bread to any one, he shall say,

THE Body of our Lord Jesus Christ, which
was given for thee, preserve thy body and
soul unto everlasting life. Take and eat this in
remembrance that Christ died for thee, and feed
on him in thy heart by faith with thanksgiving.

IF -And the Minister that delivereth the Cup to any one shall say,

THE Blood of our Lord Jesus Christ, which
was shed for thee, preserve thy body and
soul unto everlasting life. Drink this in remem-
brance that Christ's Blood was shed for thee,
and be thankful.

IF If the consecrated Bread or Wine be all spent before all have com-
municated, the Priest is to consecrate more according to the Farm
before prescribed; beginning at [Our Saviour Christ in the same
night, &c.]for the blessing of the Bread; and at [Likewise after Sup-
per, &c.~\ for the blessing of the Cup.

IF When all have communicated, the Minister shall return to the Lord's
Table, and reverently place upon it what remaineth of the consecrated
Elements, covering the same with a fair linen cloth.

IF Then shall the Priest say the Lord's Prayer, the people repeating after

him every Petition.

THE COMMUNION.

against us. And lead us not into temptation ; But
deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, The
power, and the glory, For ever and ever. Amen.

If After shall be said as followeth.

OLORD and heavenly Father, we thy humble
servants entirely desire thy fatherly good-
ness mercifully to accept this our sacrifice of
praise and thanksgiving; most humbly beseech-
ing thee to grant, that by the merits and death
of thy Son Jesus Christ, and through faith in his
blood, we and all thy whole Church may obtain
remission of our sins, and all other benefits of his
passion. 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 this holy Communion, may
be fulfilled with thy grace and heavenly bene-
diction. And although we be unworthy, through
our manifold sins, to offer unto thee any sacri-
fice, 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
honour and glory be unto thee, O Father Al-
mighty, world without end. Amen.

Or this.

ALMIGHTY and everliving God, we most
JIA. 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 favour and goodness towards us;
and that we are very members incorporate in the
mystical body of thy Son, which is the blessed

THE COMMUNION.

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 honour and glory, world
without end. Amen.

IF Then shall be said or sung,

GLORY be to God on high, and in earth peace,
good will towards men. We praise thee, we
bless thee, we worship thee, we glorify thee, we
give thanks to thee for thy great glory, O Lord
God, heavenly King, God the Father Almighty.

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

1[ Then the Priest (or Bishop if he be present] shall let them depart

with this Blessing.

THE peace of God, which passeth all under-
standing, 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.

THE COMMUNION.

H Collects to be said after the Offertory, when there is no Communion,
every such day one or more; and the same may be said also, as often
as occasion shall serve, after the Collects either of Morning or Evening
Prayer, Communion, or Litany, by the discretion of the Minister.

ASSIST us mercifully, O Lord, in these our
XA. 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.
A men.

O ALMIGHTY Lord, and everlasting God,
vouchsafe, we beseech thee, to direct, sanc-
tify, and govern, both our hearts and bodies, in
the ways of thy laws, and in the w^orks of thy
commandments; that through thy most mighty
protection, both here and ever, we may be pre-
served in body and soul; through our Lord and
Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen.

RANT, we beseech thee, Almighty God,
that the words, which we have heard this
day with our outAvard ears, may through thy
grace be so grafted inwardly in our hearts, that
they may bring forth in us the fruit of good
living, to the honour and praise of thy Name;
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

PREVENT us, O Lord, in all our doings with
thy most gracious favour, and further us
with thy continual help; that in all our works
begun, continued, and ended in thee, we may
glorify thy holy Name, and finally by thy mercy
obtain everlasting life; through Jesus Christ our
Lord. Amen.

THE COMMUNION.

ALMIGHTY God, the fountain of all wisdom,
jIJL 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.

ALMIGHTY God, who hast promised to hear
JI\_ the petitions of them that ask in thy Son's
Name; We beseech thee mercifully to incline
thine ears to us that have made now our prayers
and supplications unto thee; and grant, that
those things, which we have faithfully asked
according to thy will, may effectually be ob-
tained, to the relief of our necessity, and to the
setting forth of thy glory ; through Jesus Christ
our Lord. Amen.

Upon the Sundays and other Holy-days (if there be no Communion)
shall be said all that is appointed at the Communion, until the end of
the general Prayer [For the whole state of Christ's Church militant
here in earth] together with one or more of these Collects last before
rehearsed, concluding luith the Blessing.

And there shall be no celebration of the Lord's Supper, except there
be a convenient number to communicate with the Priest, according to
his discretion.

And if there be not above twenty persons in the Parish of discretion
to receive the Communion; yet there shall be no Communion, except
four (or three at the least} communicate with the Priest.

And in Cathedral and Collegiate Churches, and Colleges, where there
are many Priests and Deacons, they shall all receive the Communion
with the Priest every Sunday at the least, except they Jiave a reason-
able cause to the contrary.

THE COMMUNION.

IF And to take away all occasion of dissension, and superstition, which
any person hath or might have concerning the Bread and Wine, it
shall suffice that the Bread be such as is usual to be eaten; but the best
and purest Wheat Bread that conveniently may be gotten.

^ And if any of the Bread and Wine remain unconsecrated, the Curate
shall have it to his own use: but if any remain of that which was
consecrated, it shall not be carried out of the Church, but the Priest
and such other of the Communicants as he shall then call unto him,
shall, immediately after the Blessing, reverently eat and drink the
same.

IF The Bread and Wine for the Communion shall be provided by the
Curate and the Church-wardens at the charges of the Parish.

IF And note, that every Parishioner shall communicate at the least three
times in the year, of which Easter to be one. And yearly at Easter
every Parishioner shall reckon with the Parson, Vicar, or Curate, or
his or their Deputy or Deputies; and pay to them or him all Ecclesi-
astical Duties, accustomably due, then and at that time to be paid.

IF After tlie Divine Service ended, the money given at the Offertory shall
be disposed of to such pious and charitable uses, as the Minister and
Church-wardens shall think fit. Wherein if they disagree, it shall be
disposed of as the Ordinary shall appoint.

"TTTHEKEAS it is ordained in this office for the Administration

" VV of the Lord's Supper, that the Communicants should receive

" the same kneeling ; (which order is well meant, for a signification

"of our humble and grateful acknowledgement of the benefits of

" Christ therein given to all worthy Receivers, and for the avoiding of

"such profanation and disorder in the holy Communion, as might

"otherwise ensue;) yet, lest the same kneeling should by any persons,

" either out of ignorance and infirmity, or out of malice and obstinacy,

' be misconstrued and depraved ; It is hereby declared, That thereby

'no Adoration is intended, or ought to be done, either unto the

'Sacramental Bread or Wine there bodily received, or unto any

' Corporal Presence of Christ's natural Flesh and Blood. For the

'Sacramental Bread and Wine remain still in their very natural

' substances, and therefore may not be adored ; (for that were

' Idolatry, to be abhorred of all faithful Christians ;) and the natural

' Body and Blood of our Saviour Christ are in Heaven, and not here ;

'it being against the truth of Christ's natural Body to be at one time

' in more places than one."

THE MINISTKATION OF

PUBLICK BAPTISM OF INFANTS,

TO BE USED IN THE CHURCH.

^ The people are to be admonished, that it is most convenient that Baptism
should not be administered but upon Sundays, and other Holy-days, when
the most number of people come togetlier ; as well for that the Congregation
there present may testify the receiving of them that be newly baptized into the
number of Christ 's Church; as also because in the Baptism of Infants every
Man present may be put in remembrance of his own profession made to God
in his Baptism. For which cause also it is expedient that Baptism be minis-
tered in the vulgar tongue. Nevertheless, (if necessity so require,) Children
may be baptized upon any other day.

IT And note, tJiat there shall be for every Male-child to be baptised two God-
fathers and one Godmother ; and for every Female, one Godfather and two
GodmotJiers.

IT When there are Children to be baptized, tlte Parents shall give knowledge
thereof over night, or in the morning before the beginning of Morning Prayer,
to the Curate. And then the Godfathers and Godmothers, and the people
with the Children, must be ready at the Font, either immediately after t)ie
last Lesson at Morning Prayer, or else immediately after the last Lesson at
Evening Prayer, as the Curate by his discretion sJiall appoint. And the,
Priest coming to the Font, (which is then to be filled with pure Water,}
and standing t/tere, shall say,

.ATH this Child been already baptized, or no?
IT If they answer, No: TJien shall the Priest proceed asfolloweth.

DEARLY beloved, forasmuch as all men are conceived and
born in sin ; and that our Saviour Christ saith, None can
enter into the kingdom of God, except he be regenerate and born
anew of Water and of the Holy Ghost ; I beseech you to call
upon God the Father, through our Lord Jesus Christ, that of his
bounteous mercy he will grant to this Child that thing which by
nature he cannot have; that lie may be baptized with Water and
the Holy Ghost, and received into Christ's holy Church, and be
made a lively member of the same.

IT Then shall t/ie Priest say,

Let us pray.

A LMIGHTY and everlasting God, who of thy great mercy didst
-LA. save Noah and his family in the ark from perishing by
water ; and also didst safely lead the children of Israel thy people

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PUBLICK BAPTISM OF INFANTS.

through the Red Sea, figuring thereby thy holy Baptism; and by
the Baptism of thy well-beloved Son Jesus Christ, in the river
Jordan, didst sanctify Water to the mystical washing away of
sin; We beseech thee, for thine infinite mercies, that thou wilt
mercifully look upon this Child; wash him and sanctify him
with the Holy Ghost; that he, being delivered from thy wrath,
may be received into the ark of Christ's Church ; and being
stedfast in faith, joyful through hope, and rooted in charity,
may so pass the waves of this troublesome world, that finally
he may come to the land of everlasting life, there to reign
with thee world without end ; through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen.

ALMIGHTY and immortal God, the aid of all that need, the
l\ helper of all that flee to thee for succour, the life of them
that believe, and the resurrection of the dead ; We call upon thee
for this Infant, that he, coming to thy holy Baptism, may receive
remission jpf his sins by spiritual regeneration. Receive him,
Lord, as ithou hast promised by thy well-beloved Son, saying,
Ask, and ye shall have; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall
be opened unto you: So give now unto us that ask; let us that
seek find , open the gate unto us that knock ; that this Infant may
enjoy the everlasting benediction of thy heavenly washing, and
may come to the eternal kingdom which thou hast promised by
Christ our Lord. Amen.

1F Then shall the people stand up, and the Priest shall say,

Hear the words of the Gospel, written by Saint Mark, in the
tenth Chapter, at the thirteenth Verse.

fT^HEY brought young children to Christ, that he should touch
JL them; and his disciples rebuked those that brought them.
But when Jesus saw it, he was much displeased, and said unto
them, Suffer the little children to come unto me, and forbid them
not ; for of such is the kingdom of God. Verily I say unto you,
Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little child,
he shall not enter therein. And he took them up in his arms, put
his hands upon them, and blessed them.

11 After the Gospel is read, the Minister shall make this brief Exhortation upon
the words of the Gospel.

PUBLICK BAPTISM OF INFANTS.

BELOVED, 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 that would have kept them from him ;
how he exhorteth all men to follow their innocency. Ye perceive
how by his outward gesture and deed he declared his good will
toward them ; for he embraced them in his arms, he laid his hands
upon them, and blessed them. Doubt ye not therefore, but ear-
nestly believe, that he will likewise favourably receive this present
Infant; that he will embrace him with the arms of his mercy;
that he will give unto him the blessing of eternal life, and make
him partaker of his everlasting kingdom. Wherefore we being
thus persuaded of the good will of our heavenly Father towards
this Infant, declared by his Son Jesus Christ ; and nothing doubt-
ing but that he favourably alloweth this charitable work of ours
in bringing this Infant to his holy Baptism ; let us faithfully and
devoutly give thanks unto him, and say,

A LMIGHTY and everlasting God, heavenly Father, we give
-LA. thee humble thanks, for that thou hast vouchsafed to call us
to the knowledge of thy grace, and faith in thee : Increase this
knowledge, and confirm this faith in us evermore. Give thy Holy
Spirit to this Infant, that he may be born again, and be made an
heir of everlasting salvation ; through our Lord Jesus Christ, who
liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Spirit, now and for
ever. Amen.

IT Tlien shall the Priest speak unto the Godfathers and Godmotliers on

this wise.

DEARLY beloved, ye have brought this Child here to be
baptized, ye have prayed that our Lord Jesus Christ would
vouchsafe to receive him, to release him of his sins, to sanctify
him with the Holy Ghost, to give him the kingdom of heaven, and
everlasting life. Ye have heard also that our Lord Jesus Christ
hath promised hi his Gospel to grant all these things that ye have
prayed for : which promise he, for his part, will most surely keep
and perform. Wherefore, after this promise made by Christ, this
Infant must also faithfully, for his part, promise by you that are
his sureties, (until he come of age to take it upon himself,) that he
will renounce the devil and all his works, and constantly believe
God's holy Word, and obediently keep his commandments.

PUBLICK BAPTISM OF INFANTS.

I demand therefore,

DOST thou, in the name of this Child, renounce the devil and
all his works, the vain pomp and glory of the world, with
all covetous desires of the same, and the carnal desires of the flesh,
so that thou wilt not follow, nor be led by them?
Answer. I renounce them all.

Minister.

DOST 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; bora of the Virgin
Mary; that he suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, dead,
and buried ; that he went down into hell, and also did rise again
the third day; that he ascended into heaven, and sitteth at the
right hand of God the Father Almighty; and from thence shall
come again at the end of the world, to judge the quick and
the dead?

And dost thou believe in the Holy Ghost; the holy Catholick
Church ; the Communion of Saints ; the Remission of sins ; the
Resurrection of the flesh; and everlasting life after death?

Answer. All this I stedfastly believe.

Minister.

WILT thou be baptized in this faith?
Answer. That is my desire.

Minister.

WILT thou then obediently keep God's holy will and com-
mandments, and walk in the same all the days of thy
life?

Answer. I will.

IT Then shall the Priest say,

O MERCIFUL God, grant that the old Adam in this Child
may be so buried, that the new man may be raised up in
him. Amen.

Grant that all carnal affections may die in him, and that all
things belonging to the Spirit may live and grow in him. Amen.

Grant that he may have power and strength to have victory, and
to triumph, against the devil, the world, and the flesh. Amen.

PUBLICK BAPTISM OF INFANTS.

Grant that whosoever is here dedicated to thee by our office
and ministry may also be endued with heavenly virtues, and
everlastingly rewarded, through thy mercy, O blessed Lord
God, who dost live, and govern all things, world without end.
Amen.

A LMIGHTY, everliving God, whose most dearly beloved Son
-L\. Jesus Christ, for the forgiveness of our sins, did shed out of
his most precious side both water and blood ; and gave command-
ment to his disciples, that they should go teach all nations, and
baptize them In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of
the Holy Ghost ; Regard, we beseech thee, the supplications of thy
congregation ; sanctify this Water to the mystical washing away of
sin; and grant that this Child, now to be baptized therein, may
receive the fulness of thy grace, and ever remain in the number
of thy faithful and elect children ; through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen.

^T Then the Priest shall take tJte Child into his hands, and sliall say to the
Godfathers and Godmothers,

Name this Child.

IT And then naming it after them (if they shall certify him that the Child
may well endure it) lie shall dip it in the Water discreetly and warily,
saying,

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

^I Bat if they certify that tJie Child is weak, it shall suffice to pour Water upon
it, saying theforesaid words,

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

^T TJien the Priest shall say,

WE receive this Child into the congregation of Christ's flock,
*and do sign him with the sign of the Cross, in token that
Here the Priest hereafter he shall not be ashamed to confess the

ton m tt e cS faith of Christ crucified, and manfully to fight under
forehead. n j s b anner) against sin, the world, and the devil;

and to continue Christ's faithful soldier and servant unto his life's
end. Amen.

PUBLICK BAPTISM OF INFANTS.

1T Then shall t/te Priest say,

SEEING now, dearly beloved brethren, that this Child is rege-
nerate, and grafted into the body of Christ's Church, let us
give thanks unto Almighty God for these benefits; and with one
accord make our prayers unto him, that this Child may lead the
rest of his life according to this beginning.

IT Then shall be said, all kneeling;

OUR Father, which art in heaven, HalloM r ed be thy Name.
Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, As it is in
heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our
trespasses, As we forgive them that trespass against us. And lead
us not into temptation ; But deliver us from evil. Amen.

IT Then sluill the Priest say,

WE yield thee hearty thanks, most merciful Father, that
it hath pleased thee to regenerate this Infant with thy
Holy Spirit, to receive him for thine own Child by adoption, and
to incorporate him into thy holy Church. And humbly we beseech
thee to grant, that he, being dead unto sin, and living unto right-
eousness, and being buried with Christ in his death, may crucify
the old man, and utterly abolish the whole body of sin ; and that,
as Tie is made partaker of the death of thy Son, Tie may also be
partaker of his resurrection; so that finally, with the residue of
thy holy Church, he may be an inheritor of thine everlasting king-
dom ; through Christ our Lord. Amen.

IF Then, all standing up, the Priest shall say to tlie Godfathers and Godmothers
this Exhortation following.

PUBLICK BAPTISM OF INFANTS.

Christian life; remembering always, that Baptism doth represent
unto us our profession; which is, to follow the example of our
Saviour Christ, and to be made like unto him; that, as he died,
and rose again for us, so should we, who are baptized, die from sin,
and rise again unto righteousness; continually mortifying all our
evil and corrupt affections, and daily proceeding in all virtue and
godliness of living.

IT Then shall lie add and say,

YE are to take care that this Child be brought to the Bishop
to be confirmed by him, so soon as he can say the Creed, the
Lord's Prayer, and the Ten Commandments, in the vulgar tongue,
and be further instructed in the Church-Catechism set forth for
that purpose.

IT is certain by God's Word, that Children which are baptized, dying
before they commit actual sin, are undoubtedly saved.

To take away all scruple concerning the use of the sign of the Cross in
Baptism; the true explication thereof, and the just reasons for the retain-
ing of it, may be seen in the xxxth Canon, first published in the Year
MDCIV.

THE MINISTRATION OF

PRIVATE BAPTISM OF CHILDREN

IN HOUSES.

The Curates of every Parish shall often admonish the people, that they defer
not the Baptism of their Children longer than 'the first or second Sunday next
after their birth, or other Holy-day falling between, unless upon a great and
reasonable cause, to be approved by the Curate.

And also they shall warn them, that without like great cause and necessity
they procure not their Children to be baptized at home in their houses. But
when need shall compel them so to do, then Baptism shall be administered
on this fashion:

First, let the Minister of the Parish (or, in his absence, any other lawful
Minister that can be procured) with them that are present call upon God,
and say the Lord's Prayer, and so many of the Collects appointed to be said
before in the Form of Publick Baptism, as the time and present exigence will
suffer. And then, the Child being named by some one that is present, the
Minister shall pour Water upon it, saying tJiese words;

I baptize thee In the Xame of the Father, and of the Son,
o and of the Holy Ghost. Amen.

IT Then, all kneeling down, the Minister shall give thanks unto God, and say,

WE yield thee hearty thanks, most merciful Father, that it
hath pleased thee to regenerate this Infant with thy Holy
Spirit, to receive him for thine own Child by adoption, and to
incorporate him into thy holy Church. And we humbly beseech
thee to grant, that as he is now made partaker of , the death of thy
Son, so he may be also of his resurrection; and that finally, with
the residue of thy Saints, he may inherit thine everlasting kingdom ;
through the same thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

IT And let them not doubt, but that the Child so baptized is lawfully and
sufficiently baptized, and ought not to be baptized again. Yet nevertheless, if
the Child, which is after this sort baptized, do afterward live, it is expedient
that it be brought into the Church, to the intent that, if tJie Minister of the
same Parish did himself baptize that Child, the Congregation may be certified
of the true Form of Baptism, by him privately before used: In which case
he shall say thus,

I CERTIFY you, that according to the due and prescribed Order
of the Church, at such a time, and at such a place, before
divers witnesses I baptized this Child.

IT But if the Child were baptized by any other lawful Minister, then the
Minister of the Parish, where the Child was born or christened, shall

PRIVATE BAPTISM OF INFANTS.

examine and try whetJier the Child be lawfully baptized, or no. In which
case, if those that bring any Child to the Church do answer, that the same Child
is already baptized, then slw.ll the Minister examine them further, saying,

BY whom was this Child baptized?
Who was present when this Child was baptized?
Because some things essential to this Sacrament may happen to
be omitted through fear or haste, in such times of extremity;
therefore I demand further of you,

With what matter was this Child baptized?
With what words was this Child baptized?

IT And if the Minister slwdl find by tfte answers of such as bring t/ie Child,
t/iat all things were done as they oug/it to be; t/ien sJiall not he christen the
Child again, but shall receive him as one of the flock of true Christian
people, saying thus,

I CERTIFY you, that in this case all is well done, and according
unto due order, concerning the baptizing of this Child; who
being born in original sin, and in the wrath of God, is now, by the
laver of Regeneration in Baptism, received into the number of the
children of God, and heirs of everlasting life : for our Lord Jesus
Christ doth not deny his grace and mercy unto such Infants, but
most lovingly doth call them unto him, as the holy Gospel doth
witness to our comfort on this wise.

ST. MARK x. 13.

ri^HEY brought young children to Christ, that he should touch
JL them; and his disciples rebuked those that brought them.
But when Jesus saw it, he was much displeased, and said unto
them, Suffer the little children to come unto me, and forbid them
not ; for of such is the kingdom of God. Verily I say unto you,
Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little child,
he shall not enter therein. And he took them up in his arms, put
his hands upon them, and blessed them.

IT After the Gospel is read, tJie Minister shall make this brief Exliortation
upon the words of the Gospel.

PRIVATE BAPTISM OF INFANTS.

toward them; for he embraced them in his arms, he laid his
hands upon them, and blessed them. Doubt ye not therefore, but
earnestly believe, that he hath likewise favourably received this
present Infant ; that he hath embraced him with the arms of his
mercy ; and (as he hath promised in his holy Word) will give unto
him the blessing of eternal life, and make him partaker of his ever-
lasting kingdom. Wherefore, we being thus persuaded of the good
will of our heavenly Father, declared by his Son Jesus Christ,
towards this Infant, let us faithfully and devoutly give thanks unto
him, and say the Prayer which the Lord himself taught us :

OUR Father, which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy N"ame.
Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, As it is in
heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our
trespasses, As we forgive them that trespass against us. And lead
us not into temptation ; But deliver us from evil. Amen.

A LMIGHTY and everlasting God, heavenly Father, we give thee
XA_ humble thanks, that thou hast vouchsafed to call us to the
knowledge of thy grace, and faith in thee ; Increase this knowledge,
and confirm this faith in us evermore. Give thy Holy Spirit to
this Infant, that he, being born again, and being made an heir of
everlasting salvation, through our Lord Jesus Christ, may continue
thy servant, and attain thy promise ; through the same our Lord
Jesus Christ thy Son, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the
Holy Spirit, now and for ever. Amen.

^1 Then shall the Priest demand the Name of the Child ; which being by the
Godfathers and Godmothers pronounced, the Minister shall say,

DOST thou, in the name of this Child, renounce the devil and
all his works, the vain pomp and glory of this world, with
all covetous desires of the same, and the carnal desires of the flesh,
so that thou wilt not follow, nor be led by them?
Answer. I renounce them all.

Minister.

OST thou believe in God the Father Almighty, Maker of
heaven and earth?
, And in Jesus Christ his only-begotten Son our Lord? And
i that he was conceived by the Holy Ghost; born of the Virgin

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Mary ; that he suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, dead,
and buried; that he went down into hell, and also did rise again
the third day; that he ascended into heaven, and sitteth at the
right hand of God the Father Almighty; and from thence shall
come again at the end of the world, to judge the quick and the
dead?

And dost thou believe in the Holy Ghost; the holy Catholick
Church; the Communion of Saints; the Remission of sins; the
Resurrection of the flesh; and everlasting life after death?

Ansiver. All this I stedfastly believe.

Minister,

WILT thou then obediently keep God's holy will and com-
mandments, and walk in the same all the days of thy
life?
Answer. I will.

IF Then the Priest shall say,

WE receive this Child into the congregation of Christ's flock,
*and do sign him with the sign of the Cross, in token
Here the Priest that hereafter he shall not be ashamed to confess the
un m t a he e a cS faith of Christ crucified, and manfully to fight under
forehead. y s banner, against sin, the world, and the devil ; and

to continue Christ's faithful soldier and servant unto his life's end.
Amen.

^1 Then sJiall the Priest say,

SEEING now, dearly beloved brethren, that this Child is by
Baptism regenerate, and grafted into the body of Christ's
Church, let us give thanks unto Almighty God for these benefits ;
and with one accord make our prayers unto him, that he may lead
the rest of his life according to this beginning.

IT Then shall the Priest say,

WE yield thee most hearty thanks, most merciful Father,
that it hath pleased thee to regenerate this Infant with thy
Holy Spirit, to receive him for thine own Child by adoption, and
to incorporate him into thy holy Church. And humbly we beseech
thee to grant, that he, being dead unto sin, and living unto right-
eousness, and being buried with Christ in his death, may crucify

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the old man, and utterly abolish the whole body of sin ; and that,
as he is made partaker of the death of thy Son, he may also be
partaker of his resurrection; so that finally, with the residue of
thy holy Church, he may be an inheritor of thine everlasting
kingdom ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

1F Then, c.ll standing up, the Minister shall make this Exhortation to the
Godfathers and Godmothers.

FORASMUCH as this Child hath promised by you his sureties
to renounce the devil and all his works, to believe in God,
and to serve him; ye must remember, that it is your parts and
duties to see that this Infant be taught, so soon as he shall be able
to learn, what a solemn vow, promise, and profession he hath made
by you. And that he may know these things the better, ye shall
call upon him to hear Sermons ; and chiefly ye shall provide, that
he may learn the Creed, the Lord's Prayer, and the Ten Command-
ments, in the vulgar tongue, and all other things which a Christian
ought to know and believe to his soul's health ; and that this Child
may be virtuously brought up to lead a godly and a Christian life ;
remembering alway, that Baptism doth represent unto us our
profession; which is, to follow the example of our Saviour Christ,
and to be made like unto him; that, as he died, and rose again
for us, so should we, who are baptized, die from sin, and rise
again unto righteousness; continually mortifying all our evil and
corrupt affections, and daily proceeding in all virtue and godliness
of living.

IT But if they which bring the Infant to the Church do make such uncertain
answers to the Priest's questions, as that it cannot appear that the Child
was baptized with Water, In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and
of the Holy Ghost, (which are essential parts of Baptism,} then let the
Priest baptize it in the form before appointed for Publick Baptism of
Infants; saving that at the dipping of the Child in the Font, he shall use
this form of words.

IF thou art not already baptized, N. I baptize thee In the
Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost
Amen.

THE MINISTRATION OF

BAPTISM TO SUCH AS ARE OF RIPER YEARS,

AND ABLE TO ANSWER FOR THEMSELVES.

IT When any such persons, as are of riper years, are to be baptized, timely
notice shall be given to the Bishop, or whom he shall appoint for that pur-
pose, a week before at the least, by the Parents, or some other discreet persons;
that so due care may be taken for their Examination, whether they be
sufficiently instructed in the Principles of the Christian Religion; and that
they may be exJwrted to prepare themselves with Prayers and Fasting for
the receiving of this holy Sacrament.

IT And if they shall be found fit, then the Godfathers and Godmothers (the
people being assembled upon the Sunday or Holy-day appointed} shall be
ready to present them at the Font immediately a/ler the second Lesson,
either at Morning or Evening Prayer, as the Curate in his discretion shall
think fit.

IT And standing tJiere, the Priest shall ask, whether any of the persons here
presented be baptized, or no: If tliey shall answer, No; then shall the
Priest say thus,

DEARLY beloved, forasmuch as all men are conceived and
born in sin, (and that which is born of the flesh is flesh,)
and they that are in the flesh cannot please God, but live in sin,
committing many actual transgressions ; and that our Saviour
Christ saith, Xone can enter into the kingdom of God, except he
be regenerate and born anew of Water and of the Holy Ghost;
I beseech you to call upon God the Father, through our Lord
Jesus Christ, that of his bounteous goodness he will grant to these
persons that which by nature they cannot have ; that they may be
baptized with Water and the Holy Ghost, and received into Christ's
holy Church, and be made lively members of the same.

1T Then sliall the Priest say,

Let us pray.
(IT And here all the Congregation shzll kneel.}

A LMIGHTY and everlasting God, who of thy great mercy didst
-lT\_ save Noah and his family in the ark from perishing by
water ; and also didst safely lead the children of Israel thy people
through the Red Sea, figuring thereby thy holy Baptism ; and by

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the Baptism of thy well-beloved Son Jesus Christ, in the river
Jordan, didst sanctify the element of water to the mystical washing
away of sin ; We beseech thee, for thine infinite mercies, that thou
wilt mercifully look upon these thy servants; wash them and
sanctify them with the Holy Ghost, that they, being delivered from
thy wrath, may be received into the ark of Christ's Church ; and
being stedfast in faith, joyful through hope, and rooted in charity,
may so pass the waves of this troublesome world, that finally they
may come to the land of everlasting life, there to reign with thee
world without end ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

A LMIGHTY and immortal God, the aid of all that need, the
JLA. helper of all that flee to thee for succour, the life of them
that believe, and the resurrection of the dead; We call upon thee
for these persons, that they, coming to thy holy Baptism, may
receive remission of their sins by spiritual regeneration. Receive
them, Lord, as thou hast promised by thy well-beloved Son,
saying, Ask, and ye shall receive ; seek, and ye shall find ; knock,
and it shall be opened unto you : So give now unto us that ask ;
let us that seek find ; open the gate unto us that knock ; that these
persons may enjoy the everlasting benediction of thy heavenly
washing, and may come to the eternal kingdom which thou hast
promised by Christ our Lord. Amen.

1T Then shall the people stand up, and the Priest shall say,

Hear the words of the Gospel, written by Saint John, in the third
Chapter, beginning at the first Verse.

rilHERE was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler
JL of the Jews. The same came to Jesus by night, and said unto
him, Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come from God ; for
no man can do these miracles that thou doest, except God be with
him. Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily I say unto
thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of
God. Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be born when
he is old? Can he enter the second time into his mother's womb,
and be born? Jesus answered, 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 ;

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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 nearest the sound thereof; but canst not tell
whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is
born of the Spirit.

IT After which he shall say this Exhortation following.

BELOVED, 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 the great necessity of this Sacrament, where it may
be had. Likewise, immediately before his ascension into heaven,
(as we read in the last Chapter of Saint Mark's Gospel,) he gave
command to his disciples, saying, Go ye into all the world, and
preach the Gospel to every creature. He that believeth and is
baptized shall be saved ; but he that believeth not shall be damned.
Which also sheweth unto us the great benefit we reap thereby.
For which cause Saint Peter the Apostle, when upon his first
preaching of the Gospel many were pricked at the heart, and said
to him and the rest of the Apostles, Men and brethren, what shall
we do? replied and said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every
one of you for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of
the Holy Ghost For the promise is to you and your children, and
to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall
call. And with many other words exhorted he them, saying, Save
yourselves from this untoward generation. For (as the same Apo-
stle 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 favour-
ably 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 towards these persons, declared by his Son Jesus
Christ ; let us faithfully and devoutly give thanks to him, and say,

BAPTISM OF SUCH AS ARE OF RIPER YEARS.

A LMIGHTY and everlasting God, heavenly Father, we give thee
.XT\_ humble thanks, for that thou hast vouchsafed to call us to
the knowledge of thy grace, and faith in thee : Increase this know-
ledge, and confirm this faith in us evermore. Give thy Holy Spirit
to these persons, that they may be born again, and be made heirs of
everlasting salvation; through our Lord Jesus Christ, who liveth
and reigneth with thee and the Holy Spirit, now and for ever.
A men.

^T Then the Priest shall speak to the persons to be baptized on this wise :

"TTTELL-BELOVED, who are come hither desiring to receive
T V holy Baptism, ye have heard how the congregation hath
prayed, that our Lord Jesus Christ would vouchsafe to receive you
and bless you, to release you of your sins, to give you the kingdom
of heaven, and everlasting life. Ye have heard also, that our Lord
Jesus Christ hath promised in his holy Word to grant all 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 faith-
fully, for your part, promise in the presence of these your Wit-
nesses, and this whole congregation, that ye will renounce the devil
and all his works, and constantly believe God's holy Word, and
obediently keep his commandments.

1F Then shall the Priest demand of each of tJie persons to be baptized, severally,
these Questions following :

Question.

DOST 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 carnal desires of the flesh, so that thou wilt not
follow, nor be led by them?
Answer. I renounce them all.

Question.

DOST 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

BAPTISM OF SUCH AS ARE OF RIPER YEARS.

buried; that he went down into hell, and also did rise again the
third day ; that he ascended into heaven, and sitteth at the right
hand of God the Father Almighty; and from thence shall come
again at the end of the world, to judge the quick and the dead?

And dost thou believe in the Holy Ghost; the holy Catholick
Church; the Communion of Saints; the Remission of sins; the
Resurrection of the flesh ; and everlasting life after death?

Answer. All this I stedfastly believe.

Question.

"ILT thou be baptized in this faith?
Answer. That is my desire.

Question.

WILT thou then obediently keep God's holy will and com-
mandments, and walk in the same all the days of thy life?
Answer. I will endeavour so to do, God being my helper.

IT Then shall the Priest say,

O 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 carnal affections may die in them, and that all
things belonging to the Spirit may live and grow in them. Amen.

Grant that they may have power and strength to have victory,
and to triumph, against the devil, the world, and the flesh.
Amen.

Grant that they, being here dedicated to thee by our office and
ministry, may also be endued with heavenly virtues, and everjast-
ingly rewarded, through thy mercy, blessed Lord God, who dost
live, and govern all things, world without end. Amen.

A LMIGHTY, everliving God, whose most dearly-beloved Son
-.LJL Jesus Christ, for the forgiveness of our sins, did shed out
of his most precious side both water and blood, and gave com-
mandment to his disciples, that they should go teach all nations,
and baptize them In the Name of the Father, the Son, and the
Holy Ghost; Regard, we beseech thee, the supplications of this
congregation ; sanctify this Water to the mystical washing away of
sin; and grant that the persons now to be baptized therein may

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receive the fulness of thy grace, and ever remain in the number of
thy faithful and elect children, through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen.

^T Then shall the Priest take each person to be baptized by the right hand, and
placing him conveniently by the font, according to his discretion, shall ask
the Godfathers and Godmothers the Name; and then shall dip him in the
water, or pour water upon him, saying,

NI baptize thee In the Name of the Father, and of the Son,
and of the Holy Ghost. Amen.

H Then shall the Priest say,

WE receive this person into the congregation of Christ's flock ;
*and do sign him with the sign of the Cross, in token that
Here the Priest hereafter he shall not be ashamed to confess the
fpS! "S e p'eSTs faith of Christ crucified, and manfully to fight under
forehead. n j s k anner) against sin, the world, and the devil ; and

to continue Christ's faithful soldier and servant unto his life's end.
Amen.

^[ Then shall the Priest say,

SEEING now, dearly beloved brethren, that these persons are
regenerate, and grafted into the body of Christ' s* Church, let
us give thanks unto Almighty God for these benefits, and with one
accord make our prayers unto him, that they may lead the rest of
their life according to this beginning.

1T Then shall be said the Lord's Prayer, all kneeling.

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

WE yield thee humble thanks, 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
hi us evermore. Give thy Holy Spirit to these persons ; that, being
now born again, and made heirs of everlasting salvation, through
our Lord Jesus Christ, they may continue thy servants, and attain
thy promises; through the same Lord Jesus Christ thy Son, who

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liveth and reigneth with thee, in the unity of the same Holy Spirit,
everlastingly. Amen.

IT Then, all standing up, the Priest shall use this Exhortation following ;
speaking to the Godfathers and Godmothers Jirst.

FORASMUCH 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 put them in mind, what a solemn vow, promise, and profession
they have now made before this congregation, and especially before
you their chosen witnesses. And ye are also to call upon them to
use all diligence to be rightly instructed in God's holy Word ; that
so they may grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord
Jesus Christ, and live godly, righteously, and soberly in this pre-
sent world.

(IT And then, speaking to the new baptized persons, he shall proceed, and say,)

A KD as for you, who have now by Baptism put on Christ, it is
-jL~\_ your part and duty also, being made the children of God
and of the light, by faith in Jesus Christ, to walk answerably to
your Christian calling, and as becometh the children of light;
remembering always that Baptism representeth unto us our pro-
fession ; which is, to follow the example of our Saviour Christ, and
to be made like unto him ; that as he died, and rose again for us ;
so should we, who are baptized, die from sin, and rise again unto
righteousness; continually mortifying all our evil and corrupt
affections, and daily proceeding in all virtue and godliness of
living.

H It is expedient that every person, thus baptized, should be confirmed by the
Bishop so soon after his Baptism as conveniently may be; that so he may
be admitted to the holy Communion.

^ If any persons not baptized in their infancy shall be brought to be baptized
before they come to years of discretion to answer for themselves ; it may
suffice to use the Office for Publick Baptism of Infants, or (in case of extreme
danger') tJie Office for Private Baptism; only changing the word [Infant]
for [Child or Person] as occasion requireth.

A CATECHISM,

THAT IS TO SAT,

AN INSTRUCTION TO BE LEAENED OF EVERY PERSON, BEFORE
HE BE BROUGHT TO BE CONFIRMED BY THE BISHOP.

Question.

WHAT is your Name ?
Answer. N. or M.

Question. Who gave you this Name?

Answer. My Godfathers and Godmothers in my Baptism ; where-
in I was made a member of Christ, the child of God, and an inhe-
ritor of the kingdom of heaven.

Question. What did your Godfathers and Godmothers then for
you?

Answer. They did promise and vow three things in my name.
First, that I should renounce the devil and all his works, the
pomps and vanity of this wicked world, and all the sinful lusts of
the flesh. Secondly, that I should believe all the Articles of the
Christian Faith. And thirdly, that I should keep God's holy will
and commandments, and walk in the same all the days of my life.

Question. Dost thou not think that thou art bound to believe,
and to do, as they have promised for thee?

Answer. Yes verily ; and by God's help so I will. And I heartily
thank our heavenly Father, that he hath called me to this state of
salvation, through Jesus Christ our Saviour. And I pray unto God
to give me his grace, that I may continue in the same unto my
life's end.

Catechist.
Rehearse the Articles of thy Belief.

Answer.

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

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Pontius Pilate, Was crucified, dead, and buried, He descended into
hell ; The third day he rose again from the dead, He ascended into
heaven, And sitteth at the right hand of God the Father Almighty ;
From thence he shall come to judge the quick and the dead.

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

Question. "What dost thou chiefly learn in these Articles of thy
Belief?

Answer. First, I learn to believe in God the Father, who hath
made me, and all the world.

Secondly, in God the Son, who hath redeemed me, and all man-
kind.

Thirdly, in God the Holy Ghost, who sanctifieth me, and all the
elect people of God.

Question.

You said, that your Godfathers and Godmothers did promise for
you, that you should keep God's Commandments. Tell me how
many there be?

Answer. Ten.

Question. Which be they?

Answer.

f MHE same which God spake in the twentieth Chapter of
JL Exodus, saying, I am the Lord thy God, who brought thee
out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.

I. Thou shall have none other gods but me.

II. Thou shalt not make to thyself any graven image, nor the
likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or in the earth
beneath, or in the water under the earth. Thou shalt not bow
down to them, nor worship them : for I the Lord thy God am
a jealous God, and visit the sins of the fathers upon the children,
unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me, and
shew mercy unto thousands in them that love me, and keep my
commandments.

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

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IV. Remember that thou keep holy the Sabbath-day. Six
days shait thou labour, and do all that thou hast to do ; but the
seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God. In it thou shalt
do no manner of work, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, thy
man-servant, and thy maid-servant, thy cattle, and the stranger
that is within thy gates. For in six days the Lord made heaven
and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh
day ; wherefore the Lord blessed the seventh day, and hal-
lowed it

V. Honour thy father and thy mother, that thy days may be
long in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.

VI. Thou t shalt do no murder.

VII. Thou shalt not commit adultery.

VIII. Thou shalt not steal.

IX. Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.

X. Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour s house, thou shalt not
covet thy neighbour's wife, nor his servant, nor his maid, nor his
ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is his.

Question.

What dost thou chiefly learn by these Commandments?

Ansiver. I learn two things: my duty towards God, and my
duty towards my Neighbour.

Question. What is thy duty towards God?

Ansiver. My duty towards God, is to believe in him, to fear
him, and to love him with all my heart, with all my mind, with all
my soul, and with all my strength ; to worship him, to give him
thanks, to put my vhole trust in him, to call upon him, to honour
his holy Name and his Word, and to serve him truly all the days
of my life.

Question. What is thy duty towards thy Neighbour?

Answer. My duty towards my Neighbour, is to love him as
myself, and to do to all men, as I would they should do unto me :
To love, honour, and succour my father and mother : To honour
and obey the Queen, and all that are put in authority under her :
To submit myself to all my governors, teachers, spiritual pastors
and masters : To order myself lowly and reverently to all my
betters : To hurt nobody by word nor deed : To be true and just
in all my dealing : To bear no malice nor hatred in my heart : To

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keep my hands from picking and stealing, and my tongue from
evil-speaking, lying, and slandering : To keep my body in temper-
ance, soberness, and chastity : Not to covet nor desire other men's
goods ; but to learn and labour truly to get mine own living, and
to do my duty in that state of life, unto which it shall please
God to call me.

Catechist.

My good Child, know this, that thou art not able to do these
things of thyself, nor to walk in the Commandments of God, and
to serve him, without his special grace ; which thou must learn
at all times to call for by diligent prayer. Let me hear therefore,
if thou canst say the Lord's Prayer.

Answer.

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

Question. What desirest thou of God in this Prayer?

Answer. I desire my Lord God our heavenly Father, who is
the giver of all goodness, to send his grace unto me, and to all
people; that we may worship him, serve him, and obey him, as
we ought to do. And I pray unto God, that he will send us all
things that be needful both for our souls and bodies ; and that
he will be merciful unto us, and forgive us our sins ; and that
it will please him to save and defend us in all dangers ghostly
and bodily ; and that he will keep us from all sin and wickedness,
and from our ghostly enemy, and from everlasting death. And
this I trust he will do of his mercy and goodness, through our
Lord Jesus Christ. And therefore I say, Amen, So be it

Question.

HOW many Sacraments hath Christ ordained in his Church?
Answer. Two only, as generally necessary to salvation,
that is to say, Baptism, and the Supper of the Lord.

Question. What meanest thou by this word Sacrament ?
Ansiver. I mean an outward and visible sign of an inward

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and spiritual grace given unto us, ordained by Christ himself, as
a means whereby we receive the same, and a pledge to assure
us thereof.

Question. How many parts are there in a Sacrament?

Ansiver. Two; the outward visible sign, and the inward spiri-
tual grace.

Question. What is the outward visible sign or form in Bap-
tism?

Answer. Water; wherein the person is baptized In the Name
of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost.

Question. What is the inward and spiritual grace?

Answer. A death unto sin, and a new birth unto righteousness :
for being by nature born in sin, and the children of wrath, we are
hereby made the children of grace.

Question. What is required of persons to be baptized?

Ansiver. Repentance, whereby they forsake sin ; and Faith,
whereby they stedfastly believe the promises of God made to them
in that Sacrament

Question. Why then are Infants baptized, when by reason of
their tender age they cannot perform them?

Ansiver. Because they promise them both by their Sureties ;
which promise, when they come to age, themselves are bound to
perform.

Question. Why was the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper or-
dained ?

Answer. For the continual remembrance of the sacrifice
of the death of Christ, and of the benefits which we receive
thereby.

Question. What is the outward part or sign of the Lord's
Supper ?

Answer. Bread and Wine, which the Lord hath commanded
to be received.

Question. What is the inward part, or thing signified?

Answer. The Body and Blood of Christ, which are verily
and indeed taken and received by the faithful in the Lord's
Supper.

Question. What are the benefits whereof we are partakers
thereby?

A CATECHISM.

Answer. The strengthening and refreshing of our souls by
the Body and Blood of Christ, as our bodies are by the Bread
and Wine.

Question. "What is required of them who come to the Lord's
Supper ?

Anmcer. To examine themselves, whether they repent them
truly of their former sins, stedfastly purposing to lead a new
life ; have a lively faith in God's mercy through Christ, with
a thankful remembrance of his death ; and be in charity with
all men.

1T The Curate of every Parish shall diligently upon Sundays and Holy-days,
after the second Lesson at Evening Prayer, openly in the Church instruct
and examine so many Children of his Parish sent unto him, as he shall
think convenient, in some part of this Catechism.

1T And all Fathers, Mothers, Masters, and Dames, shall cause their Children,
Servants, and Apprentices, (which have not learned their Catechism,) to
come to the Church at the time appointed, and obediently to hear, and be
ordered by the Curate, until such time as they have learned all that is here
appointed for them to learn.

^T So soon as Children are come to a competent age, and can say, in their
Mother Tongue, the Creed, the Lord's Prayer, and the Ten Commandments;
and also can answer to the other Questions of this short Catechism,; they
shall be brought to the Bishop. And every one shall have a Godfather, or
a Godmother, as a witness of their Confirmation.

H And whensoever the Bishop shall give knowledge for Children to be brought
unto him for their Confirmation, the Curate of every Parish shall either
bring, or send in writing, with his hand subscribed thereunto, the names of
all such persons within his Parish, as he shall think fit to be presented to
the Bishop to be confirmed. And, if the Bishop approve of them, he shall
confirm them in manner folloioing.

OR LAYING ON OF HANDS UPON THOSE THAT ARE BAPTIZED
AND COME TO YEARS OF DISCRETION.

IT Upon the day appointed, all that are to be then confirmed, being placed, and
standing in order, before the Bishop; he, (or some other Minister appointed
by him} shall read this Preface folloioing.

TO the end that Confirmation may be ministered to the
more edifying of such as shall receive it, the Church hath
thought good to order, That none hereafter shall be confirmed,
but such as can say the Creed, the Lord's Prayer, and the
Ten Commandments; and can also answer to such other Ques-
tions, as in the short Catechism are contained: which order is
very convenient to be observed; to the end, that children, being
now come to the years of discretion, and having learned what
their Godfathers and Godmothers promised for them in Baptism,
they may themselves, with their own mouth and consent, openly
before the Church, ratify and confirm the same ; and also promise,
that by the grace of God they will evermore endeavour themselves
faithfully to observe such things, as they, by their own confession,
have assented unto.

IT Tften shall the Bishop say,

DO ye here, in the presence of God, and of this congrega-
tion, renew the solemn promise and vow that was made
in your name at your Baptism; ratifying and confirming the
same in your own persons, and acknowledging yourselves bound
to believe, and to do, all those things, which your Godfathers
and Godmothers then undertook for you?

11 And every one shall audibly answer,
I do.

THE ORDER OF CONFIRMATION.

The Bishop.

OUR help is in the Name of the Lord ;
Answer. Who hath made heaven and earth.
Bishop. Blessed be the Name of the Lord ;
Answer. Henceforth, world without end,
Bishop. Lord, hear our prayers.
Answer. And let our cry come unto thee.

The Bishop. Let us pray.

ALMIGHTY and ever-living God, who hast vouchsafed to
JLjL regenerate these thy servants by Water and the Holy
Ghost, and hast given unto them forgiveness of all their sins ;
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 understanding ; the
spirit of counsel and ghostly strength; the spirit of knowledge
and true godliness ; and fill them, Lord, with the spirit of thy
holy fear, now and for ever. Amen.

^!! T/ten all of them in order kneeling before the Bishop, he shall lay his hand
upon the head of every one severally, saying,

DEFEND, O Lord, this thy Child [or this thy Servant} 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.

1T Then shall the Bishop say,

The Lord be with you.

Answer. And with thy spirit.

^ And (all kneeling doum) the Bishop shall add,
Let us pray.

THE ORDER OF CONFIRMATION.

IT And this Collect.

ALMIGHTY and everliving God, who makest us both to will
^L\. and to do those things that be good and acceptable unto
thy divine Majesty ; We make our humble supplications unto
thee for these thy servants, upon whom (after the example of
thy holy Apostles) we have now laid our hands, to certify them
(by this sign) of thy favour and gracious goodness towards them.
Let thy fatherly hand, we beseech thee, ever be over them; let
thy Holy Spirit ever be with them; and so lead them in the
knowledge and obedience of thy Word, that in the end they
may obtain everlasting life ; through our Lord Jesus Christ, who
with thee and the Holy Ghost liveth and reigneth, ever one,
God, world without end. Amen.

O ALMIGHTY Lord, and everlasting God, vouchsafe, we
beseech thee, to direct, sanctify, and govern, both our
hearts and bodies, in the ways of thy laws, and in the works
of thy commandments; that, through thy most mighty protection
both here and ever, we may be preserved in body and soul;
through our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen.

IT Then the Bishop shall bless t/iem, saying thus,

THE Blessing of God Almighty, the Father, the Son, and
the Holy Ghost, be upon you, and remain with you for
ever. Amen.

1T And there shall none be admitted to the holy Communion, until such time
as he be confirmed, or be ready and desirous to be confirmed.

THE FORM OF

SOLEMNIZATION OF MATRIMONY.

H First the Banns of all that are to be married together must be published in
the Church three several Sundays, during the time of Morning Service, or
of Evening Service, (if there be no Morning Service,) immediately after the
second Lesson; the Curate saying after the accustomed manner,

I 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 holy
Matrimony, ye are to declare it This is the first [second, or
third] time of asking.

U And if the persons that are to be married dwell in divers Parishes, the
Banns must be asked in both Parishes ; and the Curate of the one Parish
jhall not solemnize Matrimony betwixt them, without a Certificate of tJie
Banns being thrice asked, from the Curate of the other Parish,

H At the day and time appointed for solemnization of Matrimony, the persons
to be married shall come into the Body of the Church with their friends and
neighbours : and there standing together, the Man on the right hand, and
the Woman on the left, the priest shall say,

DEARLY beloved, we are gathered together here in the
sight of God, and in the face of this congregation, to
join together this Man and this Woman in holy Matrimony;
which is an honourable estate, instituted of God in the time
of man's innocency, signifying unto us the mystical union that
is betwixt Christ and his Church ; which holy estate Christ
adorned and beautified with his presence, and first miracle
that he wrought, in Cana of Galilee ; and is commended of
Saint Paul to be honourable among all men : and therefore is
not by any to be enterprised, nor taken in hand, unadvisedly,
lightly, or wantonly, to satisfy men's carnal lusts and appetites,
like brute beasts that have no understanding ; but reverently,
discreetly, advisedly, soberly, and in the fear of God ; duly con-
sidering the causes for which Matrimony was ordained.

First, It was ordained for the procreation of children, to be
brought up in the fear and nurture of the Lord, and to the
praise of his holy Name.

SOLEMNIZATION OF MATRIMONY.

Secondly, It was ordained for a remedy against sin, and to
avoid fornication ; that such persons as have not the gift of
continency might marry, and keep themselves undefiled members
of Christ's body.

Thirdly, It was ordained for the mutual society, help, and
comfort, that the one ought to have of the other, both in
prosperity and adversity. Into which holy estate these two
persons present come now to be joined. Therefore if any
man can shew any just cause, why they may not lawfully be
joined together, let him now speak, or else hereafter for ever
hold his peace.

IT A nd also, speaking unto the persons that shall be married, he shall

say,

I REQUIRE and charge you both, as ye will answer at the
dreadful day of judgment when the secrets of all hearts
shall be disclosed, that if either of you know any impediment,
why ye may not be lawfully joined together in Matrimony, ye
do now confess it. For be ye well assured, that so many as
are coupled together otherwise than God's Word doth allow
are not joined together by God ; neither is their Matrimony
lawful.

^T At which day of Marriage, if any man do allege and declare any impedi-
ment, why tliey may not be coupled togetlier in Matrimony, by God's Law,
or the Laws of this Realm ; and will be bound, and sufficient sureties with
him, to the parties; or else put in a Caution (to t/te full value of such
charges as tlie persons to be married do thereby sustain) to prove his alle-
gation: then the solemnization must be deferred, until such time as the
truth be tried.

^ If no impediment be alleged, then shall the Curate say unto the man,

M. "TTTILT thou have this Woman to thy wedded wife,
? V to live together after God's ordinance in the holy
estate of Matrimony? Wilt thou love her, comfort her, hon-
our, and keep her in sickness and in health; and, forsaking
all other, keep thee only unto her, so long as ye both shall
live?

1T The Man shall answer,
I will.

SOLEMNIZATION OF MATRIMONY.

1T Then shall the Priest say unto tlie Woman,

N. "\TTILT thou have this Man to thy wedded husband,
T T to live together after God's ordinance in the holy
estate of Matrimony ? Wilt thou obey him, and serve him,
love, honour, and keep him in sickness and in health ; and,
forsaking all other, keep thee only unto him, so long as ye
both shall live.

1T TJie Woman shall answer,

I will.

1T Then shall the Minister say,
Who giveth this Woman to be married to this Man?

11 Then shall they give their troth to each other in this manner. The Minister,
receiving the Woman at her father's or friend 's hands, shall cause the Man
with his right hand to take the Woman by her right hand, and to say after
him asfolloweth.

IM. 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 to cherish, till
death us do part, according to God's holy ordinance ; and
thereto I plight thee my troth.

1T Then shall they loose their hands; and the Woman, with her right hand
taking the Man by his right hand, shall likewise say after the Minister,

IN. take thee M. to my wedded husband, to have and to hold
from this day forward, 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 shall they again loose their hands; and the Man shall give unto the
Woman a Ring, laying the same upon the book with the accustomed duty
to the Priest and Clerk. And the Priest, taking the Ring, shall deliver
it unto the Man, to put it upon the fourth finger of the Woman's left
hand. And the Man holding the Ring there, and taught by the Priest,
shall say,

WITH this Ring I thee wed, with my body I thee worship,
and with all my worldly goods I thee endow: In the
Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost.
Amen.

SOLEMNIZATION OF MATRIMONY.

IT Then the Man leaving the Ring upon the fourth finger of the Woman 8 left
hand, they shall both kneel down; and the Minister shall say,

Let us pray.

O ETERNAL God, Creator and Preserver of all mankind,
Giver of all spiritual grace, the Author of everlasting
life; Send thy blessing upon these thy servants, this man and
this woman, whom we bless in thy Name; that, as Isaac and
Rebecca lived faithfully together, so these persons may surely
perform and keep the vow and covenant betwixt them made,
(whereof this Ring given and received is a token and pledge,)
and may ever remain in perfect love and peace together, and
live according to thy laws; through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen.

1T Then shall the Priest join their right hands together, and say,

Those whom God hath joined together let no man put
asunder.

IT Then s/iall the Minister speak unto the people.

FORASMUCH as M. and N. have consented together in holy
wedlock, and have witnessed the same before God and this
company, and thereto have given and pledged their troth either
to other, and have declared the same by giving and receiving
of a Ring, and by joining of hands ; I pronounce that they be
Man and Wife together, In the Name of the Father, and of
the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Amen.

1T And the Minister shall add this Blessing.

GOD the Father, God the Son, God the Holy Ghost, bless,
preserve, and keep you ; the Lord mercifully with his
favour look upon you ; and so fill you with all spiritual bene-
diction and grace, that ye may so live together in this life, that
in the world to come ye may have life everlasting. Amen.

IT Then the Minister or Clerks, going to the Lord's Table, shall say or sing

this Psalm following.

Beati omnes. Psalm cxxviii.

BLESSED are all they that fear the Lord : and walk in
his ways.

For thou shalt eat the labour of thine hands : well is
thee, and happy shalt thou be.

SOLEMNIZATION OF MATRIMONY.

Thy wife shall be as the fruitful vine : upon the walls of
thine house ;

Thy children like the olive-branches : round about thy table.

Lo, thus shall the man be blessed : that feareth the Lord.

The Lord from out of Sion shall so bless thee : that thou
shalt see Jerusalem in prosperity all thy life long ;

Yea, that thou shalt see thy children's children : and peace
upon Israel.

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

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

IT Or this Psalm,
Deus misereatur. Psalm IxviL

GOD be merciful unto us, and bless us : and shew us the light
of his countenance, and be merciful unto us.

That thy way may be known upon earth : thy saving health
among all nations.

Let the people praise thee, God : yea, let all the people
praise thee.

O let the nations rejoice and be glad : for thou shalt judge
the folk righteously, and govern the nations upon earth.

Let the people praise thee, God : yea, let all the people
praise thee.

Then shall the earth bring forth her increase : and God, even
our own God, shall give us his blessing.

God shall bless us : and all the ends of the world shall fear
him.

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

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

^T The Psalm ended, and the Man and the Woman kneeling before the Lord's
Table, the Priest standing at tJie Table, and turning his jace towards them,
sJiall say,

Lord, have mercy upon us.
Answer. Christ, have mercy upon us.
Minister. Lord, have mercy upon us.

202

SOLEMNIZATION OF MATRIMONY,

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

Minister. Lord, save thy servant, and thy handmaid ;

Ansiver. Who put their trust in thee.

Minister. Lord, send them help from thy holy place; "

Answer. And evermore defend them.

Minister. Be unto them a tower of strength,

Answer. From the face of their enemy. .:..

Minister. Lord, hear our prayer.

Answer. And let our cry come unto thee. .

Minister.

OGOD of Abraham, God of Isaac, God of Jacob, bless these
thy servants, and sow the seed of eternal life in their
hearts; that whatsoever in thy holy Word they shall profitably
learn, they may indeed fulfil the same. Look, Lord, mer-
cifully upon them from heaven, and bless them. And as thou
didst send thy blessing upon Abraham and Sarah, to their
great comfort, so vouchsafe to Bend thy blessing upon these
thy servants; that they obeying thy will, and alway being in
safety under thy protection, may abide in thy love unto their
lives' end; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

H This Prayer next following sJiall be omitted, where the Woman is past

child-bearing.

O MERCIFUL Lord, and heavenly Father, by whose gra-
cious gift mankind is increased; We beseech thee, assist
with thy blessing these two persons, that they may both be fruit-
ful in procreation of children, and also live together so long in
godly love and honesty, that they may see their children christianly
and virtuously brought up, to thy praise and honour; through
Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

OGOD, 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

SOLEMNIZATION OF MATRIMONY.

similitude) woman should take her beginning ; and, knitting them
together, didst teach that it should never be lawful to put asun-
der those whom thou by Matrimony hadst made one: God,
who hast consecrated the state of Matrimony to such an excel-
lent mystery, that in it is signified and represented the spiri-
tual marriage and unity betwixt Christ and his Church; Look
mercifully upon these thy servants, that both this man may
love his wife, according to thy Word, (as Christ did love his
spouse the Church, who gave himself for it, loving and che-
rishing it even as his own flesh,) and also that this woman
may be loving and amiable, faithful and obedient to her hus-
band; and in all quietness, sobriety, and peace, be a follower
of holy and godly matrons. Lord, bless them both, and grant
them to inherit thy everlasting kingdom; through Jesus Christ
our Lord. Amen.

11 Then shall the Priest say,

ALMIGHTY God, who at the beginning did create our first
l~\ 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.

IT After which, if there be no Sermon declaring the duties of Man and Wife,
the Minister shall read asfolloweth.

A LL ye that are married, or that intend to take the holy estate
l\ 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 Chap-
ter, doth give this commandment to all married men; Hus-
bands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the Church,
and gave himself for it, that he might sanctify and cleanse it
with the washing of water, by the Word; that he might pre-
sent it to himself a glorious Church, not having spot, or wrinkle,
or any such thing; but that it should be holy, and without
blemish. So ought men to love their wives as their own
bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself: for no man
ever yet hated his own flesh, but nourisheth and cherisheth

SOLEMNIZATION OF MATRIMONY.

it, even as the Lord the Church: 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 mys-
tery; but I speak concerning Christ and the Church. Never-
theless, let every one of you in particular so love his wife, even
as himself.

Likewise the same Saint Paul, writing to the Colossians, speak-
eth 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
husbands, dwell with your wives according to knowledge; giving
honour 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, teach-
eth you thus; Wives, submit yourselves unto your own hus-
bands, as unto the Lord. For the husband is the head of the
wife, even as Christ is the head of the Church: and he is the
Saviour of the body. Therefore as the Church is subject unto
Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in every
thing. And again he saith, Let the wife see that she reve-
rence her husband.

And in his Epistle to the Colossians, Saint Paul giveth you
this short lesson; Wives, submit yourselves unto your own hus-
bands, as it is fit in the Lord.

Saint Peter also doth instruct you very well, thus saying; Ye
wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; that, if any
obey not the Word, they also may without the Word be won
by the conversation of the wives ; while they behold your chaste
conversation coupled with fear. Whose adorning, let it not be
that outward adorning of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of
gold, or of putting on of apparel; but let it be the hidden

SOLEMNIZATION OF MATRIMONY.

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 them-
selves, being in subjection unto their own husbands ; even
as Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord; whose daugh-
ters ye are as long as ye do well, and are not afraid with any
amazement.

11 It is convenient that the new-married persons should receive the holy Com-
munion at the time of their Marriage, or at the first opportunity after their
Marriage.

THE ORDER FOR

THE VISITATION OF THE SICK.

When any person is sick, notice shall be given thereof to the Minister of the
Parish; who, coming into the sick person's house, shall say,

JLEACE

be to this house, and to all that dwell in it.

IT When he cometh into the sick man's presence he shall say, kneeling down,

"T) EMEMBER not, Lord, our iniquities, nor the iniquities of
JL\; 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.

1T Then the Minister shall say,

Let us pray.

Lord, have mercy upon us.

Christ, have mercy upon us.

Lord, have mercy upon us.

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

Minister. Lord, save thy servant ;
Answer. Which putteth his trust in thee.
Minister. Send him help from thy holy place ;
Answer. And evermore mightily defend him.
Minister. Let the enemy have no advantage of him;
Answer. Nor the wicked approach to hurt him.
Minister. Be unto him, O Lord, a strong tower,
Ansicer. From the face of his enemy.
Minister. O Lord, hear our prayers.
Answer. And let our cry come unto thee.

THE VISITATION OF THE SICK.

Minister.

OLORD, 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.

HEAR us, Almighty and most merciful God and Saviour;
extend thy accustomed goodness to this thy servant who
is grieved with sickness. Sanctify, we beseech thee, this thy
fatherly correction to him; that the sense of his weakness
may add strength to his faith, and seriousness to his repent-
ance: 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.

IT Then shall the Minister exhort the sick person after this form, or other

like.

DEARLY beloved, know this, that Almighty God is the Lord
of life and death, and of all things to them pertaining,
as youth, strength, health, age, weakness, and sickness. Where-
fore, whatsoever your sickness is, know you certainly, that it
is God's visitation. And for what cause soever this sickness
is sent unto you; whether it be to try your patience for the
example of others, and that your faith may be found in the
day of the Lord laudable, glorious, and honourable, to the increase
of glory and endless felicity; or else it be sent unto you to
correct and amend in you whatsoever doth offend the eyes of
your heavenly Father; know you certainly, that if you truly
repent you of your sins, and bear your sickness patiently, trust-
ing in God's mercy, for his dear Son Jesus Christ's sake, and
render unto him humble thanks for his fatherly visitation, sub-
mitting yourself wholly unto his will, it shall turn to your
profit, and help you forward in the right way that leadeth unto
everlasting life.

THE VISITATION OF THE SICK.

IT // the person visited be very sick, then the Curate may end his exhortation
in this place, or else proceed.

TAKE therefore in good part the chastisement of the Lord :
For (as Saint Paul saith in the twelfth Chapter to the
Hebrews) whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth
every son whom he receiveth. If ye endure chastening, God
dealeth with you as with sons ; for what son is he whom the
father chasteneth not ? But if ye be without chastisement, where-
of 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 sub-
jection unto the Father of spirits, and live ? For they verily for
a few days chastened us after then* 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 com-
fort and instruction ; that we should patiently, and with thanks-
giving, bear our heavenly Father's correction, whensoever by
any manner of adversity it shall please his gracious goodness to
visit us. And there should be no greater comfort to Christian
persons, than to be made like unto Christ, by suffering patiently
adversities, troubles, and sicknesses. For he himself went not
up to joy, but first he suffered pain ; he entered not into his
glory before he was crucified. So truly our way to eternal joy
is to suffer here with Christ; and our door to enter into
eternal life is gladly to die with Christ ; that we may rise again
from death, and dwell with him in everlasting life. Now there-
fore, taking your sickness, which is thus profitable for you,
patiently, I exhort you, in the Name of God, to remember the
profession which you made unto God in your Baptism. And
forasmuch as after this life there is an account to be given
unto the righteous Judge, by whom all must be judged, with-
out respect of persons, I require you to examine yourself and
your estate, both toward God and man; so that, accusing and
condemning yourself for your own faults, you may find mercy
at our heavenly Father's hand for Christ's sake, and not be
accused and condemned in that fearful judgment. Therefore
I shall rehearse to you the Articles of our Faith, that you may
know whether you do believe as a Christian man should, or no.

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IT Here the Minister shall rehearse the Articles of the Faith, saying thus,

DOST thou believe in God the Father Almighty, Maker of
heaven and earth ?

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

And dost thou believe in the Holy Ghost; the holy Catholick
Church ; the Communion of Saints ; the Remission of sins ; the
Resurrection of the flesh : and everlasting Life after death ?

V TJie sick person shall answer,
All this I stedfastly believe.

1T Then shall the Minister examine whether he repent him truly of his sins,
and be in charity with all the world; exhorting him to forgive, from the
bottom of his heart, all persons that have offended him; and if he hath
offended any other, to ask them forgiveness ; and where he hath done injury
or wrong to any man, that he make amends to the uttermost of his power.
And if he hath not before disposed of his goods, let him then be admonished to
make his Will, and to declare his Debts, what he oweth, and what is owing
unto him; for the better discharging of his conscience, and the quietness of
his Executors. But men should often be put in remembrance to take order
for the settling of their temporal estates, whilst they are in health.

IT These words before rehearsed may be said before the Minister begin his
Prayer, as he shall see cause.

1T The Minister should not omit earnestly to move such sick persons as are of
ability to be liberal to the poor

IT Here shall the sick person be moved to make a special Confession of his
sins, if he feel his conscience troubled with any weighty matter. After which
Confession, the Priest shall absolve him (if he humbly and heartily desire
it) after this sort.

OUR Lord Jesus Christ, who hath left power to his Church
to absolve all sinners who truly repent and believe in him,
of his great mercy forgive thee thine offences : And by his
authority committed to me, I absolve thee from all thy sins, In
the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost
Amen.

1T And then the Priest shall say the Collect following.
Let us pray.

OMOST merciful God, who, according to the multitude of
thy mercies, dost so put away the sins of those who truly
repent, that thou rememberest them no more ; Open thine eye
of mercy upon this thy servant, who most earnestly desireth
pardon and forgiveness. Renew in him (most loving Father)
whatsoever hath been decayed by the fraud and malice of the
devil, or by his own carnal will and frailness ; preserve and
continue this sick member in the unity of the Church ; consider
his contrition, accept his tears, asswage his pain, as shall seem
to thee most expedient for him. And forasmuch as he putteth
his full trust only in thy mercy, impute not unto him his
former sins, but strengthen him with thy blessed Spirit ; and,
when thou art pleased to take him hence, take him unto thy
favour, through the merits of thy most dearly beloved Son Jesus
Christ our Lord. Amen.

1T Then shall tfte Minister say this Psalm.
In te, Domine, speravi. Psalm IxxL

IN thee, Lord, have I put my trust ; let me never be put
to confusion : but rid me, and deliver me in thy righteous-
ness ; incline thine ear unto me, and save me.

Be thou my strong hold, whereunto I may alway resort : thou
hast promised to help me ; for thou art my house of defence,
and my castle.

Deliver me, my God, out of the hand of the ungodly : out
of the hand of the unrighteous and cruel man.

For thou, Lord God, art the thing that I long for : thou
art my hope, even from my youth.

Through thee have I been holden up ever since I was born :
thou art he that took me out of my mother's womb ; my praise
shall alway be of thee.

I am become as it were a monster unto many : but my sure
trust is in thee.

let my mouth be filled with thy praise : that I may sing
of thy glory and honour all the day long.

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Cast me not away in the time of age : forsake me not when
my strength faileth me.

For mine enemies speak against me, and they that lay wait
for my soul take their counsel together, saying : God hath
forsaken him, persecute him, and take him; for there is none
to deliver him.

Go not far from me, God : my God, haste thee to help me.

Let them be confounded and perish that are against my soul :
let them be covered with shame and dishonour that seek to do
me evil.

As for me, I will patiently abide alway ; and will praise thee
more and more.

My mouth shall daily speak of thy righteousness and salvation :
for I know no end thereof.

I will go forth in the strength of the Lord God : and will
make mention of thy righteousness only.

Thou, O God, hast taught me from my youth up until now :
therefore will I tell of thy wondrous works.

Forsake me not, O God, in mine old age, when I am gray-
headed : until I have shewed thy strength unto this generation,
and thy power to all them that are yet for to come.

Thy righteousness, O God, is very high, and great things are
they that thou hast done : God, who is like unto thee ?

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

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

1T Adding this.

O SAVIOUR of the world, who by thy Cross and precious
Blood hast redeemed us, Save us, and help us, we humbly
beseech thee, Lord.

*[[ TJien sJudl the Minister say,

THE Almighty Lord, who is a most strong tower to all them
that put their trust in him, to whom all things in heaven, in
earth, and under the earth, do bow and obey, be now and evermore
thy defence; and make thee know and feel, that there is none
other Name under heaven given to man, in whom, and through

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whom, thou mayest receive health and salvation, but only the
Name of our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen.

*H And after that shall say,

UNTO God's gracious mercy and protection we commit thee.
The Lord bless thee, and keep thee. The Lord make his
face to shine upon thee, and be gracious unto thee. The Lord
lift up his countenance upon thee, and give thee peace, both now
and evermore. Amen.

A Prayer for a sick Child.

O 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 appointed 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 habitations, where the souls of them that sleep
in the Lord Jesus enjoy perpetual rest and felicity. Grant this,
O Lord, for thy mercies' sake, in the same thy Son our Lord Jesus
Christ, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Ghost, ever
one God, world without end. Amen.

A Prayer for a sick person, when there appear eth small hope

of recovery.

O FATHER of mercies, and God of all comfort, our only help
in time of need; We fly unto thee for succour in behalf of
this thy servant, here lying under thy hand in great weakness of
body. Look graciously upon him, O Lord ; and the more the
outward man decayeth, strengthen him, we beseech thee, so much
the more continually with thy grace and Holy Spirit in the inner
man. Give him unfeigned repentance for all the errors of his life
past, and stedfast faith in thy Son Jesus ; that 7*^ sins may
be done away by thy mercy, and his pardon sealed in heaven,
before lie go hence, and be no more seen. We know, O Lord, that

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there is no word impossible with thee ; and that, if thou wilt, thou
canst even yet raise him up, and grant him a longer continuance
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 favour, 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.

A commendatory Prayer for a sick person at the point of
departure.

O 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
Creator, and most merciful Saviour; most humbly beseeching
thee, that it may be precious in thy sight. Wash it, we pray thee,
in the blood of that immaculate Lamb, that was slain to take away
the sins of the world ; that whatsoever 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.

O BLESSED Lord, the Father of mercies, and the God of all
comforts ; We beseech thee, look down in pity and com-
passion upon this thy afflicted servant. Thou writest 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,
merciful God, who hast written thy holy Word for our learning,
that we, through patience and comfort of thy holy Scriptures,
might have hope ; give him a right understanding of himself, and

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of thy threats and promises ; that he may neither cast away his
confidence in thee, nor place it any where but in thee. Give him
strength against all his temptations, and heal all his distempers.
Break not the bruised reed, nor quench the smoking flax. Shut
not up thy tender mercies in displeasure ; but make him to hear
of joy and gladness, that the bones which thou hast broken may
rejoice. Deliver him from fear of the enemy, and lift up the light
of thy countenance upon him, -and give him peace, through the
merits and mediation of Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

THE COMMUNION OF THE SICK.

^T Forasmuch as all mortal men be subject to many sudden perils, diseases, and
sicknesses, and ever uncertain what time they shall depart out of this life;
therefore, to the intent they may be always in a readiness to die, whenso-
ever it shall please Almighty God to call t/iem, the Curates shall diligently
from time to time (but especially in the time of pestilence, or other infec-
tious sickness) exhort their Parishioners to the often receiving of the holy
Communion of the Body and Blood of our Saviour Christ, when it shall
be publickly administered in the Church ; that so doing, they may, in case
of sudden visitation, have the less cause to be disquieted for lack of the
same. But if the sick person be not able to come to the Church, and yet
is desirous to receive the Communion in his house; then he must give
timely notice to the Curate, signifying also how many there are to com-
municate with him, (which sJiall be three, or two at the least,) and having
a convenient plaee in the sick man's house, with all things necessary so
prepared, that the Curate may reverently minister, he shall there celebrate
the holy Communion, beginning with the Collect, Epistle, and Gospel, here
following.

THE COLLECT.

ALMIGHTY, everliving God, Maker of mankind, who dost
JL\- correct those whom thou dost love, and chastise every one
whom thou dost receive ; We beseech thee to have mercy upon
this thy servant visited with thine hand, and to grant that he
may take his sickness patiently, and recover his bodily health,
(if it be thy gracious will ;) and whensoever his soul shall depart
from the body, it may be without spot presented unto thee ;
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

THE EPISTLE. Hebr. xii. 5.

"1% yf~Y son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint
-i-T-JL when thou art rebuked of him. For whom the Lord loveth
he chasteneth ; and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth.

THE GOSPEL. St. John v. 24.

YERILY, 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.

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IF After which the Priest shall proceed according to the form before prescribed
for the holy Communion, beginning at these words [Ye that do truly, cfcc.]

11 At the time of the distribution of the holy Sacrament, the Priest shall first
receive the Communion himself and after minister untb them that are
appointed to communicate with the sick, and last of all to the sick person.

1T But if a man, either by reason of extremity of sickness, or for want of
warning in due time to the Curate, or for lack of company to receive with
him, or by any other just impediment, do not receive the Sacrament of
Christ's Body and Blood, the Curate shall instruct him, that if 'he do truly
repent him of his sins, and stedfastly believe that Jesus Christ hath suffered
death upon the Cross for him, and shed his Blood for his redemption,
earnestly remembering the benejits he hath thereby, and giving him hearty
thanks therefore, he doth eat and drink the Body and Blood of our Saviour
Christ profitably to his Sours health, although he do not receive the Sacra-
ment with his mouth.

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1T W/ten the sick person is visited, and receiveth the holy Communion all at
one time, then the Priest, for more expedition, shall cut off the form -of the
Visitation at t/ie Psalm [In thee, O Lord, have I put my trust, <fcc.~\
and go straight to tJie Communion.
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11 In the time of the Plague, Sweat, or sitch other like contagious times of
sickness or diseases, when none of the Parish or neighbours can be gotten
to communicate with the sick in thei,r houses, fa? fear of the infection, upon
special request of the diseased, the Minister may only communicate with
him.

THE ORDER FOR

THE BURIAL OF THE DEAD.

IT Here is to "be noted, that 4he Office ensuing is not to be used for any
that die unbaptized, or excommunicate, or have laid violent hands upon
themselves.

IT The Priest and Clerks meeting the Corpse at the entrance of the Church-
yard, and going before it, either into the Church, or towards the Grave,
shall say, or sing.,

I 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. St.
John xi. 25, 26.

I KNOW that my Redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand
at the latter day upon the earth. And though after my
skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God:
whom I shall see for myself, and mine eyes shall behold, and not
another. Job xix. 25, 26, 2?.

WE brought nothing into this worldy and it is certain we
can carry nothing out. T*he Lord gave, and the Lord
hath taken away ; blessed, be the Name of the Lord. 1 Tim. vi. 7.
Job i. 21.

IT After they are come into the Church, shall be read one or both of these

Psalms following.

Dixi, Custodiam. Psalm xxxix.

I SAID, I will take heed to my ways : that I offend not in my
tongue.

I will keep my mouth as it were with a. bridle : while the un-
godly is in my sight.

I held my tongue, and spake nothing : I kept silence, yea, even
from good words ; but it was pain and grief to me.

My heart was hot within me, and while I was thus musing the
fire kindled : and at the last I spake with my tongue ;

Lord, let me know mine end, and the number of my days : that
I may be certified how long I have to live.

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Behold, thou hast made my days as it were a span long : and
mine age is even as nothing hi 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.

And now, Lord, what is my hope : truly my hope is even in
thee.

Deliver me from all mine offences : and make me not a rebuke
unto the foolish.

I became dumb, and opened not my mouth : for it was thy
doing.

Take thy plague away from me : I am even consumed by means
of thy heavy hand.

When thou with rebukes dost chasten man for sin, thou makest
his beauty to consume away, like as it were a moth fretting a
garment : every man therefore is but vanity.

Hear my prayer, Lord, and with thine ears consider my calling:
hold not thy peace at my tears.

For I am a stranger with thee : and a sojourner, as all my fathers
were.

O spare me a little, that I may recover my strength : before I go
hence, and be no more seen.

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

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

Domine, refugium. Psalm xc.

LORD, 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 : 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.

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In the morning it is green, and groweth up : but in the evening
it is cut down, dried up, and withered.

For we consume away in thy displeasure : and are afraid at thy
wrathful indignation.

Thou hast set our misdeeds before thee : and our secret sins in
the light of thy countenance.

For when thou art angry all our days are gone : we bring our
years to an end, as it were a tale that is told.

The days of our age are threescore years and ten ; and though
men be so strong, that they come to fourscore years : yet is their
strength then but labour and sorrow; so soon passeth it away,
and we are gone.

But who regardeth the power of thy wrath : for even thereafter
as a man feareth, so is thy displeasure.

teach us to number our days : that we may apply our hearts
unto wisdom.

Turn thee again, O Lord, at the last : and be gracious unto thy
servants.

O satisfy us with thy mercy, and that soon : so shall we rejoice
and be glad all the days of our life.

Comfort us again now after the time that thou hast plagued us :
and for the years wherein we have suffered adversity.

Shew thy servants thy work : and their children thy glory.

And the glorious Majesty of the Lord our God be upon us :
prosper thou the work of our hands upon us, prosper thou
our handy-work.

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

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

IT Then shall follow the Lesson taken out of the fifteenth Chapter of the former
Epistle of St. Paid to the Corinthians.

1 Cor. xv. 20.

nVTOW is Christ risen from the dead, and become the first-fruits
-L i of them that slept. For since by man came death, by man
came also the resurrection of the dead. For as in Adam all die,
even so in Christ shall all be made alive. But every man in
his own order : Christ the first-fruits ; afterward they that are
Christ's, at his coming. Then cometh the end, when he shall

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have delivered up -the kingdom to God, even the Father ; when
he shall have put down all rule, and all authority, and power.
For he must reign, till he hath put all enemies under his feet.
The last enemy that shall be destroyed is > death. For he hath
put all things under his feet. But when he saith, all things are
put under him, it is manifest that he is excepted, which did put
all things under him. And when all things shall be subdued
unto him, then shall the Son also himself be subject unto him
that put all things under him, that God may be all in all.
Else what shall they do which are baptized for the dead, if
the dead rise not at all ? Why are they then baptized for the
dead? and why stand we in jeopardy every hour? I protest by
your rejoicing, which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, I die
daily. If after the manner of men I have fought with beasts
at Ephesus, what advantageth it me, if the dead rise not? Let
us eat and drink, for to-morrow we die. Be not deceived: evil
communications corrupt good manners. Awake to righteousness,
and sin not ; for some have not the knowledge of God. I speak
this to your shame. But some man will say, How are the. dead
raised up? and with what body do they come? Thou fool, that
which thou sowest is not quickened, except it die. And that
which thou sowest, thou sowest not that body that shall be, but
bare grain, it may chance of wheat, or of some other grain :
But God giveth it a body, as it hath pleased him, and to every
seed his own body. All flesh is not the same flesh; but there
is one kind of flesh of men, another flesh of beasts, another of
fishes, and another of birds. There are also celestial bodies, and
bodies terrestrial; but the -glory of the celestial is one, and the
glory of the terrestrial is another. There is one glory of the
sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the
stars; for one star differeth from another star in glory. So also
is the resurrection of the dead : It is sown in corruption ; it is
raised in incorruption : It is sown in dishonour ; it is raised in
glory : It is sown in weakness ; it is raised in 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. Howbeit, that was not first which is

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spiritual, but that which is natural ; and afterward that which
is spiritual. The first man is of the earth, earthy : the second
man is the Lord from heaven. As is the earthy, such are they
that are earthy : and as is the heavenly, such are they also
that are heavenly. And as we have borne the image of the
earthy, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly. Now
this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the
kingdom of God ; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption.
Behold, I shew you a mystery : We shall not all sleep, but we
shall all be changed, 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 incorruption, and this mortal must
put on immortality. So when this corruptible shall have put
on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality;
then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death
is swallowed up in victory. O death, where is thy sting?
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. There-
fore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always
abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that
your labour is not in vain in the Lord.

IT WJien they come to the Grave, while the Corpse is made ready to be laid into
the earth, the Priest shall say, or the Priest and Clerks shall sing

MAN 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 art justly
displeased ?

Yet, O Lord God most holy, O Lord most mighty, O holy
and most merciful Saviour, deliver us not into the bitter pains
of eternal death.

Thou knowest, Lord, the secrets of our hearts ; shut not thy
merciful ears to our prayer; but spare us, Lord most holy, O
God most mighty, holy and merciful Saviour, thou most

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worthy Judge eternal, suffer us not, at our last hour, for any
pains of death, to fall from thee.

1T Then, while the earth shall be cast upon the Body by some standing by, tlie

Priest shall say,

FORASMUCH as it hath pleased Almighty God of his great
mercy to take unto himself the soul of our dear brother here
departed, we therefore commit his body to the ground ; earth
to earth, ashes to ashes, dust to dust ; in sure and certain hope
of the Resurrection to eternal life, through our Lord Jesus
Christ ; who shall change our vile body, that it may be like
unto his glorious body, according to the mighty working, whereby
he is able to subdue all things to himself.

^T Tlien shall be said or sung,

I HEARD a voice from heaven, saying unto me, Write, From
henceforth blessed are the dead which die in the Lord : even
so saith the Spirit ; for they rest from their labours.

IT Then the Priest slwll say,

Lord, have mercy upon us.

Christ, have mercy upon us.
Lord, have mercy upon us.

Priest.

A LMIGHTY God, with whom do live the spirits of them that
.jLJL 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 this our brother out of the miseries of
this sinful world ; beseeching thee, that it may please thee, of thy
gracious goodness, shortly to accomplish the number of thine elect,
and to hasten thy kingdom ; that we, with all those that are de-
parted in the true faith of thy holy Name, may have our perfect

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consummation and bliss, both in body and soul, in thy eternal
and everlasting glory; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

THE COLLECT!.

O MERCIFUL God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who
is the resurrection 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) not to be sorry, as men without
hope, for them that sleep in him ; We meekly beseech thee,
Father, to raise us from the death of sin unto the life of
righteousness ; that, when we shall depart this life, we may rest
in him, as our hope is this our brother doth ; and that, at the
general Resurrection in the last aay, We may be found acceptable
in thy sight ; and receive that blessing, which thy well-beloved Son
shall then pronounce to all that love and 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.

THE 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
THANKSGIVING OF WOMEN AFTER CHILD-BIRTH,

COMMONLY CALLED,

THE CHURCHING OF WOMEN.

II The Woman, at the usual time after her Delivery, shall come into tJie
Church decently apparelled, and there shall kneel down in some convenient
place, as hath been accustomed, or as the Ordinary shall direct : And then
the Priest shall say unto her,

FORASMUCH as it hath pleased Almighty God of his goodness
to give you safe deliverance, and hath preserved you in the
great danger of Child-birth ; you shall therefore give hearty thanks
unto God, and say,

(11 Then shall the Priest say the cxvith Psalm,)
Dilexi quoniam.

I AM well pleased : that the Lord hath heard the voice of my
prayer;

That he hath inclined his ear unto me : therefore will I call upon
him as long as I live.

The snares of death compassed me round about : and the pains
of hell gat hold upon me.

I found trouble and heaviness, and I called upon the Name
of the Lord : Lord, I beseech thee, deliver my soul.

Gracious is the Lord, and righteous : yea, our God is merciful.

The Lord preserveth the simple : I was in misery, and he
helped me.

Turn again then unto thy .rest, my soul : for the Lord hath
rewarded thee.

And why ? thou hast delivered my soul from death : mine eyes
from tears, and my feet from falling.

I will walk before the Lord : in the land of the living.

I believed, and therefore will I speak ; but I was sore troubled :
I said in my haste, All men are liars.

THE CHURCHING OF WOMEN.

What reward shall I give unto the Lord : for all the benefits that
he hath done unto me ?

I will receive the cup of salvation : and call upon the Name
of the Lord.

I will pay my vows now in the presence of all his people : in the
courts of the Lord's house, even in the midst of thee, O Jerusalem.
Praise the Lord.

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

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

Or, Psalm cxxvii. Nisi Dominus.

ijlXCEPT the Lord build the house : their labour is but lost that
JJJ build it.

Except the Lord keep the city : the watchman waketh but
in vain.

It is but lost labour that ye haste to rise up early, and so late
take rest, and eat the bread of carefulness : for so he giveth his
beloved sleep.

Lo, children and the fruit of the womb : are an heritage and gift
that cometh of the Lord.

Like as the arrows in the hand of the giant : even so are the
young children.

Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them : they
shall not be ashamed when they speak with their enemies in
the gate.

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

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

1T Then the Priest shall say,

Let us pray.

Lord, have mercy upon us.

Christ, have mercy upon iis.
Lord, have mercy upon us.

THE CHURCHING OF WOMEN.

Minister. O Lord, save this woman thy servant ;

Answer. Who putteth her trust in thee.

Minister. Be thou to her a strong tower ;

Answer. From the face of her enemy.

Minister. Lord, hear our prayer.

Answer. And let our cry come unto thee.

Minister. Let us pray.

O ALMIGHTY God, we give thee humble thanks for that thou
hast vouchsafed to deliver this woman thy servant from the
great pain and peril of Child-birth ; Grant, we beseech thee, most
merciful Father, that she, through thy help, may both faithfully
live, and walk according to thy will, in this life present ; and also
may be partaker of everlasting glory in the life to come ; through
Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

IT The Woman, that cometh to give her Thanks, must offer accustomed Offer-
ings ; and, if there be a Communion, it is convenient that she receive the
holy Communion.

A COMMINATION,

OR DENOUNCING OF GOD'S ANGER AND JUDGEMENTS AGAINST

SINNERS,

WITH CERTAIN PRATERS, TO BE USED ON THE FIRST DAT OF LENT, AND
AT OTHER TIMES, AS THE ORDINARY SHALL APPOINT.

After Morning Prayer, the Litany ended according to the accustomed
manner, the Priest shall, in the Reading-Pew or Pidpit, say,

RETHREN", in the Primitive Church there was a godly
discipline, that, at the beginning of Lent, such persons as
stood convicted of notorious sin were put to open penance, and
punished in this world, that their souls might be saved in the day
of the Lord ; and that others, admonished by their example, might
be the more afraid to offend.

Instead whereof, (until the said discipline may be restored
again, which is much to be wished,) it is thought good, that at
this time (in the presence of you all) should be read the general
sentences of God's cursing against impenitent sinners, gathered
out of the seven and twentieth Chapter of Deuteronomy, and
other places of Scripture ; and that ye should ansM r er to every
Sentence, Amen: To the intent that, being admonished of the
great indignation of God against sinners, ye may the rather be
moved to earnest and true repentance ; and may walk more warily
in these dangerous days ; fleeing from such vices, for which ye
affirm with your own mouths the curse of God to be due.

CURSED is the man that maketh any carved or molten image,
to worship it.

*IT And the people shall answer and say, Amen.

Minister. Cursed is he that curseth his father or mother.
Ansiver. Amen.

Minister. Cursed is he that removeth his neighbour's land-
mark.

Answer. Amen.

A COMMINATION.

Minister. Cursed is he that maketh the blind to go out of
his way.

Answer. Amen.

Minister. Cursed is he that perverteth the judgement of the
stranger, the fatherless, and widow. '

Answer. Amen.

Minister. Cursed is he that smiteth his neighbour secretly.

Answer. Amen.

Minister. Cursed is he that lieth with his neighbour's wife.

Answer. Amen.

Minister. Cursed is he that taketh reward to slay the innocent.

Answer. Amen.

Minister. Cursed is he that putteth his trust in man, and

taketh man for his defence, and in his heart goeth from the
Lord.

Ansiver. Amen.

Minister. Cursed are the unmerciful, fornicators, and adulterers,
covetous persons, idolaters, slanderers, drunkards, and extor-
tioners.

Ansiver. Amen.

Minister.

NOW seeing that all they are accursed (as the prophet
David beareth witness) who do err and go
astray from the commandments of God ; let us
(remembering the dreadful judgement hanging over our heads, and
always ready to fall upon us) return unto our Lord God, with all
contrition and meekness of heart ; bewailing and lamenting our
sinful life, acknowledging and confessing our offences, and seeking
to bring forth worthy fruits of penance. For now is
the axe put unto the root of the trees, so that every
tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast
into the fire. It is a fearful thing to fall into the

, Heb. x. 31.

hands of the living God: he shall pour down rain

upon the sinners, snares, fire and brimstone, storm psaimxLt

and tempest ; this shall be their portion to drink.

For lo, the Lord is come out of his place to visit the ISL VL 21.

wickedness of such as dwell upon the earth. But

who may abide the day of his coming? Who shall

A COMMINATION.

be able to endure when he appeareth? His fan

is in his hand, and he will purge his floor, arid

gather his wheat into the barn ; but he will burn the chaff

with unquenchable fire. The day of the Lord cometh

1 Thess. v. 2, 3. .

as a thief in the night : and when men shall say,
Peace, and all things are safe, then shall sudden destruction come
upon them, as sorrow cometh upon a woman travailing with child,

and they shall not escape. Then shall appear the

wrath of God in the day of vengeance, which ob-
stinate sinners, through the stubbornness of their heart, have
heaped unto themselves ; which despised the goodness, patience,
and long-sufferance of God, when he calleth them continually

to repentance. Then shall they call upon me, fsaith

Prov i 23 30

the Lord,) but I will not hear; they shall seek me
early, but they shall not find me; and that, because they hated
knowledge, and received not the fear of the Lord, but abhorred

my counsel, and despised my correction. Then shall

it be too late to knock when the door shall be

shut; and too late to cry for mercy when it is the time of

justice. terrible voice of most just judgement, which shall be

pronounced upon them, when it shall be said unto them, Go,

Matt xxv. . ye cursed, into the fire everlasting, which is prepared

for the devil and his angels. Therefore, brethren,

2 cor. vi.2. take we heed betime, while the day of salvation

lasteth; for the night cometh, when none can work.

joim'ix.4,5. But let us, while we have the light, believe in the

light, and walk as children of the light ; that we

Matt. xxv. 30.

be not cast into utter darkness, where is weeping
and gnashing of teeth. Let us not abuse the goodness of God,
who calleth us mercifully to amendment, and of his endless pity
promiseth us forgiveness of that which is past, if with a perfect

and true heart we return unto him. For though our

Isai. i. 13. , i,n -iiii

sins be as red as scarlet, they shall be made white

as snow ; and though they be like purple, yet they shall be made

white as wool. Turn ye (saith the Loird) from all

Ezck.xviii. 30-32. . V

your wickedness, and your sin shall not be your
destruction : Cast away from you all your ungodliness that ye have
done : Make you new hearts, and a new spirit : Wherefore will

A COMMINATION.

ye die, ye house of Israel, seeing that I have no pleasure in
the death of him that dieth, saith the Lord God ? Turn ye then,
and ye shall live. Although we have sinned, yet have
we an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the
righteous ; and he is the propitiation for our sins. For
he was wounded for our offences, and smitten for our
wickedness. Let us therefore return unto him, who is the merciful
receiver of all true penitent sinners ; assuring ourselves that he is
ready to receive us, and most willing to pardon us, if we come unto
him with faithful repentance ; if we submit ourselves unto him,
and from henceforth walk in his ways ; if we will take

V 1 j v n v. j f 11 Matt. xi. 29, 30.

his easy yoke, and light burden upon us, to follow
him in lowliness, patience, and charity, and be ordered by the
governance of his Holy Spirit ; seeking always his glory, and
serving him duly in our vocation with thanksgiving : This if we do,
Christ will deliver us from the curse of the law, and from the ex-
treme malediction which shall light upon them that shall be set on
the left hand ; and he will set us on his right hand,
and give us the gracious benediction of his Father,
commanding us to take possession of his glorious kingdom : Unto
which he vouchsafe to bring us all, for his infinite mercy. Amen.

1T Tlien shall they all kneel upon tJteir knees, and the Priest and Clerks
^kneeling (in the place icltere tltey are accustomed to say tJte Litany] shall
say this Psalm.

Miserere mei, Deus. Psalm li.

HAVE mercy upon me, God, after thy great goodness : ac-
cording to the multitude of thy mercies do away mine offences.

Wash me throughly from my wickedness : and cleanse me from
my sin.

For I acknowledge my faults : and my sin is ever before me.

Against thee only have I sinned, and done this evil in thy sight :
that thou mightest be justified in thy saying, and clear when thou
art judged.

Behold, I was shapen in wickedness : and in sin hath my mother
conceived me.

But lo, thou requirest truth in the inward parts : and shalt make
me to understand wisdom secretly.

Thou shalt purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean : thou
shalt wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.

A COMMINATION.

Thou shalt make me hear of joy and gladness : that the bones
which thou hast broken may rejoice.

Turn thy face away from my sins : and put out all my misdeeds.

Make me a clean heart, O God : and renew a right spirit within
me.

Cast me not away from thy presence : and take not thy Holy
Spirit from me.

give me the comfort of thy help again : and stablish me with
thy free Spirit

Then shall I teach thy ways unto the wicked : and sinners shall
be converted unto thee.

Deliver me from blood-guiltiness, O God, thou that art the God
of my health : and my tongue shall sing of thy righteousness.

Thou shalt open my lips, O Lord : and my mouth shall shew thy
praise.

For thou desirest no sacrifice, else would I give it thee : but thou
delightest not in burnt-offerings.

The sacrifice of God is a troubled spirit : a broken and contrite
heart, God, shalt thou not despise.

be favourable and gracious unto Sion : build thou the walls of
Jerusalem.

Then shalt thou be pleased with the sacrifice of righteousness,
with the burnt-offerings and oblations : then shall they offer young
bullocks upon thine altar.

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

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

Lord, have mercy upon us.

Christ, have mercy upon us,
Lord, have mercy upon us.

A COMMINATION.

Answer. And evermore mightily defend them.
Minister. Help us, O God our Saviour.

Answer. And for the glory of thy Name deliver us ; be merciful
to us sinners, for thy Name's sake.
Minister. O Lord, hear our prayer.
Answer. And let our cry come unto thee.

Minister. Let us pray.

OLORD, 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.

OMOST mighty God, and merciful Father, who hast compas-
sion upon all men, and hatest nothing that thou hast made ;
who wouldest not the death of a sinner, but that he should rather
turn from his sin, and be saved ; Mercifully forgive us our 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 forgive sins. Spare us therefore, good
Lord, spare thy people, whom thou hast redeemed ; enter not into
judgement with thy servants, who are vile earth, and miserable
sinners ; but so turn thine anger from us, who meekly acknowledge
our vileness, and truly repent us of our faults, and so make haste
to help us in this world, that we may ever live with thee in the
world to come ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

IT Then sJtatt tJie people say tJiis that fulloweth, after the Minister.

f MURN thou us, good Lord, and so shall we be turned. Be
I favourable, Lord, Be favourable to thy people, Who turn to
thee in weeping, fasting, and praying. For thou art a merciful
God, Full of compassion, Long-suffering, and of great pity. Thou
sparest when we deserve punishment, And in thy wrath thinkest
upon mercy. Spare thy people, good Lord, spare them, And let
not thine heritage be brought to confusion. Hear us, Lord, for
thy mercy is great, And after the multitude of thy mercies look
upon us ; Through the merits and mediation of thy blessed Son,
Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

IT Then the Minister alone shall say,

THE Lord bless us, and keep us ; the Lord lift up the light
of his countenance upon us, and give us peace, now and
tor evermore. Amen.

THE

PSALMS OF DAVID.

THE FIRST DAY.

PSALM I. Beatus vir, qui non abiit fyc.

BLESSED is the man that hath not
walked in the counsel of the ungodly,
nor stood in the way of sinners : and hath
not sat in the seat of the scornful.

2 But his delight is in the law of the
Lord : and in his law will he exercise
himself day and night.

3 And he shall be like a tree planted by
the 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 judgement : neither the sin-
ners in the congregation of the righteous.

7 But the Lord knoweth the way of the
righteous : and the way of the ungodly shall
perish.

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DAY 1. PSALM II.

PSALM II. Quare fremuerunt gentes

WHY 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 their cords from us.

4 He that dwelleth in heaven shall
laugh them to scorn : the Lord shall have
them in derision.

5 Then shall he speak unto them in his
wrath : and vex them in his sore displeasure.

6 Yet have I set my King : upon my
holy hill of Sion.

7 I will preach the law, whereof the
Lord hath said unto me : Thou art my
Son, this day have I begotten thee.

8 Desire of me, and I shall give thee the
heathen for thine inheritance : and the 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
potter's vessel.

10 Be wise now therefore, ye kings : be
learned, ye that are judges of the earth.

11 Serve the Lord in fear : and rejoice
unto him with reverence.

12 Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and

PSALM III. IV. DAY 1.

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 f

E>RD, how are they increased that trouble
me : many are they that rise against me.

2 Many one there be that say of my soul :
There is no help for him in his God.

3 But thou, Lord, art my defender :
thou art my worship, and the lifter up of
my head.

4 I did call upon the Lord with my
voice : and he heard me out of his holy hill.

5 I laid me down and slept, and rose up
again : for the Lord sustained me.

6 I will not be afraid for ten thousands
of the people : that have set themselves
against me round about.

7 Up, Lord, and help me, 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.

PSALM IV. Cum invocarem.

HEAR me when I call, 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 ye sons of men, how long will ye

DAY 1. PSALM V.

blaspheme mine honour : and have such
pleasure in vanity, and seek after leasing ?

3 Know this also, that the Lord hath chosen
to himself the man that is godly : when I call
upon the Lord, he will hear me.

4 Stand in awe, and sin not : commune
with your own heart, and in your chamber,
and be still.

5 Offer the sacrifice of righteousness : and
put your trust in the Lord.

6 There be many that say : Who will shew
us any good ?

7 Lord, lift thou up : the light of thy
countenance upon us.

8 Thou hast put gladness in my heart :
since the time that their corn, and wine, and
oil, increased.

9 I will lay me down in peace, and take
my rest : for it is thou, Lord, only, that

makest me dwell in safety.

PSALM V. Verba mea auribus.

PONDER my words, Lord : consider
my meditation.

2 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,
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

PSALM V. DAY 1.

pleasure in wickedness : neither shall any
evil dwell with thee.

5 Such as be foolish shall not stand in thy
sight : for thou hatest all them that work
vanity.

6 Thou shalt destroy them that speak
leasing : the Lord will abhor both the 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, Lord, in thy righteousness,
because of mine enemies : make thy way plain
before my face.

9 For there is no faithfulness in his mouth :
their inward parts are very wickedness.

10 Their throat is an open sepulchre : they
flatter with their tongue.

11 Destroy thou them, God; let them
perish through their own imaginations : cast
them out in the multitude of their ungodli-
ness ; for they have rebelled against thee.

1 2 And let all them that put their trust
in thee rejoice : they shall ever be giving
of thanks, because thou defendest them ;
they that love thy Name shall be joyful in
thee ;

13 For thou, Lord, wilt give thy blessing
unto the righteous : and with thy favourable

DAY 1. PSALM VI.

kindness wilt thou defend him as with a
shield.

(gkmttg l^ajjer*

PSALM VI. Domzne, ne in furore.

OLORD, rebuke me not in thine indig-
nation : neither chasten me in thy
displeasure.

2 Have mercy upon me, Lord, for I am
weak : 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, Lord, and deliver my soul :
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 trouble :
and worn away because of all mine enemies.

8 Away from me, all ye that work vanity :
for the Lord hath heard the voice of my
weeping.

9 The Lord hath heard my petition : the
Lord will receive my prayer.

10 All mine enemies shall be confounded,
and sore vexed : they shall be turned back,
and put to shame suddenly.

PSALM VII. DAY 1.

PSALM VII. Domine, Deus meus.

OLORD my God, in thee have I put my
trust : save me from all them that
persecute 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 Lord my God, if I have done any such
thing : or if there be any wickedness in my
hands ;

4 If I have rewarded evil unto him that
dealt friendly with me : yea, I have delivered
him that without any cause is mine enemy ;

5 Then let mine enemy persecute my soul,
and take me : yea, let him tread my life down
upon the earth , and lay mine honour in the dust.

6 Stand up, Lord, in thy wrath, and lift
up thyself, because of the indignation of mine
enemies : arise up for me in the judgement
that thou hast commanded.

7 And so shall the congregation of the
people come about thee : for their sakes
therefore lift up thyself again.

8 The Lord shall judge the people ; give
sentence with me, Lord : according to
my righteousness, and according to the
innocency that is in me.

9 let the wickedness of the ungodly
come to an end : but guide thou the just.

10 For the righteous God : trieth the very
hearts and reins.

DA*!. PSALM VIII.

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 ihe 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.

PSALM VIII. Domine, Dominus noster.

OLORD 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 and
sucklings hast thou ordained strength, be-
cause of thine enemies : that thou mightest
still the enemy, and the avenger.

PSALM IX. DAY 2.

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 the seas.

9 Lord our Governor : how excellent is
thy Name in all the world !

PSALM IX. Covfitebor tibi.

I WILL give thanks unto thee, 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, 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

DAY 2, PSALM IX.

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 thou enemy, destructions are come
to a perpetual end : even as the cities which
thou hast destroyed ; their memorial is
perished with them.

7 But the Lord shall endure for ever : he
hath also prepared his seat for judgement.

8 For he shall judge the world in right-
eousness : and minister true judgement unto
the people.

9 The Lord also will be a defence for the
oppressed : even a refuge in due time of
trouble.

10 And they that know thy Name will
put their trust in thee : for thou, Lord, hast
never failed them that seek thee.

11 praise the Lord which dwelleth in
Sion : shew the people of his doings.

12 For, when he maketh inquisition for
blood, he remembereth them : and forgetteth
not the complaint of the poor.

13 Have mercy upon me, 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 shew all thy praises within

PSALM X. DAY 2.

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 judge-
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
forgotten : the patient abiding of the meek
shall not perish for ever.

19 Up, Lord, and let not man have the upper
hand : let the heathen be judged in thy sight.

20 Put them in fear, Lord : that the
heathen may know themselves to be but men.

PSALM X. Ut quid, Domine f

WHY standest thou so far off, Lord :
and hidest thy face in the needful
time of trouble ?

2 The ungodly for his own lust doth per-
secute the poor : let them be taken in the
crafty wiliness that they have imagined.

3 For the ungodly hath made boast of his
own heart's desire : and speaketh good of
the covetous, whom God abhorreth.

4 The ungodly is so proud, that he careth
not for God : neither is God in all his thoughts.

5 His ways are alway grievous : thy judge-

DAY 2, PSALM X.

ments 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 corners
of the streets : and privily in his lurking dens
doth he murder the innocent ; his eyes are
set against the poor.

9 For he lieth waiting secretly, even as a
lion lurketh he in his den : that he may
ravish the poor.

10 He doth ravish the poor : when he
getteth him into his net.

11 He falleth down, and humbleth him-
self : that the congregation of the poor may
fall into the hands of his captains.

12 He hath said in his heart, Tush, God
hath forgotten : he hideth away his face, and
he will never see it.

13 Arise, Lord God, and lift up thine
hand : forget not the poor.

14 Wherefore should the wicked blaspheme
God : while he doth say in his heart, Tush,
thou God carest not for it.

15 Surely thou hast seen it : for thou
beholdest ungodliness and wrong.

PSALM XI. DAY 2.

16 .That thou mayest take the matter into
thine hand : the poor committeth himself
unto thee ; for thou art the helper of the
friendless.

17 Break thou the power of the ungodly
and malicious : take away his ungodliness,
and thou shalt find none.

18 The Lord is King for ever and ever :
and the heathen are perished out of the land.

19 Lord, thou hast heard the desire of the
poor : thou preparest their heart, and thine
ear hearkeneth thereto ;

20 To help the fatherless and poor unto
their right : that the man of the earth be no
more exalted against them.

PSALM XI. In Domino confido.

IN the Lord put I my trust : how say ye
then to my soul, that she should flee as
a bird unto the hill ?

2 For lo, the ungodly bend their bow, and
make ready their arrows within the quiver :
that they may privily shoot at them which
are true of heart.

3 For the foundations will be cast down :
and what hath the righteous done ?

4 The Lord is in his holy temple : the
Lord's seat is in heaven.

5 His eyes consider the poor : and his eye-
lids try the children of men.

6 The Lord alloweth the righteous : but

DAY 2. PSALM XII.

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 righteous-
ness : his countenance will behold the thing
that is just.

PSALM XII. Salvum mefac.

HELP me, Lord, for there is not one godly
man left : for the faithful are minished
from among the children of men.

2 They talk of vanity every one with his
neighbour : 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 our tongue will
we prevail : we are they that ought to speak,
who is lord over us ?

5 Now for the comfortless troubles' sake
of the needy : and because of the deep 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.

PSALM XIII. XIV. DAY 2.

8 Thou shalt keep them, 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, Dominef

HOW long wilt thou forget me, 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 ?

3 Consider, and hear me, Lord my God :
lighten mine eyes, that I sleep not in death.

4 Lest mine enemy say, I have prevailed
against him : for if I be cast down, they that
trouble me will rejoice at it.

5 But my trust is in thy mercy : and my
heart is joyful in thy salvation.

6 I will sing of the Lord, because he hath
dealt so lovingly with me : yea, I will praise
the Name of the Lord most Highest.

PSALM XIV. Dixit insipiens.

THE fool hath said in his heart : There is
no God.

2 They are corrupt, and become abomina-
ble in their doings : there is none that doeth
good, no not one.

3 The Lord looked down from heaven

DAY 2. PSALM XIV.

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 poison
of asps is under their lips.

.6 Their mouth is full of cursing and bitter-
ness : their feet are swift to shed blood.

7 Destruction and unhappiness is in their
ways, and the way of peace have they not
known : there is no fear of God before their
eyes.

8 Have they no knowledge, that they are
all such workers of mischief : eating up my
people as it were bread, and call not upon
the Lord ?

9 There were they brought in great fear,
even where no fear was : for God is in the
generation of the righteous.

10 As for you, ye have made a mock at the
counsel of the poor : because he putteth his
trust in the Lord.

11 Who shall give salvation unto Israel
out of Sion ? When the Lord turneth the cap-
tivity of his people : then shall Jacob rejoice,
and Israel shall be glad.

PSALM XV. XVI. DAYS.

PSALM XV. Domine, quis habitabit f

ETRD, 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 his
tongue, nor done evil to his neighbour : and
hath not slandered his neighbour.

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 neighbour,
and disappointeth him not : though it were
to his own hindrance.

6 He that hath not given his money upon
usury : nor taken reward against the innocent

7 Whoso doeth these things : shall never
fall.

PSALM XVI. Conserva me, Domine.

PRESERVE me, God : for in thee
have I put my trust.

2 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.

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DAY 3. PSALM XVII.

4 But they that run after another god :
shall have great trouble.

5 Their drink-offerings of blood will I
not offer : neither make mention of their
names within my lips.

6 The Lord himself is the portion of
mine inheritance, and of my cup : thou shalt
maintain my lot.

7 The lot is fallen unto me in a fair
ground : yea, I have a goodly heritage.

8 I will thank the Lord for giving me
warning : my reins also chasten me in the
night-season.

9 I have set God always before me : for
he is on my right hand, therefore I shall
not fall.

10 AYherefore my heart was glad, and my
glory rejoiced : my flesh also shall rest in
hope.

11 For why? thou shalt not leave my
soul in hell : neither shalt thou suffer thy
Holy One to see corruption.

12 Thou shalt shew me the path of life ;
in thy presence is the fulness of joy : and
at thy right hand there is pleasure for
evermore.

PSALM XVII. Exaudi, Domine.

HEAR the right, Lord, consider my
complaint : and hearken unto my
prayer, that goeth not out of feigned lips.

PSALM XVII. DAY 3.

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 shall
not offend.

4 Because of men's works, that are done
against the words of thy lips : I have kept
me from the ways of the destroyer.

5 hold thou up my goings in thy paths :
that my footsteps slip not.

6 I have called upon thee, God, for
thou shalt hear me : incline thine ear to
me, and hearken unto my words.

7 Shew thy marvellous loving-kindness,
thou that art the Saviour of them which
put their trust in thee : from such as resist
thy right hand.

8 Keep me as the apple of an eye : hide
me under the shadow of thy wings,

9 From the ungodly 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 ground ;

12 Like as a lion that is greedy of his

DAY 3. PSALM XVIII.

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 ungodly,
which is a sword of thine ;

14 From the men of thy hand, Lord,
from the men, I say, and from the evil world :
which have their portion in this life, whose
bellies thou fillest with thy hid treasure.

15 They have children at their desire :
and leave the rest of their substance for
their babes.

16 But as for me, I will behold thy pre-
sence in righteousness : and when I awake
up after thy likeness, I shall be satisfied
with it.

PSALM XVIII. Diligam te, Domine.

I WILL love thee, Lord, my strength ;
the Lord is my stony rock, and my
defence : my Saviour, my God, and my
might, in whom I will trust, my buckler, the
horn also of my salvation, and my refuge.

2 I will call upon the Lord, which is wor-
thy 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.

PSALM XVIII. DAY 3.

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.

7 The earth trembled and quaked : the
very foundations also of the hills shook,
and were removed, because he was wroth.

8 There went a smoke out in his 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 cherubins, 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 brightpess of his presence his
clouds removed : hail-stones, and coals of
fire.

13 The Lord also thundered out of hea-
ven, 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.

DAYS. PSALM XVIII.

15 The springs of waters were seen, and
the foundations of the round world were
discovered, at thy chiding, Lord : at the
blasting of the breath of thy displeasure.

16 He shall send down from on high to
fetch me : and shall take me out of many
waters.

17 He shall deliver me from my strongest
enemy, and from them which hate me : for
they are too mighty for me.

18 They prevented me in the day of my
trouble : but the Lord was my upholder.

19 He brought me forth also into a place
of liberty : he brought me forth, even
because he had a favour unto me.

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.

PSALM XVIII. DAY 3.

25 With the holy thou shalt be holy : and
with a perfect man thou shalt be perfect.

26 With the clean thou shalt be clean :
and with the froward thou shalt learn
frowardness.

27 For thou shalt save the people that
are in adversity : and shalt bring down the
high looks of the proud.

28 Thou also shalt light my candle : the
Lord my God shall make my darkness to
be light.

29 For in thee I shall discomfit an host
of men : and with the help of my God I
shall leap over the wall.

30 The way of God is an undefiled way :
the word of 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.

DAY 3. PSALM XVIII.

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
mine enemies under me.

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 hear 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
dissemble with me.

46 The strange children shall fail : and
be afraid out of their prisons.

PSALM XIX. DAY 4.

47 The Lord liveth, and blessed be my
strong helper : and praised be the God of
my salvation.

48 Even the God that seeth that I be
avenged : and subdueth the people unto me.

49 It is he that delivereth me from my
cruel enemies, and setteth me up above
mine adversaries : thou shalt rid me from
the wicked man.

50 For this cause will I give thanks unto
thee, Lord, among the Gentiles : and sing
praises unto thy Name.

51 Great prosperity giveth he unto his
King : and sheweth loving-kindness unto
David his Anointed, and unto his seed for
evermore.

PSALM XIX. Coeli enarrant.

T MHE heavens declare the glory of God :
J_ and the firmament sheweth 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 bridegroom

DAY 4. PSALM XIX.

out of his chamber, and rejoiceth as a giant
to run his course.

6 It goeth forth from the uttermost part
of the heaven, and runneth about unto the
end of it again : and there is nothing hid
from the heat thereof.

7 The law of the Lord is an undefiled 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 judgements 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 :
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

PSALM XX. XXI. DAY 4.

meditation of my heart : be alway accept-
able in thy sight,

15 Lord : my strength, and my redeemer.

PSALM XX. Exaudiat te Dominus.

THE Lord hear thee in the day of trouble : the
Name of the God of Jacob defend thee;

2 Send thee help from the sanctuary :
and strengthen thee out of Sion ;

3 Remember all thy offerings : and 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, King of
heaven : when we call upon thee.

PSALM XXI. Domine, in virtute tua.

r MHE King shall rejoice in thy strength,
JL Lord : exceeding glad shall he be of
thy salvation.

DAY 4. PSALM XXI.

2 Thou hast given him his heart's desire :
and hast not denied him the request of his
lips.

3 For thou shalt prevent him with the
blessings of goodness : and shalt set a crown
of pure gold upon his head.

4 He asked life of thee, and thou gavest
him a long life : even for ever and ever.

5 His honour is great in 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.

PSALM XXII. DAY 4.

12 Therefore shalt thou put them to
flight : and the strings of thy bow shalt thou
make ready against the face of them.

13 Be thou exalted, Lord, in thine own
strength : so will we sing, and praise thy
power.

PSALM XXII. Deus, Deus meus.

MY 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 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 : thou wor-
ship 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

DAY 4. PSALM XXII.

deliver him : let him deliver him, if he will
have him.

9 But thou art he that took me out of
my mother's womb : thou wast my hope,
when I hanged yet upon my mother's breasts.

10 I have been left unto thee ever since
I was born : thou art my God even from my
mother's womb.

11 go not from me, for trouble is
hard at hand : and there is none to help me.

12 Many oxen are come about me : fat
bulls of Basan close me in on every side.

13 They gape upon me with their mouths :
as it were a ramping and a roaring lion.

141 am poured out like water, and all my
bones are out of joint : my heart also in the
midst of my body is even like melting wax.

15 My strength is dried up like a potsherd,
and my tongue cleaveth to my gums : and
thou shalt bring me into the dust of death.

16 For many dogs are come about me :
and the council of the wicked layeth siege
against me.

17 They pierced my hands and my feet ;
I may tell all my bones : they stand staring
and looking upon me.

18 They part my garments among them :
and cast lots upon my vesture.

19 But be not thou far from me, Lord :
thou art my succour, haste thee to help me.

PSALM XXII. DAY 4.

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 horns of
the unicorns.

22 I will declare thy Name unto my
brethren : in the midst of the congregation
will I praise thee.

23 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

DAY 4. PSALM XXIII.

shall kneel before him : and no man hath
quickened his own soul.

31 My seed shall serve him : they shall be
counted unto the Lord for a generation.

32 They shall come, and the heavens shall
declare his righteousness : unto a people
that shall be born, whom the Lord hath
made.

PSALM XXIII. Dominus regit me.

fllHE Lord is my shepherd : therefore
J_ 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 me all the days of my life :
and I will dwell in the house of the Lord for
ever.

PSALM XXIV- DAY5.

PSALM XXIV. Domini est terra.

THE 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 unto
vanity, nor sworn to deceive his neighbour.

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,
Jacob.

7 Lift up your heads, ye gates, and be
ye lift up, ye everlasting doors : and the
King of glory shall come in.

8 Who is the King of glory : it is the
Lord strong and mighty, even the Lord
mighty in battle.

9 Lift up your heads, ye gates, and be
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.

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DAY 5. PSALM XXV.

PSALM XXV. Ad te, Domine, levavi.

UNTO thee, Lord, will I lift up my
soul ; my God, I have put my trust in
thee : 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 without
a cause shall be put to confusion.

3 Shew me thy ways, 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, Lord, thy
tender mercies : and thy loving-kindnesses,
which have been ever of old.

6 remember not the sins and offences
of my youth : but according to thy mercy
think thou upon me, Lord, for thy
goodness.

7 Gracious and righteous is the Lord :
therefore will he teach sinners in the way.

8 Them that are meek shall he guide in
judgement : and such as are gentle, them
shall he learn his way.

9 All the paths of the Lord are mercy
and truth : unto such as keep his covenant,
and his testimonies.

10 For thy Name's sake, Lord : be mer-
ciful unto my sin, for it is great.

PSALM XXVI. DAY 5.

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 shew them his
covenant.

14 Mine eyes are ever looking unto the
Lord : for he shall pluck my feet out of the net.

15 Turn thee unto me, and have mercy
upon me : for I am desolate, and in misery.

16 The sorrows of my heart are enlarged :
bring thou me out of my troubles.

17 Look upon my adversity and misery :
and forgive me all my sin.

18 Consider mine enemies, how many
they are : and they bear a tyrannous hate
against me.

19 keep my soul, and deliver me : let
me not be confounded, for I have put my
trust in thee.

20 Let perfectness and righteous dealing
wait upon me : for my hope hath been in thee.

21 Deliver Israel, God : out of all his
troubles.

PSALM XXVI. Judica me, Domine.

BE thou my Judge, Lord, for I have
walked innocently : my trust hath been
also in the Lord, therefore shall I not fall.

DAY 5. PSALM XXVII.

2 Examine me, Lord, and prove me :
try out my reins and my heart.

3 For thy loving-kindness is ever before
mine eyes : and I will walk in thy truth.

4 I have not dwelt with vain persons :
neither will I have fellowship with the
deceitful.

5 I have hated the congregation of the
wicked : and will not sit among the
ungodly.

6 I will wash my hands in innocency,
Lord : and so will I go to thine altar ;

7 That I may shew 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
honour dwelleth.

9 shut not up my soul with the
sinners : nor my life with the blood-thirsty ;

10 In whose hands is wickedness : and
their right hand is full of gifts.

11 But as for me, I will walk innocently :
deliver me, and be merciful unto me.

12 My foot standeth right : I will praise
the Lord in the congregations.

PSALM XXVII. Dominus illuminatio.

HE Lord is my light, and my salvation ;
whom then shall I fear : the Lord is

PSALM XXVII. DAY 5.

the strength of my life ; of whom then
shall I be afraid?

2 When the wicked, even mine enemies,
and my foes, came upon me to eat up my
flesh : they stumbled and fell.

3 Though an host of men were laid
against me, yet shall not my heart be
afraid : and though there rose up war against
me, yet will I put my trust in him.

4 One thing have I desired of the Lord,
which I will require : even that I may dwell
in the house of the Lord all the days of
my life, to behold the fair beauty of the
Lord, and to visit his temple.

5 For in the time of trouble he shall hide
me in his tabernacle : yea, in the secret
place of his dwelling shall he hide me,
and set me up upon a rock of stone.

6 And now shall he lift up mine head :
above mine enemies round about me.

7 Therefore will 1 offer in his dwelling
an oblation with great gladness : I will
sing, and speak praises.. unto the Lord.

8 Hearken unto my voice, 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 hide not thou thy face from me :
nor cast thy servant away in displeasure.

DAY 5. PSALM XXVIII.

11 Thou hast been my succour : leave
me not, neither forsake me, God of my
salvation.

12 When my father and my mother
forsake me : the Lord taketh me up.

13 Teach me thy way, Lord : and lead
me in the right way, because of mine enemies.

14 Deliver me not over into the will of
mine adversaries : for there are false 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 tarry thou the Lord's leisure : be
strong, and he shall comfort thine heart;
and put thou thy trust in the Lord.

PSALM XXVIII. A d te, Domine.

UNTO thee will I cry, Lord my
strength : think no scorn of me ; lest,
if thou make as though thou hearest not, I
become like them that go down into the pit.

2 Hear the \ oie^e of my^teMHbJe petitions,
when I cry unto thee : when I hold up my
hands towards the mercy-seat of thy holy
temple.

3 pluck me not away, neither destroy
me with the ungodly and wicked doers :
which speak friendly to their neighbours,
but imagine mischief in their hearts.

PSALM XXIX. DAY 5.

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
deserved.

6 For they regard not in their mind the
works of the Lord, nor the operation of
his hands : therefore shall he break them
down, and not build them up.

7 Praised be the Lord : for he hath
heard the voice of my humble petitions.

8 The Lord is my strength, and my
shield ; my heart hath trusted in him, and
I am helped : therefore my heart danceth
for joy, and in my song will I praise him.

9 The Lord is my strength : and he is the
wholesome defence of his Anointed.

10 save thy people, and give thy
blessing unto thine inheritance : feed them,
and set them up for ever.

PSALM XXIX. Afferte Domino.

BRING unto the Lord, ye mighty,
bring young rams unto the Lord :
ascribe unto the Lord worship and strength.

2 Give the Lord the honour due unto his
Name : worship the Lord with holy worship.

3 It is the Lord, that commandeth the
waters : it is the glorious God, that maketh
the thunder.

DAY 6. PSALM XXX.

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 thg Lord breaketh the
cedar-trees : yea, the" Lord breaketh the
cedars of Libanus.

6 He maketh them also to skip like a
calf : Libanus also, and Sirion, like a
young unicorn.

7 The voice of the Lord divideth the
flames of fire ; the voice of the Lord
shaketh the wilderness : yea, the Lord
shaketh the wilderness of Cades.

8 The voice of the Lord maketh the
hinds to bring forth young, and discovereth
the thick bushes : in his temple doth every
man speak of his honour.

9 The Lord sitteth above the water-flood :
and the Lord remaineth a King for ever.

10 The Lord shall give strength unto
his people : the Lord shall give his people
the blessing of peace.

PSALM XXX. Exaltabo te, Domine.

I WILL magnify thee, Lord, for thou
hast set me up : and not made my
foes to triumph over me.

2 Lord my God, I cried unto thee :
and thou hast healed me.

PSALM XXX. DAY 6.

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, 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
goodness hast made my hill so strong.

7 Thou didst turn thy face from me :
and I was troubled.

8 Then cried I unto thee, Lord : and
gat me to my Lord right humbly.

9 What profit is there in my blood :
when I go down to the pit ?

10 Shall the dust give thanks unto
thee : or shall it declare thy truth ?

11 Hear, 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 : my God,
I will give thanks unto thee for ever.

DAY 6. PSALM XXXI.

PSALM XXXI. In te, Domine, speravi.

IN thee, Lord, have I put my trust :
let me never be put to confusion, de-
liver 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, Lord, thou
God of truth.

7 I have hated them that hold of
superstitious vanities : and my trust hath
been in the Lord.

8 I will be glad, and rejoice in thy
mercy : for thou hast considered my 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, Lord, for
I am in trouble : and mine eye is con-
sumed for very heaviness; yea, my soul
and my body.

PSALM XXXI. DAY 6.

11 For my life is waxen old with hea-
viness : and my years with mourning.

12 My strength faileth me, because of
mine iniquity : and my bones are consumed.

13 I became a reproof among all mine
enemies, but especially among my neigh-
bours : 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,
Lord : I have said, Thou art my God.

17 My time is in thy hand; deliver me
from the hand of mine enemies : and from
them that persecute me.

18 Shew thy servant the light of thy
countenance : and save me for thy mercy's
sake.

19 Let me not be confounded, Lord,
for I have called upon thee : let the un-
godly be put to confusion, and be put to
silence in the grave.

20 Let the lying lips be put to silence :

DAY 6. PSALM XXXII.

which cruelly, disdainfully, and despitefully,
speak against the righteous.

21 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 taber-
nacle from the strife of tongues.

23 Thanks be to the Lord : for he hath
shewed me marvellous great kindness in a
strong city.

24 And when I made haste, 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 love the Lord, all ye his saints : for
the Lord preserveth them that are faithful,
and plenteously rewardeth the proud doer.

27 Be strong, and he shall establish your
heart : all ye that put your trust in the
Lord.

PSALM XXXII. Beati, quorum.

LESSED is he whose unrighteousness
is forgiven : and whose sin is covered.
2 Blessed is the man unto whom the Lord

PSALM XXXII. DAY 6.

imputeth no sin : and in whose spirit there
is no guile.

3 For while I held my tongue : my bones
consumed away through my daily com-
plaining.

4 For thy hand is heavy upon me day
and night : and my moisture is like the
drought in summer.

5 I will acknowledge my sin unto thee :
and mine unrighteousness have I not hid.

6 I said, I will confess my sins unto the
Lord : and so thou forgavest the wickedness
of my sin.

7 For this shall every one 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 rue in, thou
shalt preserve me from trouble : thou shalt
compass me about with songs of deliverance.

9 I will inform thee, and teach thee in
the way wherein thou shalt go : and I will
guide thee with mine eye.

10 Be ye not like to horse and mule,
which have no understanding : whose mouths
must be held with bit and bridle, lest they
fall upon thee.

11 Great plagues remain for the ungodly :
but whoso putteth his trust in the Lord,
mercy embraceth him on every side.

DAY 6. PSALM XXXIII.

12 Be glad, ye righteous, and rejoice
in the Lord : and be joyful, all ye that are
true of heart.

PSALM XXXIII. Exultatejusti.

REJOICE in the Lord, ye righteous :
for it becometh 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 courage.

4 For the word of the Lord is true : and
all his works are faithful.

5 He loveth righteousness and judgement :
the earth is full of the goodness of the Lord.

6 By the word of the Lord were the hea-
vens made : and all the hosts of them by the
breath of his mouth.

7 He gathereth the waters of the sea
together, as it were upon an heap : and
layeth up the deep, as in a treasure-house.

8 Let all the earth fear the Lord : stand
in awe of him, all ye that dwell in the world.

9 For he spake, and it was done : he
commanded, and it stood fast.

10 The Lord bringeth the counsel of the
heathen to nought : and maketh the devices
of the people to be of none effect, and
casteth out the counsels of princes.

PSALM XXXIII. DAY 6.

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 inherit-
ance.

13 The Lord looked down from heaven,
and beheld all the children of men : from
the habitation of his dwelling he considereth
all them that dwell on the earth.

14 He fashioneth all the hearts of them :
and understandeth all their works.

15 There is no king that can be saved by
the multitude of an host : neither is any
mighty man delivered by much strength.

16 A horse is counted but a vain thing to
save a man : neither shall he deliver any
man by his great strength.

17 Behold, the eye of the Lord is upon
them that fear him : and upon them that
put their trust in his mercy ;

18 To deliver their soul from death : and
to feed them in the time of dearth.

19 Our soul hath patiently tarried for the
Lord : for he is our help, and our shield.

20 For our heart shall rejoice in him :
because we have hoped in his holy Name.

21 Let thy merciful kindness, Lord, be
upon us : like as we do put our trust in thee.

DAY 6. PSALM XXXIV.

PSALM XXXIV. Benedicam Domino.

I WILL alway give thanks unto the Lord 5 :
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 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
about them that fear him : and delivereth
them.

8 taste, and see, how gracious the Lord
is : blessed is the man that trusteth in him.

9 fear the Lord, ye that are his saints :
for they that fear him lack nothing.

10 The lions do lack, and suffer hunger :
but they who seek the Lord shall want no
manner of thing that is good.

11 Come, ye children, and hearken unto
me : I will teach you the fear of the Lord.

12 What man is he that lusteth to live :
and would fain see good days ?

13 Keep thy tongue from evil : and thy
lips, that they speak no guile.

PSALM XXXV. DAY?.

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
their 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 righteous :
but the Lord delivereth him out of all.

20 He keepeth all his bones : so that not
one of them is broken.

21 But misfortune shall slay the ungodly :
and they that hate the righteous shall be
desolate.

22 The Lord delivereth the souls of his
servants : and all they that put their trust
in him shall not be destitute.

rayer,

PSALM XXXV. Judica, Domine.

PLEAD thou my cause, Lord, witli
them that strive with me : and fight
thou against them that fight against me.

252

DAY 7. PSALM XXXV.

2 Lay hand upon the shield and buckler :
and stand up to help me.

3 Bring forth the spear, and stop the
way against them that persecute me : say
unto my soul, I am thy salvation.

4 Let them be confounded, and put to
shame, that seek after my soul : let them
be turned back, and brought to confusion,
that imagine mischief for me.

5 Let them be as the dust before the
wind : and the angel of the Lord scattering
them.

6 Let their way be dark and slippery :
and let the angel of the Lord persecute
them.

7 For they have privily laid their net to
destroy me without a cause : yea, even
without a cause have they made a pit for
my soul.

8 Let a sudden 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 ?

PSALM XXXV. DAY 7.

11 False witnesses did rise up : they laid
to my charge things that I knew not.

12 They rewarded me evil for good : to
the great discomfort of my soul.

13 Nevertheless, when they were sick, I
put on sackcloth, and humbled my soul
with fasting : and my prayer shall turn into
mine own bosom.

14 I behaved myself as though it had been
my friend, or my brother : I went heavily,
as one that mourneth for his mother.

15 But in mine adversity they rejoiced, and
gathered themselves together : yea, the very
abjects came together against me unawares,
making mouths at me, and ceased not.

16 With the flatterers were busy mockers :
who gnashed upon me with their teeth.

17 Lord, how long wilt thou look upon
this : deliver my soul from the calamities
which they bring on me, and my darling
from the lions.

18 So will I give thee thanks in the
great congregation : I will praise thee among
much people.

19 let not them that are mine enemies tri-
umph 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.

DAY 7. PSALM XXXVI.

21 They gaped upon me with their mouths,
and said : Fie on thee, fie on thee, we saw
it with our eyes.

22 This thou hast seen, Lord : hold not
thy tongue then, go not far from me, Lord.

23 Awake, and stand up to judge my
quarrel : avenge thou my cause, my God,
and my Lord.

24 Judge me, Lord my God, according
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-
honour, 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 talk-
ing of thy righteousness : and of thy praise
all the day long.

PSALM XXXVI. Dixit injustm.

MY heart sheweth me the wickedness of
the ungodly : that there is no fear of
God before his eyes.

2 For he flattereth himself in his own

PSALM XXXVI. DAY 7.

sight : until his abominable sin be found
out.

3 The words of his mouth are unrighteous,
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 any thing that is evil.

5 Thy mercy, Lord, reacheth unto the
heavens : and thy faithfulness unto the clouds.

6 Thy righteousness standeth like the
strong mountains : thy judgements are like
the great deep.

7 Thou, Lord, shalt save both man and
beast ; How excellent is thy mercy, 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 continue forth thy loving-kindness
unto them that know thee : and thy right-
eousness unto them that are true of heart.

11 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

DAY 7. PSALM XXXVII.

wickedness : they are cast down, and shall
not be able to stand.

PSALM XXXVII. Noli wmulari.

FRET not thyself because of the ungodly :
neither be thou envious against the
evildoers.

2 For they shall soon be cut down like
the grass : and be withered even as the green
herb.

3 Put thou thy trust in the Lord, and be
doing good : dwell in the land, and verily
thou shalt be fed.

4 Delight thou in the Lord : and he shall
give thee thy heart's desire.

5 Commit thy way unto the Lord, and
put thy trust in him : and he shall bring it
to pass.

6 He shall make thy righteousness as clear
as the light : and thy just dealing as the
noon-day.

7 Hold thee still in the Lord, and abide
patiently upon him : but grieve not thyself
at him, whose way doth prosper, against the
man that doeth after evil counsels.

8 Leave off from wrath, and let go dis-
pleasure : fret not thyself, else shalt thou
be moved to do evil.

9 Wicked doers shall be rooted out : and

PSALM XXXVII. DAY 7.

they that patiently abide the Lord, those
shall inherit the land.

10 Yet a little while, and the ungodly
shall be clean gone : thou shalt look after
his place, and he shall be away.

11 But the meek-spirited shall possess the
earth : and shall be refreshed in the multitude
of peace.

12 The ungodly seeketh counsel against
the just : and gnasheth upon him with his
teeth.

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
righteous.

18 The Lord knoweth the days of the
godly : and their inheritance shall endure for
ever.

19 They shall not be confounded in the
perilous time : and in the days of dearth
they shall have enough.

DAY 7. PSALM XXXVII.

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 possess
the land : and they that are cursed of him
shall be rooted out.

23 The Lord ordereth a good man's 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.

PSALM XXXVII. DAY 7.

31 The mouth of the righteous is exercised
in wisdom : and his tongue will be talking
of judgement.

32 The law of his God is in his heart :
and his goings shall not slide.

33 The ungodly seeth the righteous : and
seeketh occasion to slay him.

34 The Lord will not leave him in his
hand : nor condemn him when he is judged.

35 Hope thou in the Lord, and keep his
way, and he shall promote thee, that thou
shalt possess the land : when the ungodly
shall perish, thou shalt see it.

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

DAY 8. PSALM XXXVIII.

ungodly, and shall- save them, because they
put their trust in him.

PSALM XXXVIII. Domine, ne in furore.

PUT me not to rebuke, Lord, in thine
anger : neither chasten me in thy heavy
displeasure.

2 For thine arrows stick fast in me : and
thy hand presseth me sore.

3 There is no health in my flesh, because
of thy displeasure : neither is there any rest
in my bones, by reason of my sin.

4 For my wickednesses are gone over my
head : and are like a sore burden, too heavy
for me to bear.

5 My wounds stink, and are corrupt :
through my foolishness.

6 I am brought into so great trouble and
misery : that I go mourning all the day long.

7 For my loins are filled with a sore
disease : and there is no whole part in my
body.

8 I am feeble, and sore smitten : I have
roared for the very disquietness of my heart.

9 Lord, thou knowest all my desire : and
my groaning is not hid from thee.

10 My heart panteth, my strength hath
failed me : and the sight of mine eyes is
gone from me.

PSALM XXXVIII. DAY 8.

11 My lovers and my neighbours 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
heard not : and as one that is dumb, who
doth not open his mouth.

14 I became even as a man that hear-
eth not : and in whose mouth are no
reproofs.

15 For in thee, Lord, have I put my
trust : thou shalt answer for me, Lord my
God.

16 I have required that they, even mine
enemies, should not triumph over me : for
when my foot slipped, they rejoiced greatly
against me.

17 And I, truly, am set in the plague :
and my heaviness is ever in my sight.

1.8 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 gocd are
against me : because I follow the thing that
good is.

DAY 8. PSALM XXXIX.

21 Forsake me not, Lord my God : be
not thou far from me.

22 Haste thee to help me : Lord God
of my salvation.

PSALM XXXIX. Dixi, Custodiam.

I 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 :
I kept silence, yea, even from good words ;
but it was pain arid 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 mine 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.

PSALM XL. DAYS.

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 Hear my prayer, Lord, and with
thine ears consider my calling : hold not
thy peace at my tears.

14 For I am a stranger with thee : and a
sojourner, as all my fathers were.

15 spare me a little, that I may recover
my strength : before I go hence, and be no
more seen.

PSALM XL. Expectans expectati.

I WAITED patiently for the Lord : and he
inclined unto me, and heard my calling.

2 He brought me also out of the horrible
pit, out of the mire and clay : and set my
feet upon the rock, and ordered my goings.

3 And he hath put a new song in my
mouth : even a thanksgiving unto our God.

4 Many shall see it, and fear : and shall
put their trust in the Lord.

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.

DAY 8. PSALM XL.

6 Lord my God, great are the wondrous
works which thou hast done, like as be also
thy thoughts which are to us-ward : and yet
there is no man that ordereth them unto
thee.

7 If I should declare them, and speak of
them : they should be more than I am able
to express.

8 Sacrifice, and meat-offering, thou would-
est not : but mine ears hast thou opened.

9 Burnt-offerings, and sacrifice for sin, hast
thou not required : then said I, Lo, I come,

10 In the volume of the book it is written
of me, that I should fulfil thy will, 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, Lord, and that thou knowest.

121 have not hid thy righteousness within
my heart : my talk hath been of thy truth,
and of thy salvation.

13 I have not kept back thy loving mercy
and truth : from the great congregation.

14 Withdraw not thou thy mercy from me,
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,

PSALM XLI. DAY 8.

they are more in number than the hairs of
my head, and my heart hath failed me.

16 Lord, let it be thy pleasure to deliver
me : make haste, 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.

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 joy-
ful and glad in thee : and let such as
love thy salvation say alway, The Lord be
praised.

20 As for me, I am poor and needy : but
the Lord careth for me.

21 Thou art my helper and redeemer :
make no long tarrying, my God.

PSALM XLI. Beatus qui intelligit.

BLESSED is he that considereth the
poor and needy : the Lord shall de-
liver 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

DAY 8. PSALM XLT.

sick upon his bed : make thou all his bed in
his sickness.

4 I said. Lord, be merciful unto me : heal
my soul, for I have sinned against thee.

5 Mine enemies speak evil of me : When
shall he die, and his name perish ?

6 And if he come to see me, he speak-
eth vanity : and his heart conceiveth false-
hood 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,
Lord : raise thou me up again, and I shall
reward them.

11 By this I know thou favourest me :
that mine enemy doth not triumph against
me.

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. DAY 8.

PSALM XLII. Quemadmodum.

EKE 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 ?

3 My tears have been my meat day and
night : while they daily say unto me, Where
is now thy God ?

4 Now when I think thereupon, I pour
out my heart by myself : for I went with the
multitude, and brought them forth into the
house of God ;

5 In the voice of praise and thanksgiving :
among such as keep holy-day.

6 Why art thou so full of heaviness,
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 countenance.

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-kind-
ness in the day-time : and in the night-season

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DAY 8. PSALM XLIII.

did I sing of him, and made my prayer unto
the God of my life.

11 I will say unto the God of my strength,
Why hast thou forgotten me : why go I thus
heavily, while the enemy oppresseth me ?

12 My bones are smitten asunder as with
a sword : while mine enemies that trouble
me cast me in the teeth ;

13 Namely, while they say daily unto me :
Where is now thy God ?

14 Why art thou so vexed, my soul :
and why art thou so disquieted within me ?

15 put thy trust in God : for I will yet
thank him, which is the help of my counte-
nance, and my God.

PSALM XLIII. Judica me, Deus.

GIVE sentence with me, God, and
defend my cause against the ungodly
people : 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 send out thy light and thy truth, that
they may lead me : and bring me unto thy
holy hill, and to thy dwelling.

4 And that I may go unto the altar of
God, even unto the God of my joy and glad-
ness : and upon the harp will I give thanks
unto thee, God, my God.

PSALM XLIV. DAY 9.

5 Why art thou so heavy, my soul :
and why art thou so disquieted within
me?

6 put thy trust in God : for I will yet
give him thanks, which is the help of my
countenance, and my God.

PSALM XLIV. Deus, auribus.

WE have heard with our ears, God,
our 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 posses-
sion 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 favour unto them.

5 Thou art my King, 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

DAY 9. PSALM XLIV.

enemies : ^nd puttest them to confusion
that hate us.

9 We make our boast of God all day.
long : and will praise thy Name for ever.

10 But now thou art far off, and puttest
us to confusion : and goest not forth with
our armies.

11 Thou makest us to turn our backs
upon our enemies : so that they which hate
us spoil our goods.

12 Thou lettest us be eaten up like sheep :
and hast scattered us among the heathen.

13 Thou sellest thy people for nought :
and takest no money for them.

14 Thou makest us to be rebuked of
our neighbours : to be laughed to scorn,
and had 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 our-
selves frowardly in thy covenant.

19 Our heart is not turned back : neither
our steps gone out of thy way ;

PSALM XLV. DAY 9.

20 JSTo, not when thou hast smitten us
into the place of dragons : and covered us
with the shadow of death.

21 If we have forgotten the Name of our
God, and holden up our hands to any
strange god : shall not God search it out?
for he knoweth the very secrets of the heart.

22 For thy sake also are we killed all
the day long : and are counted as sheep
appointed to be slain.

23 Up, Lord, why sleepest thou : awake,
and be not absent from us for ever.

24 Wherefore hidest thou thy face : and
forgettest our misery and trouble ?

25 For our soul is brought 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.

MY 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, thou most Mighty : according to
thy worship and renown.

DAY 9. PSALM XLV.

5 Good luck have thou with thine honour :
ride on, because of the word of truth, of
meekness, and righteousness ; and thy right
hand shall teach thee terrible things.

6 Thy arrows are very sharp, and the
people shall be subdued unto thee : even in
the midst among the King's enemies.

7 Thy seat, 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
honourable women : upon thy right hand
did stand the queen in a gesture of gold,
wrought about with divers colours.

11 Hearken, daughter, and consider,
incline thine ear : forget also thine own
people, and thy father's house.

12 So shall the King have pleasure in thy
beauty : for he is thy Lord God, and worship
thou him.

13 And the daughter of Tyre shall be
there with a gift : like as the rich also among
the people shall make their supplication be-
fore thee.

PSALM XLVI. DAY 9.

14 The King's daughter is all glorious
within : her clothing is of wrought gold.

15 She shall be brought unto the King in
raiment of needle-work : the virgins that be
her fellows shall bear her company, and shall
be brought unto thee.

16 With joy and gladness shall they be
brought : and shall enter into the King's
palace.

17 Instead of thy fathers thou shalt have
children : whom thou mayest make princes
in all lands.

18 I will remember thy Name from one
generation to another: therefore shall the peo-
ple give thanks unto thee, world without end.

PSALM XLVI. Deus noster refugium.

GOD 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.

DAY 9. PSALM XLVII.

6 The heathen make much ado, and the
kingdoms are moved : but God hath shewed
his voice, and the earth shall melt away.

7 The Lord of hosts is with us : the God
of Jacob is our refuge.

8 come hither, and behold the works of
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 chariots
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.

OCLAP your hands together, all ye
people : 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 our feet.

4 He shall choose out an heritage for
us : even the worship of Jacob, whom he
loved.

PSALM XLVIII. DAY 9.

5 God is gone up with a merry noise : and
the Lord with the sound of the trump.

6 sing praises, sing praises unto our God:
sing praises, sing praises unto our King.

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, which is very high exalted, doth
defend the earth, as it were with a shield.

PSALM XLVIII. Magnus Dominus.

GREAT 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 ga-
thered, 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

DAY 9. PSALM XLIX.

of our God : God upholdeth the same for
ever.

8 We wait for thy loving-kindness,
God : in the midst of thy temple.

9 God, according to thy Name, so is
thy praise unto the world's end : thy right
hand is full of righteousness.

10 Let the mount Sion rejoice, and the
daughter of Judah be glad : because of thy
judgements.

11 Walk about Sion, and go round about
her : and tell the towers thereof.

12 Mark well her bulwarks, set up her
houses : that ye may tell them that come after.

13 For this God is our God for ever and
ever : he shall be our guide unto death.

PSALM XLIX. Audite. Jicec, omnes.

OHEAR ye this, all ye people : ponder
it with your ears, all ye that dwell in
the world ;

2 High and low, rich and poor : one with
another.

3 My mouth shall speak of wisdom : and
my heart shall muse of understanding.

4 I will incline mine ear to the parable :
and shew my dark speech upon the harp.

5 Wherefore should I fear in the days of
wickedness : and when the wickedness of my
heels compasseth me round about ?

6 There be some that put their trust in

PSALM XLIX. DAY 9.

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 ;

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 ignorant
and foolish, and leave their riches for other.

11 And yet they think that their houses
shall continue for ever : and that their dwell-
ing-places shall endure from one generation
to another; and call the lands after their
own names.

12 Nevertheless, man will not abide in
honour : seeing he may be compared unto
the beasts that perish ; this is the way of
them.

13 This is their foolishness : and their
posterity praise their saying.

14 They lie in the hell like sheep, death
gnaweth upon them, and the righteous shall
have domination over them in the morning :
their beauty shall consume in the sepulchre
out of their dwelling.

15 But God hath delivered my soul from
the place of hell : for he shall receive me.

16 Be not thou afraid, though one be

DAY 10. PSALM L.

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.

18 For while he lived, he counted himself
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 honour hath no under-
standing : but is compared unto the beasts
that perish.

PSALM L. Deus deorum.

rilHE Lord, even the most mighty God,
_L 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
consuming fire, and a mighty tempest shall
be stirred up round about him.

4 He shall call the heaven from above :
and the earth, that he may judge his people.

5 Gather my saints together unto me :

PSALM L. DAY 10.

those that have made a covenant with me
with sacrifice.

6 And the heaven shall declare his
righteousness : for God is Judge him-
self.

7 Hear, my people, and I will speak :
I myself will testify against thee, 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 are
in my sight.

12 If I be hungry, I will not tell thee :
for the whole world is mine, and all that is
therein.

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 :

DAY 10. PSALM LI.

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-
sentedst unto him : and hast been partaker
with the adulterers.

19 Thou hast let thy mouth speak
wickedness : and with thy tongue thou hast
set forth deceit.

20 Thou satest, and spakest against
thy brother : yea, and hast slandered thine
own mother's son.

21 These things hast thou done, and I
held my tongue, and thou thoughtest wick-
edly, that 1 am even such a one as thy-
self : but I will reprove thee, and set before
thee the things that thou hast done.

22 consider this, ye that forget God :
lest I pluck you away, and there be none
to deliver you.

23 Whoso offereth me thanks and praise,
he honoureth me : and to him that ordereth
his conversation right will I shew the salva-
tion of God.

PSALM LI. Miserere mei, Deus.

HAVE mercy upon me, God, after
thy great goodness : according to the
multitude of thy mercies do away mine
offences.

PSALM LI. DAY 10.

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 might-
est 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 : arid shalt 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, 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 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.

DAY 10. PSALM LIT.

14 Deliver me from blood-guiltiness,
God, thou that art the God of my health : and
my tongue shall sing of thy righteousness.

15 Thou shalt open my lips, Lord : and
my mouth shall shew thy praise.

16 For thou desirest no sacrifice, else
would I give it thee : but thou delightest
not in burnt-offerings.

17 The sacrifice of God is a troubled
spirit : a broken and contrite heart, God,
shalt thou not despise.

18 be favourable and gracious unto
Sion : build thou the walls of Jerusalem.

19 Then shalt thou be pleased with the
sacrifice of righteousness, with the burnt-
offerings and oblations : then shall they offer
young bullocks upon thine altar.

PSALM LII. Quid gloriaris f

WHY boastest thou thyself, thou ty-
rant : that thou canst do mischief;

2 Whereas the goodness of God : endureth
yet daily ?

3 Thy tongue imagineth wickedness : and
with lies thou cuttest like a sharp rasor.

4 Thou hast loved unrighteousness more
than goodness : and to talk of lies more
than righteousness.

5 Thou hast loved to speak all words that
may do hurt : thou false tongue.

6 Therefore shall God destroy thee for

PSALM LTII. DAY 10.

ever : he shall take thee, and pluck thee out
of thy dwelling, and root thee out of the
land of the living.

7 The righteous also shall see this, and
fear : and shall laugh him to scorn ;

8 Lo, this is the man that took not God
for his strength : but trusted unto the multi-
tude of his riches, and strengthened himself
in his wickedness.

9 As for me, I am like a green olive-tree
in the house of God : my trust is in the
tender mercy of God for ever and ever.

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.

ri 1HE foolish body hath said in his heart :
J_ There is no God.

2 Corrupt are they, and become abomina-
ble 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.

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DAY 10. PSALM LIV.

5 Are not they without understanding
that work wickedness : eating up my people
as if they would eat bread ? they have not
called upon God.

6 They were afraid where no fear was :
for God hath broken the bones of him
that besieged thee ; thou hast put them
to confusion, because God hath despised
them.

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.

SAVE me, God, for thy Name's sake :
and avenge me in thy strength.

2 Hear my prayer, 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, Lord : be-
cause it is so comfortable.

7 For he hath delivered me out of all

PSALM LV. DAY 10.

my trouble : and mine eye hath seen his
desire upon mine enemies.

PSALM LV. Exaudi, Dew.

HEAR my prayer, God : and hide
not thyself from my petition.

2 Take heed unto me, and hear me : how
I mourn in my prayer, and am 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 Tearfulness and trembling are come
upon me : and an horrible dread hath
overwhelmed me.

6 And I said, that I had wings like a
dove : for then would I flee away, and
be at rest.

7 Lo, then would I get me away far off :
and remain in the wilderness.

8 I would make haste to escape : be-
cause of the stormy wind and tempest.

9 Destroy their tongues, 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.

DAY 10. PSALM LV.

11 Wickedness is therein : deceit and
guile go not out of their streets.

12 For it is not an open enemy, that hath
done me this dishonour : for then I could
have borne it.

13 Neither was it mine adversary, that
did magnify himself against me : for then
peradventure I would have hid myself from
him.

14 But it was even thou, my companion :
my guide, and mine own familiar friend.

15 We took sweet counsel together : and
walked in the house of God as friends.

16 Let death come hastily upon them,
and let them go down quick into hell : for
wickedness is in their dwellings, and among
them.

17 As for me, I will call upon God : and
the Lord shall save me.

18 In the evening, and morning, and at
noon-day 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 covenant.

PSALM LVI. DAY 11

22 The words of his mouth were softer
than butter, having war in his heart : his
words were smoother than oil, and yet be
they very swords.

23 cast thy burden upon the Lord,
and he shall nourish thee : and shall not
suffer the righteous to fall for ever.

24 And as for them : thou, God, shalt
bring them into the pit of destruction.

25 The blood-thirstv and deceitful men

shall not live out half their days : never-
theless, my trust shall be in thee,
Lord.

PSALM LVI. Miserere mei, Deus.

BE merciful unto me, 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, thou most Highest.

3 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

DAY 11. PSALM LVII.

themselves close : and mark my steps,
when they lay wait for my soul.

7 Shall they escape for their wicked-
ness : thou, God, in thy displeasure shalt
cast them down.

8 Thou tellest my Sittings ; 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, 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 LVII. Miserere mei, Dem.

BE merciful unto me, 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

PSALM LVIII. DAY 11.

me from the reproof of him that would eat
me up.

4 God shall send forth his mercy and
truth : my soul is among lions.

5 And I lie even among the children of
men, that are set on fire : whose teeth are
spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp
sword.

6 Set up thyself, 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, 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 w r ill give thanks unto thee, 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, God, above the hea-
vens : and thy glory above all the earth.

PSALM LVIII. Si fere utique.

ARE your minds set upon righteous-
l\ ness, ye congregation : and do ye

DAY 11. PSALM LVIII.

judge the thing that is right, ye sons
of men ?

2 Yea, ye imagine mischief in your heart
upon the earth : and your hands deal with
wickedness.

3 The ungodly are fro ward, even from
their mother's womb : as soon as they are
born, they go astray, and speak lies.

4 They are as venomous as the poison of
a serpent : 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, God, in their
mouths ; smite the jaw-bones of the lions,
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.

PSALM LIX. DAY 11.

(Jfomimj

PSALM LIX. Eripe me de inimicis.

DELIVER me from mine enemies,
God : defend me from them that rise
up against me.

2 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, Lord.

4 They run and prepare themselves with-
out my fault : arise thou therefore to help
me, and behold.

5 Stand up, 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, Lord, shalt have them in
derision : and thou shalt laugh all the
heathen to scorn.

9 My strength will I ascribe unto thee :
for thou art the God of my refuge.

10 God sheweth me his goodness plente-

DAY 11. PSALM LX.

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, Lord, our defence.

12 For the sin of their mouth, and for
the words of their lips, they shall be taken
in their pride : and why? their preaching is
of cursing and lies.

13 Consume them in thy wrath, consume
them, that they may perish : and know that
it is God that ruleth in Jacob, and unto the
ends of the world.

14 And in the evening they 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, my strength, will I sing :
for thou, God, art my refuge, and my
merciful God.

PSALM LX. Deus, repulisti nos.

OGOD, thou hast cast us out, and
scattered us abroad : thou hast also
been displeased; turn thee unto us again.
2 Thou hast moved the land, and divided
it : heal the sores thereof, for it shaketh.

PSALM LXI. DAY 11.

3 Thou hast shewed thy people heavy
things : thou hast given us a drink of
deadly wine.

4 Thou hast given a token for such as
fear thee : that they may triumph because
of the truth.

5 Therefore were thy beloved delivered :
help me with thy right hand, and hear me.

6 God hath spoken in his holiness, I will
rejoice, and divide Sichem : and mete out
the valley of Succoth.

7 Gilead is mine, and Manasses is mine :
Ephraim also is the strength of my head ;
Judah is my law-giver ;

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, God : wilt
not thou, God, go out with our hosts ?

11 be thou our help in trouble : for
vain is the help of man.

12 Through God will we do great acts .-for
it is he that shall tread down our enemies.

PSALM LXI. Exaudi, Deus.

HEAR my crying, God : give ear
unto my prayer.

2 From the ends of the earth will I call
upon thee : when my heart is in heaviness.

DAY 12. PSALM LXII.

3 set me up upon the rock that is
higher than I : for thou hast been my
hope, and a strong tower for me against
the enemy.

4 I will dwell in thv tabernacle for

ever : and my trust shall be under the
covering of thy wings.

5 For thou, Lord, hast heard my
desires : and hast given an heritage unto
those that fear thy Name.

6 Thou shalt grant the King a long life :
that his years may endure throughout all
generations.

7 He shall dwell before God for ever :
prepare thy loving mercy and faithfulness,
that they may preserve him.

8 So will I alway sing praise unto thy
Name : that I may daily perform my vows.

PSALM LXII. Nonne Deo?

MY soul truly waiteth still upon God :
for of him cometh my salvation.

2 He verily is my strength and my

salvation : he is mv defence, so that I shall

not greatly fall.

3 How long will ye imagine mischief
against every man : ye shall be slain all the
sort of you ; yea, as a tottering wall shall
ye be, and like a broken hedge.

PSALM LXIII. DAY 12.

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 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 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.

PSALM LXIII. Deus, Deus meus.

OGOD, thou art my God : early will I
seek thee.

DAY 12. PSALM LXIII.

2 My soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh
also longeth after thee : in a barren and
dry land where no water is.

3 Thus have I looked for thee in holiness :
that I might behold thy power and glory.

4 For thy loving-kindness is better than
the life itself : my lips shall praise thee.

5 As long as I live will I magnify thee
on this manner : and lift up my hands in
thy Name.

6 My soul shall be satisfied, even as it
were with marrow and fatness : when my
mouth praiseth thee with joyful lips.

7 Have I not remembered thee in my
bed : and thought upon thee when I was
waking ?

8 Because thou hast been my helper :
therefore under the shadow of thy wings
will I rejoice.

9 My soul hangeth upon thee : thy
right hand hath upholden me.

10 These also that seek the hurt of my
soul : they shall go under the earth.

11 Let them fall upon the edge of the
sword : that they may be a portion for
foxes.

12 But the King shall rejoice in God ; all
they also that swear by him shall be com-
mended : for the mouth of them that speak
lies shall be stopped.

PSALM LXIV. DAY 12.

PSALM LXIV. Exaudi, Deus.

HEAR my voice, God, in my prayer :
preserve my life from fear of the enemy.

2 Hide me from the gathering together
of the froward : 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 mis-
chief : 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
hath God done : for they shall perceive that
it is his work.

10 The righteous shall rejoice in the
Lord, and put his trust in him : and all they
that are true of heart shall be glad.

DAY 12. PSALM LXV.

PSALM LXV. Te decet Jiymnus.

THOTJ, 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 : 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 shew us wonderful things in
thy righteousness, God of our salvation :
thou that art the hope of all the ends of
the earth, and of them that remain in the
broad sea.

6 Who in his strength setteth fast the
mountains : and is girded about with
power.

7 Who stilleth the raging of the sea : and
the noise of his waves, and the madness of
the people.

8 They also that dwell in the uttermost
parts of the earth shall be afraid at thy
tokens : thou that makest the outgoings of
the morning and evening to praise thee.

PSALM LXVI. DAY 12.

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 furrows, 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 LXVI. Jubilate Deo.

OBE joyful in God, all ye lands : sing
praises unto the honour of his Name,
make his praise to be glorious.

2 Say unto God, how wonderful art
thou in thy works : through the greatness
of thy power shall thine enemies be found
liars unto thee.

3 For all the world shall worship thee :
sing of thee, and praise thy Name.

4 come hither, and behold the works of
God : how wonderful he is in his doing
toward the children of men.

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DAY 12. PSALM LXVI.

5 He turned the sea into dry land : so
that they went through the water on foot ;
there did we rejoice thereof.

6 He ruleth with his power for ever ; his
eyes behold the people : and such as will
not believe shall not be able to exalt them-
selves.

7 praise our God, ye people : and
make the voice of his praise to be heard ;

8 Who holdeth our soul in life : and
suifereth not our feet to slip.

9 For thou, 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-
sacrifices, with the incense of rams : I will
offer bullocks and goats.

14 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.

PSALM LXVII. LXVIII. DAY 13.

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 LXVII. Dem misereatur.

GOD be merciful unto us, and bless us :
and shew 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, God : yea,
let all the people praise thee.

4 let the nations rejoice and be glad :
for thou shalt judge the folk righteously,
and govern the nations upon earth.

5 Let the people praise thee, God :
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.

PSALM LXVIII. Exurgat Deus.

E^iT God arise, and let his enemies be
scattered : let them also that hate him
flee before him.

DAY 13. PSALM LXVIII.

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 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 God, when thou wentest forth before
the people : when thou wentest through the
wilderness,

8 The earth shook, and the heavens
dropped at the presence of God : even as
Sinai also was moved at the presence of
God, who is the God of Israel.

9 Thou, God, sentest a gracious rain
upon thine inheritance : and refreshedst it
when it was weary.

10 Thy congregation shall dwell therein :

PSALM LXVIII. DAY 13.

for thou, God, hast of thy goodness
prepared for the poor.

11 The Lord gave the word : great was
the company of the preachers.

12 Kings with their armies did flee, and
were discomfited : and they of the house-
hold divided the spoil.

13 Though ye have lien among the pots,
yet shall ye be as the wings of a dove : that
is covered with silver wings, and her fea-
thers like gold.

14 When the Almighty scattered kings
for their sake : then were they as white as
snow in Salmon.

15 As the hill of Basan, so is God's
hill : even an high hill, as the hill of Basan.

16 Why hop ye so, ye high hills ? this is
God's hill, in the which it pleaseth him to
dwell : yea, the Lord will abide in it for ever.

17 The chariots of God are twenty thou-
sand, even thousands of angels : and the Lord
is among them, as in the holy place of 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

DAY 13. PSALM LXVIII.

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 Basan : 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, 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, Israel, Unto God the
Lord in the congregations : from the ground
of the heart.

27 There is little Benjamin their ruler,
and the princes of Judah their counsel : the
princes of Zabulon, and the princes of
Nephthali.

28 Thy God hath sent forth strength for
thee : stablish the thing, God, that thou
hast wrought in us,

29 For thy temple's sake at Jerusalem :
so shall kings bring presents unto thee.'

PSALM LXIX. DAY 13.

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, ye kingdoms of the
earth : 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 warship, and strength is in the
clouds.

35 God, wonderful art thou in thy holy
places : even th& God of Israel; he will give
strength and power unto his people; blessed
be God.

PSALM LXIX. Salvum mefac.

SAVE me, God : for the waters are
come in, even unto my soul.

2 I stick fast in the deep mire, where no
ground is : I am come into deep waters, so
that the floods run over me.

3 I am weary of crying; my throat is dry :

DAY 13. PSALM LXIX.

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,
Lord God of hosts, be ashamed for my
cause : let not those that seek thee be con-
founded through me, Lord God of Israel.

7 And why ? for thy sake have I suffer-
ed reproof : shame hath covered my face.

8 I am become a stranger unto my
brethren : 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.

10 I wept, and chastened myself with
fasting : and that was turned to my reproof.

11 I put on sackcloth also : and they
jested upon me.

12 They that sit in the gate speak
against me : and the drunkards make songs
upon me.

13 But, Lord, I make my prayer unto
thee : in an acceptable time.

PSALM LXIX. DAY 13.

14 Hear me, God, in the multitude
of thy mercy : even in the truth of thy
salvation.

15 Take me out of the mire, that I sink
not : 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, Lord, for thy loving-kind-
ness is comfortable : turn thee unto me ac-
cording to the multitude of thy mercies.

18 And hide not thy face from thy ser-
vant, for I am in trouble : haste thee, and
hear me.

19 Draw nigh unto my soul, and save it :

deliver me, because of mine enemies.

20 Thou hast known my reproof, my
shame, and my dishonour : mine adversaries
are all in thy sight.

21 Thy rebuke hath broken my heart ;

1 am full of heaviness : I looked for some to
have pity on me, but there was no man,
neither found I any to comfort me.

22 They gave me gall to eat : and when
I was thirsty they gave me vinegar to drink.

23 Let their table be made a snare to
take themselves withal : and let the things
that should have been for their wealth be
unto them an occasion of falling.

DAY 13. PSALM LXIX.

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 be 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, God, shall lift me up.

31 I will praise the Name of God with a
song : and magnify it with thanksgiving.

32 This also shall please the Lord : better
than a bullock that hath horns and hoofs.

33 The humble shall consider this, and
be glad : seek ye after God, and your soul
shall live.

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.

PSALM LXX. LXXI. DAY 14.

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 LXX. Deus in adjutorium,

HASTE thee, God, to deliver me :
make haste to help me, 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.

5 As for me, I am poor and in misery :
haste thee unto me, God.

6 Thou art my helper, and my redeemer :
Lord, make no long tarrying.

PSALM LXXI. In te, Domine, speravi.

IN" thee, Lord, have I put my trust,
let me never be put to confusion : but
rid me, and deliver me, in thy righteous-

DAY 14. PSALM

ness ; incline thine ear unto me, and save
me.

2 Be thou my strong hold, whereunto I
may alway resort : thou hast promised to
help me, for thou art my house of defence,
and my castle.

3 Deliver me, my God, out of the hand
of the ungodly : out of the hand of the un-
righteous and cruel man.

4 For thou, 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 I am become as it were a monster unto
many : but my sure trust is in thee.

7 let my mouth be filled with thy
praise : that I may sing of thy glory and
honour all the day long.

8 Cast me not away in the time of age :
forsake me not when my strength faileth 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, God : my God,
haste thee to help me.

PSALM LXXI. DAY 14.

11 Let them be confounded and perish
that are against my soul : let them be
covered with shame and dishonour that seek
to do me evil.

12 As for me, I will patiently abide
alway : and will praise thee more and more.

13 My mouth shall daily speak of thy
righteousness and salvation : for I know no
end thereof.

14 I will go forth in the strength of the
Lord God : and will make mention of thy
righteousness only.

15 Thou, God, hast taught me from
my youth up until now : therefore will I
tell of thy wondrous works.

16 Forsake me not, God, in mine old
age, when I am gray-headed : until I have
shewed thy strength unto this generation,
and thy power to all them that are yet for
to come.

17 Tliy righteousness, God, is very high :
and great things are they that thou hast
done ; God, who is like unto thee ?

18 what great troubles and adversities
hast thou shewed me ! and yet didst thou
turn and refresh me : yea, and broughtest
me from the deep of the earth again.

19 Thou hast brought me to great ho-
nour : and comforted me on every side.

20 Therefore will I praise thee and thy

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faithfulness, God, playing upon an instru-
ment of musick : unto thee will I sing upon
the harp, thou Holy One of Israel.

21 My lips will be fain when I sing unto
thee : and so will my soul whom thou hast
delivered.

22 My tongue also shall talk of thy
righteousness all the day long : for they are
confounded and brought unto shame that
seek to do me evil.

PSALM LXXII. Deus, judicium.

GIVE the King thy judgements,
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.

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 flou-
rish : yea, and abundance of peace, so long
as the moon endureth.

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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 favourable 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.

15 He shall live, and unto him shall be
given of the gold of Arabia : prayer shall
be made ever unto him, and daily shall he
be praised.

16 There shall be an heap of corn in the
earth, high upon the hills : his fruit shall
shake like Libanus, and shall be green in
the city like grass upon the earth.

17 His Name shall endure for ever; his
Name shall remain under the sun among

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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.

PSALM LXXIII. Quam bonus Israel!

TRULY God is loving unto Israel : even
unto such as are of a clean heart.

2 Nevertheless, my feet were almost gone :
my treadings had well-nigh slipt.

3 And why? I was grieved at the
wicked : I do also see the ungodly in such
prosperity.

4 For they are in no peril of death : but
are lusty and strong.

5 They come in no misfortune like other
folk : neither are they plagued like other
men.

6 And this is the cause that they are so
holden with pride : and overwhelmed with
cruelty.

7 Their eyes swell with fatness : and they
do even what they lust.

8 They corrupt other, and speak of

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wicked blasphemy : their talking is against
the most High.

9 For they stretch forth their mouth
unto the heaven : and their tongue goeth
through the world.

10 Therefore fall the people unto them :
and thereout suck they no small advantage.

11 Tush, say they, how should God per-
ceive it : is there knowledge in the most
High?

12 Lo, these are the ungodly, these
prosper in the world, and these have riches
in possession : and I said, Then have I
cleansed my heart in vain, and washed mine
hands in innocency.

13 All the day long have I been punish-
ed : and chastened every morning.

14 Yea, and I had almost said even as
they : but lo, then I should have condemned
the generation of thy children.

15 Then thought I to understand this :
but it was too hard for me,

16 Until I went into the sanctuary of
God : then understood I the end of these
men ;

17 Namely, how thou dost set them in
slippery places : and castest them down,
and destroyest them.

18 Oh, how suddenly do they consume :
perish, and come to a fearful end !

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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 counsel :
and after that receive me with glory.

24 Whom have I in heaven but thee :
and there is none upon earth that I desire
in comparison of thee.

25 My flesh and my heart faileth : but
God is the strength of my heart, and my
portion for ever.

26 For lo, they that forsake thee shall
perish : thou hast destroyed all them that
commit fornication against thee.

27 But it is good for me to hold me fast
by God, to put my trust in the Lord God :
and to speak of all thy works in the gates of
the daughter of Sion.

PSALM LXXIV. Ut quid, Deusf

OGOD, wherefore art thou absent from
us so long : why is thy wrath so hot
against the sheep of thy pasture ?

2 think upon thy congregation : whom
thou hast purchased, and redeemed of old.

PSALM LXXIV. DAY 14.

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 banners
for tokens.

6 He that hewed timber afore out of
the thick trees : was known to bring it to
an excellent work.

7 But now they break down all the carved
work thereof : with axes and hammers.

8 They have set fire upon thy holy places :
and have defiled the dwelling-place of thy
Name, even unto the ground.

9 Yea, they said in their hearts, Let us
make havock of them altogether : thus have
they burnt up all the houses of God in the
land.

10 We see not our tokens, there is not
one prophet more : no, not one is there
among us, that understandeth any more.

11 God, how long shall the adversary
do this dishonour : how long shall the enemy
blaspheme thy Name, for ever ?

12 Why withdrawest thou thy hand : why
pluckest thou not thy right hand out of thy
bosom to consume the enemy ?

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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 brakest the heads of the
dragons in the waters.

15 Thou smotest the heads of Leviathan
in pieces : and gavest him to be meat for
the people in the wilderness.

16 Thou broughtest out fountains and
waters out of the hard rocks : thou driedst
up mighty waters.

17 The day is thine, and the night is
thine : thou hast prepared the light and the
sun.

18 Thou hast set all the borders of the
earth : thou hast made summer and winter.

19 Remember this, Lord, how the
enemy hath rebuked : and how the foolish
people hath blasphemed thy Name.

20 deliver not the soul of thy turtle-
dove unto the multitude of the enemies :
and forget not the congregation of the poor
for ever.

21 Look upon the covenant : for all the
earth is full of darkness, and cruel habita-
tions.

22 let not the simple go away ashamed :
but let the poor and needy give praise unto
thy Name.

23 Arise, God, maintain thine own

PSALM LXXV. DAY 15.

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.

PSALM LXXV. ConfiteUmur tibi.

UNTO thee, 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-
ers thereof : I bear up the pillars of it.

5 I said unto the fools, Deal not so 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 put-
teth down one, and setteth up another.

9 For in the hand of the Lord there is a
cup, and the wine is red : it is full mixed,
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.

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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 LXXVI. Notus in Judcea.

IN Jewry is God known : his Name is
great in Israel.

2 At Salem is his tabernacle : and his
dwelling in Siori.

3 There brake he the arrows of the bow :
the shield, the sword, and the battle.

4 Thou art of more honour and might :
than the hills of the robbers.

5 The proud are robbed, they have slept
their sleep : and all the men whose hands
were mighty have found nothing.

6 At thy rebuke, God of Jacob : both
the chariot and horse are fallen.

7 Thou, even thou art to be feared : and
who may stand in thy sight when thou art
angry ?

8 Thou didst cause thy judgement to be
heard from heaven : the earth trembled,
and was still,

9 When God arose to judgement : 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.

PSALM LXXVII. DAY 15.

11 Promise unto the Lord your God, and
keep it, all ye that are round about him :
bring presents unto him that ought to be
feared.

12 He shall refrain the spirit of princes :
and is wonderful among the kings of the
earth.

PSALM LXXVII. Voce mea ad Dominum.

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
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 spirits.

7 Will the Lord absent himself for ever :
and will he be no more intreated?

8 Is his mercy clean gone for ever : and
is his promise come utterly to an end for
evermore?

9 Hath God forgotten to be gracious :

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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.

Ill 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, God, is holy : who is so
great a God as our God?

14 Thou art the God that doeth wonders :
and hast declared thy power among the
people.

15 Thou hast mightily delivered thy
people : even the sons of Jacob and Joseph.

16 The waters saw thee, 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.

PSALM LXXVIII. DAY 15.

PSALM LXXVIII. Attendite, popule.

HEAR my law, 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
shew the honour of the Lord, his mighty
and wonderful works that he hath done.

5 He made a covenant with Jacob, and
gave Israel a law : which he commanded
our forefathers to teach their children ;

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 shew 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 stedfastly unto
God;

10 Like as the children of Ephraim : who

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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 shewed for
them.

13 Marvellous things did he in the sight
of our forefathers, in the land of Egypt :
even in the field of Zoan.

14 He divided the sea, and let them go
through : he made the waters to stand on
an heap.

15 In the day-time also he led them with
a cloud : and all the night through with a
light of fire.

16 He clave the hard rocks in the wilder-
ness : and gave them drink thereof, as it
had been out of the great depth.

17 He brought waters out of the stony
rock : so that it gushed out like the rivers.

18 Yet for all this they sinned more
against him : and provoked the most High-
est 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

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flowed withal : but can he give bread also,
or provide flesh for his people ?

22 AVhen 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 south-west-wind.

28 He rained flesh upon them as thick as
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.

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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 stedfast 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 wrath
away : and would not suffer his whole dis-
pleasure 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.

PSALM LXXVIII. DAY 15.

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 labour unto the grasshopper.

48 He destroyed their vines 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,
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.

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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.

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 inheritance.

64 The fire consumed their young men :

PSALM LXXIX. DAY 16.

and their maidens were not given to mar-
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 great
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.

PSALM LXXIX. Dem, venerunt.

GOD, the heathen are come into thine
inheritance : thy holy temple have they

DAY 16. PSALM LXXIX.

defiled, and made Jerusalem an heap of
stones.

2 The dead bodies of thy servants have
they given to be meat unto the fowls of the
air : and the flesh of thy saints unto the
beasts of the land.

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 remember not our old sins, but have
mercy upon us, and that soon : for we are
come to great misery.

9 Help us, God of our salvation, for
the glory of thy Name : 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 let the vengeance of thy servants'

PSALM LXXX. DAY 16.

blood that is shed : be openly shewed upon
the heathen in our sight.

12 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
neighbours have blasphemed thee : reward
thou them, Lord, seven-fold into their
bosom.

14 So we, that are thy people, and sheep
of thy pasture, shall give thee thanks for
ever : and will alway be shewing forth thy
praise from generation to generation.

PSALM LXXX. Qui regis Israel

HE AR, thou Shepherd of Israel, thou
that leadest Joseph like a sheep : shew
thyself also, thou that sittest upon the che-
rubims.

2 Before Ephraim, Benjamin, and Ma-
nasses : stir up thy strength, and come, and
help us.

3 Turn us again, God : shew the
light of thy countenance, and we shall be
whole.

4 Lord God of hosts : how long wilt
thou be angry with thy people that prayeth?

5 Thou feedest them with the bread of
tears : and givest them plenteousness of
tears to drink.

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6 Thou hast made us a very strife unto
our neighbours : and our enemies laugh us
to scorn.

7 Turn us again, thou God of hosts : shew
the light of thy countenance, and we shall
be whole.

8 Thou hast brought a vine out of Egypt :
thou hast cast out the heathen, and planted it.

9 Thou madest room for it : and when
it had taken root it filled the land.

10 The hills were covered with the sha-
dow 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 branch
that thou madest so strong for thyself.

16 It is burnt with fire, and cut down :
and they shall perish at the rebuke of thy
countenance.

PSALM LXXXI. DAY 16.

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 : let us live, and we shall 'call upon
thy Name.

19 Turn us again, Lord God of hosts :
shew the light of thy countenance, and we
shall be whole.

PSALM LXXXI. Exullate Deo.

SING 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 :
and his hands were delivered from making
the pots.

7 Thou calledst upon me in troubles, and
I delivered thee : and heard thee what time
as the storm fell upon thee.

8 I proved thee also : at the waters of strife.

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9 Hear, my people, and I will assure
thee, 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 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
the finest wheat-flour : and with honey out
of the stony rock should I have satisfied
thee.

P&ALM LXXXII. Deus stetit.

OD standeth in the congregation of
princes : he is a Judge among gods.

PSALM LXXXIII. DAY 16.

2 How long will ye give wrong judge-
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 out-cast 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, God, and judge thou the
earth : for thou shalt take all heathen to
thine inheritance.

PSALM LXXXIII. Deus, quis similis f

HOLD not thy tongue, God, keep not
still silence : refrain not thyself, 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.

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5 For they have cast their heads together
with one consent : and are confederate
against thee ;

6 The tabernacles of the Edomites, and the
Ismaelites : the Moabites, and Hagarens ;

7 Gebal, an(J Amrnon^. 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
Madianites : 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
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 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, Lord :
that they may seek thy Name.

17 Let them be confounded and vexed

PSALM LXXXIV. DAY 16.

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 LXXXIV. Quam dilecta !

OHOW amiable are thy dwellings :
thou Lord of hosts !

2 My soul hath a desire and longing
to enter into the courts of the Lord : my
heart and my flesh frejoice in the living
God.

3 Yea, the sparrow hath found her an
house, and the swstllofa a nest where she
may lay her young : even thy altars,
Lord of hosts, my King and my God.

4 Blessed are they that dwell in thy
house : th6y 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 Lord God of hosts, hear my prayer :
hearken, God of Jacob.

9 Behold, God our defender : and look
upon the face of thine Anointed.

DAY 16. PSALM LXXXV.

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
defence : the Lord will give grace and wor-
ship, and no good thing shall he withhold
from them that live a godly life.

13 Lord God of hosts : blessed is the
man that putteth his trust in thee.

PSALM LXXXV. Benedixisti, Domine.

E>RD, thou art become gracious unto thy
land : thou hast turned away the
captivity of Jacob.

2 Thou hast forgiven the offence of thy
people : and covered all their sins.

3 Thou hast taken away all thy dis-
pleasure : and turned thyself from thy
wrathful indignation.

4 Turn us then, God our Saviour : and
let thine anger cease from us.

5 Wilt thou be displeased at us for ever :
and wilt thou stretch out thy wrath from
one generation to another?

6 Wilt thou not turn again, and quicken
us : that thy people may rejoice in thee ?

7 Shew us thy mercy, Lord : and
grant us thy salvation.

8 I will hearken what the Lord God will

PSALM LXXXVI. DAY 17.

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 shew loving-kind-
ness : and our land shall give her increase.

13 Righteousness shall go before him :
and he shall direct his going in the way.

PSALM LXXXVI. Inclina, Domine.

BOW down thine ear, Lord, and hear
me : for I am poor, and in misery.

2 Preserve thou my soul, for I am holy :
my God, save thy servant that putteth his
trust in thee.

3 Be merciful unto me, Lord : for I
will call daily upon thee.

4 Comfort the soul of thy servant : for
unto thee, 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.

DAY 17. PSALM LXXXVI.

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, Lord : there is not one that
can do as thou doest.

9 All nations whom thou hast made shall
come and worship thee, Lord : and shall
glorify thy Name.

10 For thou art great, and doest wondrous
things : thou art God alone.

11 Teach me thy way, Lord, and I will
walk in thy truth : knit my heart unto
thee, that I may fear thy Name.

12 I will thank thee^ Lord my God,
with all my heart : and will praise thy
Name for evermore.

13 For great is thy mercy toward me :
and thou hast delivered my soul from the
nethermost hell.

14 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, Lord God, art full of com-
passion and mercy : long-suffering, plente-
ous in goodness and truth.

16 turn thee then unto me, and have
mercy upon me : give thy strength unto thy

PSALM LXXXVII. 'LXXXVm. DAY 17.

servant, and help the son of thine hand-
maid.

17 Shew 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 LXXXVII. Fundamenta ejus.

HER 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.

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 writ-
eth 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.

PSALM LXXXVIII. Domine Deus.

OLORD God of my salvation, I have
cried day and night before thee : let
my prayer enter into thy presence, incline
thine ear unto my calling.

DAY 17. PSALM LXXXVIII.

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
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 shew wonders among the
dead : or shall the dead rise up again, and
praise thee ?

11 Shall thy loving-kindness be shewed
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 ?

PSALM LXXXIX. DAY 17.

13 Unto thee have I cried, 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
troubled 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.

PSALM LXXXIX. Miaericordias Domini.

MY song shall be alway of the loving-
kindness of the Lord : with my mouth
will I ever be shewing thy truth from one
generation to another.

2 For I have said, Mercy shall be set up
for ever : thy truth shalt thou stablish in
the heavens.

3 I have made a covenant with my cho-
sen : I have sworn unto David my servant;

4 Thy seed will I stablish for ever : and

DAY 17. PSALM LXXXEfe

set up thy throne from one generation to
another.

5 Lord, the very heavens shall praise
thy wondrous works : and thy truth in the
congregation of the 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 Lord God of hosts, who is like unto
thee : thy truth, most mighty Lord, is on
every side.

10 Thou rulest the raging of the sea r
thou stillest the waves thereof when they
arise.

11 Thou hast subdued Egypt, and de-
stroyed it : thou hast scattered thine ene-
mies 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.

PSALM LXXXIX. DAY 17.

15 Righteousness and equity are the
habitation of thy seat : mercy and truth
shall go before thy face.

16 Blessed is the people, Lord, that
can rejoice in thee : they shall walk in the
light of thy countenance.

17 Their delight shall be daily in thy
Name : and in thy righteousness shall they
make their boast.

18 For thou art the glory of their
strength : and in thy loving-kindness thou
shalt lift up our horns.

19 For the Lord is our defence : the
Holy One of Israel is our King.

20 Thou spakest sometime in visions unto
thy saints, and saidst : I have laid help upon
one that is mighty; I have exalted one
chosen out of the people.

21 I have found David my servant : with
my holy oil have I anointed him.

22 My hand shall hold him fast : and my
arm shall strengthen him.

23 The enemy shall not be able to do
him violence : the son of wickedness shall
not hurt him.

24 I will smite down his foes before his
face : and plague them that hate him.

25 My truth also and my mercy shall be
with him : and in my Name shall his horn
be exalted.

DAY 17. PSALM LXXXIX.

26 I will set his dominion also in the sea :
and his right hand in the floods.

27 He shall call me, Thou art my Father :
my God, and my strong salvation.

28 And I will make him my first-born :
higher than the kings of the earth.

29 My mercy will I keep for him for
evermore : and my covenant shall stand fast
with him.

30 His seed also will I make to endure
for ever : and his throne as the days of
heaven.

31 But if his children forsake my law :
and walk not in my judgements ;

32 If they break my statutes, and keep
not my commandments : I will visit their
offences with the rod, and their sin with
scourges.

33 Nevertheless, my loving-kindness will
I not utterly take from him : nor suffer my
truth to fail.

34 My covenant will I not break, nor
alter the thing that is gone out of my lips :
I have sworn once by my holiness, that I
will not fail David.

35 His seed shall endure for ever : and
his seat is like as the sun before me.

36 He shall stand fast for evermore as
the moon : and as the faithful witness in
heaven.

PSALM LXXXIX. DAY 17.

37 But thou hast abhorred and forsaken
thine Anointed : and art displeased at him.

38 Thou hast broken the covenant of thy
servant : and cast his crown to the ground.

39 Thou hast overthrown all his hedges :
and broken down his strong holds.

40 All they that go by spoil him : and
he is become a reproach to his neighbours.

41 Thou hast set up the right hand of
his enemies : and made all his adversaries
to rejoice.

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 short-
ened : and covered him with dishonour.

45 Lord, how long wilt thou hide thyself,
for ever : and shall thy wrath burn like
fire?

46 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-kind-
nesses : which thou swarest unto David in
thy truth ?

49 Remember, Lord, the rebuke that thy

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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.

PSALM XC. Domine, refugium.

E>RD, thou hast been our 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.

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 suddenly
like the grass.

6 In the morning it is green, and groweth
up : but in the evening it is cut down,
dried up, and withered.

7 For we consume away in thy displea-
sure : and are afraid at thy wrathful in-
dignation.

PSALM XC. DAY 18.

8 Thou hast set our misdeeds before
thee : and our secret sins in the light of
thy countenance.

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 labour and sorrow ;
so soon passeth it away, and we are gone.

11 But who regardeth the power of thy
wrath : for even thereafter as a man feareth,
so is thy displeasure.

12 So teach us to number our days :
that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom.

13 Turn thee again, Lord, at the last :
and be gracious unto thy servants.

14 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 Shew thy servants thy work : and
their children thy glory.

17 And the glorious Majesty of the Lord
our God be upon us : prosper thou the work
of our hands upon us, prosper thou our
handy-work.

DAY 18. PSALM XCL

PSALM XCL Qui habitat.

WHOSO 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
pestilence.

4 He shall defend thee under his wings,
and thou shalt be safe under his feathers :
his faithfulness and truth shall be thy shield
and buckler.

5 Thou shalt not be afraid for any terror
by night : nor for the arrow that flieth by
day;

6 For the pestilence that walketh in
darkness : nor for the sickness that 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.

PSALM XCII. DAY 18.

11 For he shall give his angels charge
over thee : to keep thee in all thy ways.

12 They shall bear thee in their hands :
that thou hurt not thy foot against a
stone.

13 Thou shalt go upon the lion and
adder : the young lion and the dragon shalt
thou tread under thy feet.

14 Because he hath set his love upon me,
therefore will I deliver him : I will set him
up, because he hath known my Name.

15 He shall call upon me, and I will hear
him : yea, I am with him in trouble; I will
deliver him, and bring him to honour.

16 With long life will I satisfy him : and
shew him my salvation.

PSALM XCII. Bonum est confiteri.

IT is a good thing to give thanks unto
the Lord : and to sing praises unto thy
Name, 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.

DAY 18. PSALM XCIL

5 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 destroy-
ed for ever ; but thou, Lord, art the most
Highest for evermore.

8 For lo, thine enemies, 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 enemies : and mine ear shall hear his
desire of the wicked that arise up against me.

11 The righteous shall flourish like a
palm-tree : and shall spread abroad like a
cedar in Libanus.

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 shew how true the
Lord my strength is : and that there is no
unrighteousness in him.

PSALM XCIII. XCIV. DAY 18.

d&ixerattg ipragor.

PSALM XCIII. Dominus regnavit.

ri 1HE Lord is King, and hath put on
JL glorious apparel : the Lord hath put
on his apparel, and girded himself with
strength.

2 He hath made the round world so sure :
that it cannot be moved.

3 Ever since the world began hath thy
seat been prepared : thou art from everlasting.

4 The floods are risen, Lord, the floods
have lift up their voice : the floods lift up
their waves.

5 The waves of the sea are mighty, and
rage horribly : but yet the Lord, who
dwelleth on high, is mightier.

6 Thy testimonies, Lord, are very sure :
holiness becometh thine house for ever.

PSALM XCIV. Deus ultionum.

OLORD God, to whom vengeance be-
longeth : thou God, to whom venge-
ance belongeth, shew 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 ?

DAY 18. PSALM XCIV.

5 They smite down thy people, 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 :
ye fools, when will ye understand ?

9 He that planted the ear, shall he not
hear : or he that made the eye, shall he not
see?

10 Or he that nurtureth the heathen : it
is he that teacheth man knowledge, shall
not he punish ?

11 The Lord knoweth the thoughts of
man : that they are but vain.

12 Blessed is the man whom thou chasten-
est, 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
judgement : 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 ?

PSALM XCY DAY 19.

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 slipt :
thy mercy, Lord, held me up.

19 In the multitude of the sorrows that
I had in my heart : thy comforts have
refreshed my soul.

20 Wilt thou have any thing to do with
the stool of wickedness : which irnagineth
mischief as a law ?

21 They gather them together against
the soul of the righteous : and condemn
the innocent blood.

22 But the Lord is my refuge : and my
God is the strength of my confidence.

23 He shall recompense them their
wickedness, and destroy them in their
own malice : yea, the Lord our God shall
destroy them.

PSALM XCV. Venite, exultemus.

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

2 Let us come before his presence with
thanksgiving : and shew ourselves glad in
him with psalms.

DAY 19. PSALM XCVI.

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

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

8 To-day if ye will hear his voice, harden
not your hearts : as in the provocation, and
as in the day of temptation in the wilderness;

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

10 Forty years long was I grieved with
this generation, and said : It is a people
that do err in their 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. Cantate Domino.

OSING 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 honour unto the heathen :
and his wonders unto all people.

4 For the Lord is great, and cannot

PSALM XCVL DAY 19.

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 honour are in his sanctuary.

7 Ascribe unto the Lord, ye kindreds
of the people : ascribe unto the Lord
worship and power.

8 Ascribe unto the Lord the honour due
unto his Name : bring presents, and come
into his courts.

9 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.

DAY 19. PSALM XCVII.

PSALM XCVII. Dominus regnavit.

THE 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 judgement are the
habitation of his seat.

3 There shall go a fire before him : and
bum up his enemies on every side.

4 His lightnings gave shine unto the
world : the earth saw it, and was afraid.

5 The hills melted like wax at the pre-
sence 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 judgements, Lord.

9 For thou, Lord, art higher than all that
are in the earth : thou art exalted far above
all gods.

10 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 ungodly.

PSALM XCVIII. DAY 19.

11 There is sprung up a light for the
righteous : and joyful gladness for such as
are true-hearted.

12 Rejoice in the Lord, ye righteous :
and give thanks for a remembrance of his
holiness.

PSALM XCVIII. Cantate Domino.

OSINGr 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
victory.

3 The Lord declared his salvation : his
righteousness hath he openly shewed 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 salvation of
our God.

5 Shew yourselves joyful unto the
Lord, all ye lands : sing, rejoice, and give
thanks.

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

7 With trumpets also, and shawms :
shew yourselves joyful before the Lord the
King.

8 Let the sea make a noise, and all that

DAY 19. PSALM XCIX.

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.

PSALM XCIX. Dominus regnavit.

THE Lord is King, be the people never
so impatient : he sitteth between the
cherubims, be the earth never so unquiet.

2 The Lord is great in Sion : and high
above all people.

3 They shall give thanks unto thy Name :
which is great, wonderful, and holy.

4 The King's power loveth judgement ;
thou hast prepared equity : thou hast exe-
cuted judgement and righteousness in Jacob.

5 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, Lord our God :
thou forgavest them, God, and punishedst
their own inventions.

PSALM C. CI. DAY 19.

9 magnify the Lord our God, and wor-
ship him upon his holy hill : for the Lord
our God is holy.

PSALM C. Jubilate Deo.

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

2 Be ye sure that the Lord he is God :
it is he that hath made us, and not we our-
selves ; we are his people, and the sheep of
his pasture.

3 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.

MY song shall be of mercy and judge-
ment : unto thee, Lord, will I sing.

2 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.

DAY 20. PSALM GIL

6 Whoso privily slandereth his neighbour:
him will I destroy.

7 Whoso hath also a proud look and high
stomach : I will not suffer him.

8 Mine eyes look upon such as are faith-
ful in the land : that they may dwell with me.

9 Whoso leadeth a godly life : he shall
be my servant.

10 There shall no deceitful person dwell
in my house : he that telleth lies shall not
tarry in my sight.

11 I shall soon destroy all the ungodly
that are in the land : that I may root out
all wicked doers from the city of the
Lord.

PSALM CII. Domine, exaudi.

HEAR my prayer, 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 ; hear me, and that right soon.

3 For my days are consumed away like
smoke : and my bones are burnt up as it
were a fire-brand.

4 My heart is smitten down, and withered
like grass : so that I forget to eat my bread.

5 For the voice of my groaning : my
bones will scarce cleave to my flesh.

PSALM CII. DAY 20.

6 I am become like a pelican in the
wilderness : and like an owl that is in the
desert.

7 I have watched, and am even as it
were a sparrow : that sitteth alone upon the
house-top.

8 Mine enemies revile me all the day
long : and they that are mad upon me are
sworn together against me.

9 For I have eaten ashes as it were
bread : and mingled my drink with weeping ;

10 And that because of thine indignation
and wrath : for thou hast taken me up, and
cast me down.

11 My days are gone like a shadow : and
I am withered like grass.

12 But, thou, 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,
Lord : and all the kings of the earth thy
Majesty ;

16 When the Lord shall build up Sion :
and when his glory shall appear ;

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DAY 20. PSALM CII.

17 When he turneth him unto the pray-
er of the poor destitute : and despiseth not
their desire.

18 This shall be written for those that
come after : and the people which shall be
bom shall praise the Lord.

19 For he hath looked down from his
sanctuary : out of the heaven did the Lord
behold the earth;

20 That he might hear the mournings
of such as are in captivity : and deliver the
children appointed unto death;

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, 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 en-
dure : they all shall wax old as doth a gar-
ment;

PSALM CIII. DAY 20.

27 And as a vesture shalt thou change
them, and they shall be changed : but
thou art the same, and thy years shall not
fail.

28 The children of thy servants shall con-
tinue : and their seed shall stand fast in thy
sight.

PSALM CIII. Benedic, anima mea.

PRAISE the Lord, my soul : and all
that is within me praise his holy Name.

2 Praise the Lord, my soul : and forget
not all his benefits;

3 Who forgiveth all thy sin : and healeth
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
judgement : for all them that are oppressed
with wrong.

7 He shewed his ways unto Moses : his
works unto the children of Israel.

8 The Lord is full of compassion and
mercy : long-suffering, and of great good-
ness.

9 He will not alway be chiding : neither
keepeth he his anger for ever.

DAY 20. PSALM GUI.

10 He hath not dealt with us after our
sins : nor rewarded us according to our
wickednesses.

11 For look how high the heaven is in
comparison of the earth : so great is his
mercy also toward them that fear him.

12 Look how wide also the east is from
the west : so far hath he set our sins from
us.

13 Yea, like as a father pitieth his own
children : even so is the Lord merciful unto
them that fear him.

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 praise the Lord, ye angels of his,
ye that excel in strength : ye that fulfil his

PSALM CIV. DAY 20.

commandment, and hearken unto the voice
of his words.

21 praise the Lord, all ye his hosts :
ye servants of his that do his pleasure.

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

PSALM CIV. Benedic, anima mea.

PRAISE the Lord, my soul : Lord
my God, thou art become exceeding
glorious ; thou art clothed with majesty and
honour.

2 Thou deckest thyself with light as it
were with a garment : and spreadest out
the heavens like a curtain.

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.

DAY 20. PSALM CIV.

8 They go up as high as the hills, and
down to the valleys beneath : even unto the
place which thou hast appointed for them.

9 Thou hast set them their bounds which
they shall not pass : neither turn again to
cover the earth.

10 He sendeth the springs into the rivers :
which run among the hills.

11 All beasts of the field drink thereof :
and the wild asses quench their thicst.

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 for the
conies.

PSALM CIV. DAY 20.

19 He appointed the moon for certain sea-
sons : and the sun knoweth his going down.

20 Thou makest darkness that it may be
night : wherein all the beasts of the forest
do move.

21 The lions roaring after their prey : do
seek their meat from God.

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 labour : until the evening.

24 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 face they are
troubled : when thou takest away their
breath they die, and are turned again to
their dust.

DAY 21. PSALM CV.

30 When thou lettest thy breath go forth
they shall be made : and thou shalt renew
the face of the earth.

31 The glorious Majesty of the Lord shall
endure for ever : the Lord shall rejoice in
his works.

32 The earth shall tremble at the look of
him : if he do but touch the hills, they
shall smoke.

33 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 con-
sumed out of the earth, and the ungodly
shall come to an end : praise thou the Lord,
my soul, praise the Lord.

PSALM CV. CoTifitemim Domino.

OGIVE thanks unto the Lord, and call
upon his Name : tell the people what
things he hath done.

2 let your songs be of him, and praise
him : and let your talking ;be of all his
wondrous works.

3 Rejoice in his holy Name : let the
heart of them rejoice that seek the Lord.

4 Seek the Lord and his strength : seek
his face evermore.

PSALM CV. DAY 21.

5 Remember the marvellous works that
he hath done : his wonders, and the judge-
ments of his mouth,

6 ye seed of Abraham his servant : ye
children of Jacob his chosen.

7 He is the Lord our God : his judge-
ments are in all the world.

8 He hath been alway mindful of his
covenant and promise : that he made to a
thousand generations;

9 Even the covenant that he made with
Abraham : and the oath that he sware unto
Isaac ;

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.

16 Moreover, he called for a dearth upon
the land : and destroyed all the provision of
bread.

DAY 21. PSALM CV.

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 Ja-
cob 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 shewed his tokens among
them : and wonders in the land of Ham.

28 He sent darkness, and it was dark :
and they were not obedient unto his word.

29 He turned their waters into blood :
and slew their fish.

PSALM CV. DAY 21.

30 Their land brought forth frogs : yea,
even in their kings' chambers.

31 He spake the word, and there came
all manner of flies : and lice in all their
quarters.

32 He gave them hail-stones 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 innumerable :
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.

DAY 21. PSALM CVI.

41 For why? he remembered his holy
promise : and Abraham his servant

42 And he brought forth his people with
joy : and his chosen with gladness ;

43 And gave them the lands of the
heathen : and they took the labours of
the people in possession ;

44 That they might keep his statutes :
and observe his laws.

PSALM CVI. Confitemini Domino.

OGIVE 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 shew forth all his praise ?

3 Blessed are they that alway keep judge-
ment : and do righteousness.

4 Remember me, Lord, according to
the favour that thou bearest unto thy
people : 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 : we
have done amiss, and dealt wickedly.

7 Our fathers regarded not thy wonders
in Egypt, neither kept they thy great good-

PSALM CVI. DAY 21.

ness in remembrance : but were disobedient
at the sea, even at the Red sea.

8 Nevertheless, he helped them for his
Name's sake : that 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 com-
pany : the flame burnt up the ungodly.

DAY 21. PSALM CVI.

19 They made a calf in Horeb : and wor-
shipped 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 be-
fore him in the gap : to turn away his
wrathful indignation, lest he should destroy
them.

24 Yea, they thought scorn of that plea-
sant land : and gave no credence unto his
word ;

25 But murmured in their tents : and
hearkened not unto the voice of the Lord.

26 Then lift he up his hand against them :
to overthrow them in the wilderness;

27 To cast out their seed among the
nations : and to scatter them in the lands.

28 They joined themselves unto Baal-
peor : and ate the offerings of the dead.

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

PSALM CVI. DAY 21.

righteousness : among all posterities for
evermore.

32 They angered him also at the waters
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 hea-
then : and learned their works.

36 Insomuch that they worshipped their
idols, which turned to their own decay : yea,
they offered their sons and their daughters
unto devils;

37 And shed innocent blood, even the
blood of their sons and of their daughters :
whom they offered unto the idols of Canaan;
and the land was defiled with blood.

38 Thus were they stained with their own
works : and went a whoring with their own
inventions.

39 Therefore was the wrath of the Lord
kindled against his people : insomuch that
he abhorred his own inheritance.

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.

DAY 22. PSALM CVII.

42 Many a time did he deliver them :
but they rebelled against him with their
own inventions, and were brought down in
their wickedness.

43 Nevertheless, when he saw their
adversity : he heard their complaint.

44 He thought upon his covenant, and
pitied them, according unto the multitude
of his mercies : yea, he made all those that
led them away captive to pity them.

45 Deliver us, 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.

PSALM CVII. Confitemini Domino.

OGIVE thanks unto the Lord, for he is
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, and from the south.

PSALM CVII. 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 that men would therefore praise the
Lord for his goodness : and declare the won-
ders that he doeth for the children of men!

9 For he satisfieth the empty soul : and
filleth the hungry soul with goodness.

10 Such as sit in darkness, and in the
shadow of death : being fast bound in misery
and iron;

11 Because they rebelled against the
words of the Lord : and lightly regarded
the counsel of the most Highest;

12 He also brought down their heart
through heaviness : they fell down, and
there was none to help them.

13 So when they cried unto the Lord in
their trouble : he delivered them out of
their distress.

14 For he brought them out of darkness,
and out of the shadow of death : and brake
their bonds in sunder.

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DAY 22. PSALM CVII.

15 that men would therefore praise
the 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 abhorred all manner of
meat : and they were even hard at death's
door.

19 So when they cried unto the Lord
in their trouble : he delivered them out of
their distress.

20 He sent his word, and healed them :
and they were saved from their destruction.

21 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 aris-
eth : which lifteth up the waves thereof.

26 They are carried up to the heaven

PSALM CVII. DAY 22.

and down again to the deep : their soul
melteth away because of the trouble.

27 They reel to and fro, and stagger like
a drunken man : and are at their wits' 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 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 wilder-
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.

DAY 22. PSALM CVIII.

38 He blesseth them, so that they multi-
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 them to be evil
intreated 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-kind-
ness of the Lord.

PSALM CVIII. Paratum cor meum.

OGOD, 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, Lord,
among the people : I will sing praises unto
thee among the nations.

4 For thy mercy is greater than the

PSALM CIX. DAY 22.

heavens : and thy truth reacheth unto the
clouds.

5 Set up thyself, God, above the hea-
vens : 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 Edom will I cast out my
shoe; upon Philistia will I triumph.

10 Who will lead me into the strong
city : and who will bring me into Edom ?

11 Hast not thou forsaken us, God :
and wilt not thou, God, go forth with
our hosts?

12 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.

HOLD not thy tongue, God of my
praise : for the mouth of the ungodly,
yea, the mouth of the deceitful is opened
upon me.

DAY 22. PSALM CIX.

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
labour.

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.

PSALM CIX. DAY 22.

13 Let the wickedness of his fathers be
had in remembrance in the sight of the
Lord : and let not the sin of his mother be
done away.

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 cloke that
he hath upon him : and as the girdle that
he is alway girded withal.

19 Let it thus happen from the Lord
unto mine enemies : and to those that speak
evil against my soul.

20 But deal thou with me, Lord God,
according unto thy Name : for sweet is thy
mercy.

21 deliver me, for I am helpless and
poor : and my heart is wounded within me.

22 I go hence like the shadow that

DAY 23. PSALM CX.

departeth : and am driven away as the
grasshopper.

23 My knees are weak through fasting :
my flesh is dried up for want of fatness.

24 I became also a reproach unto them :
they that looked upon me shaked their
heads.

25 Help me, Lord my God : 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 cloke.

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.

PSALM CX. Dixit Dominus.

THE Lord said unto my Lord : Sit thou
on my right hand, until I make thine
enemies thy footstool.

PSALM CXI. DAY 23.

2 The Lord shall send the rod of thy
power out of Sion : be thou ruler, even in
the midst among thine enemies.

3 In the day of thy power shall the peo-
ple offer thee free-will offerings with an holy
worship : the dew of thy birth is of the
womb of the morning.

4 The Lord sware, and will not repent :
Thou art a Priest for ever after the order of
Melchisedech.

5 The Lord upon thy right hand : shall
wound even kings in the day of his
wrath.

6 He shall judge among the heathen ;
he shall fill the places with the dead bodies :
and smite in sunder the heads over divers
countries.

7 He shall drink of the brook in the way :
therefore shall he lift up his head.

PSALM CXI. Confttebor tibi.

I 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 honour : and his righteousness en-
dureth for ever.

4 The merciful and gracious Lord hath so

DAY 23. PSALM CXII.

done his marvellous works : that they ought
to be had in remembrance.

5 He hath given meat unto them that
fear him : he shall ever be mindful of his
covenant.

6 He hath shewed his people the power
of his works : that he may give them the
heritage of the heathen.

7 The works of his hands are verity and
judgement : all his commandments are true.

8 They stand fast for ever and ever : and
are done in truth and equity.

9 He sent redemption unto his people :
he hath commanded his covenant for ever ;
holy and reverend is his Name.

10 The fear of the Lord is the beginning
of wisdom : a good understanding have all
they that do thereafter; the praise of it
endureth for ever.

PSALM CXII. Beatus tir.

>LESSED 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

PSALM CXIII. DAY 23.

in the darkness : he is merciful, loving, and
righteous.

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 remem-
brance.

7 He will not be afraid of any evil
tidings : for his heart standeth fast, and
believeth in the Lord.

8 His heart is established, and will not
shrink : until he see his desire upon his
enemies.

9 He hath dispersed abroad, and given to
the poor : and his righteousness remaineth for
ever; his horn shall be exalted with honour.

10 The ungodly shall see it, and it shall
grieve him : he shall gnash with his teeth,
and consume away; the desire of the un-
godly shall perish.

PSALM CXIII. Laudate, pueri.

PRAISE the Lord, ye servants : 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.

DAY 23. PSALM CXIV.

5 Who is like unto the Lord our God,
that hath his dwelling so high : and yet
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.

(fferang |)ragcr.

PSALM CXIV. In exitu Israel.

WHEN Israel came out of Egypt : and
the house of Jacob from among the
strange people,

2 Judah w r as 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, 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 ;

PSALM CXV. DAY 23.

8 Who turned the hard rock into a
standing water : and the flint-stone into a
springing well.

PSALM CXV. Non nobis, Domine.

NOT unto us, 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 hay e 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
the Lord : he is their succour and defence.

10 Ye house of Aaron, put your trust in
the Lord : he is their helper and defender.

11 Ye that fear the Lord, put your trust
in the Lord : he is their helper and defender.

12 The Lord hath been mindful of us,

DAY 24. PSALM CXVI.

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 more : you and your children.

15 Ye are the blessed of the Lord : who
made heaven and earth.

16 All the whole heavens are the Lord's :
the earth hath he given to the children of
men.

17 The dead praise not thee, 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.

PSALM CXVI. Dilexi, quoniam.

I AM well pleased : that the Lord hath
heard the voice of my prayer;

2 That he hath inclined his ear unto me :
therefore will I call upon him as long as I live.

3 The snares of death compassed me
round about : and the pains of hell gat hold
upon me.

4 I shall find trouble and heaviness, and
I will call upon the Name of the Lord :
Lord, I beseech thee, deliver my soul.

PSALM CXVI. DAY 24.

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, 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, Lord, how that I am thy
servant : I am thy servant, and the son
of thine handmaid ; thou hast broken my
bonds in sunder.

15 I will offer to thee the sacrifice of
thanksgiving : and will call upon the Name
of the Lord.

16 I will pay my vows unto the Lord, in

DAY 24. PSALM CXVII. CXVIIL

the sight of all his people : in the courts of
the Lord's house, even in the midst of thee,
Jerusalem. Praise the Lord.

PSALM CXVII. Laudate Dominum.

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 CXVIIL Confitemini Domino.

OGIVE thanks unto the Lord, for he is
gracious : because his mercy endureth
for ever.

2 Let Israel now confess, that he is
gracious : and that his mercy endureth for
ever.

3 Let the house of Aaron now confess :
that his mercy endureth for ever.

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 de-
sire upon mine enemies.

8 It is better to trust in the Lord : than
to put any confidence in man.

PSALM CXV1IL 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
pre-eminence : 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 corrected
me : but he hath not given me over unto
death.

19 Open me the gates of righteousness :
that I may go into them, and give thanks
unto the Lord.

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DAY 24. PSALM CXIX.

20 This is the gate of the Lord : the
righteous shall enter into it.

21 I will thank thee, for thou hast heard
me : and art become my salvation.

22 The same stone which the builders
refused : is become the head-stone in the
corner.

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, Lord : Lord, send
us now prosperity.

26 Blessed be he that cometh in the Name
of the Lord : we have wished you good
luck, ye that are of the house of the Lord.

27 God is the Lord who hath shewed us
light : bind the sacrifice with cords, yea,
even unto the horns of the altar.

28 Thou art my God, and I will thank
thee : thou art my God, and I will praise
thee.

29 give thanks unto the Lord, for he is
gracious : and his mercy endureth for ever.

(ffiixening |prajur,

PSALM CXIX. Beati immaculati.

BLESSED are those that are undefiled
in the way : and walk in the law of the
Lord.

PSALM CXIX. DAY 24.

2 Blessed are they that keep his testi-
monies : 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 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 judge-
ments of thy righteousness.

8 I will keep thy ceremonies : forsake
me not utterlv.

In quo corrigetf

WHEREWITHAL shall a young man
cleanse his way : even by ruling
himself after thy word.

10 With my whole heart have I sought
thee : let me not go wrong out of thy
commandments.

11 Thy words have I hid within my
heart : that I should not sin against thee.

12 Blessed art thou, Lord : teach
me thy statutes.

13 With my lips have I been telling : of
all the judgements of thy mouth.

14 I have had as great delight in the

DAY 24. PSALM CXIX.

way of thy testimonies : as in all manner
of riches.

15 I will talk of thy commandments :
and have respect unto thy ways.

16 My delight shall be in thy statutes :
and I will not forget thy word.

Retribue serto tuo.

ODO 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 : hide
not thy commandments from me.

20 My soul breaketh out for the very
fervent desire : that it hath alway unto thy
judgements.

21 Thou hast rebuked the proud : and
cursed are they that do err from thy com-
mandments.

22 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.

Adhcesit pavimento.

MY soul cleaveth to the dust : quick-
en thou me, according to thy word.
26 I have acknowledged my ways, and

PSALM CXIX. DAY 25.

thou heardest me : teach me thy sta-
tutes.

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 judgements have I laid before me.

31 I have stuck unto thy testimonies :
Lord, confound me not.

32 I will run the way of thy command-
ments : when thou hast set my heart at
liberty.

Legem pone.

TEACH me, 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.

36 Incline my heart unto thy testimonies :
and not to covetousness.

DAY 25. .PSALM CXIX.

37 turn away mine eyes, le&t they be-
hold vanity : and quicken thou me in thy
way.

38 stablish thy word in thy servant :
that I may fear thee.

39 Take away the rebuke that I am afraid
of : for thy judgements are good.

40 Behold, my delight is in thy com-
mandments : quicken me in thy right-
eousness.

Et venial super me.

E!T thy loving mercy come also unto me,
Lord : even thy salvation, according
unto thy word.

42 So shall I make answer unto my blas-
phemers : for my trust is in thy word.

43 take not the word of thv truth

utterly out of my mouth : for my hope is
in thy judgements.

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,
even before kings : and will not be ashamed.

47 And my delight shall be in thy com-
mandments : which I have loved.

48 My hands also will I lift up unto thy
commandments, which I have loved : and
my study shall be in thy statutes.

PSALM CXIX. DAY 25.

Memor esto servi tui.

THINK upon thy servant, as concerning
thy word : wherein thou hast caused
me to put my trust.

50 The same is my comfort in my trouble :
for thy word hath quickened me.

51 The proud have had me exceedingly
in derision : yet have I not shrinked from
thy law.

52 For I remembered thine everlasting
judgements, 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,
Lord, in the night-season : and have kept
thy law.

56 This I had : because I kept thy com-
mandments.

Portia mea, Domine.

THOU art my portion, Lord : I have
promised to keep thy law.
58 I made my humble petition in thy
presence with my whole heart : be merciful
unto me, according to thy word.

59 1 called mine own ways to remembrance :
and turned my feet unto thy testimonies.

60 I made haste, and prolonged not the
time : to keep thy commandments.

DAY 25. PSALM CXIX.

61 The congregations of the ungodly have
robbed me : but I have not forgotten thy
law.

62 At midnight I will rise to give thanks
unto thee : because of thy righteous judge-
ments.

63 I am a companion of all them that
fear thee : and keep thy commandments.

64 The earth, Lord, is full of thy mercy:
teach me thy statutes.

Bonitatem fecistL

OLORD, thou hast dealt graciously
with thy servant : according unto thy
word.

66 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 : 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.

72 The law of thy mouth is dearer unto
me : than thousands of gold and silver.

PSALM CXIX. DAY 25.

(ifrwing

Manus tuce fecerunt me.

THY hands have made me and fashioned
me : 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, Lord, that thy judgements
are right : and that thou of very faithful-
ness hast caused me to be troubled.

76 let thy merciful kindness be my
comfort : according to thy word unto thy
servant.

77 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 let my heart be sound in thy sta-
tutes : that I be not ashamed.

Defecit anima mea.

MY 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, when wilt thou comfort me ?

DAY 25. PSALM CXIX.

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; be thou my help.

87 They had almost made an end of me
upon earth : but I forsook not thy com-
mandments.

88 quicken me after thy loving-kind-
ness : and so shall I keep the testimonies of
thy mouth.

In ceternum, Domine.

OLORD, 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.

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, save me : for I have
sought thy commandments.

PSALM CXIX. DAY 26.

95 The ungodly laid wait for me to
destroy me : but I will consider thy tes-
timonies.

96 I see that all things come to an end :
but thy commandment is exceeding broad.

Quomodo dilexi!

E>RD, 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 judge-
ments : for thou teachest me.

103 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
wavs.

Lucerna pedibus meis.

HY word is a lantern unto my feet
and a light unto my paths.

DAY 26. PSALM CXIX.

106 I have sworn, and am stedfastly pur-
posed : to keep thy righteous judgements.

107 I am troubled above measure :
quicken me, Lord, according to thy word.

108 Let the free-will offerings of my
mouth please thee, Lord : and teach me
thy judgements.

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 hdbui.

I 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.

115 Away from me, ye wicked : I will
keep the commandments of my God.

116 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.

PSALM CXIX. DAY 26.

118 Thou hast trodden down all them
that depart from thy statutes : for they
imagine but deceit.

119 Thou puttest away all the ungodly of
the earth like dross : therefore I love thy
testimonies.

120 My flesh trembleth for fear of thee :
and I am afraid of thy judgements.

Fed judicium.

IDEAL with the thing that is lawful and
right : 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 deal with thy servant according
unto thy loving mercy : and teach me thy
statutes.

125 I am thy servant, grant me under-
standing : that I may know thy testimonies.

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 stone.

128 Therefore hold I straight all thy
commandments : and all false ways I utterly
abhor.

DAY 26. PSALM CX1X.

Mirabilia.

rilHY testimonies are wonderful : there-
J_ fore 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 com-
mandments.

132 look thou upon me, and be merciful
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 deliver me from the wrongful
dealings of men : and so shall I keep thy
commandments.

135 Shew the light of thy countenance
upon thy servant : and teach me thy statutes.

136 Mine eyes gush out with water :
because men keep not thy law.

Justus es, Domine.

RIGHTEOUS art thou, Lord : and
true is thy judgement.

138 The testimonies that thou hast com-
manded : are exceeding righteous and true.

139 My zeal hath even 1 consumed me :
because mine enemies have forgotten thy
words.

140 Thy word is tried to the uttermost :
and thy servant loveth it.

PSALM CXIX. DAY 26.

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 : grant me understanding,
and I shall live.

Clamam in toto corde meo.

I CALL with my whole heart : hear me,
Lord, I will keep thy statutes.

146 Yea, even unto thee do I call : help
me, and I shall keep thy testimonies.

147 Early in the morning do I cry unto
thee : for in thy word is my trust.

148 Mine eyes prevent the night-
watches : that I might be occupied in
thy words.

149 Hear my voice, Lord, according
unto thy loving-kindness : quicken me,
according as thou art wont.

150 They draw nigh that of malice perse-
cute me : and are far from thy law.

151 Be thou nigh at hand, Lord : for
all thy commandments are true.

152 As concerning thy testimonies, I

DAY 26. PSALM CXIX.

have known long since : that thou hast
grounded them for ever.

Vide humilitatem.

CONSIDER mine adversity, and de-
liver 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, 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, Lord, how I love thy
commandments : quicken me, according
to thy loving-kindness.

160 Thy word is true from everlasting :
all the judgements of thy righteousness
endure for evermore.

Principes persecuti sunt.

PRINCES have persecuted me without
a cause : but my heart standeth in
awe of thy word.

162 I am as glad of thy word : as one
that findeth great spoils.

163 As for lies, I hate and abhor them :
but thy law do I love.

PSALM CXIX. DAY 26.

164 Seven times a day do I praise thee :
because of thy righteous judgements.

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.

LET my complaint come before thee,
Lord : give me understanding, accord-
ing to thy word.

170 Let my supplication come before
thee : deliver me, according to thy word.

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 right-
eous.

173 Let thine hand help me : for I have
chosen thy commandments.

174 I have longed for thy saving health,
Lord : and in thy law is my delight.

175 let my soul live, and it shall praise
thee : and thy judgements shall help me.

176 I have gone astray like a sheep that
is lost : seek thy servant, for I do not
forget thy commandments.

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DAY 27. PSALM CXX. CXXI.

PSALM CXX. Ad Dominum.

WHEN I was in trouble I called upon
the Lord : and he heard me.

2 Deliver my soul, 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 habita-
tion among the tents of Kedar.

5 My soul hath long dwelt among them :
that are enemies unto peace.

6 I labour for peace, but when I speak
unto them thereof : they make them ready
to battle.

PSALM CXXI. Levavi oculos.

I 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 ;

PSALM CXX1I. DAY 27.

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. Lcetatus sum.

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

2 Our feet shall stand in thy gates :
Jerusalem.

3 Jerusalem is built as a city : that is at
unity in itself.

4 For thither the tribes go up, even
the tribes of the Lord : to testify unto
Israel, to give thanks unto the Name of
the Lord.

5 For there is the seat of judgement :
even the seat of the house of David.

6-0 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 Tea, because of the house of the Lord
our God : I will seek to do thee good.

DAY 27. PSALM CXXIII. CXXIV.

PSALM CXXIII. Ad te levavi oculos meos.

y NTO thee lift I up mine eyes : 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 us.

3 Have mercy upon us, Lord, have
mercy upon us : for we are utterly despised.

4 Our soul is filled with the scornful
reproof of the wealthy : and with the de-
spitefulness of the proud.

PSALM CXXIV. Nisi quia D&minus.

IF the Lord himself had not been on our
side, now may Israel say : if the Lord
himself had not been on our side, when men
rose up against us ;

2 They had swallowed us up quick : when
they were so wrathfully displeased at us.

3 Yea, the waters had drowned us : and
the stream had gone over our soul.

4 The deep waters of the proud : had
gone even over our soul.

5 But praised be the Lord : who hath not
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.

PSALM CXXV. CXXVI. DAY 27.

7 Our help standeth in the Name of the
Lord : who hath made heaven and earth.

PSALM CXXV. Qui confidunt.

THEY that put their trust in the Lord
shall be even as the mount Sion :
which may not be removed, but standeth
fast for ever.

2 The hills stand about Jerusalem : even
so standeth the Lord round about his peo-
ple, from this time forth for evermore.

3 For the rod of the ungodly cometh not
into the lot of the righteous : lest the right-
eous put their hand unto wickedness.

4 Do well, Lord : unto those that are
good and true of heart.

5 As for such as turn back unto their
own wickedness : the Lord shall lead them
forth with the evildoers; but peace shall
be upon Israel.

PSALM CXXVI. In convertendo.

WHEN the Lord turned again the cap-
tivity of Sion : then were we like
unto them that dream.

2 Then was our mouth filled with laugh-
ter : and our tongue with joy.

3 Then said they among the heathen :
The Lord hath done great things for
them.

DAY 27. PSALM CXXVII. CXXVIII.

4 Yea, the Lord hath done great things
for us already : whereof we rejoice.

5 Turn our captivity, Lord : as the
rivers in the south.

6 They that sow in tears : shall reap in joy.

7 He that now goeth on his way weeping,
and beareth forth good seed : shall doubt-
less come again with joy, and bring his
sheaves with him.

PSALM CXXVII. Nisi Dominus.

EXCEPT the Lord build the house : their
labour is but lost that build it.

2 Except the Lord keep the city : the
watchman waketh but in vain.

3 It is but lost labour that ye haste to
rise up early, and so late take rest, and
eat the bread of carefulness : for so he
giveth his beloved sleep.

4 Lo, children and the fruit of the
womb : are an heritage and gift that
cometh of the Lord.

5 Like as the arrows in the hand of the
giant : even so are the young children.

6 Happy is the man that hath his quiver
full of them : they shall not be ashamed
when they speak with their enemies in the
gate.

PSALM CXXVIII. Beati omnes.

BLESSED are all they that fear the
Lord : and walk in his ways.

PSALM CXXIX. DAY 27.

2 For thou shalt eat the labours of thine
hands : well is thee, and happy shalt thou
be.

3 Thy wife shall be as the fruitful vine :
upon the walls of thine house.

4 Thy children like the olive-branches :
round about thy table.

5 Lo, thus shall the man be blessed :
that feareth the Lord.

6 The Lord from out of Sion shall so
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. Scepe expugnaverunt.

MANY 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;

DAY 27. PSALM CXXX. CXXXI.

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.

PSALM CXXX. De profundis.

OUT of the deep have I called unto thee,
Lord : Lord, hear my voice.

2 let thine ears consider well : the
voice of my complaint.

3 If thou, Lord, wilt be extreme to mark
what is done amiss : Lord, who may
abide it ?

4 For there is mercy with thee : therefore
shalt thou be feared.

5 I look for the Lord ; my soul doth wait
for him : in his word is my trust.

6 My soul fleeth unto the Lord : before
the morning watch, I say, before the morn-
ing watch.

7 Israel, trust in the Lord, for with the
Lord there is mercy : and with him is plen-
teous redemption.

8 And he shall redeem Israel : from all
his sins.

PSALM CXXXI. Domine, non est.

L3RD, I am not high-minded : I have
no proud looks.

PSALM CXXXII. DAY 28.

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 Israel, trust in the Lord : from this
time forth for evermore.

PSALM CXXXII. Memento, Domine.

L)RD, remember David : and all his
trouble;

2 How he sware unto the Lord : and
vowed a vow unto the Almighty God of
Jacob ;

3 I will not come within the tabernacle
of mine house : nor climb up into my bed ;

4 I will not suffer mine eyes to sleep, nor
mine eye-lids to slumber : neither the
temples of my head to take any rest ;

5 Until I find out a place for the temple
of the Lord : an habitation for the mighty
God of Jacob.

6 Lo, we heard of the same at Ephrata :
and found it in the wood.

7 We will go into his tabernacle : and
fall low on our knees before his footstool.

8 Arise, Lord, into thy resting-place :
thou, and the ark of thy strength.

DAY 28. PSALM CXXXIII.

9 Let thy priests be clothed with righteous-
ness : and let thy saints sing with joy fulness.

10 For thy servant David's sake : turn
not away the presence of thine Anointed.

11 The Lord hath made a faithful oath
unto David : and he shall not shrink from it;

12 Of the fruit of thy body : shall I set
upon thy seat.

13 If thy children will keep my covenant,
and my testimonies that I shall learn them :
their children also shall sit upon thy seat
for evermore.

14 For the Lord hath chosen Sion to be
an habitation for himself : he hath longed
for her.

15 This shall be my rest for ever : here
will I dwell, for I have a delight therein.

161 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 flourish : 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 lonum!

BEHOLD, how good and joyful a thing it
is : brethren, to dwell together in unity!

PSALM CXXXIV. CXXXV. DAY 28.

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 Herraon : which fell
upon the hill of Sion.

4 For there the Lord promised his bless-
ing : and life for evermore.

PSALM CXXXIV. Ecce nunc.

BEHOLD 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.

O PRAISE the Lord, laud ye the Name
of the Lord : praise it, 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 praise the Lord, for the Lord is gra-
cious : 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.

DAY 28. PSALM CXXXV.

5 For I know that the Lord is great : and
that our Lord is above all gods.

6 Whatsoever the Lord pleased, that did
he in heaven, and in earth : and in the sea,
and in all deep places.

7 He bringeth forth the clouds from the
ends of the world : and sendeth forth 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 arid wonders into
the midst of thee, 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 Basan : and all the kingdoms of
Canaan ;

12 And gave their land to be an herit-
age : even an heritage unto Israel his
people.

13 Thy Name, Lord, endureth for ever :
so doth thy memorial, 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.

PSALM CXXXVI. DAY 28.

16 They have mouths, and speak not :
eyes have they, but they see not.

17 They have ears, and yet they hear
not : neither is there any breath in their
mouths.

18 They that make them are like unto
them : and so are all they that put their
trust in them.

19 Praise the Lord, ye house of Israel :
praise the Lord, ye house of Aaron.

20 Praise the Lord, ye house of Levi : ye
that fear the Lord, praise the Lord.

21 Praised be the Lord out of Sion : who
dwelleth at Jerusalem.

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PSALM CXXXVI. Conjttemini.

OGIVE thanks unto the Lord, for he
is gracious : and his mercy endureth
for ever.

2 give thanks unto the God of all
gods : for his mercy endureth for ever.

3 thank the Lord of all lords : for his
mercy endureth for ever.

4 Who only doeth great wonders : for his
mercy endureth for ever.

5 Who by his excellent wisdom made the
heavens : for his mercy endureth for ever.

6 Who laid out the earth above the
waters : for his mercy endureth for ever.

DAY 28. PSALM CXXXVL

7 Who hath made great lights : for his
mercy endure th for ever;

8 The sun to rule the day : for his mercy
endureth for ever;

9 The moon and the stars to govern the
night : for his mercy endureth for ever.

10 Who smote Egypt with their first-
born : for his mercy endureth for ever ;

11 And brought out Israel from among
them : for his mercy endureth for ever;

12 With a mighty hand, and stretched
out arm : for his mercy endureth for ever.

13 Who divided the Red sea in two
parts : for his mercy endureth for ever;

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 Red 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 Basan : for his
mercy endureth for ever;

PSALM CXXXVII. DAY 28.

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;

24 And hath delivered us from our
enemies : for his mercy endureth for ever.

25 Who giveth food to all flesh : for his
mercy endureth for ever.

26 give thanks unto the God of heaven :
for his mercy endureth for ever.

27 give thanks unto the Lord of lords :
for his mercy endureth for ever.

PSALM CXXXVII. Super flumina.

BY the waters of Babylon we sat down
and wept : when we remembered thee,
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, Jerusalem : let my
right hand forget her cunning.

6 If I do not remember thee, let my

DAY 28. PSALM CXXXVIII.

tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth :
yea, if I prefer not Jerusalem in my mirth.

7 Remember the children of Edom,
Lord, in the day of Jerusalem : how they
said, Down with it, down with it, even to
the ground.

8 daughter of Babylon, wasted with
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. Confttelor tibi.

I WILL give thanks unto thee, 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 magni-
fied thy Name, and thy Word, above all
things.

3 When I called upon thee, thou heardest
me : and enduedst my soul with much
strength.

4 All the kings of the earth shall praise
thee, 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

PSALM CXXXIX. DAY 29.

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,
Lord, endureth for ever; despise not then
the works of thine own hands.

PSALM CXXXIX. Domine, probasti.

OLORD, thou hast searched me out,
and known me : thou knowest my
down-sitting, and mine up-rising ; thou un-
derstandest 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, 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

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DAY 29. PSALM CXXXIX.

there : if I go down to hell, thou art
there also.

8 If I take the wings of the morning :
and remain in the uttermost parts of the sea;

9 Even there also shall thy hand lead me :
and thy right hand shall hold me.

10 If I say, Peradventure the darkness
shall cover me : then shall my night be
turned to day.

11 Yea, the darkness is no darkness with
thee, but the night is as clear as the day :
the darkness and light to thee are both
alike.

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,
God : how great is the sum of them!

18 If I tell them, they are more in

PSALM CXL. DAY 29.

number than the sand : when I wake up I
am present with thee.

19 Wilt thou not slay the wicked,
God : depart from me, ye blood-thirsty men.

20 For they speak unrighteously against
thee : and thine enemies take thy Name in
vain.

21 Do not I hate them, 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, 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.

DELIVER me, 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, Lord, from the hands of
the ungodly : preserve me from the wicked
men, who are purposed to overthrow my
goings.

DAY 29, PSALM CXLI.

5 The proud have laid a snare for me,
and spread a net abroad with cords : yea,
and set traps in my way.

6 I said unto the Lord, Thou art my
God : hear the voice of my prayers, Lord.

7 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,
Lord : let not his mischievous imagination
prosper, lest they be too proud.

9 Let the mischief of their own lips fall
upon the head of them : that compass me
about.

10 Let hot burning coals fall upon them :
let them be cast into the fire, and into the
pit, that they never rise up again.

11 A man full of words shall not prosper
upon the earth : evil shall hunt the wicked
person to overthrow him.

12 Sure I am that the Lord will avenge
the poor : and maintain the cause of the
helpless.

13 The righteous also shall give thanks
unto thy Name : and the just shall continue
in thy sight.

PSALM CXLI. Domine, clamavi.

TORD, I call upon thee, haste thee unto
I J me : and consider my voice when I
cry unto thee.

PSALM CXLI. DAY 29.

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.

3 Set a watch, Lord, before my mouth :
and keep the door of my lips.

4 let not mine heart be inclined to any
evil thing : let me not be occupied in
ungodly works with the men that work
wickedness, lest I eat of such things as
please them.

5 Let the righteous rather smite me
friendly : and reprove me.

6 But let not their precious balms break
my head : yea, I will pray yet against their
wickedness.

7 Let their judges be overthrown in stony
places : that they may hear my words, for
they are sweet.

8 Our bones lie scattered before the pit :
like as when one breaketh and heweth wood
upon the earth.

9 But mine eyes look unto thee, Lord
God : in thee is my trust, cast not out my
soul.

10 Keep me from the snare that they have
laid for me : and from the traps of the
wicked doers.

11 Let the ungodly fall into their own
nets together : and let me ever escape
them.

DAY 29. PSALM CXLII. CXLIII.

PSALM CXLII. Voce mea ad Dominum.

I CRIED unto the Lord with my voice :
yea, even unto the Lord did I make my
supplication.

2 I poured out my complaints before
him : and shewed him of my trouble.

3 When my spirit was in heaviness thou
knewest my path : in the way wherein I
walked have they privily laid a snare for me.

4 I looked also upon my right hand : and
saw there was no man that would know me.

5 I had no place to flee unto : and no
man cared for my soul.

6 I cried unto thee, 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 deliver me from my persecutors : for
they are too strong for me.

9 Bring my soul out of prison, that I may
give thanks unto thy Name : which thing if
thou wilt grant me, then shall the righteous
resort unto my company.

PSALM CXLIII. Domine, exaudi.

HEAR my prayer, Lord, and consider
my desire : hearken unto me for thy
truth and righteousness' sake.

PSALM CXLI1I. DAY 29.

2 And enter not into judgement with thy
servant : for in thy sight shall no man living
be justified.

3 For the enemy hath persecuted my
soul; he hath smitten my life down to the
ground : he hath laid me in the darkness,
as the men that have been long dead.

4 Therefore is my spirit vexed within
me : and my heart within me is desolate.

5 Yet do I remember the time past; I
muse upon all thy works : yea, I exercise
myself in the works of thy hands.

6 I stretch forth my hands unto thee :
my soul gaspeth unto thee as a thirsty
land.

7 Hear me, 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 let me hear thy loving-kindness be-
times in the morning, for in thee is my
trust : shew thoti me the way that I should
walk in, for I lift up my soul unto thee.

9 Deliver me, 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 Spirit lead me forth into the land of
righteousness.

11 Quicken me, Lord, for thy Name's

DAY 30. PSALM CXLIV.

sake : and for thy 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.

PSALM CXLIV. Benedictus Dominus.

BLESSED 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 him?

4 Man is like a thing of nought : his
time passeth away like a shadow.

5 Bow thy heavens, Lord, and come
down : touch the mountains, and they shall
smoke.

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.

PSALM GXLV. DAY 30.

9 I will sing a new song unto thee,
God : and sing praises unto thee upon a
ten-stringed lute.

10 Thou hast given victory unto kings :
and hast delivered David thy servant from
the peril of the sword.

11 Save me, and deliver me from the
hand of strange children : whose mouth
talketh of vanity, and their right hand is a
right hand of iniquity.

12 That our sons may grow up as the
young plants : and that our daughters may
be as the polished corners of the temple.

13 That our garners may be full and
plenteous with all manner of store : that
our sheep may bring forth thousands and
ten thousands in our streets.

14 That our oxen may be strong to labour,
that there be no decay : no leading into
captivity, and no complaining in our streets.

15 Happy are the people that are in such
a case : yea, blessed are the people who
have the Lord for their God.

PSALM CXLV. Exalidbo te, Deus.

I WILL magnify thee, 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.

DAY 30. PSALM CXLV.

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 shewed : and men shall sing of
thy righteousness.

8 The Lord is gracious, and merciful :
long-suffering, and of great goodness.

9 The Lord is loving unto every man :
and his mercy is over all his works.

10 All thy works praise thee, Lord :
and thy saints give thanks unto thee.

11 They shew the glory of thy kingdom :
and talk of thy power;

12 That thy power, thy glory, and
mightiness of thy kingdom : might be
known unto men.

13 Thy kingdom is an everlasting 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.

PSALM CXLVI. DAY 30.

15 The eyes of all wait upon thee,
Lord : and thou givest them their meat in
due season.

16 Thou openest thine hand : and fillest
all things living with plenteousness.

17 The Lord is righteous in all his ways :
and holy in all his works.

18 The Lord is nigh unto all them that
call upon him : yea, all such as call upon
him faithfully.

19 He will fulfil the desire of them that
fear him : he also will hear their cry, and
will help them.

20 The Lord preserveth all them that love
him : but scattereth abroad all the ungodly.

21 My mouth shall speak the praise of
the Lord : and let all flesh give thanks unto
his holy Name for ever and ever.

PSALM CXLVI. Lauda, anima mea.

PRAISE the Lord, my soul; while I
live will I praise the Lord : yea, as
long as I have any being, I will sing praises
unto my God.

2 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

DAY 30. PSALM CXLVII.

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, Sion, shall be
King for evermore : and throughout all
generations.

PSALM CXLVH. Laudate Dominum.

O PRAISE the Lord, for it is a good
thing to sing praises unto our God :
yea, a joyful and pleasant thing it is to be
thankful.

2 The Lord doth build up Jerusalem :
and gather together the out-casts of Israel.

3 He healeth those that are broken in
heart : and giveth medicine to heal their
sickness.

PSALM CXLVII. DAY 30.

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 sing unto the Lord with thanks-
giving : sing praises upon the harp unto our
God;

8 Who covereth the heaven with clouds,
and prepareth xain for the earth : arid
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, Jerusalem : praise
thy God, Sion.

13 For he hath made fast the bars of thy
gates : and hath blessed thy children within
thee.

14 He maketh peace in thy borders :
and filleth thee with the flour of wheat.

15 He sendeth forth his commandment
upon earth : and his word runneth very
swiftly.

DAY 30. PSALM CXLVIII.

16 He giveth snow like wool : and
scattereth the hoar-frost like ashes.

17 He casteth forth his ice like morsels :
who is able to abide his frost?

18 He sendeth out his word, and melteth
them : he bloweth with his wind, and the
waters flow.

19 He sheweth his word unto Jacob : his
statutes and ordinances unto Israel.

20 He hath not dealt so with any nation :
neither have the heathen knowledge of his
laws.

PSALM CXLVIII. Laudate Dominum.

O PRAISE the Lord of heaven : praise
him in the height.

2 Praise him, all ye angels of his : praise
him, all his host.

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

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

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

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

7 Praise the Lord upon earth : ye dra-
gons, and all deeps;

PSALM CXLIX. DAY 30.

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

9 Mountains and all hills : fruitful trees
and all cedars;

10 Beasts and all cattle : worms and
feathered fowls;

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

12 Young men and maidens, old men
and children, praise the Name of the Lord :
for his Name only is excellent, and his
praise above heaven and earth.

13 He shall exalt the horn of his people ;
all his saints shall praise him : even the
children of Israel, even the people that
serveth him.

PSALM CXLIX. Cantate Domino.

OS ING 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 with
tabret and harp.

4 For the Lord hath pleasure in his
people : and helpeth the meek-hearted.

5 Let the saints be joyful with glory : let
them rejoice in their beds.

DAY 30. PSALM CL.

6 Let the praises of God be in their
mouth : and a two-edged sword in their
hands;

7 To be avenged of the heathen : and to
rebuke the people;

8 To bind their kings in chains : and
their nobles with links of iron.

9 That they may be avenged of them,
as it is written : Such honour have all his
saints.

PSALM CL. Laudate Dominum.

PRAISE 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 breath :
praise the Lord.

FORMS OF PRAYER

USED AT SEA.

1T The Morning and Evening Service to be used daily at Sea shall be the
same which is appointed in the Book of Common Prayer.

IT These two following Prayers are to be also used in her Majesty's Navy

every day.

O ETERNAL Lord God, who alone spreadest out the heavens,
and rulest the raging of the sea ; who hast compassed the
waters with bounds until day and night come to an end ; Be
pleased to receive into thy Almighty and most gracious protection
the persons of us thy servants, and the Fleet in which we serve.
Preserve us from the dangers of the sea, and from the violence of
the enemy ; that we may be a safeguard unto our most gracious
Sovereign Lady, Queen VICTORIA, and her Dominions, and a
security for such as pass on the seas upon their lawful occasions ;
that the inhabitants of our Island may in peace and quietness
serve thee our God ; and that we may return in safety to enjoy the
blessings of the land, with the fruits of our labours, and with a
thankful remembrance of thy mercies to praise and glorify thy
holy Name ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

THE COLLECT.

PREVENT us, Lord, in all our doings, with thy most gracious
favour, and further us with thy continual help ; that in all our
works begun, continued, and ended in thee, we may glorify thy
holy Name, and finally by thy mercy obtain everlasting life;
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

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FORMS OF PRAYER TO BE USED AT SEA.

1" Prayers to be used in Storms at Sea.

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 command-
ments : 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-

Or this:

OMOST glorious and gracious Lord God, who dwellest in
heaven, but beholdest all things below ; Look down, we
beseech thee, and hear us, calling out of the depth of misery, and
out of the jaws of this death, which is ready now to swallow us up :
Save, Lord, or else we perish. The living, the living, shall praise
thee. send thy word of command to rebuke the raging winds,
and the roaring sea ; that we, being delivered from this distress,
may live to serve thee, and to glorify thy Name all the days of our
life. Hear, Lord, and save us, for the infinite merits of our blessed
Saviour, thy Son, our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen.

IT The Prayer to be said before a Fight at Sea against any

Enemy.

OMOST powerful and glorious Lord God, the Lord of hosts,
that rulest and commandest all things ; Thou sittest in the throne
judging right, and therefore we make our address to thy Divine
Majesty in this our necessity, that thou wouldest take the cause
into thine own hand, and judge between us and our enemies. Stir
up thy strength, Lord, and come and help us ; for thou givest
not alway the battle to the strong, but canst save by many or by

FORMS OF PRAYER TO BE USED AT SEA.

few. 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
Deli verer ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

IT Short Prayers for single persons, that cannot meet to join in Prayer with
others, by reason of the Fight, or Storm.

General Prayers.

ERD, be merciful to us sinners, and save us for thy mercy's
sake.

Thou art the great God, that hast made and rulest all things :
deliver us for thy Name's sake.

Thou art the great God to be feared above all : save us, that
we may praise thee.

Special Prayers with respect to the Enemy.

THOU, Lord, art just and powerful : defend our cause
against the face of the enemy.

God, thou art a strong tower of defence to all that flee unto
thee : save us from the violence of the enemy.

O Lord of hosts, fight for us, that we may glorify thee.
O suifer us not to sink under the weight of our sins, or the
violence of the enemy.

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

Short Prayers in respect of a Storm.

THOU, Lord, that stillest the raging of the sea, hear, hear us,
and save us, that we perish not.

O blessed Saviour, that didst save thy disciples ready to perish
in a storm, hear us, and save us, we beseech thee.
Lord, have mercy upon us.

Christ, have mercy upon us.
Lord, have mercy upon us.

Lord, hear us.
Christ, hear us.

God the Father, God the Son, God the Holy Ghost, have mercy
upon us, save us now and evermore. Amen.

FORMS OF PRAYEK TO BE USED AT SEA.

OUR Father, which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy Name. Thy
kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, As it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses,
As we forgive them that trespass against us. And lead us not into
temptation ; But deliver us from evil : For thine is the kingdom,
The power, and the glory, For ever and ever. Amen.

IF When there shall be imminent danger, as many as can be spared from
necessary service in the Ship shall be called together, and make an humble
Confession of their sin, to God: In which every one ought seriously to
reflect upon those particular sins of which his conscience shall accuse him;
saying asfoUoweth,

The Confession.

ALMIGHTY God, Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, Maker of
JLJL all things, Judge of all men ; We acknowledge and bewail our
manifold sins and wickedness, Which we, from time to time, most
grievously have committed, By thought, word, and deed, Against
thy Divine Majesty, Provoking most justly thy wrath and indig-
nation 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 hereafter Serve and please thee In newness of life, To the
honour and glory of thy Name ; Through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen.

IT Then shall the Priest, if there be any in the Ship, pronounce this

Absolution.

A LMIGHTY 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.

FORMS OF PRAYER TO BE USED AT SEA.

Thanksgiving after a Storm.
Jubilate Deo. Psalm Ixvi.

OBE joyful in God, all ye lands : sing praises unto the honour
of his Name, make his praise to be glorious.

Say unto God, O how wonderful art thou in thy works : through
the greatness of thy power shall thine enemies be found liars unto
thee.

For all the world shall worship thee : sing of thee, and praise
thy Name.

come hither, and behold the works of God : how wonderful he
is in his doing toward the children of men.

He turned the sea into dry land : so that they went through the
water on foot ; there did we rejoice thereof.

He ruleth with his power for ever ; his eyes behold the people :
and such as will not believe shall not be able to exalt themselves.

praise our God, ye people : and make the voice of his praise
to be heard ;

Who holdeth our soul in life : and suffereth not our feet to slip.

For thou, O God, hast proved us : thou also hast tried us, like as
silver is tried.

Thou broughtest us into the snare : and laidest trouble upon our
loins.

Thou suiferedst men to ride over our heads : we went through
fire and water, and thou broughtest us out into a wealthy place.

1 will go into thine house with burnt-offerings : and will pay thee
my vows, which I promised with my lips, and spake with my mouth,
when I was in trouble.

I will offer unto thee fat burnt-sacrifices, with the incense of
rams : I will offer bullocks and goats.

come hither, and hearken, all ye that fear God : and I will tell
you what he hath done for my soul.

1 called unto him with my mouth : and gave him praises with
my tongue.

If I incline unto wickedness with mine heart : the Lord will not
hear me.

But God hath heard me : and considered the voice of my
prayer.

FORMS OF PRAYER TO BE USED AT SEA.

Praised be God who hath not cast out my prayer : nor turned
his mercy from me.

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

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

Confitemini Domino. Psalm cvii.

OGIVE thanks unto the Lord, for he is gracious : and his mercy
endureth for ever.

Let them give thanks whom the Lord hath redeemed : and
delivered from the hand of the enemy ;

And gathered them out of the lands, from the east, and from the
west : from the north, and from the south.

They went astray in the wilderness out of the way : and found
no city to dwell in ;

Hungry and thirsty : their soul fainted in them.

So they cried unto the Lord in their trouble : and he delivered
them from their distress.

He led them forth by the right way : that they might go to the
city where they dwelt.

O that men would therefore praise the Lord for his goodness :
and declare the wonders that he doeth for the children of men !

For he satisfieth the empty soul : and filleth the hungry soul
with goodness.

Such as sit in darkness, and in the shadow of death : being fast
bound in misery and iron ;

Because they rebelled against the words of the Lord : and lightly
regarded the counsel of the most Highest ;

He also brought down their heart through heaviness : they fell
down, and there was none to help them.

So when they cried unto the Lord in their trouble : he delivered
them out of their distress.

For he brought them out of darkness, and out of the shadow of
death : and brake their bonds in sunder.

O that men would therefore praise the Lord for his goodness :
and declare the wonders that he doeth for the children of men !

For he hath broken the gates of brass : and smitten the bars of
iron in sunder.

FORMS OF PRAYER TO BE USED AT SEA.

Foolish men are plagued for their offence : and because of their
wickedness.

Their soul abhorred all manner of meat : and they were even
hard at death's door.

So when they cried unto the Lord in their trouble : he delivered
them out of their distress.

He sent his word, and healed them : and they were saved from
their destruction.

that men would therefore praise the Lord for his goodness :
and declare the wonders that he doeth for the children of men !

That they would offer unto him the sacrifice of thanksgiving :
and tell out his works with gladness !

They that go down to the sea in ships : and occupy their business
in great waters ;

These men see the works of the Lord : and his wonders in the deep.

For at his word the stormy wind ariseth : which lifteth up the
waves thereof.

They are carried up to the heaven, and down again to the deep :
their soul melteth away because of the trouble.

They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man : and are
at their wits' end.

So when they cry unto the Lord in their trouble : he delivereth
them out of their distress.

For he maketh the storm to cease : so that the waves thereof
are still.

Then are they glad, because they are at rest : and so he bringeth
them unto the haven where they would be.

that men would therefore praise the Lord for his goodness :
and declare the wonders that he doeth for the children of men !

That they would exalt him also in the congregation of the
people : and praise him in the seat of the elders !

Who turueth the floods into a wilderness : and drieth up the
water-springs.

A fruitful land maketh he barren : for the wickedness of them
that dwell therein.

Again, he maketh the wilderness a standing water : and water-
springs of a dry ground.

And there he setteth the hungry : that they may build them a
city to dwell in ;

FORMS OF PRAYER TO BE USED AT SEA.

That they may sow their land, and plant vineyards : to yield
them fruits of increase.

He blesseth them, so that they multiply exceedingly : and
suffereth not their cattle to decrease.

And again, when they are minished, and brought low : through
oppression, through any plague, or trouble ;

Though he suffer them to be evil intreated through tyrants : and
let them wander out of the way in the wilderness ;

Yet helpeth he the poor out of misery : and maketh him house-
holds like a flock of sheep.

The righteous will consider this, and rejoice : and the mouth of
all wickedness shall be stopped.

Whoso is wise will ponder these things : and they shall under-
stand the loving-kindness of the Lord.

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

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

Collects of Thanksgiving.

OMOST blessed and glorious Lord God, who art of infinite
goodness and mercy ; We thy poor creatures, whom thou hast
made and preserved, holding our souls in life, and now rescuing us
out of the jaws of death, humbly present ourselves again before
thy Divine Majesty, to offer a sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving,
for that thou heardest us when we called in our trouble, and didst
not cast out our prayer, which we made before thee in our great
distress : Even when we gave all for lost, our ship, our goods, our
lives, then didst thou mercifully look upon us, and wonderfully
command a deliverance ; for which we, now being in safety, do give
all praise and glory to thy holy Name ; through Jesus Christ our
Lord. A men.

Or this:

OMOST mighty and gracious good God, thy mercy is over all
thy works, but in special manner hath been extended toward
us, whom thou hast so powerfully and wonderfully defended.
Thou hast shewed us terrible things, and wonders in the deep,
that we might see how powerful and gracious a God thou art ;

FORMS OF PRAYER TO BE USED AT SEA.

how able and ready to help them that trust in thee. Thou hast
shewed us how both winds and seas obey thy command ; that we
may learn, even from them, hereafter to obey thy voice, and to do
thy will. We therefore bless and glorify thy Name, for this thy
mercy in saving us, when we were ready to perish. And, we
beseech thee, make us as truly sensible 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 our lives,
in being more obedient to thy holy commandments. Continue, we
beseech thee, this thy goodness to us ; that we, whom thou hast
saved, may serve thee in holiness and righteousness all the days
of our life ; through Jesus Christ our Lord and Saviour. Amen.

An Hymn of Praise and Thanksgiving after a dangerous

Tempest.

OCOME, let us give thanks unto the Lord, for he is gracious :
and his mercy endureth for ever.

Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised ; let the redeemed
of the Lord say so : whom he hath delivered from the merciless
rage of the sea.

The Lord is gracious and full of compassion : slow to anger, and
of great mercy.

He hath not dealt with us according to our sins : neither
rewarded us according to our iniquities.

But as the heaven is high above the earth : so great hath been
his mercy towards us.

We found trouble and heaviness : we were even at death's door.

The waters of the sea had well-nigh covered us : the proud
waters had well-nigh gone over our soul.

The sea roared : and the stormy wind lifted up the waves
thereof.

We were carried up as it were to heaven, and then down again
into the deep : our soul melted within us, because of trouble ;

Then cried we unto thee, Lord : and thou didst deliver us out
of our distress.

Blessed be thy Name, who didst not despise the prayer of thy
servants : but didst hear our cry, and hast saved us.

FORMS OF PRAYER TO BE USED AT SEA.

Thou didst send forth thy commandment : and the windy storm
ceased, and was turned into a calm.

O let us therefore praise the Lord for his goodness : and declare
the wonders that he hath done, and still doeth for the children of
men.

Praised be the Lord daily : even the Lord that helpeth us, and
poureth his benefits upon us.

He is our God, even the God of whom cometh salvation : God is
the Lord by whom we have escaped death.

Thou, Lord, hast made us glad through the operation of thy
hands : and we will triumph in thy praise.

Blessed be the Lord God : even the Lord God, who only doeth
wondrous things ;

And blessed be the Name of his Majesty for ever : and let every
one of us say, Amen, Amen.

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

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

2 COB. xiii.

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

After Victory or Deliverance from an Enemy.

A Psalm or Hymn of Praise and Thanksgiving after Victory.

IF the Lord had not been on our side, now may we say : if the
Lord himself had not been on our side, when men rose up
against us ;

They had swallowed us up quick : when they were so wrathfully
displeased at us.

Yea, the waters had drowned us, and the stream had gone over
our soul : the deep waters of the proud had gone over our soul.

But praised be the Lord : who hath not given us over as a prey
unto them.

The Lord hath wrought : a mighty salvation for us.

We gat not this by our own sword, neither was it our own arm

FORMS OF PRAYER TO BE USED AT SEA.

that saved us : but thy right hand, and thine arm, and the light of
thy countenance, because thou hadst a favour unto us.

The Lord hath appeared for us : the Lord hath covered our
heads, and made us to stand in the day of battle.

The Lord hath appeared for us : the Lord hath overthrown our
enemies, and dashed in pieces those that rose up against us.

Therefore not unto us, Lord, not unto us : but unto thy Name
"be given the glory.

The Lord hath done great things for us : the Lord hath done
great things for us, for which we rejoice.

Our help standeth in the Name of the Lord : who hath made
heaven and earth.

Blessed be the Name of the Lord : from this time forth for
evermore.

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.

^T After this Hymn may be sung the Te Deum.
IT T/ten this Collect.

O ALMIGHTY God, the Sovereign Commander of all the world,
in whose hand is power and might which none is able to
withstand ; We bless and magnify thy great and glorious Name for
this happy Victory, the whole glory whereof we do ascribe to thee,
who art the only giver of Victory. And, we beseech thee, give us
grace to improve this great mercy to thy glory, the advancement of
thy Gospel, the honour of our Sovereign, and, as much as in us
lieth, to the good of all mankind. And, we beseech thee, give us
such a sense of this great mercy, as may engage us to a true thank-
fulness, such as may appear in our lives by an humble, holy, and
obedient walking before thee all our days, through Jesus Christ
our Lord ; to whom with thee and the Holy Spirit, as for all thy
mercies, so in particular for this Victory and Deliverance, be all
glory and honour, world without end. Amen.

2 COR. xiii.

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

FORMS OF PRAYER TO BE USED AT SEA.

At the Burial of their Dead at Sea.

IT The Office in the Common Prayer-book may be used; only instead of these
words [We therefore commit his body to the ground, earth to earth, <&c.]
say,

WE therefore commit his body to the deep, to be turned into
corruption, looking for the resurrection of the body, (when
the Sea shall give up her dead,) and the life of the world to come,
through our Lord Jesus Christ ; who at his coming shall change
our vile body, that it may be like his glorious body, according
to the mighty working, whereby he is able to subdue all things to
himself.

THE FORM AND MANNER

MAKING, ORDAINING, AND CONSECRATING OF

BISHOPS, PRIESTS, AND DEACONS,

ACCORDING TO THE ORDER OF

THE CHUECH OF ENGLAND.

THE PREFACE.

/T is evident unto all men diligently reading the holy Scripture and ancient
Authors, that from the Apostles' time there have been these Orders of
Ministers in Christ's Church; Bishops, Priests, and Deacons. Which Offices
were evermore had in sv.ch reverend Estimation, that no man might presume
to execute any of them, except he were Jirst called, tried, examined, and
known to have such qualities as are requisite for the same; and also by
publick Prayer, with Imposition of Hands, were approved and admitted
thereunto by lawful Authority. And therefore, to the intent that these Orders
may be continued, and reverently used and esteemed, in the Church of Eng-
land; no 'man shall be accounted or taken to be a lawful Bishop, Priest, or
Deacon in the Church of England, or suffered to execute any of the said
Functions, except he be catted, tried, examined, and admitted thereunto,
according to the Form hereafter following, or hath had formerly Episcopal
Consecration, or Ordination.

And none shall be admitted a Deacon, except he be Twenty- three years of
age, unless he have a Faculty. And every man which is to be admitted a
Priest shall be full Four-and-twenty years old. And every man which is to
be ordained or consecrated Bishop shall be fully Thirty years of age.

And the Bishop, knowing eitJier by himself, or by sufficient testimony, any
Person to be a man of virtuous conversation, and without crime; and, after
examination and trial, finding him learned in the Latin Tongue, and suffi-
ciently instructed in holy Scripture, may at the times appointed in the Canon,
or else, on urgent occasion, upon some other Sunday or Holy-day, in the
face of the Church, admit him a Deacon, in such manner and form as
ftereafter followeth.

THE

FORM AND MANNER

MAKING OF DEACONS.

IT When the day appointed by the Bishop is come, after Morning Prayer is
ended, there shall be a Sermon or Exhortation, declaring the Duty and
Office of such as come to be admitted Deacons; how necessary that Order
is in the Church of Christ, and also, how the people ought to esteem them
in their Office.

^T First, the Archdeacon, or his Deputy, shall present unto the Bishop (sitting
in his chair near to tJie holy Table} such as desire to be ordained Deacons,
(each of them being decently liabited,} saying these words,

EVEREND Father in God, I present unto you these persons
present, to be admitted Deacons.

The Bishop.

TAKE heed that the persons, whom ye present unto us, be apt
and meet, for their learning and godly conversation, to exer-
cise their Ministry duly, to the honour of God, and the edifying of
his Church.

*IT T/te Archdeacon sliall answer,

I HAVE inquired of them, and also examined them, and think
them so to be.

1T Then the Bishop shall say unto the people:

BRETHREN, if there be any of you who knoweth any Impedi-
ment, or notable Crime, in any of these persons presented to be
ordered Deacons, for the which he ought not to be admitted to
that Office, let him come forth in the Name of God, and shew what
the Crime or Impediment is.

IT And if any great Crime or Impediment be objected, the Bishop shall
surcease from Ordering that person, until such time as the party accused
shall be found clear of that Crime.

^T Then the Bishop (commending such as shall be found meet to be Ordered
to the Prayers of the Congregation) shall, with the Clergy and people
present, sing or say the Litany, with the Prayers as followeth.

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Tfie Litany and Suffrages.

OGOD the Father, of heaven : have mercy upon us miserable
sinners.

O God the Father, of heaven : have mercy upon us miserable
sinners.

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

O God five 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.

O Jioly, 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.

From all blindness of heart ; from pride, vain-glory, and hypo-
crisy ; from envy, hatred, and malice, and all uncharitableness,

Good Lord, deliver us.

From fornication, and all other deadly sin ; and from all the
deceits of the world, the flesh, and the devil,

Good Lord, deliver us.

From lightning and tempest ; from plague, pestilence, and
famine ; from battle and murder, and from sudden death,

Good Lord, deliver us.

From all sedition, privy conspiracy, and rebellion ; from all false
doctrine, heresy, and schism ; from hardness of heart, and contempt
of thy Word and Commandment,

Good Lord, deliver us.

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By the mystery of thy holy Incarnation ; by thy holy Nativity
and Circumcision ; by thy Baptism, Fasting, and Temptation,

Good Lord, deliver us.

By thine Agony and bloody Sweat ; by thy Cross and Passion ;
by thy precious Death and Burial ; by thy glorious Resurrection
and Ascension ; and by the coming of the Holy Ghost,

Good Lord, deliver its.

In all time of our tribulation ; in all time of our wealth ; in the
hour of death, and in the day of judgement,

Good Lord, deliver us.

We sinners do beseech thee to hear us, Lord God ; and that it
may please thee to rule and govern thy holy Church universal in
the right way ;

We beseecJi thee to hear us, good Lord.

That it may please thee to keep and strengthen in the true
worshipping of thee, in righteousness and holiness of life, thy
Servant VICTORIA, our most gracious Queen and Governor ;

We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord.

That it may please thee to rule her heart in thy faith, fear, and
love, and that she may evermore have affiance in thee, and ever
seek thy honour and glory ;

We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord.

That it may please thee to be her defender, and keeper, giving
her the victory over all her enemies ;

We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord.

That it may please thee to bless and preserve Albert Edward
Prince of Wales, the Princess of Wales, and all the Royal
Family ;

We beseech thee to Jiear us, good Lord.

That it may please thee to illuminate all Bishops, Priests, and
Deacons, with true knowledge and understanding of thy Word ;
and that both by their preaching and living they may set it forth,
and shew it accordingly ;

We beseech tliee to Jiear us, good Lord.

That it may please thee to bless these thy servants, now to be
admitted to the Order of Deacons, [or Priests,] and to pour thy
grace upon them ; that they may duly execute their Office, to the
edifying of thy Church, and the glory of thy holy Xarne ;
We beseech fJiee to hear us, good Lord.

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That it may please thee to endue the Lords of the Council, and
all the Nobility, with grace, wisdom, and understanding ;

We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord.

That it may please thee to bless and keep the Magistrates, giving
them grace to execute justice, and to maintain truth ;
We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord.
That it may please thee to bless and keep all thy people ;

We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord.

That it may please thee to give to all nations unity, peace, and
concord ;

We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord.

That it may please thee to give us an heart to love and dread
thee, and diligently to live after thy commandments ;
We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord.

That it may please thee to give to all thy people increase ot
grace to hear meekly thy Word, and to receive it with pure affection,
and to bring forth the fruits of the Spirit ;

We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord.

That it may please thee to bring into the way of truth all such
as have erred, and are deceived ;

We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord.

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

We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord.

That it may please thee to succour, help, and comfort, all that
are in danger, necessity, and tribulation ;

We beseech thee to liear us, good Lord.

That it may please thee to preserve all that travel by land or by
water, all women labouring of child, all sick persons, and young
children ; and to shew thy pity upon all prisoners and captives ;

We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord.

That it may please thee to defend, and provide for, the fatherless
children and widows, and all that are desolate and oppressed ;

We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord.
That it may please thee to have mercy upon all men ;

We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord.

That it may please thee to forgive our enemies, persecutors, and
slanderers, and to turn their hearts ;

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We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord.

That it may please thee to give and preserve to our use the
kindly fruits of the earth, so as in due time we may enjoy them ;

We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord.

That it may please thee to give us true repentance ; to forgive us
all our sins, negligences, and ignorances ; and to endue us with the
grace of thy Holy Spirit to amend our lives according to thy holy
Word ;

We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord.*
Son of God : we beseech thee to hear us.
Son of God : we beseech thee to hear us.
Lamb of God : that takest away the sins of the world ;

Grant us thy peace.
Lamb of God : that takest away the sins of the world ;

Have mercy upon us.
Christ, hear us.

O Christ, hear us.
Lord, have mercy upon us.

Lord, have mercy upon us.
Christ, have mercy upon us.

Christ, have mercy upon us.
Lord, have mercy upon us.
Lord, have mercy upon us.

IT Then shall tJie Priest, and the people with him, say tfte 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 trespasses,
As we forgive them that trespass against us. And lead us not into
temptation ; But deliver us from evil. Amen.
Priest. O Lord, deal not with us after our sins.
Answer. Neither reward us after our iniquities.

Let us pray.

OGOD, merciful Father, that despisest not the sighing of a
contrite heart, nor the desire of such as be sorrowful ; merci-
fully assist our prayers that we make before thee in all our troubles
and adversities, whensoever they oppress us ; and graciously hear

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us, that those evils, which the craft and subtilty of the devil or
man worketh against us, be brought to nought ; and by the
providence of thy goodness they may be dispersed ; that we thy
servants, being hurt by no persecutions, may evermore give thanks
unto thee in thy holy Church ; through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Lord } arise, help us, and deliver us for thy Names sake.

OGOD, 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.

O Lord, arise, help us, and deliver us for thine honour.

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

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

From our enemies defend us, Christ.

Graciously look upon our afflictions.

Pitifully behold the sorrows of our hearts.

Mercifully forgive the sins of thy people.

Favourably with mercy hear our prayers.

O Son of David, have mercy upon us.

Both now and ever vouchsafe to hear us, O Christ.

Graciously hear us, O Christ; graciously hear us, O Lord
Christ.

Priest. Lord, let thy mercy be shewed upon us ;

Ansiver. As we do put our trust in thee.

Let us pray.

WE humbly beseech thee, Father, mercifully to look upon
our infirmities ; and for the glory of thy Name turn from us
all those evils that we most righteously 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 honour and glory ; through our only Mediator and
Advocate, Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

1T Tlien slwll be sung or said the Service for the Communion, with the
Collect, Epistle, and Gospel, asfollowetJi.

THE ORDERING OF DEACONS.

THE COLLECT.

A LMIGHTY God, who by thy Divine Providence hast appointed
JL\- divers Orders of Ministers in thy Church, and didst inspire
thine Apostles to choose into the Order of Deacons the first Martyr
Saint Stephen, with others ; Mercifully behold these thy servants now
called to the like Office and Administration ; replenish them so
with the truth of thy Doctrine, and adorn them with innocency of
life, that, both by word and good example, they may faithfully
serve thee in this Office, to the glory of thy Name, and the edifi-
cation of thy Church ; through the merits of our Saviour Jesus
Christ, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Ghost, now
and for ever. Amen.

THE EPISTLE. 1 Tim. iii. 8.

EKEWISE must the Deacons be grave, not double tongued, not
given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre, holding the
mystery of the faith in a pure conscience. And let these also first
be proved ; then let them use the Office of a Deacon, being found
blameless. Even so must their wives be grave, not slanderers,
sober, faithful in all things. Let the Deacons be the husbands of
one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well. For
they that have used the Office of a Deacon well purchase to
themselves a good degree, and great boldness in the faith which is
in Christ Jesus.

IT Or else this, out of the sixth of the Acts of the Apostles.
Acts vi. 2.

nnHEN the twelve called the multitude of the disciples unto
JL them, and said, It is not reason that we should leave the
Word of God, and serve tables. Wherefore, brethren, look ye out
among you seven men of honest report, full of the Holy Ghost and
wisdom, whom we may appoint over this business. But we will
give ourselves continually to prayer, and to the ministry of the
Word. And the saying pleased the whole multitude. And they
chose Stephen, a man full of faith, and of the Holy Ghost, and
Philip, and Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas,
and Nicolas a proselyte of Antioch ; whom they set before the
Apostles ; and, when they had prayed, they laid their hands on

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them. And the Word of God increased, and the number of the
disciples multiplied in Jerusalem greatly, and a great company
of the Priests were obedient to the faith.

IT And before the Gospel, the Bishop, sitting in his chair, sliall examine every
one of t/iem that are to be Ordered, in the presence of the people, after this
manner following.

DO you trust that you are inwardly moved by the Holy Ghost
to take upon you this Office and Ministration, to serve God
for the promoting of his glory, and the edifying of his people ?
Answer. I trust so.

The Bishop.

DO you think that you are truly called, according to the will of
our Lord Jesus Christ, and the due order of this Realm, to
the Ministry of the Church ?
Answer. I think so.

The Bishop.

DO you unfeignedly believe all the Canonical Scriptures of the
Old and New Testament ?
Answer. I do believe them.

The Bishop.

WILL you diligently read the same unto the people assembled
in the Church where you shall be appointed to serve ?
Answer. I will.

The Bishop.

IT appertaineth to the Office of a Deacon, in the Church where
he shall be appointed to serve, to assist the Priest in Divine
Service, and specially when he ministereth the holy Communion,
and to help him in the distribution thereof, and to read holy
Scriptures and Homilies in the Church ; and to instruct the youth
in the Catechism ; in the absence of the Priest to baptize infants,
and to preach, if he be admitted thereto by the Bishop. And
furthermore, it is his Office, where provision is so made, to search
for the sick, poor, and impotent people of the Parish, to intimate
their estates, names, and places where they dwell, unto the Curate,
that by his exhortation they may be relieved with the alms of the
Parishioners, or others. Will you do this gladly and willingly ?
Answer. I will so do, by the help of God.

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The Bishop.

WILL you apply all your diligence to frame and fashion your
own lives, and the lives of your families, according to the
Doctrine of Christ; and to make both yourselves and them, as
much as in you lieth, wholesome examples of the flock of Christ ?
Answer. I will so do, the Lord being my helper.

The Bishop.

WILL you reverently obey your Ordinary, and other chief
Ministers of the Church, and them to whom the charge and
government over you is committed, following with a glad mind
and will their godly admonitions ?

Answer. I will endeavour myself, the Lord being my helper.

V Then the Bishop laying his Hands severally upon tlie Head of every one
of them, humbly kneeling before him, shall say,

TAKE thou Authority to execute the Office of a Deacon in the
Church of God committed unto thee ; In the Name of the
Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Amen.

IF Then shall the Bishop deliver to every one of tltem tJte New Testament,

saying,

TAKE thou Authority to read the Gospel in the Church of God,
and to preach the same, if thou be thereto licensed by the
Bishop himself.

U Then one of them, appointed by the Bishop, shall read
THE GOSPEL. St. Luke xii. 35.

E!T your loins be girded about, and your lights burning ; and ye
yourselves like unto men that wait for their Lord, when he
will return from the wedding ; that, when he cometh and knocketh,
they may open unto him immediately. Blessed are those servants,
whom the Lord when he cometh shall find watching. Verily I say
unto you, that he shall gird himself, and make them to sit down to
meat, and will come forth and serve them. And if he shall come
in the second watch, or come in the third watch, and find them so,
blessed are those servants.

IT Then shall the Bishop proceed in tJie Communion, and all that are
Ordered shall tarry, and receive the holy Communion the same day rcith
the Bishop.

THE ORDERING OF DEACONS.

1T The Communion ended, after tint last Collect, and immediately before the
Benediction, shall be said these Collects following.

A LMIGHTY God, giver of all good things, who of thy great
JLJL. goodness hast vouchsafed to accept and take these thy Ser-
vants unto the Office of Deacons in thy Church ; Make them, we
beseech thee, Lord, to be modest, humble, and constant in their
Ministration, to have a ready will to observe all spiritual Discipline ;
that they having always the testimony of a good conscience, and
continuing ever stable and strong in thy Son Christ, may so well
behave themselves in this inferior Office, that they may be found
worthy to be called unto the higher Ministries in thy Church ;
through the same thy Son our Saviour Jesus Christ, to whom be
glory and honour world without end. Amen.

PREVENT us, Lord, in all our doings with thy most gracious
favour, and further us with thy continual help ; that in all
our works begun, continued, and ended in thee, we may glorify
thy holy Name, and finally by thy mercy obtain everlasting life ;
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

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.

IT And Jiere it must be declared unto tJte Deacon, that lie must continue in
that Office of a Deacon the space of a whole year (except for reasonable
causes it shall otherwise seem good unto the Bishop) to the intent he may
be perfect, and well expert in ilie things appertaining to the Ecclesiastical
Administration. In executing whereof if he be found faithful and diligent,
he may be admitted by his Diocesan to the Order of Priesthood, at the
times appointed in the Canon; or else, on urgent occasion, upon some
otJier Sunday, or Holy-day, in the face of the Church, in such manner and
form as Jiereafter followeth.

THE

FORM AND MANNER

ORDERING OF PRIESTS.

IT When the day appointed by the Bishop is come, after Morning Prayer is
ended, there shall be a Sermon or Exhortation, declaring the Duty and
Office of such as come to be admitted Priests; how necessary that Order
is in the Church of Christ, and also how the people ought to esteem them in
tJieir Office.

IT First, the Archdeacon, or, in his absence, one appointed in his stead, shall
present unto the Bishop (sitting in his chair near to the holy Table) all
them that shall receive the Order of Priesthood that day (each of them being
decently habited) and say,

EVEREND Father in God, I present unto you these persons
present, to be admitted to the Order of Priesthood.

The Bishop.

U The Archdeacon shall answer,

I HAVE inquired of them, and also examined them, and think
them so to be.

IT Then the Bishop shall say unto the people;

OOD people, these are they whom we purpose, God willing
to receive this day unto the holy Office of Priesthood : For
after due examination we find not to the contrary, but that they
be lawfully called to their Function and Ministry, and that they be
persons meet for the same. But yet if there be any of you, who
knoweth any Impediment, or notable Crime, in any of them, for
the which he ought not to be received into this holy Ministry, let
him come forth in the Name of God, and shew what the Crime or
Impediment is.

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^T And if any great Crime or Impediment be objected, the BisJiop shall sur-
cease from Ordering that person, until such time as the party accused
shall be found clear of that Crime.

1T Then the BisJwp (commending such as shall be found meet to be Ordered
to the Prayers of the congregation} shall, with the Clergy and people
present, sing or say the Litany, with the Prayers, as is before appointed in
the Form of Ordering Deacons; save only, tJiat, in the proper Suffrage
tJiere added, the word [Deacons] sJudl be omitted, and the word [Priests]
inserted instead of it.

1T Then sltall be sung or said the Service for the Communion, with the
Collect, Epistle, and Gospel, asfolloweth.

THE COLLECT.

A LMIGHTY God, giver of all good things, who by thy Holy
JLJL Spirit hast appointed divers Orders of Ministers in the
Church ; Mercifully behold these thy servants now called to the
Office of Priesthood ; and replenish them so with the truth of thy
doctrine, and adorn them with inuocency of life, that, both by word
and good example, they may faithfully serve thee in this Office,
to the glory of thy Name, and the edification of thy Church ;
through the merits of our Saviour Jesus Christ, who liveth and
reigneth with thee and the Holy Ghost, world without end. Amen.

THE EPISTLE: Ephes. iv. 7.

T TNTO every one of us is given grace, according to the measure
vJ of the gift of Christ. Wherefore he saith, When he ascended
up on high, he led captivity captive, and gave gifts unto men.
(Now that he ascended, what is it but that he also descended first
into the lower parts of the earth ? He that descended, is the same
also that ascended up far above all heavens, that he might fill all
things.) And he gave some Apostles, and some Prophets, and
some Evangelists, and some Pastors and Teachers ; for the per-
fecting of the Saints, for the work of the Ministry, for the edifying
of the Body of Christ ; till we all come in the unity of the faith,
and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto
the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ.

IT After this shall be read for the Gospel part of the ninth Chapter of Saint
Matthew, asfolloweth.

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St. Matth. ix. 36.

WHEN Jesus saw the multitudes, he was moved with com-
passion on them, because they fainted, and were scattered
abroad as sheep having no shepherd. Then saith he unto his
disciples, The harvest truly is plenteous, but the labourers are few.
Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he will send forth
labourers into his harvest.

^T Or else this that followeth, out of the tenth Chapter of Saint John.

St. John x. 1.

"TTERILY, verily I say unto you, He that entereth not by the
V 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, Verily, verily I say unto you, I am the door of the sheep.
All that ever came before me are thieves and robbers ; but the
sheep did not hear them. I am the door ; by me if any man enter
in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture.
The thief cometh not but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy :
I am come that they might fcave life, and that they might have it
more abundantly. I am the good Shepherd : the good Shepherd
giveth his life for the sheep. But he that is an hireling, and not
the Shepherd, whose own the sheep are not ? seeth the wolf coming,
and leaveth the sheep, and fleeth ; and the wolf catcheth them,
and scattereth the sheep. The hireling fleeth, because he is an
hireling, and careth not for the sheep. I am the good Shepherd,
and know my sheep, and am known of mine. As the Father
knoweth me, even so know I the Father ; and I lay down my life
for the sheep. And other sheep I have, which are not of this
fold : them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice ; and
there shall be one fold, and one Shepherd.

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IT TJien tJte Bishop, sitting in his cJiair, sJtall say unto tliem as hereafter

followeth.

YOU have heard, Brethren, as well in your private examination,
as in the exhortation which was now made to you, and in the
holy Lessons taken out of the Gospel, and the writings of the
Apostles, of what dignity, and of how great importance this Office
is, whereunto ye are called. And now again we exhort you, in the
Name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you have in remembrance,
into how high a Dignity, and to how weighty an Office and
Charge ye are called : that is to say, to be Messengers, Watchmen,
and Stewards of the Lord ; to teach, and to premonish, to feed
and provide for the Lord's family ; to seek for Christ's sheep
that are dispersed abroad, and for his children who are in the
midst of this naughty world, that they may be saved through Christ
for ever.

Have always therefore printed in your remembrance, how great
a treasure is committed to your charge. For they are the sheep
of Christ, which he bought with his death, and for whom he shed
his blood. The Church and Congregation whom you must serve,
is his Spouse, and his Body. And if it shall happen the same
Church, or any Member thereof, to take any hurt or hindrance
by reason of your negligence, ye know the greatness of the fault,
and also the horrible punishment that will ensue. Wherefore con-
sider with yourselves the end of your Ministry towards the children
of God, towards the Spouse and Body of Christ ; and see that you
never cease your labour, your care and diligence, until you have
done all that lieth in you, according to your bounden duty, to
bring all such as are or shall be committed to your charge, unto
that agreement in the faith and knowledge of God, and to that
ripeness and perfectness of age in Christ, that there be no place
left among you, either for error in religion, or for viciousness in
life.

Forasmuch then as your Office is both of so great excellency,
and of so great difficulty, ye see with how great care and study
ye ought to apply yourselves, as well that ye may shew your-
selves dutiful and thankful unto that Lord, who hath placed
you in so high a Dignity ; as also to beware, that neither
you yourselves offend, nor be occasion that others offend.

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Howbeit, ye cannot have a mind and will thereto of your-
selves ; for that will and ability is given of God alone : there-
fore ye ought, and have need, to pray earnestly for his Holy
Spirit. And seeing that you cannot by any other means compass
the doing of so weighty a work, pertaining to the salvation of
man, but with doctrine and exhortation taken out of the holy
Scriptures, and with a life agreeable to the same ; consider how
studious ye ought to be in reading and learning the Scrip-
tures, and in framing the manners both of yourselves, and of
them that specially pertain unto you, according to the rule of the
same Scriptures : and for this self-same cause, how ye ought to
forsake and set aside (as much as you may) all worldly cares and
studies.

We have good hope that you have well weighed and pondered
these things with yourselves long before this time ; and that you
have clearly determined, by God's grace, to give yourselves wholly
to this Office, whereunto it hath pleased God to call you : so that,
as much as lieth in you, you will apply yourselves wholly to this
one thing, and draw all your cares and studies this way ; and that
you will continually pray to God the Father, by the Mediation of
our only Saviour Jesus Christ, for the heavenly assistance of the
Holy Ghost ; that, by daily reading and weighing of the Scriptures,
ye may wax riper and stronger in your Ministry ; and that ye may
so endeavour yourselves, from time to time, to sanctify the lives of
you and yours, and to fashion them after the Rule and Doctrine
of Christ, that ye may be wholesome and godly examples and
patterns for the people to follow.

And now, that this present Congregation of Christ here assem-
bled may also understand your minds and wills in these things,
and that this your promise may the more move you to do your
duties, ye shall answer plainly to these things, which we, in the
Name of God, and of his Church, shall demand of you touching
the same.

DO you think in your heart, that you be truly called, accord-
ing to the will of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the order
of this Church of England, to the Order and Ministry of Priest-
hood?

Answer. I think it.

THE ORDERING OF PRIESTS.

The Bishop.

A RE you persuaded that the holy Scriptures contain sufficiently
^JL all Doctrine required of necessity for eternal salvation
through faith in Jesus Christ? and are you determined, out of
the said Scriptures to instruct the people committed to your
charge, and to teach nothing, as required of necessity to eternal
salvation, but that which you shall be persuaded may be concluded
and proved by the Scripture ?

Answer. I am so persuaded, and have so determined by. God's
grace.

The Bishop.

WILL you then give your faithful diligence always so to min-
ister the Doctrine and Sacraments, and the Discipline of
Christ, as the Lord hath commanded, and as this Church and
Realm hath received the same, according to the commandments
of God ; so that you may teach the people committed to your
Cure and Charge with all diligence to keep and observe the same ?
Answer. I will so do, by the help of the Lord.

The Bishop.

WILL you be ready, with all faithful diligence, to banish and
drive away all erroneous and strange doctrines contrary to
God's Word ; and to use both publick and private monitions and
exhortations, as well to the sick as to the whole, within your Cures,
as need shall require, and occasion shall be given ?
Answer. I will, the Lord being my helper.

The Bishop.

WILL you be diligent in Prayers, and in reading of the holy
Scriptures, and in such studies as help to the knowledge of
the same, laying aside the study of the world and the flesh ?

Ansiver. I will endeavour myself so to do, the Lord being my
helper.

The Bishop.

WILL you be diligent to frame and fashion your own selves,
and your families, according to the Doctrine of Christ ; and
to make both yourselves and them, as much as in you lieth, whole-
some examples and patterns to the flock of Christ?

Ansiver. I will apply myself thereto, the Lord being my helper.

THE ORDERING OF PRIESTS.

The Bishop.

WILL you maintain and set forwards, as much as lieth in you,
quietness, peace, and love, among all Christian people, and
especially among them that are or shall be committed to your
charge ?
Answer. I will so do, the Lord being my helper.

The Bishop.

WILL you reverently obey your Ordinary, and other chief
Ministers, unto whom is committed the charge and govern-
ment over you ; following with a glad mind and will their godly
admonitions, and submitting yourselves to their godly judgements?
Answer. I will so do, the Lord being my helper.

^T Then shall the bishop, standing up, say,

A LMIGHTY God, who hath given you this will to do all these
l~\ things ; Grant also unto you strength and power to perform
the same ; that he may accomplish his work which he hath begun
in you ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

IT After this, tJie Congregation shall be desired, secretly in their Prayers, to
make their humble supplications to God for all these things: for the which
Prayers there shall be silence kept for a space.

IT After which shall be sung or said by the Bishop (the persons to be ordained
Priests all kneeling] Veni, Creator Spiritus; the Bishop beginning, and
the Priests, and others that are present, answering by verses, as followeth.

COME, Holy Ghost, our souls inspire,
And lighten with celestial fire.
Thou the anointing Spirit art,
Who dost thy seven-fold gifts impart.
Thy blessed Unction from above,
Is comfort, life, and fire of love.
Enable with perpetual light
The dulness of our blinded sight.
Anoint and cheer our soiled face
With the abundance of thy grace.
Keep far our foes, give peace at home :
Where thou art guide, no ill can come.

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Teach us to know the Father, Son,

And thee, of both, to be but One.

That, through the ages all along,

This may be our endless song ;
Praise to thy eternal merit,
Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

Or this:

COME, Holy Ghost, eternal God,
Proceeding from above,
Both from the Father and the Son,
The God of peace and love;

Visit our minds, into our hearts

Thy heavenly grace inspire ;
That truth and godliness we may

Pursue with full desire.

Thou art the very Comforter

In grief and all distress ;
The heav'nly gift of God most high,

No tongue can it express;

The fountain and the living spring

Of joy celestial ;
The fire so bright, the love so sweet,

The Unction spiritual.

Thou in thy gifts art manifold,

By them Christ's Church doth stand:

In faithful hearts thou writ'st thy law
The finger of God's hand.

According to thy promise, Lord,
Thou givest speech with grace ;

That through thy help God's praises may
Resound in every place.

O Holy Ghost, into our minds
Send down thy heav'nly light ;

Kindle our hearts with fervent zeal,
To serve God day and night.

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Our weakness strengthen and confirm,
(For, Lord, thou know'st us frail ;)

That neither devil, world, nor flesh,
Against us may prevail.

Put back our enemy far from us,

And help us to obtain
Peace in our hearts with God and man,

(The best, the truest gain;}

And grant that thou being, Lord,

Our leader and our guide,
We may escape the snares of sin,
And never from thee slide.

Such measures of thy powerful grace

Grant, Lord, to us, we pray ;
That thou may'st be our Comforter

At the last dreadful day.

Of strife and of dissension

Dissolve, Lord, the bands,
And knit the knots of peace and love

Throughout all Christian lands.

Grant us the grace that we may know

The Father of all might,
That we of his beloved Son

May gain the blissful sight;

And that we may with perfect faith

Ever acknowledge thee,
The Spirit of Father, and of Son,

One God in Persons Three.

To God the Father laud and praise,

And to his blessed Son,
And to the Holy Spirit of grace,

Co-equal Three in One.

And pray we, that our only Lord
Would please his Spirit to send

On all that shall profess his Name,
From hence to the world's end. Amen.

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IT That done, the Bishop sliall pray in this wise, and say,
Let us pray.

A LMIGHTY God, and heavenly Father, who, of thine infinite
JlJL love and goodness towards us, hast given to us thy only and
most dearly beloved Son Jesus Christ, to be our Redeemer, and
the Author of everlasting life ; who, after he had made perfect
our redemption by his death, and was ascended into heaven, sent
abroad into the world his Apostles, Prophets, Evangelists, Doctors,
and Pastors ; by whose labour and ministry he gathered together
a great flock in all the parts of the world, to set forth the eternal
praise of thy holy Name : For these so great benefits of thy eternal
goodness, and for that thou hast vouchsafed to call these thy
servants here present to the same Office and Ministry appointed
for the salvation of mankind, we render unto thee most hearty
thanks, we praise and worship thee ; and we humbly beseech thee,
by the same thy blessed Son, to grant unto all, which either here
or elsewhere call upon thy holy Name, that we may continue to
shew ourselves thankful unto thee for these and all other thy
benefits ; and that we may daily increase and go forwards in the
knowledge and faith of thee and thy Son, by the Holy Spirit.' So
that as well by these thy Ministers, as by them over whom they
shall be appointed thy Ministers, thy holy Name may be for ever
glorified, and thy blessed kingdom enlarged ; through the same
thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee
in the unity of the same Holy Spirit, world without end. Amen.

^1 W7i-en this Prayer is done, tlie Bishop with the Priests present sliall lay
their liands severally upon the head of every one tJiat receiveth the Order of
Priesthood ; the Receivers humbly kneeling upon their knees, and tlie
Bishop saying,

~O ECEIVE the Holy Ghost for the OflSce and Work of a Priest in
JL \) the Church of God, now committed unto thee by the imposition
of our hands. Whose sins thou dost forgive, they are forgiven ;
and whose sins thou dost retain, they are retained. And be thou a
faithful Dispenser of the Word of God, and of his holy Sacraments ;
In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost.
Amen.

392

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IT T/ien the Bishop shall deliver to every one of them kneeling, tlie Bible into

his hand, saying,

TAKE thou Authority to preach the Word of God, and to
minister the holy Sacraments in the Congregation, where thou
shalt be lawfully appointed thereunto.

1T When this is done, the Nicene Creed shall be sung or said; and the
Bishop shall after that go on in the Service of the Communion, which all
they that receive Orders shall take together, and remain in the same place
where Hands were laid upon them, until such time as they have received
the Communion.

IT The Communion being done, after the last Collect, and immediately before
the Benediction, shall be said these Collects.

MOST merciful Father, we beseech thee to send upon these thy
servants thy heavenly blessing ; that they may be clothed
with righteousness, and that thy Word spoken by their mouths
may have such success, that it may never be spoken in vain. Grant
also, that we may have grace to hear and receive what they shall
deliver out of thy most holy Word, or agreeable to the same, as
the means of our salvation ; that in all our words and deeds we
may seek thy glory, and the increase of thy kingdom ; through
Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

PREVENT us, Lord, in all our doings, with thy most gracious
favour, and further us with thy continual help ; that in all our
works begun, continued, and ended in thee, we may glorify thy holy
Name, and finally by thy mercy obtain everlasting life ; through
Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

THE peace of God, which passeth all understanding, keep your
hearts and minds in the knowledge and love of God, and of his
Son Jesus Christ our Lord : And the blessing of God Almighty, the
Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost, be amongst you, and remain
with you always. Amen.

H And if on the same day the Order of Deacon* be given to some, and the
Order of Priesthood to others; the Deacons shall be first presented, and
then the Priests; and it shall suffice that the Litany be once said for both.
The Collects shatt both be used; first, that fo* Deacons, t/ien that for
Priests. The Epistle shall be Ephes. iv. 7 13, as before in this Office.
Immediately after which, they that are to be made Deacons shall be ex-
amined, and Ordained, as is above prescribed. Then one of t/tem having
read the Gospel (which shall be either out of St. Matth. ix. 36 38, as
before in this Office; or else St. Luke xii. 35 38, as before in the Form
for the Ordering of Deacons,) they that are to be made Priests shall like-
wise be examined, and Ordained, as is in this Office before appointed.

THE FORM OP

ORDAINING OR CONSECRATING

OF AN

ARCHBISHOP OR BISHOP;

WHICH IS ALWAYS TO BE PERFORMED UPON SOME
SUNDAY OR HOLY-DAY.

IT When all things are duly prepared in the Church, and set in order, after
Morning Prayer is ended, the Archbishop (or some other Bishop appointed)
shall begin the Communion Service ; in which this shall be

THE COLLECT.

A LMIGHTY God, who by thy Son Jesus Christ didst give to thy
-LJL holy Apostles many excellent gifts, and didst charge them to
feed thy flock ; Give grace, we beseech thee, to all Bishops, the
Pastors of thy Church, that they may diligently preach thy Word,
and duly administer the godly Discipline thereof; and grant to
the people,, that they may obediently follow the same ; that all may
receive the crown of everlasting glory ; through Jesus Christ our
Lord. Amen.

IT And anotlwr Bishop shall read
THE EPISTLE. 1 Tim. iii. 1.

HIS is a true saying, If a man desire the Office of a Bishop, he
.. desireth a good work. A Bishop then must be blameless, the
husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to
hospitality, apt to teach ; not given to wine, no striker, not greedy
of filthy lucre, but patient, not a brawler, not covetous ; one that
ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with
all gravity ; (For if a man know not how to rule his own house,
how shall he take care of the Church of God ?) Not a novice, lest
being lifted up with pride he fall into the condemnation of the
devil. Moreover, he must have a good report of them which are
without ; lest he fall into reproach, and the snare of the devil.

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Or this.
FOR THE EPISTLE. Acts xx. 17.

FROM Miletus Paul sent to Ephesus, and called the elders of
the Church. And when they were come to him, he said unto
them, Ye know, from the first day that I came into Asia, after what
manner I have been with you at all seasons, serving the Lord with
all humility of mind, and with many tears and temptations which
befel me by the lying in wait of the Jews : And how I kept back
nothing that was profitable unto you, but have shewed you, and
have taught you publickly, and from house to house, testifying
both to the Jews, and also to the Greeks, repentance toward God,
and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ. And now behold, I go
bound in the spirit unto Jerusalem, not knowing the things that
shall befal me there ; save that the Holy Ghost witnesseth in every
city, saying, That bonds and afflictions abide me. But none of
these things move me, neither count I my life dear unto myself, so
that I might finish my course with joy, and the ministry which I
have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the Gospel of the grace
of God. And now behold, I know that ye all, among whom I have
gone preaching the kingdom of God, shall see my face no more.
Wherefore I take you to record this day, that I am pure from the
blood of all men. For I have not shunned to declare unto you all
the counsel of God. Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to
all the flock over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you Over-
seers, to feed the Church of God, which he hath purchased with
his own blood. For I know this, that after my departing shall
grievous wolves enter in among you, not sparing the flock. Also of
your own selves shall men arise speaking perverse things, to draw
away disciples after them. Therefore watch, and remember, that
by the space of three years, I ceased not to warn every one night
and day with tears. And now, brethren, I commend you to God,
and to the word of his grace, which is able to build you up, and to
give you an inheritance among all them which are sanctified. I
have coveted no man's silver, or gold, or apparel ; yea, ye yourselves
know, that these hands have ministered unto my necessities, and to
them that were with me. I have shewed you all things, how that
so labouring ye ought to support the weak ; and to remember the
words of the Lord Jesus, how he said, It is more blessed to give
than to receive.

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IT Then another Bis/top shall read
THE GOSPEL. St. John xxi. 15.

JESUS saith to Simon Peter, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me
more than these ? He saith unto him, Yea, Lord, thou knowest
that I love thee. He saith unto him, Feed my lambs. He saith
to him again the second time, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me ?
He saith unto him, Yea, Lord, thou knowest that I love thee. He
saith unto him, Feed my sheep. He saith unto him the third time,
Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me ? Peter was grieved because
he said unto him the third time, Lovest thou me? And he said
unto him, Lord, thou knowest all things ; thou knowest that I love
thee, Jesus saith unto him, Feed my sheep.

Or dse this.
St John xx. 19.

rriHE same day at evening, being the first day of the week, when
JL the doors were shut where the disciples were assembled for
fear of the Jews, came Jesus, and stood in the midst, and saith
unto them, Peace be unto you. And when he had so said, he
shewed unto them his hands and his side. Then were the disciples
glad, when they saw the Lord. Then saith Jesus to them again,
Peace be unto you : as my Father hath sent me, even so send I you.
And when he had said this, he breathed on them, and saith unto
them, Receive ye the Holy Ghost. Whosesoever sins ye remit, they
are remitted unto them ; and whosesoever sins ye retain, they are
retained.

Or this.
St. Matth. xxviii. 18.

JESUS came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given
unto me in heaven and in earth. Go ye therefore and teach all
nations, baptizing them In the Name of the Father, and of the Son,
and of the Holy Ghost ; teaching them to observe all things what-
soever I have commanded you : and lo, I am with you alway, even
unto the end of the world.

IT After the Gospel, and the Nicene Creed, and the Sermon are ended, the
Elected Bishop (vested with his RocJief) shall be presented by two Bishops
unto the Arc/ibishop of tJiat province (or to some other Bishop appointed by
lawful commission) the Archbishop sitting in his chair near the holy Table,
and the Bishops that present him saying,

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MOST Reverend Father in God, we present unto you this godly
and well-learned man to be Ordained and Consecrated
Bishop.

IT Then shall the Archbishop demand the Queen! s Mandate for the Conse-
cration, and cause it to be read. And then shall be ministered unto them
the Oath of due Obedience to the Archbishop, asfolloweth.

TJie Oath of due Obedience to the Archbishop.

IN the Name of God. Amen. I N. chosen Bishop of the Church
and See of N. do profess and promise all due reverence and
obedience to the Archbishop and to the Metropolitical Church of
N. and to their Successors : So help me God, through Jesus Christ.

IT This Oath shall not be made at the Consecration of an Archbishop.

IT Then the Archbishop shall move the Congregation present to pray, saying

thus to them:

BRETHREN, it is written in the Gospel of Saint Luke, That our
Saviour Christ continued the whole night in prayer, before he
did choose and send forth his twelve Apostles. It is written also
in the Acts of the Apostles, That the Disciples who were at Antioch
did fast and pray, before they laid hands on Paul and Barnabas,
and sent them forth. Let us therefore, following the example of
our Saviour Christ, and his Apostles, first fall to prayer, before we
admit, and send forth this person presented unto us, to the work
whereunto we trust the Holy Ghost hath called him.

1T And then shall be said the Litany, as before in the Form of Ordering
Deacons, save only, that after this place, That it may please thee to illu-
minate all Bishops, &c. the proper Suffrage there following shall be
omitted, and this inserted instead of it;

THAT it may please thee to bless this our Brother elected, and
to send thy grace upon him, that he may duly execute the
Office whereunto he is called, to the edifying of thy Church, and to
the honour, praise and glory of thy Name ;
Answer. We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord.

IT Then shall be said this Pray er following .

A LMIGHTY God, giver of all good things, who by thy Holy
-LA- Spirit hast appointed divers Orders of Ministers in thy Church ;
Mercifully behold this thy servant now called to the Work and
Ministry of a Bishop ; and replenish him so with the truth of thy

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doctrine, and adorn him with innocency of life, that, both by word
and deed, he may faithfully serve thee in this Office, to the glory of
thy Name, and the edifying and well-governing of thy Church ;
through the merits of our Saviour Jesus Christ, who liveth and
reigneth with thee and the Holy Ghost, world without end. Amen.

1T Then the Archbishop, sitting in his chair, shall say to him that is to be

Consecrated,

BROTHER, forasmuch as the holy Scripture and the ancient
Canons command, that we should not be hasty in laying on
hands, and admitting any person to Government in the Church of
Christ, which he hath purchased with no less price than the
effusion of his own blood ; before I admit you to this Adminis-
tration, I will examine you in certain Articles, to the end that the
Congregation present may have a trial, and bear witness, how you
be minded to behave yourself in the Church of God.

A RE you persuaded that you be truly called to this Ministration,
-iljL. according to the will of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the order
of this Realm ?

Answer. I am so persuaded.

The Archbishop.

A RE you persuaded that the holy Scriptures contain sufficiently
XJL. all Doctrine required of necessity for eternal salvation through
faith in Jesus Christ ? And are you determined out of the same
holy Scriptures to instruct the people committed to your charge ;
and to teach or maintain nothing as required of necessity to eternal
salvation, but that which you shall be persuaded may be concluded
and proved by the same ?

Answer. I am so persuaded, and determined, by God's grace.

The Archbishop.

WILL you then faithfully exercise yourself in the same holy
Scriptures, and call upon God by prayer, for the true under-
standing of the same ; so as you may be able by them to teach and
exhort with wholesome Doctrine, and to withstand and convince
the gainsayers ?

Answer. I will so do, by the help of God.

THE CONSECRATION OF BISHOPS.

The Archbishop.

A RE you ready, with all faithful diligence, to banish and drive
.jLJL away all erroneous and strange doctrine contrary to God's
Word ; and both privately and openly to call upon and encourage
others to the same ?

Answer. I am ready, the Lord being my helper.

Tlie Archbishop.

WILL you deny all ungodliness and worldly lusts, and live
soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world ; that
you may shew yourself in all things an example of good works
unto others, that the adversary may be ashamed, having nothing
to say against you ?

Answer, I will so do, the Lord being my helper.
The Archbishop.

WILL you maintain and set forward, as much as shall lie in
you, quietness, love, and peace among all men ; and such
as be unquiet, disobedient, and criminous, within your Diocese,
correct and punish, according to such authority as you have by
God's Word, and as to you shall be committed by the Ordinance
of this Realm ?
Answer. I will so do, by the help of God.

The Archbishop.

WILL you be faithful in ordaining, sending, or laying hands
upon others ?
Answer. I will so be, by the help of God.

The Archbishop.

WILL you shew yourself gentle, and be merciful for Christ's
sake to poor and needy people, and to all strangers desti-
tute of help ?
Answer. I will so shew myself, by God's help.

IT Then the Archbishop, standing up, shall say,

A LMIGHTY God, our heavenly Father, who hath given you a
/% good will to do all these things, Grant also unto you strength
and power to perform the same ; that, he accomplishing in you the
good work which he hath begun, you may be found perfect and
irreprehensible at the latter day ; through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen.

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IT Then shall the Bishop elect put on the rest of the Episcopal habit; and
kneeling down, Veni, Creator Spiritus, shall be sung or said over him,
the Archbishop beginning, and the Bishops, with utliers that are present,
answering by verses, asfolloweth.

COME, Holy Ghost, our souls inspire,
And lighten ivith celestial fire.
Thou the anointing Spirit art,
Who dost thy seven-fold gifts impart.

Thy blessed Unction from above,
Is comfort, life, and fire of love.
Enable with perpetual light
The dulness of our blinded sight.

Anoint and cheer our soiled face
With the abundance of thy grace.
Keep far our foes, give peace at home :
Where thou art guide, no ill can come.

Teach us to know the Father, Son,
And thee, of both, to be but One.
That, through the ages all along,
This may be our endless song ;

Praise to thy eternal merit,
Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

Or this:
, Holy Ghost, eternal God, &c.

As before in the Form for Ordering Priests.

1F That ended, t/te Archbishop shall say,

Lord, hear our prayer.

Answer. And let our cry come unto thee.

Let us pray.

A LMIGHTY God, and most merciful Father, who of thine infinite
.xT\. goodness hast given thine only and dearly beloved Son Jesus
Christ, to be our Redeemer, and the Author of everlasting life ;
who, after that he had made perfect our Redemption by his death,
and was ascended into heaven, poured down his gifts abundantly

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upon men, making some Apostles, some Prophets, some Evan-
gelists, some Pastors and Doctors, to the edifying and making
perfect his Church ; Grant, we beseech thee, to this thy servant
such grace, that he may evermore be ready to spread abroad thy
Gospel, the glad tidings of reconciliation with thee ; and use the
authority given him, not to destruction, but to salvation ; not to
hurt, but to help : so that as a wise and faithful servant, giving to
thy family their portion in due season, he may at last be received
into everlasting joy ; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who, with thee
and the Holy Ghost liveth and reigneth, one God, world without
end. Amen.

IT Then the Archbishop and Bishops present shall lay their hands upon the
head of the elected Bishop kneeling before them upon his knees, the Arch-
bishop saying,

RECEIVE the Holy Ghost, for the Office and Work of a Bishop
in the Church of God, now committed unto thee by the
Imposition of our hands ; In the Name of the Father, and of the
Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Amen. And remember that thou
stir up the grace of God which is given thee by this Imposition of
our hands : for God hath not given us the spirit of fear, but of
power, and love, and soberness.

IT Then the Archbishop shall deliver him the Bible, saying,

GIVE heed unto reading, exhortation, and doctrine. Think
upon the things contained in this Book. Be diligent in them,
that the increase coming thereby may be manifest unto all men.
Take heed unto thyself, and to doctrine, and be diligent in doing
them : for by so doing thou shalt both save thyself and them that
hear thee. Be to the flock of Christ a shepherd, not a wolf ; feed
them, devour them not. Hold up the weak, heal the sick, bind up
the broken, bring again the out-casts, seek the lost. Be so merci-
ful, that you be not too remiss ; so minister discipline, that you
forget not mercy : that when the chief Shepherd shall appear you
may receive the never-fading crown of glory ; through Jesus Christ
our Lord. Amen.

IT Then the Archbishop shall proceed in the Communion-Service ; tuith whom
the new Consecrated Bishop (with others) shall also communicate.

IT And for the last Collect, immediately before the Benediction, shall be said

these Prayers.

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MOST merciful Father, we beseech thee to send down upon
this thy servant thy heavenly blessing ; and so endue him
with thy Holy Spirit, that he, preaching thy Word, may not only
be earnest to reprove, beseech, and rebuke with all patience and
doctrine ; but also may be to such as believe a wholesome example,
in word, in conversation, in love, in faith, in chastity, and in purity ;
that, faithfully fulfilling his course, at the latter day he may receive
the crown of righteousness laid up by the Lord the righteous
Judge, who liveth and reigneth one God with the Father and the
Holy Ghost, world without end. Amen.

PREVENT us, Lord, in all our doings, with thy most gracious
favour, and further us with thy continual help ; that in all
our, works begun, continued, and ended in thee, we may glorify
thy holy Name, and finally by thy mercy obtain everlasting life ;
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

peace of God, which passeth all understanding, keep your
JL 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.

A FOKM OF PRAYER

WITH 'THANKSGIVING TO ALMIGHTY GOD;

To be used in all Churches and Chapels within this Realm, every
Year, upon the Twentieth Day of June; being

THE DAY ON WHICH HER MAJESTY BEGAN HER
HAPPY REIGN.

H T/ie Service shall be the same with the usual Office for Holy-days in all
things ; except where it is in this Office otherwise appointed.

1T If this Day shall happen to be Sunday, this wfiole Office shall be used,
as it followeth, entirely.

IT Morning Prayer shall begin with these Sentences.

I EXHORT that first of all, Supplications, Prayers, Intercessions,
and giving of Thanks, be made for all men ; for Kings, and for
all that are in Authority ; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable
life, in all godliness and honesty : For this is good and acceptable
unto God our Saviour. 1 Tim. ii. 1, 2, 3.

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

IT Instead of Venite exultemus the Hymn following shall be said or sung ;
one Verse by the Priest, and another by the Clerk and People.

OLORD our Governor : how excellent is thy Name in all the
world ! Psal. viii. 1.

Lord, ivhat is man, tJiat thou hast such respect unto him : or
the son of man, that thou so regardest him? Psal. cxliv. 3.

The merciful and gracious Lord hath so done his marvellous
works : that they ought to be had in remembrance. Psal. cxi. 4.

O that men would therefore praise the Lord for his goodness :
and declare the wonders that he doeth for the children of men !
Psal. cvii. 21.

A FORM OF PRAYER, &c.

Behold, God our defender : and look upon the face of thine
Anointed. Psal. Ixxxiv. 9.

O hold tJion up her goings in thy paths : that her footsteps slip
not. Psal. xvii. 5.

Grant the Queen a long life : and make her glad with the joy
of thy countenance. Psal. Ixi. 6. and xxi. 6.

Let her dwell before thee for ever : prepare thy loving mercy
and faithfulness, that they may preserve her. Psal. Ixi. 7.

In her time let the righteous flourish : and let peace be in all
our borders. Psal. Ixxii. 7. and cxlvii. 14.

As for her enemies, clothe them ivith shame : but upon herself
let her crown flourish. Psal. cxxxii. 19.

Blessed be the Lord God, even the God of Israel : which only
doeth wondrous things. Psal. Ixxii. 18.

And blessed be the Name of his Majesty for ever : and all the
earth shall be filled with his Majesty. Amen, Amen. Ver. 19.

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

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

Proper Psalms, xx, xxi, ci.

Proper Lessons.

The First, Josh. i. to the end of the 9th Verse.
Te Deum.

The Second, Rom. xiiL
Jubilate Deo.

IT The Suffrages next after the Creed sliall stand thus.

Priest. O Lord, shew thy mercy upon us.

Answer. And grant us thy salvation.

Priest. O Lord, save the Queen ;

Answer. Who putteth lier trust in thee.

Priest. Send her help from thy holy place.

Answer. And evermore mightily defend her.

Priest. Let her enemies have no advantage against her.

Answer. Let not the ivicked approach to hurt her.

Priest. Endue thy Ministers with righteousness.

Answer. And make thy chosen people joyful.

A FORM OF PRAYER

Priest. Lord, save thy people.
Answer. And bless thine inheritance.
Priest. Give peace in our time, Lord.

Answer. Because there is none other that fighteth for us, but
only thou, God.

Priest. Be unto us, Lord, a strong tower ;
Answer. From the face of our enemies.
Priest. O Lord, hear our prayer ;
Answer. And let our cry come unto thee.

1T Instead of tlie first Collect at Morning Prayer shall be used this following
Collect of Thanksgiving for Her Majesty's Accession to tlie Throne.

A LMIGHTY God, who rulest over all the kingdoms of the
JLA. World, and disposest of them according to thy good pleasure ;
We yield thee unfeigned thanks, for that thou wast pleased, as
on this day, to place thy Servant our Sovereign Lady, Queen
VICTORIA upon the Throne of this Realm. Let thy wisdom
be her guide, and let thine arm strengthen her ; let justice, truth,
and holiness, let peace and love, and all those virtues that adorn
the Christian Profession, flourish in her days ; direct all her coun-
sels and endeavours to thy glory, and the welfare of her people ;
and give us grace to obey her cheerfully and willingly for conscience
sake ; that neither our sinful passions, nor our private interests,
may disappoint her cares for the publick good ; let her always
possess the hearts of her people, that they may never be wanting
in honour to her Person, and dutiful submission to her Authority ;
let her Reign be long and prosperous, and crown her with im-
mortality in the life to come ; through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen.

H In tlie end of the Litany (which shall always be used upon this Day)
after the Collect [We humbly beseech thee, O Father, <fcc.] shall the
following Prayer, for the Queen and Royal Family, be used.

OLORD our God, who upholdest and governest all things
in heaven and earth ; receive our humble prayers, with
our hearty thanksgivings, for our Sovereign Lady VICTORIA,
as on this day, set over us by thy grace and providence to be our
Queen ; and so together with her bless Albert Edward Prince
of Wales, the Princess of Wales, and all the Royal Family; that
they all, ever trusting in thy goodness, protected by thy power,

FOR THE TWENTIETH OF JUNE.

and crowned with thy gracious and endless favour, may continue
before thee in health, peace, joy, and honour, and may live long
and happy lives upon earth, and after death obtain everlasting
life and glory in the kingdom of heaven, by the Merits and Media-
tion of Christ Jesus our Saviour, who with the Father and the
Holy Spirit, liveth and reigneth ever one God, world without end.
Amen.

IT Tlien shatt follow this Collect, for God's protection of the Queen against all

Jier enemies.

MOST gracious God, who hast set thy Servant VICTORIA
our Queen upon the Throne of her Ancestors, we most
humbly beseech thee to protect her on the same from all the
dangers to which she maybe exposed; Hide her from the gathering
together of the froward, and from the insurrection of wicked doers ;
Do thou weaken the hands, blast the designs, and defeat the
enterprizes of all her enemies, that no secret conspiracies, nor
open violences, may disquiet her Reign ; but that, being safely
kept under the shadow of thy wing, and supported by thy power,
she may triumph over all opposition ; that so the world may
acknowledge thee to be her defender and mighty deliverer in all
difficulties and adversities ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

IT T/ien the Prayer for the High Court of Parliament (if sitting).

11 In the Communion Service, immediately before the reading of the Epistle,
instead of the Collect for the Queen, and that of t/te Day, sJiall be used
this Prayer for the Queen, as supreme Governor of this Church.

BLESSED Lord, who hast called Christian Princes to the de-
fence of thy Faith, and hast made it their duty to promote
the spiritual welfare, together with the temporal interest of their
people ; We acknowledge with humble and thankful hearts thy
great goodness to us, in setting thy Servant our most gracious
Queen over this Church and Nation ; Give her, we beseech thee,
all those heavenly graces that are requisite for so high a trust ;
Let the work of thee her God prosper in her hands ; Let her eyes
behold the success of her designs for the service of thy true
Religion established amongst us ; And make her a blessed in-
strument of protecting and advancing thy Truth, wherever it is
persecuted and oppressed ; Let Hypocrisy and Profaneness, Super-
stition and Idolatry, fly before her face ; Let not Heresies and

A FORM OF PEAYER

false Doctrines disturb the peace of the Church, nor Schisms
and causeless Divisions weaken it ; But grant us to be of one
heart and one mind in serving thee our God, and obeying her
according to thy will : And that these blessings may be continued
to after-ages, let there never be one wanting in her house to
succeed her in the government of this United Kingdom, that our
posterity may see her children's children, and peace upon Israel.
So we that are thy people, and sheep of thy pasture, shall give
thee thanks for ever, and will always be shewing forth thy praise
from generation to generation. Amen.

THE EPISTLE. 1 St. Peter ii. 11.

DEARLY beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims,
abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul ; having
your conversation honest among the Gentiles: that, whereas they
speak against you as evildoers, 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 evildoers, and for
the praise of them that do well. For so is the will of God, that
with well-doing ye may put to silence the ignorance of foolish
men : as free, and not using your liberty for a cloke of malicious-
ness, but as the servants of God. Honour all men. Love the
brotherhood. Fear God. Honour the King.

THE GOSPEL. St. Matth. xxii. 16.

A XD they sent out unto him their disciples, with the Herodians,
jLY. 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 their wickedness, and said, Why tempt ye me, ye hypo-
crites? shew 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, Cesar's. Then saith he unto
them, Render therefore unto Ca?sar 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.

IT After tlie Nicene Creed shall follow the Sermon.

FOR THE TWENTIETH OF JUNE.

1T In the Offertory shall this Sentence be read :

L5T your light so shine before men, that they may see your
good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.
St. Matt. v. 16.

IT After the Prayer [For the whole state of Christ's Church, <c.] these Col-
lects following sluM be used.

A Prayer for Unity.

OGOD the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, our only Saviour,
the Prince of Peace ; Give us grace seriously to lay to heart
the great dangers we are in by our unhappy divisions. Take away
all hatred and prejudice, and whatsoever else may hinder us from
godly Union and Concord : that, as there is but one Body, and one
Spirit, and one Hope of our Calling, one Lord, one Faith, one
Baptism, one God and Father of us all, so we may henceforth
be all of one heart, and of one soul, united in one holy bond
of Truth and Peace, of Faith and Charity, and may with one mind
and one mouth glorify thee; through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen.

GRANT, O 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.

GRANT, 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 honour and praise
of thy Name ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

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

THE peace of God which passeth all understanding, keep your
hearts and minds in the knowledge and love of God, and
of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord: And the blessing of God
Almighty, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost, be amongst
you, and remain with you always. Amen.

402

"VICTORIA R.

R Will and Pleasure is, That these Four Forms of Prayer and Service,
made for the Fifth of November, the Thirtieth of January, the Twenty-
" ninth of May, and the Twentieth of June, be forthwith printed and published,
" and annexed to the Book of Common Prayer and Liturgy of the United Church
" of England and Ireland, to be used yearly on the said Days, in all Cathedral and
" Collegiate Churches and Chapels ; in all Chapels of Colleges and Halls within
"Our Universities of Oxford, Cambridge, and Dublin, and of Our Colleges of
" Eton and Winchester, and in all Parish Churches and Chapels within those parts
" of Our United Kingdom called England and Ireland.

" Given at Our Court at Kensington, the Twenty-first Day of
"June, 1837, in the First Year of Our Reign.

" By Her Majesty's Command,

"J. RUSSELL."

"VICTORIA R.

WHEREAS, by Our Royal Warrant of the Twenty-first Day of June One
thousand eight hundred and thirty-seven, in the First Year of Our Reign,
" We commanded that certain Forms of Prayer and Service made for the Fifth of
' ; November, the Thirtieth of January, and the Twenty-ninth of May should be
" forthwith printed and published and annexed to the Book of Common Prayer
" and Liturgy of the United Church of England and Ireland, to be used yearly on
"the said Days in all Cathedral and Collegiate Churches and Chapels, in all
'' Chapels of Colleges and Halls within Our Universities of Oxford, Cambridge,
"and Dublin, and of Our Colleges of Eton and Winchester, and in all Parish
" Churches and Chapels within those Parts of Our United Kingdom called Eng-
" land and Ireland :

" And whereas, in the last Session of Parliament, Addresses were presented to
" Us by both Houses of Parliament, praying Us to take into Our Consideration
" Our Proclamation in relation to the said Forms of Prayer and Service made for
" the Fifth Day of November, the Thirtieth Day of January, and the Twenty-ninth
' Day of May, with a view to their Discontinuance :

" And whereas We have taken into Our Consideration the Subject of the said
" Addresses ; and, after due Deliberation, We have resolved that the Use of the
" said Forms of Prayer and Service shall be discontinued :

" Now, therefore, Our Will and Pleasure is, that so much of Our said Royal
" Warrant of the Twenty-first Day of June One thousand eight hundred and
" thirty-seven, in the First Year of Our Reign, as is hereinbefore recited, be re-
" voked, and that the Use of the said Forms of Prayer and Service made for the
" Fifth of November, the Thirtieth of January, and the Twenty-ninth of May be
" henceforth discontinued in all Cathedral and Collegiate Churches and Chapels,
" in all Chapels of Colleges and Halls within Our Universities of Oxford, Cam-
" bridge, and Dublin, and of Our Colleges of Eton and Winchester, and in all
" Parish Churches and Chapels within the Parts of Our United Kingdom called
" England and Ireland, and that the said Forms of Prayer and Service be not
"henceforth printed and published with or annexed to the Book of Common
" Prayer and Liturgy of the United Church of England and Ireland.

" Given at Our Court at Saint James's, the Seventeenth Day of
"January, 1859, in the Twenty-second Year of Our Reign,
" By Her Majesty's Command,

"S. H. WALPOLE."

ARTICLES

AGREED UPON

BY THE ARCHBISHOPS AND BISHOPS OF BOTH
PROVINCES, AND THE WHOLE CLERGY,

In the Convocation holden at London in the Year 1562, for the
avoiding of Diversities of Opinions, and for the establishing
of Consent touching true Religion : Reprinted by His Majesty's
Commandment, with his Royal Declaration prefixed thereunto.

HIS MAJESTY'S DECLARATION.

TOEING by Gods Ordinance, according to Our just Title, Defender
-*-^ of the Faith, and Supreme Governor of the Church, within
these Our Dominions, We hold it most agreeable to this Our Kingly
Office, and Our own religious Zeal, to conserve and maintain the
Church committed to Our Charge, in Unity of true Religion, and
in the Bond of Peace; and not to suffer unnecessary Disputations,
Altercations, or Questions to be raised, which may nourish Faction
both in the Church and Commonwealth. We have therefore, upon
mature Deliberation, and with the Advice of so many of Our Bishops
as might conveniently be called together, thought fit to make this
Declaration following :

That the Articles of the Church of England (which have been
allowed and authorized heretofore, and which Our Clergy generally
have subscribed unto) do contain the true Doctrine of the Church
of England agreeable to God's Word : which We do therefore ratify
and confirm, requiring all Our loving Subjects to continue in the
uniform Profession thereof, and prohibiting the least difference from
the said Articles; which to that End We command to be new
printed, and this Our Declaration to be published therewith.

That we are Supreme Governor of the Church of England : And
that if any difference arise about the external Policy, concerning the
Injunctions, Canons, and other Constitutions whatsoever thereto be-
longing, the Clergy in their Convocation is to order and settle them,
having first obtained leave under Our Broad Seal so to do : and We
approving their said Ordinances and Constitutions; providing that
none be made contrary to the Laws and Customs of the Land.

HIS MAJESTY'S DECLAKATION.

That out of Our Princely Care that the Churchmen may do the
Work which is proper unto them, the Bishops and Clergy, from time
to time in Convocation, upon their humble Desire, shall have Licence
under Our Broad Seal to deliberate of, and to do all such Things,
as, being made plain by them, and assented unto by Us, shall concern
the settled Continuance of the Doctrine and Discipline of the Church
of England now established; from which We will not endure any
varying or departing in the least Degree.

That for the present, though some differences have been ill raised,
yet We take comfort in this, that all Clergymen within Our Realm,
have always most willingly subscribed to the Articles established;
which is an argument to Us, that they all agree in the true, usual,
literal meaning of the said Articles ; and that even in those curious
points, in which the present differences lie, men of all sorts take the
Articles of the Church of England to be for them; which is an
argument again, that none of them intend any desertion of the Articles
established.

TJiat therefore in these both curious and unhappy differences, which
have for so many hundred years, in different times and places, exercised
the Church of Christ, We will, that all further curious search be laid
aside, and these disputes shut up in Gods promises, as they be gene-
rally set forth to us in the holy Scriptures, and the general meaning
of the Articles of the Church of England according to them. And that
no man hereafter shall either print, or preach, to draw the Article
aside any way, but shall submit to it in the plain and full meaning
thereof: and shall not put his own sense or comment to be the meaning
of the Article, but shall take it in the literal and grammatical sense.

That if any publick Reader in either of Our Universities, or any
Head or Master of a College, or any other person respectively in either
of them, shall affix any new sense to any Article, or shall publickly
read, determine, or hold any publick Disputation, or suffer any such
to be held either way, in either the Universities or Colleges respectively ;
or if any Divine in the Universities shall preach or print any thing
either way, other than is already established in Convocation with Our
Royal Assent; he, or they the Offenders, shall be liable to Our
displeasure, and the Church's censure in Our Commission Ecclesi-
astical, as well as any other: And We will see there shall be due
Execution upon them.

ARTICLES OF RELlGlOK

I. Of Faith in the Holy Trinity.

r 1 1HERE is but one living and true God, everlasting, without
JL body, parts, or passions ; of infinite power, wisdom, and
goodness ; the Maker, and Preserver of all things both visible and
invisible. And in unity of this Godhead there be three Persons, of
one substance, power, and eternity ; the Father, the Son, and the
Holy Ghost.

II. Of the Word or Son of God, which was made very Man.

fMHE Son, which is the Word of the Father, begotten from
JL everlasting of the Father, the very and eternal God, and of
one substance with the Father, took Man's nature in the womb of
the blessed Virgin, of her substance : so that two whole and
perfect Natures, that is to say, the Godhead and Manhood, were
joined together in one Person, never to be divided, whereof is one
Christ, very God, and very Man ; who truly suffered, was crucified,
dead and buried, to reconcile his Father to us, and to be a sacrifice,
not only for original guilt, but also for all actual sins of men.

III. Of the going down of Christ into Hell.

S Christ died for us, and was buried, so also is it to be believed,
that he went down into Hell.

IV. Of the Resurrection of Christ.

3RIST did truly rise again from death, and took again his
body, with flesh, bones, and all things appertaining to the
perfection of Man's nature ; wherewith he ascended into Heaven,
and there sitteth, until he return to judge all Men at the last day.

V. Of the Holy Ghost.

THE Holy Ghost, proceeding from the Father and the Son, is of
one substance, majesty, and glory, with the Father and the
Son, very and eternal God.

ARTICLES OF RELIGION.

VI. Of the Sufficiency of the holy Scriptures for salvation.

HOLY Scripture containeth all things necessary to salvation :
so that whatsoever is not read therein, nor may be proved
thereby, is not to be required of any man, that it should be believed
as an article of the Faith, or be thought requisite or necessary to
salvation. In the name of the holy Scripture we do understand
those Canonical Books of the Old and New Testament, of whose
authority was never any doubt in the Church.

Of the Names and Number of the Canonical Books.

/GENESIS,

^ Exodus,

Leviticus,

Numbers,

Deuteronomy,

Joshua,

Judges,

Ruth,

The First Book of Samuel,

The Second Book of Samuel,

The First Book of Kings,

The Second Book of Kings,

The First Book of Chronicles,
The Second Book of Chronicles,
The First Book of Esdras,
The Second Book of Esdras,
The Book of Esther,
The Book of Job,
The Psalms,
T/te Proverbs,
Ecclesiastes or Preacher,
Cantica, or Songs of Solomon,
Four Prophets the greater,
Twelve Prophets the less.

And the other Books (as Hierome saith) the Church doth read for
example of life and instruction of manners ; but yet doth it not
apply them to establish any doctrine ; such are these following :

The Third Book of Esdras,

The Fourth Book of Esdras,

The Book of Tobias,

The Book of Judith,

The rest of the Book of Esther,

The Book of Wisdom,

Jesus the Son of Sirach,

Baruch the Prophet,

The Song of the Three Children,

The Story of Susanna,

Of Bel and the Dragon,

The Prayer of Manasses,

The First Book of Maccabees,

The Second Book of Maccabees.

All the Books of the New Testament, as they are commonly
received, we do receive, and account them Canonical.

VII. Of the Old Testament.

THE Old Testament is not contrary to the New : for both in the
Old and New Testament everlasting life is offered to Mankind
by Christ, who is the only Mediator between God and Man, being

ARTICLES OF RELIGION.

both God and Man. Wherefore they are not to be heard, which
feign that the old Fathers did look only for transitory promises.
Although the Law given from God by Moses, as touching Ceremonies
and Rites, do not bind Christian men, nor the Civil precepts thereof
ought of necessity to be received in any commonwealth ; yet
notwithstanding, no Christian man whatsoever is free from the
obedience of the Commandments which are called Moral.

VII F. Of the Three Creeds.

THE Three Creeds, Nicene Creed, Athanasius's Creed, and that
which is commonly called the Apostles' Creed, ought
thoroughly to be received and believed : for they may be proved
by most certain warrants of holy Scripture.

IX. Of Original or Birth-sin.

ORIGINAL Sin standeth not in the following of Adam, (as the
Pelagians do vainly talk ;) but it is the fault and corruption
of the Nature of every man, that naturally is ingendered of the
offspring of Adam ; whereby man is very far gone from original
righteousness, and is of his own nature inclined to evil, so that the
flesh lusteth always contrary to the spirit ; and therefore in every
person born into this world, it deserveth God's wrath and damna-
tion. And this infection of nature doth remain, yea in them that
are regenerated ; whereby the lust of the flesh, called in the Greek,
<&pov7)fjia crap/cc9, which some do expound the wisdom, some
sensuality, some the affection, some the desire, of the flesh, is not
subject to the Law of God. And although there is no condemnation
for them that believe and are baptized, yet the Apostle doth confess,
that concupiscence and lust hath of itself the nature of sin.

X. Of Free-Will.

THE condition of Man after the fall of Adam is such, that he
cannot turn and prepare himself, by his own natural strength
and good works, to faith, and calling upon God : Wherefore we
have no power to do good works pleasant and acceptable to God,
without the grace of God by Christ preventing us, that we may
have a good will, and working with us, when we have that good
will.

ARTICLES OF RELIGION.

XL Of the Justification of Man.

WE are accounted righteous before God, only for the merit of
our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ by Faith, and not for
our own works or deservings : Wherefore, that we are justified by
Faith only is a most wholesome Doctrine, and very full of comfort,
as more largely is expressed in the Homily of Justification.

XII. Of Good Works.

ALBEIT that Good Works, which are the fruits of Faith, and
JLA. follow after Justification, cannot put away our sins, and
endure the severity of God's Judgement ; yet are they pleasing
and acceptable to God in Christ, and do spring out necessarily of a
true and lively Faith ; insomuch that by them a lively Faith may
be as evidently known as a tree discerned by the fruit.

XIII. Of Works before Justification.

WORKS done before the grace of Christ, and the Inspiration of
his Spirit, are not pleasant to God, forasmuch as they
spring not of faith in Jesus Christ, neither do they make men meet
to receive grace, or (as the School-authors say) deserve grace of
congruity : yea rather, for that they are not done as God hath
willed and commanded them to be done, we doubt not but they
have the nature of sin.

XIV. Of Works of Supererogation.

"YTOLUNTARY Works besides, over and above, God's Command-
V ments, which they call Works of Supererogation, cannot be
taught without arrogancy and impiety : for by them men do
declare, that they do not only render unto God as much as they
are bound to do, but that they do more for his sake, than of
bounden duty is required : whereas Christ saith plainly, When ye
have done all that are commanded to you, say, We are unprofitable
servants.

XV. Of Christ alone without Sin.

CHRIST in the truth of our nature was made like unto us in all
things, sin only except, from which he was clearly void, both
in his flesh, and in his spirit. He came to be the Lamb without

AKTICLES OF KELIGION.

spot, who, by sacrifice of himself once made, should take away the
sins of the world, and sin, as Saint John saith, was not in him.
But all we the rest, although baptized, and born again in Christ,
yet offend in many things ; and if we say we have no sin, we deceive
ourselves, and the truth is not in us.

XVI. Of Sin after Baptism.

NOT every deadly sin willingly committed after Baptism is sin
against the Holy Ghost, and unpardonable. Wherefore the
grant of repentance is not to be denied to such as fall into sin after
Baptism. After we have received the Holy Ghost, we may depart
from grace given, and fall into sin, and by the grace of God we may
arise again, and amend our lives. And therefore they are to be
condemned, which say, they can no more sin as long as they live
here, or deny the place of forgiveness to such as truly repent.

XVII. Of Predestination and Election.

PREDESTINATION to Life is the everlasting purpose of God,
whereby (before the foundations of the world were laid) he
hath constantly decreed by his counsel secret to us, to deliver from
curse and damnation those whom he hath chosen in Christ out of
mankind, and to bring them by Christ to everlasting salvation, as
vessels made to honour. Wherefore, they which be endued with
so excellent a benefit of God be called according to God's purpose
by his Spirit working in due season : they through Grace obey the
calling : they be justified freely : they be made sons of God by
adoption : they be made like the image of his only-begotten Son
Jesus Christ : they walk religiously in good works, and at length,
by God's mercy, they attain to everlasting felicity.

As the godly consideration of Predestination, and our Election in
Christ, is full of sweet, pleasant, and unspeakable comfort to godly
persons, and such as feel in themselves the working of the Spirit of
Christ, mortifying the works of the flesh, and their earthly members,
and drawing up their mind to high and heavenly things, as well
because it doth greatly establish and confirm their faith of eternal
Salvation to be enjoyed through Christ, as because it doth fervently
kindle their love towards God : So, for curious and carnal persons,
lacking the Spirit of Christ, to have continually before their eyes
the sentence of God's Predestination, is a most dangerous downfal,

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whereby the Devil doth thrust them either into desperation, or
into wretchlessness of most unclean living, no less perilous than
desperation.

Furthermore, we must receive God's promises in such wise, as
they be generally set forth to us in holy Scripture : and, in our
doings, that Will of God is to be followed, which we have expressly
declared unto us in the Word of God.

XVIII. Of obtaining eternal Salvation only by the Name of

Christ.

THEY also are to be had accursed that presume to say, That
every man shall be saved by the Law or Sect which he
professeth, so that he be diligent to frame his life according to that
Law, and the light of Nature. For holy Scripture doth set out
unto us only the Name of Jesus Christ, whereby men must be
saved.

XIX. Of the Church.

fT^HE visible Church of Christ is a congregation of faithful men,
JL in the which the pure Word of God is preached, and the
Sacraments be dulj ministered according to Christ's ordinance in
all those things that of necessity are requisite to the same.

As the Church of Jerusalem, Alexandria, and Antioch, have
erred ; so also the Church of Rome hath erred, not only in their
living and manner of Ceremonies, but also in matters of Faith.

XX. Of the Authority of the Church.

THE Church hath power to decree Rites or Ceremonies, and
authority in Controversies of Faith : And yet it is not lawful
for the Church to ordain any thing that is contrary to God's Word
written, neither may it so expound one place of Scripture, that it
be repugnant to another. Wherefore, although the Church be a
witness and a keeper of holy Writ, yet, as it ought not to decree
any thing against the same, so besides the same ought it not to
enforce any thing to be believed for necessity of Salvation.

XXL Of the Authority of General Councils.

ENERAL Councils may not be gathered together without the
commandment and will of Princes. And when they be

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gathered together, (forasmuch as they be an assembly of men,
whereof all be not governed with the Spirit and Word of God,)
they may err, and sometimes have erred, even in things pertaining
unto God. Wherefore things ordained by them as necessary to
salvation have neither strength nor authority, unless it may be
declared that they be taken out of holy Scripture.

XXII. Of Purgatory.

rflHE Romish Doctrine concerning Purgatory, Pardons, Wor-
JL shipping and Adoration, as well of Images as of Reliques,
and also invocation of Saints, is a fond thing vainly invented, and
grounded upon no warranty of Scripture, but rather repugnant to
the Word of God.

XXIII. Of Ministering in the Congregation.

IT is not lawful for any man to take upon him the office of
public preaching, or ministering the Sacraments in the Congre-
gation, before he be lawfully called, and sent to execute the same.
And those we ought to judge lawfully called and sent, which be
chosen and called to this work by men who have publick authority
given unto them in the Congregation, to call and send Ministers
into the Lord's vineyard.

XXIV. Of speaking in the Congregation in such a tongue as
the people understandeth.

IT is a thing plainly repugnant to the Word of God, and the
custom of the Primitive Church, to have publick Prayer in the
Church, or to minister the Sacraments in a tongue not understanded
of the people.

XXV. Of the Sacraments.

SACRAMENTS ordained of Christ be not only badges or tokens
of Christian men's profession, but rather they be certain sure
witnesses, and effectual signs of grace, and God's good will towards
us, by the which he doth work invisibly in us, and doth not only
quicken, but also strengthen and confirm our Faith in him.

There are two Sacraments ordained of Christ our Lord in the
Gospel, that is to say, Baptism, and the Supper of the Lord.

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Those five commonly called Sacraments, that is to say, Confirma-
tion, Penance, Orders, Matrimony, and extreme Unction, are not
to be counted for Sacraments of the Gospel, being such as have
grown partly of the corrupt following of the Apostles, partly are
states of life allowed in the Scriptures ; but yet have not like
nature of Sacraments with Baptism, and the Lord's Supper, for
that they have not any visible sign or ceremony ordained of God.

The Sacraments were not ordained of Christ to be gazed upon,
or to be carried about, but that we should duly use them. And
in such only as worthily receive the same they have a wholesome
effect or operation : but they that receive them unworthily pur-
chase to themselves damnation, as Saint Paul saith.

XXVI. Of the unworthiness of the Ministers, which hinders not
the effect of the Sacrament.

A LTHOUGH in the visible Church the evil be ever mingled
jLJu with the good, and sometimes the evil have chief authority
in the Ministration of the Word and Sacraments, yet forasmuch
as they do not the same in their own name, but in Christ's, and
do minister by his commission and authority, we may use their
Ministry, both in hearing the Word of God, and in receiving of the
Sacraments. Neither is the effect of Christ's ordinance taken
away by their wickedness, nor the grace of God's gifts diminished
from such as by faith and rightly do receive the Sacraments
ministered unto them ; which be effectual, because of Christ's
institution and promise, although they be ministered by evil men.

Nevertheless, it appertaineth to the discipline of the Church,
that inquiry be made of evil Ministers, and that they be accused
by those that have knowledge of their offences ; and finally being
found guilty, by just judgement be deposed.

XXVII. Of Baptism.

BAPTISM is not only a sign of profession, and mark of differ-
ence, whereby Christian men are discerned from others that
be not christened, but it is also a sign of Regeneration or new
Birth, whereby, as by an instrument, they that receive Baptism
rightly are grafted into the Church ; the promises of forgiveness
of sin, and of our adoption to be the sons of God by the Holy
Ghost, are visibly signed and sealed ; Faith is confirmed, and

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Grace increased by virtue of prayer unto God. The Baptism
of young Children is in any wise to be retained in the Church,
as most agreeable with the institution of Christ

XXVIII. Of the Lord's Supper.

THE Supper of the Lord is not only a sign of the love that
Christians ought to have among themselves one to another ;
but rather is a Sacrament of our Redemption by Christ's death :
insomuch that to such as rightly, worthily, and with faith, receive
the same, the Bread which we break is a partaking of the Body
of Christ ; and likewise the Cup of Blessing is a partaking of the
Blood of Christ

Transubstantiation (or the change of the substance of Bread and
Wine) in the Supper of the Lord, cannot be proved by holy Writ ;
but is repugnant to the plain words of Scripture, overthroweth the
nature of a Sacrament, and hath given occasion to many super-
stitions.

The Body of Christ is given, taken, and eaten, in the Supper,
only after an heavenly and spiritual manner. And the mean
whereby the Body of Christ is received and eaten in the Supper
is Faith.

The Sacrament of the Lord's Supper was not by Christ's ordi-
nance reserved, carried about, lifted up, or worshipped.

XXIX. Of the iciclicd which eat not the Body of Christ in the use
of the Lord's Supper.

Wicked, and such as be void of a lively faith, although
they do carnally and visibly press with their teeth (as Saint
Augustine saith) the Sacrament of the Body and Blood of Christ,
yet in no wise are they partakers of Christ : but rather, to their
condemnation, do eat and drink the sign or Sacrament of so great
a thing.

XXX. Of both Hnds.

THE Cup of the Lord is not to be denied to the Lay-people :
for both the parts of the Lord's Sacrament, by Christ's
ordinance and commandment, ought to be ministered to all Chris-
tian men alike.

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XXXI. Of the, one, Oblation of Christ finislied upon the Cross.

THE Offering of Christ once made is that perfect redemption,
propitiation, and satisfaction, for all the sins of the whole
world, both original and actual ; and there is none other satis-
faction for sin, but that alone. Wherefore the sacrifices of Masses,
in the which it was commonly said, that the Priest did offer
Christ for the quick and the dead, to have remission of pain
or guilt, were blasphemous fables, and dangerous deceits.

XXXII. Of the Marriage of Priests.

BISHOPS, Priests, and Deacons, are not commanded by God's
Law, either to vow the estate of single life, or to abstain
from marriage : therefore it is lawful for them, as for all other
Christian men, to marry at their own discretion, as they shall
judge the same to serve better to godliness.

XXXIII. Of excommunicate Persons, how fJiey are to be avoided.
fT^HAT person which by open denunciation of the Church is
J_ rightly cut off from the unity of the Church, and excom-
municated, ought to be taken of the whole multitude of the faith-
ful, as an Heathen and Publican, until he be openly reconciled by
penance, and received into the Church by a Judge that hath
authority thereunto.

XXXIV. Of the Traditions of the Church.

IT is not necessary that Traditions and Ceremonies be in all
places one, and utterly like ; for at all times they have been
divers, and may be changed according to the diversities of countries,
times, and men's manners, so that nothing be ordained against
God's Word. Whosoever through his private judgement, willingly
and purposely, doth openly break the traditions and ceremonies
of the Church, which be not repugnant to the Word of God,
and be ordained and approved by common authority, ought to be
rebuked openly, (that others may fear to do the like,) as he that
offendeth against the common order of the Church, and hurteth
the authority of the Magistrate, and woundeth the consciences
of the weak brethren.

Every particular or national Church hath authority to ordain,
change, and abolish, ceremonies or rites of the Church ordained
only by man's authority, so that all things be done to edifying.

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XXXV. Of the Homilies.

THE second Book of Homilies, the several titles whereof we
have joined under this Article, doth contain a godly and
wholesome Doctrine, and necessary for these times, as doth the
former Book of Homilies, which were set forth in the time of
Edward the Sixth ; and therefore we judge them to be read in
Churches by the Ministers, diligently and distinctly, that they may
be understanded of the people.

OF THE NAMES OF THE HOMILIES.

the right Use of the
Church.

2 Against peril of Idolatry.

3 Of repairing and keeping clean

of C hurclies.

4 Of good Works ; first of Fasting.

5 Against Gluttony and Drunken-

ness.

6 Against Excess of Apparel.

7 Of Prayer.

8 Of the Place and Time of Prayer.

9 Tliat Common Prayers and Sa-

craments ought to be ministered
in a known tongue.

10 Of t/ie reverend estimation of

God's Word.

1 1 Of A Ims-doing.

12 Of the Nativity of Christ.

1 3 Of the Passion of Christ.

14 Of the Resurrection of Christ.

15 Of the worthy receiving of the

Sacrament of the Body and
Blood of Christ.
IQOfthe Gifts of the Holy Ghost.

17 for the Rogation-days.

18 Of tlie State of Matrimony.

19 Of Repentance.

20 Against Idleness.

21 Against Rebellion.

XXXVI. Of Consecration of Bishops and Ministers.

THE Book of Consecration of Archbishops and Bishops, and
Ordering of Priests and Deacons, lately set forth in the time
of Edward the Sixth, and confirmed at the same time by authority
of Parliament, doth contain all things necessary to such Consecra-
tion and Ordering : neither hath it any thing, that of itself is
superstitious and ungodly. And therefore whosoever are con-
secrated or ordered according to the Rites of that Book, since
the second year of the forenamed King Edward unto this time,
or hereafter shall be consecrated or ordered according to the
same Rites ; we decree all such to be rightly, orderly, and lawfully
consecrated and ordered.

XXXVII. Of the Civil Magistrates.

f MHE Queen's Majesty hath the chief power in this Realm
_1_ of England, and other her Dominions, unto whom the chief

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Government of all Estates of this Realm, whether they be Ec-
clesiastical or Civil, in all causes doth appertain, and is not,
nor ought to be, subject to any foreign Jurisdiction.

Where we attribute to the Queen's Majesty the chief govern-
ment, by which Titles we understand the minds of some slanderous
folks to be offended ; we give not to our Princes the ministering
either of God's Word, or of the Sacraments, the which thing the
Injunctions also lately set forth by Elizabeth our Queen do most
plainly testify ; but that only prerogative, which we see to have
been given always to all godly Princes in holy Scriptures by God
himself; that is, that they should rule all estates and degrees
committed to their charge by God, whether they be Ecclesiastical
or Temporal, and restrain with the civil sword the stubborn and
evildoers.

The Bishop of Rome hath no jurisdiction in this Realm of
England.

The laws of the Realm may punish Christian men with death, for
heinous and grievous offences.

It is lawful for Christian men, at the commandment of the
Magistrate, to wear weapons, and serve in the wars.

XXXVIII. Of Christian men's Goods, which are not common.

THE Riches and Goods of Christians are not common, as touching
the right, title, and possession of the same, as certain Ana-
baptists do falsely boast. Notwithstanding, every man ought, of
such things as he possesseth, liberally to give alms to the poor,
according to his ability.

XXXIX. Of a Christian man's Oath.

AS we confess that vain and rash Swearing is forbidden Christian
i\ men by our Lord Jesus Christ, and James his Apostle, so we
judge, that Christian Religion doth not prohibit, but that a man
may swear when the Magistrate requireth, in a cause of faith and
charity, so it be done according to the Prophet's teaching, in
justice, judgement, and truth.

THE RATIFICATION.

rflHIS Boole of Articles before rehearsed, is again approved,
JL and allowed to be holden and executed within the Realm,
by the assent and consent of our Sovereign Lady ELIZABETH,
by the grace of God, of England, France, and Ireland, Queen,
Defender of the Faith, &c. Which Articles were deliberately read,
and confirmed again by the subscription of the hands of the Arch-
bishops and Bishops of the Upper-house, and by the subscription
of the whole Clergy of the Nether-house in their Convocation, in
the Year of our Lord 1571.

A TABLE OF THE ARTICLES.

1. f\F Faith in the Holy Trinity.

2. " Of Christ the Son of God.

3. Of his going down into Hell.

4. Of his Resurrection.

5. Of the Holy Ghost.

6. Of the Sufficiency of the Scriptures.

7. Of the Old Testament.

8. Of the Three Creeds.

9. Of Original or Birth-sin.

10. OfFree-untt.

11. Of Justification.

12. Of Good Works.

13. Of Works before Justification.

14. Of Works of Supererogation.

15. Of Christ atone without Sin.

16. Of Sin after Baptism.

17. Of Predestination and Election.

18. Of obtaining Salvation by Christ.

19. Of the Church.

20. Of the Authority of the Church.

21. Of the Authority of General

Councils.

22. Of Purgatory.

23. Of Ministering in the Congre-

gation.

24. Of speaking in the Congrega-

tion.

25. Of the Sacraments.

26. Of the Unworthiness of Minis-

ters.

27. Of Baptism.

28. Of the Lord's Supper.

29. Of the Wicked which eat not t/te

Body of Christ.

30. Of both kinds.

31. Of Christ's one Oblation.

32. Of the Marriage of Priests.

33. Of Excommunicate Persons.

34. Of the Traditions of the Church.

35. Of the Homilies.

36. Of Consecrating of Ministers.

37. Of Civil Magistrates.

38. Of Christian men's goods.

39. Of a Christian man's Oath.

The Ratification.

TABLE OF KINDRED AND AFFINITY,

WHEEEIN WHOSOEVEB ARE RELATED ARE FORBIDDEN IN SCRIPTURE
AND OUR LAWS TO MARRY TOGETHER.

A Man may not marry his

RANDMOTHER,
VJT 2 Grandfather's Wife,

3 Wife's Grandmother.

4 Father's Sister,

5 Mother's Sister,

6 Father's Brother's Wife.

7 Mother's Brother's Wife,

8 Wife's Father's Sister,

9 Wife's Mother's Sister.

10 Mother,

11 Step-Mother,

12 Wife's Mother.

13 Daughter,

14 Wife's Daughter,

15 Son's Wife.

16 Sister,

17 Wife's Sister,

18 Brother's Wife.

19 Son's Daughter,

20 Daughter's Daughter,

21 Son's Son's Wife.

22 Daughter's Son's Wife,

23 Wife's Son's Daughter,

24 Wife's Daughter's Daughter.

25 Brother's Daughter,

26 Sister's Daughter,

27 Brother's Son's Wife.

28 Sister's Son's Wife,

29 Wife's Brother's Daughter,

30 Wife's Sister's Daughter.

A Woman may not marry with Jter

RANDFATHER,

2 Grandmother's Husband,

3 Husband's Grandfather.

4 Father's Brother,

5 Mother's Brother,

6 Father's Sister's Husband.

7 Mother's Sister's Husband,

8 Husband's Father's Brother,

9 Husband's Mother's Brother.

10 Father,

11 Step-Father,

12 Husband's Father.

13 Son,

14 Husband's Son,

15 Daughter's Husband.

16 Brother,

17 Husband's Brother,

18 Sister's Husband.

19 Son's Son,

20 Daughter's Son,

21 Son's Daughter's Husband.

22 Daughter's Daughter's Husband,

23 Husband's Son's Son,

24 Husband's Daughter's Son.

25 Brother's Son,

26 Sister's Son,

27 Brother's Daughter's Husband.

28 Sister's Daughter's Husband,

29 Husband's Brother's Son,

30 Husband's Sister's Son.

THE END.