Trial Orders for Common Prayer, Daily Throughout the Year, in the United States of America by Lue-Yee Tsang

Trial Orders for

C om mon P ray e r Daily Throughou t t he Year

In the United States of America

An Order f or

Morn ing P rayer 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.

h en the wicked man turneth away from his wickedness that he hath committed, and doeth that which is lawful and right, he shall save his soul alive. I acknowledge my transgressions, and my sin is ever before me. O Lord, correct me, but with judgement ; not in thine anger, lest thou bring me to nothing.

Ezek. 18. 27.

Psalm 51. 3. Jer. 10. 24; Psalm 6. 1.

Ordinary Sundays.

I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him, St Luke Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee, 15. 18–19. and am no more worthy to be called thy son. Festivals.

To the Lord our God belong mercies and forgiveness- Dan. 9. 9–10. es, 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.

Sundays in Advent. St Matth. 3. 2.

Repent ye ; for the Kingdom of heaven is at hand. Week-days in Advent.

Psalm 143. 2.

Enter not into judgement with thy servant, O Lord ; for in thy sight shall no man living be justified. Sundays in Lent.

Joel 2. 13.

Rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto the Lord your God : for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repenteth him of the evil. Week-days in Lent.

Psalm 51. 9.

Hide thy face from my sins, and blot out all mine iniquities. Passiontide.

The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit : a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise. 1 St John If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, 1. 8–9. 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.

Psalm 51. 17.

e a rly beloved brethren, the Scripture moveth An address us in sundry places to acknowledge and confess to the congregation. our manifold sins and wickedness, and that we should not dissemble nor cloak them before the face of Almighty God our heavenly Father ; but confess them with an humble, lowly, penitent, and obedient heart ; to the end that we may obtain forgiveness of the same, by his infinite goodness and mercy. And although we ought at all times humbly to acknowledge our sins before God ; yet ought we most chiefly so to do, when we assemble 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 :

A general Confession to be said of the whole Congregation, with the Minister, all kneeling.

lm ig h t y and most merciful Father, we have erred and strayed from thy ways like lost sheep, We have followed too much the devices and desires of our own hearts, We have offended against thy holy laws, We have left undone those things which we ought to have done, And we have done those things which we ought not to have done, And there is no health in us :

But thou, O Lord, have mercy upon us miserable offenders ; Spare thou them, O God, which confess their faults, Restore thou them that are penitent, According to thy promises declared unto mankind in Christ Jesu our Lord : And grant, O most merciful Father, That we may hereafter live a godly, righteous, and sober life, To the glory of thy holy Name. Amen. Then shall humbly be said this Psalm, Te decet hymnus, &c., daily throughout the year ; except in Lent, all the which time in the place of Te decet hymnus shall be used Miserere mei, Deus, as followeth :

Te de cet hym nu s Psalm 65

hou, O God, art praised in Sion; * and unto thee shall the vow be performed in Jerusalem. Thou that hearest the prayer, * unto thee shall all flesh come. My misdeeds prevail against me : * O be thou merciful unto our sins. 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. God’s might. Thou shalt show us wonderful things in thy righteousness, O 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. Who in his strength setteth fast the mountains, * and is girded about with power. A Psalm of David. A Song.

Who stilleth the raging of the sea, * and the noise of his waves, and the madness of the peoples. They also that dwell in the uttermost parts of the earth shall be afraid at thy tokens, * thou that makest the out-goings of the morning and evening to praise thee. Thou visitest the earth, and blessest it ; * thou mak- God’s favour. est it very plenteous. The river of God is full of water : * thou preparest their corn, for so thou providest for the earth. Thou waterest her furrows ; thou sendest rain into the little valleys thereof ; * thou makest it soft with the drops of rain, and blessest the increase of it. Thou crownest the year with thy goodness ; * and thy clouds drop fatness. They shall drop upon the dwellings of the wilderness ; * and the little hills shall rejoice on every side. The folds shall be full of sheep ; * the valleys also shall stand so thick with corn, that they shall laugh and sing. M i sere re Me i, De us Psalm 51

A Psalm of David, when Nathan the prophet went to him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba.

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 shalt judge. 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. Thou shalt make me hear of joy and gladness, * that the bones which thou hast broken may rejoice. Turn thy face from my sins, * and put out all my misdeeds. Make me a clean heart, O God, * and renew a right spirit within me. These next Cast me not away from thy presence, * and take verses are not thy holy Spirit from me. not for O give me the comfort of thy help again, * and unbaptized persons. 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 show 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, O God, shalt thou not despise. O be favourable and gracious unto Sion ; * build thou the walls of Jerusalem. Then shalt thou be pleased with the sacrifice of righteousness, with the burnt-offerings & oblations ; * then shall they offer young bullocks upon thine altar. The Absolution or Remission of sins to be pronounced by the Priest alone, standing ; the people still kneeling.

l m i g h t y God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who desireth not the death of a sinner, but rather that he may turn from his wickedness and live ; and hath given power and commandment to his Ministers, to declare and pronounce to his people, being penitent, the Absolution and Remission of their sins : – He pardoneth and absolveth all them that truly repent and unfeignedly believe his holy Gospel. Wherefore let us beseech him to grant us true repentance and his Holy Spirit, þt 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 þt at the last we may come to his eternal joy ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

If no priest be present, the person saying the Service shall read this collect, that person and the people still kneeling: 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. And the people shall answer, as at the end of all prayers, Amen.

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

u r 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. Then likewise he shall say,

The Preces, the part at which the music begins.

Our help is in the Name of the Lord. Answer. Who hath made heaven and earth. Priest. O Lord, open thou our lips. Answer. And our mouth shall shew forth thy praise. Priest. O God, make speed to save us. Answer. O Lord, make haste to help us. Here, all standing up, the Priest shall say, (all bowing deeply at the Name of the Trinity and rising thereafter),

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. Then shall be said or sung this invitatory Psalm following.

V en i t e, exulte mus D omi no Psalm 95

c om e, let us sing unto the Lord ; * let us heartily rejoice in the strength of our salvation. Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving ; * and show ourselves glad in him with psalms. For the LORD is a great God ; * and a great King above all gods. In his hand are all the corners of the earth ; * and the strength of the hills is his also. The sea is his, and he made it ; * and his hands prepared the dry land. O come, let us worship and fall down, * and kneel before the L ord 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 This warning hearts * as in the provocation, and as in the day of is not to be omitted. temptation in the wilderness ; When your fathers tempted me, * proved me, and saw my works. Forty years long was I grieved with this generation, and said, * It is a people that do err in their hearts, for they have not known my ways : Unto whom I sware in my wrath, * that they should not enter into my rest. 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 these Psalms following.

De us , De us m eu s Psalm 63 A Psalm of David, when he was in the wilderness of Judah.

G od, thou art my God ; * early will I seek thee. My soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh also longeth after thee, * in a barren and dry land where no water is. Thus have I looked for thee in the sanctuary, * that I might behold thy power and glory. For thy loving-kindness is better than the life itself : * my lips shall praise thee. As long as I live will I magnify thee in this manner, * and lift up my hands in thy Name. My soul shall be satisfied, even as it were with marrow and fatness, * when my mouth praiseth thee with joyful lips. Have I not remembered thee in my bed, * and thought upon thee when I was waking ? Because thou hast been my helper ; * therefore under the shadow of thy wings will I rejoice. My soul hangeth upon thee ; * thy right hand hath upholden me. These also that seek the hurt of my soul, * they shall go under the earth. Let them fall upon the edge of the sword, * that they may be a portion for foxes. But the King shall rejoice in God ; all they also that swear by him shall be commended ; * for the mouth of them that speak lies shall be stopped.

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. Di l e x i, quoniam Psalm 116

y delight is in the Lord, * because he hath heard the voice of my prayer ; Because 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 ; then called I upon the Name of the Lord ; * O Lord, I beseech thee, deliver my soul. Gracious is the Lord, and righteous ; * yea, our God is merciful. The Lord preserveth the simple : * I was in misery, and he helped me. Turn again then unto thy rest, O my soul ; * for the Lord hath rewarded thee. And why? thou hast delivered my soul from death, * mine eyes from tears, and my feet from falling. I will walk before the Lord * in the land of the living. I believed, and therefore will I speak; but I was sore troubled : * I said in my haste, All men are liars. What reward shall I give unto the Lord * for all the benefits that he hath done unto me ?

I will receive the cup of salvation, * and call upon the Name of the Lord. Cf. Te decet I will pay my vows now in the presence of all his hymnus. people : * right dear in the sight of the Lord is the death of his saints. Behold, O Lord, how that I am thy servant ; * I am thy servant, and the son of thine handmaid ; thou hast broken my bonds in sunder. I will offer to thee the sacrifice of thanksgiving, * and will call upon the Name of the Lord. I will pay my vows unto the Lord, in the sight of all his people, * in the courts of the Lord ’s house ; even in the midst of thee, O Jerusalem. Praise the Lord. 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 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.

T e Deum l audamus

e praise thee, O God ; * we acknowledge thee The Trinity in glory. to be the Lord. All the earth doth worship thee, * the Father everlasting. To thee all Angels cry aloud ; * the Heavens, and all the Powers therein ; To thee Cherubim and Seraphim * continually do cry, Holy, Holy, Holy, * Lord God of Sabaoth ; Heaven and earth are full of the Majesty * of thy glory. The glorious company of the Apostles * praise thee. The goodly fellowship of the Prophets * praise thee. The noble army of Martyrs * praise thee. The holy Church throughout all the world * doth acknowledge thee ; The Father * of an infinite Majesty ; Thine adorable, true * and only Son ; Also the Holy Ghost * the Comforter.

hou art the King of glory, * O Christ. The work of Christ. Thou art the everlasting Son * of the Father. When thou tookest upon thee to deliver man, * thou didst not abhor the Virgin’s womb. When thou hadst overcome the sharpness of death, * thou didst open the Kingdom of Heaven to all believers. Thou sittest at the right hand of God, * in the glory of the Father.

We believe that thou shalt come * to be our Judge. We therefore pray thee, help thy servants, * whom thou hast redeemed with thy precious blood. Make them to be numbered with thy Saints, * in glory everlasting. Suffrages, a later addition to this hymn.

l ord, save thy people, * and bless thine heritage. Govern them * and lift them up for ever. Day by day * we magnify thee ; And we worship thy Name, * ever world without end. Vouchsafe, O Lord, * to keep us this day without sin. O Lord, have mercy upon us, * have mercy upon us. O Lord, let thy mercy be upon us, * as our trust is in thee. O Lord, in thee have I trusted ; * let me never be confounded. Or this Canticle.

Be ne dictus es D om in e Of Azariel.

l e s se d art thou, O Lord God of our fathers ; * praised and exalted above all for ever. Blessed art thou for the Name of thy Majesty ; * praised and exalted above all for ever. Blessed art thou in the temple of thy holiness ; * praised and exalted above all for ever. Blessed art thou that beholdest the depths, and

dwellest between the Cherubim : * praised and exalted above all for ever. Blessed art thou on the glorious throne of thy Kingdom : * praised and exalted above all for ever. Blessed art thou in the firmament of heaven : * praised and exalted above all 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. Then shall be read, in like manner, the Second Lesson, taken out of the New Testament, according to the Table or Calendar. And after that shall be sung or said the Hymn following.

Bene dictus St Luke 1.68

le s sed be the Lord God of Israel ; * for he hath Of Zachary. 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 enemies, * and from the hands of all that hate us. To perform the mercy promised to our forefathers, * and to remember his holy covenant ; To perform the oath which he sware to our forefather Abraham, * that he would give us ;

That we being delivered out of the hand of our enemies * might serve him without fear ; In holiness and righteousness before him, * all the days of our life. These four And thou, child, shalt be called the prophet of the verses may Highest : * for thou shalt go before the face of the Lord be omitted except during to prepare his ways ; Advent. To give knowledge of salvation unto his people * for the remission of their sins, Through the tender mercy of our God ; * whereby the day-spring from on high hath visited us ; To give light to them that sit in darkness, and in the shadow of death, * and to guide our feet into the way of peace. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Ghost ; As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, * world without end. Amen. Then shall be sung or said the Apostles’ Creed, by the Minister and the people standing: Except only such days as the Creed of Saint Athanasius is appointed to be read.

ther Almighty ; From thence he shall come to judge the quick and the dead. I believe in the Holy Ghost ; The holy Catholic Church ; The Communion of Saints ; The Forgiveness of sins ; The Resurrection of the body, And the life everlasting. Amen. Here they shall prostrate with their faces to the ground, and then shall follow this General Thanksgiving.

lmig h t y God, Father of all mercies, we thine unworthy servants do give thee most humble and hearty thanks for all thy goodness and loving kindness to us and to all men ; [ * particularly to those who desire now to offer up their praises and thanksgivings for thy late mercies vouchsafed unto them]. We bless thee for our creation, preservation, and all the blessings of this life, but above all for thine inestimable love in the redemption 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 mercies, that our hearts may be unfeignedly thankful ; and that we show forth thy praise not only with our lips but in our lives, by giving up ourselves to thy service, and by walking before thee in holiness and righteousness all our days ; through Jesus Christ our Lord, to whom with thee and the Holy Ghost be all honour and glory, world without end. Amen.

And then shall be said or sung this Psalm following ; or else Psalm 92, Bonum est confiteri, if it be a Sunday.

* This may be said when any desire to return thanks for mercies vouchsafed to them.

E xaltab o te , D om in e Psalm 30 A Psalm of David. A song at the dedication of the temple.

wi ll magnify thee, O L ord ; for thou hast set me up, * and not made my foes to triumph over me. O L ord my God, I cried unto thee ; * and thou hast healed me. Thou, L ord, hast brought my soul out of hell : * thou hast kept my life, that I should not go down into the pit. Sing praises unto the L ord, O ye saints of his ; * and give thanks unto him, for a remembrance of his holiness. For his wrath endureth but the twinkling of an eye, and in his pleasure is life ; * heaviness may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning. And in my prosperity I said, I shall never be removed : * thou, L ord, of thy goodness, hast made my hill so strong. Thou didst turn thy face from me, * and I was troubled. Then cried I unto thee, O L ord; * and gat me to my L ord right humbly. What profit is there in my blood, * when I go down into the pit ? Shall the dust give thanks unto thee ? * or shall it declare thy truth? Hear, O L ord, and have mercy upon me ; * L ord, be thou my helper. Thou hast turned my heaviness into joy ; * thou hast put off my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness :

Therefore shall every good man sing of thy praise without ceasing. * O my God, I will give thanks unto thee 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. B onum e st c onfite ri Psalm 92

t is a good thing to give thanks unto the L ord, * A Psalm. A & to sing praises unto thy Name, O Most Highest ; Song for the Sabbath. To tell of thy loving-kindness early in þe morning, * and of thy truth in the night season ; Upon an instrument of ten strings, and upon the lute ; * upon a loud instrument, and upon the harp. For thou, L ord, hast made me glad through thy works ; * and I will rejoice in giving praise for the operations of thy hands. O L ord, how glorious are thy works ! * thy thoughts are very deep. An unwise man doth not well consider this, * and a fool doth not understand it. When the ungodly are green as the grass, & when all þe workers of wickedness do flourish, * then shall they be destroyed for ever ; but thou, L ord, art the Most Highest for evermore. For lo, thine enemies, O L ord, lo, thine enemies shall perish ; * and all the workers of wickedness shall be destroyed.

But my horn shall be exalted like the horn of an unicorn ; * for I am anointed with fresh oil. 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. The righteous shall flourish like a palm-tree, * and shall spread abroad like a cedar in Lebanon. Such as are planted in the house of the L ord, * shall flourish in the courts of the house of our God. They also shall bring forth more fruit in their age, * and shall be fat and well-liking ; That they may show how true þe Lord my strength is, * and þt there is no unrighteousness in 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 these Prayers following, all devoutly kneeling : the Minister first pronouncing with a loud voice,

Responses.

The Lord be with you. Answer. And with thy spirit. Minister. Let us pray. Lord, have mercy upon us. Christ, have mercy upon us. Lord, have mercy upon us. Then the Minister, Clerks, and people shall say the Lord’s Prayer with a loud voice.

ur 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. Then the Priest standing up shall say,

O Lord, shew thy mercy upon us. Answer. And grant us thy salvation. Priest. O Lord, guide and defend our rulers. Answer. And mercifully hear us when we call upon thee. Priest. Endue thy Ministers with righteousness. Answer. And make thy chosen people joyful. Priest. O Lord, save thy people. Answer. And bless thine inheritance. Priest. Give peace in our time, O Lord. Answer. Because there is none other that fighteth for us, but only thou, O God. Priest. O God, make clean our hearts within us. Answer. And take not thy Holy Spirit from us. 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.

The Second Collect, for Peace.

G od, 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.

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

De us mise reatu r Psalm 67 To the choirmaster : with stringed instruments. A Psalm. A Song.

od be merciful unto us, and bless us, * and show 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 peoples praise thee, O God ; * yea, let all the peoples 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 peoples praise thee, O God ; * yea, let all the peoples 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. The following Prayers shall be omitted here when the Litany is read; otherwise, the Minister may give biddings to prayer before the intercessions themselves be read. And note, That the Minister may here end the Morning Prayer with such general intercessions as he shall think fit, or with the Grace. For our Civil Rulers.

Holy Spirit, that they may always incline to thy will, and walk in thy way : Endue them plenteously with heavenly gifts ; grant them in health and wealth long to live, and finally, after this life, to attain everlasting joy and felicity, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. For the Clergy and People.

l might y and everlasting God, who alone workest great marvels ; Send down upon our Bishops, and other Clergy, and all Congregations committed to their charge, the healthful Spirit of thy grace ; and, that they may truly please thee, pour upon them the continual dew of thy blessing. Grant this, O Lord, for the honour of our Advocate and Mediator, Jesus Christ. Amen. For all Conditions of Men.

G od, the Creator and Preserver of all mankind, we humbly beseech thee for all sorts and conditions of men ; that thou wouldest be pleased to make thy ways known unto them, thy saving health unto all nations. More especially we pray for thy holy Church universal ; that it may be so guided and governed by thy good Spirit that all who profess and call themselves Christians may be led into þe way of truth, and hold þe faith in unity of spirit in þe bond of peace and in righteousness of life. Finally we commend to thy fatherly goodness all those who are any ways afflicted or distressed in mind, body or estate ; that it may please

thee to comfort and relieve þm according to their several necessities, giving them patience under their sufferings and a happy issue out of all their afflictions. And this we beg for Jesus Christ’s sake. Amen. A Prayer of Saint Chrysostom.

lmig h t y God, who hast given us grace at this time with one accord to make our common supcations unto thee ; and dost promise that when two three are gathered together in thy Name thou wilt grant their requests ; Fulfil now, O Lord, the desires and petitions of thy servants, as may be most expedient for them ; granting us in this world knowledge of thy truth, and in the world to come life everlasting. Amen. 2 Cor. 13. 14.

h 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. Here endeth the Order of Morning Prayer throughout the Year.

An Order for

Ev e ni ng P ray er 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.

he n the wicked man turneth away from his wickedness that he hath committed, and doeth that which is lawful and right, he shall save his soul alive. Psalm 51. 3. I acknowledge my transgressions, and my sin is ever before me. Jer. 10. 24; O Lord, correct me, but with judgement ; not in Psalm 6. 1. thine anger, lest thou bring me to nothing.

Ezek. 18. 27.

Ordinary Sundays. St Luke 15. 18–19.

I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee, and am no more worthy to be called thy son. Festivals.

Dan. 9. 9–10.

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.

Sundays in Advent.

Repent ye ; for the Kingdom of heaven is at hand.

St Matth. 3. 2.

Week-days in Advent.

Enter not into judgement with thy servant, O Lord ; Psalm 143. 2. for in thy sight shall no man living be justified. Sundays in Lent.

Rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn Joel 2. 13. unto the Lord your God : for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repenteth him of the evil. Week-days in Lent.

Hide thy face from my sins, and blot out all mine in- Psalm 51. 9. iquities. Passiontide.

The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit : a broken and Psalm 51. 17. a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise. If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, 1 St John and the truth is not in us : but if we confess our sins, he 1. 8–9. is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

e arly beloved brethren, the Scripture moveth An address us in sundry places to acknowledge and confess to the our manifold sins and wickedness, and that we should congregation. not dissemble nor cloak them before the face of Almighty God our heavenly Father ; but confess them with an humble, lowly, penitent, and obedient heart ; to the end that we may obtain forgiveness of the same, by his infinite goodness and mercy. And although we ought at all times humbly to acknowledge our sins before God ; yet ought we most chiefly so to do, when we assemble 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 : A general Confession to be said of the whole Congregation, with the Minister, all kneeling.

l might y and most merciful Father, we have erred and strayed from thy ways like lost sheep, We have followed too much the devices and desires of our own hearts, We have offended against thy holy laws, We have left undone those things which we ought to have done, And we have done those things which we ought not to have done, And there is no health in us : But thou, O Lord, have mercy upon us miserable offenders ; Spare thou them, O God, which confess their

faults, Restore thou them that are penitent, According to thy promises declared unto mankind in Christ Jesu our Lord : And grant, O most merciful Father, That we may hereafter live a godly, righteous, and sober life, To the glory of thy holy Name. Amen. Then shall humbly be said this Psalm, Te decet hymnus, &c., daily throughout the year ; except in Lent, all the which time in the place of Te decet hymnus shall be used Miserere mei, Deus, as followeth :

T e decet hymnus Psalm 65

hou , O God, art praised in Sion; * and unto thee shall the vow be performed in Jerusalem. Thou that hearest the prayer, * unto thee shall all flesh come. My misdeeds prevail against me : * O be thou merciful unto our sins. 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. Thou shalt show us wonderful things in thy righteousness, O 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. Who in his strength setteth fast the mountains, * and is girded about with power. Who stilleth the raging of the sea, * and the noise of his waves, and the madness of the peoples.

A Psalm of David. A Song.

God’s might.

God’s favour.

They also that dwell in the uttermost parts of the earth shall be afraid at thy tokens, * thou that makest the out-goings of the morning and evening to praise thee. Thou visitest the earth, and blessest it ; * thou makest it very plenteous. The river of God is full of water : * thou preparest their corn, for so thou providest for the earth. Thou waterest her furrows ; thou sendest rain into the little valleys thereof ; * thou makest it soft with the drops of rain, and blessest the increase of it. Thou crownest the year with thy goodness ; * and thy clouds drop fatness. They shall drop upon the dwellings of the wilderness ; * and the little hills shall rejoice on every side. The folds shall be full of sheep ; * the valleys also shall stand so thick with corn, that they shall laugh and sing. Mise re re Mei, Deu s Psalm 51

A Psalm of David, when Nathan the prophet went to him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba.

av e mercy upon me, O God, after thy great goodness ; * according to the multitude of thy mercies do away mine offences. Wash me throughly from my wickedness, * and cleanse me from my sin. For I acknowledge my faults, * and my sin is ever before me. Against thee only have I sinned, and done this evil in thy sight ; * that thou mightest be justified in thy

saying, and clear when thou shalt judge. 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. Thou shalt make me hear of joy and gladness, * that the bones which thou hast broken may rejoice. Turn thy face from my sins, * and put out all my misdeeds. Make me a clean heart, O God, * and renew a right spirit within me. Cast me not away from thy presence, * and take not thy holy Spirit from me. O give me the comfort of thy help again, * and stablish me with thy free Spirit. Then shall I teach thy ways unto the wicked, * and sinners shall be converted unto thee. Deliver me from blood-guiltiness, O God, thou that art the God of my health ; * and my tongue shall sing of thy righteousness. Thou shalt open my lips, O Lord, * and my mouth shall show 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, O God, shalt thou not despise. O be favourable and gracious unto Sion ; * build thou the walls of Jerusalem.

These next verses are not for unbaptized persons.

Then shalt thou be pleased with the sacrifice of righteousness, with the burnt-offerings & oblations ; * then shall they offer young bullocks upon thine altar. The Absolution or Remission of sins to be pronounced by the Priest alone, standing ; the people still kneeling.

ur Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy Name, Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done, in earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread ; And forgive us our trespasses, As we forgive them that trespass against us ; And lead us not into temptation, But deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, the power, and the glory, For ever and ever. Amen. Then likewise he shall say,

The Preces, the part at which the music begins.

Phos hil aron

ai l gladdening Light, of his pure glory poured Who is th’ immortal Father, heavenly, blest, Holiest of Holies, Jesus Christ our Lord! Now we are come to the sun’s hour of rest; The lights of evening round us shine; We hymn the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit divine! Worthiest art thou at all times to be sung With undefiled tongue, Son of our God, giver of life, alone: Therefore in all the world thy glories, Lord, they own. Then these Psalms following.

D omi ne , cl a m av i Psalm 141 A Psalm of David.

ord, I call upon thee ; haste thee unto me, * and consider my voice, when I cry unto thee. Let my prayer be set forth in thy sight as the incense ; * and let the lifting up of my hands be an evening sacrifice. Set a watch, O Lord, before my mouth, * and keep the door of my lips. O let not mine heart be inclined to any evil thing ; * let me not be occupied in ungodly works with the men that work wickedness, neither let me eat of such things as please them. Let þe righteous rather smite me friendly, & reprove me ; * yea, let not my head refuse þr precious balms.

As for the ungodly, * I will pray yet against their wickedness. Let their judges be overthrown in stony places, * that they may hear my words ; for they are sweet. Our bones lie scattered before the pit, * like as when one breaketh and heweth wood upon the earth. But mine eyes look unto thee, O LORD God ; * in thee is my trust ; O cast not out my soul. Keep me from the snare that they have laid for me, * and from the traps of the wicked doers. Let the ungodly fall into their own nets together, * and let me ever escape them. 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. Di l e x i, quoniam Psalm 116

The Lord preserveth the simple : * I was in misery, and he helped me. Turn again then unto thy rest, O my soul ; * for the Lord hath rewarded thee. And why? thou hast delivered my soul from death, * mine eyes from tears, and my feet from falling. I will walk before the Lord * in the land of the living. I believed, and therefore will I speak; but I was sore troubled : * I said in my haste, All men are liars. What reward shall I give unto the Lord * for all the benefits that he hath done unto me ? I will receive the cup of salvation, * and call upon the Name of the Lord. Cf. Te decet I will pay my vows now in the presence of all his hymnus. people : * right dear in the sight of the Lord is the death of his saints. Behold, O Lord, how that I am thy servant ; * I am thy servant, and the son of thine handmaid ; thou hast broken my bonds in sunder. I will offer to thee the sacrifice of thanksgiving, * and will call upon the Name of the Lord. I will pay my vows unto the Lord, in the sight of all his people, * in the courts of the Lord’s house ; even in the midst of thee, O Jerusalem. Praise the Lord. 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 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, Magnificat (or the Song of the Blessed Virgin Mary), as followeth. 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, Here endeth the First, or the Second Lesson.

M agni ficat St Luke 1.46

y soul doth magnify the Lord, * and my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour. For he hath regarded * the lowliness of his handmaiden. For behold, from henceforth * all generations 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 showed strength with his arm ; * he hath scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts. He hath put down the mighty from their seat, * and hath exalted the humble and meek. He hath filled the hungry with good things ; * and the rich he hath sent empty away.

He remembering his mercy hath holpen his servant Israel ; * as he promised to our forefathers, Abraham and his seed, for ever. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Ghost ; As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, * world without end. Amen. Then shall be read, in like manner, the Second Lesson, taken out of the New Testament, according to the Table or Calendar. And after that shall be said or sung, in English, the Hymn called Nunc dimittis (or the Song of Simeon), as followeth.

Nunc dim it tis St Luke 2.29

o rd, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace, * according to thy word. For mine eyes have seen * thy salvation, Which thou hast prepared * before the face of all people ; To be a light to lighten the Gentiles, * and to be the glory of thy people Israel. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Ghost ; As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, * world without end. Amen.

Then shall be sung or said the Apostles’ Creed, by the Minister and the people standing: Except only such days as the Creed of Saint Athanasius is appointed to be read.

b e li ev e 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 Hell : the day he rose again from the dead ; He ascended into place of the departed. heaven, And sitteth on the right hand of God the Father Almighty ; From thence he shall come to judge the quick and the dead. I believe in the Holy Ghost ; The holy Catholic Church ; The Communion of Saints ; The Forgiveness of sins ; The Resurrection of the body, And the life everlasting. Amen. Here they shall prostrate with their faces to the ground, and then shall follow this General Thanksgiving.

* This may be said when any desire to return thanks for mercies vouchsafed to them.

our lives, by giving up ourselves to thy service, and by walking before thee in holiness and righteousness all our days ; through Jesus Christ our Lord, to whom with thee and the Holy Ghost be all honour and glory, world without end. Amen. And then shall be said or sung this Psalm following ; or else Psalm 92, Bonum est confiteri, if it be a Sunday.

C onse rva me , D om in e Psalm 16 A Michtam of David.

re se rve me, O God ; * for in thee have I put my trust. O my soul, thou hast said unto the L ord, * Thou art my God ; I have no good like unto thee. All my delight is upon the saints that are in the earth, * and upon such as excel in virtue. But they that run after another god * shall have great trouble. Their drink-offerings of blood will I not offer, * neither make mention of their names within my lips. The L ord himself is the portion of mine inheritance, and of my cup ; * thou shalt maintain my lot. The lot is fallen unto me in a fair ground ; * yea, I have a goodly heritage. I will thank the L ord for giving me warning ; * my reins also chasten me in the night season. I have set the L ord alway before me ; * for he is on my right hand, therefore I shall not fall. Wherefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoic

eth : * my flesh also shall rest in hope. For why ? thou shalt not leave my soul in hell ; * neither shalt thou suffer thy Holy One to see corruption. Thou shalt show me the path of life : in thy presence is the fulness of joy, * and at thy right hand there is pleasure for 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. B onum e st c onfite ri Psalm 92

For lo, thine enemies, O L ord, lo, thine enemies shall perish ; * and all the workers of wickedness shall be destroyed. But my horn shall be exalted like the horn of an unicorn ; * for I am anointed with fresh oil. 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. The righteous shall flourish like a palm-tree, * and shall spread abroad like a cedar in Lebanon. Such as are planted in the house of the L ord, * shall flourish in the courts of the house of our God. They also shall bring forth more fruit in their age, * and shall be fat and well-liking ; That they may show how true þe Lord my strength is, * and þt there is no unrighteousness in 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 these Prayers following, all devoutly kneeling : the Minister first pronouncing with a loud voice,

Responses.

The Lord be with you. Answer. And with thy spirit. Minister. Let us pray. Lord, have mercy upon us. Christ, have mercy upon us. Lord, have mercy upon us.

Then the Minister, Clerks, and people shall say the Lord’s Prayer with a loud voice.

ur 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. Then the Priest standing up shall say,

O Lord, shew thy mercy upon us. Answer. And grant us thy salvation. Priest. O Lord, guide and defend our rulers. Answer. And mercifully hear us when we call upon thee. Priest. Endue thy Ministers with righteousness. Answer. And make thy chosen people joyful. Priest. O Lord, save thy people. Answer. And bless thine inheritance. Priest. O God, make clean our hearts within us. Answer. And take not thy Holy Spirit from us. Then shall follow three Collects : The first of the day : The second for Peace : The third for Aid against all Perils, as hereafter followeth : which two last Collects shall be daily said at Evening Prayer without alteration.

The Second Collect at Evening Prayer.

G od, 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.

ighte n our darkness, we beseech thee, O Lord ; and by thy great mercy defend us from all perils and dangers of this night ; for the love of thy only Son, our Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen.

And then this Psalm following ; except in Lent, all the which time in the place of Levavi oculos shall be used Domine, refugium, as followeth :

Levavi o cu l o s Psalm 121 A Song of Ascents.

wi ll lift up mine eyes unto the hills ; * from whence cometh my help ? My help cometh even from the L ord, * who hath made heaven and earth. He will not suffer thy foot to be moved ; * and he that keepeth thee will not sleep.

Behold, he that keepeth Israel * shall neither slumber nor sleep. The L ord himself is thy keeper ; * the L ord is thy defence upon thy right hand ; So that the sun shall not burn thee by day, * neither the moon by night. The L ord shall preserve thee from all evil ; * yea, it is even he that shall keep thy soul. The L ord shall preserve thy going out, and thy coming in, * 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. D om i ne , re fugium Psalm 90

ord, thou hast been our refuge, * from one gen- A Prayer of Moses, the eration to another. man of God. 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 when it is past, * and as a watch in the night. As soon as thou scatterest them they are even as a sleep ; * and fade away suddenly like the grass. In the morning it is green, and groweth up ; * but in the evening it is cut down, dried up, and withered.

For we consume away in thy displeasure, * and are afraid at thy wrathful 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 ? * or feareth aright thy indignation ? So teach us to number our days, * that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom. Turn thee again, O L ord, 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. Show thy servants thy work, * and their children thy glory. And the glorious majesty of the L ord our God be upon us : * prosper thou the work of our hands upon us ; O 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.

The following Prayers may be omitted here; otherwise, the Minister may give biddings to prayer before the intercessions themselves be read. And note, That the Minister may here end the Evening Prayer with such general intercessions as he shall think fit, or with the Grace. For our Civil Rulers.

L ord our heavenly Father, the high and mighty Ruler of the Universe, who dost from thy throne behold all the dwellers upon earth ; most heartily we beseech thee with thy favour to behold all in authority, legislative, judicial and executive, in these United States ; and so replenish them with the grace of thy Holy Spirit, that they may always incline to thy will, and walk in thy way : Endue them plenteously with heavenly gifts ; grant them in health and wealth long to live, and finally, after this life, to attain everlasting joy and felicity, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. For the Clergy and People.

lm ig h t y and everlasting God, who alone workest great marvels ; Send down upon our Bishops, and other Clergy, and all Congregations committed to their charge, the healthful Spirit of thy grace ; and, that they may truly please thee, pour upon them þe continual dew of thy blessing. Grant this, O Lord, for þe honour of our Advocate & Mediator, Jesus Christ. Amen.

For all Conditions of Men.

G od, the Creator and Preserver of all mankind, we humbly beseech thee for all sorts and conditions of men ; that thou wouldest be pleased to make thy ways known unto them, thy saving health unto all nations. More especially we pray for thy holy Church universal ; that it may be so guided and governed by thy good Spirit that all who profess and call themselves Christians may be led into the way of truth, and hold the faith in unity of spirit in the bond of peace and in righteousness of life. Finally we commend to thy fatherly goodness all those who are any ways afflicted or distressed in mind, body or estate ; that it may please thee to comfort and relieve them according to their several necessities, giving them patience under their sufferings and a happy issue out of all their afflictions. And this we beg for Jesus Christ’s sake. Amen. A Prayer of Saint Chrysostom.

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

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h e grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Ghost, be with us all evermore.â&#x20AC;&#x201A; Amen. Here endeth the Order of Evening Prayer throughout the Year.

Morni ng P ray er 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, & upon Trinity Sunday, shall be sung or said at Morning Prayer, instead of the Apostles’ Creed, this Confession of our Christian Faith, commonly called the Creed of Saint Athanasius, by the Minister & people standing : which Confession’s Articles ought to be received and believed as agreeable to the Holy Scriptures, & the condemning clauses to be understood as relating only to those who obstinately deny the substance of the Christian faith.

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hos oeve r would be saved, * before all things it is necessary that he hold the Catholick Faith ; Which Faith except every one do keep whole and undefiled, * without doubt he shall perish everlastingly. The doctrine And the Catholick Faith is this, * that we worship of the Trinity. 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. Saved: in a state of salvation.

Such as the Father is, such is the Son, * and such is the Holy Ghost. The Father uncreate, the Son uncreate, * and the Holy Ghost uncreate ; The Father incomprehensible, the Son incomprehensible, * and the Holy Ghost incomprehensible ; The Father eternal, the Son eternal, * and the Holy Ghost eternal. & yet they are not three eternals * but one eternal ; As also there are not three uncreated, nor three incomprehensibles, * but one uncreated, and one incomprehensible. So likewise the Father is Almighty, the Son Almighty, * and the Holy Ghost Almighty ; & yet they are not three Almighties * but one Almighty. So the Father is God, the Son is God, * and the Holy Ghost is God ; & yet they are not three Gods, * but one God. So likewise the Father is Lord, the Son Lord, * and the Holy Ghost Lord ; & yet not three Lords, * but one Lord. For, like as we are compelled by the Christian verity * to acknowledge every Person by himself to be God and Lord, So are we forbidden by the Catholick Religion * to say there be three Gods or three Lords. The Father is made of none ; * neither created nor begotten. The Son is of the Father alone ; * not made, nor created, but begotten.

Incomprehensible: infinite, unable to be contained.

The Holy Ghost is of the Father and 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 would be saved, * let him think thus of the Trinity. The doctrine Furthermore, it is necessary to everlasting salvaof the Son’s tion, * that he also believe rightly the Incarnation of Incarnation. 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 into the world : Perfect God and perfect man, * of a reasonable soul and human flesh subsisting ; Equal to the Father as touching his Godhead, and inferior to the Father as touching his manhood. 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 substance, *

but by unity of person. For as the reasonable soul and flesh is one man, so God and man is one Christ. Who suffered for our salvation, descended into hell, * rose again the third day from the dead. He ascended into heaven, he sitteth on the right hand of the Father, God Almighty, * from whence he shall come to judge the quick and the dead. At whose coming all men shall rise again with their bodies, * and shall give account for their own works. And they that have done good shall go into life everlasting, * and they that have done evil into everlasting fire. This is the Catholick Faith, * which except a man believe faithfully, he cannot be saved. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Ghost ; As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, * world without end. Amen.

Th e L i ta n y 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.

G od the Father of heaven, * have mercy upon us miserable sinners. O God the Father of heaven, * have mercy upon us miserable sinners. O God the Son, Redeemer of the world, * have mercy upon us miserable sinners. O God the Son, Redeemer of the world, * have mercy upon us miserable sinners. O God the Holy Ghost, proceeding from the Father and the Son, * have mercy upon us miserable sinners. O God the Holy Ghost, proceeding from the Father and the Son, * have mercy upon us miserable sinners. O holy, blessed, and glorious Trinity, three Persons and one God, * have mercy upon us miserable sinners. O holy, blessed, and glorious Trinity, three Persons and one God, * have mercy upon us miserable sinners. Remember not, Lord, our offences, nor the offences of our forefathers ; neither take thou vengeance of our sins : spare us, good Lord, spare thy people, whom thou hast redeemed with thy most precious blood, and be not angry with us for ever. Spare us, good Lord.

From all evil and mischief ; from sin, from the crafts and assaults of the devil ; from thy wrath, and from everlasting damnation, Good Lord, deliver us. From all blindness of heart ; from pride, vainglory, 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 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 sedition, privy conspiracy, and rebellion ; from all false doctrine, heresy, and schism ; from hardness of heart, and contempt of thy Word and Commandment, Good Lord, deliver us. By the mystery of thy holy Incarnation ; by thy holy Nativity and Circumcision ; by thy Baptism, Fasting, and Temptation, Good Lord, deliver us. By thine Agony and bloody Sweat ; by thy Cross and Passion ; by thy precious Death and Burial ; by

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thy glorious Resurrection and Ascension ; and by the coming of the Holy Ghost, Good Lord, deliver us. In all time of our tribulation ; in all time of our wealth ; in the hour of death, and in the day of judgement, Good Lord, deliver us. For the We sinners do beseech thee to hear us, O Lord governance God : and that it may please thee to rule and govern of the Church. thy holy Church universal in the right way, We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. That it may please thee to illuminate all Bishops, Priests, and Deacons, with true knowledge and understanding of thy Word ; and that both by their preaching and living they may set it forth and shew it accordingly, We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. That it may please thee so to rule the heart of thy servant, The President of the United States, that he may above all things seek thy honour and glory, We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. That it may please thee to bless and keep all Christian Rulers and Magistrates, giving them grace to execute justice, and to maintain truth, We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. That it may please thee to bless and keep all thy people, We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. That it may please thee to give to all nations unity, peace, and concord, We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord.

That it may please thee to give us an heart to love and dread thee, and diligently to live after thy commandments, We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. That it may please thee to give to all thy people increase of grace, to hear meekly thy Word, and to receive it with pure affection, and to bring forth the fruits of the Spirit, We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. That it may please thee to bring into the way of truth all such as have erred, and are deceived, We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. That it may please thee to strengthen such as do stand ; and to comfort and help the weak-hearted ; and to raise up them that fall ; and finally to beat down Satan under our feet, We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. That it may please thee to succour, help, and comfort all that are in danger, necessity, and tribulation, We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. That it may please thee to preserve all that travel by 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.

For provision in weakness.

For grace to all men.

That it may please thee to forgive our enemies, persecutors, and slanderers, and to turn their hearts, We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. That it may please thee to give and preserve to our use the kindly fruits of the earth, so as in due time we may enjoy them, We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. That it may please thee to give us true repentance ; to forgive us our sins, negligences, and ignorances ; and to endue us with the grace of thy Holy Spirit, to amend our lives according to thy holy Word, We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. Son of God, * we beseech thee to hear us. Son of God, * we beseech thee to hear us. O Lamb of God, * that takest away the sins of the world ; Grant us thy peace. O Lamb of God, * that takest away the sins of the world ; Have mercy upon us. O Christ, hear us. O Christ, hear us. Lord, have mercy upon us Lord, have mercy upon us. Christ, have mercy upon us Christ, have mercy upon us. Lord, have mercy upon us Lord, have mercy upon us. Then shall the Priest, and the people with him, say the Lord’s Prayer.

ur Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy Name, Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done, in earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread ; And forgive us our trespasses, As we forgive them that trespass against us ; And lead us not into temptation, But deliver us from evil. Amen. Priest. O Lord, deal not with us after our sins. Answer. Neither reward us after our iniquities. Let us pray.

G od, 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 adversities, whensoever they oppress us ; and graciously hear us, that those evils, which the craft and subtlety of the devil or man worketh against us, be brought to nought, and by the providence of thy goodness they may be disperesed ; that we thy servants, being hurt by no persecutions, may evermore give thanks unto thee in thy holy Church ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. O Lord, arise, help us, & deliver us for thy Name’s sake.

G od, we have heard with our ears, and our fathers have declared unto us, þe noble works that thou didst in þr days, and in the old time before them. O Lord, arise, help us, & 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. Priest. From our enemies defend us, O Christ. Answer. Graciously look upon our afflictions. Priest. Pitifully behold the sorrows of our hearts. Answer. Mercifully forgive the sins of thy people. Priest. Favourably with mercy hear our prayers. Answer. O Son of David, have mercy upon us. Priest. Both now and ever vouchsafe to hear us, O Christ. Answer. Graciously hear us, O Christ ; graciously hear us, O Lord Christ. Priest. O Lord, let thy mercy be shewed upon us ; Answer. As we do put our trust in thee. Let us pray.

e humbly beseech thee, O 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.

A Prayer of Saint Chrysostom.

h 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. Here endeth the Litany.