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 Te Deum Laudamus WE praise thee O God we acknowledge thee to be the Lord. All the earth doth worship thee the Father everlasting To thee all Angels cry aloud the heavens and all the Powers therein To thee Cherubin and Seraphin continually do cry Holy Holy Holy Lord God of Sabaoth Heaven and Earth are full of the Majesty of thy glory The glorious company of the Apostles praise thee The goodly fellowship of the Prophets praise thee The noble army of Martyrs praise thee The holy Church throughout all the world doth acknowledge thee The Father of an infinite Majesty Thine honourable true and only Son Also the holy Ghost the Comforter Thou art the King of Glory O Christ Thou art the everlasting Son of the Father When thou tookest upon thee to deliver man thou didst not abhor Virgins 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 bloud Make them to be numbred with thy Saints in glory everlasting O Lord save thy people and bless thine heritage Govern them and lift them up for ever Day by day we magnifie thee And we worship thy Name ever world without end Vouchsafe O Lord to keep us this day without sin O Lord have mercy upon us have mercy upon us O Lord let thy mercy lighten upon us as our trust is in thee O Lord in thee have I trusted let me never be confounded ¶ Or this Canticle Benedicite Omnia Opera Domini O All ye Works of the Lord bless ye the Lord praise him and magnifie him for ever O ye Angels of the Lord bless ye the Lord praise him and magnifie him for ever O ye Heavens bless ye the Lord praise him and magnifie him for ever O ye Waters that be above the firmament bless ye the Lord praise him and magnifie him for ever O all ye Powers of the Lord bless ye the Lord praise him and magnifie him for ever O ye Sun and Moon bless ye the Lord praise him and magnifie him for ever O ye Stars of heaven bless ye the Lord praise him and magnifie him for ever O ye Showers and Dew bless ye the Lord praise him and magnifie him for ever O ye Winds of God bless ye the Lord praise him and magnifie him for ever O ye Fire and Heat bless ye the Lord praise him and magnifie him for ever O ye Winter and Summer bless ye the Lord praise him and magnifie him for ever O ye Dews and Frosts bless ye the Lord praise him and magnifie him for ever O ye Frost and Cold bless ye the Lord praise him and magnifie him for ever O ye Ice and Snow bless ye the Lord praise him and magnifie him for ever O ye Nights and Days bless ye the Lord praise him and magnifie him for ever O ye Light and Darkness bless ye the Lord praise him and magnifie him for ever O ye Lightnings and Clouds bless ye the Lord praise him and magnifie him for ever O let the Earth bless the Lord yea let it praise him and magnifie him for ever O ye Mountains and Hills bless ye the Lord praise him and magnifie him for ever O all ye Green things upon the Earth bless ye the Lord praise him and magnifie him for ever O ye Wells bless ye the Lord praise him and magnifie him for ever O ye Seas and Flouds bless ye the Lord praise him and magnifie him for ever O ye Whales and all that move in the waters bless ye the Lord praise him and magnifie him for ever O all ye Fowls of the air bless ye the Lord praise him and magnifie him for ever O all ye Beasts and Cattel bless ye the Lord praise him and magnifie him for ever O ye Children of Men bless ye the Lord praise him and magnifie him for ever O let Israel bless the Lord praise him and magnifie him for ever O ye Priests of the Lord bless ye the Lord praise him and magnifie him for ever O ye Servants of the Lord bless ye the Lord praise him and magnifie him for ever O ye Spirits and Souls of the Righteous bless ye the Lord praise him and magnifie him for ever O ye Holy and Humble men of heart bless ye the Lord praise him and magnifie him for ever O Ananias Azarias and Misael bless ye the Lord praise him and magnifie 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 ¶ Then shall be read in like manner the Second Lesson taken out of the New Testament And after that the Hymn following except when that shall happen to be read in the Chapter for the day or for the Gospel on St. John Baptist's day Benedictus St. Luke 1.68 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 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 And thou Child shalt be called the prophet of the highest for thou shalt go before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways To give knowledge of salvation unto his people for the remission of their sins Through the tender mercy of our God whereby the Day-spring from on high hath visited us To give light to them that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death and to guide our feet into the way of peace Glory be to the Father 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 this Psalm Jubilate Deo Psal 100. O Be joyful in the Lord all ye lands serve the Lord with gladness and come before his presence with a song Be ye sure that the
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 Cesar Then the disciples every man according to his ability determined to send relief unto the brethren which dwelt in Judea Which also they did and sent it to the elders by the hands of Barnabas and Saul The Gospel S. John 15.12 THis is my commandment that ye love one another as I have loved you Greater love hath no man then this that a man lay down his life for his friends Ye are my friends if ye do whatsoever I command you Henceforth I call you not servants for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth but I have called you friends for all things that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you Ye have not chosen me but I have chosen you and ordained you that ye should go and bring forth fruit and that your fruit should remain that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my Name he may give it you Saint John Baptist 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 suffer for the truths sake through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen For the Epistle Isai 40.1 COmfort ye comfort ye my people saith your God Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem and cry unto her that her warfare is accomplished that her iniquity is pardoned for she hath received of the Lords 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 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 work before him He shall feed his flock like a shepherd he shall gather the lambs with his arm and carry them in this bosom and shall gently lead those that are with young The Gospel S. Luke 1.57 ELizabeths full time came that she should be delivered and she brought forth a son And her neighbours and her cousins heard how the Lord had shewed great mercy upon her and they rejoyced 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-countrey of Judea 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 the hath visited 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 righteousness before him all the days of our life And thou child shalt be called the Prophet of the Highest for thou shalt go before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways to give knowledge of salvation unto his people by the remission of their sins through the tender mercy of our God whereby the 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 Saint Peters day The collect O Almighty God who by thy Son Jesus Christ didst give to the Apostle Saint Peter many excellent gifts and commandedst him earnestly to feed thy flock Make we beseech thee all Bishops and Pastours diligently to preach thy holy Word and the people obediently to follow the same that they may receive the crown of everlasting glory through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen For the Epistle Acts 12.1 ABout that time Herod the king stretched forth his hands to vex certain of the Church And he killed James the brother of John with the sword And because he saw it pleased the Jews he proceeded further to take Peter also Then were the days of unleavened bread And when he had apprehended him he put him in prison and delivered him to four quaternions of souldiers to keep him intending after Easter to bring him forth to the people Peter therefore was kept in prison but prayer was made without ceasing of the Church unto God for him And when Herod would have brought him forth the same night Peter was sleeping
thy fellows 9 All thy garments smell of myrrhe 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 vesture of gold wrought about with divers colours 11 Hearken O daughter and consider incline thine ear forget also thine own people and thy fathers house 12 So shall the King have pleasure in thy beauty for he is thy Lord God and worship thou him 13 And the daughter of Tyre shall be there with a gift like as the rich also among the people shall make their supplication before thee 14 The Kings 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 Kings palace 17 In stead 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 people give thanks unto thee world without end Deus noster refugium Psal 46. 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 floud thereof shall make glad the city of God the holy place of the tabernacle of the most Highest 5 God is in the midst of her therefore shall she not be removed God shall help her and that right early 6 The heathen make much ado and the kingdoms are moved but God hath shewed his voice and the earth shall melt away 7 The Lord of hosts is with us the God of Jacob is our refuge 8 O 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 Evening Prayer Omnes gentes plaudite Psal 47. O Clap your hands together all ye people O sing unto God with the voice of melody 2 For the Lord is high and to be feared he is the great King upon all the earth 3 He shall subdue the people under us and the nations under our feet 4. He shall choose out an heritage for us even the worship of Jacob whom he loved 5 God is gone up with a merry noise and the Lord with the sound of the trump 6 O sing praises sing praises unto our God O 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 joyned 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 Magnus Dominus Psal 48. 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 gathered and gone by together 4 They marvelled to see such things they were astonished and suddenly cast down 5 Fear came there upon them and sorrow as upon a woman in her travail 6 Thou shalt break the ships of the sea through the east-wind 7 Like as we have heard so have we seen in the city of the Lord of hosts in the city of our God God upholdeth the same for ever 8 We wait for thy loving kindness O God in the midst of thy temple 9 O God according to thy Name so is thy praise unto the worlds end thy right hand is full of righteousness 10 Let the mount Sion rejoyce and the daughter of Juda be glad because of thy judgments 11 Walk about Sion and go round about her and tell the towers thereof 12 Mark well her bulwarks set up her houses that ye may tell them that come after 13 For this God is our God for ever and ever he shall be our guide unto death Audite haec omnes Psal 49. O Hear ye this all ye people ponder it with your ears all ye that dwell in the world 2 High and low rich and poor one with another 3 My mouth shall speak of wisdom and my heart shall muse of understanding 4 I will incline mine ear to the parable and shew my dark speech upon the harp 5 Wherefore should I fear in the days of wickedness and when the wickedness of my heels compasseth me round about 6 There be some that put their trust in their goods and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches 7 But no man may deliver his brother nor make agreement unto God for him 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 dwelling-places shall endure from one generation to another and call the lands after their own names 12 Nevertheless man will not abide in honour seeing he may be compared unto the beasts that perish this is the way of them 13 This is their foolishness and their posterity praise their saying 14 They lie in the hell like sheep death gnaweth upon them and the righteous shall have domination over them in the morning their beauty shall consume in the sepulchre out of their dwelling 15 But God hath delivered my soul from the place of hell for he shall receive me 16 Be not thou afraid though one be made rich or if the glory of his house be increased DAY x. 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 thy self 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 understanding but is compared unto the beasts that perish Morning Prayer Deus deorum Psal 1. THE Lord even the
we beseech thee to cast thy bright beam of light upon thy Church that it being enlightned 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 The Epistle 1 S. John 1.1 THat which was from the beginning which we have heard which we have seen with our eyes which we have looked upon and our hands have handled of the word of life for the life was manifested and we have seen it and bear witness and shew unto you that eternal life which was with the Father and was manifested unto us That which we have seen and heard declare we unto you that ye also may have fellowship with us and truly our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ And these things write we unto you that your joy may be full This then is the message which we have heard of him and declare unto you That God is light and in him is no darkness at all If we say that we have fellowship with him and walk in darkness we lie and do not the truth But if we walk in the light as he is in the light we have fellowship one with another and the bloud of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin If we say that we have no sin we deceive our selves 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 S. John 21.19 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 do Jesus saith unto him If I will that he tarry till I come what is that to thee Follow thou me Then went this saying abroad among the brethren 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 whâ—… is that to thee This is the disciple which testifieth of these things and wrote these things and we know thâ—… 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 it self could not contain the books that should be written The Innocents day The collect O Almighty God who out of the mouths of babes and sucklings hast ordained strength and madest infants to glorifie thee by their deaths Mortifie 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 glorifie thy holy Name through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen For the Epistle Rev. 14.1 I Looked and lo a Lamb stood on the mount Sion and with him an hundred fourty and four thousand having his Fathers 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 they sung as it were a new song before the throne and before the four beasts and the elders and no man could learn that song but the hundred and fourty and four thousand which were redeemed from the earth These are they which were not defiled with women for they are virgins these are they which follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth these were redeemed from among men being the first-fruits unto God and to the Lamb. And in their mouth was found no guile for they are without fault before the throne of God The Gospel S. Matth. 2.13 THe angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream saying Arise and take the young child and his mother and flee into Egypt and be thou there until I bring thee word for Herod will seek the young child to destroy him When he arose he took the young child and his mother by night and departed into Egypt and was there until the death of Herod that it might be 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 according to the time which he had diligently enquired of the wise-men Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremy the prophet saying In Rama was there a voice heard lamentation and weeping and great mourning Rachel weeping for her children and would not be comforted because they are not The Sunday after Christmas-day The collect ALmighty God who hast given us thy only begotten Son to take our nature upon him and as at this time to be born of a pure Virgin Grant that we being regenerate and made thy children by adoption and grace may daily be renewed by thy holy Sprit 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. 4.1 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 tutours and governours until the time appointed of the father Even so we when we were children were in bondage under the elements of the world but when the fulness of the time was come God sent forth his Son made of a woman made under the law to redeem them that were under the law that we might receive the adoption of sons And because ye are sons God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts crying Abba Father Wherefore thou art no more a servant but a son and if a son then an heir of God through Christ The Gospel S. Matth. 1.18 THe birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise When as his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph before they came together she was found with child of the Holy Ghost Then Joseph 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 thought on these things behold the angel of the Lord appered 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
none with me for I will tread them in mine anger and trample them in my fury and their bloud 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 wondred that there was none to uphold therefore mine own arm brought salvation unto me and my fury it upheld me And I will tread down the people in mine anger and make them drunk in my fury ana I will bring down their strength to the earth I will mention the loving kindnesses of the Lord and the praises of the Lord according to all that the Lord hath bestowed on us and the great 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 remembred 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 spirit of the Lord caused him to rest so didst thou lead thy people to make thy self a glorious Name Look down from heaven and behold from the habitation of thy holiness and of thy glory Where is thy zeal and thy strength the sounding of thy bowels and of thy mercies towards me are they restrained Doubtless thou art our Father though Abraham be ignorant of us and Israel acknowledge us not thou O Lord art our Father our Redeemer thy Name is from everlasting O Lord why hast thou made us to err from thy ways and hardned 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 troden down thy sanctuary We are thine thou never barest rule over them they were not called by thy Name The Gospel S. Mark 14.1 AFter two days was the feast of the passover 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 uprore 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 then three hundred pence and have been given to the poor and they murmured against her And Jesus said Let her alone why trouble you her she hath wrought a good work on me For ye have the poor with you always and whensoever ye will ye may do them good but me ye have not always She hath done what she could she is come aforehand to anoint my body to the burying Verily I say unto you Wheresoever this Gospel shall be preached throughout the whole world this also that she hath done 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 furnished and prepared there make ready for us And his disciples went forth and came into the city and found as he had said unto them and they made ready the passover And in the evening he cometh with the twelve And as they sat and did eat Jesus said Verily I say unto you one of you which eateth with me shall betray me And they began to be sorrowful and to say unto him one by one Is it I and another said Is it I And he answered and said unto them It is one of the twelve that dippeth with me in the dish The Son of man indeed goeth as it is written of him but wo to that man by whom the Son of man is betrayed good were it for that man if he had never been born And as they did eat Jesus took bread and blessed and brake it and gave to them and said Take eat This is my body And he took the cup and when he had given thanks he gave it to them and they all drank of it And he said unto them This is my bloud of the new testament which is shed for many Verily I say unto you I will drink no more of the fruit of the vine until that day that I drink it new in the kingdom of God And when they had sung un hymn they went out into the mount of Olives And Jesus saith unto them All ye shall be offended because of me this night for it is written I will smite the shepherd and the sheep shall be scattered But after that I am risen I will go before you into Galilee But Peter said unto him Although all shall be offended yet will not I. And Jesus saith unto him Verily I say unto thee that this day even in this night before the cock crow twice thou shalt deny me thrice But he spake the more vehemently If I should die with thee I will not deny thee in any wise Likewise also said they all And they came to a place which was named Gethsemane and he saith to his disciples Sit ye here while I shall pray And he taketh with him Peter and James and John and began to be sore amazed and to be very heavy and saith unto them My soul is exceeding sorrowful unto death tarry ye here and watch And he
here present that with meek heart and due reverence they may hear and receive thy holy Word truly serving thee in holiness and righteousness all the days of their life And we most humbly beseech thee of thy goodness O Lord to comfort and succour all them who in this transitory life are in trouble sorrow need sickness or any other adversity And we also bless thy holy Name for all thy servants departed this life in thy faith and fear beseeching thee to give us grace so to follow their good examples that with them we may be partakers of thy heavenly kingdom Grant this O Father for Jesus Christs sake our only Mediatour and Advocate Amen ¶ 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 Gods assistance to administer to all such as shall be religiously and devoutly disposed the most comfortable Sacrament of the body and bloud of Christ to be by them received in remembrance of his meritorious cross and passion whereby alone we obtain remission of our sins and are made partakers of the kingdom of heaven Wherefore it is our duty to render most humble and hearty thanks to Almighty 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 dangerous to them that will presume to receive it unworthily my duty is to exhort you in the mean season to consider the dignity of that holy Mystery and the great peril of the unworthy 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 The way and means thereto is First to examine your lives and conversations by the rule of Gods commandments and whereinsoever ye shall perceive your selves to have offended 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 your selves unto them being ready to make restitution and satisfaction according to the uttermost of your powers for all injuries and wrongs done by you to any other and being likewise ready to forgive others that have offended you as ye would have forgiveness of your offences at Gods 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 adulterer or be in malice or envy or in any other grievous crime Repent you of your sins or else come not to that holy Table lest after the taking of that holy Sacrament the devil enter imto you as he entred 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 Gods mercy and with a quiet conscience therefore if there be any of you who by this means cannot quiet his own conscience herein but required further comfort or counsel let him come to me or to some other discreet and learned Minister of Gods Word and open his grief that by the ministery of Gods holy Word he may receive the benefit of absolution together with ghostly counsel and advice to the quieting of his conscience and avoiding of all scruple and doubtfulness ¶ Or in case he shall see the People negligent to come to the holy Communion in stead of the former he shall use this Exhortation DEarly beloved brethren on I intend by Gods grace to celebrate the Lords Supper unto which in Gods behalf I bid you all that are here present and beseech you for the Lord Jesus Christs 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 Gods indignation against you It is an easie matter for a man to say I will not communicate because I am otherwise hindred 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 you will not come When ye should return to God will ye excuse your selves 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 Gospel because they had bought a farm or would try their yokes of oxen or because they were married were not so excused but counted unworthy of the heavenly feast I for my part shall be ready and according to mine Office I bid you in the Name of God I call you in Christs behalf I exhort you as you 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 your selves how great injury ye do unto God and how sore punishment hangeth over your heads for the same when ye wilfully abstain from the Lords 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 Gods grace return to a better mind for the obtaining whereof we shall not cease to make our humble petitions unto Almighty God our heavenly Father ¶ At the time of the Celebration of the Communion the Communicants being conveniently placed for the receiving of the holy Sacrament the Priest shall say this Exhortation DEarly beloved in
they rest from their labours Rev. 14.13 ¶ Then the Priest shall say 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 Priest ALmighty God with whom do live the spirits of them that depart hence in the Lord and with whom the souls of the faithful after they are delivered from the burden of the flesh are in joy and felicity We give thee hearty thanks for that it hath pleased thee to deliver 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 departed in the true faith of thy holy Name may have our perfect consummation and bliss both in body and soul in thy eternal and everlasting glory through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen The Collect. O Merciful God the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ who is the resurrection and the life in whom whosoever believeth shall live though he die and whosoever liveth and believeth in him shall not die eternally who also hath taught us by his holy Apostle Saint Paul not to be sorry as men without hope for them that sleep in him We meekly beseech thee O Father to raise us from the death of sin unto the life of righteousness that when we shall depart this life we may rest in him as our hope is this our brother doth and that at the general resurrection in the last day we may be found acceptable in thy sight and receive that blessing which thy well-beloved Son shall then pronounce to all that love and 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 Mediatour and Redeemer Amen THe grace of our Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the followship of the Holy Ghost be with us all evermore Amen The Thanksgiving of Women after CHILD-BIRTH Commonly called The Churching of Women ¶ The Woman at the usual time after her Delivery shall come into the Church decently apparelled and there shall kneel down in some convenient place as hath been accustomed or as the Ordinary shall direct And then the Priest shall say unto her 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 ¶ Then shall the Priest say this Psalm Delexi quoniam Psal 116. I Am well pleased that the Lord hath heard the voice of my prayer That he hath inclined his ear unto me therefore will I call upon him as long as I live The snares of death compassed me round about and the pains of hell gat hold upon me I found trouble and heaviness and I called upon the Name of the Lord O Lord I beseech thee deliver my soul Gracious is the Lord and righteous yea our God is merciful The Lord preserveth the simple I was in misery and he helped me Turn again then unto thy rest O my soul for the Lord hath rewarded thee And why thou hast delivered my soul from death mine eyes from tears and my feet from falling I will walk before the Lord in the land of the living I believed and therefore will I speak but I was sore troubled I said in my hast 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. I will pay my vows now in the presence of all his people in the courts of the Lords 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 this Psalm Nisi Dominus Psal 127. EXcept the Lord build the house their labour is but lost that 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 ¶ Then the Priest 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 For thine is the kingdom And the power and the glory For ever and ever Amen Minister O Lord save this woman thy servant Answer Who putteth her trust in thee Minister Be thou to her a strong tower Answer From the face of her enemy Minister Lord hear our prayer Answer And let our cry come unto thee Minister Let us pray O Almighty God we give thee humble thanks for that thou hast vouch safed 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 ¶ The Woman that cometh to give her Thanks must offer accustomed Offerings and if there be a Communion it is convenient that she receive the holy Communion A COMMINATION or Denouncing of Gods Anger and Judgments against Sinners with certain Prayers to be used on the First day 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 Pulpit say BRethren in the Primitive Church there was a godly Discipline that at the beginning of Lent such Persons as stood convicted of
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 then the angels to crown him with glory and worship 6 Thou makest him to have dominion of the works of thy hands and thou hast put all things in subjection under his feet 7 All sheep and oxen yea and the beasts of the field 8 The fowls of the air and the fishes of the sea and whatsoever walketh through the paths of the seas 9 O Lord our Governour how excellent is thy Name in all the world Morning Prayer Confitebor tibi Psal 9. I Will give thanks unto thee O Lord with my whole heart I will speak of all thy marvellous works DAY ii 2 I will be glad and rejoyce in thee yea my songs will I make of thy Name O thou most Highest 3 While mine enemies are driven back they shall fall and perish at thy presence 4 For thou hast maintained my right and my cause thou art set in the throne that judgest right 5 Thou hast rebuked the heathen and destroyed the ungodly thou hast put out their name for ever and ever 6 O thou enemy destructions are come to a perpetual end even as the cities which thou hast destroyed their memorial is perished with them 7 But the Lord shall endure for ever he hath also prepared his seat for judgment 8 For he shall judge the world in righteousness and minister true judgment 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 O praise the Lord which dwelleth in Sion shew the people of his doings 12 For when he maketh inquisition for bloud he remembreth them and forgetteth not the complaint of the poor 13 Have mercy upon me O Lord consider the trouble which I suffer of them that hate me thou that liftest me up from the gates of death 14 That I may shew all thy praises within the ports of the daughter of Sion I will rejoyce 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 judgment 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 O Lord that the heathen may know themselves to be but men Ut quid Domine Psal 10. WHy standest thou so far off O Lord and hidest thy face in the needful time of trouble 2 The ungodly for his own lust doth persecute the poor let them be taken in the crafty wiliness that they have imagined 3 For the ungodly hath made boast of his own hearts 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 judgments are far above out of his sight and therefore defieth he all his enemies 6 For he hath said in his heart Tush I shall never be cast down there shall no harm happen unto me 7 His mouth is full of cursing deceit and fraud under his tongue is ungodliness and vanity 8 He sitteth lurking in the thievish 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 himself that the congregation of the poor may fall into the hands of his captains 12 He hath said in his heart Tush God hath forgotten he hideth away his face and he will never see it 13 Arise O Lord God and lift up thine hand forget not the poor 14 Wherefore should the wicked blaspheme God while he doth say in his heart Tush thou God carest not for it 15 Surely thou hast seen it for thou beholdest ungodliness and wrong 16 That thou mayest take the matter into thy 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 In Domino confido Psal 11. 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 Lords seat is in heaven 5 His eyes consider the poor and his eye-lids try the children of men 6 The Lord alloweth the righteous but the ungodly and him that delighteth in wickedness doth his soul abhor 7 Upon the ungodly he shall rain snares fire and brimstone storm and tempest this shall be their portion to drink 8 For the righteous Lord loveth righteousness his countenance will behold the thing that is just Evening Prayer Salvum me fac Psal 12. 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 sighing of the poor 6 I will up saith the Lord and will help every one from him that swelleth against him and will set him at rest 7 The words of the Lord are pure words even as the silver which from the earth is tried and purified seven times in the fire 8 Thou shalt keep them O Lord thou shalt preserve 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 Usque quo Domine Psal 13. HOw long wilt thou forget me O 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 O Lord my God lighten mine eyes that I sleep not in death 4 Lest mine enemy say I have prevailed against him for if I be cast down they that trouble me will rejoyce 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 Dixit insipiens Psal 14. THe fool hath said in his heart There is no God 2 They are corrupt and become abominable in their doings there is none that doeth good no not one 3 The Lord looked down from heaven upon the children of men to see if there were any that would understand and seek after God 4 But they are all gone out of the way they are altogether become abominable there is none that doeth good no not one 5 Their throat is an open sepulchre with their tongues have they deceived the poison of asps is under their lips 6 Their mouth is full of cursing and bitterness their feet are swift to shed bloud 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 DAY iii. 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 putteth his trust in the Lord. 11 Who shall give salvation unto Israel out of Sion When the Lord turneth the captivity of his people then shall Jacob rejoyce and Israel shall be glad Morning Prayer Domine quis babitabit Psal 15. LOrd 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 hot given his money upon usury nor taken reward against the innocent 7 Whoso doeth these things shall never fall Conserva me Domine Psal 16. PReserve me O God for in thee have I put my trust 2 O my soul thou hast said unto the Lord Thou art my God my goods are nothing unto thee 3 All my delight is upon the saints that are in the earth and upon such as excel in virtue 4 But they that run after another god shall have great trouble 5 Their drink-offerings of bloud 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 fain ground yea I have a goodly heritage 8 I will thank the Lord for giving me warning my reins also chasten me in the night-season 9 I have set God always before me for he is on my right hand therefore I shall not fall 10 Wherefore my heart was glad and my glory rejoyced 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 Exaudi Domine Psal 17. HEar the right O Lord consider my complaint and hearken unto my prayer that goeth not out of feigned lips 2 Let my sentence come forth from thy presence and let thine eyes look upon the thing that is equal 3 Thou hast proved and visited mine heart in the night-season thou hast tried me and shalt find no wickedness in me for I am utterly purposed that my mouth shall not offend 4 Because of mens works that are done against the words of thy lips I have kept me from the ways of the destroyer 5 O hold thou up my goings in thy paths that my footsteps slip not 6 I have called upon thee O God for thou shalt hear me incline thine ear to me and hearken unto my words 7 Shew thy marvellous loving kindness thou that art the Saviour of them which put their trust in thee from such as resist thy right hand 8 Keep me as the apple of an eye hide me under the shadow of thy wings 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 prey and as it were a lions 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 O Lord from the men I say and from the evil world which have their portion in this life whose bellies thou fillest with thy hid treasure 15 They have children at their desire and leave the rest of their substance for their babes 16 But as for me I will behold thy presence in righteousness and when I awake up after thy likeness I shall be satisfied with it Evening Prayer Diligam te Domine Psal 18. I Will love thee O Lord my strength the Lord is my stony rock and my defence my Saviour my God and my might in whom I will trust my buckler the horn also of my salvation and my refuge 2 I will call upon the Lord which is worthy to be praised so shall I be safe from mine enemies 3 The sorrows of death compassed me and the over-flowings of ungodliness made me afraid 4 The pains of hell came about me the snares of death overtook me 5 In my trouble I will call upon the Lord and complain unto my God 6 So shall he hear my voice out of his holy temple and my complaint shall come before him it shall enter even into his ears 7 The earth trembled and quaked the very foundations also of the hills shook and were removed because he was
judgment thou hast prepared equity thou hast executed judgment and righteousness in Jacob. 5 O magnifie the Lord our God and fall down before his footstool for he is holy 6 Moses and Aaron among his priest and Samuel among such as call upon his Name these called upon the Lord and he heard them 7 He spake unto them out of the cloudy pillar for they kept his testimonies and the law that he gave them 8 Thou heardest them O Lord our God thou forgavest them O God and punishedst their own inventions 9 O magnifie the Lord our God and worship him upon his holy hill for the Lord our God is holy Jubilate Deo Psal 100. O Be joyful in the Lord all ye lands serve the Lord with gladness and come before his presence with a song DAY xx 2 Be ye sure that the Lord he is God it is he that hath made us and not we our selves we are his people and the sheep of his pasture 3 O go your way into his gates with thanksgiving and into his courts with praise be thankfull 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 Misericordiam judicium Psal 101. MY song shall be of mercy and judgment unto thee O Lord will I sing 2 O let me have understanding in the way of godliness 3 When wilt thou come unto me I will walk in my house with a perfect heart 4 I will take no wicked thing in hand I hate the sins of unfaithfulness there shall no such cleave unto me 5 A froward heart shall depart from me I will not know a wicked person 6 Whoso privily slandereth his neighbour him will I destroy 7 Whoso hath also a proud look and high stomack I will not suffer him 8 Mine eyes look upon such as are faithful in the land that they may dwell with me 9 Whoso leadeth a godly life he shall be my servent 10 There shal1 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. Morning Prayer Domine exaudi Psal 102. HEar my prayer O Lord and let my crying come unto thee 2 Hide not thy face from me in the time of my trouble incline thine ears unto me when I call O hear me and that right soon 3 For any 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 groning my bones will scarce cleave to my flesh 6 I am become like a pelican in the wilderness and like an owl that is in the desert 7 I have watched and am even as it were a sparrow that sitteth alone upon the house-top 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 O Lord shalt endure for ever and thy remembrance throughout all generations 13 Thou shalt arise and have mercy upon Sion for it is time that thou have mercy upon her yea the time is come 14 And why thy servants think upon her stones and it pitieth them to see her in the dust 15 The heathen shall fear thy Name O Lord and all the kings of the earth thy Majesty 16 When the Lord shall build up Sion and when his glory shall appear 17 When he turneth him unto the prayer of the poor destitute and despiseth not their desire 18 This shall be written for those that come after and the people which shall be born shall praise the Lord. 19 For he hath looked down from his sanctuary out of the heaven did the Lord behold the earth 20 That he might hear the mournings of such as are in captivity and deliver the children appointed unto death 21 That they may declare the Name of the Lord in Sion and his worship at Jerusalem 22 When the people are gathered together and the kingdoms also to serve the Lord. 23 He brought down my strength in my journey and shortned my days 24 But I said O my God take me not away in the midst of mine age as for thy years they endure throughout all generations 25 Thou Lord in the beginning hast laid the foundation of the earth and the heavens are the work of thy hands 26 They shall perish but thou shalt endure they all shall wax old as doth a garment 27 And as a vesture shalt thou change them and they shall be changed but thou art the same and thy years shall not fail 28 The children of thy servants shall continue and their seed shall stand fast in thy sight Benedic anima mea Psal 103. PRaise the Lord O my soul and all that is within me praise his holy Name 2 Praise the Lord O 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 judgment 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 goodness 9 He will not alway be chiding neither keepeth he his anger for ever 10 He hath not dealt with us after our sins nor rewarded us according to our wickednesses 11 For look how high the heaven is in comparison of the earth so great is his mercy also toward them that fear him 12 Look how wide also the east is from the west so far hath he set our sins from us 13 Yea like as a father pitieth his own children even so is the Lord merciful unto them that fear him 14 For he knoweth whereof we are made he remembreth 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 childrens 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 O praise the Lord ye angels of his ye that
hast done it 27 Though they curse yet bless thou and let them be confounded that rise up against me but let thy servant rejoyce 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 unrighteous judges Morning Prayer Dixit Dominus Psal 110. THE Lord said unto my Lord Sit thou on my right hand until I make thine enemies thy footstool 2 The Lord shall send the rod of thy power out of Sion be thou ruler even in the midst among thine enemies 3 In the day of thy power shall the people offer thee free-will-offerings with an holy worship the dew of thy birth is of the womb of the morning 4 The Lord sware and will not repent Thou art a Priest for ever after the order of Melchisedech 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 countreys 7 He shall drink of the brook in the way therefore shall he lift up his head Confitebor tibi Psal 111. 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 endureth for ever 4 The merciful and gracious Lord hath so done his marvellous works that they ought to be had in remembrance 5 He hath given meat unto them that fear him he shall ever be mindful of his covenant 6 He hath shewed his people the power of his works that he may give them the heritage of the heathen 7 The works of his hands are verity and judgment all his commandments are true 8 They stand fast for ever and ever and are done in truth and equity 9 He sent redemption unto his people he hath commanded his covenant for ever holy and reverend is his Name 10 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom a good understanding have all they that do thereafter the praise of it endureth for ever Beatus vir Psal 112. BLessed is the man that feareth the Lord he hath great delight in his commandments 2 His seed shall be mighty upon earth the generation of the faithful shall be blessed 3 Riches and plenteousness shall be in his house and his righteousness endureth for ever 4 Unto the godly there ariseth up light in the darkness he is merciful loving 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 remembrance 7 He will not be afraid of any evil tidings for his heart standeth fast and believeth in the Lord. 8 His heart is stablished and will not shrink until he see his desire upon his enemies 9 He hath dispersed abroad and given to the poor and his righteousness remaineth for ever his horn shall be exalted with honour 10 The ungodly shall see it and it shall grieve him he shall gnash with his teeth and consume away the desire of the ungodly shall perish Laudate pueri Psal 113. PRaise the Lord ye servants O praise the Name of the Lord. 2 Blessed be the Name of the Lord from this time forth for evermore 3 The Lords Name is praised from the rising up of the sun unto the going down of the same 4 The Lord is high above all heathen and his glory above the heavens 5 Who is like unto the Lord our God that hath his dwelling so high and yet 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 Evening Prayer In exitu Israel Psal 114. WHen Israel came out of Egypt and the house of Jacob from among the strange people 2 Juda was his sanctuary and Israel his dominion 3 The sea saw that and fled Jordan was driven back 4 The mountains skipped like rams and the little hills like young sheep 5 What aileth thee O thou sea that thou fleddest and thou Jordan that thou wast driven back 6 Ye mountains that ye skipped like rams and ye little hills like young sheep 7 Tremble thou earth at the presence of the Lord at the presence of the God of Jacob. 8 Who turned the hard rock into a standing water and the flint-stone into a springing well Non nobis Domine Psal 115. NOt unto us O Lord not unto us but unto thy Name give the praise for thy loving mercy and for thy truths 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 mens hands DAY xxiv 5 They have mouths and speak not eyes have they and see not 6 They have ears and hear not noses have they and smell not 7 They have hands and handle not feet have they and walk not neither speak they through their throat 8 They that make them are like unto them and so are all such as put their trust in them 9 But thou house of Israel trust thou in the Lord he is their succour and defence 10 Ye house of Aaron put your trust in the Lord he is their helper and defender 11 Ye that fear the Lord put your trust in the Lord he is their helper and defender 12 The Lord hath been mindful of us and he shall bless us even he shall bless the house of Israel he shall bless the house of Aaron 13 He shall bless them 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 Lords the earth hath he given to the children of men 17 The dead praise not thee O Lord neither all they that go down into silence 18 But we will praise the Lord from this time forth for evermore Praise the Lord. Morning Prayer Dilexi quoniam Psal 116. I Am well pleased that the Lord hath heard the voice of my prayer 2 That he hath inclined is ear unto me therefore will I call upon him as long as I live 3 The snares of death compassed me round about and the pains of hell gat hold upon me 4 I shall find
trouble and heaviness and I will call upon the Name of the Lord O Lord I beseech thee deliver my soul 5 Gracious is the Lord and righteous yea our God is merciful 6 The Lord preserveth the simple I was in misery and he helped me 7 Turn again then unto thy rest O my soul for the Lord hath rewarded thee 8 And why thou hast delivered my soul from death mine eyes from tears and my feet from falling 9 I will walk before the Lord in the land of the living 10 I believed and therefore will I speak but I was sore troubled I said in my haste All men are liars 11 What reward shall I give unto the Lord for all the benefits that he hath done unto me 12 I will receive the cup of salvation and call upon the Name of the Lord. 13 I will pay my vows now in the presence of all his people right dear in the sight of the Lord is the death of his saints 14 Behold O Lord how that I am thy servant I am thy servant and the son of thine handmaid thou hast broken my bonds in sunder 15 I will offer to thee the sacrifice of thanksgiving and will call upon the Name of the Lord. 16 I will pay my vows unto the Lord in the sight of all his people in the courts of the Lords house even in the midst of thee O Jerusalem Praise the Lord. Laudate Dominum Psal 117. O 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. Confitemini Domino Psal 118. O Give 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 desire upon mine enemies 8 It is better to trust in the Lord then to put any confidence in man 9 It is better to trust in the Lord then to put any confidence in princes 10 All nations compassed me round about but in the Name of the Lord will I destroy them 11 They kept me in on every side they kept me in I say on every side but in the Name of the Lord will I destroy them 12 They came about me like bees and are extinct even as the fire among the thorns for in the Name of the Lord I will destroy them 13 Thou hast thrust sore at me that I might fall but the Lord was my help 14 The Lord is my strength and my song and is become my salvation 15 The voice of joy and health is in the dwellings of the righteous the right hand of the Lord bringeth mighty things to pass 16 The right hand of the Lord hath the preeminence the right hand of the Lord bringeth mighty things to pass 17 I shall not die but live and declare the works of the Lord. 18 The Lord hath chastened and corrected me but he hath not given me over unto death 19 Open me the gates of righteousness that I may go into them and give thanks unto the Lord. 20 This is the gate of the Lord the righteous shall enter into it 21 I will thank thee for thou hast heard me and art become my salvation 22 The same stone which the builders refused is become the head-stone in the corner 23 This is the Lords doing and it is marvellous in our eyes 24 This is the day which the Lord hath made we will rejoyce and be glad in it 25 Help me now O Lord O Lord send us now prosperity 26 Blessed be he that cometh in the Name of the Lord we have wished you good luck ye that are of the house of the Lord. 27 God is the Lord who hath shewed us light bind the sacrifice with cords yea even unto the horns of the altar 28 Thou art my God and I will thank thee thou art my God and I will praise thee 29 O give thanks unto the Lord for he is gracious and his mercy endureth for ever Evening Prayer Beati immaculati Psal 119. BLessed are those that are undefiled in the way and walk in the law of the Lord. 2 Blessed are they that keep his testimonies and seek him with their whole heart 3 For they who do no wickedness walk in his ways 4 Thou hast charged that we shall diligently keep thy commandments 5 O that my ways were made so direct that I might keep thy statutes 6 So shall I not be confounded while I have respect unto all thy commandments 7 I will thank thee with an unfeigned heart when I shall have learned the judgments of thy righteousness 8 I will keep thy ceremonies O forsake me not utterly In que corriget WHerewithal shall a young man cleanse his way even by ruling himself after thy word 2 With my whole heart have I sought thee O let me not go wrong out of thy commandments 3 Thy words have I hid within my heart that I should not sin against thee 4 Blessed art thou O Lord O teach me thy statutes 5 With my lips have I been telling of all the judgments of thy mouth 6 I have had as great delight in the way of thy testimonies as in all manner of riches 7 I will talk of thy commandments and have respect unto thy ways 8 My delight shall be in thy statutes and I will not forget thy word Retribue servo tuo O Do well unto thy servant that I may live and keep the word 2 Open thou mine eyes that I may see the wondrous things of thy law 3 I am a stranger upon earth O hide not thy commandments from me 4 My soul breaketh out for the very fervent desire that it hath alway unto thy judgments 5 Thou hast rebuked the proud and cursed are they that do err from thy commandments 6 O turn from me shame and rebuke for I have kept thy testimonies DAY xxv 7 Princes also did sit and speak against me but thy servant is occupied in thy statutes 8 For thy testimonies are my delight and my counsellers Adhaesit pavimento MY soul cleaveth to the dust O quicken thou me according to thy word 2 I have knowledged my ways and thou heardest me O teach me thy statutes 3 Make me to understand the way of thy commandments and so shall I talk of thy wondrous works 4 My soul melteth away for very heaviness comfort thou me according unto thy word 5 Take from me the way of lying and cause thou me to make much of thy
Ps 147.5 The Lord setteth up the meek and bringeth the ungodly down to the ground verse 6. 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 Psal 80.17 And so will not me go back from thee O let us live and we shall call upon thy name ver 18. 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 Lxiv Cxxiv Cxxv. ¶ Proper Lessons The First 2 Sam. XXII Te Denm The second Acts XXIII Jubilate ¶ In the Suffrages after the Creed these shall be inserted and used for the King Priest O Lord save the King People Who putteth his trust in thee Priest Send him help from thy holy place People And evermore mightily defend him Priest Let his enemies have no advantage against him People Let not the wicked approach to hurt him ¶ Instead of the first Collect at Morning Prayer shall these two be used ALmighty God who hast in all ages shewed thy Power and Mercy in the miraculous and gracious deliverances of thy Church and in the protection of righteous and religious Kings and States professing thy holy and eternal truth from the wicked Conspiracies and malicious Practices of all the enemies thereof We yield thee our unfeigned thanks and praise for the wonderful and mighty deliverance of our late gracious Sovereign King James the First the Queen the Prince and all the Royal Branches with the Nobility Clergy and Commons of this Realm then assembled in Parliament by Popish Treachery appointed as sheep to the slaughter in a most barbarous and savage manner beyond the examples of former ages From this unnatural Conspiracy not our merit but thy mercy not our foresight but thy providence delivered us And therefore not unto us O Lord not unto us but unto thy Name be ascribed all honour and glory in all Churches of the saints from generation to generation through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen ACcept also most gracious God of our unfeigned thanks for filling our hearts again with joy and gladness after the time that thou hast afflicted us and putting a new song into our mouths by bringing his Majesty who now reigns over us upon this Day for the deliverance of our Church and Nation from Popish Tyranny and Arbitrary power We adore the wisdom and justice of thy providence which so timely interposed in our extream danger and disappointed all the designs of our enemies We beseech thee give us such a lively and lasting sense of what thou didst then and hast since that time done for us that we may not grow secure and careless in our obedience by presuming upon thy great and undeserved goddness but that it may lead us to repentance and move us to be the more diligent and zealous in all the duties of our Religion which thou hast in a marvellous manner preserved to us Let truth and justice brotherly kindness and charity devotion and piety concord and unity with all other virtues so flourish among us that they may be the Stability of our Times and make this Church a Praise in the Earth All which we humbly beg for the sake of our blessed Lord and Saviour Amen ¶ In the end of the Litany which shall alway this Day he used after the Collect We humbly beseech thee O Father c shall this be said which followeth ALmighty God and heavenly Father who of thy gracious providence and tender mercy towards us didst prevent the malice and imaginations of our enemies by discovering and confounding their horrible and wicked enterprise plotted and intended this Day to be executed against the King and the whole State of this Realm for the Subversion of the Government and Religion established among us and didst likewise upon this Day wonderfully conduct thy servant our present King and bring him safely into this Kingdom to preserve us from the late Attempts of our Enemies to bereave us of our Religion and Laws We most humbly praise and magnifie thy most glorious Name for thy unspeakable goodness towards us expressed in both these Acts of thy mercy We confess it has been of thy mercy alone that we are not consumed for our sins have cried to Heaven against us and our iniquities justly called for vengeance upon us But thou hast not dealt with us after our sins nor rewarded us after our iniquities nor given us over as we deserved to be a prey to our Enemies but hast in mercy delivered us from their malice and preserved us from death and destruction Let the consideration of this thy repeated goodness O Lord work in us true repentance that iniquity may not be our ruine And increase in us more and more a lively faith and love fruitful in all holy obedience that thou mayest still continue thy favour with the light of thy Gospel to us and our posterity for evermore and that for thy dear Sons sake Jesus Christ our only Mediatour and Advocate Amen ¶ Instead of the Prayer In time of War and Tumults shall be used this Prayer following O Lord who didst this day discover the snares of death that were laid for us and didst wonderfully deliver us from the same Be thou still our mighty Protectour and scatter our Enemies that delight in blond Infatuate and defeat their Counsels abate their Pride asswage their Malice and confound their Devices Strengthen the hands of our gracious Sovereign King WILLIAM and all that are put in Authority under him with Judgment and Justice to cut off all such workers of iniquity as turn Religion into Rebellion and Faith into Faction that they may never prevail against us or triumph in the ruine of thy Church among us But that our gracious Sovereign and his Realms being preserved in thy true Religion and by thy merciful goodness protected in the same we may all duly serve thee and give thee thanks in thy holy Congregation through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen ¶ In the Communion-Service instead of the Collect for the day shall this which followeth be used ETernal God and our most mighty Protectour we thy unworthy servants do humbly present our selves before thy Majesty acknowledging thy Power Wisdom and Goodness in Preserving the King and the Three Estates of this Realm assembled in Parliament from the Destruction this Day intended against them Make us we beseech thee truly thankful for this and for all other thy great Mercies towards us particularly for making this Day again memorable by a fresh Instance of thy Loving-kindness towards us We bless thee for giving his Majesty that now is a safe Arrival here and for making all Opposition fall before him till he became our King and Governour Continue we beseech thee to Protect and Defend him and all the Royal Family from all Treasons and Conspiracies Preserve them in thy Faith Fear and Love Prosper his Reign
he defendeth the fatherless and widow as for the way of the ungodly he turneth it upside down 10 The Lord thy God O Sion shall be King for evermore and throughout all generations Evening Prayer Laudate Dominum Psal 147. 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 he thankful 2 The Lord doth build up Jerusalem and gather together the out-casts of Israel 3 He healeth those that are broken in heart and giveth medicine to heal their sickness 4 He telleth the number of the stars and calleth them all by their names 5 Great is our Lord and great is his power yea and his wisdom is infinite 6 The Lord setteth up the meek and bringeth the ungodly down to the ground 7 O sing unto the Lord with thanksgiving sing praises upon the harp unto our God 8 Who covereth the heaven with clouds and prepareth rain for the earth and maketh the grass to grow upon the mountains and herb for the use of men 9 Who giveth fodder unto the cattel 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 mans legs 11 But the Lords delight is in them that fear him and put their trust in his mercy 12 Praise the Lord O Jerusalem praise thy God O Sion 13 For he hath made fast the bars of thy gates and hath blessed thy children within thee 14 He maketh peace in thy borders and filleth thee with the flour of wheat 15 He sendeth forth his commandment upon earth and his word runneth very swiftly 16 He giveth snow like wooll 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 Laudate Dominum Psal 148. O Praise the Lord of heaven praise him in 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 Lord upon earth ye dragons and all deeps 8 Fire and hail snow and vapours wind and storm fulfilling his word 9 Mountains and all hills fruitful trees and all cedars 10 Beasts and all cattel 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 Cantate Domino Psal 149. O Sing unto the Lord a new song let the congregation of saints praise him 2 Let Israel rejoyce 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 rejoyce in their beds 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 Laudate Dominum Psal 150. O 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 cymbals praise him upon the the loud cymbals 6 Let every thing that hath breath praise the Lord. Forms of Prayer to be used at SEA ¶ The Morning and Evening Service to be used daily at Sea shall be the same which is appointed in the Book of Common Prayer ¶ These two following Prayers are to be also used in His Majesties 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 Lord King WILLIAM and his Kingdoms 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 glorifie thy Holy Name through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen The Collect. 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 glorifie thy holy Name and finally by thy mercy obtain everlasting life through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen Prayers to be used in Storms at Sea O Most powerful and glorious Lord God at whose command the winds blow and lift up the waves of the Sea and who stillest the rage thereof We thy creatures but miserable sinners do in this our great distress cry unto thee for help save Lord or else we perish We confess when we have been safe and seen all things quiet about us we have forgot thee our God and refused to hearken to the still voice of thy Word and to obey thy commandments But now we see how terrible thou art in all thy works of wonder the great God to be feared above all and therefore we adore thy divine Majesty acknowledging thy power and imploring thy goodness Help Lord and save us for thy mercies sake in Jesus Christ thy Son our Lord. Amen Or this O Most glorious and gracious Lord God who dwellest in heaven but beholdest all things below Look down we beseech thee and hear us calling out of
the depth of misery and out of the jaws of this death which is ready now to swallow us up Save Lord or else we perish The living the living shall praise thee O send thy word of command to rebuke the raging winds and the roring sea that we being delivered from this distress may live to serve thee and to glorifie 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 The prayer to be said before a fight at Sea against any Enemy O Most powerful and glorious Lord God the Lord of hosts that rulest and commandest all things Thou sittest in the Throne judging right and therefore we make our Address to thy divine Majesty in this our necessity that thou wouldst take the cause into thine own hand and judge between us and our enemies Stir up thy strength O Lord and come and help us for thou givest not alway the battel to the strong but canst save by many or by few O 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 wouldst be a defence unto us against the face of the enemy Make it appear that thou art our Savior and mighty Deliverer through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen Short Prayers for single Persons that cannot meet to joyn in Prayer with others by reason of the Fight or Storm General Prayers LOrd be merciful to us sinners and save us for thy mercies sake Thou art the great God that hast made and rulest all things O deliver us for thy Names sake Thou art the great God to be feared above all O save us that we may praise thee Special Prayers with respect to the Enemy THou O Lord art just and powerful O defend our cause against the face of the Enemy O God thou art a strong tower of defence to all that flee unto thee O save us from the violence of the Enemy O Lord of hosts fight for us that we may glorifie thee O suffer us not to sink under the weight of our sins or the violence of the enemy O Lord arise help us and deliver us for thy Names sake Short Prayers in respect of a Storm THou O 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 O Lord hear us O Christ hear us God the Father God the Son God the holy Ghost have mercy upon us save us now and evermore 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 ¶ 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 sins to God In which every one ought seriously to reflect upon those particular sins of which his conscience shall accuse him Saying as followeth The confession ALmighty God Father of our Lord Jesus Christ Maker of all things Judge of all men We acknowledge and bewail our manifold sins and wickedness Which we from time to time most grievously have committed By thought word and deed Against thy divine Majesty Provoking most justly thy wrath and indignation against us We do earnestly repent And be 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 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 if there be any in the Ship Pronounce this Absolution ALmighty God our heavenly Father who of his great mercy hath promised forgiveness of sins to all them which 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 Thanksgiving after a Storm Jubilate Deo Psal 66. O Be joyful in God all ye lands sing praises unto the honour of his Name make his praise to be glorious Say unto God O how wonderful art thou in thy works through the greatness of thy power shall thine enemies be found liars unto thee For all the world shall worship thee sing of thee and praise thy Name O come hither and behold the works of God how wonderful he is in his doing towards the children of men He turned the sea into dry land so that they went through the water on foot there did we rejoyce 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 O praise our God ye people and make the voice of his praise to be heard Who holdeth our soul in life and suffereth not our feet to slip For thou O God hast proved us thou also hast tried us like as silver is tried Thou broughtest us into the snare and laidst trouble upon our loyns Thou sufferedst men to ride over our heads we went through fire and water and thou broughtest us out into a wealthy place I will go into thy 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 O come hither and hearken all ye that fear God and I will tell you what he hath done for my soul I called unto him with my mouth and gave him praises with my tongue If I incline unto wickedness with my heart the Lord will not hear me But God hath heard me and considered the voice of my prayer Praised be God who hath not cast out my prayer nor turned his mercy from me Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Ghost As it was in the beginning is now and ever shall be world without end Amen Confitemini Domino Psal 107. O Give 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