A FORM OF COMMON PRAYER VVITH THANKSGIVING FOR THE Late Victory By His Majesties Naval Forces Appointed to be used in and about London On Tuesday the 14th of August And Through all ENGLAND On Thursday the 23d of August Set forth by His Majesties Authority LONDON Printed by John Bill and Christopher Barker Printers to the Kings most Excellent Majesty 1666. The Order for Morning Prayer ¶ Let him that ministreth read with a loud voice these Sentences of Scripture and then say the Exhortation that followeth I Exhort that first of all supplications 1 Tim. 2. 1. prayers intercessions and giving of thanks be made for all men For Kings and for all that are 2. in authority that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty For this is good and acceptable in the sight of 3. God our Saviour DEarly beloved brethren the Scripture moveth us in sundry places to acknowledge and confess our manifold sins and wickedness and that we should not dissemble nor cloak them before the face of Almighty God our heavenly Father but confess them with an humble lowly penitent and obedient heart to the end that we may obtain forgiveness of the same by his infinite goodness and mercy And although we ought at all times humbly to acknowledge our sins before God yet ought we most chiefly so to do when we assemble and meet together to renderthanks for the great benefits that we have received at his hands to set forth his most worthy praise to hear his most holy Word and to ask those things which are requisite and necessary as well for the body as the soul Wherefore I pray and beseech you as many as are here present to accompany me with a pure heart and humble voice unto the throne of the heavenly grace saying after me ¶ The Confession to be said of the whole congregation after the Minister all kneeling ALmighty and most merciful Father We have erred and strayed from thy ways like lost shéep We have followed too much the devices and desires of our own hearts We have offended against thy holy laws We have left undone those things which we ought to have done And we have done those things which we ought not to have done And there is no health in us But thou O Lord have mercy upon us miserable offenders Spare thou them O God which confess their faults Restore thou them that are penitent according to thy promises declared unto mankind in Christ Iesu our Lord and grant O most merciful Father for his sake that we may hereafter live a godly righteous and sober life to the glory of thy holy Name Amen ¶ The Absolution to be pronounced by the Priest alone standing the people still kneeling ALmighty God the Father of our Lord Iesus Christ who desireth not the death of a sinner but rather that he may turn from his wickedness and live and hath given power and commandment to his Ministers to declare and pronounce to his people being penitent the absolution and remission of their sins He pardoneth and absolveth all them that truly repent and unfeignedly believe his holy Gospel Wherefore let us beséech him to grant us true repentance and his holy Spirit that those things may please him which we do at this present and that the rest of our life hereafter may be pure and holy so that at the last we may come to his eternal joy through Iesus Christ our Lord. ¶ The people shall answer here and at the end of all other Prayers Amen ¶ Then shall the Minister kneel and begin the Lords Prayer the people also repeating it with him 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 ¶ Then likewise he shall say O Lord open thou our lips Answ And our mouth shall shew forth thy praise Priest O God make speed to save us Answer O Lord make haste to help us ¶ Here all standing up the Priest shall say Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the holy Ghost Answer As it was in the beginning is now and ever shall be world without end Amen Priest Praise ye the Lord. Answer The Lords name be praised ¶ In stead of Venite exultemus shall be sung or said this Hymn following one Verse by the Priest and another by the Clerk and people NOt unto us O Lord not unto us but unto Ps 115. 1. thy Name be the praise Unto thee O God do we give thanks yea unto Ps 75. 1 thee do we give thanks For great things are they that thou hast done Ps 71. 17. O God who is like unto thée Thou art the God that doeth wonders Who is Ps 77. 14 13. so great a God as our God The Lord hath done great things for us yea the Ps 126. 3 4 Lord hath done great things for us for which we rejoyce Thou art our King O God the Help that is done Ps 44. 5. Ps 74. 13. upon earth thou do'st it thy self Through thee have we overthrown our enemies Ps 44. 6. and in thy Name have we trod them under that rise up against us For I will not trust in my bow it is not my sword 7. that shall help me But it is thou that savest us from our enemies 8. and puttest them to confusion that hate us We gat not the Victory through our own sword 3. neither was it our own arm that helped us But thy right hand and thy arm and the light 4. of thy countenance because thou hadst a favour unto us If the Lord had not been on our side now may Ps 124. 1◠we say if the Lord himself had not been on our side when men rose up against us They had swallowed us up quick when they 2. were so wrathfully displeased at us Yea the waters had drowned us the deep waters 3 4. of the proud had gone even over our souls But praised be the Lord who hath not given 5. us over as a prey unto their téeth Our help standeth in the Name of the Lord who 7. hath made heaven and earth God hath shewed us his goodness plenteously Ps 59 10. and God hath let us sée our desire upon our enemies Therefore will we offer in his dwelling an oblation with great gladness we will sing praises unto Ps 27. 7. the Lord. Let Heaven and Earth praise him the Sea Ps 69. 35. and All that moveth therein Sing unto God O ye Kingdoms of the earth O Ps 68. 32. sing praises unto the Lord. Ascribe unto the Lord O ye kindreds of the people
before thee with humble yet inflamed hearts desirous to offer up unto thée our Sacrifice of praise and thanks calling Heaven and Earth to witness with us that as it was the Miracle of thy meer Mercy which raised us out of the depth of those miserable Confusions in which we lay So it is thy Power alone O our God by which we stand thy good Providence by which we prosper More particularly with the highest expressions of our devoutest hearts we magnifie thy great and glorious Name O Lord our God for that remarkable Victory wherewith thou hast lately blest the Naval Forces of our gracious Soveraign O continue forth thy loving kindness towards him Let thy tender Mercies prevent and follow him all the days of his life Let his Reign be prosperous and his Arms victorious and let the blessings of safety and happy success attend all those that fight his Battels Subdue more and more unto him the People that is under him and the nations under his feet Preserve him from the gathering together of the froward and from the Insurrection of the evil doers Let no weapon that is form'd against Him prosper but make Him and His always to return with Honour and Victory and Ioy and Triumph O let all the Blessings of Heaven and Earth be poured out upon the sacred Head of thine Anointed and from thence flow down even to the skirts of the meanest of His people in Peace and Plenty and Prosperity That so both Prince and people may with one mind and with one mouth glorifie thee O God most gracious for this thy unspeakable goodness not onely presenting thée as this day the fruit of the lips giving thanks unto thy Name but also through the entire course of a holy life ever offering up unto thée souls and bodies which thou hast created redéemed and preserved to be a living and holy Sacrifice acceptable unto thée through Iesus Christ To whom with thée O Father Almighty in the unity of the holy Ghost be glory in the Church throughout all ages world without end Amen ALmighty God who hast promised to hear the petitions of them that ask in thy Sons Name We beséech thée mercifully to incline thine ears to us that have made now our prayers and supplications unto thée and grant that those things which we have faithfully asked according to thy will may effectually be obtained to the relief of our necessity and to the setting forth of thy glory through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen ¶ Then the Priest shall let them depart with this blessing THe peace of God which passeth all understanding keep your hearts and minds in the knowledge and love of God and of his Son Iesus Christ our Lord and the blessing of God Almighty the Father the Son and the holy Ghost be amongst you and remain with you always Amen The Order for Evening Prayer ¶ Let him that ministreth read with a loud voice these Sentences of Scripture and then say the Exhortation that followeth I Exhort that first of all supplications 2 Tim. 2. 1. prayers intercessions and giving of thanks be made for all men For Kings and for all that are in authority that we may lead a 2. quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty For this is good and acceptable in the sight of 3. God our Saviour DEarly beloved brethren the Scripture moveth us in sundry places to acknowledge and confess our manifold sins and wickedness and that we should not dissemble nor cloak them before the face of Almighty God our heavenly Father but confess them with an humble lowly penitent and obedient heart to the end that we may obtain forgiveness of the same by his infinite goodness and mercy And although we ought at all times humbly to acknowledge our sins before God yet ought we most chiefly so to do when we assemble and meet together to render thanks for the great benefits that we have received at his hands to set forth his most worthy praise to hear his most holy Word and to ask those things which are requisite and necessary as well for the body as the soul Wherefore I pray and beseech you as many as are here present to accompany me with a pure heart and humble voice unto the throne of the heavenly grace saying after me ¶ The Confession to be said of the whole congregation after the Minister all kneeling ALmighty and most merciful Father We have erred and strayed from thy ways like lost shéep We have followed too much the devices and desires of our own hearts We have offended against thy holy laws We have left undone those things which we ought to have done And we have done those things which we ought not to have done And there is no health in us But thou O Lord have mercy upon us miserable offenders Sspare thou them O God which confess their faults Restore thou them that are penitent according to thy promises declared unto mankind in Christ Iesu our Lord and grant O most merciful Father for his sake that we may hereafter live a godly righteous and sober life to the glory of thy holy Name Amen ¶ The Absolution to be pronounced by the Priest alone standing the people still kneeling ALmighty God the Father of our Lord Iesus Christ who desireth not the death of a sinner but rather that he may turn from his wickedness and live and hath given power and commandment to his Ministers to declare and pronounce to his people being penitent the absolution and remission of their sins He pardoneth and absolveth all them that truly repent and unfeignedly believe his holy Gospel Wherefore let us beséech him to grant us true repentance and his holy Spirit that those things may please him which we do at this present and that the rest of our life hereafter may be pure and holy so that at the last we may come to his eternal joy through Iesus Christ our Lord. ¶ The people shall answer here and at the end of all other Prayers Amen ¶ Then shall the Minister kneel and begin the Lords Prayer the people also repeating it with him 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 ¶ Then likewise he shall say O Lord open thou our lips Answ And our mouth shall shew forth thy praise Priest O God make speed to save us Answer O Lord make haste to help us ¶ Here all standing up the Priest shall say Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the holy Ghost Answer As it was in the beginning is now and ever shall be world without end Amen Priest Praise ye the Lord. 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before the Lord for he is come to judge the earth With righteousness shall he judge the world and the people with equity Glory be to the Father c. As it was in the beginning c. ¶ Then shall be said the Creed by the Minister and the people standing I Believe in God the Father Almighty Maker of heaven and earth And in Iesus Christ his onely Son our Lord who was conceived by the holy Ghost born of the Virgin Mary suffered under Pontius Pilate was crucified dead and buried he descended into hell the third day he rose again from the dead he ascended into heaven and sitteth on the right hand of God the Father Almighty from thence he shall come to judge the quick and the dead I believe in the holy Ghost the holy Catholick Church the Communion of Saints the forgiveness of sins the resurrection of the body and the life everlasting Amen ¶ And after that these prayers following all devoutly kneeling the Minister first pronouncing with a loud voice The Lord be with you Answer And with thy spirit Minister ¶ Let us pray Lord have mercy upon us Christ have mercy upon us Lord have mercy upon us ¶ Then the Minister Clerks and people shall say the Lords prayer with a loud voice 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 ¶ Then the Priest standing up shall say O Lord shew thy mercy upon us Answer And grant us thy salvation Priest O Lord save the King Answer And mercifully hear us when we call upon thée Priest Indue thy Ministers with righteousness Answer And make thy chosen people joyful Priest O Lord save thy people Answer And bless thine inheritance Priest Give peace in our time O Lord. Answer Because there is none other that fighteth for us but onely thou O God Priest O God make clean our hearts within us Answer And take not thy holy Spirit from us ¶ Instead of the first Collect shall these two be used O Almighty God the soveraign Commander of all the world in whose hand is power and might which none is able to withstand We bless and magnifie thy great and glorious Name for this happy Victory the whole glory whereof we do ascribe to thee who art the onely giver of Victory And we beseech thee give us grace to improve this great mercy to thy glory the advancement of thy Gospel the honour of our Soveraign and as much as in us lieth to the good of all mankind And we beseech thee give us such a sense of this great mercy as may engage us to a true thankfulness such as may appear in our lives by an humble holy and obedient walking before thee all our days through Iesus Christ our Lord To whom with thee and the holy Spirit as for all thy mercies so in particular for this Victory and Deliverance be all glory and honour world without end Amen O Almighty God who art a strong Tower of defence unto thy servants against the face of their Enemies We yield thee praise and thanksgiving for our deliverance from those great and apparent Dangers wherewith we were compassed We acknowledge it thy goodness that we were not delivered over as a prey unto them beseeching thee still to continue such thy mercies towards us that all the world may know that thou art our Saviour and mighty Deliverer through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen O God from whom all holy desires all good counsels and all just works do proceed Give unto thy servants that peace which the world cannot give that both our hearts may be set to obey thy commandments and also that by thee we being defended from the fear of our enemies may pass our time in rest and quietness through the merits of Iesus Christ our Saviour Amen LIghten our darkness we beseech thée O Lord and by thy great mercy defend us from all perils and dangers of this night for the love of thy onely Son our Saviour Iesus Christ Amen ¶ A Prayer for the Kings Majesty O Lord our heavenly Father High and Mighty King of Kings Lord of Lords the onely Ruler of Princes who dost from thy Throne behold all the dwellers upon earth most heartily we beseech thee with thy favour to behold our most gracious Soveraign Lord King Charles and so replenish him with the grace of thy holy Spirit that he may alway incline to thy Will and walk in thy way endue him plenteously with heavenly gifts grant him in health and wealth long to live strengthen him that he may vanquish and overcome all his enemies and finally after this life he may attain everlasting joy and felicity through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen ¶ A prayer for the Royal Family Almighty God the Fountain of all goodness we humbly beseech thee to bless our gracious Queen Catherine Mary the Q. Mother James Duke of York and all the Royal Family Endue them with thy holy Spirit enrich them with thy heavenly grace prosper them with all happiness and bring them to thine everlasting Kingdom through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen ¶ A Prayer for the Clergy and People ALmighty and everlasting God who alone workest great marvels send down upon our Bishops and Curates and all Congregations committed to their charge the healthful Spirit of thy grace and that they may truly please thee pour upon them the continual dew of thy blessing Grant this O Lord for the honour of our Advocate and Mediatour Iesus Christ Amen O Lord God our strength and our salvation We thy unworthy Servants the sinful People of these three Nations whom by thy miraculous Providence thou didst lately rescue from the miseries of a Civil War at home and hast now crowned with Victory against a potent Enemy abroad in grateful acknowledgement of thy so great and often-repeated Mercies are here now before thee with humble yet inflamed hearts desirous to oster up unto thee our Sacrifice of praise and thanks calling Heaven and Earth to witness with us that as it was the Miracle of thy meer Mercy which raised us out of the depth of those miserable Confusions in which we lay so it is thy Power alone O our God by which we stand thy good Providence by which we prosper More particularly with the highest expressions of our devoutest hearts we magnifie thy great and glorious Name O Lord our God for that remarkable Victory wherewith thou hast lately blest the Naval Forces of our gracious Soveraign O continue forth thy loving kindness towards him Let thy tender mercies prevent and follow him all the days of his life Let his Reign be prosperous and his arms victorious and let the blessings of safety and happy success attend all those that fight his Battels Subdue more and more unto him the People that is under him and the Nations under his feet Preserve him from the gathering together of the froward and from the insurrection of the evil doers Let no weapon that is form'd against him prosper but make him and his always to return with Honour and Victory and Ioy and Triumph O let all the Blessings of Heaven and Earth be poured out upon the sacred Head of thine Anointed and from thence flow down even to the skirts of the meanest of his People in Peace and Plenty and Prosperity That so both Prince and People may with one mind and with one mouth glorifie thee O God most gracious for this thy unspeakable goodness not onely presenting thee as this day the fruit of the lips giving thanks unto thy Name but also through the entire course of a holy life ever offering up unto thee Souls and Bodies which thou hast created redeemed and preserved to be a living and holy Sacrifice acceptable unto thee through Iesus Christ To whom with thee O Father Almighty in the unity of the holy Ghost be glory in the Church throughout all ages world without end Amen ¶ Then shall follow this Prayer which shall be used continually so long as the Navy is abroad O Most glorious and powerful Lord God who alone hast spread out the heavens and compassed the waters with bounds until night and day come to an end at whose command the winds blow and who rulest the raging of the sea Thou art terrible in all thy works of wonder the great God to be feared above all We therefore adore thy divine Majesty acknowledging thy power and imploring thy goodness Be pleased to receive into thine Almighty and most gracious protection the persons of thy servants that fight for us and the Ships and Navies in which they serve preserve them all from the dangers of the sea and from the violence of the enemy and from every sad accident that they may be a safeguard to our most gracious Soveraign and his Kingdoms and a security for such as pass on the Seas upon their lawful occasions Help Lord and save them for thy mercies sake that they may return in safety with Honour and Victory and good success to enjoy the blessings of the land and the fruit of their labours and that all the inhabitants of these Islands being blest with plenty prosperity peace and quietness may serve thee our God in righteousness and true holiness and with a thankful remembrance of all thy mercies may ever praise and glorifie thy holy Name through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen ¶ A Prayer of Saint Chrysostom ALmighty God who hast given us grace at this time with one accord to make our common supplications unto thée and dost promise that when two or thrée are gathered together in thy Name thou wilt grant their requests Fulfil now O Lord the desires and petitions of thy servants as may be most expedient for them granting us in this world knowledge of thy truth and in the world to come life everlasting Amen 2 Corinth 13. 14. THe grace of our Lord Iesus Christ and the love of God and the fellowship of the holy Ghost be with us all evermore Amen FINIS LONDON Printed by John Bill and Christopher Barker Printers to the Kings most Excellent Majesty 1666.
conduct of our Commanders but thy alone wisdom and power that hath defeated the counsels broken the strength of our Adversaries It is thine own right hand that purchased us this Victory We want words to express our thankfulness and thoughts to conceive the greatness of thy manifold Deliverances yet be thou pleased to accept the best praises that we can give which we desire now to render unto thee from the bottom of our souls and grant O Lord that we may never forget this thy wonderful blessing which thou hast vouchasafed not onely to us but to all our succéeding generations that it may still prove an incitement unto us to obey and serve thée in holiness of life and that improving this Victory to thy glory and our own good we may obtain the like happy success in all our future Enterprises to the glory of thy Name through Iesus Christ our onely Saviour and Deliverer Amen ¶ Then shall follow this Prayer which shall be used continually as long as the Navy is abroad O Most glorious and powerful Lord God who alone hast spread out the heavens and compassed the waters with bounds until night and day come to an end at whose command the winds blow and who rulest the raging of the sea Thou art terrible in all thy works of wonder the great God to be feared above all We therefore adore thy divine Majesty acknowledging thy power and imploring thy goodness Be pleased to receive into thine Almighty and most gracious protection the persons of thy servants that fight for us and the Ships and Qavies in which they serve preserve them all from the dangers of the sea and from the violence of the enemy and from every sad accident that they may be a safeguard to our most gracious Soveraign and his Kingdoms and a security for such as pass on the seas upon their lawful occasions Help Lord and save them for thy mercies sake that they may return in safety with honour and victory and good success to enjoy the blessings of the land and the fruit of their labours and that all the inhabitants of these Islands being blest with plenty and prosperity peace and quietness may serve thée our God in righteousness and true holiness and with a thankful remembrance of all thy mercies may ever praise and glorifie thy holy Name through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen ¶ A Prayer of Saint Chrysostom ALmighty God who hast given us grace at this time with one accord to make our common supplications unto thée and dost promise that when two or thrée are gathered together in thy Name thou wilt grant their requests Fulfil now O Lord the desires and petitions of thy servants as may be most expedient for them granting us in this world knowledge of thy truth and in the world to come life everlasting Amen 2 Cor. 13. 14. THe grace of our Lord Iesus Christ and the love of God and the fellowship of the holy Ghost be with us all evermore Amen The Communion-Service ¶ The Priest standing at the North-side of the Lords Table shall say 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 ALmighty God unto whom all hearts be open all desires known and from whom no secrets are hid cleanse the thoughts of our hearts by the inspiration of thy holy Spirit that we may perfectly love thee and worthily magnifie thy holy name through Christ our Lord. Amen Minister GOd spake these words and said I am the Lord thy God thou shalt have none other gods but me People Lord have mercy upon us and incline our hearts to keep this law Minister Thou shalt not make to thy self any graven Image nor the likenese of any thing that is in heaven above or in the earth beneath or in the water under the earth Thou shalt not bow down to them nor worship them for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God and visit the sins of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me and shew mercy unto thousands in them that love me and keep my commandments People Lord have mercy upon us and incline our hearts to keep this law Minister Thou shalt not take the Name of the Lord thy God in vain for the Lord will not hold him guiltless that take th his Name in vain People Lord have mercy upon us and incline our hearts to keep this law Remember that thou keep holy the Sabbath day Six days shalt thou labour and do all that thou hast to do but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God In it thou shalt do no manner of work thou and thy son and thy daughter thy man-servant and thy maid-servant thy cattel and the stranger that is within thy gates For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth the sea and all that in them is and rested the seventh day wherefore the Lord blessed the seventh day and hallowed it People Lord have mercy upon us and incline our heart to keep this law Minister Honour thy father and thy mother that thy days may be long in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee People Lord have mercy upon us and incline our hearts to keep this law Minister Thou shalt do no murder People Lord have mercy upon us and incline our hearts to keep this law Minister Thou shalt not commit adultery People Lord have mercy upon us and incline our hearts to keep this law Minister Thou shalt not steal People Lord have mercy upon us and incline our hearts to keep this law Minister Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour People Lord have mercy upon us and incline our hearts to keep this law Minister Thou shalt not covet thy neighbours house thou shalt not covet thy neighbours wife nor his servant nor his maid nor his ox nor his ass nor any thing that is his People Lord have mercy upon us and write all these thy laws in our hearts we beseech thee Let us pray ALmighty God whose kingdom is everlasting and power infinite have mercy upon the whole Church and so rule the heart of thy chosen servant Charles our King and Governour that he knowing whose Minister he is may above all things seek thy honour and glory And that we and all his subjects duly considering whose authority he hath may faithfully serve honour and humbly obey him in thee and for thee according to thy blessed word and ordinance through Iesus Christ our Lord who with thee the holy Ghost liveth and reigneth ever one God world without end Amen O Almighty God the soveraign Commander of all the world in whose hand is power and might which none is able to withstand We bless
is infinite The Lord setteth up the meek and bringeth the ungodly down to the ground O sing unto the Lord with thanksgiving sing praises upon the harp unto our God 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 Who giveth fodder unto the cattel and feedeth the young ravens that call upon him He hath no pleasure in the strength of an horse neither delighteth he in any mans legs But the Lords delight is in them that fear him and put their trust in his mercy Praise the Lord O Ierusalem praise thy God O Sion For he hath made fast the bars of thy gates and hath blessed thy children within thee He maketh peace in thy borders and filleth thee with the flower of wheat He sendeth forth his commandment upon earth and his word runneth very swiftly He giveth snow like wooll and scattereth the hoar-frost like ashes He casteth forth his ice like morsels who is able to abide his frost He sendeth out his word and melteth them he bloweth with his wind and the waters flow He sheweth his word unto Iacoh his statutes and ordinances unto Israel He hath not dealt so with any nation neither have the heathen knowledge of his laws The first Lesson is 1 Sam. 2. to 11. ANd Hannah prayed and said My heart rejoyceth in the Lord mine horn is exalted in the Lord my mouth is enlarged over mine enemies because I rejoyce in thy salvation There is none holy as the Lord for there is none beside thée neither is there any rock like our God Talk no more so excéeding proudly let not arrogancie come out of your mouth for the Lord is a God of knowledge and by him actions are weighed The bows of the mighty men are broken and they that stumbled are girt with strength They that were full have hired out themselves for bread and they that were hungry ceased so that the barren hath born seven and she that hath many children is waxed feeble The Lord killeth and maketh alive he bringeth down to the grave and bringeth up The Lord maketh poor and maketh rich he bringeth low and lifteth up He raiseth up the poor out of the dust and lifteth up the begger from the dunghil to set them among princes and to make them inherit the throne of glory for the pillars of the earth are the Lords and he hath set the world upon them He will keep the feet of his saints and the wicked shall be silent in darkness for by strength shall no man prevail The adversaries of the Lord shall be broken to pieces out of heaven shall he thunder upon them the Lord shall judge the ends of the earth and he shall give strength unto his king and exalt the horn of his anointed Magnificat MY soul doth magnifie the Lord and my spirit hath rejoyced in God my Saviour For he hath regarded the lowliness of his handmaiden For behold from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed For he that is mighty hath magnified me and holy is his Name And his mercy is on them that fear him throughout all generations He hath shewed strength with his arm he hath scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts He hath put down the mighty from their seat and hath exalted the humble and méek He hath filled the hungry with good things and the rich he hath sent empty away He remembring his mercy hath holpen his servant Israel as he promised to our forefathers Abraham and his séed 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 The second Lesson is 1 Thess 5. BUt of the times and the seasons brethren ye have no néed that I write unto you For your selves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night For when they shall say Peace and safety then sudden destruction cometh upon them as travail upon a woman with child and they shall not escape But ye brethren are not in darkness that that day should overtake you as a thief Ye are all the children of light and the children of the day we are not of the night nor of darkness Therefore let us not sleep as do others but let us watch and be sover For they that sleep sleep in the night and they that be drunken are drunken in the night But let us who are of the day be sover putting on the breast-plate of faith and love and for an helmet the hope of salvation For God hath not appointed us to wrath but to obtain salvation by our Lord Iesus Christ who died for us that whether we wake or sléep we should live together with him Wherefore comfort your selves together and edifie one another even as also ye do And we beséech you brethren to know them which labour among you and are over you in the Lord and admonish you and to estéem them very highly in love for their works sake And be at peace among your selves Now we exhort you brethren warn them that are unruly comfort the féeble-minded support the weak be patient toward all men Sée that none render evil for evil unto any man but ever follow that which is gold both among your selves and to all men Rejoyce evermore Pray without ceasing In every thing give thanks for this is the will of God in Christ Iesus concerning you Quench not the spirit Despise not prophesnings Prove all things hold fast that which is good Abstain from all appearance of evil And the very God of peace sanctifie you wholly and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Iesus Christ Faithful is he that calleth you who also will do it Brethren pray for us Gréet all the brethren with an holy kiss I charge you by the Lord that this epistle be read unto all the holy brethren The grace of our Lord Iesus Christ be with you Amen Cantate Domino Psal xcviii O Sing unto the Lord a new song for he hath done marvellous things With his own right hand and with his holy arm hath he gotten himself the victory The Lord declared his salvation his righteousness hath he openly shewed in the sight of the heathen He hath remembred his mercy and truth toward the house of Israel and all the ends of the world have séen the salvation of our God Shew your selves joyful unto the Lord all ye lands sing rejoyce and give thanks Praise the Lord upon the harp sing to the harp with a psalm of thanksgiving With trumpets also and shawms O shew your selves joyful before the Lord the King Let the sea make a noise and all that therein is the round world and they that dwell therein Let the flouds clap their hands and let the hills be joyful together