he vouchsafe to bring us all for his infinite mercy Amen ¶ Then shall they all kneel upon their knees and the Priest and Clerks kneeling in the place where they are accustomed to say the Litany shall say this Psalm Miserere mei Deus Miserere mei Deus Psal li. HAve mercy upon O God after thy great goodness according to the multitude of thy mercies do away mine offences Wash me throughly from my wickedness and cleanse me from my sin For I acknowledge my faults and my sin is ever before me Against thee only have I sinned and done this evil in thy sight that thou mightest be justified in thy saying and clear when thou art judged Behold I was shapen in wickedness and in sin hath my mother conceived me But lo thou requirest truth in the inward parts and shalt make me to understand wisdom secretly Thou shalt purge me with hyssop and I shall be clean thou shalt wash me and I shall be whiter then snow Thou shalt make me hear of joy and gladness that the bones which thou hast broken may rejoyce Turn thy face from my sins and put out all my misdeeds Make me a clean heart O God and renew a right spirit within me Cast me not away from thy presence and take not thy holy Spirit from me O give me the comfort of thy help again and stablish me with thy free Spirit Then shall I teach thy ways unto the wicked and sinners shall be converted unto thee Deliver me from bloud-guiltiness O God thou that art the God of my health and my tongue shall sing of thy righteousness Thou shalt open my lips O Lord and my mouth shall shew thy praise For thou desirest no sacrifice else would I give it thee but thou delightest not in burnt-burnt-offerings The sacrifice of God is a troubled spirit a broken and contrite heart O God shalt thou not despise O be favourable and gracious unto Sion build thou the walls of Jerusalem Then shalt thou be pleased with the sacrifice of righteousness with the burnt-burnt-offerings and oblations then shall they offer young bullocks upon thine altar Glory be to the Father c. As it was in the beginning c. Lord have mercy upon us Christ have mercy upon us Lord have mercy upon us OUr Father which art in heaven Hallowed be thy Name Thy Kingdom come Thy will be done in earth As it is in heaven Give us this day our daily bread And forgive us our trespasses As we forgive them that trespass against us And lead us not into temptation But deliver us from evil Amen Minister O Lord save thy servants Answer That put their trust in thee Minister Send unto them help from above Answer And evermore mightily defend them Minister Help us O God our Saviour Answer And for the glory of thy Name deliver us be merciful to us sinners for thy Names sake Minister O Lord hear our prayer Answer And let our cry come unto thee Minister Let us pray O Lord we beseech thee mercifully hear our prayers and spare all those who confess their sins unto thee that they whose consciences by sin are accused by thy merciful pardon may be absolved through Christ our Lord. Amen O Most mighty God and merciful Father who hast compassion upon all men and hatest nothing that thou hast made who wouldest not the death of a sinner but that he should rather turn from his sin and be saved Mercifully forgive us our trespasses receive and comfort us who are grieved and wearied with the burden of our sins Thy property is always to have mercy to thee only it appertaineth to forgive sins Spare us therefore good Lord spare thy people whom thou hast redeemed enter not into judgment with thy servants who are vile earth and miserable sinners but so turn thine anger from us who meekly acknowledge our vileness and truly repent us of our faults and so make hast to help us in this world that we may ever live with thee in the world to come through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen ¶ Then shall the People say this that followeth after the Minister TUrn thou us O good Lord and so shall we be turned Be favourable O Lord Be favourable to thy people Who turn to thee in weeping fasting and praying For thou art a merciful God Full of compassion Long-suffering and of great pity Thou sparest when we deserve punishment And in thy wrath thinkest upon mercy Spare thy people good Lord spare them And let not thine heritage be brought to confusion Hear us O Lord for thy mercy is great And after the multitude of thy mercies look upon us Through the merits and mediation of thy blessed Son Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen ¶ Then the Minister alone shall say The Lord bless us and keep us the Lord lift up the light of his countenance upon us and give us peace now and for evermore Amen THE Psalter or Psalms OF DAVID After the Translation of the GREAT BIBLE Pointed as they are to be Sung or Said in CHURCHES Morning Prayer Beatus vir qui non abiit Psal 1. BLessed is the man that hath not walked in the counsel of the ungodly nor stood in the way of sinners and hath not sat in the seat of the scornful Day i. 2 But his delight is in the law of the Lord and in his law will he exercise himself day and night 3 And he shall be like a tree planted by the water-side that will bring forth his fruit in due season 4 His leaf also shall not wither and look whatsoever he doeth it shall prosper 5 As for the ungodly it is not so with them but they are like the chaff which the wind scattereth away from the face of the earth 6 Therefore the ungodly shall not be able to stand in the judgment neither the sinners in the congregation of the righteous 7 But the Lord knoweth the way of the righteous and the way of the ungodly shall perish Quare fremuerunt gentes Psal 2. WHy do the heathen so furiously rage together and why do the people imagine a vain thing 2 The kings of the earth stand up and the rulers take counsel together against the Lord and against his anointed 3 Let us break their bonds asunder and cast away their cords from us 4 He that dwelleth in heaven shall laugh them to scorn the Lord shall have them in derision 5 Then shall he speak unto them in his wrath and vex them in his sore displeasure 6 Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Sion 7 I will preach the law whereof the Lord hath said unto me Thou art my Son this day have I begotten thee 8 Desire of me and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance and the utmost parts of the earth for thy possession 9 Thou shalt bruise them with a rod of iron and break them in pieces like a potters vessel 10 Be wise now therefore O ye kings be learned
most mighty God hath spoken and called the world from the rising up of the sun unto the going down thereof 2 Out of Sion hath God appeared in perfect beauty 3 Our God shall come and shall not keep silence there shall go before him a consuming fire and a mighty tempest shall be stirred up round about him 4 He shall call the heaven from above and the earth that he may judge his people 5 Gather my saints together unto me those that have made a covenant with me with sacrifice 6 And the heavens shall declare his righteousness for God is Judge himself 7 Hear O my people and I will speak I my self will testifie against thee O Israel for I am God even thy God 8 I will not reprove thee because of thy sacrifices or for thy burnt-offerings because they were not alway before me 9 I will take no bullock out of thine house nor he-goat out of thy folds 10 For all the beasts of the forest are mine and so are the cattel upon a thousand hills 11 I know all the fowls upon the mountains and the wild beasts of the field are in my sight 12 If I be hungry I will not tell thee for the whole world is mine and all that is therein 13 Thinkest thou that I will eat bulls flesh and drink the bloud of goats 14 Offer unto God thanksgiving and pay thy vows unto the most Highest 15 And call upon me in the time of trouble so will I hear thee and thou shalt praise me 16 But unto the ungodly said God Why dost thou preach my laws and takest my covenant in thy mouth 17 Whereas thou hatest to be reformed and hast cast my words behind thee 18 When thou sawest a thief thou consentedst unto him and hast been partaker with the adulterers 19 Thou hast let thy mouth speak wickedness and with thy tongue thou hast set forth deceit 20 Thou satest and spakest against thy brother yea and hast slandered thine own mothers son 21 These things hast thou done and I held my tongue and thou thoughtest wickedly that I am even such a one as thy self but I will reprove thee and set before thee the things that thou hast done 22 O Consider this ye that forget God lest I pluck you away and there be none to deliver you 23 Whoso offereth me thanks and praise he honoureth me and to him that ordereth his conversation right will I shew the salvation of God Miserere mei Deus Psal 51. HAve mercy upon me O God after thy great goodness according to the multitude of thy mercies do away mine offences 2 Wash me throughly from my wickedness and cleanse me from my sin 3 For I knowledge my faults and my sin is ever before me 4 Against thee only have I sinned and done this evil in thy sight that thou mightest be justified in thy saying and clear when thou art judged 5 Behold I was shapen in wickedness and in sin hath my mother conceived me 6 But lo thou requirest truth in the inward parts and shalt make me to understand wisdom secretly 7 Thou shalt purge me with hyssop and I shall be clean thou shalt wash me and I shall be whiter then snow 8 Thou shalt make me hear of joy and gladness that the bones which thou hast broken may rejoyce 9 Turn thy face from my sins and put out all misdeeds 10 Make me a clean heart O God and renew a right spirit within me 11 Cast me not away from thy presence and take not thy holy Spirit from me 12 O give me the comfort of thy help again and stablish me with thy free Spirit 13 Then shall I teach thy ways unto the wicked and sinners shall be converted unto thee 14 Deliver me from bloud-guiltiness O God thou that art the God of my health and my tongue shall sing of thy righteousness 15 Thou shalt open my lips O Lord and my mouth shall shew thy praise 16 For thou desirest no sacrifice else would I give it thee but thou delightest not in burnt-burnt-offerings 17 The sacrifice of God is a troubled spirit a broken and contrite heart O God shalt thou not despise 18 O be favourable and gracious unto Sion build thou the walls of Jerusalem 19 Then shalt thou be pleased with the sacrifice of righteousness with the burnt-burnt-offerings and oblations then shall they offer young bullocks upon thine altar Quid gloriaris Psal 52. WHy boastest thou thy self thou tyrant that thou canst do mischief 2 Whereas the goodness of God endureth yet daily 3 Thy tongue imagineth wickedness and with lies thou cuttest like a sharp rasour 4 Thou hast loved unrighteousness more then goodness and to talk of lies more then righteousness 5 Thou hast loved to speak all words that may do hurt O thou false tongue 6 Therefore shall God destroy thee for ever he shall take thee and pluck thee out of thy dwelling and root thee out of the land of the living 7 The righteous also shall see this and fear and shall laugh him to scorn 8 Lo this is the man that took not God for his strength but trusted unto the multitude of his riches and strengthened himself in his wickedness 9 As for me I am like a green olive-tree in the house of God my trust is in the tender mercy of God for ever and ever 10 I will always give thanks unto thee for that thou hast done and I will hope in thy Name for thy saints like it well Evening Prayer Dixit insipiens Psal 53. THE foolish body hath said in his heart There is no God 2 Corrupt are they and become abominable in their wickedness there is none that doeth good 3 God looked down from heaven upon the children of men to see if there were any that would understand and seek after God 4 But they are all gone out of the way they are altogether become abominable there is also none that doeth good no not one 5 Are not they without understanding that work wickedness eating up my people as if they would eat bread they have not called upon God 6 They were afraid where no fear was for God hath broken the bones of him that besieged thee thou hast put them to confusion because God hath despised them 7 Oh that the salvation were given unto Israel out of Sion Oh that the Lord would deliver his people out of captivity 8 Then should Jacob rejoyce and Israel should be right glad Deus in nomine Psal 54. SAve me O God for thy Names sake and avenge me in thy strength 2 Hear my prayer O God and hearken unto the words of my mouth 3 For strangers are risen up against me and tyrants which have not God before their eyes seek after my soul 4 Behold God is my helper the Lord is with them that uphold my soul 5 He shall reward evil unto mine enemies destroy thou them in thy truth 6 An offering of a free heart will I give thee and praise thy
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