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I ViCTpRL CERTIFICA'T'E. We hereby certify that this Edition of The Book of Common Prayer of the Reformed Episcopal Church, adajtted to the use of congregations in tite Doiitiftion of Canada, has been compared witl» the standard Hook — adopted by the General Council of the said Church, held in the city of New York, in the month of May, 1874; and that it agrees with the sanui except in the additional Versicles in the Morning and Evening Prayer, and in the Prayers and Petitions for those in Civil Authority, in which such changes have been made as accord with the usage of this JJominion. These changes have been approved by the Com- mittee on Doctrine and Worship, in accordance with Title I, Canon 12, g II of Canons of the Re- formed Episcopal Church. Johnston McCormac, H. Alkxandkr, Jamrs Johnson, C. E. Anderson, R. A. Bradley. Ottawa, Dominion of Canada, August, 1874. I CONTENTS. PACfE Certificate „ ii The Preface v Dedaration of Principles of the Reformed Epis- copal Church X Table of Lessons of Holy Scripture, that may be read at Morning and Evening Prayer throughout the year xi The Calendar xiv Canon on the use of this Book of Common Prayer , xvi The Order for Morning Prayer i The Litany, or General Supplication, which may be used at Morning Service, and at other times, as the Minister shall think fit.. . 18 f he Order for Evening Prayer 28 An Alternate Order of Eveni ng Prayer 44 Special Prayers and Thanksgivinps, foruse be- fore the two final Prayers of Morning and Evening Service „ 53 I'he Order for the Administration of the Lord's Supper, or the Holy Communion 76 CONTENTS. PAGE The Collects, Epistles, and Gospels for use throughout the year ico The Psalter: Selected from the Psalms of David 296 Selections of Psalms, for use instead of the Psalms for the Day, at the Discretion of the Minister 445 Special Portions of the Psalter, for use at Morn- ing and Evening Prayer, on Christmas -Day, Easter-Day, etc 4&1 Special Anthems, that may be used at Morn- ing Prayer instead of the Venite Exufiemus. 489 The Order for the Administration of Baptism to Infants 496 The Order for the Administration nf Baptism to Adults 502 The Order of Confirw-^tion 512 The Form of Solemnization of Matrimony. ... 517 The Order for the Burial of the Dead ., 522 The Form of Ordaining Deacons. 536 The Form of O'-daiuing Presbyters 544 The Form of Consecrating a ^ishop 560 The Form for the Public Reception of Presby- ter* 572 The Forra for the Installation of Pastors 575 The Form for the Consecration or Dedication of a Church, or Chapel ^Ri # •*IT 1 blessed made us tn\t/orm be allow Church, mined t ferred to mon con abridged wise dis venient ♦ accordi times an The C testant . States oj respecti^ ♦Theq lace to th( 1? THE PREFACE. ** IT is a most invaluable part of that blessed ^liberty wherewith Christ hath made ui/ree ' — that, in his worship, diflfer- tiat /or/us and usages may without offence be allowed, provided the sttbstance of the faith be kept entire; and that, in every Church, what cannot be clearly deter- mined to belong to doctrine must be re- ferred to discipline ; and, therefore, by com- mon consent and authority may be altered, abridged, enlarged, amended, or other- wise disposed of, as may seem most con- venient for the edification of the people, ' according to thp various exigencies of times and occasions.* "* The Church of England ^ and the Pro- testant Episcopal Church in the United States of Atnerica^ in the Prefaces to their respective Books of Common Prayer, have * The quotations in this Pretace are from the Pre- \3xx to the " Prayer Book of 1785." THE PREFACE. declared " the necessity and expediency of occasional albrations and amendments" in Forms of Public Worship; indeed, upon the principles they have laid down, " it cannot but be supposed that further alterations would in time be found expe- dient." By the Church of England ^ "the Liturgy, in sundry particulars, hath been reviewed, altered and amended about eight different times, from its first publica- tion, accordi'ag to act of parliament in 1549 ; and its last review was in 1661, as it now stands, according to the Act of Umformity^* By the Protestant Episco- pal Chtirch in the ( ^nited States of America ^ the Book of Common Prayer has b \;en twice revised; in 1785, when the "Proposed Book " was adopted in Convention,* and sent to England as a basis for securing the Episcopate ;f and in 1789, when the pre- sent Book of that Church was adopted and i«et forth for use. On the 13th of September, 1689, "a * See Journal of Convention, 178s. t See Journal of Conventions, r785 and 1786. vi commissi Liturgy a a numbe ' than wh edged) tl at any or or better, Thecl at that ti to the " ters wer calmly d< one entii seemed li this grea tliat time Church h position t the Pray remain su When, vine Prov revision < should n; the clear THE PREFACE. commission for a further review of the Liturgy and Canons, etc., was issued out to a number of bishops and other divines; ' than whom (it hath been truly acknowl- edged) the Church of England was never, at any one time, blessed with either wiser or better, since it was a Church.' " The chief matters proposed for a review at that time, will be found in the Preface to the "Prayer Book of 1785." "Mat- ters were well considered, freely and calmly debated ; and all was digested into one entire correction of everything that seemed liable to any just objection. But this great and good work miscarried at tliat time ;" and the Protestant Episcopal Church having, in 1789, retreated from the position taken by the Convention of 1785, the Prayer Books of the two Churches remain substantially unrevised. When, however, in the course of Di- vine Providence, a way was opened for a revision of the Liturgy and Offices, that should more fully harmonize them with the clear teachings of the word of God, vii THE PREFACE. as enunciated by the Protestant Reform- ers, The Reformed Episcopal Church " couid not but, with gratitude to God, embrace the happy occasion which was offered to them, (uninfluenced and unre- strained by any worldly authority whatso- ever,)" to establish such alterations and amendments therein as they deemed ne- cessary and expedient. It seems unnecessary to enumerate all the different alterations and amendments, among which will be found most of those sanctioned by " the great divines of 1689." They will readily appear, and the reason o{ them also, upon a comparison of this Book with that of the Church of England ; ■\)v'ith the "Prayer Book of 1785," upon which this revision is chiefly based; and with the present Book of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America^ ratified in 1789. The principles on which this revision has been conducted, are set forth in the *' Declaration of Principles of the Re- farmed Episcopal Church^'' adopted De- Vfii THE PREFACE. comber 2d, 1873. ^^ *^ hoped thai this l>o()k, as now set forth for use, wili ' e received by every ** member of our Chuich and every sincere Christian, with a meek, candid, and charitable frame of mind, Without prejudice or prepossessions; seri- ously considering what Christianity is, and what the truths of the Gospel are ; and earnestly beseeching Almighty God to ac- company with his blessing every endea- vor for promulgating them to mankind in the clearest, plainest, most affecting, and majestic manner, for the sake of Jesus Christ, our blessed Lord and Saviour." ix DECT.A^'iTION OF PRINCIPLES OF THE KKtORAIED EPISCOPAL CHURCH. Adopted December 2d, i8jj. I. The Reformed Episcopal Church, holdin;.^ " the faith once delivered unto the saints," declares its belief in the -Holy Scriptures of the Old and New 'lestaments as the Word of God, and the sole Rule of Faith and Practice ; in the Creed " commonly called the Apostle's Creed ;" in the Divine institution of the Sacraments of Baptism and the Loril's Supper ; and in the doctrines of grace substantially as tli 'y are set forth in the Thirty-nine Articles of Religion. n. This Church recognizes and adheres to Epi-^eo- pacy, not as of Divine right, but as a very ancient and desirable form of Chiu'ch polity. in. Ihis Church, retaining a Liturgy which shall not be imi)erative or repressive of freedom in pr.iy-.r, accents the Hook of Common Prayer, as it was r..*- vised, proposed, and recommended for use by t'le (rcneral Convention of the Protestant E])i^ciipal Church, A. D. 178s. reserving full liberty to ailer, abridge, enlarge, and amend the same, as may < em most conducive to llieeilificationofthe people, "pro- vided that the substance of the faith be kept en'ire." IV. This Church condenuis and rejects the following erroneous and strange doctrines as jontrai y to Ood's Word : First, That the Church of (Christ exists only in one order or form of ecclesiastical polity : Second, That Cln'istian Ministers are " priests " in another sense th.ui that in which all lielievers are " a royal priesthood :" rhird, That the Lord's Table is an altar on which the oblation of the Hndy and Uhiod (>fChri».'. is offered anew to the Father : Fourth , Tliat the Presence of Christ in the laird's Supper is a presence in the c'enients of (tread and Wine : I'ifth, That Regeneration is Inseparably con- nected with Uapiism. T' V, U,)t •ayr, :is r.;- copal iter, . r-m pro- iro." ry t" lily in i^ (•> " icvcrs ,ir "11 C'luif'. 1 Aud's i(\ aihl y COM- ARTICLES OF RELIGION, AS ADOPTED HY TflE CJENKRAL COUNCIL OF THE REFORMED EPISCOPAL CIHJRCH, ON THE EIGHTEENTH DAY OF MAY, IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD ONE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-FIVE. [Extract from th*^ Minutes of thp Third General Council of the Reformed Episcopal Church, held .'it Chicago, May iStri, 1875 1 : — WiiFurcAs, This Church has, in its Declaration of I'rinciplcs, pmclainiLiJ its belief in tUe doctrinH.s of urace substantially as they were set forth in the Tliirty-nino Articles ; thi^refore, Risoi7<<'ti, As the sense of this Counoi' "^^at the Articles reported by the Committee on )oi:triue and Worship, and accepted at this Council, lie and are hrr.;by adopted, as containinj; substantially the grci.i truths known ;;s the " L)t)Clrincs of (jracc." J isohuuf, That the foret^oiuK preamble an I rcso- luti n he priiUccl as a prefatory note to the Arti- cle!! of Religion. T Article I. 0/ the Holy Trinity. III'^RE is but one living anear a second time with- out sin unto salvation. Then shall he chan;;e the body of our humiliation that il may be fashioned like unto his glorious Ijody. He will take to himself his great power, and shall reign til) he have put all enemies under his feet. and lies, "ec- Art. IV. Of the Holy Ghost. THE Holy Ghost, proceedifig from the Father and the Son, is of one sub- stance, majesty, and glory, with the Father and the Son, very and eternal Cod. It is the work of the Holy Ghost to re- prove and convince the world of sin, and i)( righteousness, and of judgment; to take of the things of Christ and show them to men; to regenerate — making men willing, leading them to faith in Christ, and forming Christ in them the hope of glory ; to strengthen them with might in their inner man, that Christ may xiii ARTICLES OF RELIGION. ^ dwell in their hearts by faith ; and to se- cure in them that walking in the ways of God which is called the Fruit of the Spirit. The True Church is thus called out of the world, and is builded together for an habitation of God, through the Spirit. Art. V. Of the Stifficiency of the Holy Scriptures for Salvation. ALL Scripture is given l)y inspiration of God. Holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost : Holy Scrip- ture is therefore the Word of God ; not only does it contain the Oracles of God, but it is itself the very Oracles of Qoi\. And hence it containeth all things necessary to salvation: so that whatsoever is not read therein, nor may be proved thereby, is not to be recjuired of any man, that it should l)e lielievcd as an article of faith, or be thought requisite or necessary to salvation. In the name of the Holy Scrip- ture we do understand the canonical books of the Old and New Testament, viz : — Of the Old Testament : Gettrsis, J£xoifHs, Lrvitictts, Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges, Ruth, I'h,- isf Hook of Samui^l , ike jd Book o/~ Samuel, XI v ARTICLES OF RELIGION. The rst Book of Kings, The 3d Book of Kings, 'I hf 1st Book c hronicies, The 2d Book Chronicles, The Book of Ezra, 'J he Book of Nchcniiali, The Book oj Esther, The Book of Job, 'The Psalms, 'J he Pro-verbs, Ecilesiastes, Song of Solomon, Isaiah, yeremiah. Lamentations of yere-\ iniah, \ Of the New Testament : Ezekiel, Daniel, Hosca, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, fonah, Micah, Nahum, Jlubukkuk, Zcphaniah, Haggai, Zecha riah. Ma lac hi. Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, Acts of the Apostles, Roinans, 1st Corinthians, jd Corinthians, llalatians, E/ihesians, I'hitifpians, Colossians, tst 'timothy, 2d 'timothy, 'Titus, Philemon, liebretvs^ fames, 1st Peter, 2d Peter, 1st fohn, 2d fohn, ^d fohn, fiide. t he lievetation. /it Thessalonians, 2d thessalonians. The Hi)i)k coiniuouly called "The Apoc- iv'pha" is not a portion of (iod's Word, and is not thi'iolore to he read in cluuches, nor to i)e used in estahUshiii^ any chjctrine. Art. VT. Oft/ie 0/d Te Wl tion of ohedieni not of ihev ma ceive gr Art. X RIXJF the the soul ARTICLKS OF RFJIGION. T in them that are reijenerated. And al- though there is no condemnation for them that are in Christ Jesus, yet the Apostle doth confess, that concupiscence or lust in such hath of itself the nature of sin. Art. VIII. Of Man's Condition by Na- ture. HE condition of man after the fall of Adam, is such, that he cannot turn an 1 prepare himself, by his own natural strength and good works, to faith, and calling upon God. WhL.efore we have no power to do good works pleasant and acceptable to God, without the grace of God by Christ first inclining us, that we may have a good will, and working with us, when we have that good will. Art. IX. Of Works before Justification. WORKS commonly called good before the grace of Christ and the insjiira- tion of his Spirit, have not the nature of obedience to Gt)d, forasmuch as they spring not of Faith in Jesus Christ, neither do ihey make men meet to deserve, or to re- ceive grace. Art. X. Of Kei^eneration^ or the New Birth. RKCiKNERATION is the creative act of the Holy Ghost, whereby he imparts to the soul a new spiritual life. xvii ARTICLES OF RELIGION. And "whosoever bclieveth in Christ is born again, for, saith the Scripture, " ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus." Art. XI. Of Faith. THE faith which brings justification Is simply the reliance or dependence on Christ which accepts him as the sacrifice for our sins, and as our righteousness. We may thus rely on Christ, either tremblingly or confidingly ; but in either case it is saving faith. If, though tremb- lingly, we rely on him in his obedience for us unto death, instantly we come into union with him, and are justified. If, however, we confidingly rely on him, then have we the comfort of our justification. Simply by faith in Christ are we juslilied and saved. Art. XII. Of the Justification of Man. WE are pardoned and accounted rii^ht- eous ])efore (iod, only for the Merit of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, by Faith ; and not for our own Works or Deseivings. He who knew no sin was made sin for us, that we niight be made the righteousness of God in him. He xviii t bare our 5 our heave without provide of Christ, fully paid fully satii- the right do believ their rans fulfilled in him, a man may W^herefor only, is i very full ( Ai THE R is a cl is the e wrought 1 The un of r''»^f)rs( and yet 1 mind tow but wher viour, th« mind, anc unto life, ARTICLES OF RELIGION. bare our sins in his own body. It pleased our heavenly Father, of his infinite mercy, without any our desert or desemng, to provide for us the most precious sacrifice of Christ, whereby our ransom might be fully paid, the law fulfilled, and his justice fully satisfied. So that Christ is himself the righteousness of all them that truly do believe in him. He for them paid their ransom, by his death. He for them fulfilled the law, in his life. So that now in him, and by him, every true Christian man may be called a fulfiller of the law. Wherefore, that we are justified by Faith only, is a most wholesome doctrine, and very full of comfort. Art. XIII. Of Repentance. THE Repentance required by Scripture, is a change of mind toward God, and is the effect of the conviction of sin, wrought by the Holy Ghost. The unconverted man may have a sense of r'»»Tiorse, or of shame and self-reproach, and yet he may have neither a change of minil toward God, nor any true sorrow ; but when he accepts Christ as his Sa- viour, therein he manifests a change of mind, and is in [wsscssion of re^ientance unto life. The sinner comes \.j Christ xix ARTICLES OF RELIGION. through no labored process of repenting and sorrowing ; but he comes to Christ and repentance both at once, by means o; simply believing. And ever afterwards his repentance is deep and genuine in proportion as his faith is simple and childlike. Art. XIV. Of the Sonship of Believers, BELIEVERS in Christ are born of God, through the regenerating power of his Spirit, and are partakers of the Di- vine nature ; for if " that which is born of the flesh is flesh," so "that which is born of the Spirit is spirit." And all who are thus born of God are sons of God, and joint heirs with Christ; and therefore, without distinction of name, brethren with Christ and with one another. Art. XV. Of Good Works. GOOD Works, which are the Fruits of Faith, and follow after Justification, are pleasing and acceptable to God in Christ, and do spring out, necessarily, of a true and lively Faith ; insomuch that by them a lively faith may be as evidently known, as a tree discerned by the fruit. They who truly believe will seek to do the will of God, and they who do not XX thus seel believers. Art. XV VOLUI abov( they call not be impiety, that they as much that they bounden Christ sai all that are unpn Art. X H OLY the 1 by men rr work anc any merit secured t* a nee, sot and etcn him are i nov/ justi tlu)unh tl sense of i ARTICLES OF RELIGION. thus seek are not to be accounted true believers. Art. XVI. Of Works of Supererogation. VOLUNTARY Works, besides, over and above God's Commandments, which they call Works of Supererogation, can- not be taught without arrogancy and impiety. For by them men do declare, that they do not only render unto God as much as they are bound to do, but that they do more for his sake than of bounden duty is required : Whereas Christ saith plainly. When ye have done all that are commanded to you, say, We are unprofitable servants. Art. XVII. Salvation only in Christ. HOLY Scripture doth set out unto us the name of Jesus Christ only, where- by men must be saved. His was a finished work and completely sufficient. Without any merit or deserving on our part he has secured to believers in him pardon, accept- ance, sonship, sanctification, redemption and eternal glory. Those who believe in him are in him complete. They are even nnv.' justified and have a present salvation; tiu>iinh they may not at all times have the sense of its possession. xxi ARTICLES OF RELIGION. A RT. X V 1 1 1 . Of Election . Predestiti ation and Free Will. TV - . »i^E the Scriptures distinctly set forth IT the election, predestination and crJl- ing of the people of (iod unto eternnl life, as Christ saith : " All that the Father giveth me shall come to me;" they no less positively affirm man's free agency and responsibility, and that salvation is freely ottered to all through Christ. This Church, accordingly, simply affirms these doctrines as the Word of God cets them forth, and submits them to the indi- vidual iudgment of its members, as taught by the Holy Spirit; strictly charging them that God commandeth all men eveiywhtre to repent, and that we can be saved only l->y faith in Jesus Christ. Art. XIX. Of Sin offer Con7'crsion. THE grant of repentance is not to be de- nied to such as fall into sin after con- \ ersion : that is to say, after, by the quick- ening into life by the Holy Ghost, they ha\e turnefl to God by faith in Christ, and have been brought into that change of mind which is repentance unto life. For after we have received the Holy Ghost we may, through unbelief, care- lessness, and worldliness, fall into sin, xxii £nd b\' again, : such fa Lord, a Art. X CHRI mad excepted both in came \.u by sacrii should and sin liut all in Chrisi if we sa; selves, a THE I who partaker the Falh bodv of flock of universal A vis gregatior \Vord ol ARTICLES OF RKLIGION. only and by the jjjrace of God we in.n arise again, and amend our lives ; but every such fall is a grievous dishonor to our Lord, and a sore injury to ourselves. Art. XX. Of Christ alone, witJwut Sin. CHRIvST, in the truth of our nature, was made like unto us in all things, sin only excepted, from which he was clearly void, both in his fle.-.h, and in his spirit. He came to be the Lamb without spot, who, by sacrifice of himself, made once forever, should take away the sin of the world; and sin (as St. John saith) was not in him. liut all we the rest, although born aga-n in Christ, yet offend in many things; and if we say we have no sin, we deceive our- selves, and the truth is not in us. Art. XXL Of the. Church. THL souls dispersed in ail the world, wh(j adhere to Christ by faith, who are partakers of the Holy Ghost, and worship the Father in spirit and in truth, are the body of Christ, the house of God, the flock of the Good Shepherd- — the holy, universal Christian Church. A visible Church of Christ is a con- gregation of believers in which the pure Word of God is preached, and Baptism xxiii ARTICLES OF RELIGION, and the Lord's Supper are duly ministered according to Christ's ordinance, in a'.l those things that of necessity are requisite to th-e same. And those things are to he considered requisite wliich the Lord him- self did, he himself commanded, and his apostles confirmed. As the Church of Jerusalem, Alexan- dria, Antioch and Rome, have erred : so. also others have erred and may err, not only in their living and manner of Ceremo- nies, hut also in matters of Faith. Art. XXTL Of the Authority of a Church, A CHURCH hath power to decree Cere monies, and to establish forms of wor ship, and laws for the government and di^ cipline of its members, and to declare it^ v>\\\\ faith ; yet it is not lawful for any ("hurch to ordain or decide anything tlui( is contrarv to (iod's Word written, neilhcr may k so expound one place of Scripture, that it be repugnant to another. And as the (.'hurch ought not to decree any thing against the same, so besides tlu' same ought it not to enforce anything lo l)e believed for necessity of sahation. 'Ilie N'ccne Creed, as set forth in the Pi;n'or-bi)uk of this Church, and that wliich is conuuoniy culled the Apostles" xxiv Creed, c for they ture. Art. X5 GENE be a l>e not g( of God) erred, n also in tl fore thill sary to .-. on a Chi may be ] holy Scri override therefore I'or tlie distinctly Wonl. '' Word wi Art. XX T HOSE oftice iug the ARTICLES OF RELIGION. a'.; Creed, ought to be received a'i t(> be imdc'-'ood as meaning only a synd)ol or sign o.vMiely appointed. Our T.t)rd Jesus Christ halh knit together his people in a visible company by sacra- ments, most few in number, most easy to xxvi ARTICLES OF RELIGION. be kept, most excellent in signification, viz: Baptism and the Lord's Supi)L-r. Those five sm and the Lord's Supper, for that they h ive not any visil)le sign or ceremony ordained of Ood. And in such only as worthily receive rja|)lism and the Lord's Supper are ih'.'y of spiritual benelit, an be rese worshiped Art. ^PME Cui -I t(j any '>read and and com in lerud to ai ARTICLES OF RELIGION. :alh, mb')l Am. I t we te of lo the of Scripture, overt: hroweth the nature of a sacrament, and hath given occaiiion to many and idolatro is superstitions. ConsubstantiaLicii (or the doctrine that Christ is veiled under the unchani^ed bread and wine, \nd that his very body and blood are pre. out therein and separate the one from the other) is utterly without warrant of Scriptiue, is contradictory of the fact that Christ, being raised, dielh no more, and is pr(,>ductive equally with transubstantiation, of idolatrous erroi^s and practices. We feed on Christ only through his word, and only by faith and prayer; and we feed on him, whether at our private devotions, or in our meditations, or on any ocMsion of public worship, or in the memorial symbolism of the Suiii)er. The elements of the Lord's Supper were not by Christ's ordinance designed to be reserved, carried about, lifted up, or worshiped. Art. XXVIII. 0/ both Kinds. fpilE Cup of the Lord is not to be denied L to any of his people, for both the bread and the wine, by Christ's ordinance and commandment, ought to be miuis- icred to all Christian men alike. xxix ARTICLES OF RELIGION. A.RT. XXIX. Of Unworthy Persons Min- istering in the Congregation, ALTHOUGH in the visible Church the evil be ever mint^led with the good, and sometimes the evil have chief au- thority in the ministration of the word and ordinances : yet, forasmuch as they do not the same in their own name, but ill Christ's, the believer is not deprived of the benefits of God's ordinances; be- cause, though they be ministered by evil men, yet are they Christ's institution, and set forth in his promise. ^'^vertheless, it appertainetli to the dis- cipline of the Church, that in([uiry be made of evil ministers, and that they be accused by those that have knowledge of their oflences: and fuially, being found guilty, by just judgment, be deposed. Ain\ XXX. Of the one Oblation of Christ finished upon the Cross. THE Offering of Christ once made is that perfect redemption, jMopitiation, and satisfaction, for all the sins of the whole world, both original and actual; and there is none other satisfaction for sin, but that alone. And as there is only this one sacrifice in the Christian Church, once made, never to be repeated, so there is XXX hut the Apostle \Vheref( which i offers C for the represer sacrifice gerous ci Art. X: THE I gatoi no supp are, bes l)letenes tion in faith, an God ih dead is and is i: ings of A luiconver images, sides til warranty tices, (11: misiu'^r ( also rtpi have pul ARTICLES OF RELIGION. hut the one Prie^t, even Jesus Christ, the Apostle and Hi<^h Priest of our protession. Wherefore the sacrifices of Masses, in the which it is commonly said that the Priest offers Christ for the (juick and the dead, for the remission of pain or guilt, or any representations of the Lord's Supper as a sacrifice, are blasphemous fables and dan- gerous deceits. A RT . XXXI. Of Certa in Erroneous Doc- trines and Practices. THE Romish doctrines concerning pur- gatory, penance, and satisfaction, have no support from the w^ord of (iod, anil are, besides, contradictory of the com- ])leteness and sufficiency of the redemp- tion in Jesus Christ, of justification by faith, and of the sanctifying efficacy of God the Holy Ghost. Praying for the dead is man's tradition, vainly invented, and is in violation of the express warn- ings of Almighty God to the careless and unconverted. The adoration of relics and images, and the invocation of saints, he- sides that they are grounded \\\>o\\ no warranty of Scripture, are idolatrous prac- tices, dishonoring to God, and compro- mising the mediatorship of Christ. It is also repugnant to the word of God, to have public j)rayer in the Church, or to xxxi ARTICLES OF RELIGION. minister the ordinances, in a tongue not understood by the people. Art; XXXII. Of Confession and Abso- lution. PRIVATE confession of sins to a priest, commonly known as Auricular Con- fession, has no foundation in the word of God, and is a human invention. It makes the professed penitent a slav^e to mere human authority, entangles him in endless scruples and peq:)lexities, and opens the way to many immoralities. If one sin against his fellow-man, the Scripture requires him to make confession to the offended party; and so, if one sin and bring scandal upon the Christian Society of which he is a member. And Christians may often, with manifest profit, confess to one another their sins against God, with a view solely to instruction, correction, guidance, and encouragement in righteousness. But in any and every case confession is still to be made to God ; for all sins are committed against him, as well such as offend our fellow-man, as those that offend him alone. Priestly absolution is a blasphemous usurpation of the sole prerogative of God. None can forgive sins as against God but God alone. xxxii Art. ARTICLES OF RELIGION. The blood of Jesus Christ only can cleanse us from our sins, and always we obtain forj,'iveness directly from God, whenever by faith in that blood we ap- jjroach him with our confessions and prayere. Art. XXXIII. Of the Marriage of Ministers. CHRISTIAN Ministers are not com- manded by God's Law, either to vow the estate of single life, or to abstain from marriage; therefore it is lawful for them, as for all other Christian men, to marry at their own discretion. Art. XXXIV. Of the Pmver of the Civil Authority, THE power of the civil majristrate ex- tendeth to all men, as well Ministers as people, in all things temporal ; but hath no authority in things purely spiritual. And we hold it to be the duty of all men who are professors of the Gospel, to pay respectful obedience to the civil authority, regularly and legitimately constituted. Art. XXX\ . Of Christian Men's Goods. THE riches and goods of Christian men are not common, but their own, to be xxxiii ARTICLES OF RELIGION. controlled and used according to their Christian judgment. Every man ouglit, of such things as he jxissesseth, liberally to give alms to the poor, according to his ability; and as a steward of God, he should use his means and influence in promoting the cause of truth and righte- ousness, to the glory of God. I hereby certify that the above is a tnie Copy of the Articles of Religion of the Reformed Episci)pal Church, adopted in General Council, at Chicago, Illinois, May, 1875. May 25th, 1875. HERBERT B. TURNER, Secretary. TABLI MORNINQ \ SUNDAYS AND QUwr JJays Advrnt Sun I day. ! 2 Sun. in Ad. I Chn'xtnias, i \ S. after Ch. ii '-^ , I Epii'liany. ills, after E. :' » 'A 4 5 Si'jttiiiujesi- ma. i i Se.cugesitna. \\ Qitinqiin- 1 1 gr.iiima. i j j. Ash iVednes 1 1 day. II \ S. in Lrnl i 'i I 4 ' [NoTK TABLE OF LESSONS OF HOLY SCRIPTURE, THAT MAY BE RKAD AT MORNING AND EVENING PRAYER THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. MORNING. EVENING. SUNDAYS AND First Skcond First Second OtiUT Days. Lksson. Lksso.v. Lkk.son. Lksso.n. Advrtit Sun- day. Isaiuh 11 Matt. 24 : 23, otc. l-saiah 2: 10, etf. 2 Peter 1 2 Sun. in Ad. Jer. 23: 1-8 Mark 13: 24, Lsaiah65: 17, 1 Thes. 4 : 13. etc. etc. etc. 3 32 : :«v-42 Acts 3: 12, etc. Jer. 33: 4-18 Kora. 11 : 11, etc. 4 Dan. 2 : 36-45 Matt. 25: 1-13 Mai. 4 2 Thes. 1 Chnnfmaa. Is. 9 : 1-8 Luke 2: 1-14 Is. 7: 10-16 Gal. 4: 1-7 1 S. lifter Ch. 35 2: 21-40 Micah 5: 2-8 Heb. 1 2 40: 1-U Matt. 1: 18, etc. Is. 42: 1-16 Uom. 2 Epijihany. 6() Matt. 2 ; 1-11 49: 5-12 Acta 10: 24, etc. 1 S. after E. 51: 1-16 Matt. 2: 13, etc. 40: 12, etc. 1 Cor. 3 2 Hag. 2: 1-19 Luke 2: 41, etc. la. 52: 7-12 i; 3 iHuiab 59 Julin 1: 1-.34 43: 9-21 2 Cor. 4 4 III Matt. 5 : 1-20 62 5 6 63 5: 21, etc. Jer. 10: 1-24 Gal. 5 ti 65: 17, etc. Matt. 6: 1^, etc. Isaiah 32 6 Sfptn.agesi- ma. Jcr. 5 : 20, vAc Matt. 7 : 1-U Kzekiel 2 Kph. 1 Sexugesinia. 31: 1-20 7: 15, etc. Jer. 31 : 27-.37 2 QitinijiKi- gvaima. Ounesis 3 Mark 10 : 32-45 Lam. 3 : 1-33 Rom. 6 Aah n'edncs day. UnUih 58 Luke 5: 27, etfl. Is. 38: 10-19 if ark 9 : 14-29 1 S. in Lint. 1 : l-'20 Matt. 10: l-;il Jer. 9: 1-10 Kph. 5: 1-21 2 2: 1-9 Lu. 10: 17. etc Is. 5; 1-25 (i: 10, etc. 8 H: 5-1 S Miirk 10: l-l(i .13: 15, etc. Phil. 2: 1-18 4 4 1 : 8-27 •lohii 10; 1-21 Hub. 3 3: 1-14 [NoTB.— The flgurea 1-8, Miguitl m Initb vcrHeH inoIiiKive.] XXXV LESSONS— CON T [ N UED. . 1 SUNDAYS MORNING. KVK.MNO. B SUNDAYS »n *j *^ 1 ' .^ & nj AND FlHST Skcond FlTWT Skcond Othe.r Days. liESSON. Lk880N. Lbsson. Lkssoh. ■ 1 T^fc*»S/» M^tMifmt 1 m ■ 1 5 S. in Lent. Wicah 6: 6, John 10: 22, Mic. 7: 1-19, Col. 1 1 a.V.a/.JVm.l eui. etc. ■ . 1 Oeii. Ti : l-li> John 11: 47, etc. Isaiah 64 Ueb. 5: 1-10 , h 1 if on. he/ore Kaatcr. Nah. 1: 2-7 Lu. 19 : 29-44 Hooea 4: 6, John 12: 1? etc. 20^«i Tuea. heforo Kiistcr, Ho^ea 6: 1, Mark 11 : Hosea 14: 1, Luke 20:^^6 , 1 ; 8 1 9 10 etc. 12-19 etc. Wed. he.fore [ Easier. Jer. 27 : 5-18 Murk 11: 20, Jer. 23 : 16-32 Matt. 24: 1-22 ! 11 Tfiurs. be/. etc. JCiiater. U: 7, etc. Luke 22: 1-13 Ex. 12: 1-17 Mark 14 : 12-27 'l2 Good Fi-iday Is.,i2: 13, etc aud Is. 53 23:1-46 l8. 50: 1-9 Luke 23 : 50-56 j; 1=^ Sat. lit/ore ' 14 JJaster. Hosca 11: 7, John 19: 38, Jonah 2 : 1-9 Mark 15 : 42, oto. etc. etc. i 15 Easter Day. Isiiiah 12 Mark 16: 1-14 Is. 26: 1-13 Jolm 20: 19, ', aud 19 etc. i ! 16 Easter Xoii- li "* day. Hosea 13 : 9-12, 14, 15 Lu. 24 : 13-35 Dan. 7: 9-14 Luke 24 : 3ft-48 1 " Eastr.r Tuea- j 18 t'tt.v. ^ech. 9: 9, Matt. 28 : 1-8 Mai. 3: 16, Matt. 28: 9, 1 1 ■ e((!. etc. etc. 1 ii 19 J S. aft. V.w4. t<:\. 15: 1-13 .Johnl 1:21-44 Is. 45: 5, etc. Rev. 1: 4-18 2 Is. U: 21, etc. Lu. 20 : 27-38 55 1 Cor.l5: l-.W 20 ? Gen. 21 : 1-14 16: 19-31 Daniel 12 16 : 35, eto. 1 21 1 1 Kings 17: Acts 2 : 22-36 Kzek. 18 : 20, Rev. 4 1 17. etc. etc. ii 32 k 2 Kings 4: John 5 : 17-29 2 Sam. 12: 7 : 9, etc. 18-37 15-23 23 iKcenaion- \ •iaty- 2 Kings 2: Luke 24: 44, Deut. 10 : 15: 1-4 H 1-15 etc. 12-21 25 Wwida;i after i 26 , .\xv.<:ii»ion.. )\ hit- Sun- Joel 2 : 21-29 John 16 : &-16 Deut. 18: 9-20 19: 1-16 j 27 \ day. Kznk. 87: Acts 4: 5-32 Kzek. 3: 16, Acts 19: 1-7 'trinity Sun- 1 (/(/,'/ 1-14 Gen. 1: 1-28 Matt. 3 etc. Ex. 3: 1-15 1 1 John 5: 1-13 1 [VoT«t.-T>£ prcaciit \\m\ a I'V tho GiMier l>iaco, may bo S. aft. Trin. 8: ll.eto. John 3 Gen. 7 : 6, etc Heb. 1 Gen. 8 3: 1-21 11: 1-9 Aote 9: 1-22 , - ' — - — •- — — ■ ■■■'- ■ — xxxvi LESSONS— CONTINUED. 1 : 1-10 12: I 0:»-i6 !4: 1-22 14: r 23: i 15 : 42, 0: 19, 24: 1 28: 9, ■ : 4-18 ' J: I-:t4 >: 35, 4 ; 9, etc. 5:1-4 : 1-16 ': 1-7 1 i »:1-I3 j 1-22 i '. SUNDAYS MORNING. KVKNING. First Second FlMT Second Other Day: LwtSON. Lkhsun. Leh.ion. Lkhhun. 3 S. af, Trin. Gen. 12: 1-8 Jolm 3: 22, etc. Gen. 17 : 1-22 Acts IC : 9--;i4 4 Gen. 18 : 17-22 JohB 4: 1-26 Oeu. 19: 1-29 Acts 20 etc. 17. 5 Gen. 32: 21-30 John 4: 27, cto. 43 Acts 26 ft Gen. 45: 1-15 Luke 4: 16-37 49 Rom. 1: l-i) 7 E.X. 14: 1-14 Matt. 12 : Ex. 14: 15, 3: i9,. 1-21 etc. etc. 8 Num. 22: 1-17 Matt.l2:22-37 Num. 23 Ruuiuns 6 9 Num. 24 Mutt. 8 : 1-17 Deut. 7 8 10 Deut. 32: 1-29 Luke 7: 11-35 32: 29-47 12 11 Josh. 1: 1-9 Luke 7: 36, etc. Judg. 6 : 11-24 1 Cor. 1 12 1 Sam. 1 : 21-28; 2: 1-11 Luke 12: 1-31 1 Bam 3 2 13 1 Sam. 7: Luke 12: 32, u: 4, 10 1-13 etc. etc. 14 1 Sam. 10: 17, etc. Matt. 13 : 1-32 1 Sam. 12 12 15 I Sam. 17 : Matt. 13: 33, 17: 38, OrI. 1 19-37 etc. etc. 16 ISam. 28: 3-20 John 7 : 1-24 2 Sam. 5 : 1-12 3 17 2 Sam. 7 : 7: 25, 2 Sara. 7 : 18. Gol. 2 1-17 eto. etc. 18 2 Sam. 24: Matt. 16: 13, 1 Kings 2: 3 10, ct«. etc. 1-12 19 1 Kings 8: I'-'-W Matt. 17 1 Klnirs 8 : 41. etc. 1 Thcsi. 1 20 1 Kings 11 : Lukc 10; 25, 1 Kings 12: 5 2(i, etc. etc. 1-21 21 1 Kings 18 : Lnkc 14: 15. 1 Kings 18: 1 Tim. 1 l-'.'O oto. 2t). etc. 22 1 Kiugg 19 : 1-18 Luke 15 1 King.i 7 4 23 2 Kings 19: 14-35 16: l-i: Job 1 2 Tim. 1 'l\ .Toh 2 18: 1-30 Proverbs 1 1 Peter 1 25 Proverbs 2 19: 1-27 ;i 2 Peter 3 26 16 Mark 12: 1-17 16 1 John 1 2: 1-7 and 27 Reel. 12 John 9 Daniel a 1 John 8 [VoTK.— TV foregoing Table of Lesson;* has been prepared for prrsciit u»t>, iind will he subji'cteil to amontlinent from time to time uy the (Ji'iieral (Viuncil. Other Lussons, .siiitiible to the tim« or piaoo, miiy be usctl in conJucling tht* Sijrvloea of this Church.] xxxvii ' I I a X his Hi t^3 J, Mill •Uns-uiiAV (•.aipR.iniix) no)t)uooHy •Atijitinv^ ?^ ??. -""^ ^ s ft " "' ^ a ?; n ^ " ■? ?5 s " • "~ "• 'l MDlHtlllfil uapl.iti •rt r - ^ r; X >' »> >« « 'O i; 2 - a « « l: «^ 'X? ;C r- r. 2 ^ :: *! 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I 'C s» * "S * •♦ '- * "* i3 *■' 3i ' - i" S il "> I.'; !9 : - . :r.jf:i^. a -' . a - . a-ii e.e . ci ^ . a ui c -:' . a .a . tJ *J ; I A '■' ■^ '■> • ti ^ • e« V • ?!.•■'«'-'. rt 1) ■. « I' .1 ■- ■ »)'.'• *,*'■. d 4> %• ^ t^ U ll p4 (•! fH 9^ t^ ^< P"^ ^^ 1*1 ^•i ^*' f^ •"* xxxiz lExtract/rom the C'^nans of the I'efor copal Church.] ' E/is TITLE I. Canon ta. — Of the Use of the Prayer-Bock. {> I. On occasions of public worship, invariably on the morning of the Lord's day, commonly cailt d Sunday, and at other times at the discretion of the Minister, the Prayer-liook set forth at any time iiy the Gknei-al Cotincil is to be used in the congrej;;!- »ions of this Church ; Provided, that nothing in this Canon is to be understood as precluding ex- tempore prayer before or after sermons, or on emer- gent occasions. 3 II. Congregations in the Dominion of Canavl. .•,nd in i>thcr countries, shall have liberty ter, Amen. f Then the Minister shall say the Lord's Prayer ; the people repeating it with him, both here and wheresoever else it is used in Divine Service. OUR Father, who art in heaven, Hal- lowed be thy Name. Thy kingdom MORNING PRAYER. come. Thy will be done on earth, As it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, As we forgive those who 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. f Then likewise he shall say, O Lord, open thou our lips. Anszver, And our mouth shall show forth thy praise. Minister. O God, make speed to save us. Answer. O Lord, make haste to help us. f Here, all standing up, the Minister shall say, Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost; Ansuver. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen. Minister. Praise ye the Lord. Answer. The Lord's Name be praised. ^f Then shall be said or sung the following Anthem, except on those days for which other Anthems are appointed. Venitey Exultctnus Domino, O COME, let -..s sing unto the Lord, let us heartily rejoice in the strength of our salvation. 7 ♦ MORNING PRAYER, presence with Let us come before 1 thanksgiving, and show ourselves glad in him with psalms. For the Lord is a great God ; and a great King above all gods. In his hand are all the comers of the earth; and the strength of the hills is his also. The sea is his, and he made it ; and his hands prepared the dry land. O come, let us worship, and fall down ; and kneel before the Lord our Maker. For he is the Lord our God ; and we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand. O worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness ; let the whole earth stand in awe of him. For he cometh, for he cometh to judge the earth ; and with righteousness to judge the world, and the people with his truth. ^ Then shall tollow a portion ot the Psalter. After which may be said or sung, the Gloria Patri, or else the Gloria in Excelsis. Gloria Patri. 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. 8 * MORNING PRAYER. f Or this. Gloria in Excelsis. GLORY be to God on high, and on earth peace, good will towards men. We praise thee, we bless thee, we worship ihee, we glorify thee, we give thanks to thee, for thy great glory, O Lord God, heavenly King, God the Father Almighty. O Lord, the only begotten Son, Jesus Christ ; O Lord God, Lamb of God, Son i>t the Father, that takest away the sins of the world, have mercy upon us. Thou that takest away the sins of the world, have mercy upon us. Thou that takest away the sins of the world, receive our prayer. Thou that sittcst at the right hand of God the Father, hav mercy upon us. For thou only art holy; thou only art the Lord; thou only, O Christ, with the Moly Ghost, art most high in the glory of God the Father. Amen. <[ Then shall be read the first Lesson, from the Old Testament. After which shall be said or sung the following Anthem. ^1 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 Lauciamus. WE praise thee, O God; we acknowl- edge thee to be the Lord. 9 * MORNING PRAYER. All the earth doth worship thee, th« Father everlasting. To thee all Angels cry aloud; the Heavens, and all the Powers therein. To thee Cherubim and Seraphim con- tinually do cry, Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord od of Sabaoth. Heaven and earth are full of tne 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 ail the world doth acknowledge thee ; The Father, of an infinite Majesty; Thine adorable, true, ana 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 humble thyself to be born of a Virgin. When thou hadst overcome the sharp- ness of death, thou didst open the King- dom of Heaven to all believers. Thou sittest at the right hand of God, in the Glory of the Fatherk 10 * MORNING PRAYER. We believe that thou shalt come to be our Judge. We therefore pray thee, help thy ser- vants, whom thou hast redeemed with thy precious blood. Make them to be numbered with thy Saints, in glory everlasting. O Lord, save thy people, and bless thine heritage. Govern them, and lift them up forever. Day by day we magnify thee ; And we worship thy Name ever, world without end. Vouchsafe, O Lord, to keep us this day without sin. O Lord, have mercy upon us, have mercy upon us. O Lord, let thy mercy be upon us, as our trust is in thee. O Lord, in thee have I trusted ; let me never be confounded. *f 'I'hen shall be read the second Lesson, taken out of the New Testament. And after that the fol- lowing Anthem. yiibilate Deo. Psalm c. 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 Lord he is God, it is he that hath made us, and not we our- 11 * MORNING PRAYER. selves ; we are his people and the sheep of his pasture. U go your way into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise; be thankful unto him, and speak j;ood of his Name. For the Lord is gracious, his mercy is everlasting; and his truth endureth from generation to generation. f Or this. Benedictus. St. Luke i, 68. BLESSED be the Lord Ciod of Israel ; for he hath visited and redeemed his people ; And hath raised up * mighty salvation for us in the house of hi. servant David; As he spake by the mouth of his holy Prophets, which have been since the world began ; That we should be saved from our ene- mies, and from the hand of all that hate us. ^ Then shall be said the Apostles' Creed, by ll»c Ministe- and the people, standing : And any churches may insert after the words. Was cruci- fied, dead, and buried t the words, He descended into Hell, or the words, He went into the place of departed spirits. 1 BELIEVE in God the Father Al- mighty, Maker of Heaven and Earth; And in Jesus Christ his only Son our MORNING PRAYER. Lord; Who was conceived by the Ho^y Ghost, Born of the Virgin Mary, SufiFered under Pontius Pilate, Was crucified, dead, and buried ; The third day he rose from the dead; He ascended into Heaven; And sittelh on the right hand of God the Father Ahnighty; From thence he shall come to judiije the quick and the dead. I believe in the Holy Ghost ; The Holy Catholic Church — the Communion of Saints ; The forj^iveness of sins ; The resurrection of the body; And the life everlasting. Amen. ^ Or this. I BELU^VE in one God, the Father Almighty, Maker of Heaven and P!)arth, and of all things visible and invisible: And in one Lord Jesus Christ, the only begotten Son of God, begotten of his Father before all worlds; God of God, Light of Light, very God of vc*" God, begotten, not made, being of one substance with till' Father; by whom all tb ags were made; who for us men, and for our salva lion, came down from Heaven, and was incarnate by the Holy (ihost of the Virgin Mary, and was made man, nnd was cruci- fied also for us iinder Pontius IMlate. He sulTered and was burieil, and the third day he rose again, according to the Scriptures, MORNING PRAYER. and ascended into Heaven, And sitteth on the right hand of the Father. And he shall come again with glory to judge both the quick and the dead ; Whose kingdom shall have no end. And I believe in the Holy Ghost, the Lord and Giver of Life, Who proceedeth from the Father and the Son, Who with the Father and the Son together is worshipped and glorified, Who spake by the Prophets. And I believe one Catholic and Apostolic Church ; I acknowledge one Baptism for the remission of sins ; And I look for the Resurrection of the dead, And the Life of the world to come. Amen. [Nt)TH. By "Ont.- Citholic and Apostolic Church" is signifif-'d " The blessed company of all faithful people ;" and by " One Baptism for the remission of sins" the Riptism of the Holy Ghost.] ^ Then the Minister shall say, The Lord be with you. Answer, And with thy spirit. Minister. Let us pray. O Lord, show thy mercy U]M)n us. Answer. And grant us thy salvation. Minister. O God, make clean our hearts within us. Ans7aer. And lake not thy Holy Spirit from us. 14 * *• Then ma when th< the Coll O GO and love whom s service humlile L-nemies", defence, ;\(lversari Christ on O LOT- and eve l)rought 1 ncf:;ul power ; into no s danger; ordered eous in our Lore ^ The tw the Uo Litany A r O L( and mi^ MORNING PRAYER. *" Then may follow the Collect for the day, except when the Cominunion Service is read : and then the Collect for the day shall be omitted here. A Collect for Peace. O GOD, who art the author of peace ;ind lover of concord, in knowledge of whom standeth our eternal life, whose service is perfect freedom ; Defend us thy luimhle servants in all assaults of our Liiemies; that we, surely trusting in thy defence, may not fear the power of any iulversaries, through the might of Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. A Collect for Grace. O LORD, our heavenly Father, Almighty and everlasting God, who hast salely brought us to the beginning of this day; I)»'f.,;id us in the same with thy mighty power ; and grant that this day we fall into no sin, neither run into any kind of danger; but that all our doings, being ordered by thy governance, may be right- eous in thy sight; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. ^ The two following Prayers, for the Queen and the Roy.il F;»mily, to he read only when the l.itany is omitted. A Prayer for the Queen'' s Majesty. O LORD, our heavenly Father, high and mighty, King of kings, I^rd of lords, 16 * MORNING PRAYER. the only Ruler of Princes, who dost from thy throne behold all the dwellers upon earth ; Most heartily we beseech thee with thy favor to behold our most gracious Sovereijijn Lady, Queen VICTORIA; and so replenish her with the grace of thy Holy Spirit, that she may alway incline to thy will, and walk in thy way : Endue her plenteously with heavenly gifts ; grant her in health and prosperity long to live ; strengthen her that she may vancjuish and overcome all her enemies; and finally, after this life, may she attain cverlastinj^^ joy and felicity; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. A Prayer for the Royal Family, ALMICHTY God, the ft)untain of all goodness, we humbly beseech thee Ik) bless Albert Ed^vard Prince of Wales, the Princess of Wales, and all the Royal Family : Endue tht in with thy Holy Spirit; enrich them with thy heavenly grace; prosper tlicm with all h.Tppiness; and bring them to thine everlasting kingdon us miserable sinners. KeuKuiher not, Lord, our offences, nor the offences of our forefathers ; neither take thou vengeance of our sins: spare us, good Lord, spare thy peo[)le, whom thou hast redeemed with thy most pre- cious blood, and be not angry with us forever. Spore us good Lord. From all evil and mischief; from sin; from the crafts and assaults of the devil; from thy wrath, and from everlasting dam- nation. Good Lord, deliver us i' 17 ♦ MORNING PRAYER. From all blindness of heart ; from pride, vain-glory, and hypocrisy ; from envy, ha- tred, and malice, and all uncharitableness, Good Lord, deliver us. From all inordinate and sinful affections ; and from all the deceits of the world, the flesh, and the devil, Good Lord, deliver us. From lightning and tempest; from plague, pestilence, and famine ; from battle and murder, and from sudden death, Good Lord, deliver us. From all sedition, privy conspiracy, and rebellion ; from all false doctrine, heresy, and schism; from hardness of heart, and contempt of thy word and commandment, Good Lord, deliver us. By the mystery of thy holy Incarna- tion; by thy holy Nativity and Circumci- sion ; by thy Baptism, Fasting, and Temp- tation, Good Lord, deliver us. By thine Agony and Bloody Sweat ; by thy Cross and Passion; by thy pre- cious Death and Burial ; by thy glorious Resurrection and Ascension; and by the coming of the Holy Ghost, Good Lord, deliver us. In all time of our tribulation ; in all time of our prosperity; in the hour of death, and in the day of judgment, 18 * MORNING PRAYER. Good Lord, deliver us. We sinners do beseech thee to hear us, Lord God ; and that it may please thee to rule and govern thy holy Church uni- versal in the riirht way ; We beseech, thee to hear us, good Lord. That it may please thee to keep and strengthen in the true worshipping of ihee, in righteousness and holiness of life, thy Servant Victoria, our most gracious (^iieen and Governour; We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. That it may please thee to rule her heart in thy faith, fear, and love, and that she may evermore have affiance in thee, and ever seek thy honor and glory; We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord, That it may please thee to be her de- fender and keeper, giving her the victory over all her enemies; We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. That it may please thee to bless and pre- serve Albert lulward Prince of Wales, the I'rincess of Wales, and all the Royal Family; We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. That it may please thee to bless and preserve all Christian Rulers and Magis- irales; giving them grace to execute jus- tice, and to maintain truth ; We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. 11) * MORNING PRAYER. That it may please thee to illuminate all Ministers of the Gospel with true knowl- edge and understanding of thy Word; and that both by their preaching and living they may set it forth, and show it accord- ingly; We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. That it may please thee to send forth laborers into thy harvest ; We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. That it may please thee to bless and keep all thy people ; We beseech thee to hear us, good Lor^ That it may please thee to give to ail nations unity, peace, and concord ; We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. That it may please thee to give us a heart to love and fear thee, and diligently to live after thy commandments ; We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. That it may please thee to give to all thy people increase of grace, to hear meekly thy word, and to receive it with pure affection, and to bring forth the fruits of the Spirit ; We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. That it may please thee to bring into the way of truth all such as have erred, and are deceived ; We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. That it may please thee lo strengthen 20 * MORMNC; I'RAYKR. such as do stand, and to comfort and help the weak-hearted, and to raise up those whi) fall, and finally to beat down Satan under our feet ; IVe beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. That it may please thee to succor, help, and comfort all who are in danger, neces- sity, and tribulation ; We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. That it may please thee to preserve all who travel by land or by water, all wo- men in the perils of child-birth, all sick jiersons, and young children, and to show thy pity upon all prisoners and cap- tives ; We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. That it may please thee to defend, and provide for, the fatherless children, and widows, and all who are desolate and op- jiressed ; We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. That it may jilease thee to have mercy upon all men ; We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. That it may please thee to forgive our enemies, persecutore, and slanderers, and lo turn their hearts ; We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. That it may please thee to give and pre- serve to our use the kindly fruits of the u MORNING PRAYER. earth, so that in due time we may enjoy them ; We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. That it may please thee to give us true repentance, to forgive us all our sins, negligences, and ignorances, and to endue us with the grace of thy Holy Spirit, to amend our lives according to thy holy word ; We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. Son of God, we beseech thee to hear us. Son of God, we beseech thee to hear us. O Lamb of God, who takest away the sins of the world ; Grant us thy peace. O Lamb of God, who takest away the sins of the world ; Have mercy upon us. ^ The Minister may, at his discretion, begin the Litany here, or omit all that follows, to the Prayer, " iFe humbly beseech thee, O Father," etc. [() Christ, hear us. O Christ, hear us. Lord, have mercy upon us. Lord, have mercy upon us. Christ, have mercy upon us. Christ, have mercy upon us. Lord, have mercy upon us. Lordy haz' "rcy upon us, 22 * MORNING PRAYER. f Then shall the Minister, and the people with him, say the Lord's Prayer, if it has not previously been said. OUR Father, who art in Heaven, Hal- lowed be thy Name ; Thy kingdom come ; Thy will be done on earth, as it is in heaven; Give us this day our daily bread; And forgive us our trespasses, as we for- give those who trespass against us ; And lead us not into temptation; but deliver us from evil. Amen. Minister. O Lord, deal not with us ac- cording to our sins. Answer. Neither reward us according to our iniquities. O GOD, merciful Father, who despisest not the sighing of a contrite heart, nor the desire of such as are sorrowful ; mercifully assist our prayers which we make before thee in all our troubles and adversities, whensoever they oppress us ; and graciously hear us, that those evils which the craft and subtilty of the devil or man worketh against us may, by thy good providence, be brought to nought ; that we, thy ser- vants, being hurt by no persecutions, may evermore give thanks unto thee in thy holy Church, through Jesus Christ our Lord. O Loj-df arise, help us^ and deliver us, for thy name's sake. MORNING PRAYER. O GOD, we have heard with our ear •, and our fathers have declared unto us, the noble works that thou didst in their days, and in the old time before them. .0 Lord, arise, help us, and deliver us, for thine honor. 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 er.'. Amen. From our enemies defend us, O Christ. Graciously look upon our ajfflictions. With pity behold the sorrows of our hearts. Mercifully forgive the sins of thy people. Favorably with mercy hear our prayers. O Son of David, have mercy upon us. Both now and ever, vouchsafe to hear us, O Christ. Graciously hear us, O Christ ; ciously hear us, O Lord Christ. Alinister. O Lord, let thy mercy showed upon us ; Ansxver. As we do put our trust thee. gra- be in WE humbly beseech thee, O Father, hiercifully to look upon our infirmities; and, for the glory of thy name, turn from us all those evils that we most justly 24 * MORNING PRAYER. have deserved ; and grant that, in all our troubles, we may put our whole trust and confidence ift thy mercy ; and evermore serve thee in holiness and pureness of living, to thy honor and glory, through our only Mediator and Advocate, Jesus Christ our I.,ord. Amen. A Prayer for the Governor General of Canada. LORD of all power and mercy, we earn- estly beseech thee to assist, with thy favo/^ the Governor General appointed by our Sovereign Lady the Queen, over this Do- minion of Canada : cause him, we pray thee, to walk before thee, and the people com- mitted to his charge, in truth and righteous- ness; and enable him to use his delegated power to thy glory, to the public good, and to the advancement of his own salvation, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. [A Prayer for the Parliament of Canada. MOST Gracious God, we humbly be- seech thee, as fur the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and Her Ma- jesty's other dominions in general, so especially for this Dominion of Canada and the Parliament thereof, at this time assembled : that thou wouldst be pleased to direct and prosper all their consulta- tions to the advancement of thy glory, the 26 * MORNING PRAYER. good of thy Church, the safety, honor and welfare of our Sovereign and this Domin- ion : that all things may be so ordered and settled by their endeavors, upon the best and surest foundations, that peace and happiness, truth and justice, religion and piety, may be established among us for all generations. These, and all other ne- cessaries, for them, for us, and thy whole Church, we humbly beg in the name, and through the mediation of Jesus Christ, our most blessed Lord and Saviour. Amen.^ A General Thanks'-ivinir, to be said by the People, with the Minister. ALMIoirrV Cod, Father of all mer- cies, we, thine unworthy servants, do give thee most humble and hearty thanks for all thy ;jo(;diiess and U)ving kindness to us, and lo all men. We bless thee for our creation, preservation, and all the bless- ings of this lile; but above all, for thine inestimable love in the redemption of the world by our Lord Jesus Christ; fur the me ms of grace, and for the hope of glory. And, we beseech thee, give us that due sense of all thy mercies, that our hearts may bo unfeigne Ily thankful, and that we m.iy sliow Ibrth tlij' praise, not only with our lips, but in our lives; by giving up ourselves to thy service, and by walking 2a * MORNING PRAYER. hefure thee in holiness and righteousness ■\[] our days; through Jesus Christ our l.did, to whom, with thee and the Holy Irhost, be all honor and glory, world with- (iUt end. Amen. ^ Here may be used any of the occasional prayers, or extemporuiicous prayer. A General Supplication. ALMKiHTY Goc', v-ho hast given us t;n\ce at this time with one accord t(» niaice our conmion siipplicatiotis unto thee; and dost promise that when two or three aio gathered tog' iher in thy Name thou wilt grant their etjuosls ; Fulfill now, O Lord, the desires and petitions of thy ser- vants, as may be most cxjiedient for them ; granting us in this world knowledge of tiiy truth, and in the world to come life everlasting. Avwu. 2 Cor. xiii, 14. THE grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, a'ld the love of God, ami the fellowship of the Holy Ghost, be with us all evermore. Aoit'fi. I Here endeth the Order of Morning Prayer. 27 THE ORDER FOR EVENING PRAYER. ^1 The Minister shall begin the Evening Prayek by reading one or more of the following Sen- tences. THE Lord is in his holy temple; let all the earth keep silence before him. Hab. ii, 20. From the rising of the sun even unto tlie gin is ever before nie. Psal. li, 3. llidc thy face from my sins, and blot out all mine iniquities. Psal. li, 9. The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit : a broken and a contrite heart, O ilod, thou wilt not de.ipise. Psal. li, 17. Kend your heart and not your garments, and turn unto tiie Lord your God; for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, imd of great kindness, and repenteth him of the evil. Joel ii, 13. To the Lord our (.rod belong mercies and forgivenesses, though we have re- belled against him ; neither have we obeyed tb.e voice of tlie Lord our Gou, to walk \\\ liis laws, which he set before us. Dan. ix, 9, 10. G Lord, correct me, imt with judgment; not in thine anger, lest thou bring me to uoti)ing. yer. x, 24; Psal. vi, 1. Kepent ye; for the kingdom of heaven is at hand. St. Matt, iii, 2. I will arise, and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee, and an» no nu)re worthy to be called thy s^m. .SV. Luke XV, 18, 19. Enter not into judgment with thy ser- vant; for in thy sight shall no man living l>c justified. Psal. cxliii, 2. 29 • EVENING PRAYER. If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not i» us ; but if we confess our sins, God is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and lo cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 1 John i, 8, 9. \ Then the Minister shall say, DEARLY beloved brethren, the Scrip- ture movelh us, in sundry places, lo 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 ihcm with an humble, lowly, penitent, and obedient heart ; to the end that we may obtain forgiveness of the same, by his infmite goodness and mercy. And although we ought, at all times, humi)ly to acknowledge our sins before God; yet ought we chiefly so to do, when we assemble and meet together, to render thanks for the great benelits 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 recjuisite and necessary, as well for the Ixuly as the soul. Wherefore, I pray and beseech you, as many as arc here present, to accompany me, with a pure 30 * EVENING PRAYER heart and humble voice, unto the throne (jf the heavenly grace, saying : — ^ A General Confession, to be said by the whole Congregation, with the Minister, all kneeling. ALMIGHTY and most merciful Fa- ther; We have erred and strayed from thy ways, hke lost sheep. We have followed loo 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 t)iight not to have done : And there is no health in us. But thou, O Lord, have mercy upon us, miserable offenders. Spare thou those, O Cnnl, who confess their faults. Restore thou those who are jjcnitent ; According to thy promises declared unto mankind, in Christ Jesus niir Lord. And grant, O most merci- ful Father, for his sake ; That we nuiy hereafter live a godly, righteous, and so- ber life; To the glory of thy holy Name. Amen. ' The Minister, still kneeling, shall say the follow- ing I'rayer lor forgiveness. () ALMIGHTY God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who dosirest nt)t the death of a sinner, but rather that he 31 ♦ EVENING PRAYER. may turn from his wickedness and live, pardon and accept, we beseech thee, all those who truly repent and unfeignedly believe thy holy Gospel. Grant us true re- ]ientance and thy Holy Spirit, that those things may please thee 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 thy eternal joy ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. ^ The people shall answer here, and at the end of every prayer, Amen. ^ Then the Minister shall say the Lord's Prayer ; the people repeating it with him, both here and wheresoever else it is used in Divine Service. OUR Father, who art in heaven, Hal- lowed be thy Name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done on earth, As it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, As we forgive those who 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. f Then likewise he shall say, O Lord, open thou our lips. Answer. And our mouth shall show forth thy praise. 32 * thee, wt EVENING PRAYER. Minister. O God, make speed to save us. Answer. O Lord, make haste to help us. \ Here, all standing up, the Minister shall say, Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, nnd to the Holy Ghost; Anxxver. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Minister. Praise ye the Lord. Answer. fThe Lord's Name be praised. \ Then shall follow a portion of the Psalter. After which may be said or s'lng, the Gloria Vatri, or else the Gloria in Excelsis. Gloria Patri. 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. Gloria in Excelsis. GLORY be to God on high, and on \x\\\ peace, good will towards men. We praise thee, we bless thee, we worship Ihee, we glorify thee, we give thanks to thee, for thy great glory, O Lord God, heavenly King, God the Father Almighty. O Loril, the only begotten Son, Jesus Christ ; O Lord God, Lamb of God, Son of the Father, that takest away the sins C 33 * EVENING PRAYER. of the world, have mercy upon us. Thou that takest away the sins of the world, have mercy upon us. Thou that takest away the sins of the world, receive our prayer. Thou that sittest at the right hand of God the Father, have mercy upon us. For thou only art holy; thou only art the Lord; thou only, O Christ, with the Holy Ghost, art most high in the glory of God the Father. Amen. % Then shall be read the first Lesson, from the Old Testament. After which shall be said or sung the following Anthem. f Note, that before every Lesson, the Minister shall say, Jiere beginncth 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. Cantate Domino. Psalm 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 showed in the sight of the heathen. He hath remembered his mercy and truth toward the house of Israel ; and all 34 * the ends c vation of Show y all ye land Praise i to the harj With ti show youi the King. Let the therein is that dwell Let the tlie hills Lord; for With ri{ world, and Bonuf. IT is a { the Lord, Name, O I To tell tl)e morni night seasf Upon ai upon the and upoi t For tho EVENING PRAYER. the ends of the world have seen the sal- vation of our God. Show yourselves joyful unto the Lord, all ye lands ; sing, rejoice, and give thanks. I'raise the Lord upon tlie harp; sing to the harp with a psalm of thanksgiving. With trumpets also and shawms, O show yourselves joyful before the Lord, the King. Let the sea make a noise, and all that therein is ; the round world, and they ihat dwell therein. Let the Hoods clap their hands, and let tlie hills be joyful together before the Lord; for he cometh to judge the earth. With righteousness shall he judge the world, and the people with equity. If Or this. Bonum est confiteri. Psalm xcii. IT is a good thing to give thanks unto the Lord, and to sing praises unto thy Name, O Most Highest; To tell of thy loving-kindness early in tin; morning, and of thy truth in the night season ; Upon an instrument of ten strings, and upon the lute ; upon a loud instrument, and upoi the harp. For thou, Lord, hast made me glad 86 * EVENING PRAYER. through thy works ; and I will rejoice in giv- ing praise for the operations of thy hands. ^[ Then shall be read the second Lesson, taken out of the New Testament. f Anrl er that, shall be sung or said this Anthem. JJeus misereatur. Psalm Ixvii. GOD be merciful unto us, and bless us, and show us the light of his countenance, and be merciful unto us ; That thy way may be known upon earth, thy saving health among all nations. Let the people praise thee, O God ; yea, let all the people praise thee. O let the nations rejoice and be glad; for thou shalt judge the folk righteously, and govern the nations upon earth. Let the people praise thee, O God ; yea, let all the people praise thee. Then shall the eaith bring forth her increase; and God, even our own God, shall give us his blessing. God shall bless us ; and all the ends of the world shall fear him. f Or this. BenediCy aninia mea Psalm ciii. PRAISE the Lord, O my soul, and all that is within me, praise his holy Name. Praise the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits : 36 * Who foi all thine in Who sa and crown( kindness. O prais< ye that ex his comma voice of hi: O praise servants of speak of his, in a! thou the L \ Then shall Minister a churches n fied, dead, int% Hell, ofdeparte 1 BEL] mighty, M; And in Lord; Wl Ohost, Boi under Pon and buried the dead ; sitteth on EVENING PRAYER. Who forgiveth all thy sin, and healeth all thine infirmities ; Who saveth thy life from destruction, and crowneth thee with mercy and loving- kindness. O praise the Lord, ye Angels of his, ye that excel in strength ; ye that fulfill his commandment, and hearken unto the voice of his word. () praise the Lord, all ye his hosts ; ye servants of his that do his pleasure. O speak good of the Lord, all ye works of his, in all places of his dominion : praise thou the Lord, O my soul. ^ Then shall be said the Apostles' Creed, by the Minister and the people, standing : And any churches may insert after the words, Was crucU fiedy dead f and buried, the words. He descended int% Hell, or the words, He went into the place of departed spirits. I BELIEVE in God the Father Al- mighty, Maker of Heaven and Earth; And in Jesus Christ his only Son our Lord; Who was conceived by the Holy Ghost, Born of the Virgin Mary, Suffered under Pontius Pilate, Was crucified, dead, and buried ; The third day he rose from the dead; He ascended into Heaven; And sitteth on the right hand of God the 37 * EVENING PRAYER. Father Almighty; From thence he shall come to judge the quick and the dead. I believe in the Holy Ghost ; The Holy Catholic Church — the Communion of Saints ; The forgiveness of sins ; The resurrection of the body; And the life everlasting. Amen. ^ Or this. I BELIEVE in one God, the Father Almighty, Maker of Heaven and Earth, and of all things visible and invisible : And in one Lord Jesus Christ, the only begotten Son of God, begotten of his Father before all worlds ; God of God, Light of Light, very God of very God, begotten, not made, being of one substance with the Father; by whom all things were made ; who for us men, and for our salva- tion, came dowii from Heaven, and was incarnate l)y the Holy Ghost of the Vfrgin Mary, and was made man, and was cruci- fied also for us under Pontius Pilate. He suffered and was buried, and the third day he rose again, according to the Scriptures, and ascended into Heaven, And sitteth on the right hand of the Father. And he shall come again with glory to judge both the quick and the dead; Whose kingdom shall have no end. And I believe in the Holy Ghost, the 38 * EVENING PRAYER. Lord and Giver of Life, Who proceedeth from the Father and the Son, Who with the Father and the Son together is worshipped and glorified, Who spake by the Prophets. And I believe one Catholic and Apostolic Church ; I acknowledge one Baptism for the remission of sins ; And I look for the Resurrection of the dead, And the Life of the world to come. Amen. [Note. By "One Catholic and Apostolic Church" is signified " The blessed company of all faithful people ;" and by " One Baptism for the remission of sins" the Baptism of the Holy Ghost.] ^ Then th-^ Minister shall say, The Lord be w th you. Ansiuer. And with thy spirit. Minister. Let us pray. O Lord, show thy mercy upon us. Ans7uer. And grant us thy salvation. O God, make clean our hearts And take not thy Holy S{)irit Minister. within us. Apiswer. from us. A Collect for Peace. 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 our hearts may be set to obey thy com- mandments, and also that by thee we, 89 « EVENING PRAYER. being defended from the fear of our enemies, may pass our time in rest and ( |uietness ; through the merits of Jesus Christ our Saviour. Amen. A Collect for Aid Ai^ainsl Perils. O LORD, our heavenly Father, by wiiose Ahnighty })ower we have been preserved this day ; by thy great mercy defend us from all perils and dangers of this night, for the love of thy only Son, our Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen. A Prayer for the Queen'' s Majesty. C) LORD, our heavenly Father, hii^'h and mighty. King of kings, Lord of lords, the only Ruler of I'rinces, who dost from thy throne behold all the dwellers upon earth ; Most heartily we beseech thee with thy favor to behold our most gracious Sovereign Lady, Queen VTCTORIA : and so replenish her witli the grace of thy Moly Spirit, that she may alway incline to thy will, and walk in thy way: Endue hei plenteously with heavenly gifts; grant her in health and prosperity long u» live; strengthen her that she may van(]uish and overcDUie all her enemies; and finally, after this life, may she attain ever!as«i:.^' joy and felicity; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 40 * EVENING PRAYER. A Prayer for the Royal Family. ALMIGHTY God, the fountain of all 1,'oodne.ss, we humbly beseech thee to Mess Albert Edward Prince of Wales^ the IVincess of PVales, and all the Royal lamily : Endue them with thy Holy Spirit; enrich them with thy heavenly grace; jjrosper them with all hajjpiness ; and bring them to thine everlasting kingdom; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. A Prayer for Ministers and People. ALMKJHTV and everlasting (lod, from whom Cometh eveiy good and perfect gift, ^cnd down upon all Bisiiops and other Ministers, and upon the Congregations committed to their charge, the healthful ■■pirit. of thy grace; and, that they may truly plcasi! thee, pour upon tliem the con- tinual dew of thy blessing: (irant this, () Lord, for the honor of our Advocate and Mediator, Jesus Christ. Amen. A Prayer for all Conditions of Men. O CiOD, the Creator and Preserver of ill! mankind, we hunjbly beseech thee Inr all sorts and conditions uf men, that ihou vvouldest be pleased to make thy ways known unto them, thy saving health unto all nations. More especially we pray 41 * EVENING PRAYER. for thy holy Church universal ; that it may be so guided and governed by thy good Spirit, thai all who profess and call themselves Christians may be led into the way of truth, and hold the faith in unity of spirit, in the bond of })eace, and in righteousness of life. Finally, we connnend to thy Fatherly goodness all lho>.e who are any ways afflicted or dis- tri:ssed, in mind, body, or estate ; that it may ])lease thee to comlori and relieve them, according to their several necessi ties; giving them patience under their sulferings, and a hapj^y issue out of all their atHictions : Ami this we beg for Jesus Christ's sake. Af/UH. A General lliauksj^ii'ini^^ to be said hv the J'top/i.-f lijith the A/inister. ALMKIHTY God, Father of all mer- cies, we, thine unworthy servants, do give thee most humble and heartv thanks lor all thy gooflness and loving kindness to us, and to all men. We bless thee hir our creation, preservation, and all the bless ings of this life; but above all, for thine inestimable love in the redemption of the world by our Lord |esus Christ; for the means (f grace, and for the hope of gi<»ry. And, we l)eseech thee, give us that due sense of all thy mercies, that our hearts 43 * EVENING PRAYER. may be unfeij^nedly thankful, and thai we may show fortli ihy praise, not only with our lips, but in our lives; by giving up ourselves to thy service, and by walking before thee in holine^^^ and righteousness all our days; through Jesus Christ our Lord, to wliom, with thee and the Holy (jhost, be all honor and glory, world with- ut end. Amen. *li Here may Ik used any of the occasional prayers, or cxtemporanct^'i pn.ycr. A' Cn'u L(nd, the desires and petitions of thy ser- vants, as may be most expedient lor them; granting us in this wt.rld knowledge of thy truth, and in the W(nld to come life everlusling. Atncn. 2 Coi\ xiii, 14. THE grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy (.ihosl, be with us all evermore. Anwn. Her*' '•ndcth the Ortlcr of Evening Prayer. 4;j * AN ORDER OF EVENING PRAYER, WHICH MAY W. USED INSTEAD OF rilE PRECEDING. \ The Evening Prayer shall be opened by the sin>;ing of a Hymn or Authuin. ^1 The Minister shall then say, Let US way : L(jnl, have mercy upon us. Ansiver, Christ, have mercy upon us. \ A General Confession, to bo made by the whole congregation, with the minister, all kneeling. MOST merciful (iod, who art of purer eyes than to behold ini(|uily, and hast promised forj^jiveness to all those who ctm- fes:; and forsake ihoir sins, we come before thee in an humble sense of our o\ n un- worthiness, acknowledirino; our man-'iKI transgressions of thy rit^hleous laws, '....t, ( ) gracious Kather, who desirest n t the death of a sinner, look upon us, we be- seech thee, in mercy, and forgive us all our transgressions. Make us deeply sen- sible of the great evil of them, and work in lis an hearty contrition, that we may 44 obtnin fo ever read sinners, 1 ( hrist, 01 Amen. TTh. OUR 1 lowed Ik come. T is in hea\ bread. ^ we forgivi And lead deliver u> kingdom, ft away the sins of the world, reeeive our prayer. Thou that sittest at the right hand of GukI the Father, have mercy upon us. I'or thou only art iioly; thou only art the Lord; thou only, O Christ, with the 4i EVENING PRAYER. Holy Ghost, art most hi^h in the glory oi (lod the Father. Amen. \wv lo judf^a; the quick and the dead. I believe in the Holy Gdiost ; The H(^ly ' itholic Church — the C'omnumion of S. lints; The foit.!;iveness of sins; Thy It -^tirreclion of the body; And ihe life i:vcriii.'.. ;■( O MERC the death < he should L D EVENING PRAYER. great mercy deleiid us from all perils and dangers, for the love of thy only Son, our I Saviour, Jesus Christ. Amen. A Prayer for Future Protection. ALMIGHTY God, by whose will we were created, by whose providence we have been sustained, and by whose mercy we have been called to the knowledge of eternal life, vouchsafe unto us evermore thy preserving and protecting grace. Unto thee, the support of our infancy, the help of our youth, and the guide of our advanc- ing years, do we commit our lives for the time to come. In all our ways we ac- knowledge thee; and wilt thou direct our paths. In our prosperity give us grace to use with moderation our several enjoy- ments, and a comjxissionate spirit for the wants of others. Save us from those temptations which might occasion our fall, and in our adversity imi)art unto us patience and strength. These jjlessings we ask in the name of our only Saviour, [Jesus Christ. Amen. A Prayer for the Tinpenitcnt. O MERCIFUL (iod, who wcnddcst not the death of a sinner, but rather that he should be converted and live, and \wiX. 1) 49 EVENING PRAYER. revealed Thyself as pardoning iniquity through Thine only Son: We beseech Thee to have mercy upon the impenitent and unbelieving, especially upon such as may be here present. Awaken in ihera by Thy Holy Spirit, a deep sense of their sinfulness and peril. Take from them all ignorance, hardness of heart, and contempt of Thy woix.1. Make them to know and feel that there is none other name under heaven given among men whereby they must be saved, but only the name of the Lord Jesus Christ. And so fetch them home .and number them among Thy chil- dren, that they may be Thine forever; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with Thee and the] Holy Spirit, One God, world without end. Amen. A Prayer for Ministers and People. MOST Gracious God, the Giver of all! good and perfect gifts, give thy grace,! we beseech thee, to all the Ministers of thy word, and so replenish them with thef truth of tiiy doctrine, and endue thcni; with innocency of life, that they niayl faithfully serve before thee, to the glory of thy great name and to the benelit of thy holy Church. And to all thy people give 60 EVENING PRAYER. thy heavenly grace, that with meek heart and due reverence they may hear and re- ceive thy holy word, truly serving thee in holiness and righteousness all the days of their life ; through Jesus Christ, our only Mediator and Redeemer. Amen. A Prayer for Christian Faith. ALMIGHTV'^ God and heavenly Father, Open thou our eyes that we may see ourselves to be sinners in thy sight, par- takers of a fallen nature, and actual transgressors against thee. Enable us to realize our continual need, both of thy par- doning mercy and of thy quickening jnace, and to receive Jesus Christ as the only Saviour of our souls. May we trust in liis atonement, and rely on his intercession, as our only hope. P.ejoicing in thy free salvation, and renouncing our own righteousness, may we walk in. the way of thy commandments, serving thee faithfully, ami striving against every sin; through the i.^: ace that is in Christ Jesus our Lord. Aftn'n. Prayer for the Ifoly Spirit. O GOD, Holy Ghost, sanctifier of the faitliful, visit, we pray thee, this con- gregation with thy love and favor; 61 IMAGE EVALUATION TEST TARGET (MT-3) 4 v. 1.0 I.I 11.25 1^ |Z£ |2 5 Ui lU 12.2 — 6" U IIIIII.6 <^ ?] /] .V^V > '^ A^ vi /A '/ Photographic Sdences Corporation 23 WIST MAIN STRUT WMSTM.N.Y. »45«0 (716) •73-4S03 1 EVKNltic; I'RAYKH. enlighten their minds more and more wWi the light of the everlasting Gospel ; graft in their hearts a love of the truth ; increase | in them true religion ; nourish them with all goodness ; and of thy great mercy keep them in the bame, O blessed Spirit, whom with the Father and the Son together we worship and glorify as one God, world without end. Amen. A General Supplication. ALMIGHTY God, who hast promised to hear the petition of those who ask in thy Son's Name : We beseech thee nier cifully to incline thine cars unto us, wliu have now made our prayers and supplica tions unto thee; and grant, that those things which we have faithfully asked according to thy will, may efllectually be obtained, to the relief of our necessity, and to the setting forth of thy glory; through Jesus Christ our JiOrd. Atnen. 2 Cor. xiii, 14. 'FlIE grace of our Lord Jesus ("hrist, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Ghost, be with us all evermore, Ank'H. HcrccmJcth the Alternate Order ofF.vcniiig Pntycr. 62 I ; increase PRAYERS AND THANKSGIVINGS UPON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. |.OR USE HKFORK THK TWO FINALrRAYKRS OF MORNIN(J AND EVENING SERVICE. PRAYERS. For Rain. () (lOl), heavenly Kather, who l>y thy Soil Jesus Christ, hast promised to all those who seek thy kingdom and the :i;j;hleousness thereof, ail tl)inj»s necessary to their Ixxlily sustenance; Send us, we beseech thee, in this our necessity, -^uch moderate rain and showers, that we may rcieive the fruits of the earth to our c«)m- loit, and to thy honor ; throuj^h Jesus l-luist our Lord. Amen. For Fair Weather. ALMKIHTY and most merciful Father, we liumhly beseech thee, of thy pjreat }((jodness, to restrain those immoderate rains, wherewith, for our sin>, thou hast altiicted us} And we pray thee to send lul 68 PRAYERS. such seasonable weather, that the earth may, in due time, yield her increase, for our use and benefit; and give us jrrace, that we may learn, by thy punishments, to amend our lives, and for thy clemency to give thee thanks and praise; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. In Time of Dearth and Famine. O GOD, heavenly Father, whose gift it is that the rain doth fall, and the earth bring forth her increase; Behold, we be- seech thee, the afflictions of thy people; increase the fruits of the earth" by thy heavenly benediction ; and grant that the scarcity and dearth, which we now most justly suffer for our sins, may, through thy goodness, l)e mercifully turned into plenty; for the love of Jesus Christ our Lord ; to whom, with thee and the Moly Ghost, be all honor and glory, now and forever. Amen. For a Sick Person. O FATHER of mercies, and God of all comfort, our only lielp in time of need, look down from heaven, we humbly be- seech thee, behold, visit, and relieve thy s'lk senmnf^ for whom our prayers are ^ jsired. Look uix)n him with the eyes of 54 PRAYERS. thy mercy ; comfort him with a sense of thy goodness; preserve him from the temptations of the enemy; give him patience under his affliction ; and, in thy ^'ood time, restore him to health, and en- able him to lead the residue of his life in thy feai, and to thy glory. Or else give him gi'ace so to take thy visitation, that, after this painful life is ended, he may dwell with thee in life everlasting; through Jesus Christ our Lord, Amen. For a Sick Child. ALMIGHTY God, and merciful Father, to whom alone belong the issues of life and death; look down from heaven, we humbly beseech thee, with the eyes of mercy, upon the sick child for whom our prayers are desired. Deliver him^ O Lord, in thy good appointed time, from his bodily pain, and visit him with thy salvation; that if it should be thy good pleasure to prolong his days here on earth, he may live to thee, and be an instrument of thy glory, by ser\ >ng thee faithfully, and doing good in his generation. Or else receive him into those heavenly habita- tions, where the souls of those who sleep in the Lord Jesus enjoy perjietual rest and felicity. Grant this, O Lord, for the 66 PRAYERS. love of thy Son, our Saviour, Jesus Christ. Amen. In Time of Great Sickness and Alortality. O ALMICaiTY God, the Lord of life and death, of sickness and health ; re- gard our supplications, we humbly beseech tnee, and as thou hast thought fit to visit us for our sins with great sickness and mortality, in the midst of thy judgment, O Lord, remember mercy. Have pity upon us miserable sinners, anil withdraw from us the grievous sickness with which we are afflicted. May this thy fatherly correction have its due influence upon us, by lead- ing us to consider how frail and uncertain our life is ; that we may apply our hearts unto that heavenly wisdom, which in the end will bring us to everlasting life; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. For a Person Under Ajjfliction. O MERCIFUL God, and heavenly Father, who hast taught us, in thy lioly Word, that thou dost not willingly afflict or grieve the children of men; Look with pity, we V)cscech thee, upon the sorrows of thy serr'aftf, for whom our prayers are desired. In thy wisdom thou hast seen fit to vi^it him with trouble, and 66^ PRAYERS. to bring distress upon him. Remember //////, O Lord, in mercy; sanctity thy fnlherly correction to hitn ; endue /lis soul with patience under Ais affliction, and with n ignation to thy lilessed will ; com- fort Ai/i with a sense of thy jjoodncss; lift up thy I iuntenance upon /lim, and ^ive /lim peace ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. A wen. For a Person, or Perions, Going to Sea, O ETP2RNAL God, who alone spreadest out the heavens, and rulest the raging (if the sea; we commend to thy Almighty l^rotection, thy servant^ for whose preser- vation on the great deep our prayers are desired. Guard him, we beseech thee, from the dangers of the sea, from sick- ness, from the violence of enemies, and from every evil to which he may be ex- posed. Conduct him in safety to the haven where he would be, with a grateful sense of thy mercies; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. For a Person, or Prisons, Travelling by Land. O GOD, the Protector of all who trust in thee, we commend to thy Fatherly Cftre, thy servant for whose protection m PRAYERS. from the dangers of travel our prayers are desired. Wherever he may go, let thy presence be with him. Keep him from sickness, from accident, and from violence. Let his conversation be always as be Cometh 'ihe Gospel of Christ, and briiiL him in -.afety to the place where he would be, with a grateful sense of thy mercies ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. For Prisoners. O GOD, who sparest when we deserve punishment, and in thy wrath remem- berest mercy; we humbly beseech thee, of thy goodness to comfort and succor all those who are under reproach and misery in the house of bondage ; correct them not in thine anger, neither chasten them in thy sore displeasure. Give them a right understanding of themselves, and of thy threats and promises; that they may neither cast away their confidence in thee, nor place it anywhere but in thee,, Re- lieve the distressed, protect the innocent, and awaken the guilty : and forasmuch as thou alone bringest light out of dark- ness, and good out of evil, grant that the pains and punishments 'vhich these thy servants endure, through their bodily confinement, may tend to setting free 68 PRAYERS. their souls from the chains of sin ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. After Condemnation. O MOST gracious and merciful God, we earnestly beseech thee to have pity and compassion upon those persons recom- mended to our prayers, who now lie under the sentence of the law, and are appointed to die. Visit them^ O Lord, with thy mercy and salvation; convince them of the miseral)le condition they are in, by their sins and wickedness; and let thy jjowerful grace produce in them such a ^jodly sorrow, and sincere repentance, as thou wilt be pleased to accept. Give them a strong and lively faith in thy Son, our l)lessed Saviour, and make it effectual to the salvation of their souls. O Lord, in judgment rememl)er mercy; and what- ever sufferings they are to endure in this world, yet deliver them^ O God, from the hitter pains of eternal death. Pardon their sins, and save their sottls^ for the sake and merits of thy dear Son, our blessed Saviour and Redeemer. Amen, In Time of War and Tumults. O ALMIGHTY God, the supreme Governor of all things, whose power 59 FRAYKRS. no creature is able to resist, to whom if hclon^cth justly to punish sinners, antl to he merciful Id those who truly repent; Save and deliver us, we huinhiy beseech thee, from the hands of our eneaiie.s ; th;it we, being armed with thy delence, may be preserved evermore from all jieriLs, to glorify thee, who art the only giver of all victory ; through the merits of thy Son, Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. f Or this. O ALMIGHTY Lord, who art a most strong tower to all those who put their trust in thee, to whom all things in heaven, in earth, and under the earth, do bow and obey, be now and evermore our defence; and make us to know and feel, that there is none other Name under heaven given to man, in whom, and through whom we may receive health and salvation, \>\\\. only the Name of our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen. For those 7vho are to be Ordained. ALMIGHTY God, our heavenly Father, who hast purchased to thyself an uni- versal Church by the precious blood of thy dear Son; Mercifully look u]X)n the same, 60 PRAYERS. aiuT at this time so guide and povem the minds of thy servants the Bisho|)s and rasters of thy flock, that they may lay haiuls suddenly on no man, but faithfully and wisely make choice of fit persons, to sene in the Ministry of thy Church. And, to those who shall be ordained to any h(»Iy function, jjive thy grace and heavenly l»enediction ; that both by their life and doctrine ihey may show forth thy glory, and set forward the salvation of all men ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Anun. For A/inisttrs. MOST gracious God, the giver of all good and perfect gifts ; give thy grace, \vc beseech tliee, to thy servant, to whom the charge of this congregati(jn is com- mitted ; and so replenish him with the truth of thy doctrine, and endue him with iunocency of life, liiat he may faithfully serve before thee, to the glory of thy great name, and the benefit of thy holy Church, through Jesus Christ our only Mediator and Redeemer. Amen, O H( >LY Jesus, who hast purchased to thyself an univei'sal Church, and hast promised to be with thy Ministers to the end of the world ; Iki graciously pleased 61 PRAYERS. to bless the ministry and service of him, who is apjx)inted to offer the sacrifices of prayer and praise to thee in this house, which is called by thy name. May the words of his mouth, and the meditition of his heart, Ije always acceptable in thy sight, O Lord, our strength and our Re- deemer. AftieH. O LORD, our God, we are not worthy that thou shouldest come under our roof; yet thou hast honored thy servants with appointing them to stand in thy House, and to serve in thy name. To thee and to thy service we devote ourselves, soul, body, and spirit, with all their powers and faculties. Fill our memory with the words of thy Law ; enlighten our understanding with the illumination of the Holy Ghost ; and may all the wishes and desires of our will centre in what thou hast commanded. And, to make us instrumental in promot- ing the salvation of the i)eoi)le committed to our charge, grant that we may faith- fully administer thy holy .Sacraments, and l)y our life and doctrine set forth thy true and lively Word. Be ever with us in the performance of all the duties of our ministry ; in prayer, to quicken our devotion ; in praises, to heighten our love and gratitude ; and in preaching, to give 62 PRAYERS. :e of him, icrifices of his house, May the meditition hie in thy d our Ke- lot worthy under our y servants id in thy ;, To thee elves, soul, owers and the words erstanding )ly Ghost ; ires of our mmande gh Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen, 70 THANKSGIVINGS. For Plenty, MOST merciful feather, who of fhy gracious goodness hast heard the devout prayers of thy Church, and turned our dearth and scarcity into plenty; We give thee humble thanks for this thy special bounty ; beseeching thee to continue thy loving kindness iin'io us, that our land may yield us her fruits of increase, to thy glory and our comfort; tk'ough Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. For Peace and Deliverance from our Enemies. O ALMIGHTY God, who art a strong tdwer of defence unto thy servants against the face of their enemies ; We yield thee praise and thanksgiving, for our de- liverance from those great and apparent dangers whereith we were compassed. We acknowledge it is of thy mercy that we are not consumed, because thy com]>as- sions fail not. It is of thy goodness that we were not delivered over as a prey unto them ; and we beseech thee still to con- tinue thy goodness toward us, that all the world may know that thou art our Saviour and mighty Deliverer ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen, 71 T' THANKSGIVINGS. Thanksgiving for Peace. O ETERNAL God, our heavenly Fa- ther, who alone makest men to be of one mind in a house, and stillest the outrage of a violent and unruly people ; We bless thy holy Name, that it hath pleased thee to appease the seditious tumults which have been lately raised up amongst us ; most humbly beseeching thee to grant to all of us grace, that we may henceforth obediently walk in thy holy command- ments ; and, leading a quiet aad peaceable life in all godliness and honesty, may con- tinually otiter unto thee our sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving for these thy mercies toward us ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. For Deliverance from Great Sickness and Mortality. O LORD God, who hast wounded us for our sins, and consumed us for our transgressions, by thy late heavy and dreadful visitation ; and now, in the midst of judgment remembering mercy, hast re- deemed our souls from the jaws of death ; We offer unto thy fatherly goodness our- selves, our souls and bodies which thou hast delivered, to he a living sacrifice unto thee, always praising and magnifying 72 THANKSGIVINGS. thy mercies in the midst of thy Church ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. For a Recovery from Sickness. O GOD, who art the giver of life, of health, and of safety. We bless thy Name, that thou hast been pleased to deliver from his bodily sickness this thy semant, who now desires to return thanks unto thee, in the presence of all thy people. Gracious art thou, O Lord, and full of compassion to the children of men. May his heart be duly impressed with a sense of thy merciful goodness, and may he devote the residue of his days to an humble, holy, and obedient walking be- fore thee ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. For a Safe Return from Sea. MOST gracious Lord, whose mercy is over all thy works ; We praise thy holy Name that thou hast been pleased to conduct in safety, through the perils of the great deep, this thy sennint, who now (/(•sires to return his thanks unto thee, in thy holy Church. May he be duly sen- sible of thy merciful providence towards htm, and ever express his thankfulness by 73 THANKSGIVINGS. a holy trust in thee, and obedience to thy laws; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. For a safe Return from a Journey. ALMIGHTY God, whose mercies are over all thy works, we adore thee for thy goodness to the children of men. Dut especially do we render thee hearty thanks for the safe conduct, through manifold dangers, of thy sei'Z'ant, who, in the pres- ence of thy people, desires to acknowleclii;e thy benefits, and to ofter unto thee the sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving. Ac- cept /lis offering, we beseech thee, Lord ; and give him grace to manifest his sense of thy goodness, by a continued reliance upon thy care, and by devotinj; himself to thy service in righteousness of living; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. For Deliverance from Peril. O GOD, merciful Father, we praise thee in that thou hast heard us in the hour of distress, and art become our salvation. Thou art a God full of compassion, and plenteous in mercy. We are alive to praise thee this day, not for our worthi- ness, but because of thy great mercies. 74 THANKSGIVINGS. When we were in distress, thou didst help us ; when trouble was hard upon us, and our strength failed, thine almighty arm was our defence. Accept our thanks, and keep us ever mindful of thy mercies ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. The Thanksgiving of Women after Child- birth. ^ To be said when any Woman, being present in Church , shall desire to return Thanks to Almighty God for her safe deliverance. O ALMIGHTY God, we give thee huml)le thanks, for that thou hast been graciously pleased to preserve, through the great pain and peril of childbirth, this woman, thy servant, who desireth now to offer her praises and thanksgivings unto thee. 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, ind also may be partaker of everlasting glory in the life to come ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen, 7ft THE ORDER FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE LORD'S SUPPER, OR THE HOLY COMMUNION. Note. This Communion Service may be used in connection with, or in place of the Order of Morning Prayer. [^ The Minister shall give notice for the Adminis- tration of the Holy Communion, by reading this Exhortation. DEARLY beloved brethren, on day next I purpose, through God's assist- ance, to administer the Lord's Supper, in remembrance of his meritorious Cross and Passion, by which alone we obtain remission of our sins, and are made par- tu.kers of the kingdom of heaven. To this Sacred Feast I invite all who are reli- giously and devoutly disposed, and may the Blessed Spirit inclme your hearts that ye refuse not to come thereto, being so lovingly bidden by Christ Himself.] 76 *r Then THE COMMUNION. lay be used i Order of e Adminis- eading this on I's assist- Supper, 3US Cross /Q obtain lade par- /en. To 3 are reli- and may earts that being so If.] f The Table, at the Communion time, shall have a fair white linen cloth upon it, and so much bread and wine as the Minister shall think suffi- cient. And the Minister, after a hymn has been sung, shall say :— The Lord be with you. Ans7oer. And with thy spirit. Minister. Let us pray. Lord show thy mercy upon us. Answer. And grant us thy salvation. Minister. O God, make clean our hearts within us. Answer. And strengthen us with thy Holy Spirit, \ Then shall the Minister and people say the Lord's Prayer. OUR Father, who art in heaven, Hal- lowed be Thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done on earth, As it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread : And forgive us our trespasses, As we for- give those who 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. The Collect. ALMIGHTY God, unto whom all hearts are open, all desires known, and 77 THE COMMUNION. from whom no secrets are hid ; cleanse the thoughts of our hearts by the inspiration of thy Holy Spirit, that we may perfectly love thee, and worthily magnify thy holy Name; through Christ our Lord. Amen. f Then shall the Minister rehearse the Ten Com- mandments. Minister. God spake these words, anfj said; I am the Lord thy God; Thou shalt have none other gods before me. People. Lord, have mercy upon us, and incline our hearts to keep this law. Minister. Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, i)r that is in the water under the earth. Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I, the Lord thy God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me; and showing mercy unto thousands of them that love me and keep my command- raents. 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 78 will not Name in Pcopli incline o Minis to keep i and do a is the Sf it thou s thy son, servant, cattle, no i,Mtes. p heaven a them is, whercion ilay, and People. incline oi Minist mother he land !h("e. People incline oi Minist People. incline on MiniUi :t'ry. THE COMMUNION. will not hold him guiltless that taketh his Name in vain. People. Lord, have mercy upon us, and incline our hearts to keep this law. Minister. Rememl)er the Sabbath-day to keep it holy. Six days shalt thou labor, and do all thy work; but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God. In it thou shalt not do any work ; thou, nor thy son, nor thy dauj^jhter, nor thy man- servant, nor thy maid-servant, nor ihy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy ij;ales. For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in ihem is, and rested the seventh day; wheieioie the Lord blessed the Sabbath- lay, and hallowed it. People. L^rd, have mercy upon us, and [incline our hearts to keep this law. Minister. Honor thy father and thy I mother; that thy d\ys may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth llhcc. People. Lord J have mercy upon us, and |incline our hearts to keep this law. Minister. Thou shalt not kill. People. Lord, have mercy upon us, and luicline our hearts to keep this law. Minister. Thou shalt not connnit adul- Itery. 70 THE COMMUNION. People. Lord, have mercy upon us, and incline our hearts to keep this law. A/inister, Thou shalt not steal. People. Lord, have mercy upon us, and incline our hearts to keep this law. Minister. Thou shalt not bear false wit- ness against thy neighbor. People. Lord, have mercy upon us, and incline our hearts to keep this law. Minister, Thou shalt not covet tin neighbor's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's wife, nor his man-servant, nor his maid-servant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbor's. People. Lord, have mercy upon us, and incline our hearts to keep this law. Minister. Hear also what our Lord Jesus Christ saith: Thou shalt love the Lord thy G')d with all thy heart, and wiih all thy soiil, and with all thy mind. This is the lirst and great commandment. And the second is like unto it. Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. On these tw > commandments hang all the law and the prophets. People. T^or'' hn ve mercy upon us, and write all these tJiy laws in our hearts, wc beseech thee, Minister. O Almighty Lord, and ever- lasting God, vouchsa^", we beseech thee, 80 THE COMMUNION. to direct, sanctify, and govern, both our hearts and bodies, in the ways of thy laws, and in the works of thy commandments ; that, through thy most mighty protection, both here and ever, we may be preserved in body and soul ; through our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen. ^ Then shall be said the Collect of the day. And immediately after the Collect, the Minister shall read the Epistle, saying. The Epistle (or the portion of Scripture appointed for the Epistle) is written in the Chapter of , be- ginning at the Verse. And the Epistle ended, he shall say. Here endeth the Epistle. The Holy Gospel is written in the Chap- ter of , beginning at the Verse. H Here the people shall rise and say or sing : (ilory be to Thee, O Lord. ^ Then shall be read the Gospel, and after it, cither the Apostles', or the Niccne Creed. ^ Thou, after a Hymn, shall follow the Sermon. After which the Minister shall return to the Lord's Tal)lc, and shall give the following, or a similar invitation : (^UR fellow Christians of other liranches of Christ's Church, and all who love our 1)1 vine Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ in sincerity, are affectionately invited to the Lord's Table. THE COMMUNION. ^ If there should be a collection, one or more of the following sentences shall be read. LET your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven. St. Mate. V, 16. Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shvill be measured to you again. St. Luke vi, 38. Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal : }3ut lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal. St. Matt, vi, 19, 20. Not every one that saith unto rne, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of Heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in Heaven. St. Matt. vii, 21. Zacchaeus stood, and said unto the Lord; Behold, Lord, the half of my ^oods I give to the poor; and if I have taken anything from any man, by false 82 THE COMMUNION. accusation, I restore him fourfold. S^. Luke xix, 8. Who goeth a warfare any time at his own charges ? Who planteth a vineyard, and eatetli not of the fruit thereof? Or who feedeth a flock, and eateth not of the milk of the flock ? 1 Cor. ix, 7. If we have sown unto you spiritual things, is it a great thing if we shall reap your carnal things? 1 Cor. ix, 11. Do ye not know that they which minis- ter about holy things live of the things of the temple ? and they which wait at the altar are partakers with the altar ? Even so hath the Lord ordained that they which preach the Gospel shall live of the Gospel. 1 Cor. ix, 13, 14. He which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly ; and he which soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully. Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give ; not grudgingly, or of necessity ; for God loveth a cheerful giver. 2 Cor. ix, 6, 7. Let him that is taught in the Word communicate unto him that teacheth in all good things, lie not deceived ; God is not mocked : for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. Gal. vi, (1,7. As we have, therefore, opportunity, let THE COMMUNION. US do good unto all men, especially unto them who are of the household of faith. Gal. vi, 10. Godliness with contentment is great gain. For we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out. 1 Tim. vi, 6, 7. Charge them that are rich in this world, that they do good, that they be rich in good works, ready to distribute, willing to communicate; laying up in store for themselves a good foundation against the time to come, that they may lay hold on e(. nal Ufe. 1 Tim. vi, 17, 18, 19. To do good, and to communicate, for- get not : for with such sacrifices God is well pleased. Hcb. xiii, 16. Whoso hath this world's good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him? 1 St. John iii, 17. He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the Lord; and that which he hath given will he pay him again. Prov. xix, 17. Blessed is he that considereth the poor : the Lord will deliver him in time of trouble. Psalm xli, 1. God is not unrighteous to forget your work and labor of love, which ye have 84 THE COMMUNION. showed toward his name, in that ye have ministered to the saints, and do minister, Heb. vi, 10. Minister. Let us pray for the whole , state of Christ's Church militant. ALMIGHTY and ever-living God, who by thy holy Apostle has taught us to make prayers and supplications, and to give thanks for all men ; We humbly be- seech thee most mercifully \Jo accept our alms, and]* to receive these * If there be our prayers, which we offer "° ^\^\ ^^^^ unto thy Divine Majesty; be- cbsed^ words seeching thee to inspire con- be omitted, tinually the Universal Church with the spirit of truth, unity, and concord: And grant that all those who do confess thy holy Name may agree in the truth of thy holy Word, and live in unity and godly love. We beseech thee also, so to direct and dispose the hearts of all who are in authority, that they may truly and impar- tially administer justice, to the punish- ment of wickedness and vice, and to the maintenance of thy true religion and vir- tue. Give grace, O heavenlv Father, to all Ministers of thy Gospel, that they may, both by their life and doctrine, set forth thy true and lively Word, and rightly and 85 THE COMMUNION. duly administer thy Holy Sacraments. And to all thy people give thy heavenly grace; and especially to this congregation here present ; that, with meek heart and due reverence, they may hear and receive thy holy Word; truly serving thee in holiness and righteousness all the days of their life. And we most humbly beseech thee, of thy goodness, O Lord, to comfort and succor all those 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 de- parted 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 Christ's sake, our only Mediator and Ad- vocate. Ametu f After this prayer, the Minister shall say, DEARLY beloved in the Lord, ye who mind to come to this holy Table of the Lord must consider how St. Paul ex- horteth all persons to examine them- selves, before they eat of that Bread, and drink of that Cup. For, the benefit is greati if with a true penitent heart and 8d THE COMMUNION. lively faith we receive this Holy Supper. Judge, therefore, yourselves, brethren, that ye be not judged of the Lord; repent ye truly for your sins past ; have a lively and steadfast faith in Christ our Saviour ; amend your lives, and be in perfect char- ity with all men ; and so shall ye be meet partakers of this Holy Feast. And above all things, ye must give most humble and hearty thanks to God, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost, for the redemp- tion of the world by the death and passion of our Saviour Christ, both God and man ; who did humble himself, even to the death upon the Cross, for us, miserable sinners, who lay in darkness and the shadow of death ; that he might mr.ke us the children of God, and exalt us tc ever- lasting life. And to the end that we should always remember the exceeding great love of our Master, and only Saviour, Jesus Christ, thus dying for us, and the innumerable benefits which by his pre- cious blood-shedding he hath obtained for u^ ; he hath instituted and ordained this Holy Supper, as a pledge of his love, and for a continua' remembrance of his death, to our great and endless comfort. To him, therefore, with the P'ather and the Holy Cihost, let us give (as we are most boundcn) continual thanks; submitting 87 THE COMMUNION. ourselves wholly to his holy will and pleasure, and studying to serve him in true holiness and righteousness all the days of our life. Amen. Minister. Ye who do truly and earnestly repent you of your sins, and are in love and charity with your neighbors, and intend to lead a new life, following the commandments of God, and walking from henceforth in his holy ways ; draw near with faith, and take this holy Sacrament to your comfort ; and make your humble confession to Almighty God, devoutly kneeling. \ Confession to be made by the Minister and people. 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 mmitted. By thought, word, and deed. Against thy Divine Majesty, Provoking most justly thy wrath and in- dignation against us. We do earnestly repent. And are heartily sony for these our misdoings. The remembrance of them is grievous unto us. Have mercy upon us, Have mercy upon us, most mer- ciful Father ; For thy Son our Lord Jesus Christ's sake, Forgive us all that is past; 88 THE COMMUNION. And grant that we may ever hereafter Serve and please thee in newness of life. To the honor and glory of thy Name ; 'I'hrough Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. ^ Then shall the Minister say, ALMIGHTY God, our heavenly Father, who of thy great mercy hast promised forgiveness of sins to all those who, with hearty repentance and true faith, turn unto thee ; Have mercy upon us ; pardon tind deliver us from all our sins ; confirm and strengthen us in all goodness ; and bring us to everlasting life ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. ^ Then the Minister, standing, shall say. Hear what comfortable words our Saviour Christ saith unto all who truly turn to him : Come unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. St. Matt, xi, 28. God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever helieveth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. St. John iii, 16. Hear also what St, Paul saith : This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came 89 THE COMMUNION. into the world to save sinners. 1 Tim, i, 15. Hear also what St. John saith: If any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the right- eous : and he is the Propitiation for our sins. 1 St. John ii, 1, 2. Minister. Lift up your hearts. Answer, We lift them up unto the Lord. Minister. Lord God. Ansioer. Minister. our bounden Let us give thanks unto our It is meet and right so to do. It is very meet, right, and duty, that we should at all times, and in all places, give thanks unto thee, O Lord, [Holy Father,]* Almighty Everlasting God. % Here shall follow the proper Preface, according to the time, if there be any specially ;ippointed; or else immediately shall be said or sung, by the Minister and People, THEREFORE with Angels and Arch- angels, and with all the company of heaven, we laud and magnify thy glorious name; evermore praising thee, and say- ♦These words {Holy Father] must be omitted on Trinity Sunday. 00 THE COMMUNION. ing, Holy, holy, holy, Lord God of Hosts, heaven and earth are full of thy glory; Glory be to thee, O Lord Most High. Amen. PROPER PREFACES. Upon Christmas Day. BECAUSE thou didst give Jcm:.. Christ, thine only Son, to be bom as at this time for us ; who, by the operation of the Holy Ghost, was made very man, being born of the Virgin Mary, without sin, to make us clean from all sin. Therefore with Angels, etc. Upon Easter Day. BUT chiefly are we bound to praise thee for the glorious resurrection of thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord . For he is the very Paschal Lamb, which was offered for us, and hath taken away the sin of the world; who by his death hath destroyed death, and, by his rising to life again, hath restored to us everlasting life. Therefore with Angels, etc. 91 THE COMMUNION. Upon Ascension Day. TPIROUGH thy most clc;arly beloved Son, Jesus Christ our Lord ; who, after his most glorious Resurrection, manifestly appeared to all his Apostles, and in their sight ascended up into heaven, to prepare a place for us; that where he is, thither we might also ascend, and reign with him in glory. Therefore with Angels, etc. Upon Whitsunday. THROUGH Jesus Christ our Lord, ac- cording to whose promise the Holy Ghost has been given to convince the world of sin, of righteousness, and of jud^^mcnt ; and to teach thy people, lead- ing them into all truth. Therefore with Angels, etc. Upon Trinity Sunday. BECAUSE that in the Unity of thy Divine Essence thou hast manifested thyself in a Threefold Personality: God the Father loving us, God the Son redeem- ing us, and God the Holy Ghost re- generating and sanctifying us. Therefore with Angels, etc. 92 THE COMMUNION. ^ Or else this may be said, the words [Holy Father] being retained in the introductory Address, FOR the precious death and merits of thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord, and for the sending to us of the Holy Ghost the Comforter ; who are one with thee in thy eternal Godhead. Therefore with Angels, etc. .ord, ac- 5 Holy ice the and of |le, lead- ire with ^Then shall the Minister kneel at the Lord's Table and say, WE do not presume to come to this thy table, O merciful Lord, trusting in our own righteousness, but in thy mani- fold and great mercies. We are not worthy so much as to gather up the crumbs under thy table. But thou art the same Lord, whose property is always to have me'cy. Grant us, therefore, gra- cious Lord, so to commemorate in this breaking of l)read the death of thy dear Son Jesus Christ, that we may feed on liim in our hearts by faith, and that we may evermore dwell in him, and he in us. Amen. ALL glory be to thee, Almighty God, our heavenly Father, for that thou, of 93 THE COMMUNION. thy tender mercy, didst give thine only Son Jesus Christ to suffer death upon the cross for our redemption ; who made there (by his one oblation of himself once of- fered) a full, perfect, and s'lfficrv-t sacrifice, oblation, and satisfacticr: , T^r ^ sins of the whole world; and dicihi hi>jiitute, and in his holy Gospel command us to con- tinue, a perpetual memory of that his pre- cious death and sacrifice, until his coming again ; for in the night in which he was betrayed he took Bread ; and, when he had given thanks, he brake it, and gave to his disciples, saying. Take, eat, this is my body, which is given for you ; do this in remem- brance of me. Likewise, after supper, he took the Cup ; and, when he had given thanks, he gave it to them, saying, Drini- ye all of this; for this is my Blood of h> New Testament, which is shed fo» v •', and for many, for the remission o^ '' do this, as oft as ye shall drink it, in k m membrance of me. f Here shall be sung a Hymn. f Then shall the Minister first receive the Com- munion himself, and proceed to deliver ''"c same to the Ministers assisting, and, after :> ■-, to the people. And before delivering the knh J, I « 94 f And THE COMMUNION. shall say, to all the Communicants then around the Table, THE Body of Our Lord Jesus Christ, which was given for you, preserve your bodies and souls unto everlasting life. on us the araior of light, now in the time of this mortal life, in which thy Son Jesus Christ came to visit us in great humility ; that in the last day, when he shall come again in his glorious Majesty, to judge both the quick and dead, we may rise to the life immortal, through him who liveth andreigncth with thee and the Holy Ghost, now and ever. Amen. 1 This Collect may be repeated with the other Collects in Advent, until Chiistinas-day. THE EPISTLE. I^om. xiii, 8. OWE no man anything; but to love one another: for he that loveth another 100 FIRST SUNDAY IN ADVENT. hr.th fulfilled the Law. For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shall not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet ; and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. Love worketh no ill to his neigh- bor ; therefore love is the fulfilling of the Law. And that, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep; for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed. The night is far spent, the day is at hand : let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armor of light. Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying. But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh to fulfil the lusts thereof. THE GOSPEL. Sf. Matt, xxi, 1. WHEN they drew nigh unto Jenisa- leni, and were come to Bethphage, unto the Mount of Olives, then sent Jesus two disciples, saying unto them. Go into the village over against you, and straightway ye shall find an as., lied, and a colt with FIRST SUNDAY IN ADVENT. her : loose them, and bring them imto me. And if any man say aught unto you, ye shall say, The Lord hath need of them; and straightway he will send them. All this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying, Tell ye the daughter of Sion, Behold, thy King Cometh unto thee, meek, and sitting upon an ass, and a colt the foal of an ass. And the disciples went, and did as Jesus commanded them; and brought the ass and the colt, and put on them their clothes, and they set him thereon. And a very great multitude spread their gar- ments in the way : others cut down branches from the trees, and strewed them in the way. And the multitudes that went before, and that followed, cried, saying, Hosanna to the Son of David! Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord ! Hosanna in the highest ! And when he was come into Jerusalem, all the «ity was moved, saying, Who is this ? And the multitude said. This is Jesus, the Prophet of Nazareth of Galilee. And Jesus went into the temple of God, and cast out all those that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of tlie money-changers, and the seats of them that sold doves, and said unto them, It is written, My house shall be called the 102 SECOND SUNDAY IN ADVENT. house of prayer; but ye have made it a den of thieves. saying, .Id, thy sitting an ass. IS Jesus the ass m their 1. And leir gar- ,t down strewed altitudes d, cried, David! name of highest ! erusalem, Who is This is f Galilee, of God, d bought tables of ;s of them \em, It IS called the 1' THE COLLECT. BLESSED Lord, who hast caused all holy Scriptures to be written for our learning ; Grant that we may in such wise hear them, read, mark, learn, and inwardly digest them, that by patience, and comfort of thy holy Word, we may embrace, and ever hold fast the blessed hope of everlasting life, which thou hast given us in our Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen. THE EPISTLE. J^om. XV, 4. WHATvSOEVER things were written aforetime, were written for our learn- iiii;; that we, through patience, and com- f()rt of the Scriptures, might have ho]5e. Now the God of patience and consolation grant you to be like-minded one towards another, according to Christ Jesus : that ye may with one mind and one mouth glorify God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. Wherefore receive ye one j another, as Christ also received us, to the 103 SECOND SUNDAY IN ADVENT. glory of God. Now I say, that Jesus Christ was a minister of the Circumcision for the truth of God, to confirm the promises made unto the fathers : and that the Gentiles might glorify God for his mercy; as it is written. For this cause I will confess to thee among the Gentiles, and sing unto thy Name. A ^ again he saith, Rejoice, ye Gentiles, his peo- ple. And again. Praise the ^ord, all ye Gentiles ; and laud him, all ye people. And again Esaias saiith, There shall be a Root of Jesse, and He that shall rise to reign over the Gentiles, in Him shall the Gentiles trust. Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost. THE GOSPEL. St. Luke xxi, 25. AND there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and waves roaring; men's hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth : for the powers of heaven shall be shaken. And then shall they see the Son of Man coming in a cloud with power and great glory. And 104 THIRD SUNDAY IN ADVENT. when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh. And he spake to them a parable, Behold the fig- tree, and all the trees; when they now shoot forth, ye see and know of your own selves that summer is now nigh at I md. So likewise ye, when ye see these things come to pass, know ye that the Kingdom of God is nigh at hand. Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass away, till all be fulfilled. Heaven and earth shall pass away; but my words shall not pass away. THE COLLECT. O LORD Jesus Christ, who at thy first coming didst send thy messenger to prepare thy way before thee; Grant that the ministers and stewards of thy myste- ries may likewise so prepare and make ready thy way, by turning the hearts of the disobedient to the wisdom of the just, that at thy second coming to judge the world we may be found an acceptable people in thy sight, who livest and reign- est with the Father and the Holy Spirit, ever one God, world without end. Amen. 105 THIRD SUNDAY IN ADVENT. THE EPISTLE. 1 Cor. iv, 1. LET a man so account of us, as of the ministers of Christ, and stewards of the mysteries of God. Moreover, it is re- quired in stewards, that a man be found faithful. But with me it is :. very small thing that I should be judged of you, or of man's judgment: yea, I judge not mine own self. For I know nothing by myself, yet am I not hereby justified; but He that judgeth me is the Lord. Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make manifest the counsels of the hearts ; and then shall every man have praise of God. THE GOSPEL. St. Matt, xi, 2. NOW when John had heard in the prison the works of Christ, he sent two of his disciples, and said unto him, Art thou He that should come, or do \vc look for another? Jesus answered and said unto them. Go and show John again those things which ye do hear and see: The blind receive their sight, and the lame walk, the lepers are cleanseil, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor have the Gospel pi:;.'\ched 106 FOURTH SUNDAY IN ADVENT. to them : and blessed is he whosoever shall not be offended in me. And as they de- parted, Jesus began to say unto the multi- tudes concerning John, What went ye out into the wilderness to see? a reed shaken with the wind? But what went ye out for to see? a man clothed in soft raiment? Behold, they that wear soft clothing are in kings' houses. But what went ye out for to see ? a prophet ? yea, I say unto you, and more than a prophet. For this is he of whom it is written, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee. c /ourtt) cl^unba^ iii ^burnt. THE COLLECT. O LORD, raise up, we pray thee, thy power, and come among us, and with u;reat might succor us; tha<: wher^MS, ihroiigh our sins and wickedness, we are sore let and hindered in running th< race lliat is set before us, thy bountiful grace and mercy may speedily help and deliver us; thnuigh the satisfacti<»n of lliy Son our Lord, to whom, with thee and the Holy (Jhost, be honor and glory, world without \ind. Amen. 107 FOURTH SUNDAY IN ADVENT. THE EPISTLE. PhiL iv, 4. REJOICE in the VmA alway; and again I say, Rejoice. Let your modera- tion be known unto all men. The Lord is at hand. Be careful for nothing ; but in everything, by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, lot your requests be made known unto God. And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus. THE GOSPEL. St. J ohtl i, 19. THIS is the record of John, when the Jews sent Priests and Invites from Jerusalem to ask him, Who art thou? And he confessed, and denied not; but confessed, I am not the Christ. And they asked him. What then? Ait thou Elias? And he saith, I am not. Art thou that Prophet? And he answered, No. Then said they unto him. Who art thou? that we may give an answer to them that sent us. What sayest thou of thyself? He said, I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness. Make straight the way of the Lord, as said the prophet Esaias. And they which were sent were of the I'harisecs. And they asked him, and said unto him, Why ba^Uizest 108 Lord Je." uitii ih, (iod, wt CHRISTMAS-DAY. (hou then, if thou be not that Christ, nor Elias, neither that Prophet ? John an- swered them, saying, I baptize with water: but there stanUeth One among you, whom ye know not ; He it is, who, coming after me, is preferred before me, whose shoe's latchet I am not worthy to unloose. These things were done in Bethabara beyond Jordan, where John was baptizing. ilj< tlatuittp of our jTorH, cv tf}( BirtI)- 2ia9 0f €\}v'iit, commonly (aUc2> C|)n0tma0-lia9. THE coLi.rx:T. ALMIGHTY God, who hast given us thy only -begotten Son to take our nature upor Mm, and as at this time to be born ui a pure virgin ; Grant that we l)eing icgenerate, and made thy children by adoption and grace, may daily be renewed liy lliy Holy Spirit; through the same our Lord Jesus Christ, who livelh and reigneth with ihcc and the same Spirit, ever one (iod, world without end. Amen, THE El'ISTLE. I/eb. 1, 1. GOD, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in times past unto the CHRISTMAS-DAY. fathers by the prophets, hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds; who (being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power), when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high ; being made so much better than the angels, as he hath by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they. For unto which of the angels said he at any time, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee? And again, I will be to him a Father, and he shall be to me a Son? And again, when he bringeth in the First-begotten into the world, he saith. And let all the angels of God wor- ship him. And of the angels he saith, Who maketh his angels spirits, and his ministers a flame of fire. But unto the Son he saith, 'I'hy throne, O God, is for ever and ever ; a sceptre of righteousness is the sceptre of thy kingdom. Thou hast lovi-d righteousness, and hated ini- quity; therefore God, even thy God, hath anttinted thee with the oil of gladness above tliv fellows. And, Thou, Lord, in the beginning hast laid the foundation of the earth; and the heavens are the works | 110 CHRISTMAS-DAY. of thine hands: they shall perish, but thou remainest; and they all shall wax old as doth a garment ; and as a vesture shalt thou fold them up, and they shall be changed ; but thou art the same, and thy years shall not fail. THE GOSPEL. St. John i, 1. IN the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The same was in the begin- ning with God. All things were made by him ; and without him was not any- thing made that was made. In him was life, and the life was the light of men. And the light shineth in darkness, and the darkness comprehended it not. There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. The same came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all men through him might believe. He was not that Light, but was sent to bear witness of that Light. That was the true Light, which lighteth every man that comcth into the world. He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not. He came unto his own, and his own received him not. iiut as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even lU SUNDAY AFTER CHRISTMAS-DAY. to them that believe on his Name : which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God. And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, ("and we beheld his glory, the glory as ot the Only-begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth. €t)( ^untiat) after ((CljrUtmad-tiai). 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 adop- tion and grace, may daily be renewed by thy Holy Spirit ; through the same our Lord Jesus Christ, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the same Spirit, ever one God, world without end. Amen. THE EPISTLE. Ga/. Iv, I. NOW T say, that the heir, as long as he is a child, differeth nothing from a ser- vant, though he be lord of all ; but is under tutors and governors, until the time appointed of the father. Even so we, when wc were children, were in bon- 112 SUNDAY AFTER CHRISTMAS-DAY. dage under the elements of the world; but when the fullness 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, Abl)a, Father. Wherefore thou art no more a servant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir of God, through Christ. THE GOSPEL. 5?. Matt, i, 18. THE birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise. When as his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came tojTcther, she was found with child of the Holy Ghost. Then Joseph her husband, being a just man, and not willing to make her a public example, was minded to put her away privily. But while he thought on these things, behold, the angel of the Lord ajjpeared 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 json, and thou shalt call his name JESUS; jfur he shall save his people from their I sins. (Now all this was done, that it H 113 CIRCUMCISION OF CHRIST. might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying, Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which, being interpreted, is, God with us.) Then Joseph being raised from sleep did as the angel of the Lord had bidden him, and took unto him his wife; and knew her not till she had brought forth her first-born son : and he called his name JESUS. €l)( Ctrcumn0)0n of Ci)ndt. THE COLLECT. ALMIGHTY God, who madest thy blessed Son to be circumcised, and obedient to the Law for man ; Grant us the true Circumcision of the Spirit ; that, our hearts, and all our members, being mortified from all worldly and carnal lusts, we may in all things obey thy blessed will ; through the same thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. THE EPISTLE. Rom. iv, 8. BLESSED is the man to whom the Lord will not impute sin. Cometh this blessedness then upon the Circumcision 114 CIRCUMCISION OF CHRIST. only, or upon the Uncircumcision also ? For we say, that faith was reckoned to Abraham for righteousness. How was it then reckoned ? when he was in circum- cision, or in uncircumcision? Not in circumcision, but in uncircumcision. And he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which he had, yet being uncircumcised ; that he might be the father of all them that be- lieve, though they be not circumcised; that righteousness might be imputed unto them also: and the father of circumcision to them who are not of the Circumcision only, but also walk in the steps of that faith of our father Abraham, which he had being yet uncircumcised. For the promise, that he should be the heir of the world, was not to Abraham, or to his seed, through the Law, but through the right- eousness of faith. For if they which are of the Law be heirs, faith is made void, and the promise made of none effect. THE GOSPEL. 5/. Luke ii, 15. AND it came to pass, as the angels were gone away from them into heaven, the shepherds said one to another. Let us now go even unto Bethlehem, and see this thing which is come to pass, which 116 THE EPIPHANY. the Lord hath made known unto us. And they came with haste, and found Mary and Joseph, and the babe lying in a manger. And when they had seen it, they made known abroad the saying which was told them concerning this child. And all they that heard it won- dered at those things which were told them by the shepherds. But Mary kept all these things, and pondered them in her heart. And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things that they had heard and seen, as it was told unto them. And when eight days were accomplished for the circum- cising of the child, his name was called JESUS, which was so named of the angel before he was conceived in the womb. f This Collect, Epistle, and Gospel may be used until the Epiphany. ilt)c Cptpi)ant), 0r ti)c iltanifcatation of Ci)n0t to t\)e (Dcnttlca. THE COLLECT. O GOD, who by the leading of a star didst manifest thy only-begotten Son to the Gentiles; Mercifully grant that we, who know thee now by iailh, may after 116 THE EPIPHANY. this life have the fruition of thy glorious Godhead; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. THE EPISTLE. Eph. \\\, 1. FOR this cause, I Paul, the prisoner of Jesus Christ for you Gentiles ; if ye have heard of the dispensation of the grace of God, which is given me to you-ward : How that by revelation he made known unto me the mystery (as I wrote afore in few words, whereby, when ye read, ye may understand my knowledge in the mystery of Christ) which in other ages was not made known unto the sons of men, as it is now revealed unto his holy Apostles and Prophets by the Spirit ; that the Gentiles should be fellow heirs, and of the same body, and partakers of his promise in Christ, by the Gospel : whereof I was made a minister, accord- int^ to the gift of the grace of God given unto me by the effectual working of his power. Unto me, who am less than the least of all saints, is this grace given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ; and to make all men see what is the fellowship of the mystery, which from the begin- ning of the world hath been hid in God, who created all things by Jesus Christ: 117 THE EPIPHANY. to the intent that now unto the principali- ties and powers in heavenly places mi^'H be known by the Church the manifoiU wisdom of God, according to the eternal purpose which he purposed in Christ Jesus our Lord : in whom we have bold- ness and access with confidence by the faith of him. THE GOSPEL. Sf. Matt, ii, 1. WHEN Jesus was born in Bethleheir of Judea, in the days of Herod the king, behold, there came wise men from the East to Jerusalem, saying. Where is he that is born King of the Jews ? for v/e have seen his star in the East, and are come to worship him. When Herod the king had heard these things, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him. And when he had gathered all the chief priests and scribes of the people together, he de- manded of them where Christ should he born. And they said unto him. In Beth- lehem of Judea : for thus it is written liy the prophet, And thou Bethlehem, in the land of Juda, art not the least among the princes of Juda ; for out of thee shall come a Governor, that shall rule my peo- ple Israel. Then Herod, when he had privily called the wise men, enquired 118 FIRST SUNDAY AFTER THE EPIPHANY. of them diligently what time the star appeared. And he sent them to Bethle- hem, and said, Go, and search diligently for the young child ; and when ye have found him, bring me word again, that I may come and worship him also. When they had heard the king, they departed; and, lo, the star which they saw in the East went before them, till it came and stood over where the young child was. When they saw the star, they rejoiced with exceeding great joy. And when they were come into the house, they saw the young child with Mary his mother, and fell down and worshiped him : and when they had opened their treasures, they presented unto him gifts ; gold, and frankincense, and myrrh. And being warned of God in a dream that they should not return to Herod, they departed into their own country another way. t £tt8t ^ntiHt) after Wjt Cptpijanp. THE COLLECT. O LORD, we beseech thee mercifully to receive the prayers of thy people who call upon thee; and grant that they may both perceive and know what things they 119 FIRST SUNDAY AFTER THE EPIPHANY. ought to do, and also may have grace and power faithfully to fuliill the same; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amtn. THE EPISTLE. Rom. xii, 1 I BESEECH you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, ac- ceptable unto God, which is your reason- able service. And be not conformed to this world; but be ye transfonned by the renewing of your mind, that ye mtiy prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect will of God. for I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think ; but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith. For as we have many members in one body, and all memliers have not the same office ; so we, being many, are one body in Christ, and every one mem- bers one of another. THE GOSPEL. S* Luke \\, \\, NOW his parents went to Jerusalem every yeor at th. feast of the Passover. And when he was twelve years old, they went up to Jerusalem, after the cuslons of 120 FIRST SUNDAY AFTER THE EPIPHANY. the feast. And wTien they had fulfilled the days, as they returned, the child Jesus tarried behind in Jerusalem; and Joseph and his mother knew not of it. But they, supposing him to have been in the company, went a day's journey, and they sought him among their kinsfolk and acquaintance. And when they found him not, they turned back again to Jeru- salem, seeking him. And it came to pass, that after three days they found him in the temple, sitting in'tlie midst of the (lectors, both hearing them, and asking them questions. And all that heard him w(Me astonished at his understanding and answers. And when .'hey saw him, they were amazed; and Iiis mother said unto hiiu, Son, why hast thou thus dealt with us ? behold, thy father and I have sought thee sorrowing. And he said unti) them. How is it that ye sought me ? wist ye not that I must be about my Father's business? And they understood not the saying which he si)ake unfo tlu'in. And he went down with them, and came to Nazareth, and was subject unto them; but his mother kept all these sayings in her heart. And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and man. 121 SECOND SUNDAY AFTER THE EPIPHANY. THE COLLECT. ALMIGHTY and everlasting God, who dost govern all things in heaven and earth; Mercifully hear the supplications of thy people, and grant us thy peace all the days of our life ; through Jesus Christ our Lord, Amen. THE EPISTLE. JRom. xii, 6. • HAVING then gifts differing according to the grace that is given to us, whether prophecy, let us prophesy according to the proportion of faith; or ministry, let us wait on our ministering; or he that teacheth, on teachinij ; or he that exhort- elh, on exhortation; he that giveth, let him do it with simplicity ; he that ruleth, with diligence; he that showeth mercy, with cheerfulness. Let love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good. Be kindly aflfectioned one to another with brotherly love ; in honor preferring one another ; not slothful in business; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord; rejoicing in hope; p.Uient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer ; distributing to the necessity of saiuts ; given to hospitality. Bless them 122 SECOND SUNDAY AFTER THE EPIPHANY. which persecute you ; bless, and curse not. Rejoice with them that do rejoice, and weep with them that weep. Be of the same mind one towards another. Mind not high things, but condescend to men of low estate. THE GOSPEL. Sf. John ii, 1. AND the third day there was a marriage in Cana of Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there. And both Jesus was called, and his disciples, to the marriage. And when they wanted wine, the mother of Jesus saith unto him. They have no wine. Jesus saith unto her, W.oman, what have I to do with thee ? mine hour is not yet come. His mother saith unto the servants. Whatsoever he saith unto you, do it. And there were set there six WMler-jx^ts of stone, after the manner of the iHuifying of the Jews, containing two or three firkins apiece. Jesus saith unto tluMu, Fill the water-pots with water. And they filletl them up to the brim. And he saith unto them, Draw out now, an «§uni>at) before £ent. THE COLLECT. LORD, we beseech thee favorably to hoar the prayers of thy people; that we, who are justly punished for our o.Tences, may be mercifully delivered by thy goodness, for the glory of thy Name ; tlnough Jesus Christ our Saviour, who liveih and reigneth with thee and the 133 SEPTUAGESIMA SUNDAY. Holy Ghost, ever one God, world without end. Amen. THE EPISTLE. 1 Cor. ix, 24. KNOW ye not, that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain. And every man that striveth for the masteiy, is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown, but we an incorruptible. I therefore so run, not as uncertainly; so fight I, not as one that beateth the air: but I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection; lest that by any means, when I have preacheii to others, I myself should be a cast-away. THE GOSPEL. St. Matt. XX, 1. THE kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an householder, which went out early in the morning to hire laborers into his vineyard. J^nd when he had agreed with the laborers for a penny a day, he sent them into his vineyard. And he went out about the third hour, and snw others standing idle in the market- place, and said unto them, '.-o ye also into the vineyard, and whatsoever is right 1 will give you. And they went tiieir way. Again he went out about the sixth and ninth hour, and did likewise. And about 134 SEPTUAGESIMA SUNLaV. the eleventh hour he went out, and found others standing idle, and saith unto them, Why stand ye here all the day idle ? They say unto him, Because no man hath hired us. He saith unto them, Go ye also into the vineyard, and whatsoever is right, that sliall ye receive. So when even was come, the lord of the vineyard saith unto his steward, Call the laborers, and give them their hire, befrinninij" from the last unto the tirst. And when they came that were hired about the eleventh hour, they re- ceived every man a penny. But when the tn>t came, they supposed that tliey should have received more; and they likewise locfived every man a i)enny. Aneareth all things, belie veth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things. Charity never faileth: but whether there be prophecies, they shall fail; whether there be tongues, they shall cease; whether there be knowledge, it shall v;ia- ish away. For we know in ])art, and we prophesy in part; but when that which is jxjifect Ls come, then that which is in part shall be done away. When I was a chihl, I spake as a child, I understtKid as a child, I thought as a child; but wheal became a n\an, 1 jiut away childish thinj^s. For now we see through a glass, darkly ; but then face to ia.ce: now I know in j^wirt; but then shall I know even as also I am known. And now abidelh faith, ho}>e, chanty, these ihice; but tlie grexlcit of these is charity. TFIE CosrEL. .9/. Lu/'f xviii, 31. TUFN Jesus tc»ok unto him the Iwelve, and said unto tiiem, IkhoJd, we go up to Jerusalem, and all things that ar«- writ- ten i»y the prophets concerning the S((n of Man sliall be accomplished. For he shall be ilelivered unlo the (ientiles, and sliall 140 QiriXQUAfTESriWA SUNDAY. cnovv HI be mocked, and spitefully entreated, and spitted on : and they shall scourge him, and put him to deatli; and the third day he shall rise again. And they understood none of these things ; and Uiis saying was hid from them, neither knew they the things which were sjx)ken. And it came to pass, that as he was come nigh unto Jericho, a certain blind man sat by the way- siiie begging; and hearing the nudtitude pass by, he asked what it meant. And they told him, that Jesus of Nazareth [usseth by. And he cried, saying, Jerfus, thou Son of David, have mercy on me. And they whicii went before rebuked him, that he should hold his peace ; but he cried so much the more, Thou Son of Diivid, have mercy on me. And Jesus stood, and commaodetl him to be brought uiUo him ; and when he was come near, he asked him, saying. What will thou tluit 1 shiudd do unto th^e ? And he said. Lord, that I may receive my sight. And jous said uulo hira. Receive thy sit^lU : Ihy faitb hutli saved thee. And imn-^edi atidy he received his sight, and followeil him, glorifying Lkwi ; and all the peoj^le, whi.'u they saw it, gave praise unto God. 141 ASH-WEDNESDAY. €\)t itr0t ttar) of iTcnl, commonli) colUli THE COLLECT. ALMIGHTY and everlasting God, who hatest nothing that thou hast made, and dost forgive the sins of all those who are penitent ; Create and make in us new and contrite hearts, that we worthily lamenting our sins, and acknowledging; our wretchedness, may obtain of thee, the God of all mercy, perfect remission and forgiveness ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen, ^ This Collect may be read during Lent, after the Collect appointed for the: day. ^ At Morning Prayer, the Litany being ended, sliall be said the following Prayers, immediately before the General Tnanksgiving. 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 arc accused, by thy merciful pardon may be absolved; through Christ our Lord. A.nen. O MOST mighty G(h1, and merciful Father, who hast compassion upon all men, and hatest nothing that thou hast 142 ASH-WEDNESDAY. made; who wouldest not the death of a sinner, but rather that he should turn from his sin, and l)e 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 acknowl- edge our vileness, and truly repent us of our faults, and so make haste to help us in this world, that we may ever live with thee in the world to come ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. ^ Then shall the people say this that followcth, with the Minister. TURN thou us, O good Lord, and so shall we be turned. He favorable, O Lortl, Be favorable to thy people, Who turn to thee in weci)ing, fasting, and pray- ing. For thou art a merciful (rod, Full of compassion, Long-suffering, iind of great pity. Thou s])arest when wo deserve punishment, And in thy wrath thinkc-;t upon mercy. Spare thy people, good 143 ASH -WEDNESDAY. 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 media- tion of thy 1)lessed Son, Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. FOR THE EPISTLE. Joel il, 12. TURN ye even to me, saith the Lord. ^v•ith all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning. And rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto the Lord your God ; foi' he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repent- eth him of the evil. Who knoweth if he will return and repent, and leave a bless- ing behind him ; even a meat-ofJ'ering and a drink-offering unto the Lord your God ? Blow the trum]>et in Sicm, sanctify a fast, call a solemn assembly ; gather the people, sanctify the ccmgregation, assemble the elders, gather the children, and those that suck the breasts ;. l«t tilie bridegroom go foilh of his chandler, and the liride out of her closet. Let the jiriests, the minis- ters of the Lord, weep between the porch and the altar, and let them say. Spare thy people, O Lord, and give not thine heri- 144 FIRST SUNDAY IN LENT. tao^e to reproach, that the heathen should rule over them: wherefore should they say among the people, Where is their God? THE GOSPEL. St. Matt, vi, 16. WHEN ye fast, be not as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance ; for they dis- figure their faces, that they may appear unto men to fast. Verily 1 say unto you, they have their reward. But thou, when tliou fastest, anoint thine head, and wash thy face ; that thou appear not unto men to fast, but unto thy Father which is in secret : and thy Father, which seeth in secret, shall reward thee openly. Lay iiitt up for yourselves treasures upon earth, wheie moth a,nd rust doth corru}>t, and where thieves break through and steal: liut lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal; for where your treasure , there will your heart be also. tl)c £v^X jSvmliai) In iTcnt. THi;. < OLLECT. LORD, who for our sake didst fast I forty days and forty nights; Give us J 145 ^>, IMAGE EVALUATION TEST TARGET (MT-3) 1.0 H:'- 1^ ^^= us Ki 122 1.1 r-^i^ — m 1.25 |;,.4 |,.6 6" ► V] *;. '/ /A Photographic Sciences Corporation 33 WIST MAIN STRUT WIBSTIR.N.Y. I49B0 (>I6) •73-4503 4- 5V ^ W O 6^ ^>7 FIRST SUNDAY IN LENT. grace to use such abstinence, that, our flesh being subdued to the Spirit, we may ever obey thy godly motions in righteous- ness, and true holiness, to thy honor and glory, who livest and reignest with the Father and the Holy Ghost, one God, world without end. Amen. THE EPISTLE. 2 Cor. vi, 1. "WE then, as workers together with him, beseech you also that ye receive not the grace of God in vain. (For he saith, I have heard thee in a time accepted, and in the day of salvation have I succored thee: behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation.) Giving no offence in any thing, that the ministry be not blamed ; but in all things approving ourselves as the ministers of God, in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses, in stripes, in im- prisonments, in tumults, in labors, in watchings, in fastings; i)y pureness, by knowledge, by long-suffering, by kindness, by the Holy Ghost, by love unfeigned, by the word of truth, by the power of God, by the armor of righteousness on the right hand and on the left, by honor and dishonor, by evil report and good re- port; as deceivers, and yet true; as un* 146 FIRST SUNDAY IN LENT. known, and yet well known; as dying, and behold, we live ; as chastened, and not killed; as sorrowful, yet always re- joicing ; as poor, yet making many rich ; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things. THE GOSPEL. 5/. Matt, iv, 1. THEN was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness, to be tempted of the devil. And when he had fasted forty (lays and forty nights, he was afterward an hungered. And when the tempter' came to him, he said. If thou be the Son o*" God, command that these stones be made bread. But he answered and said, It Is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that pn)ceedeth out of the mouth of (Jod. Then the devil takrth him up into the holy city, and setteth him on a pinnacle of the icniplc, and saith unto him. If thou be the Son of CJod, cast thyself down; for it i>^ written, He shall give his angels charge concerning thee, o dd in their hands they shall hear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone. Jesus saith unto him. It is written again. Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy Ood. Again, the devil taketh him up into an exceed- ing high mountain, and showeth him all 147 SECOND SUNDAY IN LENT. the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them ; and saith unto him, All these things will I give thee, if thou will fall down and worship me. Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan ! for it | is written, Thou shall woi-ship the Lord thy Cfod, and him only shall thou serve. Then the devil leaveth him, and behold, an^^els came and ministered unto him. €l)c ;une coasts, and cried unto him, fayiiii^', Have mercy on me, O Lord, thou '11 of David ; my daughter is grievously voxetl wuh a devil. But he answered iii;r n(it a word. And his disciples cnme bd besought him, saying. Send her kay ; for she crieth after us. But he knswcred and said, I am not sent but Wo the loat sheep of the house of Israei. 149 THIRD SUNDAY IN LENT. Then came she and worshiped him, say- ing, Lord, help me ! But he answered and said, It is not meet to take the chil- dren's bread, and to cast it to dogs. And she said. Truth, Lord ; yet the dog eat of the crumbs which fall from their m tere' ta!>le. Then Jesus answered and lid unto her, O woman, great is thy faith: be it unto thee even as thou wilt. And her daughter was made whole from that | very hour. €\)t €l)irli <$'unlia9 in iTettt. THE COLLECT. WE beseech thee, Almighty God, look upon the hearty desires of thy humble servants, and stretch forth the right hand of thy Majesty, to be our defence against all our enemies ; through Jesus Christ oar Lord. Amen, THE EPISTLE. Eph. V, \. BE ye therefore followers of CJ(xl, asj dear children ; and walk in love, asj Christ also hath loved us, and hath jjiveiil himself for us, an offering and a sacrificel to God for a sweet-smelling savor. Bull fornication, and all uncleanness, or covet] 150 THIRD SUNDAY IN LENT. ousness, let it not be once named amongst you, as becometh saints ; neither fiithiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not convenient; but rather giving of thanks. For this ye know, that no whore- monj^er, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any inherit- ance in the kingdom of Christ and of God. Let no man deceive you with vain words ; for because of these things cometh tlie wrath of God upon the children of disobedience. Be not ye therefore par- takers with them. For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord : walk as children of light; (for the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness, and righteousness, and truth;) proving what is acceptable unto the Lord. And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them. For lit is a shame even to speak of those things which are done of them in secret. But all things that are reproved are made manifest by the light; for whatsoever 'loth make manifest is light. Wherefore he saith. Awake, thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light. 151 THIRD SUNDAY IN LENT. THE GOSPEL. St. Luke xi, 14. JESUS was casting out a devil, and it was dumb. And it came to pass, when the devil was gone out, the dumb spake; .and tile peo])le wondered. But some of them said, He casteth out devils through Beelzebub, the chief of the devils. And others, tempting him, sought of him a sign from heaven. But he, knowing their thoughts, said unto them. Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to deso- lation ; and a house divided against a house falleth. If Satan also be divided against himself, how shall his kingdom stand? because ye say that I cast out devils through Beelzebub. And if I by Beelzebub cast out devils, by whom do your sons cast them out? therefore shall they be your judges. But if I with the finger of God cast out devils, no doubt tlie kingdom of God is come upon you. When a strong man armed keepeth his palace, his goods are in peace; but when a stronger than he shall come upon him, and overcome him, he taketh from him all his armor wherein he trusted, and divid- eth his spoils. He that is not with me is against me ; and he that gathereth not with me scattereth. When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh 152 FOURTH SUNDAY IN LENT. through dry places, seeking rest; ancT finding none, he saith, I will return unto my house whence I came out. And when he Cometh, he findeth it swept and gar- nished. Then goeth he, and taketh to him seven other spirits more wicked than himself; and they enter in, and dwell there : and the last state of that man is worse than the first. And it came to pass, as he spake these things, a certain woman of the company lifted up her voice, and said unto him, Blessed is the womb that bare thee, and the paps which thou hast sucked. But he said. Yea rather, blessed are they that hear the Word of God, and keep it. %\)t Ionxt\f ; that is to say, not of tVits building; luither by the blood of t^OMH and calves, but by his own blood he entered in once into the lioly Place, havinir obtained eternal redemption for us. For if the blood of bulls and of goals, and the i\shes of an heifer sprinkling the unclean, sane- lifietli to the purifying of the Hesh ; how much more shall the blood of Christ, who, through the eternal Spirit, offered himself without spjt to (Jod, purge your conscience from dead works to serve tlie living God ? Aud for this cause he is the Mtnliator of the new testament, that by means of death, for the redemption of tiie transgressions that were under the hi^st testament, they which are called might receive the pro- mise of eternal inheritance. THE GOSPEL. Sf. John viii, 46. JESUS said. Which of you convinceth me of sin ? And if I say the truth, why do ye not believe me? He that is of God heareth God's words: ye therefore hear them not, because ye are not of (iod. Then aaswered the jews, and said unto him, Say we not well that thou art a Samaritan, and hast a devil ? Je>us aiLswered, I have not a devd ; but I honor 157 FIFTH SUNDAY IN LENT. my Father, and ye do dishonor me. And 1 seek not mine own glory : there is One that seeketh and judgeth. Verily, verily, I say unto you, If a man keep my saying, he shall never see death. Then said the Jews unto him, Now we know that thou hast a devil. Abraham is dead, and the prophets; and thou sayest. If a man keep my saying, he shall never taste of death. Art thou greater than our father Abraiiam, which is dead ? and the prophets arc n him the form of a .servant, and was made in the likeness of men : and being found in fasliion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross. Wherefore God also hath hij,'hly exaltetl him, and given him a Name which is above every name; that at the Name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and 159 SUNDAY NEXT BEFORE EASTER. things under the earth; and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. THE GOSPEL. St. Matt, xxvil, 1. WHEN the morning was come, all the chief priests and elders of the people took counsel against Jesus to put him to death. And when they had bound him, they led him away, and delivered him to Pontius Pilate the governor. Then Judas, who had betrayed him, when he saw that he was condemned, repented himself, and brought again the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and eldoi-s, saying, I have sinned, in that I have betrayed the innocent blood. And they said. What is that to us ? see thou to that. And he cast down the pieces of silver in the temple, and departed, and went and hanged himself. And the chief priests took the silver pieces, and said, ll is not lawful for to put them into the treasury, because it is the price of blood. And they took counsel, and bought with them the jxitter's field, to bury strangers in. Wherefore that field was called, The field of blood, unto this day. Then was fulfilled that which was s[)oken by Jeremy the prophet, saying, And they took the thirty pieces of silver, the price of Him SUNDAY NEXT BEFORE EASTER. that was valued, whom they of the ch!.l- dien of Israel did vahie; and gave them for the potter's field, as the Lord appointed me. And Jesus stood before the governor ; and the governor asked him, saying, Art thou the king of the Jews? And Jesus said unto him, 'i'hou sayest. And when he was aceused of the chief priests and elders, he answered nothing. Then saith Pilate unto him, Hearest thou not how many things they witness against thee ? And he answered him to never a word ; insomuch that the governor marvelled i^rcally. Now at that feast the governor was wont to release unto the people a prisoner, whom they would. And they had then a notable prisoner, called Barah- bas. Therefore when they were gathered ti))j[elher, Tilate said unto them. Whom will ye that 1 release unto you? Barab- bas, or Jesus which is called Christ ? For he knew that for envy they had delivered hhn. When he was set down on the jiul^ment-seat, his wife sent unto him, saying, Have thou nothing to do with that just man; for I have sulVered many thim^s this day in a dream because of him. lUil the chief priests and elders persua- ded liie multitude that they should ask Harahbas, and destroy Jesus. The gov- ernor answered ami said unto tUera, K liil SUNDAY NEXT BEFORE EASTER, Whether of the twain will ye that I release unto you? They said, Barabbas. Pilate saith unto them, What shall I do then with Jesus, which is called Christ? They all say unto liim. Let him be cruci- fied! And the governor said, Why, what evil hath he done ? But they cried om the more, saying. Let him be crucified! When Pilate saw that he could prevail nothing, but that rather a tumult was made, he took water, and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, I am innocent of the blood of this just person: see ye to it. Then answered all the peo- ple, and said. His l)lood be on us, and on our children! Then released he Barab- bas unto them ; and when he had scourged Jesus, he delivered him to be crucilied, Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the common h-^' and gathered unto him the whole band of soldiers. And they stripped him, and put on him a scarlet robe. And when they had platted a crown of thorns, they put it upon his head, and a reed in his right hand ; and they bowed the knee before him, and mockctl him, saying, H-^'l, King of the Jewsl! And they spit up^n him, and took the leed, and smote him on the head, And after that they had mocked him, they took the robe f)ff from him, and put j 102 SUNDAY NEXT BEFORE EASTER. his own raiment on him, and led him away to crucify him. And as they came out, they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name: him they compelled to bear his cross. And when they were come unto a place called Golgotha, that is to say, a place of a skull, they gave him vinegar to (irink mingled with gall : and when h« had tasted thtreof, he would not drink. And they crucified him, and parted his garments, cnsting lots : that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, They parted my garments among them and upon my vesture did they cast lots. And sitting down they watched him there; and sot up over his head his accusation written, THIS IS JESUS THE KING OK THE JEWS. Then were there two thieves crucified with him, one on the right hand, and another on the left. And j tliey that passed by reviled him, vvagging their heads, and saying, Thou that de- stroycst the temple, and buildest it in three days, save thyself. If thou be the 1 Son of God, C(jme down from the cross, Likewise also the chief priests mocking him, with the scribes and elders, said. He saved others; himself he cannot save, if jlie be the King of Israel, let him now come down from the cross, and we will Iklicve him. He trusted in God; let 163 SUNDAY NEXT BEFORE EASTER. him deliver him now, if he will have him; for he said, 1 am the Son of God. The thieves also, which were crucified \vith| him, cast the same in his teeth. Now from the sixth hour there was darkies i over all the land unto the ninth hour, And about the ninth hour Jesus cried I with a loud voice, sayine(l him. And when they had mocked him, they took off the purple from him, and put his own clothes on him, and led 17G TUESDAY BEFORE EASTER. him out to crucify him. And they com- pel one Simon a Cyrenian, who passed by, coming out of the country, the father of Alexander and Rufus, to bear his cross. And they bring him unto the place Gol- golha, which is, being interpreted, The place of ?. skull. And they gave him to uiiiik wine mingled with myrrh ; but he received it not. And when they had cruci- fied him, they parted his garments, casting lots upon them, what every man should take. And it was the third hour, and they crucified him. And the superscription of his accusation was written over, THE KING OF THE JEWS. And with him they crucify two thieves ; the one on his right hand, and the other on his left. And the Scripture was fultilled, which saith. And he was numbered with the transgres- sors. And they that passed by railed on him, wagging their heads, and saying. Ah, thou that destroy est the temple, and huildest it in three days, save thyself, and cimie down from the cross. Likewise also the chief priests mocking said among I themselves with the scribes, He saved others; himself he cannot save. Let lluist the King of Israel descend now hnm the cross, that we may see and be- lieve. And they that v/ere crucified with I him reviled him. And when the sixth L 177 WEDNESDAY BEFORE EASTER. hour was come, there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour. And at the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eloi ! Eloi! lama sabachthani ? which is, being interpreted, My God ! my God ! why hast thou forsa- ken me? And some of them that stood by, when they heard it, said. Behold, he calleth Elias. And one ran and filled a sponge full of ymegar, and put it on a reed, and gave him to drink, saying, Let alone; let us see whether Elias will come to take him down. And Jesus cried viih a loud voice, and gave up the ghost. And the vail of the temple was rent in twain, from the top to the bottom. And when the centurion, which stood over against him, saw that he so cried out, and gave up the ghost, he said, Truly this man was the Son of God. 1lDcl>nc0l>ttt) before (Cttfitfr. THE EPISTLE. Jleb. ix, 16. WHERE a testament is, there must also of necessity be the death of the testa- tor. For a testament is of force after j men are dead ; otherwise it is of no strength at all whilst the testator liveth, Whereupon neither the first testament was dedicated without blood. For when | 178 WEDNESDAY BEFORE EASTER. Moses had spoken every precept to all the people according to the Law, he took the blood of calves and of goats, with water, and scarlet wool, and hyssop, and sprinkled both the book and all the people, saying. This is the blood of the testament which God hath enjoined unto you. Moreover, he sprinkled likewise with blood both the tabernacle, and all the vessels of the ministry. And almost all things are by the Law purged with blood ; and without shedding of blood is no re- mission. It was therefore necessary that the patterns of things in the heavens should be purified with these; but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these. For Christ is not entered into the holy places made with hands, which are the figures of the true; but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us. Nor yet that he should oft'er himself often, as the high priest entereth into the Holy Place every year with blood of others; (for then must he often have suftered since the foundation of the world;) but now once in the end of the world hath he appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself. And .IS it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment : so Christ was once ottered to bear the sins of many j 179 WEDNESDAY BEFORE EASTER. and unto them that look for him shall he appear the second time without sin unto salvation. THE GOSPEL. Sf. Lu^e, xxii, 1. NOW the feast of unleavened bread drew nigh, which is called the Pass- over. And the chief priests and scribes sought how they might kill him ; for they feared the people. Then entered Satan into Judas surnamed Iscariot, being of the number of the twelve. And he went his way, and communed with the chief priests and captains, how he might betray hi.ii unto them. And they were glad, and covenanted to give him money. And he promised, and sought opportunity to be- tray him unto them in the absence of the multitude. Then came the day of un- leavened bread, when the passover must be killed. And he sent Peter and John, saying. Go and prepare us the passover, that we may eat. And they said unti) him, Where wilt thou that we prepai'^? And he said unto them, Behold, when ye are entered into the city, there shall a man meet you, bearing a pitcher of water ; fol- low him into the house where he entereth in. And ye shall say unto the good man of the house, The Master saith unto thee, 180 WEDNESDAY BEFORE EASTER. Where is the guest chamber, where I shall eat the passover with my disciples ? And he shall show you a large upper room fur- nished : there make ready. And they went, and found as he had said unto them ; ar.d they made ready the passover. And when the hour was come, he sat down, and the twelve apostles with him. And he said unto them, With desire I have desired to eat this passover with you be- fore I suffer. For I say unto you, I will not any more eat thereof, until it be ful- I tilled in the Kingdom of God. And he took the cup, ana gave thanks, and said, Take this, and divide it among yourselves. For 1 say unto you, I will not drink of the I fruit of the vine, until the Kingdom of God shall come. And he took bread, and [gave thanks, and brake it, and gave unto them, saying. This is my body which is kiven for you : this do in remembrance of me Likewise also the cup after supper, saying, This cup is the new testament in my blood, which is shed for you. But iiehold, the hand of him that betrayeth ime is with me on the table. And truly |the vSon of Man goeth as it was deter- lined ; but wo unto that man by whom e is betrayed ! And they began to in- iiire among themselves, which of them it as that should do this thing. And there 181 ^ WEDNESDAY BEFORE EASTER. was also a strife among them, which of them should be accounted the greatest. And he said unto them, The kings of the Gentiles exercise lordship over them ; and they that exercise authority upon them are called benefactors. But ye shall not be so : but he that is greatest among you, let him be as the younger ; and he that is chief, as he that doth serve. For whether is greater, he that sitteth at meat, or he that serveth ? Is not he that sitteth at meat ? But I am among you as he that serveth. Ye are they which have continued v/ith me in my temptations. And I ap- point unto you a kingdom, as my Father hath appointed unto me ; that ye may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom, and sit on thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel. And the Lord said, Simon, Simon, behold, Satan hath desired to have you that he may sift you as wheat: but I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not ; and when thou art converted, strengthen thy brethren. And he said unto him, Lord, I am ready to go with thee, both into prison, and to death. And he said, I tell thee, Peter, the cock shall not crow this day, before that thou shall thrice deny that thou knowest me. And he said unto them, When I sent you with- out purse, and scrip, and shoes, lacked ye 182 WEDNESDAY BEFORE EASTER. anything ? And they said, Nothing. Then said he unto them, But now, he that hath a purse, let him take it, and likewise his scrip ; and he that hath no sword, let him sell his garment, and buy one. For I say unto you, that this that is written must yet be accomplished in me, And he was reckoned among the transgressors : for the things concerning me have an end. And they said, Lord, behold, here are two swords. And he said unto them. It is enough. And he came out, and went, as he was wont, to the Mount of Olives; and his disciples also followed him. And when he was at the place, he said unto them, Pray that ye enter not into tempta- tion. And he was withdrawn from them about a stone's cast, and kneeled down, and prayed, saying, Father, if thou be willing, remove this cup from me : never- jtheless, not my will, but thine, be done. And there appeared an angel unto him from heaven, strengthening him. And being in an agony, he prayed more earn- estly, and his sweat was as it were great drops of blood falling down to the ground. And when he rose up from prayer, and was come to his disciples, he found them (sleeping for sorrow, and said unto them, IWhy sleep ye? rise and pray, lest ye lenter into temptation. And while he yet 183 WEDNESDAY BEFORE EASTER. spake, behold i* multitude, and he that was called Judas, one of the twelve, went before them, and drew near unto Jesus to kiss him. But Jesus said unto him, Judas, betrayest thou the Son of Man with a kiss ? When they which were about him saw what would follow, they said unto him. Lord, shall we smite with the sword? and one of them smote the servant of the high priest, and cut off his right ear. And Jesus answered and said, Suffer ye thus far. And he touched his ear, and healed him. Then Jesus said unto the chief priests, and captains of the temple, and the elders which were come to him, Ee ye come out as against a thief, with swords and staves ? When I was daily with you in the temple, ye stretched forth no hands against me : but this is your hour, and the power of darkness. Then took they him, and led him, and brought him into the high priest's house. And Peter followed afar off. And when they had kindled a fire in the midst of the hall, and were set down together, Peter sat down among them. But a certain maid beheld him as he sat by the fire, and earnestly looked upon him, and said, This man was also with him. And he denied him, saying, Woman, I know him not. And after a little while another saw 184 right WEDNESDAY BEFORE EASTER. him, and said, Thou art also of them. And Peter said, Man, I am not. And about the space of one hour after, another confidently affirmed, saying, Of a truth, this fellow also was with him ; for he is a Galilean. And Peter said, Man, I know not what thou sayest. And immediately, while he yet spake, the cock crew. And the Lord turned, and looked upon Peter. And Peter remeinbered the word of the Lord, how he had said unto him. Before the cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice. And Peter went out, and wept bitterly. And the men that held Jesus mocked him, and smote him. And when they had blindfolded him, they struck him on the face, and asked him, saying. Pro- phesy, who is it that smote thee ? And many other things blasphemously spake they against him. And as soon as it was (lay, the elders of the people, and the chief priests, and the scribes came to- gether, and led him into their council, saying, Art thou the Christ? tell us. And he said unto them, If I tell you, ye will not believe : and if I also ask you, ye will not answer me, nor let me go. Hereafter shall the Son of Man sit on the right hand of the power of God. Then said they all. Art thou then the Son of God ? And he said unto them, Ye say, that I 185 ^; THTjRSDAY BEFORE EASTER. am. And they said, What need we any further witness? for we ourselves have heard of his own mouth. €l)ur«i»tt9 before Ctt0ter. THE EPISTLE. 1 Cor. xi, 17. IN this that I declare unto you, I praise you not, that ye come together not for the better, but for the worse. For first of all, when ye come together in the church, I hear that there be divisions among you ; and I partly believe it. For there must be also heresies among you, that they which are approved may be made manifest among you. When ye come together therefore into one plaoe, this is not to eat the Lord's Supper. For in eating every one taketh before other his own supper ; and one is hungiy, and another is drunken. What ! have ye not houses to eat and drink in ? or despise ye the church of God, and shame them that have not ? What shall I say to you ? shall I praise you in this ? I praise you not. For I have received of the Lord that which also I delivered unto you, That the Lord Jesus, the same night in which he was betrayed, took bread; and 180 THURSDAY BEFORE EASTER. when he had given thanks, he brake it, and said, Take, eat ; this is my body, which is broken for you : this do in re- membrance of me. After the same man- ner also he took the cup, when he had supped, saying, This cup is the new testa- ment in my blood : this do ye, as oft as ye drink it, in remembrance of me. For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do show the Lord's death till he come. Wherefore, whosoever shall eat this bread, and drink this cup of the Lord, unworthily, shall be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord. But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of that bread, and drink of that cup. For he that eatcth and drinketh unworthily, eateth and drinketh damnation to himself, not discerning the Lord's body. For this cause many are weak and sickly among you, and many sleep. For if we would judjje ourselves, we should not be judged. Bui when we are judged, we are chiistened of the Loril, that we should not be con- dennied with tlie world. Wherefore, my brethren, when ye come together to eat, tarry one for another. And if any man hunger, let him eat at home ; that ye come not together unto condemnation. And the rest will I set in order when I come. 187 THURSDAY BEFORE EASTER. THE GOSi'EL. SL Ltike xxiii, 1. THl' '• r multitude of them arose, and led him unto Pilate. And they began to accuse him, saying, We found this fellow perverting ihe nation, and for- biddini '■'^ fe ve tribute to Ccesar, saying that he himself is Christ a king. And rilate asked him, saying, Art thou the King of the Jews ? And he answered him, and said, Thou sayest it. Tlien said Pilate to the chief priests and to the people, I find no fault in this man. And they were the more fierce, saying. He stirreth up the people, teaching throughout all Jewry, beginning from ( i!.l •> to this place. When Pilate hcai Jalilee, he asked whether the man \s * ; r Galilean. And as soon as he knew 1 ia» he belonged unto Herod's jurisdiction, he sent him to Herod, who himself also was at Jerusalem at that time. And when Herod saw Jesus, he was exceeding glad ; lor he Wiis desirous to see him of a long season, heard many things of ;ied to Ijave seen some win. Then he questi(me(l orf's; but he answered him nothing. And the chief priests and scr'bes stood and vehemently accused him. And Herod with his men of war set him 1«8 because he had him ; and he b miracle done Ly \ with him inmanv THURSDAY BEFORE EASTER. [at nought, and mocked him, and arrayed Ihim in a gorgeous robe, and sent him jagain to Pilate. And the same day Pilate land Herod were made friends, together; Ifor before they were at enmity between themselves. And Pilate, when he had I called together the chief priests, and the rulers, and the people, said unto them, [Ve have brought this man unto me, as I one that perverteth the people : and be- hold, I, having examined him before you, have found no fault in this man, touching I those things whereof ye accuse him. No, nor yet Herod: for I sent you to him; and lo, nothing worthy of death is done unto iiim. I will therefore ch.istise him, ;ind release him, (For of necessity he must release one unto them at the feasL.) And they cried out all at once, saying, Away with this man, and release unto us Barahbas: (who for a certain sedition made in the city, and for murder, was cast into prison.) Pilate therefore, will- ing to release Jesus, spake again to them. Hut they criud, saying. Crucify him I crucify him 1 And he said unto them the tiiird lime, Why, what evil hath he (lone? I have found no cause of death in *'im: I will therefore chastise him, a .1 IH him go. And they were instant with loud voices, requiring that he might 18» THURSDAY BEFORE EASTER. be crucified : and the voices of them, and of the chief priests prevailed. And Pilate gave sentence that it should be as they required. And he released unto them him that for sedition and murder was cast into prison, whom they had de- sired; but he delivered Jesus to their will. And as they led him away, they laid hold upon one Simon a Cyrenian, coming out of the country, and on him they laid the cross, that he might bear it after Jesus. And there followed him a great company of people, and of women, which also bewailed and lamented him. But Jesus turning unto them, said, Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not for me, but weep for yourselves, and for your children. For behold, the days are coming, in the which they shall say. Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that never bare, and the paps which never gave suck. Then shall they begin to say to the moun- tains, Fall on us 1 and to the hills, Cover us ! For if tney do these things in a green tree, what shall be done in the dry? And there w God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with (he Holy Ghost and with power : who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devil ; for God was with him. And we are witnesses of all things which he did both in the land of the Jews, and in Jerusalem ; whom they slew and hanged on a tree. Him God raised up the third day, and showed him openly ; not to all the peojile, hut unto witnesses chosen before of (iod, even to us, who did eat and drink with him after he rose from the dead. And he commanded us to preach unto the people, and to testify that it is he which was ordained of God to be the Judge of quick and dead. To him give all the Prophets witness, that through his Name 200 MONDAY IN EASTER-WEEK. whosoever believeth in him shall receive remission of sins. THE GOSPEL. 6V. Luke xxiv, 13. BEHOLD, two of his disciples went that same clay to a village called Emmaus, which was from Jerusalem about threescore furlongs. And they talked together of all these things which had happened. And it came to pass, that, while they communed together and rea- soned, Jesus himself drew near, and went with them. But their eyes were holden that they should not knv)w him. And he said unto them, What manner of communications are these that ye have one to another, as ye walk, and are sad ? And the one of them, whose name was Cleojias, answering said unto him, Art thou only a stranger in Jerusalem, and hast not known the things which are come to pass there in these days? And he said unto them. What things ? And they said unto him. Concerning Jesus of Nazareth, which was a jirophet mighty in deed and word before Ood, and all the people ; and how the chief priests and our rulers tlelivered him to he condemned to death, Und have crucified him. But we trusted I that it had been he which should have 207 MONDAY IN EASTER-WEEK. redeemed Israel : and besides all this, to- day is the third day since these things were done. Yea, and certain women also of our company made us astonished, which were early at the sepulchre ; and when they found not his body, they came, saying, that they had also seen a vision of angels, which said that he was alive. And cer- tain of them which were with us went to the sepulchre, and found it even so as the women had said; b him they saw not. Then he said unto them, O fools, and slow of heart to believe all that the Pro- phets have spoken ! Ought not Christ to have suffered these things, and to enter into his glory ? And beginning at Moses, and all the Prophets, he expounded unto them in all the Scriptures the things con- cerning himself. And they drew ni-h unto the village whither they went ; and he made as though he would have gone further. But they constrained him, say- ing. Abide with us ; for it is toward even- ing, and the day is far spent. And he went in to tarry with them. And it came to pass, as he sat at meat with them, he took bread, and blessed it, and brake, and gave to them. And their eyes were opened, and they knew him ; and he vanished out of their sight. And they said one to another, Did not our heart burn within 208 TUESDAY IN EASTER-WEEK. his, to- things en also , which en they saying, angels, nd cer went to ) as the aw not. )ls, ami he Pro- ;hrist to to entei Moses, ed unto Ts con- ni-,h nt; and ve gone m, say- d even- And he it came hem, he ike, and opened, hed out one to within us, while he talked with us by the way, and while he opened to us the Scriptures ? And they rose up the same hour, and re- timed to Jerusalem, and found the eleven gathered together, and them that were with them, saying, The Lord is risen indeed, and hath appeared to Simon. And they told what things were done in the way, and how he was known of them in breaking of bread. THE COLLECT. ALMIGHTY God, who through thine only-begotten Son Jesus Christ hast over- come death, and opened unto us the gate of everlasting life; We humbly beseech thee, that, as by thy special grace prevent- iui^ us thou dost put into our minds good desires, so by thy continual help we may bring the same to good effect; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who iveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Cihost, ever one God, world without I end. A men. FOR THE EPISTLE. Acts xiii, 26. MEN and brethren, children of the stock of Abraham, and whosoever among you N 209 TUESDAY IN EASTER-WEEK. feareth God, to you is the word of this salvation sent. For they that dwell at Jerusalem, and their rulers, because they knew him not, nor yet the voices of the Prophets which are read every sabbath- day, they have fulfilled them in condemn- ing him. And though they found no cause of death in him, yet desired they Pilate that he should be slain. And when they had fulfilled all that was writ- ten of him, they took him down from the tree, and laid him in a sepulchre, But God raised him from the dead : and he was seen many days of them which came up with him froni Galilee to Jeru- salem, who ar<: h's witnesses unto the people. And we declare unto you glad tidings, how that the promise which was made unto the fathers, God hath fulfilled the same unto us their children, in that he hath raised up Jesus again; as it is also written in the second Psalm, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee. And as concerning that he raised | him up from the dead, now no more to re- turn to corruption, he said on this wise, I will give you the sure mercies of David.l "Wherefore he saith also in another Psalm,! Thou shalt not suffer thine Holy One toj see corruption. For David, after he had! served his own generation by the will of j 210 TUESDAY IN EASTER WEEK. God, fell on sleep, and was laid unto his fathers, and saw corruption : but he, whom God raised again, saw no corrup- tion. Be it known unto you therefore, men and brethren, that through this man is preached unto you the forgiveness of sins : and by him all that believe are jus- tified from all things, from which ye could not be justified by the Law of Moses. Beware, therefore, lest that come upon you, which is spoken of in the Prophets; Behold, ye despisers, and wonder, and perish : for I work a work in your days, a work which ye shall in no wise believe, though a man declare it unto you. THE GOSPEL. Sf. Luke xxiv, 36. JESUS himself stood in the midst of [them, and saith unto them, Peace be [UPto you! But thoy were terrified and aftVighted, and supposed that they had seen a spirit. And he said unto them, Why are ye troubled? and why do thoughts arise in your hearts ? Behold my hands and my feet, that it is I myself; jbiidle me, and see ; for a spirit hath not licsh and bones, as ye see me have. And [when he had thus spoken, he showed Hem his hantls and his feet. And while jihey yet believed not for joy, and won- 211 FIRST SUNDAY AKIER EASTER. dered, he said unto them, Have ye here any meat ? And they gave him a piece of a broiled fish, and of an honeycoir.h, And he took it, and did eat before them. And he said unto them, These are the words vv^hich I spake unto you, while I was yet with you, that all things must be fulfilled, which were ,v.l ten in the Law of Moses, and in the Prophets, and in the Psalms, concerning me. Then opened he their understanding, that they might un- derstand the Scriptures, and said unto them. Thus it is written, and thus it be- hooved Christ to suffer, and to rise from the dead the third day ; and that repent- ance and remission of sins should be preached in his Name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem. And ye are wit- nesses of these things. €l)( lirst <^unbat) after Caetcr. THE COLLECT. ALMIGHTY Father, who hast given thine only Son to die for our sins, and to rise again for our justification ; Grant us so to put away the leaven of malice and wickedness, that we may always serve thee in pureness of living and 212 FIRST SUNDAY AFTER EASTER. truth; through the merits cf the same thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. THE EPISTLE. 1 St. 7oh}t V, 4. WHATSOEVER is born of God over- cometh the world ; and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith. Who is he that overcometh the world, but he that belie veth that Jesus is the Son of God ? This is he that came by water and blood, even Jesus Christ; not by water only, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit that beareth witness, because the Spirit is truth. For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost : and these three are one. And there are three that bear witness in earth, the spirit, and the water, and the blood : and these three agree in one. If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater; for this is the witness of God which he hath testified of his Son. He that believeth on the Son of God hath the witness in himself: he that believeth not God hath made him a liar, because he believeth not the record that God gave of Ws Son. And this is the record, that God h given to us eternal life; and this life is in his Son. He that hath the Son hath 213 SECOND SUNDAY AFTER EASTER. life ; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life. THF. GOSPEL. St. John XX, 19. THE same day at evening, being the first day of the week, when the doors were shut where the disciples were assem- bled for fear of the Jews, came Jesus, and stood in the midst, and saith unto them, Peace be unto you I And when he had so said, he showed unto them his hands and hi 5 side. Then were the disciples glad when they saw the Lord. Then said Jesus to them again, Peace be unto you! as my Father hath sent me, even so send I you. And when he had said this, he breathed on them, and saith unto them, Receive ye the Holy Ghost. Whosesoever i sins ye remit, they are remitted unto them; and whosesoever sins ye retain,! they are retained. %\^t Second <^unbap after lrij)es yi; were healed. For ye were as ^hecp going .astray ; but are now returned uiUo the Shepherd and Bishop of your souls. 215 THIRD SUNDAY AFTER EASTER. THE GOSPEL. Sf. John X, 11. JESUS said, I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep. But he that is an hireling, and not the shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, seeth the wolf coming, and leav- eth the sheep, and fleeth ; and the wolf catcheth them, and scattereth the sheep, The hireling fleeth, because he is an hire- ling, and careth not for the sheep. I am the good shepherd, and know my sheep, and am known of mine. As the Father knoweth me, even so know I the Father: and I lay down my life for the sheep. And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold : them also I must luring, and they shall hear my voice ; and there shall be one fold, and one shepherd. €l)c ^t)trli THE GOSPEL Sf. Mark xvi, 14. JESUS appeared unto the eleven .as they sat at meal, and upbraided them with their unl)elief and hardness of heart, be- cause they believed not them whieh had ^cen him after he was risen, m^ ad he said unto vhem, Go ye into all the world, and preach the Gospel to every creature. He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned. And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my Name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues; they shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them ; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover. So then after the l-.ord had spoken unto them, he was received up int.j heaven, and sat on the right hand of God, And they went forth, and preached every where, the Lord working with them, and coutirming the Word with signs following. ^•un^al) oftcr -Jloccnjion-Uap, THE COLLECT. GOD the King of glory, who hast ex- Ulted thine only Son Jesus Christ with o 225 SUNDAY AFTER ASCENSION-DAY. great triumph unto thy kingdom in heaven; We beseech thee leave us not comfortless; but send to us t.ine Holy Ghost to comfort us, and exalt us unto the same place whither our Saviour Christ is gone before, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Ghost, one God, world without end. Amen. THE EPISTLE. 1 St. Pet. iv, 7. THE end of all thin^^s is at hand; be ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer. And above all things have fer- vent charity among yourselves; for cha- rity shall cover the multitude of sins. Use hospitality one to another without grudging. As every man hath received the gift, even so minister the same one lo another, as good stewards of the manifold j grace of God. If any man speak, Itt him speak as the oracles of God; if any man minister, let him do it as of the ability which God giveth; that Crod in all things may be glorified through Jesiisl Christ, to whom be praise and dominiuiij for ever and ever. Amen. THE GOSPEL. St. John XV, 26, and paitj of chap. xvi. WHEN the Comforter is come, whoi I will send unto you from the Fatherj 226 WHIT-SUNDAY. even the Spirit of Truth, which proceed- eth from ;the Father, he shall testify of me. Ancl ye also shall bear witness, be- cause ye have been with me from the beginning. These things have I spoken unto you, that ye should not be offended. They shall put you out of the syna- gogues : yea, the time cometh, that who- soever killeth you will think that he doeth God service. And these things will they do unto you, because they have not known the Father, nor me. But these things have I told you, that when the time shall come, ye may remember that I told you of them. THE COLLECT. GOD, who as at this time didst teach the hearts of thy faithful people, by st\/ling to them the light of thy Holy Spirit; Grant us by the same Spirit to have a right judgment in all things, and evermore to rejoice in his holy comfoit; through the merits of Christ Jesus our Saviour, who liveth and reigneth with thee, in the unity of the same Spirit, one God, world without end. Amen. 227 WHIT-SUNDAY. FOR THE El>ISTLE. Acts ii, 1. WHEN the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place. And suddenly there came ;i sound from heaven as of a rushing niighi\ wmd, and it filled all the house wheiv tb.ey were sitting. And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them. And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance. And there v/ere dwelling at Jerusalem Jc\v>, devout men, out of every nation under heaven. Now v/hen this was noised .ii)road, the multitude came together, and were confounded, liecause that every man h;..'.rd them speak in his own Lui guage. And they were all ama/.ed, and marvelled, saying one to another. Be hold, are not all these which speak, Gali leans ? And how hear we every man in our own tongue, wherein we were born? I'arthians, and Medes, and Elamites, and the dwellers in Mesopotamia, and in Judea, and Cappadocia, in Pontus, and Asia, Phrygia, and Pam[)hylia, in Egypt, and in the parts of Lybia about Cyronc, and strangers of Rome, Jews and Prose lytes, Creles anil Arabians, we do hcuj 22H WHIT-SUNDAY. them speak in our tongues the wonderful works oi God. THE GOSPEL. 6V. John xiv, 15. JESUvS said unto his disciples, If ye love Hie, keep my commandineuts. And I will pray the Father, and he shall j^ive yon another Comforter, that he may abide ' with you for ever ; even the Spirit of Truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth liiin : i)ut ye know him; lor he dwelieth with you, and shall l)e in you. I will not leave you comfortless; I will come to you. Vet a little while, and the world seeth me no more ; but ye see me : because 1 live, ye shall live also. At that day ye >hall know that I am in my Father, and ye in me, and 1 in you. He that hath luy commandments, and keepeih them, he it is that lovelh me; and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will U)ve him, and will mamle.st myself Id him. Judas saith unto hin\, (not Iscariot) Lord, how is it that thou wilt iiuuilest thyself unto us, and not unt<» lie world ? Jesus answered and ^aid iimtu him, If a man love me, he will keep my words; and my I'athor will love him, Ittiiil we will cojne unto him, and make 22U WHIT-SUNDAY. our abode with him. He that loveth me not, kct'[)eth not my sayings; and the word which ye hoar is not mine, but the Father's which sent me. These thinj;s have I spoken unto you, being yet present with you. liut the Comforter, which i> the iloly (rhost, whom the Father will send in my Name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your ve membrance, whatsoever I have said unto you. Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart he troubled, neither let it be afraid. Ye have heard how I said unto you. I po away, and come again unto you. If ye loved ine, ye would rejoice, because ! said, I go unto the P'ather : for my Father is greater than 1. And now 1 h.ive told you beft)re it come to ])ass, that, whtn it is come to pass, ye might believe, ilore after I will not talk much with yon: fori the prince of this world cometh, and hath| nothing in me. Hut that the world may know that I love the Father; and as thel Father gave me commandment, even boj I do. 230 MONDAY IN WHITSUN-WEEK. i!!iiii&iU) in tHUljitouu-OJcck. THE COLLECT. < > CiOD, who as at this time didst teach l!;{j licarts of thy faithful people, by .iendiiij^ to them the li^ht of thy Holy Spirit; Grant us hy the same Spirit to have a ri^ht jud<;ment in all thinj^s, and evermore to rejoice in his holy comfort; through the merits of Christ Jesus our Savi'»ur, who liveth and rei!.(neth with thee, in the unity of the same Spirit, one Gull, world without end. Af/un. FOR THE EPISTLE. Acf.1 X, 34. TllENT Peter opened his mouth, and xaid. (.)t a truth I perceive that God is !i ) respecter of persons ; but in every anion he that fearelh him, and worlceth iij;httv)usness, is accepted with him. The W >rd which God sent unto the children '! hraci, preachin-j peace by Jesus Christ, lie is Lord of all,) that Word, I say, ye i>iii\v, which was published ihrouj^hout ! Judoa, and be^^an from (riililee, after llie biptism which John preached; hf)W K'l'd ant)inted Jesus of Nazareth with the H)ly Gh(jst and with j)ower: who went »l>'nii doin^ good, and healinfr all that U'ere oppressed of the devil; for God MONDAY IN WHITSUN-WEEK. was with him. And we are witnesses of all things which he did l)()th in the land of the Jews, and in Jerusalem ; whom they slew and hanj^ed on a tree. Him God raised up the third day, and showed him openly ; not to all the people, but unto witnesses chosen before of God, even to us, who dill eat and drink with him after he arose from the dead. And he com- manded us to preach unto the people, and to testify that it is he which w;w ordained of God to be the Judge of quick and dead. To him give all the Prophets witness, that througli his Name whoso- ever believeth in him shall receive remis- sion of sins. While Peter yet spake these words, the Holy Ghost fell on all them which heard the word. And they of the circumcision win* ^> believed wore astonished, as many as cme with Peter, because that on the Gentiles also was poured out the p' > of th. Holy Ghost. For they heard tl ■ u speak with tongues, and magnify (iot'. Then answered IVtcr, Can any man forbid water, that these should not. be baptized, which have re- ceived the Holy Ghost as well as we? And he commanded them to be bajitizcd in the name of the Lord. Then prayed they him to tarry certain days. 232 TUESDAY IN WHITSUN-WEEK. THE GOSPEL. St. John iii, 16. GOD so loved the world, that he gave his only-begotten vSon, that whosoever l)clicvcth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that th< world through him might be saved. Ho that believeth on liiiu is not condemned; buL he tliat believ- elh not is condemned already, because he hath iKjt believed in the Name of the only- begotten Son ot God. And this is fhe condemnation, that light is come into ihc world, and men loved darkness rather than hght, because their deeds were evil. For every one that doeth evil hateth the Hgbl, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved, liut he that (loeth truth cometh to the bglit, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they arc wrought in God. ^ticsMt) \\\ tlll)it0un-ufccK. THE COIJ.KCT. O GOD, who as at this time didst teach the hearts of thy faithful people, i)y !)cnding to them the light oi thy Iloly 2133 TUESDAY IN WHITSUN-WEEK. Spirit ; Grant us by the same Spirit to have a right judgment in all things, and evermore to rejoice in his holy comfort; through the merits of Christ Jesus our Saviour, who liveth and reigneth with thee, in the unity of the same Spirit, one God, world without end. Amen. FOR THE EPISTLE. AcfS viii, 14. AVHEN the Apostles which were at Je- rusalem heard that Samaria had re- ceived the Word of God, they sent unto them Peter and John : Who, when they woi«' come down, prayed for them, that they might receive the Holy Ghost. (For as yet he was fallen upon none of them; only tliey were baptized in the Name of the Lonl Jesus.) Tlien laid they their hands oil them, and they received the Holy Ghost. THE GOSPEL. St. John X, 1. VERIT.Y, verily, T say unto you, lie that cMilcreth not by the door into the sheepfold, but climbeth up sonie other way, the same is a thief and a robber. \\\\\ he that t>nterelh in by the door is the shephei-d of the sheep. To him the p»)rt('r opoiunh ; and the sheep hear liis voice; and he calleth his own sheep by name, j2a4 TRINITY-SUNDAY. and leadeth them out. And when he putteth forth his own sheep, he goeth before them, and the sheep follow him; for they know his voice. And a stranger will they not follow, bui will tlee from him ; for they know not the voice of strangers. This parable spake Jesus u'^.o them ; but they understood not what things they were which he spake unto them. Then said Jesus unto them again, Verily, verily, I say unto you, 1 am the door of the sheep. All that ever came before me are thieves and robbers ; but the sheep did not hear them. I am the door; by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture. The thief ccmieth not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy : I am come thai they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly. • , ■ (tvinity-^nnbrtp. THK COLLL'XT. ALMKrirrV and everlisting Cod, who hast gi\cn unto us thy servants grace, by ibe confession «»f a line faith, to ac- knowledge the glory of the eternal Trin- ity, and in the power "f the Divine Ma- 23d TRINITY-SUNDAY. jesty to worship the Unity ; We beseech thee that thou wouidest keep us steadfast in this faith, and evermore defend us from all adversities, who livest and reigii- est, one God, world without end, Aftien, FOR THE EPISTLE, R€V, iv, 1, AFTER this I looked, and behold, a door was opened in heaven; and the first voice which I heard was as it were of a trumpet talking with me; which said, Come up hither, and I will show thee things which must be hereafter. And immediately I was in the Spirit; and ]>ehold, a throne was set in heaven, and One sat on the throne. And He that sat was to look upon like a jasper and a sardine stone: and there was a rainbow round about the throne, in sight like unto an emerald. And round about the throne were four and twenty seats : and upon the seats I saw f(jur and twenty elders sittinj^, clothed in white raiment ; and they had on their heads crowns of gold. And out of the throne proceeded lightnings, and thunderings, and voices. And there were seven lamps of fire burning before the throne, which are the seven Spirits of God. And before the throne there was a sea of glass like unto crystal j and in the 236 TRINITY-SUNDAY, midst of the throne, and round about the throne, were four beasts full of eyes before and behind. And the first beast was like a lion, and the second beast like a calf, and the third beast had a face as a man, and the fourth beast was like a flying eagle. And the four beasts had each of them six wings alxjut him ; and they were full of eyes within; and they rest not day and night, saying, Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, which was, and is, and is to come. And when those beasts give gloiy, and honor, and thanks to Him that sat on the throne, who liveth for ever and ever, the four and twenty elders fall down before Him that sat on the throne, and woi"ship Him that liveth for ever and L'ver, and cast their crowns before the throne, saying, Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory, and honor, and power ; for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are, and were created. THE r.c:>sPF.L. S/. John iii, 1. THERE was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews: the same came to Jesus l>y uight, and said unto him. Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come from God : for no 'nan can do these miracles tliat thou 237 TRINITY-SUNDAY. doest, except God be with him. Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the Kingdom of God. Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be born when he is old ? can he enter the second time into his mother's womb, and be born ? Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee. Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the Kingdom of God. That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again. The wind blow- eth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it Cometh, and whither it goeth : so is every one that is born of the Spirit. Nicodemus answered and said unto him, How can these things be ? Jesus answered and said unto him, Art thou a n.^tcr of Israel, and knowest not these tiling .' V'erily, verily, 1 say unto thee. We ^"peak that we d(; know, and testify that we i' r ■ seen ; and ye receive not our witness. If I have told you earthly things, and ye believe not, how shall ye believe, if I tell you of heavenly things ? And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even the Son of 238 FIRST SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. Man which is in heaven. And as Mo^es lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of Man be lifted up; that whosoever belie veth in him should not perish, but have eternal life. €!)( iirat ^Suniiap after ^rinitj). THE COLLECT. GOD, the strength of all those who put their trust in thee ; Mercifully accept our prayers : and because, through the weakness of our mortal nature, we can do no good thing without thee, grant us the help of thy grace, that in keeping thy commandments we may please thee, i)uth in will and deed ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. THE EriSTLE. 1 St. John iv, 7. BELOVED, let us love one another ; for love is of Cxod, and every one that lovcth is born of God, and knoweth Ciwd. lie that loveth not knoweth not God ; for God is love. In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only-begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him. Herein IS love, not that we loved God, but that he 239 ^'9^ \.<^ ""^T^..^ IMAGE EVALUATION TEST TARGET (MT-3) 4 /. ^., If R y ^ 1.0 I.I U^ 128 12.5 ■^ 1^ ill 2.2 It i:^ iio 1.8 1.25 11.4 11.6 V] c* '/a w Photographic Sciences Corporation ^v J3 WBST MAIN STBIIT WIBSTiR.N.Y. I4S80 (716) 87V-4Jb3 iV ^.o. 240 FIRST SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. THE GOSPEL. S/. Ltike xvi, 19. THERE was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day. And there was a certain beggar named Laza- rus, which was laid at his gate, full of sores, and desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man's table : moreover the dogs came and licked his sores. And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom. The rich man also died, and was buried ; and in hell he lifted up his eyes, being in toiTnents, and secth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his hosom. And he cried and said. Father Abiahim, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue ; for I am tormented in this flame. But Aiira- ham said, Son, -emember that thou in thy lifetime receivrdst thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things ; but now he i< comforted, and thou art tormented. And beside all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed : so that thoy which would pass from hence to you can- not ; neither cii 'i they pass to us, that 1 would come from thence. Then he said, jl pray thee therefore, father, that thou P 241 SECOND SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. wouldest send him to my father's house : for I have five brethren ; that he may tes- tify unto them, lest they also come into this place of torment. Abraham saith unto him, Tliey have Moses and the Pro- phets ; let them hear them. And he said, Nay, father Abraham ; but if one went unto them from the dead, they will repent. And he said unto him, If they bear not Moses and the Prophets, neither will they be persuaded though one rose from the dead. C()e &(cor(b <%un^ai) after CrinitQ. THE COLLECT. O LORD, who never failest to help and govern those whom thou dost bring up in thy steadfast fear and love ; Keep us, we beseech thee, under the protection of thy good providence, and make us to have I a perpetual fear and love of thy holy Name ; through Jesus (Christ our Lord. Amen. THE EPISTLE. 1 S/. John iii, 13. MARVEL not, my brethren, if thel world hate you. We know that wej have passed from death unto life, l)ecausel we love the brethren. Me that lovethj 242 SECOND SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. not his brother abideth in death. Who- soever hateth his brother is a murderer : and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him. Hereby per- ceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life for us : and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren. But whoso hath this world's good, and seeth hi? brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him? My lit lie child --en, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth. And hereby we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts before him. For if our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart, and knoweth all things. Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, then have we con- Tidence toward God. And whatsoever we ask, we receive of him, because we keep his commandments, and do those thinj^s that are pleasing in his sight. And this is his commandment. That we should Iwlieve Ok the Name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, as he gave I us commandment. And he that keepeth his commandments dwelleth in him, and he in him. And hereby we know that he abideth in us, by ihe Spirit which he hath I given us. 243 SECOND SUNDAY Al SIXTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. great multitude of fishes ; and *'ieir net brake. And they beckoned unto their partners, which were in the other ship, that they should come :*:id help them. And they came, and filled both the ships, so that they began to sink. When Simon Peter saw it, he fell down at Jtsus' knees, saying, Deport from me ; for I am a sin- ful man, O Lord. For he was astonished, md all that were with him, at the draught of the fishes which they had taken ; and so Wiis also James, and John, the sons of Zeoedee, which were partnei*s with Simon. And Jesus said unto Simon, Fear not ; from henceforth thou shalt catch men. And when they had brought their ships to laud, they forsook all, and followed him. ^dc »\n\) ^mUi9 after trtnttQ. THE COLLECT. O GOD, who hast prepared for those who love thee such gcx)d things as pass man's understanding; Pour into our hearts such love toward thee, that we, loving thee above all tilings, may obtain thy promises, which exceed all that we cm desire ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 251 • SIXTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. THE EPISTLE. Rom. vi, 3. KNOW ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death ? Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death : that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life. For if we have been planted together in the likeness of his death, we shall be also in the likeness of his resur- rection ; knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the bocty of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin. For he that is dead is freed from sin. Now if we be dead with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with him : knowing that Christ being raised from the dead dieth no more; death hath no more dominion over him. For in that he died, he died unto sin once ; but in that he liveth, he livcth unto God. Likewise reckon ye also yct.r- selves to be dead indeed unto sin, liUt alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord. angry w shall be whosoevi shall be whosoev( in daiige l)ring th) mclubere against t the altar, ciled to t ofter thy sary qui( with bin deliver deliver cast into Thou shi till thou. THE GOSPEU St. Matt. V, 20. JESUS said unto his disciples, Except your righteousness shall exceed the • 252 SIXTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. righteousness of the Scribes and Phari- sees ye shall in no case enter into the Kingdom of heaven. Ye have heard tliat it was said Ijy them of old time, Thou shalt not kill ; and whosoever shall kill shall be in danger of the judgment, liut I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment : and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council : but whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell-hre. Therefore if thou i)ring thy gift to the altar, and there re- mciuberest that thy brother hath aught against thee, leave there thy gift before the altar, and go thy way ; first !)c recon- cileaQ after Cnnit?. THE COLLECT. LORD of all power and inig;ht, who art the author and giver of all gooers servants to righteousness, unto holiness. For when ye were the servants of sin, ye were free from righteousness. What fruit had ye then in those thin[;s whereof ye are now ashamed ? for the end of those ♦hings is death. lUit now being made free from sin, anLLECT. GRANT to us. Lord, we beseech thee, Ijthe sjjirit to think and da always such niigs as are right ; that we,, who cannot |tloany thing that is good without thee, puiy by thee be enabled to live according thy will ; through Jejjus Christ our L'jfd. Amm» 267 NINTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINIT\'. THE EPISTLE. 1 Cor. X, 1. BRETHREN, I would not that ye should be ignorant, how that all our fathers were under the cloud, and all passed through the sea ; and were all baptized unto Moses in the cloud and in the sea ; and did all eat the same spiritual nieat ; and did all drink the same spiritual drink: (for they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them, and that Rock was Christ.) But with many of them G )d was not well pleased ; for they were ove> thrown in the wilderness. N( w these things were our examples, to the intent that we should not lust after evil thin<,rs, as they also lusted. Neither be ye idola- ters, as were some of them ; as it is writ- ten, The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play. Neither let us con;- mit fornication, as some of them com- mitted, and fell in one day three and twenty thousand. Neither let us tempt Christ, as some of them also tempted, and were destroyed of serpents. Neither mur- mur ye, as some of them also murnuuxd, and were destroyed of the destroyer. Now all these things happened unto them for examples: and they are written f our admonition, upon whom the cndsofj the world are come. Wherefore let hi 258 NINTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. sea ; and teat; ami il drink; aal Rod; Kock was hem G >il were ove." sjcw these the intent jvil things, ; ye idola- it is w inl- and drink, let us cow.- :hem cnnv three and ^ us tempt ;mpted, and either mv.r- niurnuucd, destroyer. :\ unto thcni' ■written f' the cnd*^"'] ore let hu- that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall. There hath no temptation taken yon but such as is common to man ; but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able ; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it. THE GOSPEL. St. Luke xvi, 1. JESUS said unto his disciples, There was a certain rich man, which had a steward; and the same was accused unto him that he had wasted his goods. And he called him, and said unt(> him, How is it that I hear this of thee? give an account of thy stewardship ; for thou mayest be no longer steward, Then the steward said jwithin himself. What shall I do ? for my )r(i taketh away from me the stewartlship : II cannot dig ; to beg I am ashamed. I am resolved what to do, that, when I am put out of the stewardship, they may re- ceive me into their houses. So he called every one of his lord's debtors unto him, jand said unto the first. How much owest lou unto my loril ? And he said. An iimdred measures of oil. And he said muo him. Take thy bill, and sit down |i'ickly, and write fifty. Then said he to loihci, And how much owest thou? 259 TENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. te: And he said, An hundred measures of wheat. And he said unto him, take thv bill, and write fourscore. And the lord commended the unjust steward, because he had done wisely : for the children of this world are in their generation wiser than the children of light. And I say unto you, Make to yourselves friends of the mammon of um-ightet)usness ; that, when ye fail, they may receive you into ever- lasting habitations. €l|c CcntI) t^unbat) after €rimtt). THE COLLECT. LET thy merciful ears, O Lord, be opon| to the prayers of thy humble servant and that they may obtain their pelitioiiji make them to ask such things as shallj please thee ; through Jesus Christ ourj Lord. Amen. THE EPISTLE. 1 Cor. xii, L CONCERNING spiritual gifts, brethren! I would not have you ignorant. YJ know that ye were Gentiles, carried avaj unto these dumb idols, even as ye wen led. Wherefore I give you to understan(| that no man speaking by the Spirit 260 God ca] man cai I))" the versities I And tlie tions, hul liliversitie ■^ame Got [the manif every maj Jgiven, by |to another l.sinie Spi] jsame Spiri f% by ti] Forking I'hecy ; t( p anothei pnotlier, ^ut all tli [elf-sanie severally THE AND w [e city, noil hadsl fii^ thy d;i [thy pcaj F, that TENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. God calleth Jesus accursed : and that no man can say that Jesus is the Lord, but by the Holy Ghost. Now there are di- versities of gifts, but the same Spirit. [And diere are differences of administra- |tions, but the same Lord. And there are diversities of operations, but it is the Lame God which worketh all in all. But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to every man to profit withal. For to one is K'iven, by the Spirit, the word of wisdom ; |to another, the word of knowledge, by the same Spirit; to another, faith, by the Isame Spirit ; to another, the gifts of heal- liiig, by the same Spirit; to another, the pvorking of miracles ; to another, pro- phecy; to another, discerning of spirits; another, divers kinds of tongues ; to [inother, the interpretation of tongues. M all these worketh that one and the kelf-same Spirit, dividing to every man perally as he will. THE GOSPEL. SV. Ltike xix, 41. AND when he was come near, he beheld \t city, and wept over it, saying, If fiou hadst known, even thou, at least in pis thy day, the things which belong un- iihy peace! but now they are hid from [line eyes. For the days shall come upon [ice, that thine enemies shall cast a trench 2G1 ELEVENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. about thee, and compass thee round, and keep thee in on every side, nd shall lay thee even with the ground, and thy chil- dren within thee; and they shall not leave I in thee one stone upon another; because | thou knewest not the time of thy visita- tion. And he went into the temple, and I began to cast out them that sold therein,! and them that bought ; saying unto themj It is written. My house is the house ofl prayer; but ye have made it a den ofl thieves. And he taught daily in the tcmf pie. t\)t ClctJcntl) ^'unlrttp after ^rinitp. THE COLLECT. O GOD, who declarest thy almight^ power chiefly in showing mercy anq pity ; Mercifully grant unto us such measure of thy grace, that we, running the way of thy commandments, may ob tain thy gracious promises, and be madj partakers of thy heavenly treasure! through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen, THE EPISTLE. 1 Cor. XV, 1. BRETHREN, I declare unto you tlj Gospel which I preached unto yoJ which also ye have received, and wherd 262 ELEVENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. ve stand ; by which also ye are saved, if yc keep in memory what I preached unto vou, unless ye have believed in vain. For i delivered unto you first of all, that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the Scrip- tures ; and that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the Scriptures. And that he was seen of Cephas, then of the twelve : after that, he was seen of above five hundred brethren at once ; of whom the greater part remain unto this present, but some are fallen asleep. After that, he was seen of James ; then of all the Apostles. And last of all he was seen of me also, as one born out of due time. For I am the least of the Apostles, that am not meet to be called an Apostle, because I perse- cuted the Church of God. But by the grace of God I am what I am : and his 1 grace which was bestowed upon me was 1 not in vain ; but I labored more abund- [autly than they all; yet not I, but the grace of (iod which was with me. There- fore whether it were I or they, so we [preach, and so ye believed. THE GOSPEL. S^. Luke xviii, 9. JESUS spake this parable unto certain [wliich trusted in themselves that they 2G3 TWELFTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. were righteous, and despised others : Two men went up into the temple to pray; the one a Pharisee, and the other a rubli- can. The Pharisee stood and ])rayed thus with himself, God, I thank thee, that I am not as other men are, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this Publi- can. I fast twice in the week, I give tithes of all that I possess. And the Publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, s.-ying, God be merciful to me a sinner ! I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other : for every one that exalteth himself shall be abased ; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted. €ljc €u)clftl) cSuniai) afUx ^riniti). THE COLLECT. ALMIGHTY and everlasting God, who art always more ready to hear than we to pray, and art wont to give more than either we desire or deserve ; Pour down upon us the abundance of thy mercy ; forgiving us those things whereof our conscience is afraid, and giving us those good things which we are not wor- thy to ask, but through the merits awl 264 TWELFTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. mediation of Jesus Christ, thy Son, our Lord. Amen. THE EPISTLE, 2 Cor. iii, 4. SUCH trust have we through Christ to Godward : not that we are sufficient of oiu"selves to think any thing as of our- selves; but our sufficiency is of God. Who also hath made us able ministers of the New Testament ; not of the letter, but of the spirit : for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life. But if the ministration of death, written and en- (Tfaven in stones, was glorious, so that the children of Israel could not stead- fastly behold the face of Moses for the glory of his countenance, which glory was to be done away; how shall not the ministration of the spirit be rather glor>- (lus? For if the 'ministration of condem- nation be glory, much more doth the ministration of righteousness exceed in glory. THE GOSPEL. St. Mark vii, 31. JESUS, departing from the coasts of Tyre and Sidon, came unto the Sea of Galilee, through the midst of the coasts of Decapolis. And they bring unto him mo that was deaf, and had an impediment I in his speech : and they beseech him to 265 THIRTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. put his hand upon him. And he took him aside from the multitude, and put his fingers into his ears, and he spit, and touched his tongue ; and looking up to heaven, he sighed, and saith unto him, Ephphatha, that is, Be opened. Aiul straightway his ears were opened, and the string of his tongue was loosed, and he spake plain. And he charged them that they should tell no man : but the more he charged them, so much the more a great deal they ])ul)lished it; and were beyond measure astonished, saying, He hath done all things well ; he maketh both the deal to hear, and the dumb to speak. €tK €l)irtccntl) eS-uubai) nftcr ^riniti). THE COLLECT. AT.MTr.IITY and mercifid God, of whose only gift it comelh that thy faflhful people do unto thee true and laudal)le service ; (Irant, we beseech thee, that we may so faithfully serve thee in this life, that we fail not finally to attain thy heav- enly ])romises ; through the merits of Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen, 266 THIRTEEN l,.I SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. ' ' THE EPISTLE. Gal. iii, 16. TO Abraham and his seed were the pro- mises made. He saith not, And to seeds, as of many ; but as of one, And to thy seed, which is Christ. And this I say, That the covenant, that was confirmed before of God in Christ, the Law, which was four hundred and thirty years after, cannot disannul, that it should make the promise of none effect. For if the in- heritance be of the Law, it is no more of promise ; but God gave it to Al)raham by promise. Wherefore then serveth the Liw ? It was adiled because of trans- ijressions, till the seed should come to whom the promise was made ; and it was or{l;iineuiist the ]>romise;> of God? God for- bid • for if there had been a law given which could have given life, verily risdit- coiisncss should have been by the Law. IJiU the Scripture hath concluded all under sin, that the jn-omise by faith of Jesus Christ might be given to them that l»elieve. THE GOSPEI-. St. Luke x, 23. KLESSLD are the eyes which see the things that ve see. For 1 tell you, 2G7 THIRTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. that many prophets and kings have de- sired to see those things which ye see, and have not seen them : and to hear those things which ye hear, and have not heard them. And behold, a certain Law- yer stood up, and tempted liim, saying, Master, what shall 1 do to inherit eternal life ? He said unto him, What is written in the Law ? how readest thou ? And he answering said, Thou shall love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind ; and thy neiglibor as thyself. And he said unto him, Thou hast answered right : this do, and thou shall live. But he, willing to justify himself, said unto Jesus, And v/ho is my neigh- bor ? And Jesus answering said, A cer- tain man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho, ami fell among thieves, which stripped him of his raiment, and wounded him, and departed, leaving him half dead. And by chance there came d(^wn a certain IViest that way ; and when he saw him, he passed by on the t)tl 'Mside. And like- wi a Levite, when he was at the place, came and looked on him, and passed by on the other side. Jkit a certain Sainarilan, as he journeyed, came where he wiis; and when he saw him, he had comjxissiDn on him, and went to him, and bound up his 2(i8 FOURTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. >voinKls, pouring in oil and wine, and set him on his own beast, and brought him to an inn, and took care of him. And on the moriow, when he departed, he took out two ponce, and gave them to the ho.st, and said unto him, Take care of him ; and whatsoever thou spendest more, when I come again, I will repay thee. Which now of these three, thinkest thou, was neighbor unto him that fell among the thieves ? And he said, He that showed mercy on him. Then said Jesus unto him. Go, and do thou likewise. tb( fourtccntl) <^unliat) after €rtnttt). THE COLLECT. ALMIGHTY and everlasting God, give unto us the increase of faith, hope, and charity; and, that we may obtain that which thou dost promise, make us to love th;it which thou dost command; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen, THE EPISTLE. Ga/. V, 16. I SAY then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fultill the lust of the ilesh. For the Ilesh lustelh against the Spirit, 2(iU FOURTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. and the Spirit against the flesh : and these are contrary the one to the other ; so that ye cannot do the things that ye would, But if ye be led by the Spirit, ye are not under the Law. Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which arc these; adul- tery, fornication, uncleanness, lascivious- ness, idolatiy, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, here- sies, envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like : of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they who do such thing's shall not inherit the Kingdom of Cind. But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, long-suflering, gentleness, good- ness, faith, meekness, temperance : atjainst such there is no law. And they that are C-hrist's have cruciiied the flesh, with the affections and lusts. THE GOSPEL. St. Luke xvii, 11. AND it came to pass, as Jesus went to Jerusalem, that he passed throu^jh the midst of Samaria and (iidilee. And OS he entered into a certain village, there met him ten men that were lepers, which stood afar off. And they lifted up their voices, and said, Jesus, Master, have mercy on us. And when he saw ihcni, 270 FIFTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. he said unto them, Go show yourselves unto the Priests. And it came to pass, that, as they went, they were cleansed. And one of them, when he saw thit he was healed, turned back, and with a l;)ud voice i^loritied God, and fell d;)wn on his face at his feet, ji^ivi ig him thanks ; and he was a Samaritan. And Jesus answer- in*^ said, Were there not ten cleanseil? but where are the nine ? Tliere are not found that returned to give f^lory to God, save this stran^^er. And he said unto him, Arise, go thy way, thy faith hath made ihee whole. Z\}e /iftccntl) ^-unbai) after ^rlult!). THE COLLECT. KEEP, we beseech thee, O Lord, thy Church with thy perpetual mercy ; and, because the frailty of man without thee cannot but fall, keep us ever by thy help from all things hurtful, anil lead us lo all things profitable to our salvation; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Ainen. THE EPISTLE. Ga/. vi, IL VE see how large a letter I have written unto you with miiu? own hand. .\s 271 FIFTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. many as desire to make a fair show in the liesh, they constrain you to be circum- cised ; only lest they should suffer perse- cution for the cross of Christ. For neither they themselves who are circumcised kec]) the Law ; but desire to have you circum- cised, that they may glory in your llosh. But God forbid that I should glory, savo in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, bv whom the world is crucified unto me, anl I unto the world. For in Christ Jesib neither circumcision availeth any thin;,', nor uncircumcision, but a new creature. And as many as walk according to this rule, peace be on them, and mercy, and upon the Israel of God. From hencefortli let no man trouble me ; for I bear iu my body the marks of the Lord Jesus. Brethren, the grace of our Lord Jesua Christ be with your spirit. Amen. THE GOSPEL. St. Matt, vi, 24. NO man can serve two masters : for either he will hate the one, and love the other ; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and niatvitnon. Therefore I say unto you. Take no thought for your life, wh;U ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink ; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. 272 FIFTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment? Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns ; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they ? Which of I you by taking thought can add one cubit [unto his stature? And why take ye j thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow ; they toil not, I neither do they spin : and yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory I was not arrayed like one of these. Where- fore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which to-day is, and to-morrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith? Therefore take no thought, saying. What shall we eat? or. What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed? (for after all these things do the Gentiles seek;) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things. But seek ye first the Kingdom of God, laml his righteousness ; and all these iiu;s shall be added unto you. Take Itherefore no thought for the morrow ; for Ithe morrow shall take thought for the bings of itself. Sufficient unto the day lis the evil thereof. 273 SIXTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. Ci)( ^trt(cnti) ^'unlvaQ after f riniti). THE COLLECT. O LORD, we beseech thee, let thy con- tinual pity cleanse and defend thy Church ; and, because it cannot cuntimie in safety without thy succor, preserve it evermore by thy help and goodness; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Atuen, THE EPISTLE. Eph. iii, 13. I DESIRF that ye faint not at my tribu- lations for you, which is your glory. For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named, that he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man ; that Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith ; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love, may be able to comprehend, with all saints, what is I the breadth, and length, and depth, and height ; and to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye mii^htl be filled with all the fullness of God. Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or 2574 SIXTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. think, according to the power that work- eth ill us, unto Him be glory in the Church, by Christ Jesus, throughout all ages, world without end. Amen. THE GOSPEL. S^. Luke vii, 11. AND it came to pass the day after, that Jesus went into a city called Nain ; and many of his disciples went with him, and much people. Now when he came nigh to the gate of the city, behold, there was a dead man carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow ; n,nd much people of the city was with her. And when the Lord saw her, he had compassion on her, and said unto her, Weep not. And he came and touched the bier ; and they that bare him stood still. And he said. Young man, I say unto thee. Arise. And he that was dead sat up, and began to speak ; and he de- livered him to his mother. And there came a fear on all, and they glorified God, saying, Tliat a great Prophet is risen up among us; and, That God haih visited his people. And this rumor of him went fonh throughout all Judea, and through- out all tlie region round about. 275 SEVENTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. ttt)( t^eo^ntcmtl) ^untiap after ^rinitp. THE COLLECT. LORD, we pray thee, that thy grace may always prevent and follow us, and make us continually to be given to all good works ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. THE EPISTLE. Ephes, iv, 1. I THEREFORE, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called, with all lowliness and meekness, with long-suftering, forbearing one another in love; endeavoring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. There is one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling; one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all. THE GOSPEL. St. Luke xiv, 1. IT came to pass, as Jesus went into the house of one of the chief Pharisees to eat bread on the sabbath-day, that they watched him. And behold, there was a certain man before him which had the 276 SEVENTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. dropsy. And Jesus answering, spake unto the Lawyers and Pharisees, sayihg, Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath-day? And they held their peace. And he took him, and healed him, and let him go; and answered them, saying, Which of you shall have an ass or an ox fallen into a pit, and will not straightway pull him out on the sabbath-day ? And they could not answer him again to these things. And he put forth a parable to those which were bidden, when he marked how they chose out the chief rooms; saying unto them. When thou art bidden of any man to a wedding, sit not down in the highest room; lest a more honorable man than thou be bidden of him ; and he that bade thee and him come and say to thee. Give this man place; and thou begin with shame to take the lowest room. But when thou art bidden, go and sit down in the lowest room ; that when he that bade thee Cometh, he may say unto thee. Friend, go up higher : then shalt thou have wor- ship in the presence of them that sit at meat with thee. For whosoever exalteth himself shall be abased ; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted. 277 EIGHTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. ^i)e tcal no more but rather 280 let him lal)or, NINETEENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. working with his hands the thing which is good, that he may have to give to him that needeth. Let no corrupt communi- cation proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers. And grieve not the Holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of re- demption. Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamor, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice : and be ye kind one to another, tender- hearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you. THE GOSPEL. Sf. Matt, ix, 1. JESUS entered into a ship, and passed over, and came into his own city. And behold, they brought to him a man sick of the palsy, lying on a bed : and Jesus, Sv'eing their faith, said unto the sick of the palsy, Son, be of good cheer ; thy sins be forgiven thee. And behold, certain of the Scribes said within themselves. This man blasphemeth. And Jesus, knowing their thoughts, said. Wherefore think ye evil in your hearts ? For whether is it easier to say, Thy sins be forgiven thee ; or to say. Arise, and walk ? But that ye may know that the Son of Man hath power on earth 281 tWENtlETH SUNDAY AtTER TRINITY. to fofgive sins, (then saith he to the sick of the palsy,) Arise, take up thy bed, and go unto thine house. And he arose, and departed to his hou^.e. But when tlie multitude sav/ 't, '■'^y marvelled, and glorified God, wUic. had given such power unto men. €i)c tu)fntt(tl) <^u^^a9 after ttrlntty. THE COLLECT. O ALMIGHTY and most merciful God, of thy bountiful goodness keep us, we beseech thee, from all things that may hurt us ; that we, being ready both in body and soul, may cheerful!/ accomplish those things which tho» : mmandiest; through Jesus Christ our I w« • Amen, THE EPISTLE. EpkcS. / i%, SEE then that ye walk circumspt-Hly, not as fools, but as wise, redeeming the time, because the days are evil. W' ore- fore be ye not unwise, but understanding! what the will of the Lord is. And be I n(U drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with thr^ nirit ; speakinj,' to yourselves in psalm 'ad hymns and spiritual songs, sinti;u'^' *n(i making] 282 ;1NITY. > the sick bed, and rose, and ^rhen the lied, and veti such .,;/' TWENTIETH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. melody in your heart to the Lord ; giving thanks always for all things unto God and the Father, in the Name of our Lord Jesus Christ ; submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God. THE GOSPEL. St. Matt, xxii, 1. JESUS said, The Kingdom of Heaven is like unto a certain king, which made a marriage for his son, and sent forth his servants to call them that were bidden to the wedding ; and they would not come. Again, he sent forth other servants, saying. Tell them which are bidden, Behold, I have prepared my dinner; my oxen and my falling-: are killed, and all things are ready : come unto the marriage. But they made light of it, and went tiicir ways, one to his farm, another to his merchandise : and the remnant took his servants, and entreated them spitefully, and slew them. But when the king heard thereof, he was wroth ; and he sent forth his armies, and destroyed those murderers, and burned up their city. Then sailh he to his servants, The wedding is ready, but I they which wore bidden were not worthy. Go ye therefore into the highways, and fls many as ye shall fnid, l)id to the mar- |riage. So those servants went out into 283 TWENTY-FIRST SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. the highways, and gathered together all as many as they found, both bad and good ; and the wedding was furnished with guests. And when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a man which had not on a wedding-garment; and he saith unto him. Friend, how earnest thou in hither not having a wedding- garment ? And he was speechless. Then said the king to the servants. Bind him hand and foot, and take him away, and cast him into outer darkness; there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. For many are called, but few are chosen. €t)r ^n)mtt)-flr0t .Sunliai) after trimtp. THE COLLECT. GRANT, we beseech thee, merciful Lord, to thy faithful people pardon and peace, that they may be cleansed from all their sins, and serve thee with a quiet mind; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen, THE EPISTLE. Ephes. vi, 10. MY brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might. Put on the whole armor of (Jod, that ye may be able tu stand against the wiles of the 284 TWENTY-FIRST SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. devil. For we wrestle not against flesh ;ind blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wicicedness in high places. Wherefore take unto you the whole armor of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand. Stand therefore, having your loins girt alx)ut with truth ; and having on the breastplate of righteousness ; and your feet shod with the preparation of the Gospel of peace ; above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked. And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the Word of God ; praying always with all prayer and suj>plication in the Spirit, and watch- ing thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints ; and for me, that utterance may be given unto me, (hat I may open my mouth boldly, to make known the mystery of the Gospel, for which I am an ambassador in bonds ; (hat therein I may speak boldly, as I I ought to speak. THE GOSPEL. Sf. John iv, 46. THERE was a certain nobleman, whose boa was sick at Capernaum. When he 285 TWENTY-SECOND SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. heard that Jesus was come out of Judea into Galilee, he went unto him, and be- sought him that he would come down and heal his son; for he was at the point of death. Then said Jesus unto him, Except ye see signs and wonders, ye will not believe. The nobleman saith unto him. Sir, come down ere my child die. Jesus saith unto him. Go thy way; thy son liveth. And the man believed the word that Jesus had spoken unto him, and he went his way. And as he was now going down, his servants met him, and told him, saying. Thy son liveth. Then inquired he of them the hour when he began to ximend. And they said unto him, Yesterday, at the seventh hour, the fever left him. So the father knew that it was at the same hour in the which iesus said unto him. Thy son liveth ; and imself believed, and his whole hou.se. This is again the second miracle that Jesus did, when he was come out of Judea into Galilee. €l)e €u)(nti)-0cconti ^^untiat) after €nntt9. THE COLLECT. LORD, we beseech thee to keep thy household the Church in continual 286 TWENTY-SECOND SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. godliness; that through thy protection it may be free from all adversities, and de- voutly given to serve thee in good works, to the glory of thy Name; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. THE EPISTLE. Fhil. i, 3. I THANK my God upon eveiy remem- brance of you, (always in every prayer of mine for you all making request with joy,) for your fellowship in the Gospel from the first day until now ; being confi- dent of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will per- form it until the day of Jesus Christ: even as it is meet for me to think this of you all, because I have you in my heart : inasmuch as both in my bonds, and in the defence and confirmation of the Gospel, ye all are partakers of my grace. For God is my record, how greatly I long afier you all in the bowels of Jesus Christ. And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowl- edge and in all judgment; that ye may approve things that are excellent ; that ye mav be sincere and without offence till the day of Christ; being lilled with the fruits of righteousness, which are by Jesus Christ, unto the glory and praise of God. TWENTY -SECOND SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY, THE GOSPEL. St. Matt, xviii, 21. PETER said unto Jesus, Lord, how oft shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? till seven times? Jesus saith unto him, I say not unto thee, Until seven times; but. Until seventy times seven. Therefore is the Kingdom of Heaven likened unto a certain king which would take account of his servants. And when he had begun to reckon, one was brought unto him, which owed him ten thousand talents. But forasmuch as he had not to pay, his lord commanded him to be sold, and his wife and children, and all that he had, and payment to be niade. The servant therefore fell down and wor- shipped him, saying. Lord, have patience with me, and I will pay thee all. Then the lord of that s^n vant was moved with compassion, and loosed him, and forgave him the debt. Biit the same servant went out, and found one of his fellow-servants, which owed him an hundred pence : and he laid hands on him, and took him by the throat, saying. Pay me that thou owest. And his fellow-servant fell dov/n at his feet, and besought him, saying, Have patience with me, and I will pay thee all. And he would not; but went and cast him into prison, till he should 288 TWENTY-THIRD SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. pay the debt. So when his fellow-servants s;iw' what was done, they were very sorry, and came and told unto their lord all that was done. Then his lord, after that he had called him, said unto him, O thou wicked servant, I forgave thee all that debt, because thou desiredst me : shouldest not thou also have had compassion on thy fellow-servant, even as I had pity on thee ? And his lord was wroth, and delivered him to the tormentors, till he should pay all that was djie unto him. So likewise shall my heavenly Father do also unto you, if ye from your hearts forgive not every one his brother their trespasses. Ut tui(nt9-ti)irli ^un^aQ after ^rtnitp. THE COLLECT. GOD, our refuge and strength, who art the author of all godliness; Be [ready, we beseech thee, to hear the de- vout prayers of thy Church ; and grant that those things which we ask faithfully we may obtain effectually ; through Jesus I Christ our Lord. Amen. THE EPISTLE. Phil, iii, 17. BRETHREN, be followers together of I me, and mark them which walk so as s 289 TWENTY-THIRD SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. ye have us for an ensample. (For many walk, of whom I have told you often, and now tell you even weeping, that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ; whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.) For our con- versation is in heaven ; from whence also we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ : who shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto his glo- rious body, according to the working whereby he is able even to subdue all things unto himself. THE GOSPEL. Sf. Matt, xxii, 15. THEN went the Pharisees, and took counsel how they might entangle him in his talk. And they sent out unto him j their disciples, with the Herodians, say- ing. Master, we know that thou art true,! and teachest the way of God in truth, neither carest thou for any man : for thou I regardest not the person of men. Tell usj therefore, what thinkest thou ? Is it law- ful to give tribute to Caesar, or not ? Bu^ Jesus perceived their wickedness, and said. Why tempt ye me, ye hypocrites i Show me the tribute-money. And thH brought unto him a penny. And he sait| 290 TRINITY. I TWENTY-FOURTH SUNDAY A1 declared unto us your love in the spirit. For this cause we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to desire that ye might be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual under- standing ; that ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God ; strengthened with all might, according to his glorious power, unto all patience and long-suffering with joyfulness ; giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be partakeri of the inheritance of the saints in light. THE GOSPEL. St. Matt, ix, 18. "WHILE Jesus spake these things unto John's disciples, behold, there came a certain ruler, and worshipped him, say- ing. My daughter is even now dead : but come and lay thy hand upon her, and she 292 TWKNTY- FIFTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. shall live. And Jesvis arose, and followed him, and so did his disciples. (And be- hold, a woman which was diseased with an issue of blood twelve years, came be- hind him, and touched the hem of his jrarment. For she said within herself, If 1 may but touch his garmeii, I shall be whole. But Jesus turned him about, and when he saw her, he said, Daughter, be of good comfort ; thy faith hath made thee whole. And the woman was made whole from that hour.) And when Jesus came into the ruler's house, and saw the minstrels and the people making a noise, he said unto them, Give place ; for the maid is not dead, but sleepeth. And they laughed him to scorn. But when the people were put forth, he went in, and took her by the hand, and the maid arose. And the fame hereof went abroad into all that land. €t)c twtnt\)-fifxf) ^unt>a\) after €rtmti). THE COLLECT. STIR up, we beseech thee, O Lord, the wills of thy faithful people ; that they, plenteously bringing forth the fruit of jg;ood works, may by thee be plenteously [rewarded ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. 293 TWENTY-FIFTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. TWEN FOR THE EPISTLE. Jer. xxiii, 5. BEHOLD, the days cojue, saith the Lord, that I will raise unto David a righteous branch, and a King shall reign and prosper, and shall execiue judgment and justice in the earth. In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely : and this is his Name whereby he shall be called, THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS. Ti oiefoie, behold, the days come, saith tlic Loul, that they shall no more say. The Lord liveth, which brought up the children of i Israel out of the land of Egypt ; but, The Lord liveth, which brought up and which [ led the seed of the house of Israel out of the north-country, and from all countrits whither I had driven them; and thcyj shall dwell in their own land. THE GOSPEL. St. John vi, 5. WHEN Jesus then lifted up his eyes,i nnd saw a great company C(jme iiiitol him, he saith unto Philip, Whence shiJ we buy bread, that these may eat ? (And this he said to prove him : for he himself ktiew what he would do.) Philip anj swered him, Two hundred ])ennyworllj of bread is not sullicient for tbem, lid every one of them may take a little. Cnj of his disciples, Andrew, Simon I'cla] 294 brothe here, tvvc* s among the ine grass ji in nun Jesus ti ^,^■01) t cij)les, i set (I()\\ much a tilled, h lip the : \\\g be them to "ith tlu loaves \J iiiito thi men, wl thit Jesij iliu J'nf •^il' there •^tnwhiyi tllilt \vo( liken ill i"K. \\ (•'iMStl..' •'siuuiayj TWENTV-FIFTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. brother, saith unto him, There is a lad here, which hath five barley-loaves, and two small fishes ; but what are they amon^ so many ? And Jesus said. Make the men sit down. Now there was much (jrass in the place. So the men sat down, in number about five thousand. And Jesus took the loaves ; and when he had jriveu thanks, ho distributed to the dis- ciples, and the disciples to them that were set down ; and likewise of the fishes, as much as they would. When they were tilled, he said unto his disciples, Gather up the fragments that remain, that noth- ing be lost. Therefore they gathered them together, and filled twelve baskets with the fragments of the five barley- loaves which remained over and above until them that had oaten. Then those men, when Ihoy had seen the miracle tint Jesus did, said. This is of a truth tint Prophet that should cone into the \s\nki. I Mf there be any more Sundays before Advent Sunday, the service of some of those Sundays tlial wore oiniued after the Epiphany n>ay be taken in to supply so many as are here waiu- iiij;. And if there lie fewer, the overphis may I'c omitted; Provided that th.is last Collect, Kjiistle, and (iospel shidl be used upon the Sunday next before Advent. 2U5 Dayl. THE PSALTER. THE PSALTER * SBLECTHD FROM THH PSALMS OF DAVID. THE FIRST DAY. illornirtfl Proper. From Psalms 1, 4, 5. BLESSED is the man that hath not walked in the counsel of the ungodly, nor stood in the way of sinners, and hath n sat in the seat of the scornful. But his delight is in the law of the Lord; and in his law will he exercise himself day and night. And he shall be like a tree planted by the water side, that will Ijring forth his fruit in due season. His leaf also shall not wither; and look, whatsoever he doeth, it shall pros- per. * From the " Prayer Hdok of 1785." repolnted to correspond with the sources from which it was compiled. 29G THE PSALTER. Day 1. The ungodly are not so ; but are like the chaff, which the wind driveth away. Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the con- gregation of the righteous. But the Lord knoweth the way of the ritjhteous ; and the way of the ungodly shall perish. Stand in awe, and sin not ; commune with your own heart, and in your chamber, and be still. Offer the sacrifice of righteousness, and put your trust in the Lord. There be many that say, \\o will show us any good ? Lord, lift thou up the light of ihy > un- |!enance upon us. 1 will lay me down in peace, and take I my rest; for it is thou, Lord, only, that |niakc'st me dwell in safety. Give ear to my words, O Lord : con- JMcler my meditation. hearken thou unto the voice of my cilliiig, my King, and my God : for unto |;hee will I make my prayer. My voice shalt thou hear betimes, O ll.onl ; early in the morning will I direct |inv prayer unto thee, and will look up. For thou art the God that hast no plea- hure in wickedness; neither shall any |tvil dwell with thee. 207 Dayl. THE PSALTER. Such as be foolish shall not stand in thy sight ; for thou hatest all them that work vanity. Thou shalt destroy them that speak leasing : the Lord will abhor both the blood-thirsty and deceitful man. But as for me, I will come into thine house, even upon the multitude of thy mercy : and in thy fear will I worship toward thy holy temple. Lead me, O Lord, in thy righteousness; make thy way plain before my face. And lot all them that put their trust in thee rejoice : they sliidl ever l)e giving of thanks because thou defendest them; they that love thy Name shall be joyful in thee; For thou, Lord, wilt bless the righteous; with favor wilt thou compass him as withj a shitdd. Cticmttfl prater. From Psalms C, 7, 8, 9. O LORD, rebuke me not in thino indij,'- nation, neither chasten me in lliy chs-j pleasure. Turn thee, O Lord, and deliver my soul ; O save me for thy mercies' sake. 298 THE PSALTER. Day 1. Away from me, all ye that work vanity ; {nr the Lord hath heard the voice of my weeping. The Lord hath heard my petition ; the Lord will receive my prayer. I will give thanks unto the Lord, ac- cording to his righteousness ; and 1 will praise the Name of the Lord most High. Lord, our Governor, how excellent is thy Name in all the world ; thou that hast set thy glory ai)ove the heavens ! Out of the mouth of very babes and sucklings hast thou ordained strength, because of thine enemies ; that thou mjifhlest still tne enemy and the avenger. For I will consider thy heavens, even ihe works of thy lingers ; the moon and the stars which thou hast ordained. What is man that thou art mindful of him ? and the son of man that thou visit- est him ? Thou madest him lower than the angels, to crown him with glory and w(n-ship. Thou makest him to have dominion of the works of thy hands ; and thou hast U all things in subjection under his feet ; All sheep and oxen; yea, and the beasts |of llu: Held ; The fowls of the air, and the fishes of the I sea; and whatsoever waiketh through the [paths of the seas. 299 Day 1. THE PSALTER. Lord, our Governor, how excellent is thy Name in all the world ! 1 will give thanks unto thee, O Lord, with my whole heart ; I will speak of all thy marvellous work. I will be glad and rejoice in thee ; yea, my songs will I make of thy Name, thou most High. For thou hast maintained my right, and my cause ; thou art set in the throne that judgest right. The Lord shall endure for ever; he hath also prepared his seat for judg- ment. For he shall judge the world in right- eousness; and minister true judgment unto the people. The Lord also will be a defence for the oppressed, even a refuge in due time of trouble. And they that know thy Name will put their trust in thee ; for thou, Lord, hast never failed them that seek thee. O praise the Lord which dwelleth in Sion ; show the people of his doings. For when he makcth inquisition for blood, he remembereth them ; and for- getteth not the complaint of the poor. Have mercy upon me, O Lord ; thou that liftest me up from the gates of death. That 1 may show all thy praises within! THE PSALTER. Day 2. the ports of the daughter of Sion : I will rCjoice in thy salvation. The Lord is known to execute judg- ment ; the ungodly is trapped in the work of his own hands. The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the people that forget God. f'or the poor shall not always be forgot- ten ; the patient abiding of the meek shall not perish for ever. «. THE SECOND DAY. iltormng Prat)cr. From Psalms 10, 11. THE ungodly for his own lust doth per- secute the poor : let them be taken in the crafty wiliness that they have im- I agined. For the ungodly hath made boast of [his own heart's desire, and speaketh good |ol the covetous, whom God abhorreth. The ungodly is so proud, that he careth [not for God, neither is God in all his [thoughts. His ways are always grievous; thy |jiuli;ments are far above out of his sight, laiut therefore defieth he all his enemies. lie hath said in his heart, I shall not be Iniovcd, for I shall never bo in adversity. aoi Day 2. THE PSALTER. His mouth is full of cursing, deceit and fraud; under his tongue is ungodliness and vanity. He hath said in his heart, God hath forgotten; he hideth his face, he wiii never see it. Arise, O Lord, O God lift up thine hand ; forget not the humble. Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God ? he hath said in his heart, thou wilt not require it. Surely thou hast seen it ; for thou beholdest ungodliness and wrong. That thou mayest tu,. e the matter into thy hand: the poor committeth liimselfl unto thee ; for thou art the helper of the | friendless. Lord, thou hast heard the desire of I the poor; thou preparest their heart, and | thine ear hearkenelh thereto ; To help the fatherless and poor unto I their right, that the man of the earth bej no more exalted against them. In the Lord put I my trust; how say I ye to my soul, Flee as a bird to your| mountain ? For lo, the wicked bend their bow, they make ready their arrow upon the strind that they may privily shoot at the uprightj in heart. 302 THE PSALTER. Day 2. If the foundations be destroyed, what can the righteous do ? The Lord is in his holy temple; the Lord's throne is in heaven. His eyes behold; his eyelids try the children of men. The Lord trieth the righteous : but the wicked, and him that loveth violence, his soul hateth. Upon the wicked he shall rain snares, fire and brimstone, and an horrible tem- pest: this shall be the portion of their cup. For the rijihteous Lord loveth ritjht- eousness; his countenance doth behold the upright. QSttcmng prat)cr. From Psalms 12, 13, 14. HELP, Lord, for the godly man ceaseth ; for the faithful fail from among the children of men. Tiiey talk of vanity every one with his ineiirhbor; they do but flatter with their lips, and dissemble in their double heart. The Lord shall root out all deceitful lips, and the tongue that speakelh proud Ithillirs. Which have said. With our tongue will Day 2. THE PSALTER. we prevail; we are they that ought to speak : who is Lord over us ? Now for the comfortless troubles sake of the needy, and because of the deep sighing of the poor ; I will up, saith the Lord ; and will help every one from him that swelleth against him, and will set him at rest. 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. Thou shalt keep them, O Lord ; thou shalt preserve them from this generation for ever. The wicked walk on every side : when the vilest men are exalted. The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, and become abomi- nable in their doings ; there is none that doeth good, no not one. The Lord looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that would understand, and seek after God : But they are all gone out of the way, they are altogether become abominable; there is none tha* doeth good, no not one. Their throat is an open sepulchre ; with 304 THE PSALTER. Day 3. their tongues have they deceived : the poison of asps is under their lips. Their mouth is full of cursing and bit- terness ; their feet are swift to shed blood. 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. 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 ? There were they brought in great fear, even where no fear was ; for God is in the [ generation of the righteous. As for you, ye have made a mock at the [counsel of the poor; because he putteth I his trust in the Lord. Who shall give salvation unto Israel out I of Sion ? When the Lord turneth the Icaptivity of his people, then shall Jacob rejoice, and Israel shall be glad. THE THIRD DAY. From Psalms 15, 16, 17. LORD, who shall dwell in thy tabema- pe ? or who shall rest upon thy holy hill ? T 305 Day 3. THE PSALTER. Even he that leadeth an imcorrupt life and doeth the thing which is right, and speaketh the truth from his heart. He that hath used no deceit in his tongue, nor done evil to his neighbor, and hath not slandered his neighbor. He that setteth not by himself, but is lowly in his own eyes, and maketh much of them that fear the Lord. He that sweareth unto hir, •..ighbor, and disappointeth him not, though it were to | his own hindrance. He that hath not given his money upon! usury, nor taken reward against the inno- cent. Whoso doeth these things shall never] fall. Preserve me, O God ; for in thee have I| put my trust. O my soul, thou hast said unto the Lord,! Thou art my Lord ; my goodness extend| eth not to thee ; But to the saints that are in the earthJ and to the excellent, in whom is all m)j delight. But they that run after another god shalj have great trouble. Their drink-offerings of blood will I noj offer, neither make mention of their namej within my lips. The Lord himself is the portion of raiij 306 THE PSALTER. Day 3. inheritance, and of my cup; thou shalt maintain my lot. The lot is fallen unto me in a fair ground ; yea, I have a goodly heritage. I will bless the Lord who hath given me connsel ; my reins also instruct me in the night-season. I have set God always before me ; for lie is on my right hand, therefore I shall not ftill. Wherefore my heart was glad, and my glory rejoiced : my flesh also shall rest in hope. For why ? thou shalt not leave my soul in hell; neither shalt thou sutfer thy Holy One to see corruption. Thou shalt show me the path of life : in thy presence is the fulness of joy, and at thy right hand there is pleasure for evermore. Hear the right, O Lord, consider my jcomphiint, and hearken unto my prayer, I that goeth not out of feigned lips. Let my sentence come forth from thy I presence ; and let thine eyes look upon the I thing that is equal. Thou hast proved, and visited mine heart in the night-season; thou hast tried Ime, and shalt find no wickedness in me ; [for I am utterly purposed that my mouth Ishall not offend. 307 Day 3. THE r\.LTER. 'Because of men's v/orks that are done against the words of thy lips, 1 have kept nie from the ways of the destroyer. hold thou up my goings in thy paths, that my footsteps slip not. 1 have called upon ihee, O God, for thcu shalt hear me : incline thine ear to me, and hearken unto my words. Show thy marvellous loving kindness, thou that art the Saviour of them which put, their trust in thee, from such as resist thy right hand. Keep me as the apple of an eye : hide me under the shadow of thy wings. I will behoid thy presence in rii^hteous- ness ; and v/hen 1 awake up alter thy likeness, 1 shall be salistied with it. <(Sticning |Drai)cr. From Psalm 18. I WIIJ, love thee, O Lord, my strength; the Lord is my rock, and my fortress, aiMJ my deliverer; my (ind, my strength, in whom 1 will trust ; my buckler. and 'he horn of my salvation, and my high tower. I will call upon the Lord, w])ich is I worthy to be praised; so shall 1 be batt'j from mine enemies. 30S THE rSALTER. Day 3. The sorrows of death compassed me, and the floods of ungodly men made ine afraid. The sorrows of hell compassed me about ; the snares of death prevented me. In my trouble I will call upon the I^rd, and complain unto my God : So shall he hear my voice out of his holy temple, and my complaint shall come before him ; ii shall enter even into his ears. rhe earth trembled and quaked, the very foundations also of the hills shook, and were removed, because he was wroth. There wen a smoke out in his presence, and a cons- mi ii;^' fire out of his mouth, so tliat coals were kindled at it. lie bowed the heavens also, and came down, and it was dark under his feet. He rode upon the Cherubim, and (bd lly; he came llying upon the wings of the wind. lie made darkness liis secret place, bis pavilion round about him willi dark waicr, antl thick clouds to cover him. At tile brightness of his presence hij; clouds removed ; hailstones and coals ol re. The Lord also thundered out of heaven, I And the Highest gave his thunder; hail- I stones and coals of fire. 309 Day 3. THE PSALTER, He sent out his arrows, and scattered them; he cast forth lightnings, and de- stroyed them. The springs of waters were seen, and the foundations of the round world were discovered at thy chiding, O Lord, at the blasting of the breath of thy displeasure. He shall send down from on high to fetch me, and shall take me out of many ■waters. , He shall deliver me from my strongest enemy, and from them which hate me; for they are too mighty for me. They prevented me in the day of my trouble ; but the Lord was my upholder. He brought me forth also into a place of liberty ; he brought me forth, even be- cause he liad a favor unto me. The Lord shall reward me after my righteous dealing, according to the clean- ness of my hands shall he recompense me, Because 1 have kept the ways of the Lord, and have not forsaken my God, as| the wicked doeth. For J have an eye unto all his laws, and will not cast out his commandments lrum| me. I was also uncorrupt before him, and| eschewed mine own wickedness. Therefore shall the Lord reward mej after my righteous dtaiing, and accoidingj 310 THE PSALTER. Day 4L unto the cleanness of my hands in his eye- sight With the merciful thou wilt show thy- self merciful, with an upright man thou siialt show thyself upright. With the pure thou wilt show thyself pure, and with the froward thou wilt show thyself froward. For thou shalt save the people that are in adversity, and shalt bring down the high looks of the proud. Thou also shalt light my candle; the Lortl my God shall make my darkness to be light. The way of Gocl is an undefiied way , the word of the Lord also is tried in the lire : he is the defender of all them that put their trust in him. For who is God, but the Lord ? or who hath any strength, except our God ? THE FOURTH DAY. JBcirntno prat)cr. From Psalms 19, 20, 2L THE heavens declare the glory of God; and the tirmancnt showeth his handy work. 311 Day 4. THE PSALTER. Day unto day uttereth speech ; and night unto night showeth knowledge. There is no speech nor language, where their voice is not heard. Their sound is gone out into all lands; and their words into the ends of the wodd. In them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun ; which comcth forth as a bridegroom out of his chamber, and rejoiceth as a giant to run his course. His going forth is from the end of the heaven, and his circuit unto the ends of it; and there is nothing hid from the heat thereof. The law of the Lord is an unde^iled law, converting the soul ; the testimony of the Lord is sure, and giveth wisdom unto the simple. The statutes of the Lord are right, and rejoice the heart ; the commandments of the Lord is pure, and giveth light unto the eyes. The fear of the Lord is clean, and en- dureth forever; the judgments of the Lord are true, and righteous altogether. More to l)e desired are they than gold, yea, than much fine gold ; sweeter also than honey, and the honeycomb. Moreover, by them is thy servant taufrht; and in keeping of them there is great re* ward, Z12 THE PSALTER. Day 4. WTio can tell how oft he offendeth ? O cleanse thou me from my secret faults. Keep thy servant also from presumptu- ous sins, lest they get the dominion over me ; so shall I be upright, and I shall be innocent from much transgression. Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be alway accept- able in thy sight, O Lord, my strength, and my redeemer. The Lord hear thee in the day of trouble; the name of the God of Jacob defend thee : Send thee help from the sanctuary, and strcnj^then thee out of Sion : Remember all thy offerings, and accept thy burnt-sacrifice : Grant thee thy heart's desire, and fulfil all thy mind. We will rejoice in thy salvation, and triumph in the Name of the Lord our God; the Lord perform all thy petitions. Now know I, that the Ix)rd heljieth his Anointed, and will hear him from liis holy heaven, even with the wholcirome strength of his right hand. Some }iut their trust in chariots, and [sduic in horses; but we will remember I the name of the Lord our God. They are brought down, and fallen ; [but we tire risen and stand upright. 313 Day 4. THE PSALTER. Save, Lord; and hear us, O King of heaven, when we call upon thee. Be thou exalted. Lord, in thine own strength ; so will we sing, and praise thy power. ord breakcth tiie| cedars of Lil)anus. He maketh them also to skip like a calf; TJbanus also, and Sirion like a youiii,'| unicorn. The voice of ll (• Lord divideth ihel fianies of (\ic ; the voice of the Imm shaketh the wilderness; yea, the hm shakcth the wilderness of Cades. The voice of ihe Lord maketh the hiiuls to bring forth young, and -liscovcrcth tha thick bushes : in his temple doili e\t.'ii| man speak of his honor. The l-ord silleth abnve ihe water-tloo(l| and the Lord remaineth a King for over, The Lord iihall give strength unlo hi 822 THE PSALTER. Day 6. people; the Lord»shall give his people the blessing of peace. «(. i urito his che beauty ■ THE SIXTH T3AY. ittarniiiij pmycr. ■ J''n>m Psa/nis 30, 31. I WILL magnify thee, O Lord; for Ithmi h:ist set me up, and not made my foes [to triumph over mc. Lortl my (iod, 1 cried unto tht.'e ; and Itli'iii hast healed me. Loid, thou hast brought up my knil from the grave: thou hast kejit me p likeacalf'MiHve, th:it I should not go down to the "lit. Sing jiraisos unto the Lord, () ye saints fhi w; and give tlianks unto hnn, lor a imcnihrance of his; holiness. For his wrath endurcth hut the twink- iii; of an eye, an 1 in I lis j)lea^ure is life; pwincss may t^ndure for a night, l)ut |oy liimdh in the mornin;!. And m n ly i)n)sperity I said, I shall >'i'r he remo\e(l th ou, Lord, of tin vidness, hast made my hill so strong. Thou didst turn thy face from mc, and I las troubled. 323 Day 6. THE PSALTER. Then cried I unto thee, O Lord-, ar.d gat me to my Lord right numbly. What profit is there iu my blood, wiien I go down to the pit ? Shall the dust give thanks unto thee? or shall it declare thy truth? Hear, O Lord, and have mercy upon me ; Lord, be thou my helper. Thou hast turned my heaviness into joy; i thou hast put oft' my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness : Therefore shall every good man sing of I thy praise without ceasing. OmyGod, ij will give thanks unto thee for ever. In thee, O Lord, have 1 put my trust, let me never l)e put tt> confusion; deliver j me in thy righteousness. Bow down thine ear to me; make haste| to deliver me. And be thou my strong rock, and hmt of defence, that thou mayest save me. For thou art my rock, and my fortresd therefore for thy Name's sake lead iiicl and guide me. Into thy hands I connnend my spirit! for thou hast redeemed me, O Lord, lliolj (iod of truth. I will be glad, and rejoice in t'll mercy ; for thou hast considered ml trouble, and hast known my soul in advej sities. 824 THE PSALTER. Day 6. Show thy servant the lij^ht of thy coun- Itenance, and save me lor thy mercies' sake. how plentiful is thy i^oodness, which [thou hast laitl up for thuni that tear thee, and thai thou hi.st prepared for them that put their trust in ihee, even before the iS of men ! Ihou shalt hide them in the secret of Ithy presence from the pride of all men : jthoii shalt keep ihem secretly in a pavilion Ifrom the strife of tongues. Thanks he to the Lord ; for he hath owed me marvellous great kindness in |a strong city. And when \ made haste, I said, I am |cast out of the sight of thine eyes. Nevertheless, thou heardest the voice of iniy ('rayer, w hen 1 cried unto thee. Dlove the Lord, all yv his saints; for [the Lord preserveth them that are faithful, and jiienteously n-wardeth the proud doer. Ho string, and he shall establish your pearl, all yc that put your trust in the Lord. Cttciilnfl PrrtiKr. /''rom rsdi/ns 32, 33. IU,KSSEJ) is he whose unrighteousness turgiven, and whose .sin '\> covered. 32o Day 6. THE PSALTER. Blessed is the man unto whom the Lord imputeth no sin, and in whose spirit there is no j^uile. For while I held my tonj^ue, my honts consumed away through my daily com- plaining. For thy hand is heavy upon me day and night, and my moisture is like the diuughl in summer. 1 acknowledged my sin unto thee; and mine unrighteousness have 1 not hid, I said, I will confess my sins unto the Lord ; and so thou forgavest the wicked- ness of my sin. For this shall every one that is godly make his prayer unto thee, in a time when thou mayest be found : hut in the great water-Hoods they shall not come nigh him. Thou art a place to hide me in; thoni shalt preser\e me Uoin tr(!ul)le; thou I shalt compass me ah- >! with songs of de- liverance. 1 will in ft in thee, and teach thee in I the way wher n thou shalt go ; and Ij will guide tht^ .v.di mine eye. JJe ye not .uj the horse or as the nuiloj which have no understanding : wliosel mouth must i>e held .a with bit and bridle,! lest they ci)n»e near to thee. Great plagues remain for the ungudl);! 32t) THE PSALTER. Day 6. ihc mule,! laiul bri'l'^'il but whoso putteth his trust in the Lord, mercy cinbraceth him on every side. Ue i^lad, O ye rii^hteous, and rejoice in the Lovd', and be joyful, all ye that are true of heart. Rejoice in the Lord, ye righteous ; for it bcconieth well the just to be thank- ful Praise the Lord with harp ; sini^ praises luito him with the lute, and instrument of ton strin;^r,s. Sin^' unto the Lord a new song ; i)lay skillfully with a loud noise. For the word of the Lord is true; and Ml his works are faithful. lie loveth righteousness and judgment ; the Ci'.rth is full of the goodness of the Lord. Ry thii word of the Lord were the hea- vens made ; and all the hosts of them by the breath of his mouth. He gathcreth the waters of the sea [iiHclher, as it were ujion an heaji ; and hyotli up the deep, as in a treasu e- Vnise. Let .dl the earth fear the T,ord : stiiii^f jin awe of him, all ye that dwell in the Iwoi'M; i'n he spake, and it vas done ; he com- iimiled, and it stood fast. Hie Lord bringelh the counsel of the 327 Day 6. THE PSALTER. heathen to nought, and maketh the devices of the people to be of none effect, and casteth out the counsels of princes. The counsel of the I^ord shall endure for ever, and the thou^dits of his heart from generation to genemtion. Blessed are the people M'hose God is the Lord Jkiiovah ; and blessed are the folk that he hath chosen to hiin, to be his in- heritance. The Lord looked down from heaven, and beheld all the children of men; from the habitation of his dwelling, he consider- eth all them that dwell on the earth. He fashionetli all the hearts of them, and understandcth all their works. There is no king that can be saved hy the multitude of an host; neither is any mighty man delivered by much strength. A horse is a vain tiling for safety; nei- ther shall he deliver any man by his great strength. Dehold, the eye of the Lord is upon them that fear him ; and uj)on them that put their trust in his mercy ; To deliver their soul from death, and to feed them in the time of dearth. Our soul li:iili patiently tarried for the Loril ; for he is our help and our shield. For our heart shall rejoice in him; because we have hoped in his holy Naino. ^28 THE PSALTER. Day 7. Let thy merciful kindness, O Lord, be mwn Us, like as we put our trust in thee. THE SEVENTH DAY. illorninfl Prater. From PsalfHs 34, 36. 1 WILL alway c;ive thanks unto fhe Lord ; his praise shall ever be in my mouth. My soul shall make her boast in the Lord ; the humble sL.all hear thereof, and be J^lad. praise the Lord with me, and let us maiijiiify his name toj^ether. 1 sout^ht the Ltird, and he heard me; vea, he delivered me out of all mv fear. They had an eye unto him, and were lijrhtened ; and their faces were not ashamed. Lo, the poor crieth, and the Lord hoareth him ; yea, and savcth him out of l>ill his troubles. The angel of the Lord encampeth round |al)oul them that fear him, ami delivereth O taste, and see, how gracious the Lord 11^; hlessed is the man that trustcth in I him. 329 Day 7. THE PSALTER. O fear the Lord, ye that are his saints' for they that fear him lack nothing. The Hons do lack, and suffer hunger; but they who seek the Lord shall want nu manner of thing that is good. Come, ye children, and hearken untu me ; I will teach you the fear of the Lord. What man is he that desireth life, ami loveth many days, that he may see good? Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips that they speak no guile. Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it. The eyes of the Ltjrd are over the right- eous, and his ears are open unto their prayers. The countenance of the Lord is against them that do evil, to root out the remem- brance of them from the earth. The righteous cry, and the Lord hcareth them, and delivereth them out of all their troubles. The Lord is nigh unto them that are of a contrite heart, and will save such as be of an humble spirit. Great arc the troubles of the righteous; but the Lord deli\eretii him out (.f all He keepeth all his bones, so that not| one of them is broken. But misfortune shall slay the ungodly ;| 330 THE PSALTER. Day 7. and they that hate the righteous shall be desolate. The Lord delivereth the souls of his servants ; and all they that put their trust ill him shall not be destitute. Thy mercy, O Lord, reacheth unto the heavens, and thy faithfulness unto the clouds. Thy righteousness standeth like the strong mountains : thy judgments are like the _i;reat deep. Lord, thou preserves! man and beast : how excellent is thy mercy, O God ! Therefore the children of men shall put their trust under the shadow of thy win 4s. They shall be satisfied with the plente- ousness of thy house ; and thou shalt make them drink of the river of thy pleasures. For with thee is the fountain of life ; and in thy light shall we see light. continue forth thy loving kindness unto them that know thee, and thy right- eousness unto them that are true of heart. let ncjt tlie foot of [)ride come against me; and let not the hand of the ungodly cisi nie down. There are they fallen, all that work wickedness ; tiiey are cast down, and shall [not be able to stand. 331 Day 7. THE PSALTER. Gucning Praijcr. Frotn Fsalm 37. PUT thou thy trust in the Lord, and be doing good ; so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed. Delight thou in the Lord, and he will give thee thy heart's desire. Commit thy way unto the Lord, and put thy trust in him, and he shall bring it to pass. He shall make thy righteousness as clear as the light, and thy just dealing as the noon day. A small thing that the righteous hath, is better than great riches of the ungodly. The Lord knoweth the days of the godly ; and their inheritance shall endure lor ever. They shall not be confounded in the perilous time ; and in the days of dearth they shall have enough. As lor the ungodly, they shall perish, and the enemies of the Lord shall consmnt as the fat of lambs: yea, eve.i as ihe smoke shall they consume away. The ungodly borri)\velh, and p.ieth not again ; but the righteous is merciful and liberal. Such as are blessed of God, shall possess 33ii THE PSALTER. Day 7. the land ; and they that are cursed of him, shall l»c rooted out. The Lord ordereth a good man's going, and uiaketh his way acceptable to himseli. Though he fall, he shall not be cast away ; lor the Lord upholdeth him with his hand. • . 1 have been young, and now am old ; and yet saw I never the righteous for- saken, nor his seed begging their bread. The righteous is ever merciful, and leiideth ; and his seed is blessed. Flee from evil, and do the thing that is good ; and dwell for evermore. For the Lord loveth the thing that is right ; he forsaketh not his that be godly, but they are preserved for ever. The unrighteous shall be punished ; as for the seed of the ungodly, it shall be nwted out. The righteous shall inherit the land, and dwell therein for ever. The mouth of the righteous is exercised m wisdom, and his tongue will be talking of judgment. The law of his God is in his heart, and his goings shall not slide. The ungodly seeth the righteous, and seeketh occasion to slay him. The Lord will not leave him in his hand, nor condenni him when he is judged. 333 ^#. ,<6.^' n%. IMAGE EVALUATION TEST TARGET (MT-3) // y f/ f*ir.i^ •t V fe [/. 1? 1.0 I.I 1.25 I- |2£ 1 2.5 ■^ 1^ 12.2 1,^ !U It li£ illlO 1.4 IIIIII.6 ^. <^ /a ^/\ c>: VI /A s 7 Photographic Sciences Corporation n WfST MAIN STRUT WEBSTER, N.Y MS80 (716)872-4503 ^ m m ^ Day 8 THF PSALTER. T myself have seen the ungodly in great power, and flourishing like a green bay- tree. I went by, and lo, he was gone : I sought him, but his place could no where be found. Keep innocency, and take heed unto the thing that is right; for that sh.Jl bring a man peace at the last. THE EIGHTH DAY. ittorntna Prai)fr. From Psalms 38, 39. PUT me not to rebuke, O Lord, in thine anger; neither chasten me in thy heavy displeasure : For my wickednesses are gone over my head, and are like a sore burden, too heavy for me to bear. I will confess my wickedness, and be sorry for my sin. Forsake me not, O Lord, my God; be not thou far from me. Haste thee to hcl]) me, O Lord God of my salvation. I said, I will take heed to my ways, tiiat I offend not in my tongue. I will keep my mouth as it were with a | bridle, while the ungodly is in my sight. 334 THE PSALTER. Day 8. I held my tongue, and spake nothing, I Icept silence, yea, even from good words; but it was pain and grief to me. My heart was hot within nie : and while 1 was thus musing, the fne kindled, and at the last 1 spake with my tongue ; Lord, make me to know my end, and the measure of my days; that I may know how frail I am. Behold, thou ha>.t made my days as it were a span long, and mine age is as nothing before thee ; and verily every man at his best estate is altogether vanity. Surely every man walketh in a vain show: surely they are disquieted in vain: he heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them. And noiw. Lord, what is my hope ? j Truly my hope is even in thee. Deliver me from all mine offences ; and I make me not a rebuke unto the foolish. I became dumb, and opened n(jt my |inouth ; for it was thy doing. Ren ove thy stroke away from me : I |ame\on consumed by the blows of thine Ihand. When thou with rebukes dost chasten Inuu for sin, thou makest his beauty to pisume away, like as it were a moth retting a garment : every man therefore pijut vanity. 335 Day 8. THE PSALTER. Hear my prayer, O Lord, and with thine ears consider my calling; hold not thy peace at my tears : For I am a stranger with thee, and a sojourner, as all my fathers were. spare me, that I may recover strength, before I go hence, and be no more seen. Cocning Prapcr. From Psalm 40. 1 WAITED patiently for the Lord, ana he inclined unto me, and heard lay calling. He i)rought me also out of an horrille pit, out of the miry clay, and set my ftct upon a rock, and established my goings. And he hath put a new song in my mouth, even a hanksgiving unto our Goil. Many shall see it, and fear, and shall put their trust in the Lord. Blessed is the man that maketh the Lord his trust, and respecteth not the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies. j Many, O Lord my God, are thy wonder- ful works which thou hast done, and thy| thoughts which are to us-ward: they can- not be reckoned up in order unto thee. If I should declare them, and speak of I them, they should be more than I am ablej to express. 336 THE PSALTER. Day 8. Sacrifice and meat-offering thou would- lesl not, but mine ears hast thou opened. Burnt-offerings, and sacrifice for sin Iha-st thou not required: then said I, Lo, 1 1 come ; hi the volume of the book it is written lofme, that I should fulfill thy will, O my IGod : I am content to do it ; yea, thy law lis within my heart. I have declared thy righteousness in Ithe great congregation: lo, I will not re- Ifrain my lips, O Lord, and that thou Iknowest. I liave not hid thy righteousness within ny heart ; my talk hath been of thy truth, and of thy salvation. I have not kept back thy loving mercy nd truth from the great congregation. Withdraw not thou thy mercy from me, Lord ; let thy loving kindness and thy nth alway preserve me. For innumerable troubles are come kboutme; my sins have taken such hold ipon me, that I am not able to look up ; |ea, ihey are more in number than the liirs of my head, and my heart hath Vied me. Lord, let it be thy pleasure to deliver |ie; make haste, O Lord, to help me. Let them be ashamed, and confounded |)gdher, that seek after my soul to V 337 Day 9. THE PSALTER. destroy it ; let them be driven backward, and put to rebuke, that wish me evil. Let all those that seek thee, be joyful i and jrlad in thee; and let such as love thy salvation say alway, The Lord be praised! As for me, I am poor and needy; but the Lord careth for me. Thou art my helper ; ^d redeemer;! make no long tarrying, O m} God. THE NINTH DAY. iltorntng flraQcr. From Psalms 41, 42. BLESSED is he that considereth tJiel poor and needy; the Lord shall deliveij him in the time of troui)le. The Lord will preserve him, and keep! him alive; and he shall be blessed ujwij the earth : and thou wilt not deliver bin unto the will of his enemies. The Lord will strengthen him upon thj bed of languishing : thou wilt make allhij bed in his sickness. Blessed be the Lord God of Israel froij everlasting, and to everlasting. I>ike as the hart desireth the wat^ brooks, so longeth my soul after thee, God. 338 THE PSALTER. Day 9. Mvsoiil is athirst for God, yea, even for Ithelivinj]; God: When shall I come to lappear before the presence of God ? Mv tears have been my meat day and Inight, while they daily say unto me, Iwhere is now thy God ? Now when I think thereupon, I pour lout my heart by myself ; for I went with ihe multitude, and brought them forth into |[he house of God ; In the voice of praise and thanksgiving, bong such as keep holy- day. Why art thou so full of heaviness, O ny soul ? and why art thou so disquieted n-ithin me? Put thy trust in God; for I will yet ;ive him thanks for the help of his coun- lenance. My God, my soul is vexed within me ; Iherefore will I remember thee concern- ng the land of Jordan, and the little hill lifHermon. Deep calleth unto deep at the noise of- hy water-spouts : all thy waves and thy liillows are gone over me. Yet the Lord will command his loving lindness in the day-time, and in the night [is soiiu; shall be with me, and my prayer [nto the God of my life. Why art thou cast down, O my soul ? nd why art thou disquieted within me ? 339 Day 9. THE PSALTER. Hope thou in God : for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my coun- tenance, and my God. O send out thy light and thy truth : let them lead me ; let them bring me unto thy holy hill, and to thy tabernacles. Then will I go unto the altar of God, un- to God my exceeding joy : yea, upon the harp will I praise thee, O God my God. Why art thou cast down, O my soul/| and why art thou disquieted within me ? Hope in God : for I shall yet praise I him, who is the health of my countenance,! and my God. evening prater. From Psalms 45, 46. MY heart is inditing of a good matter;! I speak of the things which I have! made unto the King. My tongue is the pen of a ready writer.l Thou art fairer than tlie children ofl men : grace is poured into thy lips : there| fore God hath blessed thee for ever. Gird thy sword upon thy thigh, mo5t| mighty, with thy gloiy and thy majesty, And in thy majesty ride prosperously] because of truth, and meekness, and right j eousness ; and thy right hand shall teaci| thee terrible things. 340 THE PSALTER. Day 9. Thy throne, O God, is for ever and lever: the sceptre of thy kingdom is a [right sceptre. Thou hast loved righteousness, and Ihated iniquity ; wherefore God, even thy lOod, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows. All thy garments smell of myrrh, aloes, land cassia ; out of the ivory palaces, vhereby ihey have made thee glad. Kings' daughters were among thy hon- brable women : upon thy right hand did pnA the queen in gold of Ophir. Hearken, O daughter, and consider; Incline thine ear ; forget also thine own enple, and thy father's house. So shall the King have pleasure in thy eauty ; for he is thy Lord God, and wor- ship thou him. And the daughter of Tyre shall be there irith a gift ; like as the rich also among he people shall make their supplications efore thee. The king's daughter is all glorious ^'ithin ; her clothing is of wrought gold. She shall be brought unto the King in •aiment of needle-work : the virgins her Mpanions that follow her shall be fought unto thee. With joy and gladness shall they be 841 Day 9. THE PSALTER. brought, and shall enter into the King's palace. I will make thy name to be remem. bered in all ^venerations : therefore shall the people praise thee for ever and ever. God is our refuge and strength, a ven present help in trouble. Therefore will we not fear, though the } earth be moved, and though the hills be ] carried into the midst of the sea. Though the waters thereof rage and I swell, and though the mountains shake at | the tempest of the same. There is a river, the streams whereof I shall make glad the city of God, theholyl place of the tabernacles of the most High,! God is in the midst of her; she shalll not be moved : God shall help her, .in(l| that right early. The heathen raged, the kingdoms werel moved : he uttered his voice, the earth! melted. The Lord of hosts is with us ; the of Jacob is our refuge. O come hither, and behold the work of the Lord, what destruction he hatl brought upon the earth. He maketh wars to cease in all M world ; he breaketh the bow, and knap peth the spear in sunder, and burneth thd chariots in the fire. 342 THE PSALTER. Day 10. Be still then, and know that I am God : I will he exalted among the heathen, and I will be exalted in the earth. The Lord of hosts is with us ; the God of Jacob is our refuge. THE TENTH DAY. ittormng Praprr From Psalms 47, 48. CLAP your hands, all ye people; shout unto 'God with the voice of triumph. For the Lord most High is terrible ; he is a <^reat King over all the earth. He shall choose our inheritance for us, the excellency of Jacob whom he loved. God is gone up with a shout, the Lord with the sound of a trumpet. Siiii^ praises to God, sing praises : sing praises unto our King, sing praises. For God is the King of all the earth : sinjT ye praises with understanding. (jod reigneth over the heathen : God I sitteth upon the throne of his holiness. The princes of the people are gathered I toiiether, even the people of the God of Al)raham : for the shields of the earth belong auto God ; he is greatly exalted. 343 Day 10. THE PSALTER. Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, in the mountain of his holiness. Bi^autiful for situation, the joy of the whole earth, is mount Sion, on the sides of the north, the city of the great King. God is known in her palaces for a refuge. P"or lo, the kings of the earth are gath- ered, and gone by together. They marvelled to see such things; they were astonished, and suddenly cast down. Fear came there upon them ; and sor- row, as upon a woman in her travail. Thou shalt break the ships of the sea through the east-wind. 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. We wait for thy loving kindness, God, in the midst of thy temple. O God, according to thy Name, so is thy praise unto the world's end; thy right hand is full of righteousness. Let the mount Sion rejoice, and the daughter of Judah be glad, because of thy judgments. Walk about Sion, and go round about her ; and tell the towers thereof. Mark well her bulwarks, set up her 344 THE PSALTER. Day 10. houses, that ye may tell them that come after. For this God is our G*^^ for ever and ever: he shall be our guide ;. \to death. tft)nttn0 Praocr. Psalm 49. HEAR ye this, all ye people ; give ear, all ye inhabitants of the wo'ld : i^oth low and high, rich and poor, to- gether. My mouth shall speak of wisdom ; and the meditation of my heart shall be of un- derstanding. I will incline mine ear to a parable : I will open my dark saying upon the harp. Wherefore should I fear in the days of evil, when the wickedness of my heels shall compass me about ? They that put trust in their wealth, and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches ; None of them can by any means redeem his brother, nor give unto God a ransom for him : For the redemption of their soul is pre- cious, and it ceaseth for ever : That he should still live for ever, and not see corniption. For he seeth that wise men die, like- 345 Day 10. THE PSALTER. wise the fool and the brutish person perish and leave their wealth to others. Their inward thought, is that their houses shall continue for ever, and their dwelling places to all generations ; they call their lands after their own names. Nevertheless, man being in honor abid- eth not : he is like the beasts that parish. This their way is their folly : yet their posterity approve their sayings. Like sheep they are laid in the grave; death shall feed en them ; and the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning; and their beauty shall consume in the grave, from their dwelling. But God will redeem my soul from the power of the grave : for he shall receive me. Be not thou afraid, though one be made rich, or if the glory of his house be in- creased ; For he shall carry nothing away with him when he dieth, neither shall his pomp follow him. Though while he lived he counted him- self an happy man ; and so long as ti\ou doest well unto thyself, men wil' speak good of thee. He shall follow the generaiion of his | father^, and shall never see light. Man that is in honor, and underst.ande'h| not, is like the beasts that perish. 346 THE PSALTER. Day 11. THE ELEVENTH DAY. ifiormng Prater. Psalm 60. THE Lord, even the most mighty God hath spoken, and called the world, from the rising up of the sun unto the going down thereof. Out of Sion, the perfection of beauty, God hath shined. Our God shall come, and shall not keep silence ; there shall go before him a con- suming' fire, imd a mighty tempest shall be stiired up round about him. He shall call to the heavens from above, and to the earth, that he may judge his people. Gather my saints together unto me; those that have made a covenant with me with sacrifice. And the heavens shall declare his right- eou.-.ness ; for God is Judge himself. Hear, O my people, and I will speak ; I myself will testify against thee, O Israel ; for I am God, even thy God. I will not reprove tiiee because of thy sacrifices, or for thy burnt-offerings; be- cause they were not alway before me. I will take no inillock out of thine house, nor he-goat out of thy folds. 347 Day 11. THE PSALTER. For all the beasts of the forest are mine, and so are the cattle upon a thousand hills. I know all the fowls upon the moun- tains, and the wild beasts of the tield are mine. If I be hungry, I will not tell thee ; for the whole world is mine, and all that is therein. Thinkest thou that I will eat bulls' flesh, and drink the blood of goats ? Offer unto God thanksgiving, and pay thy vows unto the Most liigh. And call upon me in the time of trou- ble ; so will I hear thee, and thou shalt praise me. But unto the ungodly said God, Why dost thou preach my laws, and takest my covenant in thy mouth ; Whereas thou hatest to be reformed, and hast cast my words behind thee ? When thou sawest a thief, thou con- sentedst unto him ; and hast been partaker with the adulterers. Thou hast let thy mouth speak wicked- ness, and with thy tongue thou hast set forth deceit. Thou sattest, and spakest against thy brother; yea, and hast slandered thine own mother's son. These things hast thou done, and I held 348 THE PSALTER. Day 11. my tongue ; and thou thoughtest wickedly that I am even such a one as thyself"; but I will reprove thee, and set before t-jee the things that thou hast done. consider this, ye that forget God, lest I pluck you away, and there be none to deliver you. Whoso offereth me thanks and praise, he honoreth me ; a.ad to him that ordereth his conversation right, will I show the salvation of God. ((Eoetttng Pva^n. Psalm 51. HAVE mercy upon me, O God, after thy great goodness; according to the multitude of thy mercies do away mine ofl'onces. Wash me thoroughly from my wicked- ness, and cleanse me from my sin. For I acknowledge my faults, and my sill is ever before me. Against thee only have I sinned and done this evil in thy sight; that "hou niightest Ix; justified in thy saying, and clear when thou art judged. Behold 1 was shapeii in wickedness, and in sin hath my mother conceived me. But lo, thou requirest truth in the Day 11. THE PSALTER. inward parts, and shalt make me to under- stand wisdom secretly. Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow. Make me to hear of joy and gladness, that the bones which thou hast broken may rejoice. Turn thy face from my sins, and put out all my misdeeds. Make me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me. Cast me not away from thy presence, and take not thy Holy Spirit from me. Restore unto me the joy of thy salva- tion ; and uphold me with thy free Spirit. Then shall I teach thy ways unto the wicked, and sinners shall be converted unto thee. Deliver me from blood-guiltiness, God, thou God of my salvation : and my tongue shall sing aloud of thy righteous- ness. O Lord, open thou my ps; and my mouth shall show forth thy praise. For thou desirest no sacrifice, elsu would I give it thee ; but thou delightest not in burnt-offerings. The sacrifice of God is a troubled spirit : a broken and contrite heart, O God, shalt thou not despise. 350 THE PSALTER. Day 12. be favorable and gracious unto Sion ; build thou the walls of Jerusalem. Then shalt thou be pleased with the sacrifice of righteousness, with the burnt- offerings and oblations; then shall they offer young bullocks upon thine altar. THE TWELFTH DAY. ittorninfl |)rnt)cr. From Psalms 52, 53, 54^. WHY boastest thou thyself, thoa tyrant, that thou canst do mischief ; Whereas the goodness of God endureth yet daily ? Thy torigue imagineth wickedness, and with lies thou cuttcst like a sharp razor. Thou hast loved unrighteousness more than goodness, and to talk of lies more than righteousness. Thou hast loved to speak all words that may do hurt, O thou false tongue. 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. The righteous also shall see this, and fear, and shall laugh him to scorn ; Lo, this is the man that took not God 361 Day 12. THE PSALTER, for his strength; but trusted unto the multitude of his riches, and strengthened himself in his wickedness. As for me, I am like ii green olive tree in the house of God; my trust is in the tender mercy of God for ever and ever. 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. The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. Corrupt are they, and become abomina- ble in their wickedness; there is none that doeth good. God looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that would understand, and seek after God. But they are all gone out of the way, they are altogether become abominable; there is also none that doeth good, no not one. Are not they without understanding, that work wickedness, eating up my peo- ple as if they would eat bread ? they have not called upon God. 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. 352 THE PSALTER. Day 12. Oh that the salvation were given unto I-;i.\el out of Sion 1 Oh that the Lord vouUI deliver his people out of captivity ! Then should Jacob rejoice ; and Israel should ])e right glad. Save me, O God, by thy Name, and judge me by thy strength. Hear my prayer, O God, and hearken unto the words of my mouth. Behold, God is my helper ; the Lord is with them that uphold my soul. An offering of a free heart will I give thee, and praise thy Name, O Lord ; be- cause it is so comfortable. (tmnttiQ Vra\)tr. From Psalms 55, 56. HEAR my prayer, O God, and hide not [thyself from my petition. Take heed unto me, and hear me, how 1 1 mourn in my prayer, and am vexed. Because of the voice of the enemy, be- Icause of the oppression of the wicked : jfor they cast inicjuity upon me, and in their viath they hate me. My heart is disquieted within me, and [he fear of death is fallen upon me. Fearfulness and trembling are come jipon nie, and an horrible dread hath over- vhelnied me. w 363 Day 12. the psalter. And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove ! for then would I flee away, and be at rest. Lo, then would I get me away afar off, and remain in the wilderness. I would make haste to escape, because of the stormy wind and tempest. I will call upon God, and the Lord shall save me. In the evening and morning, and at noon-day will I pray, and that instantly; and he shall hear my voice. It is he that hath delivered my soul in I peace, from the battle that was against me ; for there were many with me. Yea, even God, that endureth for eveii shall hear me, and bring them down; fori they will not turn, nor fear God. He laid his hands upon such as be at| peace with him, and he brake his cove| nant. The words of his mouth were softerj than butter, having war in his heart ; his| words were smoother than oil, and yet they very swords. O cast thy burden upon the Lord, an(i he shall nourish thee, and shall not suttej the righteous to fall for ever. And as for them, thou, O God, sha| bring them into the pit of destruction. The blood-thirsty and deceitful mt 854 shall n( my tnist I will I have f Tear wha Thou my tears thy book In Go( 's wc Vea, in I not be afn LJnto th I unto thee ^ for th( I death, am may walkj I living. ' Lord'- Front , MVhe;^ Fed; I Awake Fp; f ml 1 will gl 'ong the! '«e aiiionf THE PSALTER. Day 13. shall not live out half their days: but my trust shall be in thee, O Lord. I will praise God, because of his word : 1 have put my trust in God, and will not fear what flesh can do unto me. Thou tellest my wanderings : put thou my tears into thy bottle : are they not in thy book ? In God's word will I rejoice ; in the Lord's word will I comfort me. Yea, in God have I put my trust ; I will not be afraid what man can do unto me. Unto thee, O God, will I pay ray vows ; [unto thee will I give thanks. For thou hast delivered my soul from I death, and my feet from falling, that I may walk before God in the lij^ht of the I living. THE THIRTEENTH DAY. iH0rnin0 Prapcr. From Psalms 57, 68, 69, 60, 61, 62. MY heart is fixed, O God, my heart is llixed; I will sing and give praise. I Awake up, my glory ; awake, lute and jkarp : I myself will awake right early. I will give thanks unto thee, O Lord, mong the people ; and I will sing unto iee among the nations. 855 Day 13 THE PSALTER. For the greatness of t'/ mercy reach cth unto the heavens, and thy truth unio the clouds. Set up thyself, O God, above the heavens ; and thy glory alxvve all the earth, The ungodly are froward, even from their mother's wcxnb ; as boon as they are born, they go astray, and speak lies. They are as venomous as the poison of a serpent, even like the deaf adder, that stoppeth her ears ; \\ hich refuseth to hear the voice of the i charmer, charm he never so wisely. Deliver me from mine enemies, O God; I defend me from them that rise up against me. deUver me from the wicked doeR,| and save me from the bl(K>d-thirsty men.. My strength will 1 ascribe unto theej for ihou art the Ciod of my refuge. 1 will sing of thy power, and wi praise thy mercy betimes in the morningJ for thou hast been my defence and refugcj in the day of my trouble. Unto thee, O my strength, will I singj for thou, O God, art my refuge, and mjj merciful God. Hear my crying, O God, give ear untj my prayer. From the ends of the earth will I upon thee, when my heart is in heavine a5t> THE PSALTER. Day 13. C) set me upon the rock that is higher tlaii 1 ; lor thou hast been my hope, and a sUong tower for me against the enemy. I will dwell in thy tabernacle for ever, aud my trust shall be under the covering ){ thy wings. For thou, O Lord, hast heard my de- sires, and hast given an heritage unto those that fear thy Name, I will always sing praise unto thy Name, that I may daily perform my vows. My soul truly waiteth still upon God ; I for of him Cometh my salvation. He verily is my strength and my salva- |tJon; be is my defence, so that I shall not leatly falL In (jlod is my health and my glory ; the I rock of my might, and in God is my Itrust. put your trust in him alway, ye peo- Iple; pour out your hearts before him, for |U»d is our hope. As (or the children of men, they are [lut vanity; the children of men are de- ptitful i;pon the weights; they are alto- Jlier lighter than vanity itself. iruiit wot in wrong and robbery; give lot yourselves unfo vanity: if riches in- irease, set not your heart ujx)n them. God spake once, and twice I have also 357 Day 13. THE PSALTER. heard the same, that power belongeth unto God ; And that thou, Lord, art merciful; for thou rewardest every man according to his work. €omin0 Prapcr. From Psalms 63, 64, 65. O GOD, thou art my God ; early will I seek thee. My soul thirsteth fo^' thee; my flesh also longeth after thee. To see thy power and thy glory, so as 1 have seen thee in the sanctuary. Because thy loving kindness is better | than life, my lips shall praise thee. As long as I live will I magnify thee in I this manner, and lift up my hands in thy j Name. My soul shall be satisfied, even as it I were with marrow and fatness, whenmyj mouth praiseth thee with joyful lips; When I remember thee upon my bed,! and meditate on thee in the night watches.! Because thou hast been my helper;! therefore under the shadow of thy wiugsj will I rejoice. My soul hangeth upon thee ; thy rightj hand hath upholden me. The righteous shall be glad in the! 358 THE PSALTER. Day 13. )elongeth ciful; for ording to 0. arly will 1 ; my flesli iory, so as 1 r ks is better | bee. nify thee in I vands in thy even as it IS when my I lillips; pon my heuil ght watches.! my helper;! of thy wi«8^| ee ; thy n glad in ^^ Lord, and shall trust in him ; and all the upii},'ht in heart shall glory. Praise waiteth for thee, O God, in Sion : and unto thee shall the vow be per- formed. Thou that hearest the prayer, unto thee shall all riesh come. Iniquities prevail against me: as for our transgressions, thou shalt purge them away. Blessed is the man whom thou choosest, ani causest to approach unto thee, that he may dwell in thy courts : we shall be sauslied with the goodness of thy house, even of thy holy temple. Thou shalt show us wonderful things in thy righteousness, O God of our salva- tion; ihou that art the hope of all the ends of the earth, and of them that re- main in the broad sea. Who in his strength setteth fast the mountains, being girded about with power. Who stilleth the raging of the sea, and the noise of his waves, and the madness I of the people. They also that dwell in the uttermost [parts of the earth, shall be afraid of thy 1 tokens, thou that makest the out-goings of jthe morning and evening to praise thee. Tiiou visitest the earth, and blessest itj Ithou makest it very plenteous, m Day 14. the psalter. The river of God is full of water ; thou preparest their corn, for so thou providest for the earth. Thou waterest the ridges thereof abun- dantly : thou settlest the furrows thereof: thou makest it soft with showers: thou blessest the springing thereof. Thou crownest the year with thy good- ness ; and thy paths drop fatness. They drop upon the pastures of the wil- derness : and the little hills rejoice on every side. The pastures are clothed with flocks; the valleys also are covered over with corn ; they shout for joy, they also sing. THE FOURTEENTH DAY. ittorninfl Prayer. From Psalms 66, 67. O BE joyful in God, all ye lands; singl praises unto the honor of his Name;| make his praise to be glorious. Say unto God, How terrible art thou in thy works ! through the greatness ot thj power shall thine enemies submit themj selves unto thee. For all the world shall worship thee sing of thee, and praise thy Name. 860 THE PSALTER. Day 14. )7. 5 lands; ?^ingj his I^aim'; le art tliouin tatness of th^l submit them] worship thee Name. come hither, nnd behold the works of God ; how wonderful he is in his doing toward the children of men. He turned the sea into dry land, so that they went through the tlood on foot; there did we rejoice in him. He ruleth with his power for ever ; his eyes behold the nations : let not the rei^el- lious exalt themselves. praise our God, ye people, and make the voice of his praise to be heard ; Who holdoth our soul in life; and suf- fereth not our feet to slip. 1 will go into thine house with burnt- fterings: and will pay thee my vows, I which I promised with my lips, and bpake with my mouth, when 1 was in Itrouhlo. I will oflfer unto thee fat burnt-sacrifices, jivith the incense of rams ; I will offer ''u!l)cks and goats. ( > come hither, and hearken, all ye .1 If.. at iGod; and I will tell you what he uii (lone for my soul. I .MJIed unto him with my mouth, and bve him praises with my tongue. II I incline unto w'ckedness with mine Jeart, the Lord will not hear me. lUit verily, God hath heard me ; he atb attended to the voice of my prayer, rmised be God, who hath not cast out 361 Day 14. THE PSALTER. my prayer, nor t;irnecl his mercy from me. God be merciful unto us, and bless us, and show us the light of his countenance, and be merciful unto us ; That thy way may be known upon earth, thy saving health among all na- tions. Let the people praise thee, O God ; yea, let all the people praise thee. O let the nations rejoice and be glad; for thou shalt judge the folk righteously, and govern the nations upon earth. Let the people praise thee, O God ; yea, let all the jjcople praise thee. Then shall the earth bring forth her increase ; and God, even our own God, shall give us his blessing. God shall bless us; and all the ends of the world shall fear him. From Psalms ^"^^ G9. LET God arise, and let his enemies be scattered ; let them also that hate him | flee l)t;rore him. Like as the smoke vanisheth, so shall thou drive them away ; and like as waxj melleth at the fire, so let the ungodly per- ish at the presence of (iod. 362 THE PSALTER. Day 14. But let the righteous be glad, and re- joice before God ; let them also be merry and joyful. Sing unto God, sing praises to his Name : extol him that rideth upon the heavens by his Name JAH, and rejoice before him. A Father of the fatherless, and a judge of the w idows, is God in his holy habita- tion. God setteth the solitaiy in families : he brinji^eth out those which are bound with chains : but letteth the rebellious dwell in a dry lautl. God, when thou wentest forth before the pe )[)le ; when thou wentest through the wilderness, The earth shook, and the heavens dropped at the presence of God ; even Sinai itself was moved at the presence of G )d, the God of Israel. Thou, O God, soutest a gracious rain upon thine inheritance, and refreshedst it when it was weary. Thy C(jngrcgation hath dwelt therein : tliou, (.) God, hast prepared of thy good- [uess for the pool. Tlie Loril gave the word: great was [llie ctmi)any of those that i)ul)lished it. Though ye have lain among the pots, [yet shall ye be as the wings of a dove, 303 Day 14. THE psalter. covered with silver, and her feathers with yellow gold. Thou hast ascended on high, thou hast led captivity captive : thou hast received gifts for men ; yea, for the rebellious also, that the Lord God might dwell among them. Blessed l)e the Lord, who daily loadeth us with benefits, even the God of our sal- vation. He that is our God is the God of salva- tion ; and unto God the Lord belong the issues from death. The Lord hath said, I will bring again from Bashan, 1 will bring my people again from the depths of the sea. Sing unto God, O ye kingdoms of the earth; O sing praises unto the Lord; To him that rideth upon the heaven of heavens, which were of old; lo, he doih send out his voice, and that a mighty voice. Ascribe ye strength unto God : his ex- cellency is over Israel, and his strength is in the clouds. O God, thou art terrible out of thy holy places : the God of Israel is he that giveth strength and power unto his peo^jle. Blessed be God. As for me, when I am poor and iii heavi- ness, thy help, O God, shall lift me up. 304 THE PSALTER. Day 15. I will praise the Name of God with a song, and magnify it with thanksgiving. This also shall please the Lord better than a bullock that hath horns and hoofs. The huu\ble shall consider this, and be glad: seek ye aftei God, and your soul shall live. For the Lord heareth the poor, and de- spiseth not his prisoners. Lei heaven and earth praise him : the sea, and all that moveth therein. For God will save Sion, and build the cities of Judah, that men may dwell there, and have it in possession. The posterity also of his servants shall inherit it; and they that love his Name shall dwell therein. THE FIFTEENTH DAY. ittornin0 Prat)cr. From Psalms 71, 72. IX ihee, O Lord, have I put my trust ; j let me never be put to confusion, but j rill nie, and deliver me, in thy righteous- iHcss; incline thine eai' unto me, and save I me. He thou my stronghold, whereunto I may always report: thou hast promised to 3(i5 Day 15. the psalter. help me, for thou art my house of defence, and my castle. Deliver me, O my God, out of th » hand of the ungodly, out of the hand of the un- righteous and cruel man. For thou, O Lord God, art the thing that I long for : thou art my hope, even from my youth. Through thee have I been holden up ever since I was bom : thou art he that took me out of my mother's womb: my praise shall be always of thee. let my mouth be filled with thy praise, thai I may sing of thy glory and honor all the day long. Cast me not away in the time of age; forsake me not when my strength faileth me. Go not far from me, O God ; my God, haste thee to help me. 1 will hope continually, and will yet praise thee mo e and more. My mouth shall daily speak of thy righteousness and salvation ; for I knew no end thereof. I will go in the strength of the Lord] God : 1 will make mention of thy right- eousness, even of thine only. O God, thou hast taught me from my I youth : and hitherto have I declared thy wondrous works. 366 THE PSALTER. Day 15. th • hand f the un- the thing 3pe, even lolden up rt he that ;omb: my thy praise, I honor all \e of age; gth faiklh ; my Ood, id will yet le from my leclared thy Now also, when I am old and grey headed, O God, forsake me not ; until I have showed thy strength unto this gene- ration, and thy power to every one that is to come. Thy righteousness, O Grod, is very high, and great things are they that thou hast done : O God, who is liice unto thee ! Thou, which hast showed me great and sore troubles, shalt quicken me again, and shalt bring me up again from the depths of the earth. Thou shalt judge thy people according unto right, and defend the poor. The mountains also shall bring peace, and the little hills righteousness unto the people. He shall judge the poor of the people, he shall save the children of the needy, and shall break in pieces the oppressor. They shall fear thee as long as the sun and moon endure, throughout {fll genera- 1 tions. He shall come down like the rain upon the mown grass : as showers that water I the earth. In his time shall the righteous flourish ; lyeri, and abundance of peace, so long as |>l.c moon endureth. Ho shall have dominion also from sea 367 Day 15. THE psalter. to sea, and from the river unto the ends of the earth. They that dwell in the wilderness shall kneel before him ; his enemies shall lick the dust. All kings shall fall down before him; all nations shall do him service. For he shall deliver the poor when he crieth; the needy also, and him that hath no helper. He shall be favorable to the simple and needy, and shall preserve the souls of the poor. He shall deliver their souls from false- hood and wrong; and dear shall their blood be in his sight. He shall live, and unto him shall be given of the gold of Arabia ; prayer shall be made ever unto him, and daily sliall he be praised. There shall be an handful of com in the earth «ipon the top of the mountains; the fruit thereof shall shake like Lebanon: and they of the city shall flourish like I grass of the earth. His Name shall endure for ever: his I Name shall be continued so long as the sun : and men shall be blessed in him; I all nations shall call him blessed. Blessed be the Lord God, the God ol| Israel, who only doeth wondrous things. 86^ THE PSALTER. Day 15. And blessed be his glorious Name for ever: and let the whole earth be filled with his glory ; Amen, and Amen. Coemnfl fJraprr. From Psalms 73, 74, 75, 76. TRULY God is loving unto Israel : even I unto such as are of a clean heart. Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel, I and afterward receive nie to glory. WTiom have I in heaven but thee? and [there is none upon earth that I desire in Icomparison of thee. My flesh and my heart faileth ; but God lis the strength of my heart, and my por- Ition for ever. It is good for me to draw near to God : II have put my trust in the Lord God, that [irnay declare all thy works in the gates of the daughter of Sion. God is my King of old, working salva- lion in the midst of the earth. The day is thine, and the night is thine ; hou hast prepared the light and the sun. Thou hast set all the borders of the farth ; thou hast made summer and winter. Unto thee, O God, do we give thanks ; |ea, unto thee do we give thanks : For that thy Name is near, thy won- |tous works declai'e. X 369 Day 15. THE PSALTER. I said unto the fools, Deal not so madly ; and to the ungodly, Set not up your horn. Set not up your horn on high, and speak not with a stiff neck. For promotion cometh neither from the east, nor from the west, nor yet from the south. But God is the judge : he putteth down one, and setteth up another. For in the hand of the Lord there is a I cup, and the wine is red ; it is full mixt, j and he poureth out of the same. As for the dregs thereof, all the ungodly! of the earth shall drink them, and suckj them out. But I will talk of the God of Jacob,] and praise him for ever. Thou, even thou art to be feared ; andl who may stand in thy sight, when thouj art angry ? Thou didst cause thy judgment to bej heard from heaven; the earth trembled| and Wvis still. When God arose to judgment, and t(j help all the meek upon earth. Surely the wrath of man shall praisi thee : the remainder of wrath shalt thoj restrain. Promise unto the Lord your God, anj keep it, all ye that arc round about bin 370 THE PSALTER. Day 16. bring presents unto him that ought to be. feared. He shall cut off the spirit of princes : and is terrible to the kings of the earth. THE SIXTEENTH DAY. iUommg Prater. Psalm 77. I CRIED unto God with my voice, even unto God with my voice ; and he gave ear unto me. In the time of my trouble I sought the Lord : my sore ran, and ceased not in the night-season ; my soul refused comfort. I remembered God, and was troubled : II complained, and my spirit was over- I whelmed. Thou boldest mine eyes waking : I am [so troubled that I cannot speak. I have considered the days of old, the lyears of ancient times. I call to remembrance my song in the night : I commune with mine own heart : ^nd my spirit made diligent search. Will the Lord absent himself for ever? nd will he be no more intreated ? Is his mercy clean gone for ever ? and 371 Day 16. THE PSALTER. is his promise come utterly to an end for evermore ? Hath God forgotten to be gradous? and will he shut up his loving kindness in displeasure ? And I said, It is mine own infirmity; l)ut I will remember the years of the rigiit hand of the Most High. I will remember the works of the Lord, and call to mind thy wonders of old time. I will think also of all thy works, aiid my talking shall be of thy doings. Thy way, O God, is holy : who is so great a God as our God ? Thou art the God that dost wonders, and hast declared thy power among the people. Thou hast with thine arm redeemed thy people, even the sons of Jacob and Josepli. The waters saw thee, O God, the waters saw thee, and were afraid; the depths also were troubled. The' clouds poured out water, the air| thundered, and thine arrows went abroad. The voice of thy thunder was heard! )'9und about: che lightnings shone upon the ground; the earth was moved andj .shook withal. Thy way is in the sea, and thy paths ini the great waters, and thy footsteps are notj known. 372 THE PSALTER. Day 16. Thou leddest thy people like sheep, by the hand o( MoMis and Aaxon. evening proQer. From Psalms 84, 85. HOW amiable are thy tabernacles, O Lord of hosts ! My soul longeth, yea even fainteth for the courts of the Lord: my heart and my flesh crieth out for ihe living God. Yea, the sparrow hath found her an house, and the swallow a nest, where she may lay her young; even thy altars, O Lord of hosts, my King and my God. Blessed are they that dwell in thy house ; they will be alway praising thee. Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee ; in whose heart are thy ways. Who going through the vale of misery, use it for a well ; and the pools are filled with water. They will go from strength to strength, and auto the God of gods appeareth every oue of them in Sion. Lord God of hosts, hear . my prayer ; hearken, O God of Jacob. For one day in thy courts is better than a thousand. 1 had rather be a door-keeper in the 373 Day 16. HIE PSALTER. house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of ungodliness. For the Lord God is a sun and shield: the Lord will give grace and glory : and no good thing shall he withhold from them that live a godly life. i) Lord God of hosts, blessed is the man that putteth his trust in thee. Lord, thou art become gracious unto thy land ; thou hast turned away the cap- tivity of Jacob. Thou hast forgiven the offence of thy people, and covered all their sins. Thou hast taken away all thy displea- sure, and turned thyself from thy wrath- ful indignation. Furn us then, O God our Saviour, and let thine anger cease from us. Wilt thou be displeased at us for ever? and wilt thou stretch out thy wrath from one generation to another? Wilt thou not turn again, and quicken us, that thy people may rejoice in thee? Show us thy mercy, O Lord, and grant us thy salvati(m. I will hearken what the Lord God will say concerning me; for he shall speak peace unto his people, and to his sainta, | that they turn not again. For his salvation is nigh them that fcar| him; that gloiy may rd, hast made me glad I through thy work: I will triumph in the [works of thy hands. (Jl,ord, how glorious are thy works! I thy thoughts are very deep. An unwise man doth not well consider I'his, and a fool doth not understand it. When tlie wicked spring as the grass, 381 Day 18. THE PSALTER. and when all the workers of iniquity do flourish ; it is that they shall be destroyed for ever : but thou, Lord, art most high for evermore. For lo, thine enemies, O Lord, lo, thine enemies shall perish ; and all the workers of wickedness shall be destroyed. But mine horn shall be exalted like the horn of an unicorn; I shall be anointed with fresh oil. The righteous shall flourish like a palm- tree, and shall spread abroad like a cedar in Libanus. Such as be planted in the house of the Lord, shall flourish in the courts of the house of our God. That they nay show how true the Lord j my strength is, and that there is noun- righteousness in him. The Lord reigneth, he is clothed with I majesty ; the Lord is clothed with strength,] wherewith he hath girded himself. He hath made the round world so sure,, that it cannot be moved. Ever since the world began hath thyj seat been prepared : thou art from ever-j lasting. I The floods are risen, O Lord, the floodsl have lift up their voice ; the floods lift upj their waves. The waves of the sea are mighty, ana 382 THE PSALTER. Day 18. rage horribly; but yet the Lord, who dwelleth on high, is mightier. Thy testimonies, O Lord, are very sure : holiness becometh thine house for ever. How long shall all wicked doers speak so disdainfully, and make such proud boasting ? Yet they say, The Lord shall not see, neither shall the God of Jacob regard it. Take heed, ye unwise among the peo- ple ; ye fools, when will ye understand ? He that planted the ear, shall he not hear ? or he that made the eye, shall he not see ? He that chastiseth the heathen, shall not he correct? he that teacheth man knowledge, shall not he know ? The Lord knoweth the thoughts of I man, that they are but vain. Blessed is the man whom thou chasten- I est, Lord, and teachest him in thy law ; That thou mayest give him patience in I time of adversity, until the pit be digged I up for the ungodly. For the Lord will not fail his people ; I neither will he forsake his inheritance. But judgment shall return unto right- leousness: : and all the upright in heart IWl follow it. Unless the Lord had been my help, my jsoul had almost dwelt in silence. 383 Day 18. the psalter. When I said, My foot slippeth; thy mercy, O Lord, held me up. In the multitude of the sorrows that I had in my heart, thy comforts have re- freshed my soul. d how that he shall | judge the peoptv. ..^hteously. Let the heavens rejoice, and let thej earth be glad ; let the sea make a noise, | and all that therein is. Let the field be joyful, and all that is inj it; then shall all the trees of the w( rejoice before the Lord. For he cometh, for he cometh to judgd the earth ; and with righteousness to judg^ the world, and the people with his truth. THE NINETEENTH DAY. ittornin^ Prater. Psalms 97, 98. THE Lord is King, the earth may glad thereof; yea, the multitude the isles may be glad thereof. Clouds and darkness are round abol him : righteousness and judgment are tH habitation of his seat. There shall go a fire before him, burn up his enemies on every side. His lightnings gave shine unto world : the earth saw it, and was afraidj 386 THE PSALTER. Day 19. The hills melted like wax at the pres- ence of the Lord ; at the presence of the Lord of the whole earth. The heavens have declared his right- eousness, and all the people h.^ve seen his [glory. Confounded be all they that worship carved images, and that delight in vain Dds : worship him, all ye gods. Sion heard of it, and rejoiced ; and the I daughters of Judah were glad, because of I thy judgments, O Lord. For thou, Lord, art higher than all that [are in the earth: thou art exalted far [above all gods. ye that love the Lord, see that ye hate I the thing which is evil : the Lord preserv- eth the souls of his saints ; he shall deliver I them from the hand of the ungodly. There is sprung up a light for the right- leous, and joyful gladness for such as are |true-hearted. Rejoice in the Lord, ye righteous ; and Igive thanks for a remembrance of his Ibliness. sing unto the Lord a new song ; for |liehath done marvellous things. With his own right hand, and with his poly arm, hath he gotten himself the vic- py, The Lord declared his salvation; his 387 Dav 19. THE PSALTER. righteousness hath he openly showed in the sight of the heathen. He hath remembered his mercy and truth toward the house of Israel ; and all the ends of the world hath seen, tiie sal vation of our God, Show ^ ourselves joyful unto the Loni. all ye lands ; sing, rejoice, and ^ve thank . Praise the L.ord upon the harp; sing u> the harp with a psalm of thanksgiving. With trumpets also and shawms, show yourselves joyful before the Lord, the King. Let the sea make a noise, and all that therein is; the round vorld, and they thalj dvell therein. Let the Hoods clap their hands, and le the hills be joyful together before tin Lord ; for he is come U) judge the earth \\ ilh righteousness shall he judge t world, and the people with e(iuity. Cucniujj pritDcr. From Psabns 99, 100, 101. THE Lord rcigneth; let the people treil hie: he sitleth between the Cherubiiij let the earth be moved. | The Lord is great in Sion, and hid Above all people, 388 THE PSALTER. Day 19. Let ilicm praise thy great and terrible Name; for it is holy. Exalt ye the Lord our God, and vvor- >liiji at his footstool ; for he is holy. Moses and Aaron among his priests, aiui Samuel among such as call upon his Name; ihey called upon the Lord, and I he answered them. lie spake unto them in the cloudy pil- \'ar. iht V kept his testimonies, and the |i,nv tiuu he gave them. Thou answere«.lst them, O Lord, our iGiid; thou wast a (lod that forgavest ihcm, though thou toukest vengeance of liheir inventions. Exalt the Lord our God, and worship at 1 I'oly hill ; fur the Lord our (jod is holy. '» be joyful in the Lord, all ye lands: Mvc the Lord with gladness, and come jidure his presence with a song. He ye sure that the Lord he is God; it lie that hath made us, and not we our- Idvcs; we are his people, and the sheep p his pasture. ') go your way into his gates with lirtiiksgiving, au-l into his courts with ["'li^e; he thankful unto him, and speak "i»'l of his Name. lor the Lord is gracious, his mercy is Ivirlastiiig ; and his truth endureth from Iteration to generation. Day 20. THE PSALTER. My song shall be of mercy and jud^' ment ; unto thee, O Lord, will I sing. let me have understanding in the way of godliness ! When wilt thou come unto me ? I will walk in my house with a perfect heart. 1 will set no wicked thing before mine eyes : I hate the work of them that turn aside ; it shall not cleave to me. A froward heart shall depart from me; I will not know a wicked person. Whoso privily slandereth his neighbor, him will I destroy. Whoso hath also a proud look and stomach, I will not suft'er him. Mine eyes look upon such as are fi\ithful| in the land, that they may dwell with nic. Whoso leadeth a godly life, he shall bej my servant. There shall no deceitful person dwelll in my house ; he that telleth lies shall notj tarry in my sight. THE TVVENTJETH DAY. ' ' ittorniiio Praocr. From Psalms 102, 103. THE Lord hath looked down from liij sanctuary; out of the heaven did thj Lord behold the earth ; 390 THE PSALTER. Day 20. That he might hear the mournings of such as are in captivity, and deliver the children appointed unto death ; That they may declare the name of the Lord in Sion, and his praise in Jerusalem. I said, O my God, take me not away in the midst of mine age ; as for thy years, they endure throughout aU generations. Thou, Lord, in the beginning hast laid the foundation of the earth, and the heavens are the work of thy hands. They shall perish, but thou shalt endure : they all shall wax old as doth a garment ; And as a vesture shalt thou change them, ami they shah he changed ; but thou art the [same, and thy years shall not fail. Praise the Lord, O my soul ; and all Itiui is within .le, praise his holy Name. Praise the Lord, O my soul, and forget I not all his benetits : Who forgiveth all thy sin, and healeth |iH thine infirmities; Who saveth thy life from destruction, land crownoth thee with mercy and loving |kiiiiiness ; Who satisfieth thy mouth with good |tliiiif,'s ; so that thy youth is renewed like Ik' ea^^le's. The I^ord executeth righteousness and lii'i^'mcnl for all them that arc oppressed l»ith wrong. 391 Day 20. THE PSALTER. He showed his ways unto Moses, his works unto the children of Israel. The Lord is full of compassion and mer- cy, long-suffering, and of great goodness. He will not alway be chiding; neither keepeth he his anger forever. He hath not dealt with us after our sins; nor rewarded us according to our wicked- nesses. For look how high the heaven is in com- parison of the earth ; so great is his mercy also toward them that fear him. Look how wide also the east is from the west ; so far hath he set our sins from us. Yea, like as a father pitieth his o'wn children; even so is the Lord merciful unto them that fear him. For he knoweth our frame ; he remem- berelli that we are but dust. The days of man are but as grass; for he lluurisheth as a flower of the field. For ;i^ soon as the wind gocth over it, it is gone ; and the place thereof shall know it no more. But the merciful goodness of the Lord endurolh for ever and ever upon them that I fear him; and his righteousness upon] children's child on ; Even upon such as keep his covenant,! and think upoi his commandments to (lo| them. 392 ' THE PSALTER. Day 20. le remem- The Lord hath prepared his seat in heaven, and his kingdom ruleth over all. praise the Lord, ye angels of his, ye that excel in strength ; ye that fultil his commandment, and hearken unto the voice of his word. praise the Lord, all ye his hosts ; ye servants of his that do his pleasure. speak good of the Lord, all ye works of his, in all places of his dominion : praise thou the -Lord, O my soul. Psalm 104. PRAISE the Lord, O my soul : O Lord my God, thou art become exceeding i,'!orioiis; thou art clothed with majesty and honor. Who coverest thyself with light, as with 1 jrannent : who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain : Who layeth the beams of his chambers in tlic waters : who makclh the cloiuls his chariot : who walketh upon the wings of the wind : Who maketh his angels spirits ; his ministers a ilaming fire : Who laid the foundations of the earth, that it should not be removed for ever. Thou covercdst it with the deep as with 393 Day 20. THE PSALTER. a garment : the waters stood above the mountains. At thy rebuke they fled; at the voice of thy thunder they hasted away. They go up by the mountains ; they go down by the valleys unto the place which thou hast founded for them. Thou hast set a bound that they may not pass over ; that they turn not again to cover the earth. He sendeth the springs into the 'valleys, which run among the hills. All beasts of the field drink thereof, and the wild asses quench their thirst. Beside them shall the fowls of the air have their habitation, and sing among the branches. He watereth the hills from above ; the earth is filled with the fruit of thy works. He bringeth forth grass for the cattle, and green herb for the service of men ; That he may bring food out of the earth, and wine that maketh glad the heart of man ; and oil to make him a cheerful countenance, and bread to strengthen man's heart. The trees of the Lord also are full of sap ; even the cedars of Libanus, which he hath planted ; Wherein the birds make their nests ; and the fir-trees are a dwelling for the stork. 394 THE PSALTER. Day 20. The high hills are a refuge for the wild goats ; and so are the stony rocks for the conies. He appointed the moon for certain sea- sons, and the sun knowcth his going down. Thou makest darkness that it may be night ; wherein all the beasts of the forest do move. The lions roaring after their prey, do seek their meat from God. The sun ariscth, and they get them away together, and lay them down in their dens, Man goeth forth to his work, and to his labor, until the evening. O Lord, how manifold are thy works ! in wisdom hast thou made them all ; the earth is full of thy riches. So is the great and wide sea also ; where- in are things creeping innumerable, both small and great beasts. There go the ships, and there is that Leviathan, whom thou hast made to take his pastime therein. These wait all upon thee, that thou mayest give them meat in due season. When thou givest it them, they gather it; and when thou openest thy hand, they are filled with good. When thou hidest thy face, they are troubled : when thou takest away their a95 Day 21. THE PSALTER. breath, they die, and are turned again to their dust. When thou lettest thy breath go forth, they shall be made ; and thou shalt renew the face of the earth. The glorious Majesty of the Lord shall endure for ever ; the Lord shall rejoice in his works. The earth shall tremble at the look of him; if he do but touch the hills, they shall smoke. I will sing unto the Lord as long as I live; 1 will praise my God while 1 have my being. My meditation of him shall be sweet : my joy shall be in the Lord. As for sinners, they shall be consumed out of the earth, and the ungodly shall come to an end. Praise thou the Lord, O my soul. Praise the Lord. THE TWENTY-FHIST DAY. iHormng prater. Psalm 107. O GIVE thanks unto the Lord ; for he gracious, and his mercy endureth IS for ever Let the redeemed of the Lord say so, 390 THE PSALTER. Day 21. whom he hath redeemed from the hand of the enemy ; And gathered them out of the lands, from the east and from the west; from the north, and from the south. They went astray in the wilderness out of the way, and found no city to dwell in ; Hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted in them. Then they cried unto the Lord in their trouble, and he saved them out of their distresses. He led them forth by the right way, that they might go to a city of habitation. (Jh that men would therefore praise the Lord for his goodness, and for his won- derful works to the children of men ! For he satisfieth the empty soul, and filleth the hungiy soul with goodness. Such as sit in darkness, sjnd in the shadow of death, being fast'^jDound in misery and iron ; Because they rebelled against the words of the Lord, and lightly regarded the counsel of the Most High : Therefore he also brought down their heart with labor ; they fell down, and there was none to help them. So when they cried unto the Lord in their trouble, he delivered them out of their distress. 8^7 Day 21. THE PSALTER. For he brought them out of darkness, and out of the shadow of death, and brake their bonds in sunder. Oh that men would therefore praise the Lord for his goodness, and for his won- derful works to the children of men ! For he hath broken the gates of brass, and smitten the bars of iron in sunder. Fools, because of their transgression, and because of their iniquities, are afflicted. Their soul abhorreth all manner of meat ; and they draw nigh unto the gates of death. Then they cried unto the Lord in their trouble, and he saved them out of their distresses. He sent his word, and healed them; and they were saved from their destrur tion. Oh that men would therefore praise the Lord for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men ! That they would offer unto him the sacrifice of thanksgiving, and tell out his works with gladness 1 They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great waters ; These see the works of the Lord, and his wonders in the deep. For at his word the stormy wind arisetii, which lifteth up the waves thereof. 398 THE PSALTER. Day 21. They are carried up to the heaven, and down again to the deep ; their soul melt- eth away because of the trouble. They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wit's end. Then they cry unto the Lord in their trouble, and he bringeth them out of their distresses. For he maketh the storm to cease, so that the waves thereof are still. Then are they glad, because they are at rest; and so he bringeth them unto the haven where they would be. Oh that men would therefore praise the Lord for his goodness, and for his wonder- ful works to the children of men ! T-^t them exalt him also in the congre- gation of the people, and praise him in the assembly of the elders ! He turneth the flood into a wilderness, and drieth up the water-springs. A fruitful land maketh he barren, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein. Again, he maketh the wilderness a standing water, and water-springs of a dry ground. And there he setteth the hungry, that they may build them a city to dwell in ; That they may sow their land, and plant vineyards, to yield them fruits of in- crease. 399 Day 21. THE PSALTER. He blesseth them, so that they multiply exceedingly ; and suffereth not their cattle to decrease. And again, when they are miniahed and brought low through oppression, through any plague or troujjle ; , He poureth contempt upon princes, and causeth them to wander in the wilderness, where there is no way. Yet helpeth he the poor out of misei7, and maketh him families like a flock. The righteous will consider this, and rejoice ; and all iniquity shall stop her mouth. Whoso is wise, and will obser\'e these things, even they shall understand the loving kindness of the Lord. (Sticning prapcr. From Psalms 108, 110, 111. GOD, my heart is ready, my heart is ready ; I will sing, and give praise with the best member that I have. Awake, thou lute and harp ; I myself will awake right early. 1 will give thanks unto thee, O Lord, among the people ; I will sing praises unto thee among the nations. For thy mercy is greater than the heavens, and thy truth reacheth unto the clouds. 400 THE PSALTER. Day 21. Set up thyself, O God, above the hea- vens, and thy glory above all the earth. The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, until I make thine ene- mies thy footstool. The Lord shall send the rod of thy power out of Sion : be thou ruler, even in the midst among thine enemies. 'ii the day of thy power shall the people "''". thee free-will ofiferings with an holy worship : the dew of thy birth is of the womb of the morning. The Lord sware, and will not repent. [Thou art a Priest for ever after the order lof Melchizedech. Praise ye the Lord. I will praise the I Lord with my whole heart, in the assem- bly of the upright, and in the congrega- Ition. The works of the Lord are great, sought |oiu of all them that have pleasure therein. His work is worthy to be praised and [had in honor, and his righteousness endur- eth for ever. The merciful and gracious Lord hath so hne his marvellous works, that they ought |obehad in remembrance. He hath given meat unto them that fear him; he shall ever be mindful of his cove- liant. He hath showed his people the power z 401 Day 22. THE PSALTER. of his works, that he may give them the heritage of the heathen. The vvorks of his hands are verity and judgment; all his commandments are true. They stand fast for ever ar.d ever, and a^'e done in trutli ard equity. ile sent redemption unto his people; he hath commanded hiL, covenant for ever; holv and reverend is bis Name. The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom : a good understanding have all they that do his commandments : his prahe endureth for ever. i THE TWENTY-SECOND DAY, '^terming prnpcr. From Psalms 112, 113, 106. BLESSED is the man that feareth thel Lord, that delighteth greatly in his com-] mandments. His seed shall be mighty uj)on earth;j the generation of the fauhful shall blessed. Riches and plenteousness shall be in h^ house; and his righteousness endureth fo( ever. Unto the godly there arisclh up light iij 402 THE PSALTER. Day 22. the darkness ; he is merciful, loving, and righteous. •' A good man showeth favor, and lend- eth; and will guide his affairs with dis- cretion. Surely he shall not be movec for ever: the righteous shall be in everlasting re- niemhrance. He shall not be afraid of evil tidingrs ; his heart is fixed, trusting in .he Lord. He hath dispersed aI)ror< i, and given to the poor, and his righteousness remaineth for ever ; his horn shall be exalted with honor. The ungodly shall see it, and it shall [grieve him ; he shall gnash with his teeth, and consume away; the desire of the un- fxlly shall perish. Praise the Lord, ye servants ; O praise |the Name of the Lord. Hlesst.'d he the Name of the Lord from |lhis tinu* forth for evermore. From the rising of the sun unto the [going down of the same the Lord's Name |i'i to he praised. The Lord is high above all nations, and bis 1,'lory above the heavens. Who is like unto the Lord our Cikid, jlnt hath his dwelling so high, and yet Vmbleth himself to behold the things it are in heaven and earth .'' 403 Day 22. THE PSALTER. He taketh up the simple out of the dust and lifteth the poor out of the mire ; That he may set him with the princes even witli the princes of his people. O give thanks unto the Lord; for he is gracious, and his mercy endureth for ever. Who can express the noble acts of tht j Lord, or fihow tbrth all his praise ? Blessed are they that alway keep judg- ] ment, and do righteousness. Remember me, O Lord, according to the favor that thou bearest unto thy people; O visit me with thy salvation ; That 1 may see the felicity of thy chul sen, and rejoice in the gladness of tbyj people, and give thanks with thine inheriir ance. Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, fium| everlasting, and world without end; and let all the people say, Amen. (Cocniujj prayer. r.m/ms 114, 115. WHEN Israel went out of Egypt, llij house of Jacob from a people strange language ; Judah was his sanctuaiy, and Israel lii| (hnninion. The sea saw it, and fled : Jordan w:^ driven back. 404 THE PSALTER. Day 22. The mountains skipped like rams, •and l\^^t little hills like lambs. W hat ailed thee, O thou sea, that thou ;iL(ldest ? thou Jordan, that thou wast (iriven back ? Ye mountains, that ye skipped like i,uus ; end ye little hills like lambs ? Titmble, thou earth, at the presence of 'lie Lord, at the presence of the God of l.iC(il) ; Who turned the hard rock into a stand- |mi,'\vater, thellint into a fountain of waters. Not untt) us, (,) Lord, not unto us, but |i;\to thy Name give the praise ; for thy i ivinsj mercy, and for thy truth's sake. Wherefore shall the heathen say. Where Miow their God ? As for our Ciod, lie is in heaven : he |iutii (Itiue whatsoever pleased him. Their idols are silver and gold, even liie wtiik of men's hands. They have mouths, and speak not ; [eyes have they, and see not. They have ears, and hear not ; noses jluve they, and smell not. They have hands, and handle not ; feet live liiey, and walk not ; neiliier speak pcy through tlieir throat. ritey that make them are like unto jticni ; ;md so are all such as put their \u iu them. 405 Day 23. THE psalter. But thou, house of Israel, trust thou in | the Lord ; he is their succor and defence, Ye house of Aaron, put your trust in I the Lord ; he is their helper and defender, Ye that fear the Lord, put your trust iJ the Lord ; he is their helper and defender,! The Lord hath been mindful of us, he shall bless us; even he shall bless tliel house of Israel, he shall bless the housel of Aaron. He shall bless them that fear the Lord,! both small and ^reat. The Lord shall increase you more ai more, you and your children. Ye are the blessed of the Lord, who] made heaven and earth. All the whole heavens are the Lord'si the earth hath he given to the childrq of men. The dead praise not thee, O Lord, neil ther any thai go down into silence. Hut we will praise the Lord, from tliij time forth for evermore. Praise the Lm THE TWENTY-THIRD DAY. • ■ illornuig Prai)cr. From Psaims IIG, 117, 105. 1 LOVL the Lord, because he hath he my voicti and my supplications. 400 THE PSALTER. Day 23. Because he hath inclined his ear unto me, therefore will I call upon him as long as I live. The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of hell gat hold upon me. I foiiiul trouble and sorrow ; then called ! I upon the Name of the Lord ; O Lord, I [beseech thee, deliver my soul. Gmcious is the Lord, and righteous; I yea, our God is merciful. The Lord preserveth the simple .' I was [brought low, and he helped me. Return unto thy rest, O my soul; for I (he Lord hath dealt bountifully with I thee. For thou hast delivered my soul from Ideath, mine eyes from teare, and my feet [from tailing. I will walk before the Lord in the land lofthe living. I believed, therefore have I spoken: I as greatly afflicted : I said in my haste, men are liars. What shall I render unto the Lord for ^11 his benefits towards me ? I will receive the cup of salvation, and |:all u]K)ji the Name of the I^ord. 1 will pay my vows now in llie presence bf all liis people : right dear in the sight Kthe Lord is the death of his saints. liehold, O Lord, how that I am thy 407 Day 23. THE PSALTER. servant ; I am thy servant, and the son of thine handmaid; thou hast broken my bonds in sunder. I will offer to thee the sacrifice of thanksgiving, and will call upon the Name of the Lord. I will pay my vows unto the Lord, in the sight of all his people, in the courts of the Lord's house ; even in the midst of thee, O Jerusalem. Praise the Lord. O praise the Lord, all ye nations : praise him, all ye people. For his merciful kindness is great to- wards us : and the truth of the Lord en- dureth for ever. Praise the Lord. Ogive thanks unto the Lord, and call upon his Name; tell the people what things he hath done. O let your songs be of him, and praise him ; and let your talking be of all his wondrous works. Rejoice in his holy Name ; let the heart of them rejoice that seek the Lord. Seek the Lord and his strength; seek his face evermore. Remember the marvellous works that he hath done ; his wonders and the judg- ments of his mouth. He is the Lord our God ; his judgments are in all the world. He hath been alway mindful of his cove- 408 THE PSALTER. Day 23. nant and promise, that he made to a thousand generations. ^tieatng Praper. * ' From Psalm 118. GIVE thanks unto the Lord, for he is gracious; because his mercy endur- oth for ever. Lot Israel now confess that he is gra- cious, and that his mercy endureth for ever. Let the house of Aaron now confess, that his mercy endureth for ever. Yea, let them now that fear the Lord confess, that his mercy endureth for ever. 1 called upon the Lord in trouble : the Lord answered me, and set me in a large place. The Lord is on my side ; I will not fear what man doeth unto me. It is better to trust in the Lord, than to put any confidence in man. It is better to trust in the Lord, than to put any confidence in princes. Thou hast thrust sore at me, that I mjiiht fall ; but the Lord was my help. The Lord is my strength, and my song; and is become my salvation. The voice of rejoicing and salvation is in the tabernacles of the righteous : the right hand of the Lord doth valiantly. 409 Day 23. THE PSALTER. The right hand of the Lord is exalted : the light hand of the Lord doth valiantly. I shall not die, but live, and declare the works of the Lord. The Lord hath chastened and corrected me ; but he hath not given me over unto death. Open me the gates of righteousness; that I may go into them, and give thanks unto the Lord. This is the gate of the Lord, the right- eous shall enter into it. I w ill thank thee ; for thou hast heard me, and art become my salvation. The same stone which the builders re- fused, is become the head-stone in the corner. This is the Lord's doing, and it is mar- vellous in our eyes. This is the day which the Lord hath made ; we will rejoice and be glad in it. Help me now, O Lord : O Lord, send us now prosperity. Blessed be he that cometh in the Name of the Lord : we have blessed you out of the house of the Lord. God is the Lord, who hath showed us light : bind the sacrifice with cords, yea, even unto the horns of the altar. Thou art my God, and I will thank thee; thou art my God, and I will praise thee. 410 THE PSALTER. Day 24. give thanks unto the Lord; for he is gracious, and his mercy endureth for ever. ■jii; syo/a Psaltn 1 19- TH Y word is a lantern unto my feet,an(| a light milo my paths. 418 I hav posed, tc J am t nir. L( Let th( please th Jiid'^^ment My sou not forget Thy tes I k'ritage A ^'cyjov o I ha'vt' [siatiUcs id\ I hate V I love. Thou iMjdd; , A\i-ay {y |tie coiiiiii sfal,li\ %^ \ m;iv pointed oi Hold ih, I'M, IllV (i( llltts, fW{ In nil ui (loceit. My /],.,,! Nlani a I THE PSALTER. Day 26. I have sworn, and am steadfastly pur- posed, to keep thy righteous judgments. I am troubled above measure ; ([uicken nif. Lord, according to thy word. Let the free-will offerings of my mouth please thee, O Lord ; and teach me thy judj];nienls. My soul is alway in my hand ; yet do I not forget thy law. Thy testimi)nies have I claimed as mine krilajfe for ever ; and why ? they are the I very joy of my heart. I have applied my heart to fultil thy [sutulcs alway, everj unto the end. I hate vain thought? : but thy law do I lo\'t;. rhou art my hiding ])lace and my |Miiel(l ; and my trust is in thy word. Away from me, ye wicked ; 1 will keep Itho coinmaiidnients of my God. Ostal)lisli me according to thy word, kliat I may live; and let me not be disap- pointed of my hojie. Hold thou me up, and I shall be safe ; jfei, my delight shall be ever in thy sta- ples. Thou hast trodden down all them that |lei«i"t frmn thy statutes ; for they imagine lul(kTrit. My lltsji trembleth for fear of thee; nd I aui alruid of thy judgments, 419 Day 26. THE rSALTER. I deal with the thing that is lawful and right, O give me not over to mine oppie- sors ! Be surety for thy servant for good : lei not the proud oppress me. Mine eyes are wasted away with look- ing for thy health, and for the word oi thy righteousness. deal with thy servant according unto | thy loving mercy, and teach me thy sta- tutes. 1 am thy servant; O grant me under- standing, that I may know thy testicm- nies. I hove thy commandments above golil| and i^recious stones. Therefore I esteem all thy precepts cm] cerning all things to be right ; and I haiej every hilse way. Thy testimonies are wonderful ; thore-| fore (loth my soul keep them. The entrance of th) words giveth liglitj it giveth understanding unto the simple, I o[)encd my mouth, and panted: for longed for thy conunan;rvaiU loveth it. 1 am small, and of no reputation ; yet Idol nut for >*. thy commandments. 1p' righU:o'isness is an everlasting |rij,nie()iisness, rnd thy law is the truth. Tf 'ie ana Heaviness have taken hoUl !« Mie; yet is my delight in thy corn- el;. -Inunts. The right' ousness of thy testimonies is fcviTJasiing, () grant me underslamling, M I .slhill live. 1 call with my whole heart ; hear me, O Drd; 1 will keep ihv statutes. 421 Day 26. THE PSALTER. Yea, even unto thee do I call; help me and I shall keep thy testimonies. Early in the morning do I cry unto thee ; for in thy word is my trust. Mine eyes prevent the night-watches; that I might be occupied in thy words. Hear my voice, O Lord, according unto thy loving kindness; quicken me, accord- ing as thou art wont. They draw nigh that follow after mis- chief : they are far from thy law. Thou an near, O Lord ; and all thy commandments are truth. As concerning thy testimonies, I have known long since, that thou hast ground- ed ihem for ever. O consiilcr mine adversity, and deliver me, for 1 do not iorget thy law. Avenge thou my cause, and (Uliverme; quicken me according to lli) word. lleallh is far from the ungodly; for they regard not thy statutes. Greai is thy mercy, O Lord ; quicken file, as thou art wont. It grieveth mo when I see the trans- j gressors ; Ittcause they keep nut thy | law. Consider, O Lord, how I love thy com miuulmcnts ; () ([uickcn me, according to thy loving-kindness. Thy word is true from everlasting; all 422 THE PSALTER. Day 26. the iudsjments of thy righteousness endure for evermore. I rejoice at thy word, as one that findeth great spoil. I luite and abhor lying : but thy law do I love. Seven times a day do I praise thee ; because of thy righteous judgments. Great is the peace that they have who love thy law ;• and nothing shall offend them. Lord, I have looked for thy saving health, and done after thy commandments. My soul hath kept thy testimonies, and loved them exceedingly. I have kept thy commandments and te.4imonies ; for all my ways are before thee. Let my cry come before thee, O Lord ; l^ive me understanding according to thy word. Let my suj^plication come before thee ; deliver me according to thy word. My lips shall speak of thy praise, when thou hast taught me thy statutes. Yea, my tongue shall sing of thy wor(i ; I for all thy commandments are righteous. Let thine hand help me ; for 1 have |ch isen thy commandments. I have longed for thy saving health, O Loi'd; and in thy law is my delight. 423 Day 27 THE PSALTER. let my soul live, and it shall praise thee ; and thy jiidyments shall help me. 1 have gone astray like a sheep that is lost ; C) seek thy servant, for I do not forget thy commandments. THE TWENTY-SE\'ENTH DAY. iHornitifl prayer. From Psalms 120, 121, 122, 123. WHEN I was in trouble, I called upon the Lord, and he heard me. Deliver my soul, O Lord, from lying lips, and from a deceitful tongue. What reward shall l)e given or done unto thee, thou false tongue ? even mighty and sharp arrows, with hot burning coals, Woe is me, that I am constrained to dwell with Mesech, and to have my habi- tation among the tents of Kedar ! I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help. My help cometh even from the Lord, who hath made heaven and earth. He will not suffer thy foot to be moved; and lie thatkeepeth thee will not sleep. lieholfl, he that kcepeth Israel shall neither slumber nt)r sleep. 424 THE PSALTER. Day 27. The Lord himself is thy keeper ; the Lord is thy shade upon thy right hand ; So that the sun shall not burn thee by day, neither the moon by night. The Lord shall preserve thee from all evil ; yea, it is even he that shall keep thy MJlll. The Lord shall preserve thy going out, and tiiy coming in, from this time forth for evermore. I was glad v^^hen they said unto me, We will go into the house of the Lord. Oar feet shall stand in thy gates, O Jerusalem. Jerusalem is built as a city that is com- pact together : Whither the tribes go up, the tribes of the Lord, unlo the testimony of Israel, to ^ive thanks unto the Name of the Lord. For there is the seat of judgment, even the seat of the house of David. jiray for the peace of Jerusalem ; they shall prosper that love thee. Peace l)e within thy walls, and plente- ousness within thy palaces. For my brethren and companions' >akt's, I will wish thee prosperity. Yea, because of the house of the Lord uur (xod, I will seek to do thee good. Unto thee lift I up mine eyes, O thou that dwellest in the heavens. 425 Day 27. the psalter. Behold, even as the eyes of servants look unto the hand of their masters, and as the eyes of a maiden unto the hand of her mistress, even so our eyes wait upon the Lord our God, until he have mercy upon us. (Sttctting Prater. Psalms 124, 125, 126, 127, 128. IF the Lord himself had not been on our side, now may Israel say ; if the Lord himself had not been on our side, when men rose up against us ; Then they had swallowed us up quick, when their wrath was kindled against us: Then the waters had overwhelmed us, the stream had gone over our soul : Then the proud waters had gone over GUI" soul. But praised be the Lord, who hath not given us over for a prey unto their teeth. Our soul is escaped even as a bird out of the snare of the fowler ; the snare is broken, and we are delivered. Our help standeth in the Name of the Lord, who hath made heaven and earth. They that put their trust in the Lord, shall be even as the Mount Sion, which may not be removed, but standeth fast for '^ver. '426 THE PSALTER. Day 27. The hills stand about Jerusalem; even so standeth the Lord round about his peo- ple, from this time forth for evermore. For the rod of -the ungodly cometh not into the lot of The righteous ; lest the righteous put their hand unto wickedness. Do well, O Lord, unto those that are good and true of heart. As for such as turn back unto their crooked ways, the Lord shall lead them forth with the evil doers ; but peace shall be upon Israel. When the Lord turned again the cap- tivity of Sion, we were like unto them that dream. Then was our mouth filled with laugh- ter, and our tongue with singing. Then said they among the heathen, The Lord hath done great things for them. Vea, the Lord hath done great things for us already ; whereof we rejoice. Turn our captivity, O Lord, as the rivers in the south. They that sow in ton is shall reap in joy- He that now goeth m his way weeping, and beareth forth good seed, shall doubt- less C(jme again with joy, and bring his sheaves with him. Except the Lord build the house, their labor is but lost that build it. Ann IMAGE EVALUATION TEST TARGET (MT-S) A ' ;% M^' v.-^ ,V^ ^ <^ 1.0 . 1^ T. m I.I ||2.0 1.25 1.4 ^ 6" - — ► 4 V] c vl ^^^^.> %J^ 7 V ^ ^^ /A '/ Photogi'dphic Sciences Cbrporation 23 WiST MAIN STMET WHSTM.N Y M5M (716) 873-4503 '^.V ■^ %o Day 27. THE PSALTER. ;V4. Except the Lord keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain. It is vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows: for so he giveth his beloved sleep. Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord : and the fruit of the womb is his reward. As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man ; so are the children of the youth. Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them : they shall not be ashamed when they shall speak with the enemies in the gate. Blessed is every one that feareth the Lord ; that walketh in his ways. For thou shalt eat the labors of thine hands : happy shalt thou be, and it shall be well with thee. Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine by the sides of thine house : Thy children like olive plants round about thv table. Behold, that thus shall the man be blessed that feareth the Lord. The Lord shall bless thee out of Sion: and thou shalt see the good of Jerusalem all the days of thy life. Yea, thou shalt see thy children's chil- dren, and peace upon Israel. "> 428 THE PSALTER. Day 28. THE TWENTY-EIGHTH DAY. illormng prapcr. From Psalms 130, 132, 133, 134, 135. IF thou, Lord, will be extreme to mark what is done amiss, O Lord, who shall stand ? but there is forgiveness with thee, that thou mayest be feared. I look for the Lord ; my soul doth wait for hiiu ; in his word is my trust. My soul waiteth for the Lord more than they that watch for the morning: I say, more than they that watch for the morn- ing. Let Israel hope in the Lord : for with the Loi d there is mercy, and wiih him is plenteous redemption. And he shall redeem Israel from all his sins. Arise, O Lord, into thy rest j thou, and the ark of thy strength. Let thy jjriests be clothed with right- eousuess ; and let thy saints shout for joy. Tiie Lord hath chosen Sion; he hath desired it for his habitation. This is my rest for ever: here will I dwell, for I have a delight therein. I will abundantly bless her provisirn: 1 will satisfy her poor with bread. 429 Day 28. THE PSALTER. I will also clothe her priests with salva- tion : and her saints shall shout aloud for joy. Behold, how good and joyful a thing it is for brethren to dwell together in unity. It is like the precious ointment upon the head, that ran down upon the beard, even Aaron's beard : and went down to the skirts of his clothing ; As the dew of Hemion, and as the dew that descended upon the mountains of Sion : For there the Lord commanded the blessing, even life for evermore. Behold now, praise the Lord, all ye servants of the Lord ; Ye that by night stand in the house of the Lord, even in the courts of the house of our God. Lift up your hands in the sanctuary, and praise the Lord. The Lord, that made heaven and earth, give thee blessing out of Sion. O praise the Lord, laud ye the Name of the Lord ; praise it, O ye servants of the Lord; Ye that stand in the house of the Lord, in the courts of the house of our God. O praise the Ix)rd, for the Lord is gra- cious ; O sing praises unto his Name, for it is lovely. 430 THE PSALTER. Day 28. For why ? the Lord hath chosen Jacob unto himself, and Israel for his peculiar treasure. For I know that the Lord is great, and that our I^^rd is above all gods. Whatsoever the Lord pleased, that did he iu heaven, and in eatth ; in the sea, and in all deep places. He causeth the vapors to ascend from the ends of the earth ; he maketh light- niui^s for the rain; he bringeth the wind out of his treasuries. For the Lord will judge his people, and be gracious unto his servants. The idols of the heathen are silver and gold, the work of men's hands. They have mouths, i)ut they speak not ; e)'es h ^ve they, but they sec not ; They have ears, but they hear not ; nei- ther is there any breath in their mouths. They that make them are like unto tlieni ; and so are all they that put their trust in them. Praised be the Lord out of Si on, who dwcllc'di at Jerusalem.