SEP 16 1988 Logical se«^ BX5145 .A4 1854 United Church of England and Ireland. Book of common prayer, and administration of the sacraments Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2015 https://archive.org/details/bookofcommonprayOOunit - THE BOOK OF f COMMON PRAYER, AXD ADMINISTRATION THE SACRAMENTS, HER RITES AND CEREMONIES OF THE CHURCH, ACCORDING TO THB USE OF 8V Bvittt ^urcl) of IcnglanK antt Erelantf : TOGETHER WITH 'HE PSALTER OR PSALMS OF DAVID, POINTED A8 THEY ARB TO BB SUNG OS. SAID IN CHURCHBS ; »"D THE FORM AND MANNER OF MAKING, ORDAINING, AND CONSECRATING OF BISHOPS, PRIESTS, AND DEACONS. OXFORD : PRINTED AT THE UNIVERSITY PRESS, >R THE SOCIETY FOR PROMOTING CHRISTIAN KNOWLEDGE. Sold at the Society's Depository, Great Queen Street, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London. 2d Nonpareil 24'«. M.DCCC.LIV. Com Privilegio. / THE CONTENTS OF THIS BOOK. 1. The Preface. 2. Concerning Vie Service of the Church. 3. Concerning Ceremonies, why some be abolished, and some retained. 4. The Order how the Psalter is appointed to be read. 5. The Order how the rest of the holy Scripture is appointed to be read. 6. A Table of Proper Lessons and Psalms. 7. The Calendar, with the Table ofLessoiis. 8. Tables and Rules for the Feasts and Fasts through the whole Year. 9. The Order for Morning Prayer. 10. Tlie Order for Evening Prayer. EL The Creed of Saint AUianasius. 12. The Litany. 13. Prayers and Thanksgivings upon several Occasions. 14. The Collects, Epistles, and Gospels, to be used at the Ministration of the holy Communion, throughout the Year. 15. The Order of the Ministration of the holy Communion. 16. The Order of Baptism both Publick and Private. 17. The Order of Baptism for those of Riper Years. 18. The Catechism. 19. The Order cf Confirmation, 20. The Form of Solemnization of Matrimony. 21. The Order for the Visitation of the Sick, and the Communion of ' the Sick. 22. The Order for the Burial of the Dead. 23. The Thanksgiving of Women after Child-birth. 24. A Commination, or denouncing of God's anger and judgements against Sinners. 25. Hie Psalter. 26. Forms of Prayer to be used at Sea. 27. The Form and Manner of Making, Ordaining, and Consecrating of Bishops, Priests, and Deacons. 28. A Form of Prayer for the Fifth Day of November. 29. A Form of Prayer for the Thirtieth Day of January. 30. A Form of Prayer for the Twenty-ninth Day of May. 31. A Form of Prayer for the Twentieth Day of June. 32. Articles of Religion. A S THE PREFACE. IT hath been the wisdom of tbe Church of England, ever since the first compiling of her Publick Liturgy, to keep tbe mean between the two extremes, of too much stiffness in refusing, and of too much easiness in admitting any variation from it For, as on the one side common experience sheweth, that where a change hath been made of things advisedly established (no evident necessity so requiring) sundry inconveniences have thereupon ensued; and those many times more and greater than the evils, that were intended to be remedied by such change: So on the other side, the particular Forms of Divine worship, and the Rites and Ceremonies appointed to be used therein, being things in their own nature indifferent, and alterable, and so acknow- ledged; it is but reasonable, that upon weighty and important con- siderations, according to the various exigency of times and occasions, such changes and alterations should be made therein, as to those that are in place of Authority should from time to time seem either neces- sary or expedient. Accordingly we find, that in the Reigns of several Princes of blessed memory since the Reformation, the Church, upon just and weighty considerations her thereunto moving, hath yielded to make such alterations in some particulars, as in their respective ' times were thought convenient : Yet so, as that the main Body and Essentials of it (as well in the chiefest materials, as in the frame and order thereof) have still continued the same unto this day, and do yet stand firm and unshaken, notwithstanding all the vain attempts and impetuous assaults made against it, by such men as are given to change, and have always discovered a greater regard to their own pri- vate fancies and interests, than to that duty they owe to the publick. By what undue means, and for what mischievous purposes the use of the Liturgy (though enjoined by the Laws of the Land, and those Laws never yet repealed) came, during the late unhappy confusions, to be discontinued, is too well known to the world, and we are not willing here to remember. But when, upon His Majesty's happy Restoration, it seemed probable, that, amongst other things, the use of the Liturgy would also return of course ( the same having never been legally abo- lished) unless some tim -ly means were used to prevent it ; those men who under the late usurped powers had made it a great part of their business to render tbe people disaffected thereunto, saw themselves in point of reputation and interest concerned (unless they would freoly acknowledge themselves to have erred, jrhich such men are very hardly brought to do | with their utmost endeavours to hinder the restitution thereof. In order whereunto divers Pamphlets were published against the Book of Common Prayer, the old objections mustered up, with the addition of some new ones, more than formerly had been made, to make the number swell. In fine, great importunities were used to His Sacred Majesty, that the said Book might be revised, and such Alterations therein, and Additions thereunto made, as should be thought requisite for the ease of tender Consciences: whereunto His Majesty, out of hi3 pious inclination to give satisfaction (so far as could be reasonably expected) to all his subjects of what persuasion soever, did graciously condescend. In which review we have endeavoured to observe the like moderation, as we find to have been used in the like case in former times. And therefore of the sundry Alterations proposed unto us, we have rejected all such as were either of dangerous consequence (as secretly striking at some established Doctrine, or laudable Practice of the Church of England, or indeed of the whole Catholick Church of Christ) or else of no consequence at all, but utterly frivolous and vain. But such Altera- tions as were tendered to us (by what persons, under what pretences, or to what purpose soever tendered) as seemed to us in any degree THE PREFACE. requisite or expedient, we have willingly, and of our own accord assented unto: not enforced so to do by any strength of Argument, convincing us of the necessity of making the said Alterations : For we are fully persuaded in our judgements (and we here profess it to the world) that the Book, as it stood before established by Law, doth not contain in it any thing contrary to the Word of God, or to sound Doctrine, or which a godly man may not with a good Conscience use and submit unto, or which is not fairly defensible against any that shall oppose the same ; if it shall be allowed such just and favourable construction as in common equity ought to be allowed to all human Writings, especially such as are set forth by Authority, and even to the Tery best translations of the holy Scripture itself. Our general aim therefore in this undertaking was, not to gratify this or that party in any their unreasonable demands ; but to do that, which to our best understandings we conceived might most tend to the preservation of Peace and Unity in the Church ; the procuring of Reverence, and exciting of Piety and Devotion in the publick Worship of God ; and the cutting off occasion from them that seek occasion of cavil or quarrel against the Liturgy of the Church. And as to the several variations from the former Book, whether by Alteration, Addi- tion, or otherwise, it shall suffice to give this general account, That most of the Alterations were made, either first, for the better direction of them that are to officiate in any part of Divine Service ; which is chiefly done in the Calendars and Rubricks : Or secondly, for the more proper expressing of some words or phrases of ancient usage in terms more suitable to the language of the present times, and the clearer ex- planation of some other words and phrases, that were either of doubtful signification, or otherwise liable to misconstruction : Or thirdly, for a more perfect rendering of such portions of holy Scripture, as are in- serted into the Liturgy ; which, in the Epistles and Gospels especially, and in sundry other places, are now ordered to be read according to the last Translation : and that it was thougbt convenient, that some Prayers and Thanksgivings, fitted to special occasions, should be added in their due places; particularly for those at Sea, together with an Office for the Baptism of such as are of riper years : which, although not so necessary when the former Book was compiled, yet by the growth of Anabaptism, through the licentiousness of the late times crept in amongst us, is now become necessary, and may be always useful for the baptizing of Natives in our Plantations, and others con- verted to the Faith. If any man, who shall desire a more particular account of the several Alterations in any part of the Liturgy, shall take the pains to compare the present Book with the former ; we doubt not but the reason of the change may easily appear. And having thus endeavoured to discharge our duties in this weighty affair, as in the sight of God, and to approve our sincerity therein (so far as lay in us) to the consciences of all men ; although we know it impossible (in such variety of apprehensions, humours and interests, as are in the world) to please all ; nor can expect that men of factious, peevish, and perverse spirits should be satisfied with any thing tlat can be done m this kind by any other than themselves : Yet we hai e good hope, that what is here presented, and hath been by the Convo- cations of both Provinces with great diligence examined and approved, will be also well accepted and approved by all sober, peaceable, and truly conscientious Sons of the Church of England. CONCERNING THE SERVICE OF THE CHURCH. THERE was never any thing by the -wit of man so well devised, or so sure established, which in continuance of time hath not been corrupted : As, among other things, it may plainly appear by the Com- mon Prayers in the Church, commonly called Divine Service. The first original and ground whereof if a man would search out by the ancient Fathers, he shall find, that the same was not ordained but of a good purpose, and for a great advancement of godliness. For they so ordered the matter, that all the whole Bible (or the greatest part thereof) should be read over once every year ; intending thereby, that the Clergy, and especially such as were Ministers in the congregation, should (by often reading, and meditation in God's word) be stirred up to godliness them- selves, and be more able to exhort others by wholesome Doctrine, and to confute them that were adversaries to the Truth ; and further, that the people (by daily hearing of holy Scripture read in the Church) might continually profit more and more in the knowledge of God, and be the more inflamed with the love of his true Religion. But these many years passed, this godly and decent order of the ancient Fathers hath been so altered, broken, and neglected, by planting in uncertain Stories, and Legends, with multitude of Responds, Verses, vain Repetitions, Commemorations, and Synodals ; that commonly when any Book of the Bible was begun, after three or four Chapters were read out, all the rest were unread. And in this sort the Book of Isaiah was begun in Advent, and the Book of Genesis in Septuagesima ; but they were only begun, and never read through : After like sort were other Books of holy Scripture used. And moreover, whereas St. Paul would have such language spoken to the people in the Church, as they might understand, and have profit by hearing the same ; The Service in this Church of England these many years hath been read in Latin to the people, which they understand not; so that they have heard with their ears only, and their heart, spirit, and mind, have not been edified thereby. And furthermore, notwithstanding that the ancient Fathers have divided the Psalms into seven portions, whereof every one was called a Nocturn .- Now of late time a few of them have been daily said, and the re3t utterly omitted. Moreover, the number and hardness of the Rules called the Pie, and the manifold changings of the Service, was the cause, that to turn the Book only was so hard and intricate a matter, that many times there was more business to find out what should be read, than to read it when rt was found out These inconveniences therefore considered, here is set forth such an Order, whereby the same shall be redressed. And for a readiness in this matter, here is drawn out a Calendar for that purpose, which is plain and easy to be understood; wherein (so much as may be) the reading of holy Scripture is so set forth, that all things shall be done in order, without breaking one piece from another. For this cause be cut off Anthems, Responds, Invitatories, and such like things as did break the continual course of the reading of the Scripture. Yet, because there is no remedy, but that of necessity there must be some Rules ; therefore certain Rules are here set forth ; which, as they are few in number, so they are plain and easy to bo understood. So that here you have an Order for Prayer, and for the reading of the holy Scripture, much agreeable to the mind and purpose of the old Fathers, and a great deal more profitable and commodious, than that which of late was used. It is more profitable, because here are left out many things, whereof some are untrue, some uncertain, some vain and superstitious ; and nothing is ordained to be read, but the very pure Word of God, the holy Scriptures, or that which is agreeable to the samo ; and that in such a Language and Order as is most easy and plain for the understanding both of the Readers and Hearers. It is also more commodious, both for the shortness thereof, and for the plainness of the Order, and for that the Rules be few and easy. OF CEREMONIES. And whereas heretofore there hath been great diversity in saying and singing in Churches within this Realm j some following Salisbury Use, some Hereford Use, and some the Use of Bangor, some of York, some of Lincoln; now from henceforth all the whole Realm shall have but one Use. And forasmuch as nothing can be so plainly set forth, but doubts may arise in the use and practice of the same ; to appease all such diversity (if any arise) and for the resolution of all doubts, concerning the manner how to understand, do, and execute, the things contained in this Book ; the parties that so doubt, or diversly take any thing, shall alway resort to the Bishop of the Diocese, who by his discretion shall take order for the quieting and appeasing of the same ; so that the same order be not contrary to any thing contained in this Book. And if the Bishop of the Diocese be in doubt, then he may send for the resolution thereof to the Archbishop. THOUGH it be appointed, that all things shall be read and sung In the Church in the English Tongue, to the end that the Congregation may be thereby edified ; yet it is not meant, but that when men say Morning and Evening Prayer privately, they may say the same in any language that they themselves do understand. And all Priests and Deacons are to say daily the Morning and Even- ing Prayer either privately or openly, not being let by sickness, or some other urgent cause. And the Curate that ministereth in every Parish-Church or Chapel, being at home, and not being otherwiso reasonably hindered, shall say the same in the Parish-Church or Chapel where he ministereth, and shall cause a Bell to be tolled thereunto a convenient time before he begin, that the people may come to hear God's Word, and to pray with him. OF CEREMONIES, WHY SOME BE ABOLISHED, AND SOME RETAINED. OF such Ceremonies as be used in the Church, and have had their beginning by the institution of man, some at the first were of godly intent and purpose devised, and yet at length turned to vanity and superstition : some entered into the Church by undiscreet devotion, and such a zeal as was without knowledge ; and for because they were winked at in the beginning, they grew daily to more and more abuses, which not only for their unprofitableness, but also because they have much blinded the people, and obscured the glory of God, are worthy to be cut away, and clean rejected : other there be, which although they have been devised by man, yet it is thought good to reserve them still, as well for a decent order in the Church, (for the which they were first devised) as because they pertain to edification, whereunto all things done in the Church (as the Apostle teacheth) ought to be referred. And although the keeping or omitting of a Ceremony, in itself con- sidered, is but a small thing ; yet the wilful and contemptuous trans- gression and breaking of a common order and discipline is no small offence before God, Let all things be done among you, saith St. Paul, in a seemly and due order.- The appointment of the which order per- taineth not to private men ; therefore no man ought to take in hand, nor presume to appoint or alter any publick or common Order in Christ's Church, except he be lawfully called and authorized thereunto. And whereas in this our time, the minds of men are so diverse, that some think it a great matter of conscience to depart from a piece of the OF CEREMONIES. least of their Ceremonies, they he so addicted to their old customs ; and again on the other side, some be so new-fangled, that they would inno- vate all things, and so despise the eld, that nothing can like them, hut that is new : it was thought expedient, not so much to have respect how to please and satisfy either of these parties, as how to please God, and profit them both. And yet lest any man should be offended, whom good reason might satisfy, here be certain causes rendered, why some of the accustomed Ceremonies be put away, and some retained and kept stflL Some are put away, because the great excess and multitude of them hith so increased in these latter days, that the burden of them was intolerable; whereof St Augustine in his time complained, that they were grown to such a number, that the estate of Christian people was in worse case concerning that matter, than were the Jews. And he coun- selled that such yoke and burden should be taken away, as time would serve quietly to do it But what would St Augustine have said, if he had seen the Ceremon ies of late days used among us ; whereunto the mul- titude used in his time was not to be compared? This our excessivo multitude of Ceremonies was so great and many of them so dark, that they did more confound and darken, than declare and set forth Christ's benefits unto us. And besides this, Christ's Gospel is not a Ceremonial Law, (as much of Moses? Law was) but it is a Religion to serve God, not in bondage of the figure or shadow, but in the freedom of the Spirit ; being content only with those Ceremonies which do serve to a decent Order and godly Discipline, and such as be apt to stir up the dull mind of man to the remembrance of his duty to God, by some notable and special signification, whereby he might be edified. Furthermore, the ' most weighty cause of the abolishment of certain Ceremonies was, That | they were so far abused, partly by the superstitious blindness of the rude 1 and unlearned, and partly by the unsatiable avarice of such as sought j more their own lucre, than the glory of God, that the abuses could not well be taken away, the thing remaining still. But now as concerning those persons, which peradventnre will be of- fended, for that some of the old Ceremonies are retained still : If they consider that without some Ceremonies it is not possible to keep any Order, or quiet Discipline in the Church, they shall easily perceive just cause to reform their judgements. And if they think much, that any of the old do remain, and would rather have all devised anew : then such men granting some Ceremonies convenient to be had, surely where the old may be well used, there they cannot reasonably reprove the old only for their age, without bewraying of their own folly. For in such a case they ought rather to have reverence unto them for their antiquity, if they will declare themselves to be more studious of unity and concord, than of innovations and new-fangleness, which (as much as may be with true setting forth of Christ's Religion) is always to be eschewed. Further- j more, such shall have no just cause with the Ceremonies reserved to be | offended. For as those be taken away which were most abused, and did j burden men's consciences without any cause ; so the other that remain, are retained for a discipline and order, which (upon just causes) may be altered and changed, and therefore are not to be esteemed equal with God's Law. And moreover, they be neither dark nor dumb Ceremonies, but are so set forth, that every man may understand what they do mean, and to what use they do serve. So that it is not like that they in time to come should be abused as other have been. And in these our doings we condemn no other Nations, nor prescribe any thing but to our own peo- ple only : For we think it convenient that every Country should use such Ceremonies as they shall think best to the setting forth of God's honour and glory, and to the reducing of the people to a most perfect and godly living, without error or superstition ; and that they should put away other things, which from time to time they perceive to be most abused, as in men's ordinances it often chanceth diversly in divers countries. 1 THE ORDER HOW TnE PSALTER IS APPOINTED TO BE READ. THE Psalter shall be read through once every Month, as it is there appointed, both for Morning and Evening Prayer. But in February it shall be read only to the twenty-eighth, or twenty-ninth day of the Month. And, whereas January. March, May, July, August, October, and De- cember haTe One-and-thirty days apiece; It is ordered, that the same Psalms shall be read the last day of the said months, which were read the day before : So that the Psalter may begin again the first day of the next month ensuing. And, whereas the 119th Psalm is divided into twenty-two portions, sad is over-long to be read at one time ; It is so ordered, that at one time shall not be read above four or five of the said portions. And at the end of every Psalm, and of every such part of the 119th Psalm, shall be repeated this Hymn, Glory be to the Father, and to the Son s and to the Ho'y Ghost ; As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be : world with- out end. Amen. Note, that the Psalter followeth the Division of the Hebrews, and the Translation of the irreat English Bible, set forth and used in the time of King Henry the Eighth, and Edward the Sixth. U THE ORDER HOW THE REST OF HOLY SCRIPTURE IS APPOINTED TO BE READ. THE Old Testament is appointed for the first Lessons at Morning and Evening Prayer ; so as the most part thereof will be read every year once, as in the Calendar is appointed. The New Testament is appointed for the second Lessons at Morning and Evening Prayer, and shall be read over orderly every year thrice, besides the Epistles and Gospels ; except the Apocalypse, out of which there are only certain Proper Lessons appointed upon divers Feasts. And to know what Lessons shall be read every day, look for the day of the Month in the Calendar following, and there ye shall find the Chapters that shall be read for the Lessons both at Morning and Evening Prayer ; except only the Moveable Feasts, which are not in the Calendar, and the Immoveable, where there is a blank left in the Column of Lessons, the Proper Lessons for all which days are to be found in the Table of Proper Lessons. And note, that whensoever Proper Psalms or Lessons are appointed ; then the Psalms and Lessons of ordinary course appointed in the Psalter j and Calendar (if they be different' shall be omitted for that time. Note also, that the Collect, Epistle, and Gospel, appointed for the ! Sunday shall serve all the week after, where it is not in this Book other- wise ordered. A3 U PROPER LESSONS To be read at Morning and Evening Prayer, on the Sundays, and other Holy-days throughout the Year. Sundays aft Easter. 1 f LESSONS PROPER FOR HOLY-DAYS. S. Thomas the Apostle. Nativity of Christ. 1 Lesson. 2 Lesson. Mattin*. Evensong. S. Stephen. Mattins. Evensong. Proverbs 20 Proverbs 21 1 Lesson. Proverbs 28 Eccles. 4 2 Lesson. Acts 6 v. 8 Acts 7 1>. 30 23 (&cA.7to (to v. 55 21 (». 30 S. John. 1 Lesson. Eccles. 6 Eccles. 6 .8 (to v. 17 2 Lesson. Revelat. 1 llevelat. 22 Isaiah 9 to Isai. 7 v. 10 Luke 2 to Tit. 3 v. \ Innocents' Jerem.31to Wisdom 1 (to v. 9 Day. (i>. 18 LESSONS PROPER FOR HOLY-DAYS. 1 Lesson. 2 Lesson. Epiphany. 1 Lesson. 2 Lesson. Genesis 17 r)eu.l0i<.l2j [Romans 2 Coloss. 2i Isaiah 60 Luke 3 to (v. 23 Wisdom 5 mv'rsion of S. Paid. 1 Lesson. i Lesson. Acts 22 to (v. 22 irifU. of the rgin Mary. Wisdom 9 Isaiah 49 John 2 to (v. 121 Wisdom 6 Acts 26: Annunciation of our Lady. Ecclus. 2 Wednesday before Easter. \ 1 Lesson. Hosea 13 2 Lesson. Johnllu.45 Thursday be- fore Eater. 1 Lesson. 2 Lesson. Daniel 9 Jerem. 31 John 13 Good Friday. (v. 1 Lesson. Gen. 22 to Isaiah 53 2 Lesson. John IS 1 Peter 2 Easter Even. 1 Lesson. 2 Lesson. Monday in Easter-Week. 1 Lesson. 2 Lesson. Tuesday in Easter-Week. 1 Lesson. 2 Lesson. Zechar. 9 Exodus 13 Luke23u.50 i Hebrews 4 Exodus 16 Exodus 17 Matth. 28 Acts 3 Exodus 20 Exodus 32 Luke 24 to 1 Cor. 15, (v. 13 S. Mark. S. Philip and S. James. 1 Lesson. 2 Lesson. Asce>.sion- Day. 1 Lesson. 2 Lesson. Monday in Whits. Week. 1 Lesson. 2 Lesson. Tuesday in Whits. Week. 1 Lesson. 2 Lesson. S. Barnabas. 1 Lesson. 2 Lesson. S. John Bap. 1 Lesson. 2 Lesson. S. Peter. 1 Lesson. 2 Lesson. S. James. S. Barthol. S. Matthew. S. Michael. 1 Lesson. 2 Lessen. S. Simon and S. Jude. AH Saints. 1 Lesson. 2 Lesson. Mattin Ecclus. Deuter. 10 Luke 24 v. (41 («. 10 Gen. 11 to 1 Cor. 12 Evensong. Ecclus. 5 2 Kings 2 Ephes. 4 to (v. 17 <16toi>. 30 Num. lit). 1 Cor. 14 to (v. 26 (v. 181 1 Sam. 19 1 Thes. 5t>. '.12 to v. 24 Ecclus. Acts Malachi 3 Matthew 3 Ecclus. Acts Deuter. 30 1 John 4 to (v. 14 ' Ecclus. 12 .Acts 15 to (v. 36 Malachi 4 Matthew 14 I (to v. 13 Ecclus. 19 Acts 4 Ecclus. 21 Ecclus. 22 24 29 35 38 Genesis 32 Ban. 10 v. 5 Acts 12 to Jude v. 6 to (v. 20 v. 16 Ecclus. 51 Job 1 Job 24,25 (v. 10 Wisd. 3 to Heb. 11 v. (33#c/..12 (to v. 7 42 (v. 17 Wisd. 5 to Rev. 19 to (v. 17 f PROPER PSALMS ON CERTAIN DAYS. Christmas- Day. Mittins. 19,45,85 Evensong. 89,110,132 Easter-Day. Matlins. 2, 57,111 Evensong. 113,114,118 Ash-Wedms- day. 6, 32, 58 102,130,143 Ascension - Day. 8,15,21 24, 47, 108 Good Friday. 22, 40, 54 69, 88 \Whit-Sunday. 48, 68 104, 145 Circumcision. Epiphany. Lucian.P. & M. MORNING. 1 Lesson. 2 Lesson Gen. 1 3 5 7 \b A 16 17 18 19 •20 21 22 A 21 c Hilary, B. & C. Prisca, V. & M. Fabian,B.&M. Agnes, V. & M. Vincent, Mart. d 6 f B 29 A 30 b :il c Con. ofS. Paul. K. Charles, M. 48 50 Exod. 2 4 6 to v. 14 Matt. 1 2 3 4 I Lesson. 2 Lesson Gen. 2 4 6 8 49 Exod. 1 3 5 7 9 Rom. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 ICor. 2 3 4 5 6 FEBRUARY. > « S i- Purif.ofV.M. Blasiu3,B.& M. Agatha, V.&M. Valentine, Bp. Fast. 5. Matthias, A. 1 Lesson. I Exod. 10 • *|g* ' 14 16 18 20 22 24 33 Lev. 18 20 Num. 11 13 16 20 22 24 27 31 35 Deut 1 3 '"5" 7 2 Lesson. Mark 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 II 12 13 14 15 16 L.l.ro39 -l.v.39 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Matth. 7 EVENING. Lesson. ! 2 Lesson. Exod. 11 1 Cor. 13 14 15 16 2 Cor. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 13 15 17 19 21 23 32 34 Lev. 19 26 Num. 12 14 17 21 23 25 30 32 36 Deut. 2 4 9 10 11 12 13 Galat. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Epbes. 1 2 3 4 5 Rom. 12 MARCH. MORNING. David, Archb. Chad, Bishop. d e f II::::::::: b c Perpetua, M. s ■><] 8 27 ,•28 16 29 5 30 31 f g A b c Benedict, Ab. Edward, King [of West Sax. Annunc. of V. {Mary. 1 Lesion. 2 Lesson. 1 Lesson. 2 Lesson. Deut. 15 Luke 12 Deut 16 Ephes. 6 17 13 18 Philip.l 2 19 14 20 21 15 22 3 24 16 25 4 26 17 27 Coloss. 1 28 30 32 18 19 20 29 31 33 2 3 4 34 21 Josh. 1 1 Thes. 1 Josh. 2 22 3 2 4 23 5 3 6 24 7 4 8 John 1 9 5 10 2 23 2Thea 1 24 3 Judg. 1 2 Judg. 2 4 3 3 4 5 5 1 Tim. 1 6 6 7 2, 3 8 7 9 4 10 8 11 5 12 9 13 6 14 10 15 2 Tim. 1 16 11 17 2 12 13 3 18 10 20 14 21 Titus 1 Ruth 1 15 Ruth 2 2,3 3 16 4 Philem. 1 Sam. 1 3 17 18 1 Sam 2 4 Hebr. 1 2 MORNING. 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'Charles II. 10 27 13 12 W 3') c [Nat & R. Esther 1 28 Esther 2 13 H 31 d 3 Mark 1 4 14 JUNE. MORNING. EVENING. H 1 Lesion. 2 Lesson. 1 Lesson. 2 Lesson. I e Nicomede, M. Esther 5 Mark 2 Esther 6 1 Cor. 15 2 f 7 3 8 16 3 8 9 4 Job 1 2 Cor. 1 4 A Job 2 5 3 5 b Boniface, Bp. 4 6 5 3 6 c 6 7 7 4 Q 7 8 d e 8 10 8 9 9 11 5 6 W 9 f 12 10 13 7 ►J I 10 14 11 15 8 < 11 ! S.Barnabas, A. >< 12 b 16 12 17, 18 9 w 13 c 19 13 20 10 L4 d 21 14 22 11 H 15 e 23 15 24, 25 12 H A n; f 26. 27 16 28 13 tl 17 S. Alban, Mart 29 Luke 1 30 Galat 1 p< •_■:) •Ji e f Marg. V. & M. 7 9 8 9 8 10 5 6 O 22 g S. Mary Magd. 11 10 12 2Tim.l J£ 23 A 13 11 14 2 24 b Fast 15 12 16 3 c 5. James, Ap. 13 4 SQ ■y, d 17 14 18 Titus 1 ^< •27 e 19 15 20 2. 3 Phiiem. 28 f 21 16 22 W 29 K 23 17 24 Heb. 1 :>■„'! A 25 18 26 2 b 27 19 28 3 AUGUST. MORNING. EVENING. . 1 Lesson. '2 Lesson. 1 Lesson. 2 Lesson. L. 1 0 Lammas Day. Jcr. 29 John 20 Jer. 30 Heb. 4 2d 31 21 32 5 33 Acts 1 34 6 • ! ? 35 2 36 7 5 R 37 3 38 8 6 A Transfigurat 39 4 40 9 c 7 b Name of Jesus. 41 5 42 10 8 c 43 6 44 11 Ed 1 9 d 7 47 12 Q B e S.Lawrence, M. 48 8 49 13 <1 f 50 9 51 James 1 12 g 52 10 Lam. 1 2 A Lam. 2 11 3 3 w > p* o c > 2 d Cecilia, V. & M. 6 14 Hist.Su. Titus 1 s 23 e S. Clement, Bp. Bel&Dr. 15 Isaiah 1 2; 3 H 21 f Isaiah 2 16 3 Philem. Bfi 25 g Catharine, Vir. 4 17 5 Hebr. 1 5 • 26 A 6 18 7 2 n 27, b g 19 g 3 s 28 c 10 20 11 4 d Fast. 12 21 13 5 w 8 3.) e S. Andrew, Ap. Acts 1 6 w 2 DECEMBER. MORNING. EVENING. 1 Lesson. 2 Lesson . 1 Lesson. 2 Lesson. H M § 1 f Isai. 14 Acts 2 Isai. 15 Hebr. 7 i g 16 3 17 8 3 A 18 4 19 9 4 b 20,21 5 22 10 2 5 c §3 6 24 11 S 7 e 27 7u.30 28 >-r e | 8 f Concept, of Vir. 29 8 30 James 1 | P 9 31 9 32 2 10 I 33 10 34 3 _^ 11 b 35 11 36 4 U £ 12 c 37 12 38 5 W 13 d Lucy, V. & M. 39 13 40 1 Peter 1 14 e 41 14 42 2 £ _a 15 f 43 15 44 3 H s 3 16 8 O Sapientia. . . 45 16 46 4 17 A 47 17 48 5 Oh IS b 49 18 50 2 Peter 1 w 19 0 51 19 52 2 20 d 53 20 54 3 1 a n 21 e S. Thomas, Ap. 21 1 John 1 22 f 55 22 ' *56' ' 2 23 B 57 23 58 3 I H 24 A Fast. 59 24 60 4 is 25 b Christmas-Dap. c 27 d S. John, Evang. 28 2'J e Innocents' Day. 25 5 f 61 26 62 2 John g 63 27 64 3 John 31 A Silvester, Bp. 65 28 66 Jude TABLES AND RULES For the Moveable and Immoveable Feasts ; together with the Days of Fasting and Abstinence, through the whole Year. RULES to know when the Moveable Feasts and Holy -days begin. J7ASTER-DA Y (on which the rest depend) is always the First J2j Sunday after the Full Moon which happens upon, or next after the Twenty-first Day of March ; and if the Full Moon happens upon a Sunday, Easter-Day is the Sunday after. Advent-Sunday is always the nearest Sunday to the Feast of Saint Andrew, whether before or after. Septuagesima t r Nine 1 Sexagesima I Sunday is ) f [ 8 ht I Weeks before Easter. Quinquagestma f I Seven f Quadragesima 3 L Six J Rogation-Sunday ~t r FiTe Weeks ~t Ascension-Day 1 ■„ ) Forty Days ( aftp . p aster IVhit-Sunday f 18 i Seven Weeks f Mter Kasler ' Trinity-Sunday J i Eight Weeks J A TABLE Of all the Feasts that are to be observed in the Church of England throughout the Year. All Sundays in the Year. The Circumcision of our Lord JESUS CHRIST. The Epiphany. The Conversion of Saint Paul. The Purification of the Blessed Virgin. Saint Matthias the Apostle. The Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin. Saint Mark the Evangelist. Saint Philip and Saint James the Apostles. The Ascension of our Lord JESUS CHRIST. Saint Barnabas. The Nativity of Saint John Baptist Saint Peter the Apostle. Saint James the Apostle. Saint Bartholomew the Apostle. Saint Matthew the Apostle. Saint Michael and all Angels. Saint Luke the Evangelist Saint Simon and Saint Jude the Apostles. All Saints. Saint Andrew the Apostle. Saint Thomas the Apostle. The Nativity of our Lord. Saint Stephen the Martyr. Saint John the Evangelist The Holy Innocents. Monday and Tuesday in Easter-Week. Monday and Tuesday in fVhitsun-tVeek. The Days of the Feasts of A TABLE Of the Vigils, Fasts, and Days of Abstinence, to be observed in the Year. The Nativity of our Lord. The Purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary. The Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin. Easter-Day. Ascension-Day. Pentecost. Saint Matthias. Saint John Baptist. Saint Peter. Saint James. Saint Bartholomew. Saint Matthew. Saint Simon and Saint Jude. Saint Andrew. Saint Thomas. All Saints. Note, that if any of these Feast-Days fall upon a Monday, then the Vigil or Fast-Day shall be kept upon the Saturday, and not upon the Sunday next before it The Evens or Vigils before Days of Fasting, or Abstinence. L The Forty Days of Lent II. The Ember-Days at the Four C J£ g J^S pSco Seasons, being toe Wednesday A s ep temTju Friday, and Saturday after ( December 13. III. The Three Rogation-Days, being the Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, before Holy-Thursday, or the Ascension of our Lobd. IV. All the Fridays in the Year, except Chbistjias-Day. Certain Solemn Days, for which particular Services are appointed. III. The Nine and Twentieth Day I. The Fifth Day of November, I being the Day kept in Me- | mory of the Papists' Conspi- | racy. i IL The Thirtieth Day of Janu- | ary, being the Day kept in | Memory of the Martyrdom of i King Charles L I of May, being the Day kept in Memory of the Birth and Re- turn of King Charles IL IV. The Twentieth Day of June, being the Day on which her Majesty began her happy Reign. The Numbers prefixed to the severed Days, {in the foregoing Calendar) be- tween the 21st Day of March awl the l&th Day of April, botlt inclusive, denote the Days upon which those FvU Moons So fall, which happen upon or next 1 after the 21st Day of March, in those Tears, of which they are respectively I the Golden numbers ; and the Sunday Letter next following any such Full Moon points out Easter-Day for that Year. All which holds until the. rear j of our Lord 1899 inclusive ; after which Tear, the Place of these Golden | A'umbers will be to be changed, as is hereafter expressed. A TABLE TO FIND EASTER-DAY, From the present Time till the Year 1899 inclusive, according to the foregoing Calendar. Golden Number. XIV. III. XI. XIX. VIII. XVI. V. XIII. II. X. XVIII. VII. XV. IV. XII. I. IX. XVII. VI. Days of the Month. March 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 April 1 2 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 - 8 - 9 10 - 11 -12 ■13 ■ 14 •15 -16 -17 ■18 ■19 20 •21 22 23 24 25 Sunday Letters. THIS Table contains so much of the Calendar as is necessary for the determining of Easter ; to find which, look for the Golden Number of the Year in the First Column of the Table.against which stands the Day of the Paschal Full Moon ; then look in the Third Co- lumn for the Sunday Letter, next after the Day of the Full Moon, and the Day of the Month stand- ing against that Sunday Letter is Easter-Day. If the Full Moon happens upon a Sunday, then (according to the First Rule) the next Sunday after is Easter-Day. To find the Golden Number, or Prime, add One to the Year of our Lord, and then divide by 19 ; the Remainder, if any, is the Golden Number; but if nothing remain- eth, then 19 is the Golden Num- ber. To find the Dominical or Sun- day Letter, according to the Calendar, until the Year 1799 inclusive, add to the Year of our Lord its Fourth Part, omitting fractions; and also the Number 1 : Di- vide the Sum by 7; and if there is no Remainder, then A is the Sunday Letter : But if any Number remaineth, then the Let- ter standing against that Number in the small annexed Table, is the Sunday Letter. For the next Century, that is, from the Year 1800 till the Year 1S99 inclusive, add to the current Year only its Fourth Part, and then divide by 7, and proceed as in the last Rule. Note, that in all Bissextile or Leap-Years, the Letter found as above will be the Sunday Letter, from the intercalated Day exclu- sive to the end of the Year. ANOTHER TABLE TO FIND EASTER Till the Year 1899 inclusive. SUNDAY LETTERS. 18 19 4 5 28 29 17 11 12 31 4 5; 24 25 19 10 11 12 3 Mar. 28 29 17' 18 19 10 11. 5 271 28 29 17 18 19 3 4 5 27< 28 22 10: 11 12 3 4 5 Mar. 24! 18 19 10i 11 12 271 28;29; 20 14 ; 15 23 24 25 13 14 15 6 Mar. 31 April 1 20 21 22 13 14 8 1 April 1 20 21 22 6 7| 8 TO make use of the preceding Table, find the Sunday Letter for the Year in the uppermost Line, and the Golden Number, or Prime, in the Column of Golden Numbers, and against the Prime, in the same Line under the Sunday Letter, you have the Day of the Month on which Easter falleth that Year. But Note, that the Name of the Month is set on the Left Hand, or just with the Figure, and followeth not, as in other Tables, by Descent, but CollateraL A TABLE Of the Moveable Feasts for Fifty-two Tears, according to the foregoing Calendar. << The Golden Number. H K§ if 3 H rs So • » g Sunday Letter. "S. — "2.. 5 S r as' t I 5 I The rst Day ister-Da i * 1 3 m 2, 1846 4 3 D 4 Feb. 8 Feb 25 April 12 1847 5 14 c 3 Jan. 31 , 17 1848 6 25 BA Feb. 80 Mar. 8 23 1849 7 G 4 4 Feb. 21 g 1850 8 17 F 2 Jan. 27 10 Mar. 31 1851 9 28 E 5 Feb. lo Mar. 5 April 20 1852 10 9 DC 4 8 Feb. 25 — — - 11 1853 11 20 B 2 Jan. 83 , 9 Mar. 27 1854 12 ] 5 Feb. 12 Mar. 1 1855 13 12 G 4 4 Feb." 21 8 1856 14 23 FE 1 Jan. 20 , g Mar. 23 1857 15 4 D 4 Feb. 8 25 April 12 1858 16 15 c 3 Jan. 31 17 1859 17 26 B 6 Feb. 80 Mar. 9 — 24 1860 18 1 AG 4 ! 2 < Jan. 5 Feb." 22 "g 1861 19 18 F 27 , 13 Mar. 31 1862 E 5 Feb. 16 Mar. 5 April 1863 2 U D 3 1 Feb." 18 1864 3 22 CB 2 Jan. 24 , io Mar. 27 1865 4 5 Feb. 12 Mar. 1 1866 5 14 G 3 Jan. 28 Feb." 14 1867 6 25 F 5 Feb. 17 Mar. 6 21 1868 7 g ED 4 9 Feb. 26 12 1869 8 17 2 Jan. 24 , 10 Mar. 28 1870 9 98 zo B 5 Feb. 13 Mar. 2 April 17 1871 10 9 4 5 Feb.' 22 , 9 1872 11 20 GF 3 Jan. 28 , 14 Mar. 31 1873 12 1 4 Feb. 9 26 April 13 1874 13 12 jj 3 1 10 1875 14 23 G 2 Jan. 24 Mar. 28 1876 15 BA 5 Feb. 13 Mar. 1 April 16 1877 16 15 G 3 Jan. 28 Feb. 14 1878 17 26 F 5 Feb. 17 Mar". 6 21 1879 18 17 F 4 9 Feb." 26 13 1880 19 18 DC 2 Jan. 25 , 11 Mar. 28 1881 1 0 B 5 Feb. 13 Mar 2 April 17 1882 2 ]j A 4 5 Feb." 22 9 1883 3 22 G 2 Jan. 21 7 Mar. 25 1884 4 a 0 FE 4 Feb. 10 27 April 13 1885 5 14 D 3 1 l*i 1886 6 zo C 6 21 Mar. 10 — 25 1887 7 6 B 4 6 Feb. 23 10 1888 8 17 AG 3 Jan. 29 15 1889 9 28 F 6 Feb. l l Mar. 6 — 21 1890 10 9 E 3 2 Feb. 19 6 1891 11 20 D 2 Jan. SO 11 Mar. 29 1892 12 1 CB 5 Feb. 14 Mar. 2 April 17 1893 13 12 A 3 Jan. 29 Feb. 15 2 1894 14 23 G 2 21 7 Mar. 25 1895 15 4 F 4 Feb. 10 27 April 14 1896 16 15 ED 3 2 19 5 1897 17 26 C 5 14 Mar. 3 18 A TABLE Of the Moveable Feasts for Fifty-two Years, according to the foregoing Calendar. Ascei < OB c A log! Sun §>f A n of our RD. ition day. SI 1 § ys after aity. day. May 17 May 21 May 31 24 Not. 29 1847 9 13 23 25 — " 28 1848 28 June June 11 Za Dec. 3 1849 13 May 17 May 27 25 , z loOU 5 . 9 19 26 2 1851 25 29 June 8 23 Nov. 30 1852 16 — 20 May 30 24 , gg 1853 1 — 5 15 ZD •»7 — Z/ 21 25 June 4 24 Deo. 3 l Oil!) 13 17 May 27 25 .> 1856 April -27 1 11 27 Nov. 30 1857 May 17 — 21 31 24 , go, 1858 9 ■ 13 . 23 25 , 28 1859 29 June 2 June 12 22 — 27 1860 13 May 17 May 27 25 ^^^* \ 1861 5 ■ 9 19 26 1862 25 29 June 8 zo Nov. 30 1863 10 ■ 14 May 24 -0 — 29 1864 1 5 15 zo — — z/ 1865 21 ■1 25 June 4 24 Deo 3 1866 6 10 May 20 ZO — 2 1867 26 - 30 June 9 99 ~0 — 1 1868 17 21 May 31 24 Nov. 29 1869 2 6 16 — 28 1870 22 26 June 5 ZO an — z< 1871 14 18 May 28 25 Dec 3 1872 5 9 ■ 19 26 10/0 18 22 June 1 24 Nov 30 1874 10 14 May 24 25 . gn 2 6 16 26 — — 28 1876 21 — — 25 June 4 24 Deo. 3 1877 6 ■ 1 10 May 20 26 ? I0/8 26 1' 30 June 9 23 _* 1879 18 22 — 1 24 NOV. 30 1880 2 6 May 16 26 — 28 1881 22 . 26 June 5 23 27 1882 14 18 May 28 25 Dec. 3 1883 April 29 3 13 27 1884 May 18 — — 22 June 1 24 Nov". 30 1885 10 14 May 24 25 29 1886 30 June 3 June 13 22 28 1887 15 May 19 May 29 24 27 1888 6 10 20 26 Dec. 2 1889 26 30 June 9 23 1890 1891 11 15 May 25 25 Nov. 30 3 7 17 26 29 1892 22 26 June 5 23 27 1893 1894 7 11 May 21 26 Deo. 3 April 29 3 13 27 1895 May 19 23 June 2 24 1896 10 14 May 24 25 Nov. 29 1897 23 27 June 6 23 28 A TABLE Of the Moveable Feasts, according to the several Days that Easter can possibly fall upon. Easter-Day. Sundays aft Epiphany. Soptuagosima Sunday. Tho First Day of Lent | 3 c 3 Cu Ascension-Day. Whit-Sunday. 1 Sundays after Trinity. Advent Sunday. Mar. 22 } Jan. 18 Feb. 4 April 26 April 30 May 10 27 Nov. 29 — — 23 \ 19 — 5 27 May 1 = 11 27 30 24 20 — — 6 28 2 27 Dec 1 25 2 21 29 3 13 27 2 — — 26 2 22 zz I 30 4 14 27 3 27 2 — 23 — — 9 May 1 5 15 26 Nov. 27 28 | at 24 10 2 6, 16 26 28 29 2 25 11 3 7 17 26 29 30 2 26 12 4 8 18 26 30 31 2 27 I? 5 9 19 26 Dec. 1 April 1 3 28 14 6 10 20 26 1 2 , 2 3 29 15 ■ 1 11 21 26 3 3Q — 16 8 12 22 25 Nov. 27 ZZ 4 3 Feb", 17 9 13 23 25 28 5 3 18 — 10, 14 24 25 29 6 3 19 11 15 25 25 30 7 3 = 3 20 12| 16 26 25 Dec. 1 8 4 — 4 21 13 17 27 25 2 9 4 5 22 14: 18 28 25 3 10 4 23 15 19 29 24 Nov. 27 11 7 24 16 20 30 24 28 12 i 25 17| 21 31 24 29 13 4 9 26 — m 22 June 1 21 30 14 4 10 27 — 19 23 2 24 Dec. 1 15 11 28 — 20, 24 3 21 — 9 16 1 12 Mar. 1 — 21 25 4 24 3 17 5 13 — acj, 26 5| S3 Nov. 27 18 5 14 — 3 23 27 6 23 28 19 5 15 4 24; 28 7 23 29 20 5 16 5 25 29 8 23 30 21 5 17 6 26i 30 9 23 Dec. 1 22 6 18 7 27 31 10 23 2 23 6 19 8 28 June 1 11 23 3 24 6 20 9 29 2 12 22 Nov. 27 25 6 21 10 30 31 13i 22 28 Note, that in a Bissextile or Leap -Year, the Number of Sundays after Epiphany will be the same, as if Easter-Day had fallen One Day later than it really does. And for the same Reason, One Day must, in every Leap -Year, be added to the Day of the Month given by the Table for Septuagesima Sunday : And the like must be done for the First Day of Lent (commonly called Ash- Wednesday) unless the Table gives some Day in the Month of March for it; for in that Case, the Day given by the Table is the right Day. A TABLE TO FIND EASTER, From the Year 1900, to the Year 2199 inclusive. Golden Days of the Sunday Is umbers. Month. Letters. XIV. March 22 D in. 23 E 24 F XI. 25 G 26 A XIX. — / B VXEL 28 C D XVI. 30 E V. 31 F XIII. April 1 G 2 A II. 3 B 4 C X. D 6 E XVIII. F VII. g G 9 A XV. 10 B IV. C — — — \o D XII. 13 E L 14 F ■ 15 G IX. 16 A XVII. B VI. 18 C 19 D 20 E F 2g G 23 A 24 B 25 C rpHE Golden Num- bers in the forego- ing Calendar will point out the Days of the Pas- chal Full Moons, till the Year of our Lord 1900 ; at which Time, in order that the Ecclesiastical Full Moons may fall nearly on the same Days with the real Full Moons, the Golden Numbers must be removed to dif- ferent Days of the Ca- lendar, as is done in the annexed Table, which contains so much of the Calendar then to be used, as is necessary for find- ing the Paschal Full Moons, and the Feast of Easter, from the Year 1900, to the Year 2199 inclusive. This Table is to be made use of, in all respects, as the First Table before inserted, for finding Eatter till the Year 1899. B GENERAL TABLES For finding the Dominical or Sunday Letter, and the Places of the Golden Numbers in the Calendar. TABLE I. 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 B C D E F G K 1600 1700 1300 1900 2000 2100 2200 2300 2400 2500 2600 2700 2800 2900 3000 3100 3200 '3300 3400 3500 3600 3700 3800 3900 4000 4100 4200 4300 4400 4500 4600 4700 4800 4900 5000 5100 5200 5300 5400 5500 5600 5700 5800 5900 6000 6100 6200 6300 6400 6500 6600 6700 6800 6900 7000 7100 7200 7300 7400 7500 7600 7700 7800 7900 8000 8100 8200 8300 8400 8500 &c. HPO find the Dominical or Sunday Letter for any given Year of our Lord, add to the Year its Fourth Part, omitting Fractions, and also the Number, which in Table I. standeth at the Top of the Column, wherein the Number of Hundreds contained in that given Year is found : Divide the Sum by 7, and if there is no Remainder, then A is the Sunday Letter ; but if any Number remaineth, then the Letter, which standeth under that Number at the Top of the Table, is the Sunday Letter. TABLE IT. 1 2 3 1 2 3 *< pi la • § 0 B 1600 0 5200 10 1700 1 oouu 1 ft In 1800 1900 9 _ oouu B 2000 0 Jd OOUU 1 H 2100 0 - O/UU 1 O lo 2200 0 oouu 1 O lo 2300 < 4 5900 19 B 2400 '} O T) JD 6000 19 2500 4 6100 19 2600 c u 6200 20 2700 r, 6300 21 B 2800 e <) T) 15 6400 20 2!(00 0 6500 21 3000 n 6600 22 3100 7 / 6700 23 B 3200 JL> 6800 22 3300 7 6900 23 3400 0 0 7000 24 3500 B 7100 24 B 3fi00 0 0 7200 24 3700 n ;l 7300 25 3800 1 0 7400 25 3000 7500 26 B 4000 1U Ti -L> 7600 26 4100 7700 26 4200 7800 27 4300 12 7900 28 B 4400 12 JD 8000 27 4500 13 8100 28 4600 13 8200 29 4700 U 8300 29 B 4800 14 B 8400 29 4900 14 8500 0 5000 In &c. 5100 16 rPO find the Month and Days of the Month to which the Golden Numbers ought to be prefixed in the Ca- lendar, in any given Year of our Lord, consisting of entire Hundred Years, and in all the intermediate Years betwixt that and the next Hundredth Year following, look in the Second Column of Table II. for the given Year consisting of entire Hundreds, and Note the Number or Cypher which stands against it in the Third Column ; then, in Table III. look for the same Number in the Column under any given Golden Number, which when you have found, guide your Eye Side -ways to the Left Hand, and in the First Co- lumn you will find the Month and Day to which that Golden Number ought to be prefixed in the Calendar, during that Period of One Hundred Years. The Letter B prefixed to certain Hundredth Years in Table II. denotes those Years which are still to be account- ed Bissextile or Leap-Years in the New Calendar ; whereas all the other Hundredth Years are to be accounted only common Years. TABLE III. Paschal £>« Full ffi Moon. 3 g Mar. 21 Mar. 22 Mar. 23 Mar. 24 Mar. 25 THE GOLDEN* NUMBERS. 18 19 8 19 0 112 2 3 14 25 6 17 28 9 20 1 12 23 4 15 26 9 20 1 12 25 4 15 26 7 18 29 10 21 2 13 24 5 16 27 10 21 2 13 24 5 16 27 8 19 0,11 22 3 14 25 6 17 28 11 22 3 14 251 6 17 28 9 20 l!l2 23 4 15 26 7 18 29 12 23 4 15 26 7 18 29 10:21 2 13 24 5 16 i~ 8 19 0 Mar. 26 A 13,24 5 Mar. 27 B 14 25 6 Mar. 28 C 15 26 7 Mar. 29 D |l6 27 8 Mar. 30 E 117 281 9 16 2 7 8 19 0 11 22 3 14 25 6 17 28 9 20 1 17 2^ 9 20 1 12 23 4115 26 7 18 29 10 21 2, 18 29 10 21 2 13 2 4 5 16 27 8 19 , 0 11 22 3 19 0 11,22 3 14125 6 17 28 9 20 1 12 23 4, 20 1,12 23 4 15; 26 7 IS 29 10 21 2 13 24 5l Mar. 31 F 18 29 10 AprU 1 G 19 0 11 April 2 A 20 H12 April 3| B 21 2I13| April 4 C ^ "14 21 2 13 24 5 16 27 8 19 0 11 22 3 14 25 6 22 3 14 25 6 17 28 9 20 1 12 23 4 15 26 7 23 4 15 26 7 18,29 1021 2 13 24i 5 16 27 8 24 5 16 27 8 19: 0 11 22 3 14 25 6 17 28 9 25 6 17 28 9 20; 1 12 23 4 15 26 j 7 18 29 10 April 5 D April 6 E AprU 7! F April 8 G AprU 9, A April 10 B April Hi C AprU 12 D April 15 1 E AprU 14, F April 15 April 16 April 17 April 17 AprU 18 23 4 15 24 5 16 25 6 17 26 7 18 27 8 19. >9 10 21 0:11 22 l'l'J 23 26 7 18 29 10 211 2 13 24 5 27 8 19 Oil 22J 3 14 25 6 28 9 20 1 12 23 4 15 26 7 29 10 21 i 13 24 ! 5 16 27! 8 0 11 22 3 14 25 6 17 28 9 1 12 23 4 15 26 7 18 29 10 2 13 24[ 5 16 27 8 19 Oil 3 14 25 6 17 28 . 9 20) 1 12 4 15|26 7 18 29 10 21 2 13 5 16 27 8 19 Oil 22 3 14 16 27 8 19 0 11, 17 28 9 20 1 12 18 29110 21 2 13 19 0 11-22 3 14, 20 1112 23 4 15, 21 2 13 24 5 16 22 3114 25 6 I7> 23 4;i5 26 7 18 24 5 16 27 8 19| 25 6 17 28 9 20! 14 25 15 26 16 27 6 17|28| 9 20 1 12 23 4 15 29 10 21 2 13 24 1 5 16 0 11 22 3 14 25 6 17 1112 23 4 15 26 8 19 7 18 29 10 21 2 13 24 5 16,27 8 19,0 11 2- 3 14 23 26 7118 29 10 21 271 8 19 0 11 22 28 9 20 1 12 23 29|10 21 ^ THE ORDER FOR MORNING AND EVENING PRAYER Daily to be said and used throughout the Year. HHHE Morning and Evening Prayer shall be used in the accustomed Place of the Church, Chapel, or Chancel ; except it shall be otherwise determined by the Ordinary of the Place. And the Chancels shall remain as they have done in times past And here is to be noted, that such Ornaments of the Church, and of the Ministers thereof, at all Times of their Ministration, shall be retained, and be in use, as were in this Church of England, by the Authority of Parliament, in the Second Year of the Keign of King Edward the Sixth. THE ORDER FOR MORNING PRAYER, DAILY THROUGHOUT TLTE YEAR. ^ At the beginning of Morning Proper the Minister shall read with a loud voice some one or more of these Sentences of the Scripture* that follow. And then he shall say that which is written after the said Sentences. YI r HEN the wicked man rurn- " eth away from his wicked- ness that he hath committed, and doeth that which is lawful and right, he shall save his soul alive. Ezek. xviii. 27. I acknowledge my transgres- sions, and my sin is" ever before me. Psalm li.*3. Hide thy face from my sins, and blot out all mine iniquities. Psalm 11 9. The sacrifices of God are a bro- ken spirit : a broken and a con- trite heart, O God, thou wilt net despise. Psalm li. 17. Rend your heart, and not vour garments, and turn unto the Lord your God : for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repenteth him of the evil. Joel iL 13. To the Lord our God belong mercies and forgivenesses, though we have rebelled against him : nei- ther have we obeyed the voice of the Lord our God", to walk in his laws which he set before us, Dan. ix. 9, 10. 0 Lord, correct me, but with judgement ; not in thine anger, lest thou bring me to nothing. Jer. x. 24. Psalm vi. L Repent ye ; for the Kintrdom of Heaven is at hand. St. Matt hi. 2. 1 will arise, and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee, and am no more wor- thy to be called thv son. St. Luke xv. 18, 19. Enter not into judgement with thy servant, O Lord ; for in thy sight shall no man living be jus- tified. Psalm cxliii. 2. If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us : but. if we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to for- give us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness, 1 St. John i. 8, 9. T\ EARLY beloved brethren, U the Scripture nioveth us in sundry places to acknowledge and confess our manifold sins and wickedness ; and that we should not dissemble nor cloke them be- fore the face of Almighty God our heavenly Father; but confess them with an humble, lowly, pe- nitent, and obedient heart ; to the end that we may obtain forgive- ness of the same, by his infinite goodness and mercy. And al- though we ought at all times hum- bly to acknowledge our sins before God; yet ought~we most chiefly so to do, when we assemble and meet together to render thanks for the great benefits that we have re- ceived at his hands, to set forth his most worthy praise, to hear his most holy Word, and to ask those things which are requisite and necessary, as well for the body as the soul Wherefore I pray and beseech you, as many as are here present, to accompany me with a pure heart, and humble voice, unto the throne of the heavenly grace, saying after me ; 1 A general Confession to be said of the tchole Congregation after the Minister, all kneeling. ALMIGHTY and most merci- ful Father; We have erred, and strayed from thy ways like lost sheep. We have followed too much the devices and desires of our own hearts. We have offended against thy holy laws. We have left undone those things which we BS MORNING PRAYER. ought to have done ; And we have done those things which we ought not to have done ; And there is no health in us. But thou, O Lord, have mercy upon us, miserable of- fenders. Spare thou them, O God, which confess their faults. Re- store thou them that are penitent ; According to thy promises declar- ed unto mankind in Christ Jesu our Lord. And grant, O most mer- ciful Father, for his sake ; That we may hereafter live a godly, righ- teous, and sober life, To the glory of thy holy Name. Amen. The Absolution, or Remission of sins, to be pronounced bp the Priest alone, standing,- the peo- ple still kneeling. ALMIGHTY God, the Father of cur Lord Jesus Christ, who desireth not the death of a sin- ner, but rather that he may turn from his wickedness, and live ; and hath given power, and command- ment, to his Ministers, to declare and pronounce to his people, be- ing penitent, the Absolution and Remission of their sins : He par- doneth and absolveth all them that truly repent, and unfeignedly believe his holy Gospel. Where- fore let us beseech him to grant us true repentance, and his holy Spi- rit, that those things may please him, which we do at this present; and that the rest of our life here- after may be pure, and holy; so that at the last we may come to his eternal joy ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. ^f The people shall answer here, and at the end of all other prayers, Amen. If Then the Minister shall kneel, and tay the Lord's Prayer with an audible voice; the people also kneeling, and repeating it with him, both here, and wheresoever else it is vised in Divine Service. f~\UR Father, which art in hea- yj ven, Hallowed be thy Name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, As it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, As we forgive them that trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation ; Hut deliver us from evil: For thine 13 the kingdom, 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 shew forth thy praise. Priest. O God, make speed to save us. Answer. O Lord, make haste to help us. ^f Mere all standing up, the Priest shall say, Glory be to the Father, and to the Son : and to the Holy Ghost ; Answer. As it was in the begin- ning, is now, and ever shall be : world without end. Amen. Priest. Praise ye the Lord. Answer. The Lord's Name be praised. 1 Then shall be said or sung this Psalm following: except on Easter-Day, upon which another Anthem is appointed; and on the Nineteenth day of every Month it is not to be read here, but in the ordinary Course of the Psalms. Venitc, exultemus Domino. Psalm xcv. OCOME, let us sing unto the Lord : let us heartily rejoice in the strength of our salvation. Let us come before hi3 presence with thanksgiving : and shew our- selves glad in him with Psalms. For the Lord is a great God : and a great King above all gods. In his hand are all the corners of the earth : and the strength of the hills is his also. The sea is his, and he made it : and his hands prepared the dry land. O comej let us worship, and fall down : and kneel before the Lord our Maker. For he i3 the Lord our God : and we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand. To day if ye will hear hi3 voice, harden not your hearts : as in the provocation, and as in the day of j temptation in the wilderness ; When your fathers tempted me : proved me, and saw my works. Forty years long was I grieved I with this generation, and said : It ! is a people that do err in their I hearts, for they have not known my ways. MORNING PRAYER. Unto whom I sware in my wrath : that they should not en- ter into my rest Glory be to the Father, and to the Son : and to the Holy Ghost ; As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be : world without end. Amen. ^ Then shall follow the Psalms in order as they are appointed. And at the end of every Psalm throughout the Tear, and likewise at the end of Benedicite, Benedictus, Magnificat, and Nunc dimittis, shall be repeated, Glory be to the Father, and to the Son : and to the Holy Ghost ; Answer. As it was in the begin- ning, is now, and ever shall be : world without end. Amen. ^ Then shall be read distinctly with an audible voice the First Lesson, taken out of the Old Testament, as is ap- pointed in the Calendar, except there be proper Lessons assigned for that day: He that rcadeth so standing and turning himself, as he may best be heard of aU such as are present. And after that, shall be said or sung, in English, the Hymn called Te Deum Laudamus, daily throughout the Tear. ^ Note, That before every Lesson the Mi- nister shall say, Here beginneth such a Chapter, or Verse of such a Chapter, of such a Book : And after every Les- son, Here endeth the First, or the Second Lesson. Te Dcum Laudamus. WE praise thee, O God : we acknowledge thee to be the Lord. All the earth doth worship thee : the Father everlasting. To thee all Angels cry aloud : the Heavens, and all the Powers therein. To thee Cherubin, and Sera- phin : continually do cry, Holy, Holy, Holy : Lord God of Sabaoth ; Heaven and earth are full of the Majesty : of. thy Glory. The glorious company of the Apostles : praise thee. The goodly fellowship of the Prophets : praise thee. The noble army of Martyrs : praise thee. The holy Church throughout all the world : doth acknowledge thee ; The Father : of an infinite Ma- jesty ; Thine honourable, true : and onlv Son ; Also the Holy Ghost : the Com- forter. Thou art the King of Glory : O Christ. Thou art the everlasting Son : of the Father. When thou tookest upon thee to deliver man : thou didst not abhor the Virgin's womb. When thou hadst overcome the sharpness of death : thou didst open the Kingdom of Heaven to all believers. Thou sittest at the right hand of God : in the Glory of the Father. We believe that thou shalt come : to be our Judge. We therefore pray thee, help thy servants : whom thou hast re- deemed with thy precious blood. Make them to be numbered with tby Saints : in glory ever- lasting. O Lord, save thy people : and bless thine heritage. Govern them : and lift them up for ever. Day by day : we magnify thee ; And we worship thy Name : ever world without end. Vouchsafe, O Lord : to keep us this day without sin. O Lord, have mercy upon us : have mercy upon us. O Lord, let thy mercy lighten upon us : as our trust is in thee. O Lord, in thee have I trusted : let me never be confounded. ^ Or this Canticle, Benedicite, omnia Opera. OALL ye Works of the Lord, bless ye the Lord : praise him, and magnify him for ever. O ye Angels of the Lord, bless ye the Lord : praise him, and magnify him for ever. O ye Heavens, bless ye the Lord : praise him, and magnify him for ever. O ye Waters that be above the Firmament, bless ye the Lcrd : praise him, and magnify him for ever. O all ye Powers of the Lord, MORNING bless ye the Lord : praise him, and magnify him for ever. O ye Sun, and Moon, bless ye the Lord : praise him, and mag- nify him for ever. O ye Stars of Heaven, bless ye the Lord : praise him, and mag- nify him for ever. O ye Showers, and Dew, bless ye the Lord : praise him, and magnify him for ever. O ye Winds of God, bless ye the Lord : praise him, and magnify him for ever. O ye Fire and Heat, bless ye the Lord : praise him, and magnify him for ever. O ye Winter and Summer, bless ye the Lord : praise him, and mag- nify him for ever. O ye Dews, and Frosts, bless ye the Lord : praise him, and mag- nify him for ever. O ye Frost and Cold, bless ye the Lord : praise him, and mag- nify him for ever. O ye Ice and Snow, bless ye the Lord : praise him, and magnify him for ever. O ye Nights, and Days, bless ye the Lord : praise him, and mag- nify him for ever. O ye Light and Darkness, bless ye the Lord : praise him, and magnify him for ever. O ye Lightnings, and Clouds, bless ye the Lord : praise him, and magnify him for ever. O let the Earth bless the Lord : yea, let it praise him, and mag- nify him for ever. O ye Mountains, and Hills, bless ye the Lord : praise him, and mag- nify him for ever. O all ye Green Things upon the Earth, bless ye the Lord : praise him, and magnify him for ever. O ye Wells, bless ye the Lord : praise him, and magnify him for ever. O ye Seas, and Floods, bless ye the Lord : praise him, and mag- nify him for ever. O ye Whales, and all that move in the Waters, bless ye the Lord : praise him, and magnify him for ever. O all ye Fowls of the Air, bless ye the Lord : praise him, and magnify him for ever. PRAYER. O all ye Beasts, and Cattle, bless ye the Lord : praise him, and mag- nify him for ever. O ye Children of Men, bless ye the Lord : praise him, and mag- nify him for ever. O let Israel bless the Lord : praise him, and magnify him for ever. O ye Priests of the Lord, bless ye the Lord : praise him, and mag- nify him for ever. O ye Servants of the Lord, bless ye the Lord : praise him, and mag- nify him for ever. O ye Spirits and Souls of the Righteous, bless ye the Lord : praise him, and magnify him for ever. O ye holy and humble Men of heart, bless ye the Lord : praise him, and magnify him for ever. O Ananias, Azarias, and Misael, bless ye the Lord : praise him, and magnify him for ever. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son : and to the Holy Ghost ; As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be : world without end. Amen. If Then shall be read in like manner the Second Lesson, taken out of the New Testament. And after that, the Hymn following; except when that shall hap- pen to be read in the Chapter for the Day, or for the Gospel on Saint John Baptist's Bay. Benedictus. St. Luke i. 68. BLESSED be the Lord God of Israel : for he hath visited, and redeemed his people ; And hath raised up a mighty salvation for us : in the house of his servant David ; As he spake by the mouth of his holy Prophets : which have been since the world began ; That we should be saved from our enemies : and from the hands of all that hate us ; To perform the mercy promised to our forefathers : and to remem- ber his holy Covenant ; To perform the oath which he sware to our forefather Abraham : that he would give us ; That we being delivered out of the hand of our enemies : might serve him without fear ; MORNING PRAYER. In holiness and righteousness be- fore him : all the days of our life. And thou, Child, shalt be called the Prophet of the Highest : for thou shalt go before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways ; To give knowledge of salvation unto his people : for the remission of their sins, Through the tender mercy of our God : whereby the day-spring from on high hath visited us ; To give light to them that sit in darkness, and in the shadow of death : and to guide our feet into the way of peace. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son : and to the Holy Ghost ; As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be : world without end. Amen. ^ Or this Psalm, Jubilate Deo. Psalm c. f \ BE joyful in the Lord, all ye lands : serve the Lord with gladness, and come before his pre- sence with a song. Be ye sure that the Lord he is God : it is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves ; we are his people, and the sheep of his pas- ture. O go your way into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise : be thankful unto him, and speak good of his Name. For the Lord is gracious, his mercy is everlasting : and his truth endureth from generation to ge- neration. 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. T Then shall be sung or said the Apostles' Creed by the Minister and the people, standing : except only such days as the Creed of Saint Athanasius is appointed to be read. I BELIEVE in God the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth : And in Jcsu3 Christ his only Son our Lord, Who waa conceived by the Holy Ghost, Born of the Vir- gin Mary, Suffered under Pontius Pilate, Was crucified, dead, and buried, He descended into hell ; The third day he rose again from the dead, He ascended into hea- ven, And sitteth on the right hand of God the Father Almighty; From thence he shall come to judge the quick and the dead. I believe in the Holy Ghost j The holy Catholick Church ; The Communion of Saints ; The For- giveness of sins ; The Resurrection of the body, And the life everlast- ing. Ameu. % And after that, these Prayers follow- ing, all devoutly kneeling : the Minister first pronouncing with a loud voice, The Lord be with you. Answer. And with thy spirit. Minister. Let us pray. Lord, have mercy upon us. Christ, have mercy upon us. Lord, have mercy upon us. T Then the Minister, Clerks, and people, shall say the Lord's Prayer with a loud voice. OUR Father, which art in hea- ven, Hallowed be thy Name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, As it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, As we forgive them that trespass a- gainst us. And lead us not into temptation ; But deliver us from evil. Amen. T Then the Priest standing up shall say, O Lord, shew thy mercy upon us. Answer. And grant us thy sal- vation. Priest. O Lord, save the Queen. Answer. And mercifully hear us when we call upon thee. Priest Endue thy Ministers with righteousness. Answer. And make thy chosen people joyful. Priest. O Lord, save thy people. Answer. And bless thine inhe- ritance. Priest Give peace in our time, O Lord. Answer. Because there is none other that fighteth for us, but only thou, O God. Priest. O God, make clean our hearts within u». Answer. And take not thy holy Spirit from us. IJ 3 MUKJN 1JN li FKA i-fciK. T Then shall follow three Collects \ the first of the Day, which shall be the same that is appointed at the Com- munion; the second for Peace; the third for Grace to live well. And the two last Collects shall never alter, but daily be said at Morning Prayer throughout all the year, as foUoweth ; all kneeling. The second Collect, for Peace. f~\ GOD, who art the author of peace and lover of concord, in knowledge of whom standeth our eternal life, whose service is perfect freedom ; Defend us thy humble servants in all assaults of our enemies; that we, surely trusting in thy defence, may not fear the power of any adversaries, through the might of Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. The third Collect, for Grace. /"\ LORD, our heavenly Father, Almighty and everlasting God, who hast safely brought us to the beginning of this day ; Defend us in the same with thy mighty pow- er ; and grant that this day we fall into no sin, neither run into any kind of danger ; but that all our doings may be ordered by thy governance, to do always that is righteous in thy sight ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. ^ In Quire* and Places wf^ere they sing, here foUoweth the Anthem. 1 Then these five Prayers following are to be read here, except when the Litany is read ; and then only the two la*t are to be read, as they are there placed. A Prayer for the Queen's Majesty. f\ LORD our heavenly Father, \J high and mighty, King of kings, Lord of lords, the only Ruler of princes, who dost from thy throne behold all the dwellers upon earth ; Most heartily we be- seech thee with thy favour to be- hold our most gracious Sovereign 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 thv way: Endue her plenteously with heavenly gifts ; grant her in Here endeth the Order of Morn health and wealth long to live; strengthen her that she may van- quish and overcome all her ene- mies; and finally, after this life, she may attain everlasting joy and felicity ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. A Prayer for the Royal Family. ALMIGHTY God, the foun- A tain of all goodness, we hum- bly beseech thee to bless the Prince Albert, Albert Prince of Wales, and all the Royal Family : Endue them with thy holy Spirit; enrich them with thy heavenly grace ; prosper them with all happiness ; and bring them to thine everlast- ing kingdom ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. A Prayer for the Clergy and people. ALMIGHTY and everlast- ii ing God, who alone workest great marvels; Send down upon our Bishops, and Curates, and all Congregations committed to their charge, the healthful Spirit of thy grace; and that they may truly please thee, pour upon them the continual dew of thy blessing. Grant this, 0 Lord, for the ho- nour of our Advocate and Medi- ator, Jesus Christ. Amen. A Prayer of St. Chrysostom. ALMIGHTY God, who hast A given us errace at this time with one accord to make our com- mon supplications unto thee ; and dost promise, that when two or three are gathered together in thy Name thou wilt grant their re- quests: Fulfil now, 0 Lord, the desires and petitions of thy ser- vants, as may be most expedient for them ; granting us in this world knowledge of thy truth, and in the world to come life everlast- ing. Amen. 2 Cor. xiii. npHE grace of our Lord Jesus A Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Ghost, bo with us all evermore. Amen. ing Prayer throughout the Year. THE ORDER FOR EVENING PRAYER, DAILY THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. ^ At the beginning of Evening Prayer the Minister shall read with a loud voice some one or more of these Sentences of the Scriptures that follow. And then he shall say that which is written after the said Sentences. WHEN the wicked man turn- eth away from his wicked- ness that he hath committed, and doeth that which is lawful and right, he shall save his soul alive. Ezek. xviii. 27. I acknowledge my transgres- sions, and my sin is ever before me. Psalm li. 3. Hide thy face from my sins, and blot out all mine iniquities. Psalm li. £ EARLY beloved brethren, -L' the Scripture moveth us in sundry places to acknowledge and confess our manifold sins and wickedness ; and that we should not dissemble nor cloke them be- fore the face of Almighty God our heavenly Father ; but confess them with an humble, lowly, pe- nitent, and obedient heart ; to the end that we may obtain forgive- ness of the same, by his infinite The sacrifices of God are a bro- ' goodness and mercy. And al ken spirit : a broken and a con- 1 though we ous?ht at all times hum- trite heart, O God, thou wilt not bly to acknowledge our sins before despise. Psalm li. 17. |God; yet ought we most chiefly Rend your heart, and not your so to do, when we assemble and garments, and turn unto the Lord meet together to render thanks your God : for he is gracious and for the great benefits that we have merciful, slow to anger, and of received at his hands, to set forth great kindness, and repenteth him his most worthy praise, to hear his of the evil. Joel ii. 13. most holy Word, and to ask those To the Lord our God belong things which are requisite and mercies and forgivenesses, though necessary, as well for the body as we have rebelled auainst him : nei- the soul. Wherefore I pray and ther have we obeyed the voice of beseech you, as many as are here the Lcrd our God, to walk in his present, to accompany me with a laws which he set before us. Dan. , pure heart, and humble voice, ix. 9, 10. | unto the throne of the heavenly O Lord, correct me, but with grace, saying after me ; judgement ; not in thine anger, , 1 A general Confession to be said lest thou bring me to nothing, J ex. x. 24. Psalm vi. I. Repent ye ; for the Kingdom of heaven is at hand. St. Matt. iii. 2. I will arise, and go to my father, of the whole Congregation after the Minister, all kneeling. A LMIGHTY and most merci- -Tx ful Father ; We have erred, and strayed from thy ways like and will sav unto him, Father, I i lost sheep. We have followed too have sinned asainst heaven, and much the devices and desires of before thee, and am no more wor- our own hearts. We have offend- thy to be called thy son. St. Luke ed against thy holy laws. We have xv. 18, 19. left undone those things which we Enter not into judgement with ! ought to have done ; And we have thy servant, O Lord ; for in thy done those things which we ought eirfit shall no man living be jus- not to have done ; And there is no tified. Psalm cxliii. 2. j health in us. But thou, O Lord, If we say that we have no sin, , have mercy upon us, miserable of- we deceive ourselves, and the fenders. Spare thou them, O God, truth is not in us : but, if we con- which confess their faults. Restore feas our sins, he is faithful and thou them that are penitent ; Ac- just to forgive us our sins, and to cording to thy promises declared cleanse us from all unrighteous- > unto mankind in Christ Jesu our ness. 1 St. John L 8, 9. I Lord. And grant, O most merciful EVENING Father, for his sake; That we may hereafter live a godly, righteous, and sober life, To the glory of thy holy Name. Amen. 1f The Absolution, or Remission of sins, to be pronounced bp the Priest alvne, standing ; the peo- ple still kneeling. ALMIGHTY God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who desireth not the death of a sinner, but rather that he may turn from his wickedness, and live ; and hath given power, and commandment, to his Ministers, to declare and pronounce to his people, being pe- nitent, the Absolution and Remis- sion of their sins: He pardoneth and absolveth all them that truly repent, and unfeignedly believe his holy Gospel. Wherefore let us be- seech him to grant us true repent- ance, and his holy Spirit, that those things may please him, which we do at this present; and that the rest of our life hereafter may be pure, and holy ; so that at the last we may come to his eternal joy; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. % Then the Minister shall kneel, and say the Lord's Prayer ; the people also kneeling, and repeating it with him. OUR Father, which art in hea- ven, Hallowed be thy Name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, As it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, As we forgive them that trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation ; But deliver us from evil : For thine is the kingdom, The power, and the glory, For ever and ever. Amen. •J Then likewise he shall say, O Lord, open thou our lips. Answer. And our mouth shall shew forth thy praise. Priest. O God, make speed to save us. Answer. O Lord, make haste to help us. ^| Here all standing up, the Priest sh-aU say, Glory bo to the Father, and to the Son : and to the Holy Ghost ; Answer. As it was in the bogin- PRAYER. ning, is now, and ever shall be : world without end. Amen. Priest. Praise ye the Lord. Answer. The Lord's Name be praised. % Then shall be said or sung the Psalms in order as they are appo-inted. Then a Lesson of the Old Testament, as is appointed. And after that, Magnificat (or the Song of the blessed Virgin Mary) in English, as followeth. Magnificat. St. Luke i. MY soul doth magnify the Lord : and my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour. For he hath regarded : the low- liness of his hand-maiden. For behold, from henceforth : all generations shall call me blessed. For he that is mighty hath mag- nified me : and holy is his Name. And his mercy is on them that fear him : throughout all genera- tions. He hath shewed strength with his arm : he hath scattered the proud in the imagination of their 1 hearts. He hath put down the mighty from their seat : and hath exalted the humble and meek. He hath filled the hungry with good things : and the rich he hath sent empty away. He remembering his mercy hath holpen his servant Israel : as he promised to our forefathers, Abra- ham and his seed, for ever. Glory be to the Father, fyc. As it was in the beginning, %c. If Or else this Psalm ; except it be on the nineteenth Day of the Month, when it is read in the ordinary Course of the Psalms. Cantate Domino. Psalm xcviii. OSING unto the Lord a new song : for he hath done mar- vellous things. With his own right hand, and with his holy arm : hath he got- ten himself the victory. The Lord declared his salva- tion : his righteousness hath he openly shewed in the sight of the heathen. He hath remembered his mercy and truth toward the house, of Is- rael : and all the ends of the world have seen the salvation of our God. EVENING PRAYER. Shew yourselves joyful unto the Lord, all ye lands : sing, rejoice, and give thanks. Praise the Lord upon the harp : sing to the harp with a psalm of thanksgiving. With trumpets also and shawms : O shew yourselves joyful before the Lord the King. Let the sea make a noise, and all that therein is : the round world, and they that dwell therein. Let the floods clap their hands, and let the 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. Glory be to the Father, <5-c. As it was in the beginning, #c. IT Then a Lesson of the yew Testament, as it is appointed. And after that, Nunc dimittis {or the Song of Symeon) in English, as fcUoweth. Nunc dimittis. St. Luke ii. Z9. LORD, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace : ac- cording to thy word. For mine eyes have seen : thy salvation, Which thou hast prepared : he- fore the face of all people ; To be a light to lighten the Gentiles : and to he the glory of thy people Israel. Glory be to the Father, #c. As it was in the beginning, <§-c. ^ Or else this Psalm ; except it be on the Twelfth Day of the Month. Dots miserealur. Psalm Ixvii. Z^OD be merciful unto us, and vJT bi eS3 U3 : an d s hew 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 tbee, O God : yea, let all the people 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. I Glory be to the Father, <$-c. | As it was in the beginning, $c. T Then shall be said or sung the Apostles' Creed by the Minister and the people, standing. I BELIEVE in God the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth : | And in Jesus Christ his only Son our Lord, Who was conceived by the Holy Ghost, Born of the Vir- [ gin Mary, Suffered under Pontius Pilate, Was crucified, dead, and buried, He descended into hell; ! The third day he rose again from : the dead, He ascended into hea- I ven, And sitteth on the right hand I of God the Father Almighty ; From thence he shall come to judge the quick and the dead. I believe in the Holv Ghost; The holy Catholick Church ; The Communion of Saints ; The For- giveness of sins ; The Resurrection of the body, And the life everlast- ing. Amen. | T And after that, these Prayers follow- I ing, aU devoutly kneeling ; the Minister | first pronouncing with a loud voice, The Lord be with you. Answer. And with thy spirit. Jl inister. Let us pray. Lord, have mercy upon us. Clirist, have mercy upon us. Lord, have mercy upon us. % Then the Minister, Clerks, and people^ shall say the Lord's Prayer with a loud voice. f\VR Father, which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy Name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, As it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And for- ' give us our trespasses, As we for- give them that trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation; But deliver us from evil. Amen. T Then the Priest standing up shall say, O Lord, shew thy mercy upon us ; Am. And grant us thy salvation. Priest. O Lord, save the Queen. Answer. And mercifully hear us I when we call upon thee. Priest. Endue thy Ministers with I righteousness. EVENING PRAYER Answer. And make thy cho3en people joyful. Priest. O Lord, save thy people. Answer. And bless thine inhe- ritance. Priest. Give peace in our time, O Lord. Answer. Because there is none other that fighteth for us, but only thou, O God. Priest. O God, make clean our hearts within us. Answer. And take not thy holy Spirit from us. % Then shall follow three Collects ; the first of the Day ; the second for Peace ; thy way : Endue her plenteously with heavenly gifts ; grant her in health and wealth long to live ; strengthen her that she may van- quish and overcome all her ene- mies; and finally, after this life, she may attain everlasting joy and felicity ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. A Prayer for the Royal Family. ALMIGHTY God, the foun- tain of all goodness, we hum- bly beseech thee to bless the Prince Albert, Albert Prince of Wales, and all the Roval Familv : Endue tiie third for Akl against aU Perils, as th em with thy holy Spirit ; enrich hereafter followeth .- which two last Collects shall be daily said at Evening Prayer without alteration. The second Collect at Evening Prayer. OGOD, from whom all holy desires, all good counsels, and all just works do proceed ; Give unto thy servants that peace which the world cannot give ; that both our hearts may be set to obey thy them with thy heavenly grace ; prosper them with all happiness; and bring them to thine everlast- ing kingdom ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. A Prayer for the Clergy and people. ALMIGHTY and everlasting God, who alone workest great marvels; Send down upon our Bishops, and Curates, and all commandments, and also that by Congregations committed to their thee we bemg defended from the char g e , the healthful Spirit of thy fear of our enemies may pass our I and that they truly time in rest and quietness; through | lease thee> pour n them the the merits of Jesus Christ our Sa- continual dew of thy blessing, viour. Amen. The third Collect, for Aid against all Perils. T IGHTEN our darkness, we -a-J beseech thee, O Lord ; and by thy great mercy defend us from all perils and dangers of this night ; for the love of thy only Son, our Saviour, Jesus Christ. Amen. Tf In Quires and Places where they sing, here followeth the Anthem. A Prayer for the Queen's Majesty. OLORD our heavenly Father, high and mighty, King of kings, Lord of lords, the only Ruler of princes, who dost from thy throne behold all the dwellers upon earth ; Most heartily we be- seech thee with thy favour to be- hold our most gracious Sovereign 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 Grant this, O Lord, for the ho- nour of our Advocate and Medi- ator, Jesus Christ. Amen. A Prayer of St. Chrysostom. ALMIGHTY God, who hast given us grace at this time with one accord to make our com- mon supplications unto thee ; and dost promise, that when two or three are gathered together in thy Name thou wilt grant their re- quests: Fulfil now, O Lord, the desires and petitions of thy ser- vants, as may be most expedient for them ; granting us in this world knowledge of thy truth, and in the world to come life everlasting. Amen, 2 Cor. xiii. TnE grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Ghost, be with us all evermore. Amen. Here endeth the Order of Evening Prayer throughout the Year. AT MORNING PRAYER. 1 Upon these Feasts; Christmas-day, the Epiphany, Saint Matthias, Eastcr-day, Ascension-day, Whitsunday, Saint John Baptist, Saint James, Saint Bartholomew, Saint Matthew, Saint Simon ar.d Saint Jude. Saint Andrew, and upon Trinity-Sunday, shall be sung or said at Illuming Prayer, instead of the Apostles' Creed, this Confession of our Christian Faith, commonly called The Creed of Saint Athanasius, by the Minister and people standing. Quicunque vtdt. WHOSOEVER will be saved : before all things it is neces- sary that he hold the Catholick Faith. Which Faith except every one do keep whole and undefined : without doubt he shall perish everlastingly. And the Catholick Faith is this : That we worship one God in Tri- nity, and Trinity in Unity ; Neither confounding "the Per- sons : nor dividing the Substance. For there is one Person of the Father, another of the Son : and another of the Holy Ghost. But the Godhead of the Father, of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost, is all one : the Glory equal, the Majesty co-eternal. Such as the Father is. such is the Son : and such is the Holy Ghost. The Father uncreate, the Son uncreate : and the Holy Ghost uncreate. The Father incomprehensible, the Son incomprehensible : and the Holy Ghost incomprehensible. The Father eternal, the Son eternal : and the Holy Ghost e- ternal. And yet they are not three eter- nals : but one eternal. As also there are not three in- comprehensibles, nor three uncre- ated : but one uncreated, and one incomprehensible. So likewise the Father is Al- mighty, the Son Almighty : and the Holy Ghost Almighty. And yet they are not three Al- mighties : but one Almighty. So the Father is God, the Son is God : and the Holy Ghost is God. And yet they are not three Gods : but one God. So likewise the Father is Lord, the Son Lord : and the Holy Ghost Lord. And yet not three Lords : but one Lord. For like as we are compelled by the Christian verity : to acknow- ledge every Person by himself to be God and Lord ; So are we forbidden by the Ca- tholick Religion : to say, There be three Gods, or three Lords. The Father is made of none : neither created, nor begotten. The Son is of the Father alone : not made, nor created, but be- gotten. The Holy Ghost is of the Father and of the Son : neither made, nor created, nor begotten, but pro- ceeding. So there is one Father, not three Fathers ; one Son, not three Sons : one Holy Ghost, not three Holy Ghosts. And in this Trinity none is afore, or after other : none is greater, or less than another; But the whole three Persons are co-eternal together : and co-equal. So that in all things, as is afore- said : the Unity in Trinity, and the Trinity in Unity is to be wor- shipped. He therefore that will be saved : must thus think of the Trinity. Furthermore, it is necessary to everlasting salvation : that he also believe rightly the Incarnation of our Lord Jesus Christ. For the right Faith is, that we believe and confess : that our Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of God, is God and Man ; God, of the Substance of the Fa- ther, begotten before the worlds : and Man, of" the Substance of his Mother, born in the world ; Perfect God, and perfect Man : of a reasonable soul and human flesh subsisting ; Equal to the Father, as touch- ing his Godhead : and inferior to THE LITANY. the Father, as touching his Man- hood. Who although he be God and Man : yet he is not two, but one Christ ; One; not by conversion of the Godhead into flesh : but by taking of the Manhood into God ; One altogether ; not by confu- sion of Substance : but by unity of Person. For as the reasonable soul and flesh is one man : so God and Man is one Christ ; "Who suffered for our salvation : descended into hell, rose again the third day from the dead. He ascended into heaven, he sit- teth on the right hand of the Fa- ther, God Almighty : from whence he shall come to judge the quick and the dead. At whose coming all men shall rise again with their bodies : and shall give account for their own works. And they that have done good shall go into life everlasting : and they that have done evil into ever- lasting fire. This is the Catholick Faith : which except a man believe faith- fully, he cannot be saved. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son : and to the Holy Ghost ; As it was in the beginning, i3 now, and ever shall be : world without end. Amen. THE L T Here followeth the LITANY, or said after Morning Prayer upon and at other times when it shall be OGOD the Father, of heaven : have mercy upon us misera- ble sinners. 0 God the Father, of heaven .- have mercy upon us miserable sin- ners. O God the Son, Redeemer of the world : have mercy upon us miserable sinners. O God the Son, Redeemer of the world : have mercy upon us mi- serable sinners. O God the Holy Ghost, pro- ceeding from the Father and the Son : have mercy upon us mise- rable sinners. O God the Holy Ghost, proceeding from the Father and the Son i have mercy upon us miserable sinners. O holy, blessed, and glorious Trinity, three Persons and one God : have mercy upon us mise- rable sinners. O holy, blessed, and glorious Trinity, three Persons and one God .- have mercy upon us mise- rable sinners. Remember not, Lord, our of- fences, nor the offences of our forefathers ; neither take thou ven- geance of our sins : spare us, good Lord, spare thy people, whom thou ITANY. General Supplication, to be sung or Sundays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, i commanded by the Ordinary. hast redeemed with thy most pre- cious blood, and be not angry with us for ever. Spare us, good Lord. From ail evil and mischief ; from sin, from the crafts and assaults of the devil ; from thy wrath, and from everlasting damnation, Good Lord, deliver us. From all blindness of heart; from pride, vain-glory, and hypo- crisy ; from envy, hatred, and ma- lice, and all uncharitableness, Good Lord, deliver us. From fornication, and all other deadly sin; and from all the de- ceits of the world, the flesh, and the devil, Good Lord, deliver us. From lightning and tempest ; from plague, pestilence, and fa- mine; from battle and murder, and from sudden death, Good Lord, deliver us. From all sedition, privy con- spiracy, and rebellion ; from all false doctrine, heresy, and schism ; from hardness of heart, and con- tempt of thy Word and Command- ment, Good Lord, deliver us. By the mystery of thy holy In- THE LITANY. carnation; by thy holy Nativity and Circumcision ; by thy Bap- tism, Fasting, and Temptation, Good Lord, deliver us. By thine Asony and bloody Sweat ; by thy Cross and Passion ; by thy precious 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 wealth ; in the hour of death, and in the day of judge- ment, Good Lord, deliver us. "We sinners do beseech thee to hear us, O Lord God; and that it may please thee to rule and govern thy holy Church universal in the right way ; We beseech t)oee to hear us, good Lord. That it may please thee to keep and strengthen in the true wor- shipping of thee, in righteousness and holiness of life, thy Servant VICTORIA, our most gracious Queen 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 honour and glory ; We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. That it may please thee to be her defender and keeper, giving her the victory over all her enemies ; We beseech tliee to hear us, good That it may please thee to bless and preserve the Prince Albert, Albert Prince of Wales, and all the Royal Family; We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. That it may please thee to illu- minate all Bishops, Priests, and Deacons, with true knowledge and understanding of thy Word ; and that both by their preaching and living they may set it forth, and shew it accordingly ; We beseech thee' to hear us, qood Lord. That it may please thee to endue the Lords of the Council, and all the Nobility, with grace, wisdom, and understanding ; We beseech Vtee to hear us, good Lord. That it may please thee to bless and keep the' Magistrates, giving them grace to execute justice, and to maintain truth ; We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. That it may please thee to bless and keep all thy people ; We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. That it may please thee to give to all nations unity, peace, and concord ; We beseech thee to hear us, good Lor/ late P Mftfe l vouchsafed unto them.'] We bless thee for bur creation, preservation, and all the blessings of this life ; but above all, for thine inestimable love in the redemption of the world by our Lord Jesus Christ ; for the means of grace, and for the hope of glory. And, we beseech thee, give us that due sense of all thv mercies, that our hearts may be unfeignedly thankful, and that we shew forth thy praise, not onlv with our lips, but in our lives ; by giving up ourselves to thy service, and by walking before thee in holiness and righteousness all our days; through Jesus Christ our Lord, to whom with thee and the Holy Ghost be all honour and glo- ry, world without end. Amen. For Rain. f\ GOD our heavenly Father, V who by thy gracious provi- ' dence dost cause the former and the latter rain to descend upon the earth, that it may bring forth fruit for the use of man ; We cive thee humble thanks that it hath pleas- ed thee, in our great necessity, to send us at the last a jqyfid nig upon thine inheritance, and to refresh it when it was dry, to the great comfort of us thy unwor- thy servants, and to the glory of thy holy Name; through thv mercies in Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. THANKSGIVINGS. For fair Weather. thy holy Name, that it hath pleas- OL O R D God, who hast just- ed thee to appease the seditious ly humbled us by thy late tumults which have been lately plague of immoderate rain and raised up amongst us ; most hum- waters, and in thy mercy hast re- bly beseeching thee to grant to all lieved and comforted our souls by of us grace, that we may hence- this seasonable and blessed change forth obediently walk in thy holy of weather ; We praise and glorify commandments ; and, leading a thy holy Name for this thy mercy, quiet and peaceable life in all god- and will always declare thy loving- liness and honesty, may continu- kindness from generation to gene- ! ally offer unto thee our sacrifice of ration ; through Jesus Christ our j praise and thanksgiving for these thy mercies towards us; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. For Deliverance from the Plague, or other common Sickness. Lord. Amen For Plenty. OIVIOST merciful Father, who of thy gracious goodness hast heard the devout prayers of thy ] f \ LORD God, who hast wound- Church, and turned our dearth " ed us for our sins, and con- and scarcity into cheapness and I sumed us for our transgressions, plenty; We give thee humble by thy late heavy and dreadful thanks for this thy special bounty ; visitation ; and now, in the midst beseeching thee to continue thy of judgement remembering mer- loving-kindness unto us, that our cy, hast redeemed our souls from land may yield us her fruits of in- the jaws of death ; We offer unto crease, to thy glory and our com- 1 thy fatherly goodness ourselves, fort ; through Jesus Christ our 1 our souls and bodies which thou Lord. Amen. \ hast delivered, to be a living sa- crifice unto thee, always praising For Peace and Deliverance from ] a nd magnifying thy mercies in our Enemies. the midst of'thy Church ; through ALMIGHTY God, who art Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. a strong tower of defence un- ^ to thy sen-ants against the face w tht *' of their enemies ; We yield thee : Wf T. humbly acknowledge be- praise and thanksgiving for our VV fore thee, O most merciful deliverance from those great and Father, that all the punishments apparent dangers wherewith we | which are threatened in thy law were compassed : We acknowledge • might justly have fallen upon us, it thy goodness that we were not I bv reason of our manifold trans- delivered over as a prey unto ; gfessions and hardness of heart : them ; beseeching thee still to con- 1 y e t seeing it hath pleased thee of tinue such thy mercies towards us, thy tender mercy, upon our weak that all the world may know that and unworthv humiliation, to thou art our Saviour and mighty asswage the contagious sickness 0 Deliverer; through Jesua Christ our Lord. Amen. For restoring Publick Peace at Home. Q ETERNAL God, our heaven wherewith we lately have been sore afflicted, and to restore the voice of joy and health into our dwellings ; We offer unto thy Di- vine Majesty the sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving, lauding and ly Father, who alone makest : magnifying thy glorious Name men to be of one mind in a house, I for such thy preservation and pro- and stillest the outrage of a vio- i vidence over us ; through Jesus lent and unruly people ; We bless Christ our Lord. Amen. THE COLLECTS, EPISTLES, AND GOSPELS TO BE USED THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. 5 Note, that the Collect appointed for every Sunday, or for any Holy- day that hath a Vigil or Eve, shall be said at the Evenirig Service next before. O The first Sunday in Advent. The Collect. ALMIGHTY God, give us grace that we may cast away the works of darkness, and put upon us the armour 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 liveih and reign- eth with thee and the Holy Ghost, now and ever. Amen. ^ This Collect is to be repeated every day, with the other Collects in Advent, until Cliristmas Eve. The Epistle. Rom. xiii. 8. "WE no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law. For this, Thou shalt not com- mit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet; and if tbere be any other commandment, it is briefly com- prehended in this saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. Love worketh no ill to his neighbour ; therefore love is the ful- filling of the law. And that, know- ing Hie 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 armour 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. St. Matt. xxL 1. \I7"HEN they drew nigh unto ▼ » Jerusalem, and were come to Bethphage, unto the mount of Olives, then sent Jesus two dis- ciples, saying unto them, Go into the village over against you, and straightway ye shall find an ass tied, and a colt with her: loose them, and bring them unto me. ; And if any man say ought 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 j ye the daughter of Sion, Behold, thy King cometh unto thee, meek, and sitting upon an ass, and a colt the fole 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 j their garments in the way; others cut down branches from the trees, and strawed 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 city was moved, saying, Who is this? And the multitude said, This is Jesus the Prophet of Na7_reth of Galilee. And Jesus went into the temple of God, and cast out all them that sold and bought in the temple ; and overthrew the tables of the money- changers, and the seats of them that sold doves; and said unto SECOND AND THIRD SUNDAYS IN ADVENT. them, It is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer ; but ye have made it a den of thieves. The second Sunday in Advent. 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. Rom. xv. 4. ■fTTHATSOEYER things were »™ written aforetime, were written for our learning ; that we through patience, and comfort of the Scriptures, might have hope. Now the God of patience and con- solation 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 another, as Christ also received us, to the 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. And again he saith, Re- joice, ye Gentiles, with his people. And again, Praise the Lord, all ye Gentiles, and laud him, all ye peo- ple. And again, Esaias saith, 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, througn 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 dis- tress of nations, with perplexity, the sea and the waves roaring ; | men's hearts failing them for fear, j 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 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 hand. 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 : hea- ven and earth shall pass away ; but my words shall not pass away. The third Sunday in Advent The Collect. OLORD Jesu Christ, who at thy first coming didst send thy messenger to prepare thy way be- fore thee; Grant that the minis- ters and stewards of thy mysteries 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 se- cond 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 with- out end. Amen. The Epistle. 1 Cor. iv. L LET a man so account of us, as of the ministers of Christ, and stewards of the mysteries of God. Moreover, it is required in stewards, that a man be found faithful. But with me it is a very small thing that I should be judged of you, or of man's judgement: 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, un- til 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. FOURTH SUNDAY IN ADVENT.— CHRISTMAS-DAY. 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 we look for another? Jesus answered and said unto them, Go and shew John again those things which ye do hear and see: The blind receive their sight, and the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor have the Gospel preached to tnem : And blessed is he who- soever shall not be offended in me. And as they departed, Jesus began to say unto the multitudes con- cerning John, What went ye out i 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 i prophet. For this is he of whom it j is written, Behold, I send my mes- ■ senger before thy face, which shall j prepare thy way before thee. The fourth Sunday in Advent. The Collect. OLORD, raise up (we pray thee) thy power, and come among us, and with great might succour us ; that whereas, through our sins and wickedness, we are sore let and hindered in running the race that is set before us, thy bountiful grace and mercy may speedily help and deliver us; through the satisfaction of thy Son our Lord, to whom with thee and the Holy Ghost be honour and glory, world without end. Amen. The Epistle. Phil. iv. 4. REJOICE in the Lord alway, and again I say, Rejoice. Let your moderation be known unto all men. The Lord is at hand. Be careful for nothing : but in every thing, by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving, let your re- quests be made known unto God. And the peace of God, which pass- eth all understanding, sliall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus. The Gospel. St. John i. 19. THIS is the record of John, when the Jews sent Priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, Who art thou? And he con- fessed, and denied not; but con- fessed, I am not the Christ. And they asked him, What then? Art 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 thy- self ? 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 Pha- risees. And they asked him, and said unto him, Why baptizest thou then, if thou be not that Christ, nor Elias, neither that Prophet? John answered them, saying, I baptize with water : but there standeth 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 wor- thy to unloose. These things were done in Bethabara beyond Jordan, where John was baptizing. The Nativity of our Lord, or the Birth-day of CHRIST, com- monly called Christmas-day. The Collect. ALMIGHTY God, who hast given us thy only-begotten Son to take our nature upon him, and as at this time to be born of a pure Virgin ; Grant that we being regenerate, and made thy children by adoption and grace, may daily be renewed by thy Holy Spirit ; through the same our Lord Jesus Christ, who liveth and reign- eth with thee and the same Spirit, ever one God, world without end. Amen. The Epistle. Heb. i. 1. GOD, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets, hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all SAINT STEPHEN'S DAY. 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 hk-h ; be- ing 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 begot- ten 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 worship him. And of the angels he saith, Who mak- eth his angels spirits, and his mi- nisters a flame of fire. But unto the Son he saith, Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever ; a scep- tre of righteousness is the sceptre of thy kingdom: Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated iniqui- ty ; therefore God, even thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows. And, Thou, Lord, in the beginning hast laid the foundation of the enrih ; and the heavens are the works of thine hands: they shall perL-h, but thou remainest j "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 tin- 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 beginning 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 dark- ness 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 waa not i that light, but was sent to bear I witness of that light. That was the true light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world. He was in the world, and the world was made by bim, and the world knew him not He came unto his own, and his own received him not. But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even 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 be- held his glory, the glory as of the only-begotten of the Father) full of grace and truth. Saint Stephen's Day. The Collect. GRANT, O Lord, that, in all our sufferings here upon earth for the testimony of thy truth, we may stedfastly look up to heaven, and by faith behold the glory that shall be revealed ; and, being filled with the holy Ghost, may learn to love and bless our persecutors by the example of thy first Martyr Saint Stephen, who prayed for "his murderers to thee, O blessed Jesus, who standest at the right hand of God to succour all those that suffer for thee, our only Mediator and Advocate. Amen. 1 Then thaUfoUovt the Collect of the Na- tivity, which thaU be laid continuaUy unto Sew -year' t Ere. For the Epistle. Acts vii. 55. STEPHEN, being full of the £5 holy Ghost, looked up sted- fastly into heaven, and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing on the right hand of God, and said, Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of Man standing on the right hand of God. Then they cried out with a loud voice, and stopped their ears, and ran upon him with one accord, and cast him out of the city, and stoned him : and the witnesses laid down their clothes at a young man's feet, whose name was SauL And they stoned Stephen, calling upon God, and saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit. And he kneeled down, and cried with a loud voice, Lord, SAINT JOHN THE EVANGELIST.— INNOCENTS' DAY. lay not this sin to their charge. And when he had said this, he fell asleep. 77k- Gospel. St. Matt, xxiii. 31. BEHOLD, I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and scribes ; and some of them ye shall kill and crucify ; and some of them shall ye scourge in your syna- gogues", and persecute them from city to city ; that upon you may come all the righteous blood shed upon the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel unto the blood of Zacharias, son of Barachias, whom ye slew between the temple and the altar. Verily I say unto you, All these things shall come upon this generation. 0 Jerusalem, Jeru- salem, thou that killest the pro- phets, and stonest them which are sent unto thee ; how often would I have gathered thy children to- gether, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not ! Behold, your house is left unto you desolate. For I say unto you, Ye shall not see me henceforth, till ye shall say, Blessed is he that cometh in the Name of the Lord. Saint John the Evangelist's Day. The Collect. "11 TERCTFUL Lord, we beseech IV JL thee to cast thy bright beams of light upon thy Church, tliat it being enlightened by the doctrine of thy blessed Apostle and Evange- list Saint John may so walk in the light of thy truth," that it may at length attain to the light of ever- lasting life ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amgn. The Epistle. 1 St. John i. I. rPHAT which was from the A beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon,'and our hands have handled of the word of life ; (for the life was manifested, and we have seen it, and bear witness, and shew un- to you that eternal life, which was with the Father, and was mani- fested unto us ;) That which we have seen and heard declare we unto you, that ye also may have fellowship with us ; and truly our fellowship is with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ And these things write we unto you, that your joy may be full. This then is the message which we have heard cf him, and declare unto you. That God is light, and in him is no darkness at alL If we say that we have fellowship with him, and w-alk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth : but if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with an- other, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin. If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us. The Gospel. St. John xxi. 19. JESUS said unto Peter, Fol- O low me. Then Peter, turning about, seeth the disciple whom Jesus loved following; which also leaned on his breast at supper, and said, Lord, which is he that betrayeth thee ? Peter seeing him saith to Jesus, Lord, and what shall tliis man do ? Jesus saith un- to him, If I will that he tarry till I come, what is that to thee ? Follow thou me. Then went this saying abroad among the brethren, That that disciple should not die: yet Jesus said not unto him, He shall not die ; but, If I will that he tarry till I come, what is that to thee"? This is the disciple which testifieth of these things, and wrqte these things, and we know that his tes- timony is true. And there are also many other things which Jesus did, the which if they should be written every one, I suppose, that even the world itself could not contain the books that should be written. The Innocents' Day. The Collect. O ALMIGHTY God, who out of the mouths of babes and sucklings hast ordained strength, SUNDAY AFTER CHRISTMAS-DAY. and madest infants to glorify thee by their deaths ; Mortify and kill all vices in us, and so strengthen us by thy grace, that by the innocency of our lives, and constancy of our faith even unto death, we may glorify thy holy Name; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. For the Epistle. Rev. xiv. 1. I LOOKED, and lo, a Lamb stood on the mount Sion, and with him an hundred forty and four thousand, having his Father's Name written in their foreheads. And I heard a voice from heaven, as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of a great thunder : and I heard the voice of harpers harping with their harps : and they sung as it were a new song before the throne, and before the four beasts, and the elders ; and no man could learn that song, but the hundred and forty and four thousand, which were redeemed from the earth. These are they which were not defiled with wo- men, for they are virgins : these are they which follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth : these were redeemed from among men, being the first-fruits unto God, and to the Lamb. And in their mouth was found no guile ; for they are without fault before the throne of God. The Gospel. St. Matt. ii. 13. mHE Angel of the Lord ap- A peareth to Joseph in a dream, saying, Arise, and take the voung child, and his mother, and flee in- to Egypt, and be thou there until I bring thee word ; for Herod will seek the young child to destroy him. When he arose, he took the young child and his mother by night, and departed into Egypt, and was there until the death of Herod; that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying, Out of Egypt have I called my Son. Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the wise men, was ex- ceeding wroth ; and sent forth, and slew all the children that were in Bethlehem, and in all the coasts thereof, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had diligently enquired of the wise men. Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremy the prophet, saying, In Rama was there a voice heard, lamentation, and weeping, and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children, and would not be comforted, be- cause they are not The Sunday after Christmas-day. The Collect. ALMIGHTY God, who hast given us thy only-begotten Son to take our nature upon him, and as at this time to be born of a pure Virgin ; Grant that we being regenerate, and made thy children by adoption and grace, may daily be renewed by thy Holy 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. Gal. iv. 1. NOW I say, that the heir, as long as he is a child, differeth nothing from a servant, though he be lord of all ; but is under tu- tors and governours, until the time appointed of the father. Even so we, when we were children, were in bondage under the elements of the world: but when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law, to redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons. And because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father. Wherefore thou art no more a servant, but a son ; and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ. The Gospel. St. Matt. i. 18. rpHE birth of Jesus Christ was A on this wise : When as his mother Mary was espoused to Jo- seph, before they came together she was found with child of the Holy Ghost. Then Joseph her husband, being a just man, and not willing to make her a pub- lick example, was minded to put CIRCUMCISION OF CHRIST.— EPIPHANY. her away privily. But while he thought on these things, behold, the angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a dream, saying, Joseph thou son of David, fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife ; for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Ghost : And she shall bring forth a Son, and thou shalt call his name JESUS ; for he shall save his people from their sins. (Now all this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, 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. The Circumcision of Christ. The Collect. ALMIGHTY God, who madest thy blessed Son to be circum- cised, and obedient to the law for man ; Grant us the true Cir- cumcision of the Spirit ; that, our hearts,, and all our members, be- ing 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 only, or upon the uncircumcision also ? For we say, that faith was reckoned to Abra- ham for righteousness. How was it then reckoned? when he was in circumcision, or in uncircumci- sion? 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 uncircum- cised ; that he"might be the father of all them that believe, 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 Abra- ham, or to his seed, through the law, but through the righteous- ness 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. St. 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 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 wondered 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, glo- rifying and praising God for all the things that they had heard and seen, as it was toid unto them. And when eight days were accom- plished for the circumcising of the child, his name was called JESUS, which was so named of the angel before he was conceived in the womb. If The same Collect, Epistle, and Gospel shaU serve for every day after unto the Epiphany. The Epiphany, or the Manifesta- tion of Christ to the Gentiles. The Collect. OGOD, who by the leading of a star didst manifest thy only- begotten Son to the Gentiles; Mer- cifully grant, that we, which know thee now by faith, may after this life have the fruition of thy glo- rious Godhead; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. FIRST SUNDAY AFTER EPIPHANY. The Epistle. Ephes. iii. L 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 re- vealed unto his holy Apostles and Prophets by the Spirit ; That the Gentiles should be fellow-heirs, and of the same body, and par- takers of his promise in Christ, by the Gospel: whereof I was made a minister, according 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 unsearch- able riches of Christ ; and to make all men see what is the fellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning* of the world hath been hid in God, who created all things by Jesus Christ: to the intent, that now unto the principalities and powers in heavenly places might be known by the Church the manifold wisdom of God, according to the eternal purpose which he purposed in Christ Je- sus our Lord : In whom %ve have boldness and access with confi- dence by the faith of him. Tlie Gospel. St Matt ii. L WHEN Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judaea, in the days of Herod the king, behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem, saying, Where is he that is born Bang of the Jews? for we have seen his star in the east, and are come to worship him. "When Herod the king bad 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 demanded of them, where Christ should be born. And they said unto him, In Bethlehem of Judaea: for thus it is written by the prophet, And thou, Bethle- hem, in the land of Juda, art not the least among the princes of Juda: for out of thee shall come a Governour that shall rule my people IsraeL Then Herod, when he had privily called the wise men, enquired of them diligently what time the star appeared. And he sent them to Bethlehem, 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 worshipped 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 in- to their own country another way. I The first Sunday after the Epi- phany. The Collect. OLORD, we beseech thee mer- cifully to receive the prayers of thy p'eople which call upon j thee ; and grant that they may both perceive and know what | things they ought to do, and also ! may have grace and power faith- ■ fully to fulfil the same ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. The Epistle. Rom. xii. 1. I BESEECH you therefore, bre- thren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a liv- 1 ing sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto j God, which is your reasonable ser- i vice. And be not conformed to | this world ; but be ye transformed j by the renewing of your mind, I that ye may prove what is that i good, and acceptable, and perfect I will of God. For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every SECOND SUNDAY AFTER EPIPHANY. 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 mem- bers in one body, and all mem- bers have not the same office ; so we, being many, are one body in Christ, and every one members one of another. The Gospel. St. Luke ii. 41. NOW his parents went to Je- rusalem every year at the feast of the passover. And when he was twelve years old, they went up to Jerusalem, after the custom of the feast. And when they had fulfilled the days, as they return- ed, 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 Jerusalem, seeking him. And it came to pass, that after three days they found him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the doctors, both hearing them, and asking them questions. And all that heard liim were asto- nished at his understanding and answers. And when they saw him, they were amazed : and his mother said unto him, Son, why hast thou thus dealt with us? behold, thy father and I have sought thee sor- rowing. And he said unto them, How is it that ye sought me ? wist ye not that I must be about my Father's business? And they un- derstood not the saying which he spake unto them. 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 favour with God and man. The second Sunday after the Epi- phany. The Collect. ALMIGHTY and everlasting God, who dost govern all things in heaven and earth ; Mer- cifully hear the supplications of I thy people, and grant us thy peace all the days of our life ; through . Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. The Epistle. Rom. xii. 6. HAVING then gifts differing according to the grace that is given to us, whether prophecy, ; let us prophesy according to the I proportion of faith ; or ministry, let us wait on our ministering ; or he that teacheth, on teaching ; or he that exhorteth, on exhortation : he that giveth, let him do it with simplicity; he that ruleth, with j diligence"; he that sheweth mer- cy, with cheerfulness. Let love j be without dissimulation. Abhor j that which is evil, cleave to that which is good. Be kindly affec- tioned one to another with bro- therly love, in honour preferring one another: not slothful in busi- ness ; fervent in spirit ; serving the Lord ; rejoicing in hope ; patient in tribulation ; continuing instant in prayer ; distributing to the ne- cessity of saints; given to hospi- tality. Bless them 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 an- other. Mind not high things, but condescend to men of low estate. The Gospel. St. John ii. L AND the third day there was a marriage in Cana of Gali- I lee, 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, Woman, 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 water-pots of stone, after the manner of the purifying of the Jews, containing two or three firkins apiece. Jesus saith unto them, Fill the water-pots with water. And they filled them up to the brim. And" he saith un- to them. Draw out now, and bear unto the govemour of the feast. THIRD AND FOURTH SUNDAYS AFTER EPIPHANY. And they bare it. When the ruler of the feast had tasted the water that was made wine, and knew not whence it was, (but the servants which drew the water knew,) the governour of the feast called the bridegroom, and saith unto him, Every man at the beginning doth set forth good wine, and when men have well drunk, then that which is worse : but thou hast kept the good wine until now. This beginning of miracles did Je- sus in Cana of Galilee, and mani- fested forth his glory, and his dis- ciples believed on him. The third Sunday after the Epi- phany. The Collect. ALMIGHTY and everlasting God, mercifully look upon our infirmities, and in all our dan- gers and necessities stretch forth thy right hand to help and defend us ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. The Epistle. Rom. xii. 16. BE not wise in your own con- ceits. Recompense to no man evil for evil. Provide things honest in the sight of all men. If it be possible, as much as lieth in you, hve peaceably with all men. Dearly beloved, avenge not your- selves, but rather give place unto wrath ; for it is written, Vengeance is mine ; I will repay, saith the Lord. Therefore, if thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him drink: for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire on his head. Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good. The Gospel. St. Matt. viii. 1. WHEN he was come down from the mountain, great multitudes followed him. And behold, there came a leper and worshipped him, saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean. And Jesus put forth his hand, and touched him, saying, I will; be thou clean. And imme- diately his leprosy was cleansed. And Jesus saith unto him, See thou tell no man, but go thy way, shew thyself to the priest, and offer the gift that Moses commanded, for a testimony unto them. And when Jesus was entered into Ca- pernaum, there came unto him a centurion beseeching him, and saying, Lord, my servant lieth at home sick of the palsy, grievously tormented. And Jesus saith unto him, I will come and heal him. The centurion answered and said, Lord, I am not worthy that thou shouldest come under my roof; but speak the word only, and my ser- vant shall be healed. For I am a man under authority, having sol- diers under me: and I say unto this man, Go, and he goeth ; and to another, Come, and he cometh ; and to my servant, Do this, and he doeth it. When Jesus heard it, he marvelled, and said to them that followed, Verily I say unto you, I have not found so great faith, no not in Israel. And I say unto you, That many shall come from the east and west, and shall sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom of hea- ven. But the children of the king- dom shall be cast out into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. And Jesus said unto the centurion, Go thy way, and as thou hast believed, so be it done unto thee. And his ser- vant was healed in the self-same hour. The fourth Sunday after the Epi- phany. The Collect. OGOD, who knowest us to be set in the midst of so many and great dangers, that by reason of the frailty of our nature we can- not always stand upright; Grant to us such strength and protection, as may support us in all dangers, and carry us through all tempta- tions; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. The Epistle. Rom. xiii. 1. LET every soul be subject unto the higher powers ; for there is no power but of God : the powers that be are ordained of G od. Who- soever therefore resisteth the pow- er resisteth the ordinance of God : and they that resist shall receive to themselves damnation. For rulers FIFTH SUNDAY AFTER EPIPHANY. are not a terror to good works, but to the evil. Wilt thou then not be afraid of the power? do that which is good, and thou shalt have praise of the same : for he is the minister of God to thee for good. But if thou do that which is evil, be afraid ; for he beareth not the sword in vain : for he is the mini- ster of God, a revenger to execute wrath upon him that doeth evil. Wherefore ye must needs be sub- ject, not only for wrath, but also for conscience sake. For for this cause pay ye tribute also ; for they are God's ministers, attending continually upon this very thing. Render therefore to all their dues ; tribute to whom tribute is due, custom to whom custom, fear to whom fear, honour to whom ho- nour. The Gospel. St. Matt. viii. 23. AND when he was entered into a ship, his disciples followed him. And behold, there arose a great tempest in the sea, insomuch that the ship was covered with the waves: but he was asleep. And his disciples came to him, and awoke him, saying, Lord, save us, we perish. And he saith unto them, Why are ve fearful, O ye of little faith? Then he arose, and rebuked the winds and the sea, and there was a great calm. But the men marvelled, saying, What manner of man is this, that even the winds and the sea obey him ! And when he was come to the other side into the country of the Gergesenes, there met him two possessed with devils, coming out of the tombs, exceeding fierce, so that no man might pass by that way. And behold, they cried out, saying, What have we to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of God? art thou come hither to torment us before the time ? And there was a good way off from them an herd of many swine, feeding. So the devils besought him, saying, If thou cast us out, suffer us to go away into the herd of swine. And he said unto them, Go. And when they were come out, they went into the herd of swine : and be- hold, the whole herd of swine ran violently down a steep place into the sea, and perished in the wa- ters. And they that kept them fled, and went their ways into the city, and told every thing, and what was befallen to the possess- ed of the devils. And behold, the whole city came out to meet Je- sus : and when they saw him, they besought him, that he would de- part out of their coasts. TJie fifth Sunday after the Epi- phany. The Collect. OLORD, we beseech thee to keep thy Church and hons- hold continually in thy true reli- gion ; that they who do lean only upon the hope of thy heavenly grace may evermore be defended by thy mighty power; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. The Epistle. CoL iii. 12. PUT on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, hum- bleness of mind, meekness, long- suffering ; forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any ; even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye. And above all these things put on charity, which is the bond of perfectness. And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which also ye are called in one body; and be ye thankful. Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom, teaching and admonishing one an- other in psalms, and hymns, and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord. And whatsoever ye do, in word or deed, do all in the Name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him. The Gospel. St. Matt. xiii. 24. THE kingdom of heaven is -L likened unto a man which sowed good seed in his field. But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went his way. But when the blade was sprung up, and brought forth fruit, then appeared the tares also. So the servants of the hous- holder came, and said unto him, SIXTH SUNDAY AFTER EPIPHANY. Sir, didst not thou sow good seed in thy field? from whence then bath it tares? He said unto them, An enemy hath done this. The sen-ants said unto him, Wilt thou then that we go and gather them up? But he said, Nay; lest while ye gather up the tares, ye root up also the wheat with them. Let both grow together until the har- vest ; and in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather ye together first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them: but gather the wheat into my barn. The sixth Sunday after the Epi- phany. The Collect. OGOD, whose blessed Son was manifested that he might de- stroy the works of the devil, and make us the sons of God, and heirs of eternal life; Grant us, we be- seech thee, that, having this hope, we may purify ourselves, even as he is pure ; that, when he shall appear again with power and great glory, we may be made like unto him" in his eternal and glorious kingdom ; where with thee, O Fa- ther, and thee, O Holy Ghost, he liveth and reign eth, ever one God, world without end. Amen. The Epistle. 1 St. John iii. 1. BEHOLD, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed up- on us, that we should be called the sons of God : therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not. Bjloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be : but we know, that, when he shall ap- pear, we shall be like him ; for we shall see him as he is. And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is pure. Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law. And ye know that he was mani- fested to take away our sins; and in him is no sin. Whosoever abid- eth in him sinneth not : whosoever sinneth hath not seen him, neither known him. Little children, let no man deceive you : he that doeth righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous. He that commit- teth sin is of the devil: for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might de- stroy the works of the devil. The Gospel. St. Matt. xxiv. 23. THEN if any man shall say J- unto you, Lo, here is Christ, or there ; believe it not. For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders ; insomuch that (if it were possible) they shall de- ceive the very elect. Behold, I have told you "before. Wherefore, if they shall say unto you, Behold, he is in the desert; go not forth: behold, he is in the secret cham- bers; believe it not. For as the lightning cometh out of the east, and sbineth even unto the west; so shall also the coming of the Son of Man be. For wheresoever the carcase is, there will the eagles be gathered together. Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken. And then shall appear the sign of the Son of Man in heaven : and then sliall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of Man coming in the clouds of heaven, with power and great glory. And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they sliall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other. The Sunday edited Scptuagesima, or the third Sunday before Lent. The Collect. OLOItD, we beseech thee fa- vourably to hear the prayers of thy people; that we, who are justly punished for our offences, may be mercifully delivered by thy goodness, for the glory of thy Name; through Jesus Christ our Saviour, who liveth and reipmeth with thee and the Holy Ghost, ever one God, world without end. Amen. BEPTUAGESIMA AND SEXAGESIMA SUNDAYS. The Epistle. 1 Cor. ix. 24. IjfNOW ye not, that they which XV run in" a race run all, but one reeeiveth the prize? So run that ye may obtain. And every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all things : now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown, but we an incorruptible. I there- fore 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 preached to others, I myself should be a cast -away. The Gospel. St. Matt. rx. L HPHE kingdom of heaven is like X unto a man that is an hous- holder, which went out early in the morning to hire labourers into his vineyard. And when he had agreed with the labourers for a peny a day, he sent them into his vineyard. And he went out about the "third hour, and saw 'others Btanding idle in the market-place, and said unto them, Go ye alio into the vineyard, and whatsoever is right I will give you. And they went their way. Again he went out about the sixth and ninth hour, and did likewise. And about 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 shall ye receive. So when even was come, the lord of the vineyard saith un- to his steward, Call the labourers, and give them their hire, begin- ning from the last unto the first. And when they came that were hired about the eleventh hour, they received every man a peny. But when the first came, they sup- posed that they should have re- ceived more; and they likewise received every man a peny. And when they had received it, they murmured against the pood-man of the house, saying, These List have wrought but one hour, and thou bast made them equal unto us, which have borne the burden and heat of the day. But he an- swered one of them, and said, Friend, I do thee no wrong ; didst not thou agree with me for a peny ? Take that thine is, and go thy way ; I will give unto this last even as "unto thee. Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own? Is thine eye evil, because I am good? So the last shall be first, and the first last: for many be called, but few chosen. The Sunday calld S&agaima, or Vie second Sunday before Lent. The Collect. f \ LORD God, who seest that we yJ put not our trust in any thing that we do; Mercifully grant that bv thy power we may be defended ■gainst all adversity ; through Je- sus Christ our Lord. Amen. Tfie Epistle. 2 Cor. xi. 19. ~\7~E suffer fools gladly, seeing X ye yourselves are wise. For ye suffer if a man bring you into bondage, if a man devour you, if a man take of you, if a mah exalt himself, if a man smite ycu on the face. I speak as concerning reproach, ?s though we had been weak: howbeit, whereinsoever any is bold, (I speak foolishly.) I am bold also. Are they Hebrews ? so am L Are they Israelites ? so am L Are they the seed of Abraham ? so am I. Are they ministers of Christ? (I speak as a fool,) I am more : in labours more abundant ; in stripes above measure ; in pri- sons more frequent ; in deaths oft. Of the Jews five times received I forty stripes save one; tin-ice was I beaten with rods; once was I stoned ; thrice I suffered ship- wreck ; a night and a day I have been in the deep; in journeying often ; in perils of waters ; in" pe- rils of robbers ; in perils by mine own countrymen ; in perils by the heathen ; in perils in the city ; in perils in the wilderness ; in perils in the sea; in perils among false brethren ; in weariness and pain- fulness; in wa tellings often; in hunger and thirst ; in fastings often; in cold and nakedness; QUINQUAGESIMA SUNDAY. besides those things that are with- out, that which cometh upon me daily, the care of all the churches. Who is weak, and I am not weak ? who is offended, and I burn not ? If I must needs glory, I will glory of the things which concern mine infirmities. The God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which is blessed for evermore, knoweth that I lie not. The Gospel. St. Luke viii. 4. WHEN much people were ga- thered together, and were come to him out of every city, he spake by a parable : A sower went out to sow his seed; and as he sowed, some fell by the way-side, and it was trodden down, and the fowls of the air devoured it. And some fell upon a rock, and as soon as it was sprung up, it withered away, because it lacked moisture. And some fell among thorns, and the thorns sprang up with it, and choaked it. And other fell on good ground, and sprang up, and bare fruit an hundred-fold. And when he had said these things, he cried, He that hath ears to hear, let him hear. And his disciples asked him, saying, What might this parable be? And he said, Unto you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God : but to others in parables ; that seeing they might not see, and hearing they might not understand. Now the parable is this: The seed is the Word of God. Those by the way-side are they that hear; then cometh the devil, and taketh away the word out of their hearts, lest they should believe, and be saved. They on the rock are they, which, when they hear, receive the word with joy; and these have no root, which for a while believe, and in time of temptation fall away. And that which fell among thorns, are they, which, when they have heard, go forth, and are choaked with cares, and riches, and pleasures of this life, and bring no fruit to perfec- tion. But that on the good ground, are they, which in an honest and good heart, having heard the word, keep it, and bring forth fruit with patience. The Sunday called Quinquagesi- ma, or the next Sunday before OLORD, who hast taught us that all our doings without charity are nothing worth ; Send thy Holy Ghost, and pour into our hearts that most excellent gift of charity, the very bond of peace and of all virtues, without which who- soever liveth is counted dead before thee : Grant this for thine only Son Jesus Christ's sake. Amen. The Epistle. 1 Cor. xiii. 1. HHHOUGH I speak with the J- tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal. And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge ; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have no charity, I am nothing. And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing. Charity suffereth long, and is kind ; charity envieth not ; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil, rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth ; beareth all things, believeth 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 know- ledge, it shall vanish away. For we know in part, and we prophesy in part. But when that which is per- fect is come, then that which is in part shall be done away. When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child ; but when I became a man, I put away childish things. For now we see through a glass darkly ; but then face to face : now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known. And now abideth faith, hope, cha- rity, these three ; but the greatest of these is charity. ASH-WEDNESDAY. The Gofpel. St. Luke xviii. 31. THEN Jesus took unto him JL the twelve, and said unto them, Behold, we go up to Jeru- salem, and all things that are writ- ten by the prophets concerning the Son of Man shall be accomplished. I For he shall be delivered unto the : Gentiles, and shall be mocked, 1 and spitefully entreated, and spit- : ted on: and they shall scourge him, and put him to death ; and I the third day he shall rise aeain. ! And they understood none of these I things : "and this saying was hid I from them, neither knew they the j things which were spoken. "And j it came to pass, that as he was ! come nigh unto Jericho, a certain • blind man sat by the way-side beg- ! ging: and hearing the multitude ! pass by, he asked what it meant. ! And they told him, that Jesus of j Nazareth passeth by. And he j cried, saving, Jesus, thou Son of David, have mercy on me. And they which went before rebuked him, that he should hold his peace : but he cried so much the more, Thou Son of David, have mercy on me. And Jesus stood, and commanded him to be brought unto him : and when he was come near, he asked him, saying, What wilt thou that I should do unto thee? And he said, Lord, that I may receive my sight. And Jesus said unto him,*Reeeive thy sight ; thy faith hath saved thee. And immediately he received his sight, and followed him, glorifying God : and all the people, when they saw it, gave praise unto God. The first Day of Lent, commonly coiled Ash-fVednesday. The Collect. ALMIGHTY and everlasting xjl God, who hatest nothing that thou hast made, and dost for- give the 6ins of all them that 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 for- j giveness ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 1 This Collect U to be read every day in Lent after the Collect appointed for the Day. For the Epistle. Joel ii. 12. TURN ye even to me, saith the Lord, with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weep- ing, and with mourning. And rend your heart, and not your gar- ments, and turn unto the Lord your God: for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repenteth him of the eviL Who knoweth if he will return, and repent, and leave a blessing behind him, even a meat- offering and a drink-offering unto the Lord your God? Blow the trumpet in*Zion, sanctify a fast, call a solemn assembly, gather the people, sanctify the conirregation, assemble the elders, gather the children, and those that suck the breasts; let the bridegroom go forth of his chamber, and the bride out of her closet ; let the priests, the ministers of the Lord, weep between the porch and the altar, and lot them say, Spare thy people, O Lord, and give not thine heri- tage to reproach, that the heathen should rule over them : wherefore should thev sav among the people, Where is their God? Tlxe Gospel. St Matt. vi. 16. TS/"HEN ye fast, be not as the '» hypocrites, of a sad coun- tenance: for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto men to fast. Verily I say unto \ you, They have their reward. But thou, when thou fastest, an- 1 oint thine head, and wash thy face, that thou appear not unto men to , fast, but unto thy Father which is 1 in secret; and thy Father, which seeth in secret, shall reward thee openly. Lay not up for vourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal: but 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 is, there will your heart be also. C 3 FIRST AND SECOND SUNDAYS IN LENT. The first Sunday in Lent. The Collect. OLORD, who for our sake didst fast forty days and forty nights ; Give us grace to use such abstinence, that, our flesh being subdued to the Spirit, we may ever obey thy godly motions in righte- ousness, and true holiness, to thy honour and glory, who livest and reignest with the Father and the Holy Ghost, one God, world with- out end. Amen. The EpistU. 2 Cor. vi. 1. "V57"E then, as workers together » V 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 suc- coured thee : behold, now is the accepted time ; behold, now is the day of salvation ; ) giving no of- fence in any thing, that the min- istry be not blamed ; but in all things approving ourselves as the ministers of God, in much pa- tience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses, in stripes, in impri- sonments, in tumults, in labours, in watchings, in fastings ; by pure- ness, by knowledge, by long-suf- fering, by kindness, by the holy Ghost, by love unfeigned, by the word of truth, by the power of God, by the armour of righteous- ness on the right hand and on the left, by honour and dishonour, by evil report and good report; as deceivers, and yet true ; as un- known, and yet well known; as dying, and behold, we live ; as chastened, and not killed ; as sor- rowful, yet alway rejoicing ; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possess- ing all things. The Gospel. St. 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 days and forty nights, he was afterward an-hun- gred. And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the Son of 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 I every word that proceedeth out of 1 the mouth of God. Then the devil taketh him up into the holy city, and setteth him on a pinnacle of the temple, and saith unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thy- self down ; for it is written, He I shall give his angels charge con- cerning thee, and in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone. Jesus said unto him, It is written again, Thou shalt not j tempt the Lord thy God. Again, the devil taketh him up into an j exceeding high mountain, and sheweth him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them ; and saith unto him, All these tilings will I give thee, if thou wUt fall down and worship me. Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan ; for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve. Then the devil leaveth him, and behold, angels came and min- istered unto him. The second Sunday in Lent. The Collect. ALMIGHTY God, who seest that we have no power of ourselves to help ourselves ; Keep us both outwardly in our bodies, and inwardly in our souls; that we may be defended from all ad- versities which may happen to the body, and from all evil thoughts which may assault and hurt the soul ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. The Epistle. 1 Thess. iv. f. \17"E beseech you, brethren, ▼ ' and exhort you by the Lord Jesus, that as ye have receiv- ed of us how ye ought to walk, and to please God, so ye would abound more and more. For ye know what commandments we gave you by the Lord Jesus. For this is the will of God, even your sanctiflcation, that ye should ab- stain from fornication ; that every one of you should know how to possess his vessel in sanctiflcation and honour; not in the lust of concupiscence, even as the Gen- THIRD SUNDAY IN LENT. tiles which know not God ; that no man go beyond and defraud hi3 brother in any matter; because that the Lord is the avenger of all such, as we also have forewarned you, and testified. For God hath not called us unto uncleanness, but unto holiness. He therefore that despiseth despiseth not iuan, but God, who hath also given un- to us his holy Spirit. The Gospel. St. Matt. xv. 21. JESUS went thence, and de- parted into the coasts of Tyre and Sidon. And behold, a woman of Canaan came out of the same coasts, and cried unto him, say- ing, Have mercy on me, O Lord, thou Son of David ; my daughter is grievously vexed with a devil. But he answered her not a word. And his disciples came and be- sought him, saying, Send her a- way ; for she crieth after us. But he answered and said, I am not sent, but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel. Then came she and worshipped him, saving, Lord, help me. But he answered and said, It is not meet to take the children's bread, and to cast it to dogs. And she said, Truth, Lord; yet the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their master's table. Then Jesus answered and said 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. The third Sunday in Lent The Collect. T^TE beseech thee, Almighty " God, look upon the heartv desires of thy humble servants", and stretch forth the right hand of thy Maiesty, to be our defence against all our enemies; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. The Epistle. Ephes. v. L BE ye 'therefore followers of God, as dear children ; and I walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself | for us, an offering and a sacrifice to Gcd for a sweet-smelling sa- vour. But fornication, and all un- cleanness, or covetousness, let it not be once named amongst you, as becometh saints; neither fil- thiness, nor foolish-talking, nor jesting, which are not convenient ; but rather giving of thanks : for this ye know, that no whoremon- ger, nor unclean person, nor covet- ous man, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ, and of God. Let no man deceive you with vain words: for because bf these things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience. Be not ye therefore partakers with them : for ye were sometimes darkness, but now are I ye light in the Lord : walk as chil- I dren of fight ; (for the fruit of the I Spirit is in all goodness, and righ- teousness, and truth;) proving what is acceptable unto the Lord. And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them : for it 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 doth make manifest is light. Wherefore he saith, Awake, thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light. 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 the people 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 desolation ; and a house divided against a house falleth. If Satan also be divided against him- self, 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 the kingdom of God is come upon you. When a strong man armed FOURTH SUNDAY IN LENT. 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 armour wherein he trusted, and divideth 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 through dry places, seeking rest; and finding none, he saith, I will return unto my house whence I came out. And when he cometh, he findeth it swept and garnished. Then go- eth 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 lift 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. The fourth Sunday in Lent. The Collect. GRA.NT, we beseech thee, Al- mighty God, that we, who for our evil deeds do worthily de- serve to be punished, by the com- fort of thy grace may mercifully be relieved ; through our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen. The Epistle. Gal. iv. 21. TELL me, ye that desire to be under the law, do ye not hoar the law? For it is written, that Abraham had two sons, the one by a bond-maid, the other by a free-woman. But he who was of the bond-woman was born after the flesh; but he of the free- woman was by promise. Which things are an allegory: for these are the two covenants; the one from the mount Sinai, which gen- dereth to bondage, which is Agar. For this Agar is mount Sinai in Arabia, and answereth to Jerusa- lem which now is, and is in bond- age with her children. But Jerusa- lem which is above is free ; which is the mother of us all. For it is written, Rejoice, thou barren that bearest not ; break forth and cry, thou that travailest not : for the desolate hath many more children than she which hath an husband. Now we, brethren, a3 Isaac was, are the children of promise. But as then he that was born alter the flesh persecuted him that was born after the Spirit ; even so it is now. Nevertheless, what saith the Scrip- ture? Cast out the bond-woman and her son; for the son of the bond-woman shall not be heir with the son of the free-woman. So then, brethren, we are not children of the bond- woman, but of the free. The Gospel. St. John vi. 1. JESUS went over the sea of Ga- *J lilee, which is the sea of Tibe- rias. And a great multitude fol- lowed him, because they saw his miracles which he did on them that were diseased. And Jesus went up into a mountain, and there he sat with his disciples. And the Passover, a feast of the Jews, was nigh. When Jesus then lift up his eyes, and saw a great companv come unto him, he saith unto Philip, Whence shall we buy bread, that these may eat? (And this he said to prove him ; for he himself knew what he would do.) Philip answered him, Two hun- dred peny-worth of bread is not sufficient for them, that every one of them may take a little. One of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, saith unto him, There is a lad here, which hath five barley-loaves, and two small fishes: but what are they among so many? And Jesus said, Make the men sit down. Now there was much grass in the place. So the men sat down, in number about five thousand. And Jesus took the loaves, and when he had given thanks he distributed to the disciples, and the disciples to them that were set down ; and likewise of the fishes as much as they would. When they were filled, he said unto his disciples, Gather up the fragments that remain, that nothing bo lost. Therefore they FIFTH SUNDAY IN LENT. — SUNDAY BEFORE EASTER. gathered them together, and filled twelve baskets with the fragments of the five barley-loaves, which re- mained over and above unto them that had eaten. Then those men, when they had seen the miracle that Jesus did, said, This is of a truth that Prophet that bhould come into the world. Thefflh Sunday in Lent. The Collect. WE beseech thee, Almighty God, mercifully to look up- on thy people ; that by thy great goodness they may be governed and preserved evermore, both in body and soul; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. The Epistle. Heb. ix. 11. CHRIST being come an High Priest of good things to come, by a greater and more perfect ta- bernacle, not made with hands ; that is to say, not of this building; neither by the blood of goats and calves; but by his own blood he entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal re- demption for us. For if the blood of bulls and of goats, and the ashes of an heifer sprinkling the unclean, sanctifieth to the purify- ing of the flesh ; how much more shall the blood of Christ, who, through the eternal Spirit, offer- ed himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God? And for this cause he is the Medi- ator of the new testament, that by means of death, for the redemp- tion of the transgressions that were under the first testament, they which are called might re- ceive the premise of eternal inhe- ritance. The Gospel. St. John viii. 46. JESUS said, Which of vou con- vinced me of sin? and if I say the truth, why do ve not be- lieve me ? He that is of 'God hear- eth God's words; ye therefore hear them not, because ye are not of God. Then answered the Jews, and said unto him, Say we not well, that thou art a Samari- tan, and hast a devil? Jesus an- swered, I have not a devil ; but I honour my Father, and ye do dis- i honour me. And I seek not mine own glory ; there is one that seek- eth and judgeth. Verily, verily, I 1 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 Abraham, which is dead? and the prophets are dead : whom makest thou thy- self? Jesus answered, If I honour myself, my honour is nothing; it is my Father that honoureth me, of whom ye say, that he is your God : yet ye have not known him ; but I know him : and if I should say, I know him not, I shall be a liar like unto you; but I know him, and keep his saying. Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day, and he saw it, and was glad. Then said the Jews unto him, Thou art not yet fifty years old, and hast thou seen Abraham? Jesus said unto them, Verily, ve- rily, I say unto you, before Abra- ham was, I am. Then took they up stones to cast at him : but Jesus hid himself, and went out of the temple. The Sunday next before Easter. The Collect. ALMIGHTY and everlasting God, who, of thy tender love towards mankind, hast sent thy Son, our Saviour Jesus Christ, to take upon him our flesh, and to suffer death upon the cross, that all mankind should follow the exam- ple of his great humility; Merci- fully grant, that we may both fol- low the example of his patience, and also be made partakers of his resurrection ; through the same Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. The Epistle. Phil, ii 5. LET this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus: who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God ; but made him- self of no reputation, and took upon SUNDAY NEXT BEFORE EASTER. him the form of a servant, and swered nothing. Then saith Pilate was made in the likeness of men : unto him, Hearest thou not how and heing found in fashion as a many things they witness against man, he humbled himself, and be- | thee ? And he answered him to came obedient unto death, even never a word, insomuch that the the death of the cross. Wherefore governour marvelled greatly. Now God also hath highly exalted him, at that feast the governour was and given him a Name which is wont to release unto the people a above every name ; that at the ' prisoner, whom they would. And Name of Jesus every knee should ! they had then a notable prisoner, bow, of things in "heaven, and called Barabbas. Therefore when things in earth, and things under they were gathered together, Pilate the earth ; and that every tongue said unto them, Whom will ye that should confess that Jesus Christ I release unto you ? Barabbas, or is Lord, to the glory of God the Jesus which is called Christ ? For VV come, all the chief priests i nothing to do with that just man: and elders of the people took coun- for I have suffered many things 6el against Jesus, to put him to this day in a dream because of him. death. And when they had bound But the chief priests and elders him, they led him away, and de- persuaded the multitude that they livered him to Pontius Pilate the should ask Barabbas, and destroy governour. Then Judas who had Jesus. The governour answered betrayed him, when he saw that and said unto them, Whether of he was condemned, repented him- the twain will ye that I release self, and brought again the thirty unto you ? They said, Barabbas. pieces of silver to the chief priests Pilate saith unto them, What shall and elders, saying, I have sinned, I do then with Jesus, which is call- in that I have betrayed the inno- ed Christ? They all say unto him, cent blood. And they said, What Let him be crucified. And the is that to us? see thou to tliat. governour said, Why, what evil And he cast down the pieces of hath he done ? But they cried out silver in the temple, and departed, the more, saying, Let him be cru- and went and hanged himself. And cified. When Pilate saw that he the chief priests took the silver could prevail nothing, but that ra- pieces, and said. It is not lawful ther a tumult was made, he took for to put them into the treasury, water, and washed his hands be- because it is the price of blood, fore the multitude, saying, I am And they took counsel, and bought innocent of the blood of this just with them the potter's field, to person : see ye to it. Then an- bury strangers in. Wherefore that swered all the people, and said, field was called, The field of blood, His blood be on us, and on our unto this day. (Then was fulfil- children. Then released he Ba- led that which was spoken by Je- rabbas unto them : and when he remy the prophet, saying, And had scourged Jesus he delivered they took the thirty pieces of sil- him to be crucified. Then the ver, the price of him that was soldiers of the governour took valued, whom they of the children , Jesus into the common hall, and of Israel did value, and gave them gathered unto him the whole band for the potter's field, as the Lord | of soldiers. And they stripped appointed me.) And Jesus stood | him, and put on him a scarlet before the governour ; and the go- j robe. And when they had platted vernour asked him, saying, Art | a crown of thorns they put it upon thou the King of the Jews ? And . his head, and a reed in his right Jesus said unto him, Thou sayest | hand : and they bowed the knee And when he was accused of the before him, and mocked him, say- chief priests and elders, he an- 1 ing, Hail, King of the Jews. And Father. he knew that for envy they had de- livered him. When he was set down on the judgement-seat, his wife sent unto him, saying, Have thou The Gospel. St. Matt, xxvii. I. JITHEN the morning was MONDAY BEFORE EASTER. thev spit upon him, and took the reed, and smote him on the head. And after that they had mocked him they took the robe off from him, and put his own raiment on him, and led him away to crucify him. And a3 they came out they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by- name ; him they compelled to bear bis cross. And when they were come unto a place called Golgotha, that is to say, a place of a scull, they gave him vinegar to drink mingled with gall: and when he had tasted thereof, he would not drink. And they crucified him, and parted his garments, casting 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 set up over his head his accusation written, THIS IS JESUS THE KING OF THE JEWS. Then were there two thieves crucified with him ; one on the right hand, and another on the left. And they that passed by reviled him, wag- ging their heads, and saying, Thou that destroyest the temple, and Widest it in three days, save thy- self: if thou be the Son of God, come down from the cross. Like- wise also the chief priests mocking him, with the scribes and elders, said, He saved others, himself he cannot save : if he be the King of Israel, let him now come down from the cross, and we will believe him. He trusted in God ; let him deliver him now, if he will have him: for he said, I am the Son of God. The thieves also, which were crucified with him, cast the same in his teeth. Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land unto the ninth hour. And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani t that is to say, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? Some of them that stood there, when they heard that, said, This man calleth for Elias. And straightway one of them ran, and took a spunge, j and filled it with vinegar, and put I it on a reed, and gave him to drink. The rest said, Let be, let us see whether Elias will come to save him. Jesus, when he had cried again with a loud voice, yielded up the ghost. And behold, "the vail of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom, and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent, and the graves were opened, and many bodies of saints which slept arose," and came out of the graves after his resurrection, and went into the holy city, and appeared unto many. "Now" when the centurion, and they that were with him, watching Jesus, saw the earthquake, and those things that were done, they feared greatly, say- ing, Truly this" was the Son of God. Monday brfore Easter. For the Epistie. Isai. Ixiii. 1. YV^HO * s tn ^ s th at cometh from "™ Edom, with dyed garments from Bozrah? this that is glorious in his apparel, travelling in the greatness of his strength? I that speak in righteousness, mighty to save. Wherefore art thou red in thine apparel, and thy garments like him that treadeth in the wine- fat ? I have trodden the wine-press alone, and of the people there was none with me : for I will tread them in mine anger, and trample them in my fury, and their blood shall be sprinkled upon my gar- ments, and I will stain all my rai- ment. For the day of vengeance is in mine heart, and the year of my redeemed is come. And I looked, and there was none to help ; and I wondered that there was none to uphold : therefore | mine own arm brought salvation unto me, and my fury it upheld me. And I will tread down the people in mine anger, and make them drunk in my fury, and I will bring down their strength to the ! earth. I will mention the loving- , kindnesses of the Lord, and the | praises of the Lord, according to ' all that the Lord hath bestowed on : us, and the great goodness towards | the house of Israel, which he hath bestowed on them, according to his mercies, and according to the MONDAY BEFORE EASTER. multitude of his loving -kindnesses. For he said. Surely they are my people, children that will not lie: so he was their Saviour. In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his presence saved them : in his love, and in his pity, he redeemed them, and he bare them, and carried them all the days of old. But they rebelled, and vexed his Holy Spirit ; there- fore he was turned to be their ene- | my, and he fought against them. | Then he remembered the days of i old, Moses and his people, saying, Where is he that brought them up out of the sea with the shep- herd of his flock ? where is he that put his Holy Spirit within him? that led them by the right hand of Moses, with his glorious arm, dividing the water before them, to make himself an everlasting Name ? that led them through the deep as an horse in the wilderness, that they should not stumble ? As a beast goeth down into the val- I ley, the Spirit of the Lord caused j him to rest : so didst thou lead thy j people, to make thyself a glorious j Name. Look down from heaven, and behold from the habitation of thy holiness, and of thy glory : where is thy zeal, and thy strength, j the sounding of thy bowels, and of thy mercies towards me ? Are they restrained ? Doubtless thou ' art our Father, though Abraham be ignorant of us, and Israel ac- knowledge us not : Thou, O Lord, art our Father, our Redeemer, thy Name is from everlasting. O Lord, i why hast thou made us to err from thy ways ? and hardened our j hearts from thy fear ? Return for i thy servants' sake, the tribes of; thine inheritance. The people of j thy holiness have possessed it but i a little while: our adversaries have trodden down thy sanctuary. We | are thine : thou never barest rule over them ; they were not called by thy Name. The Gospel. St. Mark xiv. I. AFTER two days was the feast of the Passover, and of unleavened bread: and the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might take him by craft, and put him to death. But they said, Not on the feast-day, lest there be an uproar of the people. And being in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper, as he sat at meat, there came a woman having an alabaster box of ointment of spike- nard, very precious ; and she brake the box, and poured it on his head. And there were some that had in- dignation within themselves, and said, Why was this waste of the ointment made ? for it might have been sold for more than three hun- dred pence, and have been given to the poor: and they murmured against her. And Jesus said, Let her alone; why trouble ye her? she hath wrought a good work on me : for ye have the poor with you always, and whensoever ye will ye may do them good ; but me ye have not always. She hath done what she could ; she is come afore- hand to anoint my body to the burying. Verily I say unto you, Wheresoever this Gospel shall be preached throughout the whole world, this also that she hath done shall be spoken of for a memorial of her. And Judas Iscariot, one of the twelve, went unto the chief priests to betray him unto them. And when they heard it they were glad, and promised to give him money. And he sought how he might conveniently betray him. And the first day of unleavened bread, when they killed the pass- over, his disciples said unto him, Where wilt thou that we go and prepare, that thou mayest eat the passover? And he sendeth forth two of his disciples, and saith un- to them, Go ye into the city, and there shall meet you a man bear- ing a pitcher of water ; follow him : And wheresoever he shall go in, say ye to the good-man of the house, The Master saith, Where is the guest-chamber, where I shall eat the passover with my disciples? And he will shew you a large up- per-room furnished, and prepared : there make ready for us. And his disciples went forth, and came into the city, and found as he had said unto them: and they made ready the passover. And in the evening he cometh with the twelve. And MONDAY BEFORE EASTER. as they sat, and did eat, Jesus said, Verily I say unto you, One of you which eateth with me shall betray me. And they began to be sor- rowful, and to say unto him one by one, Is it I? and another said, Is it I ? And he answered and said unto them, It is one of the twelve that dippeth with me in the dish. The Son of Man indeed goeth, as it is written of him : but wo to that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed : good were it for that man if he had never been born. And as they did eat, Jesus took bread, and blessed, and brake it, and gave to them, and said, Take, eat: this is my body. And he took the cup, and when he had given thanks he gave it to them : and they all drank of it. And he said unto them, This is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many. Verily I say unto you, I will drink no more of the fruit of the vine, until that day that I drink it new in the Kingdom of God. And when they had sung an hymn they went out into the mount of Olives. And Jesus saith unto them, All ye shall be offended because of me this night : for it is written, I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered. But, after that I am risen, I will go before you into Galilee. But Peter said unto him, Although all shall be offended, yet will not L And Jesus saith unto him, Verily I say unto thee, That this day, even in this night, before the cock crow twice, thou shalt deny me thrice. But he spake the more Vehemently , If I should die with thee, I will not deny thee in any wise. Likewise also said they all. And they came to a place which was named Geth- semane : and he saith to his disci- ples, Sit ye here, while I shall pray. And he taketh with him Peter, and James, and John, and began to be sore amazed, and to be very heavy, and saith unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful unto death; tarry ye here, and watch. And he went forward a little, and fell on the ground, and prayed, that, if it were possible, the hour might pass from him. And he said, Abba, Father, all things are possible un- ■ to thee ; take away this cup from me ; nevertheless, not what I will, but what thou wilt And he Com- eth and findeth them sleeping, and saith unto Peter, Simon, sleepest thou? couldest not thou watch one hour? Watch ye and pray, lest ye enter into temptation : the spirit truly is ready, but the flesh is , weak And again he went away, and prayed, and spake the same words. And when he returned he ! found them asleep again, (for their eyes were heavy,) neither wist they what to answer him. And he cometh the third time, and saith unto them, Sleep on now, and take your rest : it is enough, the hour is come ; behold, the Son of Man is betrayed into the hands of sinners. Rise up, let us go ; lo, he that betrayeth me is at hand. And immediately, while he yet spake, cometh Judas, one of the twelve, and with him a great mul- titude with swords and staves, from the chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders. And he that betrayed him had given them a token, saying, "Whomsoever I , shall kiss, that same is he ; take him, and lead him away safely. And as soon as he was come he goeth straightway to him, and saith, Master, master ; and kissed him. And they laid their hands on him, and took him. And one of them that stood by drew a sword, and smote a servant of the high priest, and cut off his ear. And Jesus answered, and said unto them, Are ye come out as against a thief, with swords and with staves, to take me? I was daily with you in the temple teaching, and ye took me not : but the Scrip- tures must be fulfilled. And they | all forsook him, and fled. And there followed him a certain young man, having a linen cloth cast about hi3 naked body ; and the young men laid hold on him : and he left the linen cloth, and fled from them naked. And they led : Jesus away to the high priest: and with him were assembled all the I chief priests, and the elders, and i the scribes. And Peter followed j him afar off, even into the palace j of the high priest ; and he sat with TUESDAY BEFORE EASTER. And Peter called to mind the word that Jesus said unto him, Before the cock crow twice, thou shalt deny me thrice. And when he thought thereon, he wept. the servants, and warmed himself at the fire. And the chief priests and all the council sought for witness against Jesus to put him to death ; and found none. For many bare false witness against him, but their witness agreed not together. And there arose cer- tain, and bare false witness against him, saving, We heard him say, , I will destroy this temple that "is ,. A mine ear, and I was not rebel- made with hinds, and Within three ! uous > neit u hei ; tui ™ d awa ?l back ' * days I will build another made ! f? ave my back tc » the smiters, and without hands. But neither so did m J cheeks, to them that plucked their witness agree together. And I off the u hair : J hl *?°* ^ y ^ e the high priest stood up in the l 1 ™™, s £ ame arid spitting. For the midst, and asked Jesus, saying, ^or? God will help me, therefore Answerest thou nothing? what * ha11 , 1 n0 * be 'Confounded : there- is it which these witness against \ {o ™ have I set my face ike sa flint, thee? But he held his peace, and 1 and 1 £now that I shall not be a- answered nothing. Again the high ; "Heis near that justifieth Tuesday before Easter. For the Epistle. Isai. L. 5. rpHE Lord God hath opened priest asked him, and said unto me ;> wh ° ™ U c ° ntend wu - ™ e him, Art thou the Christ, the Son I L | * us stand together ; who is min c of the Blessed? And Jesus said, I j adversary ? let him come near to am ; and ye shall see the Son of : ™± BehoW, he Lord God will Man sitting on the right hand of power, and coming in the clouds of heaven. Then the high priest rent his clothes, and saith, What need we any further witnesses ? ye help me ; who is he that shall con demn me ? Lo, they all shall wax old as a garment : the moth shall eat tli em up. Who is among you that feareth the Lord, that obey- eth the voice of his servant, that have heard the blasphemy: what em , ,™? Y mc * V 1 I11S be \T, . think ye? And they all condemn- 1 walke , th in darkness, and hath no ed him to be guilty of death. And i hght? let him trust m thelsame of some began to spit on him, and to | Lord, and stay upon his God. cover his face, and to buffet him, Behold, all ye that kindle a fire and to say unto him, Prophesy ! that compass yourselves about and the servants did strike him ! ™* sparks ; walk in the hght of with the palms of their hands, j ^ur fire, ^andm th^tatb* lie down in sorrow, mui me uiuuis ui men nanus. * , . ,, , mu:; -1 11 And as Peter was beneath in the >' e hav f e kindled. This sha palace there cometh one of the | have _ ?_ f mm 5„ uand ' * e shaU maids of the high priest ; and when she saw Peter warming him- self she looked upon him, and said, And thou also wast with Je- sus of Nazareth. But he denied, saying, I know not, neither un- derstand I what thou sayest And he went out into the porch ; and the cock crew. And a maid saw him again, and began to say to The Gospel. St. Mark xv. 1. AND straightway in the morn- x\ ing the chief priests held a consultation with the elders, and scribes, and the whole council, and bound Jesus, and carried him a- way, and delivered him to Pilate. And Pilate asked him, Art thou the King of the Jews? And he them that stood by, This is one i answering said unto him, Thou of them. And he denied it again, sayest it. And the chief priests And a little after, they that stood j accused him of many things : but by said again to Peter, Surely thou he answered nothing. And Pilate art one of them ; for thou art a ' asked him again, saying, Answer- Galilean, and thy speech agreeth i est thou nothing? behold how thereto. But he began to curse I many things they witness against and to swear, saying, I know not I thee. But Jesus yet answered no- this man of whom ye speak. And thing : so that Pilate marvelled, the second time the cock crew. Now at that feast he released unto WEDNESDAY BEFORE EASTER. them one prisoner, whomsoever they desired. And there was one named Barabbas, which lay bound with them that had made insur- rection with him, who had com- mitted murder in the insurrection. And the multitude, crying aloud, began to desire him to do as he had ever done unto them. But Pi- late answered them, saying, Will ye that I release unto you the King bf the Jews? For he knew that the cbief priests had delivered him for envy. But the chief priests moved the people, that he should rather release Barabbas unto them. And Pilate answered, and said a- gain unto them, What will ye then that I shall do unto him whom ye call the King of the Jews ? And they cried out again, Crucify him. Then Pilate said unto them, Why, what evil hath he done ? And they cried out the more exceedingly, Crucify him. And so Pilate, will- ing to "content the people, released Barabbas unto them, and delivered Jesus, when he had scourged him, to be crucified. And the soldiers led him away into the hall, called Prae- torium ; and they call together the whole band. And they clothed him with purple, and "platted a crown of thorns, and put it about his head: and began to salute him, Hail, King of the Jews. And they smote him on the head with a reed, and did spit upon him, and bowing their knees worshipped him. And when they had mocked him they took off the purple from him, and put his own clothes on him, and led him out to crucify him. And they compel 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 Golgotha, which is, being interpreted, The place of a scull. And they gave him to drink wine mingled with myrrh; but he re- | ceived it not. And when they had | crucified him they parted his gar- ments, casting lots upon them, what every man should take. And it was the third hour, and they cru- cified 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 bis left. And the scripture was fulfilled, which saith, And he was numbered with the transgressors. And they that pass- ed by railed on him, wagging their heads, and saying, Ah, thou that destroyest the temple, and buildest it in three days, save thyself, and come down from the cross. Like- wise also the chief priests mocking said among themselves, with the scribes, He saved others; himself he cannot save. Let Christ the King of Israel descend now from the cross, that we may see and believe. And they that were cru- cified with him reviled him. And when the sixth 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 sabachtlumi f which is, be- ing interpreted, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me ? And some of them that stood by, when they heard it, said, Beh'old, he calleth Elias. And one ran and filled a spunge full of vinegar, 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 with 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 cen- turion, 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. Wednesday before Easter. The Epistle. Heb. ix. 16. WHERE a testament is, there must also of necessity be the death of the testator: for a testament is of force after men are dead ; otherwise it is of no strength at all whilst the testator liveth. Whereupon, neither the first testament was dedicated with- out blood : for when 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 WEDNESDAY BEFORE EASTER. wool, and hyssop, and sprinkled both the book, and all the people, saying, This is the blood of the testament, which God hath en- joined unto you. Moreover, he sprinkled with blood both the ta- bernacle, 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 remission. It was therefore ne- cessary that the patterns of things in the heavens should be puri- fied with these ; but the heavenly things themselves with better sa- crifices than these. For Christ is not entered into the holy places made with hands, which are the figures of the true, but into hea- ven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us ; nor yet that he should offer himself often, as the high priest entereth into the holy place every year with blood of others: for then must he often have suffered 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 as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the Judgement : so Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many ; and unto them that look for him shall he appear the second time without sin unto salvation. The Gospel. St. Luke xxii. 1. NOW the feast of unleavened bread drew nigh, which is called the Passover. 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 him unto them. And they were glad, and covenanted to give him money. And he promised, and sought op- portunity to betray him unto them in the absence of the multitude. Then came the day of unleavened 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 unto him, Where wilt thou that we prepare ? And he said unto them, Behold, when ye are entered into the city, there shall a man meat you, bearing a pitcher of water ; follow him into the house where he entereth in. | And ye shall say unto the good- ! man of the house, The Master saith unto thee, Where is the j guest-chamber, where I shall eat the passover with my disciples ? And he shall shew you a large up- per room furnished; there make ready. And they went, and found as he had said unto them : and 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 before I suffer: for I say unto you, I will not any more eat thereof, until it be fulfilled in the Kingdom of God. And he took the cup, and gave thanks, and said, Take this, and divide it among yourselves. For I say unto you, I will not drink of the i fruit of the vine, until the King- dom of God shall come. And he took bread, and gave thanks, and brake it, and gave unto them, say- ing, This is my body, which 'is given for you : this do in remem- brance of me. Likewise also the cup after supper, saying, This cup is the new testament in my blood, which is shed for you. But behold, the hand of him that betrayeth me is with me on the table. And truly the Son of Man goeth as it was de- termined ; but wo unto that man by whom he is betrayed. And they began to enquire among themselves, which of them it was that should do this thing. And there 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 be- nefactors. 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 thatserveth? is not he that sitteth at meat ? but I am among you as he that serveth. WEDNESDAY BEFORE EASTER. Ye are they which have continued with me in my temptations. And I appoint 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, Si- mon, Simon, behold, Satan hath desired to have you, that he may sift you as wheat : but I have pray- ed 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 shalt thrice deny that thou knowest me. And he said unto them, When I sent you without purse, and scrip, and shoes, lacked ye any thing? And they said, Nothing. Then said he unto them, But now, he that hath I a purse, let him take it, and like- 1 wise 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 trans- 1 gressors : for the things concerning | me have an end. And they said, Lord, behold, here are two swords. And he said unto them, It is e- nough. And he came out, and went, as he was wont, to the mount of Olives, and his disciples also fol- lowed him. And when he was at the place, he said unto them, Pray, that ve enter not into temptation. And he was withdrawn from them about a stone's cast, and kneeled down and praved, saying, Father, if thou be wiling, remove this cup from me : nevertheless, not my will, but thine be done. And there ap- peared an angel unto him from heaven, strengthening him. And being in an agony, he prayed more earnestly ; 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, Why sleep ye ? rise and pray, lest ye enter into temp- tation. And while he yet spake, behold, a 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 who 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 who were come to him, Be 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 dark- ness. Then took they him, and led him, and brought hhn into the high priest's house : and Peter followed afar off. And when they had kin- dled a fire in the midst of the hall, and were set down together, Peter sat down among them. But a cer- tain maid beheld him, as he sat by the fire, and earnestly looked upon him, and said, This man was also with hhn. And he denied him, saying, Woman, I know him not. And after a little while another saw 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 turn- ed, and looked upon Peter; and Peter remembered the word of the Lord, how he had said unto him, Before the cock crow, thoa 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, Prophesy, who is it that smote thee ? And many other things blasphemously spake they against him. And as soon as it was day, THURSDAY BEFORE EASTER. the elders of the people, and the chief priests, and the scribes, came together, 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 be- lieve : 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 am. And they said, What need we any further witness? for we ourselves have heard of his own mouth. Thursday before Easter. 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, 1 hear that there be divisions among you, and I partly believe it. For there must be also heresies among you, that they who are approved may be made manifest among you. When ye come together therefore into one place, this is not to eat the Lord's supper: for in eating every one taketh before other his own supper ; and one is hungry, and another is drunken. What, have ye not houses to eat and to 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 deliver- ed unto you. That the Lord Jesus, the same night in which he was betrayed, took bread ; and when he had given thanks, he brake it, and said. Take, eat ; this is my body, which is broken for you : this do in remembrance of me. After the same manner also he took the cup, when he had supped, saying. This cup is the new testament 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 shew the Lord's death till he come. Where- fore, 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 eateth 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 judge ourselves, we should not be judged. But when we are judged, we are chastened of the Lord, that we should not be condemned with the 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. The Gospel. St. Luke xxiii. 1. THE whole multitude of them X arose, and led him unto Pi- late. And they began to accuse him, saying, We found this fellow perverting the nation, and forbid- ding to give tribute to Caesar, say- ing, That he himself is Christ a King. And Pilate asked him, say- ing, Art thou the King of the Jews ? And he answered him, and said, Thou say est it. Then 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 Galilee to this place. When Pilate heard of Galilee, he asked whether the man were a Galilean. And as soon as he knew that he belonged unto Herod's jurisdiction, be sent him to Herod, who himself was also at Jerusalem at that time. And when Herod saw Jesus he was exceeding glad ; for he was desirous to see him of a long season, because he had heard many things of him ; and he hoped to nave seen some miracle done by him. Then he questioned with him in many words ; but he answered him nothing. And the chief priests and scribes stood and vehemently accused him. And Herod with his men of war set him at nought, and mocked him, and THURSDAY BEFORE EASTER. I arrayed him in a gorgeous robe, ! never gave suck. Then shall they and sent him again to Pilate. And begin to say to the mountains, Fall the same day Pilate and Herod i on us ; and to the hills, Cover us. were made friends together ; for be- 1 For if they do these things in a fore they were at enmity between \ green tree, what shall be done in themselves. And Pilate, when he j the dry? And there were also two had called together the chief priests, J other, malefactors, led with him and the rulers, and the people, \ to be put to death. And when said unto them, Ye have brought they were come to the place which this man unto me, as one that is called Calvary, there they cru- perverteth the people : and behold, I cified him ; and the malefactors, I, having examined him before you, | one on the right hand, and the have found no fault in this man other on the left. Then said Je- touching those things whereof ye sus, Father, forgive them, for they accuse him : No, nor yet Herod : j know not what they do. And they for I sent vou to him ; and lo, no- thing worthy of death is done unto him. I will therefore chastise him, and release him. For of necessity he must release one unto them at the feast. And they cried out all at once, saying, Away with this man parted his raiment, and cast lots. And the people stood beholding ; and the rulers also with them de- rided him, saying, He saved others ; let him save himself, if he be Christ, the chosen of God. And the sol- diers also mocked him, coming to and release unto us Barabbas : j him, and offering him vinegar, and (who for a certain sedition made j saying, If thou be the King of the in the city, and for murder, was Jews, save thyself. And a super- cast into prison.) Pilate therefore, scription also was written over him willing to release Jesus, spake i in letters of Greek, and Latin, and again to them. But they cried, Hebrew, THIS IS THE KING saying, Crucify him, crucify him. OF THE JEWS. And one of the And he said unto them the third malefactors, which were hanged, time, Why, what evil hath he railed on him, saying, If thou be done? I have found no cause of Christ, save thyself, and us. But death in him : I will therefore ] the other answering rebuked him, chastise him, and let him go. And > saying, Dost not thou fear God, they were instant with loud voices, j seeing thou art in the same con- requiring that he might be cruci- 1 demnation? And we indeed justly ; tied : and the voices of them and i for we receive the due reward of of the chief priests prevailed. And I our deeds, but this man hath done Pilate gave sentence that it should nothing amiss. And he said unto be as they required. And he re- Jesus, Lord, remember me when leased unto them him that for | thou comest into thy kingdom, sedition and murder was cast into And Jesus said unto him, Verily I prison, whom they had desired ; 1 say unto thee, To-day shalt thou but he delivered Jesus to their will. \ be with me in paradise. And it And as they led him away, they j was about the sixth hour : and laid hold upon one Simon a Cyre- 1 there was a darkness over all the nian, coming out of the country, earth until the ninth hour. And and on him they laid the cross, the sun was darkened, and the vail that he might bear it after Jesus, of the temple was rent in the midst. And there followed him a great And when Jesus had cried with a company of people, and of women, j loud voice, he said, Father, into which also bewailed and lamented thy hands I commend my spirit : him. But Jesus, turning unto them, and having said thus, he gave up said, Daughters of Jerusalem, weep : the ghost- Now when the centurion not for me, but weep for your- saw what was done, he glorified selves, and for your children. For God, saying, Certainly this was a behold, the days are coming, in the j righteous man. And all the people which they shall say, Blessed are \ that came together to that sight, the barren, and the wombs that beholding the things that were never bare, and the paps which j done, smote their breasts, and re- GOOD FRIDAY. turned. And all his acquaintance, and the women that followed him from Galilee, stood afar off, behold- ing these things. GOOD FRIDAY. The Collects. A LMIGHTY God, we beseech ■L*- thee graciously to behold this thy family, for which our Lord Jesu3 Christ was contented to be betrayed, and given up into the hands of wicked men, and to suf- fer death upon the cross, who now liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Ghost, ever one God, world without end. Amen. ALMIGHTY and everlasting God, by whose Spirit the whole body of the Church is governed and sanctified ; Receive our suppli- cations and prayers, which we offer before thee for all estates of men in thy holy Church, that every member of the same, in his voca- tion and ministry, may truly and godly serve thee ; through our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen. O MERCIFUL God, who hast made all men, and hatest nothing that thou hast made, nor wouldest the death of a sinner, but rather that he should be con- verted and live ; Have mercy up- on all Jews, Turks, Infidels, and Hereticks, and take from them all ignorance, hardness of heart, and contempt of thy Word; and so fetch them home, blessed Lord, to thy flock, that they may be saved among the remnant of the true Israelites, and be made one fold under one shepherd, Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Spirit, one God, world without end. Amen. The Epistle. Heb. x. 1. THE law having a shadow of good things to come, and not the very image of the things, can never with those sacrifices, which they offered year by year continu- ally, make the comers thereunto perfect: for then would they not have ceased to be offered ? because that the worshippers once purged should have had no more consci- ence of sins. But in those sacri- fices there is a remembrance again made of sins every year. For it is not possible that the blood of bulls and of goats should take away sins. Wherefore, when he cometh into the world, he saith, Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not, but a body hast thou prepared me: In burnt-offerings and sacrifices for sin thou hast had no pleasure : Then said I, Lo, I come (in the volume of the book it is written of me) to do thy will, O God. Above, when he said, Sacrifice and offering, and burnt-offerings, and offering for sin thou wouldest not, neither hadst pleasure therein, which are offer- ed by the Law : then said he, Lo, I come to do thy will, O God. He taketh away the first, that he may establish the second. By the which will we are sanctified, through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all. And every priest standeth daily ministering, and of- fering oftentimes the same sacri- fices, which can never take away sins. But this man, after he had offered one sacrifice for sins, for ever sat down on the right hand of God ; from henceforth expecting till his enemies be made his foot- stool. For by one offering he hath perfected for ever them that are sanctified : Whereof the Holy Ghost also is a witness to us : for after that he had said before, This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, saith the Lord, I will put my laws into their hearts, and in their minds will I write them ; and their sins and ini- quities will I remember no more. Now where remission of these is, there is no more offering for sin. Having therefore, brethren, bold- ness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus, by a new and living way, which he hath conse- crated for us, through the vail, that is to say, his flesh ; and having an High Priest over the house of God ; let us draw near with a true heart, in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water. Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering; (for he is faithful that GOOD FRIDAY. promised ;) and let us consider one another to provoke onto love, and to good works ; not forsaking the assembling cf ourselves together, as the manner of some i3 ; but ex- horting one another : and so much the more, as ye see the day ap- proaching. The Gospel. St. John six. L PILATE therefore took Jesus, and scourged him. And the soldiers platted a crown of thorns, and put it on his head, and they put on him a purple robe, and said, Hail, King of the Jew3 : and they smote him with their hands. Pilate therefore went forth aeain, and saith unto them, Behold, I bring him forth to vou, that ye mav know that I find no fault in him. Then came Jesus forth, wearing the crown of thorns, and the purple robe. And Pilate saith unto them, Behold the man ! "When the chief priests therefore and of- ficers saw him, they cried out, saying, Crucify him, crucify him. Pilate saith unto them, Take ye him, and crucify him: for I find no fault in him. The Jews an- swered him, We have a law, and I by our law he ouirht to die, because he made himself the Son of God. When Pilate therefore heard that saying, he was the more afraid ; and went again into the judge- ment-hall, and saith unto Jesus, "Whence art thou ? But Jesus gave him no answer. Then saith Pilate unto him, Speakest thou not unto me ? knowest thou not that I have power to crucify thee, and have power to release thee ? Jesus an- swered, Thou coulde3t have no power at all against me, except it were given thee from above : there- fore he that delivered me unto thee hath the greater sin. And from thenceforth Pilate sought to release him : but the Jews cried out, say- ing, If thou let this man go, thou art not C;csar's friend : whosoever maketh himself a king speaketh against Caesar. "When Pilate there- fore heard that saying, he brought Jesus forth, and sat down in the | judgement-seat, in a place that is | called the Pavement, but in the | Hebrew, Gabbatha. And it was the preparation of the passover, and about the sixth hour : and he saith unto the Jews, Behold your King ! But they cried out, A'way with him, away with him, crucifv him. Pilate saith unto them, Shall I crucify your King? The chief priests answered, "We have no king but Caesar. Then delivered he him therefore unto them to be cruci- fied : and they took Jesus, and led him away. And he, bearing hi3 cross, went forth into a pla^e call- ed the place of a scull, which is called in the Hebrew, Golgotha : where they crucified him, and two other with him, on either side one, and Jesus in the midst. And Pi- late wrote a title, and put it on the cross ; and tne writing was, JESUS OF NAZARETH THE KING OF THE JEWS. This title then read many of the Jews : for the place where Jesus was crucified was nigh to the city: and it was written in Hebrew", and Greek, and Latin. Then said the chief priests of the Jews to Pilate, Write not, The King of the Jews; but that he said. I am the King of the Jews. Pilate answered, "What I have written, I have written. Then the soldiers, when they had crucified Jesus, took his garments, and made four parts, to every sol- dier a part ; and also his coat : now the coat was without seam, woven from the top throughout. They said therefore araon? them- selves, Let us not rend it, but cast lots for it, whose it shall be : that the Scripture might be fulfilled, which saith, They parted my rai- ment among them, and for my vesture they did cast lots. These things therefore the soldiers did. Now there stood by the cross of Jesus, his mother, and his mo- ther's sister, Mary the wife of Cleophas, and Mary Magdalene. When Jesus therefore saw his mo- ther, and the disciple standing by, whom he loved, he saith unto his mother, Woman, behold thy son. Then saith he to the disciple, Be- hold thy mother. And from that hour that disciple took her unto his own home. After this, Jesus, knowing that all things were now accomplished, tliat the Scripture EASTER EVEN. — EASTrER-DAY. might be fulfilled, saith, I thirst. Now there was set a vessel full of vinegar : and they filled a spunge with vinegar, and put it upon hyssop, and put it to his mouth. "When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished : and he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost. The Jews therefore, because it was the preparation, that the bodies should not remain upon the cross on the sabbath-day, (for that sabbath-day was an high- day,) besought Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken away. Then came the soldiers, and brake the legs of the first, and of the other which was crucified with him. But when they came to Jesus, and saw that he was dead already, they brake not his legs. But one of the soldiers with a spear pierced his side, and forthwith came thereout blood and water. And he that saw it bare record, and his record is true : and he knoweth that he saith true, that ye might believe. For these things were done that the Scripture should be fulfilled, A bone of him shall not be broken. And again, another Scripture saith, They shall look on him whom they pierced. EASTER EVEN. The Collect. GRANT, O Lord, that as we are baptized into the death of thy blessed Son our Saviour Jesus Christ, so by continual mortifying our corrupt affections we may be buried with him ; and that through the grave, and gate of death, we may pass to our joyful resurrec- tion ; for his merits, who died, and was buried, and rose again for us, thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. The Epistle. 1 St. Pet. iii. 17. IT is better, if the will of God be so, that ye suffer for well-doing, than for evil-doing. For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit. By which also he went and preached unto the spirits in prison ; which sometime were disobedient, when once the long-suffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing; wherein few, that is, eight souls, were saved by water. The like figure where- unto, even baptism, doth also now save us, (not the putting away the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience towards God,) by the resurrection of Jesus Christ : who is gone into heaven, and is on the right hand of God, angels and authorities and powers being made subject unto him. TTie Gospel. St. Matt, xxvii. 57. WHEN the even was come, there came a rich man of Arimathaea, named Joseph, who also himself was Jesus' disciple. He went to Pilate, and begged the body of Jesus. Then Pilate commanded the body to be delivered. And when Joseph had taken the body, he wrapped it in a clean linen cloth, and laid it in his own new tomb, which he had hewn out in the rock ; and he rolled a great stone to the door of the sepulchre, and departed. And there was Mary Magdalene, and the other Mary, sitting over against the sepulchre. Now the next day that followed the day of the preparation, the chief priests and Pharisees came together unto Pilate, saying, Sir, we remember that that deceiver said, while he was yet alive, After three days I will rise again. Command there- fore that the sepulchre be made sure until the third day, lest his disciples come by night and steal him away, and say unto the peo- ple, He is risen from the dead : so the last error shall be worse than the first. Pilate said unto them, Ye have a watch ; go your way, make it as sure as you can. So they went and made the sepulchre sure, seal- ing the stone, and setting a watch. EASTER-DAY. ^ At Morning Prayer, instead of the Psalm, O come, let us sing, S{C. these A nthcrns skaU be sung or said. CHRIST our passover is sacri- ficed for us : therefore let us keep the feast ; Not with the old leaven, nor with tho leaven of malice and MONDAY IN EASTER-WEEK. wickedness : but with the unlea- vened bread of sincerity and truth. 1 Cor. v. 7. 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 liveth unto God. Likewise reckon ye also your- selves to be dead indeed unto sin : but alive unto God through Jesus I Christ our Lord. R/ym. vi. 9. CHRIST is risen from the dead : and become the first-fruits of them that slept. For since by man came death : by man came also the resurrection of the dead. For as in Adam all die : even so in Christ shall all be made alive. 1 Cor. xv. 20. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son : and to the Holy Ghost ; As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be : world without end. Amen. The Collect. ALMIGHTY God, who through thine only-begotten Son Jesus Christ hast overcome death, and opened unto us the gate of ever- lasting life ; We humbly beseech thee, that, as by thy special grace preventing 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 liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Ghost, ever one God, world with- out end. Amen. The Epistle. CoL iii. L IF ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Clirist sitteth on the right hand of God. Set your affec- tion on things above, not on tilings on the earth : For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God. When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory. Mortify there- fore your members which are upon the earth ; fornication, unclean- ness, inordinate affection, evil con- cupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry: For which things' sake the wrath of God cometh on the children of disobedience. In the which ye also walked some time, when ve lived in them. The Gospel. St. John xx. L THE first dav of the week com- eth Mary" Magdalene early, when it was yet dark, unto the se- pulchre, and seetli the stone taken away from the sepulchre. Then she runneth and cometh to Simon Peter, and to the other disciple whom Jesus loved, and saith unto them, They have taken away the Lord out of the sepulchre, and we know not where they have laid him. Peter therefore went forth, and that other disciple, and came to the sepulchre. So they ran both together j and the other disciple did outrun Peter, and came first to the sepulchre ; and he, stooping down and looking in, saw the linen clothes lying ; yet went he not in. Then cometh Simon Peter follow- ing aim, and went into the sepul- chre, and seeth the linen clothes lie ; and the napkin that was about his head, not lying with the linen clothes, but wrapped together in a place by itself. Then went in also that other disciple which came first to the sepulchre, and he saw, and believed. For as yet they knew not the Scripture," that he must rise again from the dead. Then the disciples went away again unto their own home. Monday in Easter-tceek. The Collect. ALMIGHTY God, who through thy only-begotten Son Jesus Christ hast overcome death, and opened unto us the gate of ever- I lasting life ; We humbly beseech I thee, that, as by thy special grace j preventing us thou dost put into our minds good desires, so by thy I continual help we may bring the i same to good effect ; through Jesus j Christ our Lord, who liveth and | reigneth with thee and the Holy I Ghost, ever one God, world with- out end. Amen. For the Epistle. Acts x. 34. PETER opened his mouth, and said, Of a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons ; I but in every nation he that feareth i him, and worketh righteousness, TUESDAY IN EASTER-WEEK. is accepted with him. The word which God sent unto the children of Israel, preaching peace by Jesus Christ; (he is Lord of all;) that word (I say) ye know, which was published "throughout all Judaea, and began from Galilee, after the baptism which John preached: how God anointed Jesus of Na- zareth with the 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 wit- nesses 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 shew- ed him openly; not to all the people, but unto witnesses chosen before of God, even to us, who did eat and drink with him after he rose from the dead. And he com- manded us to preach unto the people, and to testify that it is he who was ordained of God to be the Judge of quick and dead. To him give all the prophets witness, that through his Name whosoever believeth in him shall receive re- mission of sins. The Gosvel. St. Luke xxiv. 13. BEHOLD, two of his disciples went that same day to a vil- lage called Emmaus, which was from Jerusalem about threescore furlongs. And they talked toge- ther of all these things which had happened. And it came to pass, that while they communed toge- ther, and reasoned, Jesus himself drew near, and went with them. But their eyes were holden, that they should not know 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 Cleopas, answer- ing, 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, who was a prophet mighty in deed and word, before God and all the people : And how the chief priests and our rulers delivered him to be condemned to death, and have crucified him. But we trusted that it had been he which should have redeemed Israel : and besides all this, to-day i3 the third day since these things were done. Yea, and certain women also of our com- pany 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 ; but 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 be- ginning at Moses, and all the pro- phets, he expounded unto them in all the Scriptures the things con- cerning himself. And they drew nigh unto the village whither thev went; and he made as though he would have gone further: but they constrained him, saying, Abide with us, for it is towards evening, 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 open- ed, and they knew him, and he vanished out of their sight. And they said one to another, Did not our heart burn within us, while he talked with us by the way, and while he opened to us the Scrip- tures ? And they rose up the same hour, and returned to Jerusalem, and found the eleven gathered to- gether, and them that were with them, saying, The Lord is risen indeed, and hath appeared to Si- mon. And they told what things were done in the way, and how he was known of them in breaking of bread. Tuesday in Easter-week. The Collect. ALMIGHTY God, who through m\. thy only-begotten Son Jesus Christ hast overcome death, and FIRST SUNDAY AFTER EASTER. opened unto us the gate of ever- lasting life; We humbly beseech thee, that, as by thy special grace preventing us thou dost put into our minds good desires, so by thy continual help we may bring the same to good effect ; through Je- sus Christ our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Ghost, ever one God, world without end. Amen. For the Epistle. Acts xiii. 2(5. "VfEN ana brethren, children of IV! the stock of Abraham, and whosoever among you feareth God, to you is the word of this salvation sent. For they that dwell at Je- rusalem, 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 condemning 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 written 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 from Galilee to Jerusalem, who are his 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 con- cerning that he raised him up from the dead, now no more to return to corruption, he said on this wise, I will give you the sure mercies of David. Wherefore he saith also in another Psalm, Thou shalt not suffer thine noly One to see cor- ruption. For David, after he had served his own generation by the will of God, fell on sleep, and was laid unto his fathers, and saw cor- ruption : But he whom God raised again saw no corruption. Be it known unto you therefore, men and brethren, that through this man is preached unto you the for- giveness of sins: and by him all that believe are justified 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. St. Luke xxiv. 36. TESUS himself stood in the midst 0 of them, and saith unto them, Peace be unto you. But they were terrified and affrighted, 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 ? Be- hold my hands and my feet, that it is I myself : handle me, and see ; for a spirit hath not flesh and bones, as ye see me have. And when he had thus spoken, he shew- ed them his hands and his feet. And while they yst believed not for joy, and wondered, he said unto them, Have ye here any meat ? And they gave him a piece of a broiled fish, and of an honey- comb. And he took it, and did eat before them. And he said unto them, These are the words which 1 spake unto you, while I was yet with you, that all things must be fulfilled which were written in the law of Moses, and in the Prophets, and in the Psalms concerning rae. Then opened he their understand- ing, that they might understand the Scriptures, and said unto them, Thus it is written, and thus it behoved Christ to suffer, and to rise from the dead the third day ; and that repentance and remis- sion of sins should be preached in his Name among all nations, be- ginning at Jerusalem. And ye are witnesses of these things. The first Sunday after Easter. The Collect. A L MIGHTY Father, who hast -£jL 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 alway serve thee in pureness of living SECOND SUNDAY AFTER EASTER. and truth ; through the merits of the same thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. The Epistle. 1 St. John v. 4. "IX/'HATSOEVER is born of » ™ God overcometh the world; and this is the victory that over- cometh the world, even our faith. "Who is he that overcometh the world, but he that believeth 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 wit- ness, because the Spirit is truth. For there are three that bear re- cord 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 I God hath made him a liar, be- cause he believeth not the record that God gave of Ids Son. And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life ; and this life is in his Son. He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son hath not life. The Gospel. St. John xx. 19. TH E same day at evening, be- lag the first day of the week, when the doors were shut, where the disciples were assembled for ' fear of the Jews, came Jesus and stood in the midst, and saith unto them, Peace be unto you. And when he had so said, he shewed unto them his hands and his side. Then were the disciples glad when they saw the Lord. Then said Je- i bus to them again, Peace be unto you : As my Father hath sent me, •ten so send I you. And when he i had said this, be breathed on them, | and saith unto them, Receive ye the holy Ghost. Whosesoever sins ye remit, they are remitted unto I them ; and whosesoever sins ye re- 1 tain, they are retained. The second Sunday after Easter. The CoUect. ALMIGHTY God, who hast given thine only Son to be unto us both a sacrifice for sin, and also an ensample of godly life ; Give us grace that we may always most thankfully receive that his inestimable benefit, and also daily endeavour ourselves to follow the blessed steps of his most holy life ; through the same Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. The Epistle. 1 St Pet. ii. 19. THIS is thank-worthy, if a man for conscience toward Gcd endure grief, suffering wrongfully. For what glory is it, if, when ye be buffeted for your faults, ye shall take it patiently? But if, when ye do well, and suffer for it, ye take it patiently ; this is acceptable with God. For even hereunto were ye called: because Christ also suffer- ed for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps: who did no sin, neither was guile found in liis mouth: who, when he was reviled, reviled not again ; when he suffered, he threatened not; but committed himself to him that judgeth righteously: who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should five unto righ- teousness: by whose stripes yo were healed. For ye were as sheep going astray ; but are now return- ed unto the Shepherd and Bishop of your souls. The Gospel St. John x. 11. TESUS said, I am the good tl 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 leaveth the sheep, and fleeth ; and the wolf catcbeth them, and scat- tered the sheep. The hireling fleeth, because he is an hireling, 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. Ana other sheep I have, which are not THIRD AND FOURTH SUNDAYS AFTER EASTER. of this fold; them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice ; and there shall be one fold, and one shepherd. The third Sunday after Easter. The Collect. ALMIGHTY God, who shew- est to them that be in error the light of thy truth, to the intent that they may return into the way of righteousness ; Grant unto all them that are admitted into the fellowship of Christ's Religion, that they may eschew those things that are contrary to their profession, and follow all such things as are agreeable to the same; through our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen. The Epistle. 1 St. Pet. ii. 11. DEARLY beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, ab3ta'in from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul ; having your conversation honest among the Gentiles ; that, whereas they speak against you as evil doers, they may, by your good works which they shall* behold, glorify God in the day of visitation. Submit your- selves to every ordinance of man for the Lord's sake ; whether it be to the King, as supreme ; or unto governours, as unto them that are sent by him, for the punishment of evil doers, and for the praise of them that do well. For so is the will of God, that with well-doing ye may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men : as free, and not using your liberty for a cloke of maliciousness ; but as the servants of God. Honour all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honour the King. The Gospel. St. John xvi. 16. TESUS said to his disciples, A v little while and ye shall not see me; and again, a little while and ye shall see me ; because I go to the Father. Then said some of his disciples among themselves, What is this that he saith unto us, A little while and ye shall not see me; and again, a little while and ye shall see me; and, Because I go to the Father? They said there- fore, What is this that he saith, A little while? we cannot tell what he saith. Now Jesus knew that they were desirous to ask him, and said unto them, Do ye enquire among yourselves of that I said, A little while and ye shall not see me ; and again, a little while and ye shall see me? Verily, verily I say unto you, That ye shall weep and lament, but the world shall rejoice : and ye shall be sorrowful, but your sorrow shall be turned into joy. A woman, when she is in travail, hath sorrow, because her hour is come : but as soon as she is delivered of the child, she remembereth no more the anguish, for joy that a man is born into the world. And ye now therefore have sorrow: but I will see you again, and your heart shall rejoice, and your joy no man taketh from you. The fourth Sunday after Easter. The Collect. O ALMIGHTY God, who alone canst order the unruly wills and affections of sinful men ; Grant unto thy people, that they may love the thing which thou corn- mandest, and desire that which thou dost promise ; that so, among the sundry and manifold changes of the world, our hearts may sure- ly there be fixed, where true joys are to be found; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. The Epistle. St. James i. 17. EVERY good gift, and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variable- ness, neither shadow of turning. Of his own will begat he us with the Word of truth, that we should be a kind of first-fruits of his crea- tures. Wherefore, my beloved bre- thren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath ; for the wrath of man Worketh not the righteousness of God. Where- fore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and re- ceive with meekness the engrafted Word, which is able to save your souls. FIFTH SUNDAY AFTER EASTER. — ASCENSION-DAY. The Gospel. St. John xvi. 5. JESUS said unto his disciples, Now I go my way to him that [ sent me, and none of you asketh me, Whither goest thou? But, because I have said these things unto you, sorrow hath filled your ' heart Nevertheless, I tell you the truth; it is expedient for you that I go away : for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you ; but if I depart, I will send him unto you. And when he is come, he will reprove the j world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgement : of sin, because they believe not on me ; of righ- teousness, because I go to my Fa- ther, and ye see me no more; of judgement, because the prince of this world is judged. I have yet many tilings to say unto you, but ye cannot bear them now. How- beit, when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak : and he will shew you things to come. He shall glorify me: for he shall re- ceive of mine, and shall shew it unto you. All things that the Fa- ther tiath are mine : therefore said I, that he shall take of mine, and shall shew it unto you. The Jiflh Sunday after Easter. The Collect. OLORD, from whom all good things do come ; Grant to us thy humble servants, that by thy holy inspiration we may think those things that be good, and by thy merciful guiding may perform the same; through our Lord Je- sus Christ. Amen. The Epistle. St. James i. 22. BE ye doers of the Word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves. For if any be a hearer of the Word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man be- holding his natural face in a glass. For he beholdeth himself, and go- eth his way, and straightway for- getteth wliat manner of man he was. But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and con- tinueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed. If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man's religion i3 vain. Pure religion, and undefiled before God and the Father, is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world. The Gospel. St. John xvi 23. VERILY, verily I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my Name, he will give it you. Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my Name : ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full. These things have I spoken unto you in proverbs: the time cometh when I shall no more speak unto you in proverbs, but I shall shew you plainly of the Father. At that day ye shall ask in my Name : and I say not unto you, that I will pray the Father for you ; for the Father himself loveth you, because ye have loved me, and have believed that I came out from God. I came forth from the Father, and am come into the world: again, I leave the world, and go to the Father. Hi3 dis- ciples said unto him, Lo, now speakest thou plainly, and speak- est no proverb. Now are we sure that thou knowest all things, and needest not that any man should ask thee : by this we believe that thou earnest forth from God. Je- sus answered them, Do ye now be- lieve? Behold, the hour cometh, yea, is now come, that ye shall be scattered every man to his own, and shall leave me alone : and yet I am not alone, because the Fa- ther is with me. These things I have spoken unto ycu, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation ; but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world. The Ascension-day. The Collect. GRANT, we beseech thee, Al- mighty God, that like as we do believe thy only-begotten 8on our Lord Jesus Clirist to have SUNDAY AFTER ASCENSION-DAY. ascended into the heavens ; so we may also in heart and mind thither ascend, and with him continually dwell, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Ghost, one God, world without end. Amen. For the KjnsUe. Acts i. L fTUf E former treatise have I A made, O Theophilus, of all that Jesus began both to do and teach, until the day in which he was taken up, after that he through the Holy Ghost had given com- mandments unto the Apostles whom he had chosen : to whom also he shewed himself alive af- ter his passion, by many infallible proofs; being seen of them forty days, and speaking of the things pertaining to the Kingdom of God : and, being assembled together with them, commanded them that they should not depart from Jerusa- lem, but wait for the promise of the Father, which, saith he, ye have heard of me. For John truly baptized with water, but ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost not many days hence. When they therefore were come together, they asked of him, saying, Lord, wilt thou at this time restore again the kingdom to Israel ? And lie said unto them, It is not for you to know the times or the seasons, which the Father hath put in his own power. lint ye shall receive power after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you ; and ye shall be witnesses unto me, both in Je- rusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth. And when he had spoken these tilings, while they beheld, he was taken up, and a cloud received him out of their sight. And while they looked sted- fastly toward heaven, as he went lp, behold, two men stood by them in white apparel ; which also said, Yc men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven ? This same Jesus, which is taken up from vou nto heaven, shall so come, in like nanner as ye have Been him go nto heaven. The Gospel. 8t. Mark xvi. 14. rESUS appeared unto the eleven as they sat at meat, and up- raided them with their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they believed not them which had seen him after he was risen. And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the Gospel to every creature. He that belie v- eth and is baptized shall be saved ; but he that bclieveth 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 Lord had spoken unto them, he was received up into heaven, and sat on the right hand of God. And they went forth and preached every where, the Lord working with them, and confirming the Word with signs following. Sunday after Ascension-day. The Collect. OGOD the King of glory, who hast exalted thine only Son Jesus Christ with great triumph unto thy kingdom in heaven ; We beseech thee, leave us not com- fortless ; but send to us thine 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 Epirflei 1 St. Pet. iv. 7. THE end of all things is at hand ; be ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer. And above all things have fervent charity a- mong yourselves : for charity shall cover the multitude of sins. Use hospitality one to another without grudging. As every man hath re- ceived the gift, even so minister the same one to another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God. If any man speak, let him speak as the oracles of Gorl: if any man minister, let him do it as of the ability which God giv- eth ; that God in all things may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom be praise and dominion for ever and ever. Amen. WHIT-SUNDAY. The Gospel. St. John xv. 26, and jjart of Chapter xvi. WHEN tbe Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father , even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify of me. And 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 synagogues : yea, the time cometh, that whosoever 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. WHIT-SUNDAY. The Collect. GOD, who as at this time didst teach the hearts of thy faith- ful people, bv the sending to them the light of thy Holy Spirit; Grant us by the same Spirit to have a right judgement in all things, and evermore to rejoice in his holy comfort; through the merits of Christ Jesus our Saviour, who liv- eth and reigneth with thee, in the unity of the same Spirit, one God, world without end. Amen. For the Epistle. Acts ii. B WHEN the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place. And suddenly there came a sound from heaven, as of a rushing migh- ty wind, and it filled all the house where they 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 were dwelling at Jerusalem Jews, devout men, out of every nation under heaven. Now when this was noised abroad, the multi- tude came together, and were con- founded, because that every man heard them speak in his own lan- guage. And they were all amazed, | and marvelled, saying one to an- other, Behold, are not all these I which speak Galileans ? And how hear we everyman in our own tongue wherein we were born ? Partbians, i and Medes, and Elamite3, and the , dwellers in Mesopotamia, and in ! Judaja, and Cappadocia, in Pon- tus, and Asia, Phrygia, and Pam- phylia, in Egypt, and in the parts of Libya about Cyrene, and stran- gers of Rome, Jews, and Proselytes, Cretes, and Arabians, we do hear them speak in our tongues the wonderful works of God. The Gospel. St. John xiv. 15. JESUS said unto his disciples, If ye love me, keep my com- mandments. And I will pray the , Father, and he shall give you an- I other Comforter, that he may a- bide with you for ever; even "the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him : but ye know him; for he dwell- eth with you, and shall be in you. I will not leave you comfortfess; I will come to you. Yet a little while, and the world seeth me no more ; but ye see me : because I 1 live, ye shall live also. At that day ye shall know, that I am in my Father, and ye in me, and I in you. He that hath my command- | ments, and keepeth t£em, he it is thatloveth me ; and he that loveth ' me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will ma- nifest myself to him. Judas saith unto him, (not Iscariot,) Lord, how is it that thou wilt manifest thyself unto us, and not unto the world ? Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words, and my Fa- ther will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him. He that loveth me not keepeth not my sayings : and the word which ye hear is not I mine, but the Father's which sent me. These things have I spoken unto you, being yet present with j you. But the Comforter, which i is the Holy Ghost, whom the Fa- I ther will Bend in my Name, he sliall teach you all things, and MONDAY IN WHITSUN-WEEK. bring all things to your remem- brance, 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 be troubled, neither let it be afraid. Ye have heard how I said unto you, I go away, and come again unto you. If ye loved me, ye would rejoice, because I said, I go unto the Fa- I ther: for my Father is greater than I. And now I have told you | before it come to pass, that, when it is come to pass, ye might be- lieve. Hereafter I will not talk I much with you : for the prince of this world cometh, and hath no- thing in me. But that the world may know that I love the Father; and as the Father gave me com- mandment, even so I do. Monday in JVTiitsnn-week. TJie Collect. f^QD, who as at this time didst vT teach the hearts of thy faith- ful people, bv the sending to them the light of thy Holy Spirit ; Grant us by the same Spirit to have a right judgement in all things, and evermore to rejoice in his holy comfort; through the merits of Christ Jesus our Saviour, who liv- eth and reigneth with thee, in the unity of the same Spirit, one God, world without end. Amen. For the Epistle. Acts x. 84. THEN Peter opened his mouth, and said, Of a truth I per- ceive that God is no respecter of sons; but in every nation he that feareth him, and worketh righteousness, is accepted with *"im. The Word which God sent nto the children of Israel, preach- ing peace by Jesus Christ ; (he is IjLord of all';) that Word, I say, ve know, which was published throughout all Judaea, and began from Galilee, after the baptism which John preached: how God fmointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost, and with power ; Ivho went about doing good, and lliealing all that were oppressed of Ijhe 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 shewed him openly ; not to 'all the people, but unto wit- nesses chosen before of God ; 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 wit- ness, that through his Name wlio- soever believeth in him shall re- ceive remission of sins. While Peter yet spake these words, the Holy Ghost fell on all them which heard the word. And they of the circumcision, which believed, were astonished, as many as came with Peter, because that on the Gentiles also was poured out the gift of the Holy Ghost. For they heard thern speak with tongues, and magnify God. Then answered Peter, Can any man forbid water, that these should not he baptized, which have received the Holy Ghost as well as we ? And lie commanded them to be baptized in the Name of the Lord. Then prayed they him to tarry certain days'. TJie Gospel. St. John iii. 16. GOD so loved the world, that he gave his only -begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through him might be saved. He that believeth on him is not con- demned : but he that believeth not is condemned already ; because he hath not believed in the Name of the only-begotten Son of God. And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither com- eth to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved. But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made mani- fest, that they are' wrought in God. TUESDAY IN WHITSUN-WEEK.— TRINITY-SUNDAY. Tuesday in IVhitsun-week. The Collect. OD, who as at this time didst VJT teach the hearts of thy faith- ful people, bv the sending to them the light of thy Holy Spirit ; Grant us by the same Spirit to have a right judgement in all things, and evermore to rejoice in his holy comfort ; through the merits of Christ Jesus our Saviour, who liv- eth and reigneth with thee, in the unity of the same Spirit, one God, world without end. Amen. For the Epistle. Acts viii. 14. WHEN the Apostles, which were at Jerusalem, heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent unto them Peter and John ; who, when they were come down, prayed for them, that they might receive the Holy Ghost : (for as yet he was fallen upon none of them ; only they were baptized in the Name of the Lord Jesus. ) Then laid they their hands on them, and they received the Holy Ghost. The Gospel. St. John x. L VERILY, verily I say unto you, He that entereth not by the door into the sheep-fold, but climbeth up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber. But he that entereth in by the door is j the shepherd of the sheep : to him i the porter openeth ; and the sheep j hear his voice, and he calleth his | own sheep by name, and leadeth I them out. And, when he putteth j forth his own sheep, he goeth be- fore them, and the sheep follow him ; for they know his voice. And ! a stranger will they not follow ; I but will flee from him; for they know not the voice of strangers. This parable spake Jesus unto 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, I 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 pas- ture. The thief cometh not but for to steal, and to kill, and to de- stroy : I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly. TRINITY- SUNDAY. The Collect. ALMIGHTY and everlasting God, who hast given unto us thy servants grace by the con- fession of a true faith to acknow- ledge the glory of the eternal Trinity, and in the power of the Divine Majesty to worship the Unity; We beseech thee, that thou wouldest keep us stedfast in this faith, and evermore defend us from all adversities, who livest and reignest, one God, world with- out end. Amen. For the Epistle. Rev. iv. 1. AFTER this I looked, and be- hold, a door was opened in heaven : and the first voice which I heard was as it were of a trum- pet talking with me ; which said, Come up hither, and I will shew thee things which must be here- after. And immediately I was in the Spirit; and behold, 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 sar- dine stone : and there was a rain- bow 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" four and twenty elders sitting, clothed in white raiment ; and they had on their heads crowns of gold : And out of the throne proceeded lightnings, and thun- derings, 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 : and in the 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 fly- ing eagle. And the four beasts had each of them six wings about him; FIRST SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. 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 glory, and honour, 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 worship him that liveth for ever and ever, and cast I their crowns before the throne, I saying, Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory, and honour, and I power; for thbu hast created all I things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created. The Gospel St. John iii. L THERE was a man of the Pha- risees, named Nicodemus, a I ruler of the Jews: the same came 1 to Jesus by night, and said unto him, Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come from God : for no man can do these miracles that thou doest, except God be with him. Jesus answered and said un- to him, Verily, verily I say unto thee, Except a" man be born again, he cannot see the Kingdom of God. Nicodemus saith unto him, IIow 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 bloweth 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 an- ■ swered and said unto him, ITow can these things be ? Jesus answer- ed and said unto him, Art thou a master of Israel, and knowest not Jthese things? Verily, verily I say .into thee, We speak that'we do i inow, and testify that we have een ; and ye receive not our wit- ness. If I have told you earthly Slings, and ye believe not; howl shall ye believe, if I tell you of hea- venly things? And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even the Son of man, who is in heaven. And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up : that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life. The first Sunday after Trinity. The Collect. OGOD, the strength of all them that 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 keep- ing of thy commandments we may please thee, both in will and deed ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. The Epistle. 1 St. John iv. 7. BELOVED, let us love one an- other : for love is of God, and every one that loveth is born of God, "and knoweth God. He that loveth not knoweth not God ; for God is love. In this was mani- fested the love of God towards us, because that God sent his only- begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him. Here- in is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins. Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another. No man hath seen God at any time. If we love one another, God dwelleth in us, and his love is per- fected in us. Hereby know we that we dwell in him, and he in us; because he hath given us of his Spirit. And we have seen, and do testify, that the Father sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world. "Whosoever shall confess that Je- sus is the Son of God, God dwell- eth in him, and he in God. And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love ; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him. Herein is our love made perfect, that we may have boldness in the D SECOND SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. day of judgement ; because as he but if one went unto them from is, so are we in this world. There i the dead, thev will repent. And is no fear in love ; but perfect love I he said unto him, If they hear not casteth out fear ; because fear hath Moses and the prophets, neither torment : He that feareth is not j will they be persuaded, though one made perfect in love. We love 1 rose from the dead. him, because he first loved us. If j a man say, I love God, and hateth ~ „ _ , __. his brother, he is a liar : for he i I ** tecond Sunday after Trinity. that loveth not his brother, whom 1 The Collect. he hath seen, how can he love God, ^ LORD who tipvm- faiW tn whom he hath not seen? And this (J help and "ovem them Som ThX^^ 7t>t-i ^ • . , h&ve a perpetual fear and love of HERE was a certain rich man, thv holv Xame . thro ugh Jesus « C • Was Cl0 i h f ed ? purple ' ! Christ our Lord. Amen. and fine linen, and fared sumptu- , uTT . ously every day. And there was **• Epistle. 1 St. John m. 13. a certain beggar named Lazarus, "VJARVEL not, my brethren, which was laid at his gate full of : if the world hate you. We sores, and desiring to be fed with know that we have passed from the crumbs, which fell from the death unto life, because wo love rich man's table : moreover, the j the brethren. He that loveth not dogs came and licked his sores. ! his brother abideth in death. Who- And it came to pass, that the beg- I soever hateth his brother is a mur- gar died, and was carried by the derer: and ye know that no mur- angels into Abraham's bosom. The derer hath eternal life abiding in rich man also died, and was buried : him. Hereby perceive we the love and in hell he lift up his eyes being of God, because he laid down his in torments, and seeth Abraham i life for us : and we ought to lay afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom, j down our lives for the brethren. And he cried and said, Father A- But whoso hath this world's good, braham, have mercy on me, and and seeth his brother have need, send Lazarus, that he may dip the i and shutteth up his bowels of com- tip of his finger in water, and cool passion from him ; how dwelleth my tongue ; for I am tormented the love of God in him? My little in this flame. But Abraham said, children, let us not love in word, Son, remember that thou in thy neither in tongue ; but in deed, life-time receivedst thy good things, I and in truth. And hereby we know and likewise Lazarus evil things ; that we are of the truth, and shall but now he is comforted, and thou I assure our hearts before him. For art tormented. And besides all if our heart condemn us, God is this, between us and you there is greater than our heart, and know- a great gulf fixed : so that they eth all things. Beloved, if our who would pass from hence to you heart condemn us not, then have cannot ; neither can they pass to j we confidence towards God. And us, that would come from thence, whatsoever we ask, we receive of Then he said, I prav thee there- him, because we keep his com- fore, father, that thou wouldest mandments, and do those things send him to my father's house : that are pleasing in his sight. And for I have five brethren ; that he i this is his commandment, That may testify unto them, lest they we should believe on the Name of also come into this place of tor- his Son Jesus Christ, and love one ! ment. Abraham saith unto him, another, as he gave us command- They have Moses and the pro- ment And he that keepeth his j phets ; let thorn hear them. And commandments dwelleth in him, he said, Nay, father Abraham ; | and he in him : and hereby we THIRD AND FOURTH SUNDAYS AFTER TRINITY. know that he abideth in us, by the Spirit which he hath given us. The Gospel. St. Luke xiv. 16. A CERTAIN man made a great supper, and bade many ; and sent his servant at supper-time to say to them that were bidden, Come, for all things are now rea- dy. And they all with one consent began to make excuse. The first said unto him, I have bought a piece of ground, and I must needs go and see it ; I pray thee have me excused. And another said, I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to prove thein ; I pray thee have me excused. And an- other said, I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come. So that servant came, and shewed his lord these things. Then the mas- ter of the house being angry said to his servant, Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the citv, and bring in hither the poor, and the maimed, and the halt, and the blind. And the servant said, Lord, it is done a3 thou hast command- ed, and yet there is room. And the lord said unto the servant, Go out into the high-ways and hedges, and compel them to* come in, that my house may be filled. For I say unto you, That none of those men which were bidden shall taste of my supper. The Viird Sunday after Trinity. The Collect. OLORD, we beseech thee mer- cifully to hear us ; and grant that we, to whom thou hast given an hearty desire to pray, may by thy mighty aid be defended and comforted "in all dangers and ad- versities; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. The Epistle. 1 St. Pet. v. 5. A LL of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility : for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble. Humble yourselves there- fore under the mighty hand of God, that he mav exalt you in due time ; casting all your care upon jhim, for he careth for you. Be sober, be vigilant ; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about seeking whom he may devour : whom resist sted- fast in the faith, knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that are in the world. But the God of all grace, who hath called us into his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, se"ttle you. To him be glory and domi- nion for ever and ever." Amen. The Gospel. St. Luke xv. 1. f"PHEN drew near unto him all A the Publicans and sinners for to hear him. And the Pharisees and Scribes murmured, saying, This man receiveth sinners, and eateth with them. And he spake this parable unto them, saying, What man of vou having an "hun- dred sheep, if he lose one of them, doth not leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness, and go" after that which is lost, until he find it? And when he hath found it, he layeth it on his shoulders, rejoicing. And when he cometh home, he calleth together his friends and neigh- bours, saying unto them, Rejoice with me," for I have found my sheep which was lost. I say unto you, That likewise joy shall be in heaven over one sinner that re- penteth, more than over ninety and nine just persons, which need no repentance. Either what wo- man having ten pieces of silver, if she lose one piece, doth not light a candle, and sweep the house, and seek diligently till she find it? And when she hath found it, she call- eth her friends and her neighbours together, saying. Rejoice with me, for I have found the piece wliich I had lost. Likewise, I say unto you, There is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sin- ner that repentcth. I The fourth Sunday after Trinity. The Collect. f \ GOD, the protector of all that i V trust in thee, without whom nothing is strong, nothing is holy ; Increase and multiply upon us thy FIFTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. mercy ; that, thou being our ruler and guide, we may so pass through things temporal, that we finally lose not the things eternal : Grant this, O heavenly Father, for Jesus Christ's sake our Lord. Amen. The Epistle. Rom. viii. 18. I RECKON that the sufferings of this present time are not wor- thy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us. For the earnest expectation of the crea- ture waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God. For the crea- ture was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him who hath subjected the same in hope: because the creature itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption, into the glorious liberty of the children of God. For we know that the whole creation groaneth, and travaileth in pain together until now. And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the first-fruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body. The Gospel. St. Luke vi. 36. BE ye therefore merciful, as your Father also is merciful. Judge not, and ye shall not be judged: condemn not, and ye shall not be condemned : forgive, and ye shall be forgiven: give, and it shall be given unto you ; good measure, pressed down, and sha- ken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal, it shall be mea- sured to you again. And he spake a parable unto them, Can the blind lead the blind? shall they not both fall into the ditch ? The disciple is not above his master; but every one that is perfect shall be as his master. And why be- holdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but perceivest not the beam that is in thine own eye? Either how canst thou say to thy brother, Brother, let me pull out the mote that is in thine eye, when thou thyself beholdest not the beam that is in thine own eye? Thou hypocrite, cast out first the beam out of thine own eye, and then shalt thou see clearly to pull out the mote that is in thy brother's eye. The fifth Sunday after Trinity. The Collect. GRANT, O Lord, we beseech thee, that the course of this world may be so peaceably order- ed by thy governance, that thy Church may joyfully serve thee in all godly quietness; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. The Epistle. 1 St. Pet. iii. 8. BE ye all of one mind, having compassion one of another, love as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous ; not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing; but contrariwise blessing ; knowing that ye are thereunto called, that ye should inherit a blessing. For he that will love life, and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile: let him eschew evil, and do good; let him seek peace, and ensue it. For the eyes of the Lord are over the righteous, and his ears are open unto their prayers : but the face of the Lord is against them that do evil. And who is he that will harm you, if ye be followers of that which is good? But and if ye suffer for righteousness' sake, happy are ye : and be not afraid of their terror, neither be troubled; but sanctify the Lord God in your hearts. The Gospel. St. Luke v. 1. IT came to pass, that as the people pressed upon him to hear the Word of God, he stood by the lake of Gennesareth, and saw two ships standing by the lake ; but the fishermen were gone out of them, and were washing their nets. And he entered into one of the ships, which was Simon's, and prayed him that he would thrust out a little from the land : and he sat down, and taught the people out of the ship. Now when he had left speaking, he said unto Simon, Launch out into the deep, and let down your net3 for a draught. And Simon answering said unto SIXTH AND SEVENTH SUNDAYS AFTER TRINITY. him, Master, we have toiled all the night, and have taken nothing; nevertheless, at thy word I will let down the net. And when they had this done, they inclosed a great multitude of fishes, and their net brake. And they beckoned unto their partners which were in the other ship, that they should come and 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 Jesus' knees, saying. Depart from me, for I am a sinful man, O Lord. For he was astonished, and all that wee with him, at the draught of the fishes which they had taken ; and so was also James, and John, the sons of Zebedee, which were partners with Simon. And Jesus said unto Simon, Fear not, from henceforth thou shalt catch men. And when they had brought their ships to land, they forsook all, and followed him. The sixth Sunday a^fler Trinity. The Collect. r\ GOD, who hast prepared for yJ them that love thee such good things as pass man's under- standing ; Pour into our hearts such love toward thee, that we, loving thee above all things, may obtain thy promises, which exceed I all that we can desire; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 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 m 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 body of sin might be de- stroyed, 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 ; know- ing 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 liveth unto God. Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead in- deed unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord. The Gospel. St. Matt. v. 20. JESUS said unto his disciples, Except your righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the Scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no case enter into the Kingdom of heaven. Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not kill: and whoso- ever shall kill, shall be in danger of the judgement. But I say unto you, that whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgement: and whosoever shall say to his bro- ther, Raca, shall be in danger of the council : but whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell-fire. Therefore if thou bring thy gift to the altar, and there re- memberest that thy brother hath ought against thee; leave there thy gift before the altar, and go thy way, first be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift. Agree with thine adver- sary quickly, whiles thou art in the way with him ; lest at any time the adversarv deliver thee "to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and thou be cast in- to prison. Verily I say unto thee, Thou shalt.by nb means come out thence, till thou hast paid the ut- termost farthing. The seventh Sunday after Trinity. The Collect. T ORD of all power and might, -L^ who art the author and giver of all good things ; Graft in our hearts the love of thy Name, in- crease in us true religion, nourish us with all goodness, and of thy great mercy keep us in the same ; through Jesus Christ our Lori. Amen. EIGHTH AND NINTH SUNDAYS AFTER TRINITY. The Epistle. Rom. vi. 19. I SPEAK after the manner of men, because of the infirmity of your flesh : for as ye have yield- ed your members servants to un- cleanness, and to iniquity, unto iniquity ; even so now yield your members servants to righteousness, unto holiness. For when ye were humbly beseech thee to put away from us all hurtful things, and to give us those things which be pro- fitable for us ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. The Epistle. Rom. viii. 12. BRETHREN, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh. For if ye live after the fton^^^ the Spirit do mortify the deeds of uau ye uieu in wiose tilings waere- | th bod , e haI1 , ive> For M of ye are now ashamed ? for the i as ^' ai : e led by the Spirit of end of those things is death. But ] God f tn are th / sons 0 P f G od. now being made free from sin , and j p » ha * ve not received the spi . iSHLXT^&J}* EftG I ri* of bondage again to fear ; but ye have received the spirit of a- doption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father. The Spirit itself beareth your fruit unto holiness, and the end everlasting life. For the wages j of sin is death : but the gift of God is eternal life, through Jesus Christ our Lord. The Gospel. St. Mark viii. 1. IN those days the multitude being very great, and having nothing to eat, Jesus called his disciples unto him, and saith unto them, I have compassion on the multitude, because they have now been with me three days, and have nothing to eat : and if I send them away fasting to their own houses, they will faint by the way; for divers of them came from far. And his disciples answered him, From whence can a man satisfy these men with bread here in the wil- derness ? And he asked them, How many loaves have ye ? And they said, Seven. And he commanded the people to sit down on the ground. And he took the seven loaves, and gave thanks, and brake, and gave to his disciples to set be- fore them ; and they did set them before the people. And they had a few small fishes ; and he blessed, and commanded to set them also before them. So they did eat, and were filled : and they took up of the broken meat that was left seven baskets. And they that had eaten were about four thousand. And he sent them away. The eighth Sunday after Trinity. The Collect. OGOD, whose never-failing pro- vidence ordereth all things both in heaven and earth ; We witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God : and if chil- dren, then heirs ; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ: if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together. The Gospel. St. Matt. vii. 15. BEWARE of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves. Ye shall know them by their fruits : do men ga- ther grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles ? Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit. A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit ; neither can a cor- rupt tree bring forth good fruit. Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire. Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them. Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the King- dom of heaven ; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven. __ Tlie ninth Sunday after Trinity. The Collect. RANT to us, Lord, we beseech vJ" thee, the spirit to think and do always such things as be rightful ; that 'we, who cannot do any thing that is good without thee, may by thee be enabled to live according to thy will ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. TENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. Tlie Ep'stle. 1 Cor. x. 1. BRETHREN, I would not that ye should be ignorant, how I that all our fathers were under the otoud, 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 meat, 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 God was not well pleased ; for they were overthrown in the wilderness. Now these tilings were our examples, to the intent we should not lust after evil things, as they also lusted. Neither be ye idolaters, as were some of them ; as it is written, The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play. Neither let us commit fornication, as some of them committed, and fell in one i day three and twenty thoa-und. , Neither let us tempt Christ, as some of them also tempted, and were destroyed of serpents. Neither murmur ye, as some of them also murmured, and were destroyed of the destroyer. Now all these things happened "unto them for ensamples: and they are written for our admo- nition, upon whom the ends of the world are come. Wherefore let him | that thinketh hesUuideth take heed lest he fall. There hath no temp- tation taken you, but such as is common to man : but God is faith- ful, 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. TESUS said unto his disciples, v There was a certain rich man which had a steward ; and the same was accused unto hirn that he had wasted his goods. And he called him, and said unto 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 within him- self, What shall I do ? for my lord taketh away from me the steward- ship: I cannot dig, to beg I am ashamed. I am resolved what to do, tliat, when I am put out of the stewardship, they may receive me into their houses. So he called every one of his lord's debtors unto him, and said unto the first, How much owest thou unto my lord ? And he said, An hundred measures of oil. And he said unto him, Take thy bill and sit down quickly, and write tifty. Then said he to an- other, And how much owest thou ? And he said, An hundred measures of wheat. And he said unto him, Take thy bill, and write fourscore. And the lord commended the un- just 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 ofthe mammon of unrigh- teousness ; that when ye fail, they may receive you into" everlasting habitations. The tenth Sunday after Trinity. The Collect. T ET thy merciful ears, O Lord, J-i be open to the prayers of thy humble servants ; and that they may obtain their petitions make them to ask such things as shall please thee; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. TTie Epistle. 1 Cor. xii. L CONCERNING spiritual gifts, brethren, I would not have you ignorant. Ye know that ye were Gentiles, carried away unto these dumb idols, even as ye were led. Wherefore I give you to under- stand, that no man speaking by the Spirit of God calleth Jesus accurs- ed ; and that no man can say that Jesus is the Lord, but by the Holy Ghost. Now there are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit. And there are differences of adminis- trations, but the same Lord. And there are diversities of operations, but it is the same God, who work- eth all in all. But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to every man to profit withal. For to one is given by the Spirit the word of wisdom ; to another the word of knowledge by the same Spirit; to another faith by the same Spirit ; to an- other the gifts of healing by the same Spirit ; to another the work- ELEVENTH, TWELFTH, AND in? of miracles; to another pro- phecy ; to another discerning of spirits ; to another divers kinds of tongues; to another the interpre- tation of tongues. But all these worketh that one and the self-same Spirit, dividing to every man seve- rally as he will. The Gospel. St. Luke xix. 41. AND when he was come near, he beheld the city, and wept over it, saying, If thou hadst known, even thou, at least in this thy day, the things which belong unto thy peace ! but now they are hid from thine eyes. For the day3 shall come upon thee, that thine enemies shall cast a trench about thee, and com- pass thee round, and keep thee in on every side, and shall lay thee even with the ground, and thy children within thee ; and they shall not leave in thee one stone upon another ; because thou knew- est not the time of thy visitation. And he went into the temple, and began to cast out them that sold therein, and them that bought, saying unto them, It is written, My house is the house of prayer : but ye have made it a den of thieves. And he taught daily in the temple. The eleventh Sunday after Trinity. The Collect. OGOD, who declarest thy al- mighty power most chiefly in shewing mercy and pity ; Merciful- ly grant unto us such a measure of thy grace, that we, running the way of thy commandments, may obtain thy gracious promises, and be made partakers of thy heavenly treasure ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. The Epistle. 1 Cor. xv. 1. BRETHREN, I declare unto you the Gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have re- ceived, and wherein ye stand : by which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain. For I delivered unto you first of all, that which I also re- ceived, how that Christ died for our sins, according to the Scriptures ; and that he was buried ; and that he rose again the third day, accord- ing 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 re- main unto this present ; but some are fallen asleep : af ter that, he was seen of James ; then of all the Apostles: and last of all, he was seen of me also, as of 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 per- secuted the Church of God. But by the grace of God I am what I am : and his grace which was be- stowed upon me was not in vain ; but I laboured more abundantly than they all ; yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me. Therefore whether it were I or they, so we preach, and so ye be- lieved. The Gospel. St. Luke xviiL 9. JESUS spake this parable unto certain which trusted in them- selves that they were righteous, and despised others: Two men went up into the temple to pray ; the one a Pharisee, and the other a Publican. The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank thee, that I am not as other men are, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this Publican : I fast twice in the week, I give tithes of all that I possess. And the Publican, stand- ing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, 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. The twelfth Sunday after Trinity. 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 worthy to ask, THIRTEENTH SUNDAYS AFTER TRINITY. but through the merits and media- tion of Jesus Christ, thy Son, our Lord. Amen. The Epistle 2 Cor. iii. 4. SUCH trust have we through Christ to God-ward : not that we are sufficient of ourselves to tliink any thing as of ourselves ; 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 giv- eth life. But if the ministration of death written and engraven in stones was glorious, so that the children of Israel could not sted- 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 glorious? For if the ministration of condemnation be glory, much more doth the mi- nistration 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 one that was deaf, and had an impediment in his speech ; and they beseech him to 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 hea- ven, he sighed, and saith unto him, Ephphatha, that is, Be opened. And 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 published it ; and were beyond measure as- tonished, saying, He hath done all things well ; he maketh both the deaf to hear, and the dumb to speak. The thirteenth Sunday after Trinity. The Collect. ALMIGHTY and merciful God, of whose only gift it cometh that thy faithful people do unto thee true and laudable service; Grant, we beseech thee, that we may so faithfully serve thee in this life, that we fail not finally to at- tain thy heavenly promises; through the merits of Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. The Epistle. Gal. iii. 16. TO Abraham and h!s seed were the promises 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 inheritance be of the Law, it is no more of pro- mise ; but God gave it to Abra- ham by promise. Wherefore then serveth the Law ? It was added be- cause of transgressions, till the seed should come, to whom the promise was made ; and it was ordained by angels in the hand of a mediator. Now a mediator is not a mediator of one ; but God is one. Is the Law then against the promises of God? God forbid : for if there had been a law given which could have given life, verily righteousness should have been by the Law. But the Scripture hath concluded all un- der sin, that the promise by faith of Jesus Christ might be given to them that believe. The Gospel. St. Luke x. 23. BLESSED are the eyes which see the things that ye see. For I tell you, That many prophets and kings have desired to see those things which ye see, and have not seen them ; and to hear those things which yc hear, and have not heard them'. And behold, a cer- tain Lawyer stood up, and tempted him, 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 shaltlove the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy sou!, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind ; and thy neighbour as thyself. And he said unto him, Thou hast an- swered right ; this do, and thou D3 FOURTEENTH, FIFTEENTH, AND shalt live. But he, willing to jus- tify himself, said unto Jesus, And who is my neighbour ? And Je- sus answering said, A certain man went down from Jerusalem to Jeri- cho, and fell among thieves, which stripped him of his raiment, and wounded him, and departed, leav- ing him half dead. And by chance there came down a certain Priest that way, and, when he saw him, he passed by on the other side. And likewise a Levite, when he was at the place, came and looked on him, and passed by on the other side. But a certain Samaritan, as he journeyed, came where he was ; and, when he saw him, he had com- passion on him, and went to him, and bound up his wounds, pour- ing 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 morrow, when he de- parted, he took out two pence, and gave them to the host, 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 neighbour unto him that fell among the thieves ? And he said, He that shewed mer- cy on him. Then said Jesus unto him, Go, and do thou likewise. The fourteenth Sunday after Trinity. 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 that which thou dost command; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. The Epistle. Gal. v. 16. I SAY then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh. For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, 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 are these, adultery, fornication, un cleanness, lascivi- \ ousness, idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, i seditions, heresies, envyings, mur- j ders, drunkenness, revellings, and I such like : of the which I tell you I before, as I have also told you in I time past, That they who do such i things shall not inherit the king- dom of God. But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, long-suf- i fering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance : against i such there is no law. And they 1 that are Christ's have crucified the i 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 through the midst of Sa- ! maria, and Galilee. And as he | entered into a certain village, there \ met him ten men that were lepers, j which stood afar off. And they ; lifted up their voices, and said, ■ Jesus, Master, have mercy on us. ; And when he saw them, "he said unto them, Go, shew yourselves ! unto the priests. And it came to j pass, that, as they went, they were cleansed. And one of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned ! back, and with a loud voice glo- rified God. and feil down on his | face at his feet, giving him thanks ; and he was a Samaritan. And Je- sus answering said, Were there not ten cleansed ? but where are the nine ? There are not found that returned to give glory to God, save I this stranger. And "he said unto I him, Arise, go thy way, thy faith hath made thee whole. The fifteenth Sunday after Trinity. The Collect. TZEEP, we beseech thee, O Lord, IV 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, and lead us to all things profitable to our salvation ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. The Epixfi". Gal. vL 11. YE see how large a letter I have written unto you with mine own hand. As many as desire to SIXTEENTH SUNDAYS AFTER TRINITY. make a fair shew in the flesh, they constrain you to be circumcised ; only last they should suffer perse- cution for the cross of Christ. For neither they themselves who are circumcised" keep the law; but de- sire to have you circumcised, tliat they may glory in your flesh. But God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world is cruci- fied unto me, and I unto the world. For in Christ Jesus neither cir- cumcision availeth any thing, 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 henceforth let no man trou- ble me ; for I bear in my body the marks of the Lord Jesus." Brethren, the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. Amen. The Gcspeh 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 Mammon. Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink ; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on : Is not the life more than meat, and the body than rai- ment ? 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 you by taking thought can add one cubitunto his stature ? And why take ye thousht for rai- ment? Consider the lilies of the field how they grow : they toil not, neither do they spin : and yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glorv was not arraved like one of these. Wherefore," 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 vou, O ve of little faith? Therefore take no thought, saying, Wliat 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, and his righteousness, and all these things shall be added unto you. Take therefore no thought for the mor- row ; for the morrow shall take thought for the tilings of itself : sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof. The sixteenth Sunday after Trinity. The Collect. f \ LORD, we beseech thee, let yj thy continual pity cleanse and defend thy Church ; "and, because it cannot continue in safety without thy succour, preserve it evermore by thy help and goodness ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. The Epistle. Ephes. iii. 13. T DESIRE that ye faint not at JL my tribulations 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 the breadth, and length, and depth, and height ; and to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God. Now unto him that is able to do exceed- ing abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us, unto him be glory in the Church by Christ Jesus, throughout all ages, world without end. Amen. The Gospel. St. Luke vii. 11. AND it came to pass the day after, that Jesus went into a city called Nairn ; and many of his disciples went with him, and much people. Now when he came nigh to the gate cf the city, behold, there was a dead man carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow ; and much people of SEVENTEENTH, EIGHTEENTH, NINETEENTH, the city was with her. And when the Lord saw her, he had com- passion on her, and said unto her, Weep not. And he came and touch- ed 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 delivered him to his mother. And there came a fear on all, and they glorified God, say- ing, That a great Prophet is risen up among us, and that God hath visited his people. And this ru- mour of him went forth through- out all Judaea, and throughout all the region round about. The seventeenth Sunday after Trinity. The Collect. T ORD, we pray thee that thy -Li grace may always prevent and follow us, and make us continu- ally to be given to all good works ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. Tlie Epistle. Ephes. iv. 1. I THEREFORE the prisoner of the Lord beseech you, that ye walk worthy of the vocation where- with ye are called, with all lowliness and meekness, with long-suffering, forbearing one another in love ; en- deavouring 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 cer- tain man before him which had the dropsy. And Jesus answering spake unto the Lawyers and Pharisees, saying, 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 bid- den, 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 honourable 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 be- gin 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 Com- eth, he may say unto thee, Friend, go up higher : then shalt thou have worship 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. The eighteenth Sunday after Trinity. The Collect. LORD, we beseech thee, grant thy people grace to withstand the temptations of the world, the flesh, and the devil, and with pure hearts and minds to follow thee the only God ; through Je^us Christ our Lord. Amen. The Epistle. 1 Cor. i. 4. I THANK my God always on your behalf, for the grace of God which is given you by Jesus Christ ; that in every thing ye are enriched by him, in all utterance, and in all knowledge ; even as the testimony of Christ was confirmed in you ; so that ye come behind in no gift ; waiting for the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, who shall also confirm you unto the end, that ye may be blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ. The Gospel. St. Matt. xxii. 34. WHEN the Pharisees had heard that Jesus had put the Sad- ducees to silence, they were ga- thered together. Then one of them, who was a Lawyer, asked him a question, tempting him, and say- ing, Master, which is the great commandment in the Law ? Jesus AND TWENTIETH SUNDAYS AFTER TRINITY. said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. This is the first and great commandment. And the se- cond is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. On these two commandments hang all the Law and the Prophets. While the Pharisees were gathered toge- ther, Jesus asked them, saying, What think ye of Christ ? whose son is he? They say unto him, The son of David. He saith unto them, D ow then doth David in spirit call him Lord, saying, The Lord said unto my Lord^ Sit thou on my right hand, till I make thine enemies thy foot-stool ? If David then call him Lord, how is he his Son ? And no man was able to answer him a word ; neither durst any man from that day forth ask him any more questions. The nineteenth Sunday after Trinity. The Collect. OGOD, forasmuch as without thee we are not able to please thee; Mercifully grant, that thy Holy Spirit may in all things direct and rule our hearts ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. The Epistle. Ephes. iv. 17. nnHIS I say therefore, and testify A in the Lord, that ye henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity of their mind ; having the understanding darkened, be- ing alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart: who, being past feel- ing, have given themselves over unto lasciviousness, to work all uncleanness with greediness. But ye have not so learned Christ ; if so be that ye have heard him, and have been taught by him, as the truth is in Jesus : that ye put off, concerning the former conversa- tion, the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts ; and be renewed in the spirit of your mind; and that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness. Wherefore, putting away lying, speak every man truth with liis neighbour : for we are members one of another. Be ye angry and sin not : let not the sun go down upon your wrath : neither give place to the devil. Let him that stole steal no more ; but rather let him labour, working with his hands the thing which is good, that he may have to give to him that need- et'a. Let no corrupt communica- tion 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 redemp- tion. Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, 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 ycu. The Gospel. St. 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, seeing 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 easier ; to say, Thy sins be forgiven thee ? or to say, Arise, and walk ? But that ve may know that the Son of I man hath power on earth to forgive 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 houre. But when the multitude saw it, they marvelled, and glorified God, who had given such power unto men. The twentieth Sunday after Trinity. The Collect. f\ ALMIGHTY and most mer- \J ciful God, of thy bountiful goodness keep us, we beseech thee, from all things that may hurt us ; that we, being ready both in body D 4 TWENTY-FIRST SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. and soul, may cheerfully aecora- | plish those things that thou would- 1 est have done ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. The Epistle. Er.hes. v. 15. QEE then that ye walk circum- spectly, not as fools, but as wise, redeeming the time, because the day3 are evil. Wherefore be ye not unwise, but understanding what the will of the Lord is. And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit; speaking to yourselves in psalms, and hymns, and spiritual songs ; singing and making me- lody 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 an other in the fear of God. The Gospel. St. Matt. xxii. 1. JESUS said, The Kingdom of; heaven is like unto a certain king, who made a marriage for his SOU ; .".nd 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 prepar- ed my dinner ; my oxen and my fatlings are killed, and all things I are ready ; come unto the mar- 1 riage. But they made light of it, and went their 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 burnt up their city. Then saith he to his servants, The wedding is ready, but they who were bid- den were not worthy. Go ye there- fore into the high-ways, and as many as ye shall find bid to the marriage. So those servants went out into the high-ways, and ga- thered 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 wed- ding-garment? And he was speech- less. 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. The one ami ticcntieth Sunday after Trinity. The Collect. GRANT, we beseech thee, merciful Lord, to thy faith- ful 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 ar- mour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against prin- cipalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places. Wherefore take un- to you the whole armour 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 about with truth; and having on the breast- plate of righteousness; and your feet shod with the preparation of the Gospel of peace ; above all, taking the shield of faith, where- with 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 supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance, and suppli- cation for all saints; and for me, that utterance may be given unto me, that I may open my mouth boldly, to make known the mys- tery of the Gospel, for which I am an ambassador in bonds ; that therein I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak. TWENTY-SECOND SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. The Gospel. St. John iv. 46. 'T'llERE was a certain noble- J- man, whose son was sick at Capernaum. When he heard that Jesus was come out of Juda?a into Galilee, he went unto him, and besought 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 be- lieve. 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, saving, Thy sen liveth. Then enquired he of them the hour when he began to amend : and they said unto him, Yesterday at the seventh hour the fever lefthim. So the father knew that it was at the same hour, in the which Jesus said unto him, Thy son liveth ; and himself be- lieved, and hi3 whole house. This is agaiu the second miracle that Jesus did, when he was come out of Judaea into Galilee. The two and twentieth Sunday after Trinity. TJie Collect. LORD, we beseech thee to keep thy houshold the Church in continual godliness; that through thy protection it may be free from all adversities, and devoutly given to serve thee in good works, to the glory of thy Name; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. The Epistk. Phil. i. 3. I THANK my God upon every remembrance 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 who hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ ; even as it is meet for me to think this of you all, be- cause I have you in my heart, in- asmuch 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 after you all in the bowels of Jesus Christ. And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge, and in all judgement : that ye may approve things that are excellent, tiiat ye may be sin- cere, and without offence, till the day of Christ : beicg filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are by Jesus Christ, unto the glory and praise of God. 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, winch 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 made. The servant there- fore fell down and worshipped him, saying, Lord, have patience ; with me, and I will pay thee all. Then the lord of that servant was moved with compassion, and loos- ! ed him, and forgave him the debt, i But the same servant went Out, and found one of his fellow-ser- vants, which owed him an hun- dred pence ; and he laid hands on him, and took him by the throat, saying, Pay me that thou owest. And his fellow-servant fell down 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 pay the debt. So when his fellow-servants saw 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 wick- ed servant, I forgave thee all that TWENTY-THIRD, TWENTY-FOURTH, AND 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 deliver- ed him to the tormentors, till he should pay all that was due unto him. So likewise shall my heaven- ly Father do also unto you, if ye from your hearts forgive not every one his brother their trespasses. ye me, ye hypocrites? shew me the tribute -"money. And they brought unto him a peny. And he saith unto them, Whose is this image and superscription ? They say unto him, Caesar's. Then saith he unto them, Render therefore unto Caesar the things which are Caesar's ; and unto God the things that are God's. When they had heard these words, they marvelled, and left him, and went their way. The three and twentieth Sunday after Trinity. The Collect. (~\ GOD, our refuge and strength. yJ who art the author of all godliness ; Re ready, we beseech thee, to hear the devout prayers of thy Church ; and grant that those things which we ask faith- fully we may obtain effectually; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. The EpisV.e. Pliil. iii. 17. BRETHREN, be followers to- gether of me, and mark them which walk so as 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 destruc- tion, whose god is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.) For our conversation 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 glorious body, according to the working whereby he is able even to subdue all things unto himself. The Gospel. St. Matt xxiL 15. THEN went the Pharisees and took counsel how they might entangle him in his talk. And they sent out unto him their dis- cipfes, with the Herodians, saying, Master, we know that thou art true, and teachest the way of God in truth, neither carest thou for any man : for thou regardest not the person of men. Tell us there- fore, what thinkest thou? Is it lawful to give tribute unto Cassar, or not ? But Jesus perceived their wickedness, and said, Why tempt The four and ttrenti"th Sunday after Trinity. The Collect. f\ LORD, we beseech thee, U absolve thy people from their offences ; that through thy boun- tiful goodness we may all be de- livered from the bands of those sins, which by our frailty we have committed: "Grant this, O hea- venly Father, for Jesus Christ's sake, our blessed Lord and Savi- our. Amen. The Epistle. Col. L 3. \\7"E give thanks to God and * » the Father of our Lord Je- sus Christ, praying always for vou, since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus, and of the love which ve have to all the saints ; for the hope which is laid up for you in heaven, whereof ye heard before in the word of the truth of the Gospel ; which is come unto you, as it is in all the world, and bring- eth forth fruit, as it doth also in you, since the day ye heard of it, and knew the grace of God in truth. As ye also learned of Epa- phras, our dear fellow -servant, who is for you a faithful minister of Christ ; who also 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 know- ledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding: that ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in everv good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God ; strength- ened with all might, according to his glorious power, unto all pa- tience and long-suffering with joy- TWENTY-FIFTH SUNDAYS AFTER TRINITY. fulness ; sriving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light. The Gospel. St. Matt. ic. 18. \\T IIILE Jesus spake these * * thin^ unto John's disciples, behold, there came a certain ruler, and worshipped him, saying, My daughter is even now dead ; but come and lav thy hand upon her, and she shall live. And Jesus a- rose, and folloved Mm, and so did his disciples. (And behold, a wo- man, which was diseased with an issue of blood twelve years, came behind him, and touched the hem of his garment ; for she said with- in herself, If I may but touch his garment, I shall be" whole. But Je- sus 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 min- strels and the people m a ki ng a noise, he said unto them, Give place ; for the maid i3 not dead, but sleepeth. And they laughed him to scorn. But when the peo- ple 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. Tlie five and twentieth Sunday after Trinity. The Collect. QTIR up, we beseech thee, O O Lord, the wills of thy faithful people ; that they, plenteously bringing forth the fruit of good works, may of thea be plenteously rewarded ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. For Vie Epistle. Jer. xxiii. 5. BEHOLD, the days come, saith the Lord, that I will raise unto David a righteous Branch, and a King shall reign, and pros- per, and shall execute judgement and justice in the earth. In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely : and this is his Name wherebv he shall be called, THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS. Therefore behold, the davs come, saith the Lord, that they shall no more say, The Lord liveth, which brought up the children of 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- countrv, and from all countries whither I had driven them; and they shall dwell in their own land. The Gosj^el. St. John vi 5. "\V"UEN Jesus then lift up his * V eyes, and saw a great com- pany come unto him, he saith un- to Philip, Whence shall we buy bread that these may eat? (And this he said to prove him ; for he himself knew what he would do.) Philip answered him, Two hun- dred peny-worth of bread is not sufficient for them, that every one of them may take a little. One of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, saith unto him, There is a lad here, which hath five barley-loaves, and two small fishes ; but what are they among so many? And Jesus said, Make the men sit down. Now there was much grass in the place. So the men sat down, in number about five thousand. And Jesus took the loaves, and, when he had given thanks, he distributed to the disciples, and the disciples to them that were set down, and likewise of the fishes, as much as they ' would. When they were filled, | he said unto his disciples, Gather up the fragments that remain, that nothing be lost. Therefore they gathered them together, and filled twelve baskets with the frag- ments of the five barley-leaves, which remained over and above ! unto them that had eaten. Then I those men, when they had seen the miracle that Jesus did, said, This is of a truth that Prophet that should come into the world. T If there be any more Sundays before Advent-Sunday, the Service of some of those Sundays that were omitted after the Epiphany shall be taken in to sup- : ply so many as are here wanting. A nd ! if there be fewer, the overplus may be omitted: Provided that this last Col- lect, Epistle, and Gospel shall altcays be used upon the Sunday next before Advent. ST. ANDREW'S DAY. — ST. THOMAS THE APOSTLE. Saint Andrew's Bay. The Collect. ALMIGHTY God, who didst give such grace unto thy holy Apostle Saint Andrew, that he readily obeyed the calling of thy Son Jesus" Christ, and fol- lowed him without delay; Gran: unto us all, that we, being called by thy holy Word, may forthwith give up ourselves obediently to fulfil thy holy commandments ; through the same Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. The Epistle. Rom. x. 9. IF thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. For with the heart man believeth un- to righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. For the Scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on liim shall not be ashamed. For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek: for the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon him. For whosoever shall call up- on the Name of the Lord shall be saved. How then shall they call on him, in whom they have not believed ? And how shall they be- lieve in him, of whom they have not heard ? And how shall they hear without a preacher? And how shall they preach, except they be sent? As it is written, How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the Gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good things ! But they have not all obeyed the Gospel. For Esaias saith, Lord, who hath believed our report ? So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the Word of God. But I say, Have they not heard ? Yes verily, their sound went into all the earth, and their words unto the ends of the world. But I say, Did not Israel know ? First Moses saith, I will provoke you to jea- lousy by them that are no people, and by a foolish nation I will an- ger you. But Esaias is very bold, and saith, I was found of them that sought me not ; I was made manifest unto them that asked not after me. But to Israel he saith, All day long I have stretched forth my hands unto a disobedient and gainsaying people. The Gospel. St. Matt. iv. 18. JESUS, walking by the sea of Galilee, saw two brethren, Si- mon called Peter, and Andrew hia brother, casting a net into the sea, (for they were fishers;) and he saith unto them, Follow me ; and I will make you fishers of men. And they straightway left their nets, and followed him. And go- ing on from thence he saw other two brethren, James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, in a ship with Zebedee their father, mending their nets ; and he called them. And they immediately left the ship and their father, and fol- lowed him. Saint Thomas the Apostle. The Collect. ALMIGHTY and everliving God, who for the more con- firmation of the faith didst suffer thy holy Apostle Thomas to be doubtful in thy Son's resurrection ; Grant us so perfectly, and without all doubt, to believe in thy Son Jesus Christ, that our faith in thy sight may never be reproved. Hear us, O Lord, through the same Je- sus Christ, to whom, with thee and the Holy Ghost, be all honour and glory, now and for evermore. Amen. The Epistle. Ephes. ii. 19. NOW therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellow-citizens with the saints, and of the houshold of God ; and are built upon the foundation of the Apostles and Prophets, J esus Christ himself being the chief corner- stone ; in whom all the building, fitly framed together, groweth un- to an holy temple in the Lord ; in whom ye also are builded together for an habitation of God, through the Spirit. The Gospel. St. John xx. 24. HPHOMAS, one of the twelve, A called Didymus, was not with them when Jesus came. The other THE CONVERSION OF SAINT PAUL. disciples therefore said unto him, We have seen the Lord. But he said unto them, Except I shall see in his hands the print of the nails, and put my finger into the print of the nails, and thrust my hand into his side, I will not believe. And after eight days a^ain his dis- ciples were within, and Thomas with them : then came Jesus, the doors being shut, and stood in the midst, and said, Peace be unto you. Then saith he to Thomas, Reach hither thy finger, and be- hold my hands ; and reach hither thy hand, and thrust it into my side ; and be not faithless, but be- lieving. And Thomas answered and said unto him, My Lord, and my God. Jesus saith unto him, Thomas, because thou hast seen me, thou hast believed ; blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed. And many oiiier signs truly did Jesus in the presence of his disciples, which are not written in this book. But these are written, that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God ; and that believ- ing ye might have life through his Name. The Conversion of Saint Paul. The Collect. GOD, who, through the preaching of the blessed A- postle Saint Paul, hast caused the light of the Gospel to shine throughout the world ; Grant, we beseech thee, that we, having his wonderful conversion in remem- brance, may shew forth our thank- fulness unto thee for the same, by following the holy doctrine which he taught ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. For the Epistle. Acts ix. L AND Saul, yet breathing out A threatening^ and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, went unto the high priest, and de- sired of him letters to Damascus to the synagogues, that, if he found any of this way, whether they were men or women, he might bring them bound unto Jerusalem. And, as he journeyed, he came near Da- mascus, and suddenly there shined round about him a light from heaven. And he fell to the earth, and heard a voice saying unto him, Saul, Saul, why persecutes! thou me? And he said, Who art thou, Lord? And the Lord said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest: it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks. And he, trembling and a«tonished, said, Lord, what wilt thou have me to do ? And the Lord said unto him, Arise, and go into the city, and it shall be told thee what thou must do. And the men which journeyed with him stood speechless, hearing a voice, but seeing no man. And Saul arose from the earth, and when his eyes were opened he saw no man "; but they led him by the hand, and brought him into Damascus. And he was three days without sight, and neither did eat nor drink. And there was a certain disciple at Damascus, named Ananias, and to him said the Lord in a vision, Ananias, And he said, Behold, I am here, Lord. And the Lord said unto him, Arise, and go into the street which is called Straight, and en- quire in the house of Judas for one called Saul, of Tarsus : for ; behold, he prayeth, and hath seen in a vision a man named Ananias, coming in, and putting his hand on him, that he might receive his sight Then Ananias answered, Lord, I have heard by many of this man, how much evil he hath done to thy saints at Jerusalem; and here lie hath authority from the chief priests to bind all that call on thy Name. But the Lord said unto him, Go thy way ; for , he is a chosen vessel unto me, to , bear my Name before the Gen- ! tiles, and kings, and the children | of Israel : for I will shew him how great tilings he must suffer for my Name's sake. And Ananias went his way, and entered into the house ; "and, putting his hands on him, said, Brother Saul, the Lord, (even Jesus that appeared unto i thee in the way as thou earnest,) hath sent me, that thou mightest receive thy sight, and be filled with the holy Ghost. And immediately j there fell from his eyes as it liad THE PURIFICATION OF SAINT MARY. been scales ; and he received sight forthwith, and arose, and was bap- tized. And when lie had received meat, he was strengthened. Then was Saul certain days with the disciples which were at Damas- cus. And straightway he preach- ed Christ in the synagogues, that he is the Son of God. But all that heard him were amazed, and said, Is not this he that destroyed them which called on this Name in Je- rusalem, and came hither for that intent, that he might bring them bo«:nd unto the chief priests ? But Saul increased the more in strength, and confounded the Jews which dwelt at Damascus, proving that this is very Christ The Gospel. St. Maft. xix. 27. PETER answered and said unto Jesus, Behold, we have forsaken all, and followed thee ; what shall we have therefore? And Jesus said unto them, Verily I say unto you, Tlint ye which have followed me, in the regeneration when the Son of man shall sit in the throne of his glory, ye also shall sit upon twelve tin-ones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel. And every one that hath forsaken houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my Name's sake, shall receive an hun- dred-fold, and shall inherit everlast- ing life. But many that are first shall be last, and the last shall be first. The Presentation of Christ in the Temple, commonly called, The Purification of Saint Mary the Virgin. The Collect. ALMIGHTY and everliving God, we humbly beseech thy Majesty, that, as thy only-begotten Son was this day presented in the temple in substance of our flesh, so we may be presented unto thee with pure and clean hearts, by the same thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. For the Epistle. Mai. iii. 1. BEHOLD, I will send my mes- senger, and he shall prepare the way before me : and the Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to his temple ; even the mes- senger of the covenant, whom ye delight in ; behold, he shall come, saith the Lord of hosts. But who may abide the day of his coming ? and who shall stand when he ap- peareth ? for he is like a refiner's fire, and like fullers' soap. And he shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver ; and he shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver, that they may offer unto the Lord an offering in righ- teousness. Then shall the offer- ings of Judah and Jerusalem be pleasant unto the Lord, as in the days of old, and as in former years. And I will come near to you to judgement, and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false-swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the father- less, and that turn aside the stran- ger from his right, and fear not me, saith the Lord of hosts. The Gospel. St. Luke ii. 22. AND when the days of her pu- rification, according to the Law of Moses, were accomplish- ed, they brought him to Jerusa- lem, to present him to the Lord ; (as it is written in the Law of the Lord, Every male that openeth the womb "shall be called holy to the Lord ; ) and to offer a sa- crifice, according to that which 13 said in the Law of the Lord, A pair of turtle-doves, or two young pigeons. And behold, there "was a man in Jerusalem, whose name was Symeon; and the same man was just and devout, waiting for the consolation of Israel : and the Holy Ghost was upon him. And it was revealed unto him by the Holy Ghost, that he should not see death, before he had seen the Lord's Christ. And he came by the Spirit into the temple ; and when the parents brought in the child Jesus, to do for him after the custom of the Law, then took he him up in his arms, and bless- ed God, and said, Lord, now let- test thou thy servant depart in peace, according to thy word : for SAINT MATTHIAS'S DAY. mine eyes have seen thy salvation, which "thou hast prepared before the face of all people ; a light to lighten the Gentiles, and the glory of thy people Israel. And Joseph and hi3 mother marvelled at those I things which were spoken of him. I Ar.d Symeon blessed them, and said onto Mary his mother, Be- ' hold, this child* is set for the fall ' and rising again of many in Israel ; i and for a sign which shall be spo- ! ken against; (yea, a sword shall I pierce through thy own soul also ; ) tiiat the thoughts of many hearts may be revealed. And there was one" Anna a prophetess, the daugh- ter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Aser ; she was of a Treat age, and had lived with an husband seven years from her virginity : and she was a widow of about fourscore and four years ; which departed not from the temple, but served God wi:h fastings and prayers night and day. And she coming ! in that instant gave thanks like- wise unto the Lord, and srake of him to all them that looked for i redemption in Jerusalem. And i when they had performed all tilings J according to the Law of the Lord, they returned into Galilee to their own city Nazareth. And the child grew, and waxed strong in spirit, tilled with wisdom ; and the grace of God was upon him. Saint Matthias's Day. 77te Collect. O ALMIGHTY God. who into the place of the traits* Judas did=t choose thy faithful servant Matthias to be "of the number of the twelve Apostles ; Grant that thy Church, beinz alway preserv- ed from false Apostles may be ordered and guided by faithful and true pastors ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. For Vie Epistle. Acts i. 15. IN those days Peter stood up in the midst of the disciples, and said, (the number of the names to- gether were about an hundred and twenty,) Men and brethren, this Scripture must needs have been fulfilled, which the Holy Ghost by the mouth of David spake be- fore concerning Judas, which was sruide to them that took Jesus : for he was numbered with us. and had obtained part of this ministry. Now this man purchased a field with the reward of iniquity ; and falling headlong he burst asunder in the midst, and all his bowels gushed out And it was known unto all the dwellers at Jerusalem, insomuch as that field is called in their proper tongue, Aceldama, that is to say, The field of blood. For it is written in the book of Psalms, Let his habitation be desolate, and let no man dwell therein j and, His bishoprick let another take. Wherefore, of these men which have companied with us all the time that the Lord Jesus went in and out among us, begin- ning from the baptism cf John, unto that same day thai he was taken up from us, must one be ordained to be a witness with us of his resurrection. And thev ap- pointed two, Joseph called Bar- sabas. who was sumamed Justus, and Matthias. And they prayed, and said, Thou, Lord, which know- est the hearts of all men, shew whether of these two thou hast chosen ; that he may take part of tliis ministry and apostleship, from which Judas by transgression fell, that he might go to his own place. And they gave forth their lots; and the lot fell upon Matthias, and he was numbered with the eleven Apostles. The Gospel. St Matt. xL 25. AT that time Jesu3 answered and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes. Even so, Father, for so it seemed good in thy sight. All things are delivered unto me of my Father : and no man knoweth the Son, but the Father; neither knoweth any man the Father, save the Son. and he to whomsoever the Son will re- veal him. Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I w3D give you re=t. Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me"; THE ANNUNCIATION. — ST. MARK'S DAY. for I am meek and lowly in heart : and ye shall find rest unto your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light. Tlie Annunciation of the blessed Virgin Mary. Tlie Collect. "^TSTE beseech thee, O Lord, pour ' » thy grace into our hearts; that, as we have known the in- carnation of thy Son Jesus Christ by the message of an angel, so by his cross and passion we may be brought unto the glory of his resurrection ; through the same Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. For the Epistle. Isai. vii. 10. MOREOVER, the Lord spake again unto Ahaz, saying, Ask thee a sign of the Lord thy God; ask it either in the depth, or in the height above. But Ahaz said, I will not ask, neither will I tempt the Lord. And he said, Hear ye now, O house of David ; Is it a small thing for you to weary men, but will ye weary my God also ? Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a Virgin shail conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Im- manuel. Butter and honey shall he eat, that he may know to refuse the evil, and choose the good. The Gospel. St. Luke i. 26. AND in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God unto a city of Galilee named Nazareth, to a Virgin espoused to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David ; and the Vir- gin's name was Mary. And the angel came in unto her, and said, Hail, thou that art highly favour- ed, the Lord is with thee ; blessed art thou among women. And when she saw liim she was trou- bled at his saying, and cast in her mind what manner of saluta- tion this should be. And the an- gel said unto her, Fear not, Mary ; for thou hast found favour with God. And behold, thou shalt con- ceive in thy womb, and bring forth a Son, and shalt call his name JESUS. He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the High- est ; and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father David. And he shall reign over the house of Jacob for ever ; and of his kingdom there shall be no end. Then said Mary unto the angel, How shall this be, seeing I know not a man ? And the angel answered and said unto her, The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee : therefore also that holy thing winch shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God. And behold, thy cousin Eli- zabeth, she hath also conceived a son in her old age ; and this is the sixth month with her who was called barren : for with God no- thing shall be impossible. And Mary said, Behold the handmaid of the Lord ; be it unto me accord- ing to thy word. And the angel departed from her. O Saint MarKs Day. The Collect. ALMIGHTY God, who hast instructed thy holy Church with the heavenly doctrine of thy Evangelist Saint Mark ; Give us grace, that, being not like children carried away with every blast of vain doctrine, we may be esta- blished in the truth of thy holy Gospel; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. The Epistle. Ephes. iv. 7. UNTO every one of us is given grace, according to the mea- sure of the gift of Christ. Where- fore he saith, When he ascended up on high, he led captivity cap- tive, and gave gifts unto men. (Now that he ascended, what is it but that he also descended first into the lower parts of the earth ? He that descended is the same also that ascended up far above all heavens, that he might fill all things.) And he gave some Apos- tles, and some Prophets, and some Evangelists, and some Pastors and Teachers ; for the perfecting of tlie saints, for the work of the min- istry, for the edifying of the body SAINT PHILIP AND SAINT JAMES'S DAY. of Christ ; till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the know- ledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ ; that we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, raid cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive ; but speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, even Christ: from whom the whole body fitly joined together, and compacted by that which every joint supplieth, according to the effectual working in the measure of every part, mak- eth increase of the body, unto the edifying of itself in love. The Gospel. St. John xv. 1. I AM the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman. Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away ; and every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit. Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you. Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine ; no more can ye, except ye abide in me. I am the vine, ye are the branches. He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit ; for without me ye can do nothing. If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered ; and men gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned. If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you. Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit ; so shall ye be my dis- ciples. As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you : continue ye in my love. If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love ; even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in his love. These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full. Saint Philip and Saint James's Day. The Collect. f\ ALMIGHTY God, whom \J truly to know is everlasting life ; Grant us perfectly to know thy Son Jesus Christ to be the way, the truth, and the life ; that, following the steps of thy holy Apostles, Saint Philip and Saint James, we may stedfastly walk in the way that leadeth to eternal life ; through the same thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. The Epistle. St. James i. 1. JAMES, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad, greeting. My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations ; knowing this, that the trying of your faith work- eth patience. But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, want- ing' nothing. If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not, and it shall be given him. But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering ; for he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea, driven with the wind, and tossed. For let not that man think that he shall receive any thing of the Lord. A double-minded man is unstable in all his ways. Let the brother of low degree rejoice in that he is exalted ; but the rich in that he is made low ; because as the flower of the grass he shall pass away. For the sun is no sooner risen with a burning heat, but it withereth the grass, and the flow- er thereof falleth, and the grace of the fashion of it perisheth : so also shall the rich man fade away in his ways. Blessed is the man that en- dureth temptation ; for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath to them that love him. The Gospel. St. John xiv. 1. AND Jesus said unto his dis- ciples, Let not your heart be troubled ; ye believe in God, believe also in me. In my Fa- ther's house are many mansions ; if it were not so, I would have ST. BARNABAS.— ST. JOHN BAPTIST'S DAY. told you. I go to prepare a place for you : and if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself, that where I am, there ye may be also. And whither I go ye know, and the way ye know. 'Thomas saith unto him, Lord, we know not whi- ther thou goest, and how can we know the way? Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life : no man cometh unto the Father but by me. If ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also : and from hence- forth ye know him, and have seen him. Philip saith unto him, Lord, shew us the Father, and it suf- ficeth us. Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so long time with you, and yet hast thou not known me, Philip? He that hath seen me hath seen the Father ; and how sayest thou then, Shew us the Fa- ther? Believest thou not that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? The words that I speak unto you I speak not of myself; but the Father that dwelleth in me, he doeth the works. Believe me, that I am in the Father, and the Father in me ; or else believe me for the very works' sake. Veri- ly, verily I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do ; be- cause I go unto my Father. And whatsoever ye shall ask in my Name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. If ye shall ask any thing in my Name, I will do it. Saint Barnabas the Apostle. The Collect. OLORD God Almighty, who didst endue thy holy Apostle Barnabas with singular gifts of the Holy Ghost; Leave us not, we beseech thee, destitute of thy manifold gifts, nor yet of grace to use them alway to thy honour and glory; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. For the Epistle. Acts xi. 22. rpiDINGS of these things came A unto the ears of the Church whicli was in Jerusalem ; and they sent forth Barnabas, that he should go as far as Antioch. Who. when he came, and had seen the grace of God, was glad ; and exhorted them all, that with purpose of heart they would cleave unto the Lord. For he was a good man, and full of the holy Ghost, and of faith : and much people was add- ed unto the Lord. Then departed Barnabas to Tarsus, for to seek SauL And when he had found him, he brought him unto Anti- och. And it came to pass, that a whole year they assembled them- selves with the Church, and taught much people : and the disciples were called Christians first in An- tioch. And in these days came pro- phets from Jerusalem unto An- tioch. And there stood up one of them named Agabus, and signified by the Spirit, that there should be 1 great dearth throughout all the world ; which came to pass in the days of Claudius Caesar. Then the disciples, every man according to his ability, determined to send re- lief unto the brethren which dwelt in Judaea. Which also they did, and sent it to the elders by the hands of Barnabas and SauL The Gospel. St. John xv. 12. THIS is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you. Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. Ye are my friends, if ye do what- soever I command you. Hence- forth I call you not servants ; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth : but I have called you friends ; for all things that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you. Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain : that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my Name, he may give it you. Saint John Baptist's Day. The Collect. ALMIGHTY God, by whose providence thy servant John Baptist was wonderfully bom, and sent to prepare the way of thy Son SAINT JOHN BAPTIST'S DAY. our Saviour, by preaching of re- pentance ; Make us so to follow his doctrine and holy life, that we may truly repent according to his preaching ; and after his example constantly speak the truth, boldly rebuke vice, and patiently suffer for the truth's sake ; through Je- sus Christ our Lord. Amen. For the Epistle. IsaL xl. 1. COMFORT ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God. Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem, and cry unto her, That her warfare is accomplished ; that her iniquity is pardoned : for she hath received of the Lord's hand double for all her sins. The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make straight in the desert a high- way for our God. Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low, and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough places plain. And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together : for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it. The voice said, Cry. And he said, What shall I cry ? All flesh is grass, and all the goodliness there- of is as the flower of the field. The grass withereth, the flower fadeth, because the Spirit of the Lord bloweth upon it : surely the people is grass. The grass wither- eth, the flower fadeth ; but the word of our God shall stand for ever. 0 Zion, that bringest good tidings, get thee up into the high mountain : O Jerusalem, that bringest good tidings, lift up thy voice with strength ; lift it up, be not afraid : say unto the cities of Judah, Behold your God. Be- hold, the Lord God will come with strong hand, and his arm shall rule for him: behold, his reward is with him, and his work before him. He shall feed his flock like a shepherd ; he shall gather the Iambs with his arm, and carry them in his bosom, and shall gently lead those that are with young. The Gospel. St. Luke i. 57. T^LISABETH'S full time came I-* that she should be delivered ; and she brought forth a son. And her neighbours and her cousins heard how the Lord had shewed great mercy upon her ; and they rejoiced with her. And it came to pass, that on the eighth day they came to circumcise the child ; and they called him Zacharias, after the name of his father. And his mother answered and said, Not so ; but he shall be called John. And they said unto her, There is none of thy kindred that is call- ed by this name. And they made signs to his father, how he would have him called. And he asked for a writing-table, and wrote, saying, His name is John. And they mar- velled all. And his mouth was open- ed immediately, and his tongue loosed, and he spake, and praised God. And fear came on all that dwelt round about them ; and all these sayings were noised abroad throughout all the hill-country of Judaea. And all they that bad heard them laid them up in their hearts, saying, What manner of child shall this be ? And the hand of the Lord was with him. And his father Zacharias was filled with the holy Ghost, and prophesied, say- ing, Blessed be the Lord God of Israel : for he hath visited and re- deemed his people, and hath raised up an horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David ; as he spake by the mouth of his holy prophets, which have been since the world began; that we should be saved from our enemies, and from the hand of all that hate us ; to perform the mercy promised to our fathers, and to remember his holy covenant ; the oath which he sware to our father Abraham, that he would grant unto us, that we, being delivered out of the hands of our enemies, might serve him without fear, in holiness and righ- teousness before him all the days of our life. And thou, Child, shalt be called the Prophet of the High- est : for thou shalt go before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways ; to give knowledge of sal- vation unto his people, by the re- mission of their sins, through the tender mercy of our God, where- by the day-spring from on high hath visited us; to give light to SAINT PETER'S DAY. — SAINT JAMES THE APOSTLE. them that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace. And the child grew, and waxed strong in spirit; and was in the deserts till the day of his shewing unto Israel. Saint Peter's Day. The Collect. O ALMIGHTY God, who by thy Son Jesus Christ didst give to thy Apostle Saint Peter many excellent gifts, and commandedst him earnestly to feed thy flock ; Make, we beseech thee, all Bishops and Pastors diligently to preach thy holy Word, and the people obediently to follow the same, that they may receive the crown of everlasting glory ; through Je- sus Christ our Lord. Amen. For the Epistle. Acts xii. 1. ABOUT that time Herod the king stretched forth his hands to vex certain of the Church. And he killed James the brother of John with the sword. And, be- cause he saw it pleased the Jews, he proceeded further to take Pe- ter also. (Then were the days of unleavened bread. ) And when he had apprehended him, he put him in prison, and delivered him to four quaternions of soldiers to keep him, intending after Easter to bring him forth to the people. Peter therefore was kept in pri- son ; but prayer was made without ceasing of the Church unto God for him. And when Herod would have brought him forth, the same night Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains; and the keepers before the door kept the prison. And behold, the angel of the Lord came upon him, and a light shin- ed in the prison ; and he smote Peter on the side, and raised him up, saving, Arise up quickly. And his chains fell off from his hands. And the angel said unto him, Gird thyself, and bind on thy sandals : and so he did. And he saith unto him, Cast thy garment about thee, and follow me. And he went out and followed him ; and wist not that it was true which was done by the angel ; but thought he saw a vision. When they were past the first and the second ward, they came unto the iron gate that lead- eth unto the city, which opened to them of his own accord ; and they went out, and passed on through one street, and forthwith the angel departed from him. And when Peter was come to himself, he said, Now I know of a surety, that the Lord hath sent his angel, and hath delivered me out of the hand of Herod, and from all the expectation of the people of the Jews. The Gospel. St. Matt. xvi. 13. WHEN Jesus came into the coasts of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his discipies, saying, Whom do men say that I, the Son of man, am? And they said, Some say that thou art John the Baptist, some Ellas, and others Jeremias, or one of the prophets. He saith unto them, But whom say ye that I am ? And Simon Peter answer- ed and said. Thou art Christ, the Son of the living God. And Jesns answered and said unto him, Bless- ed art thou, Simon Bar-jona : for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven. And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock 1 will build my Church ; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. And I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven : and what- soever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven ; and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven. Saint James the Apostle. The Collect. GRANT, O merciful God, that as thine holy Apostle Saint James, leaving his father and all that he had, without delay was obedient unto the calling of thy Son Jesus Christ, and followed him; so we, forsaking all world- ly and carnal affections, may be evermore ready to follow thy holy 8AINT BARTHOLOMEW THE APOSTLE. commandments ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. For the Epistle. Acts xi. 27, and part of Chap. xii. IN those days camo prophets from Jerusalem unto Antioch. And there stood up one of them named Agahus, and signified by the Spirit, that there should be great dearth throughout all the world ; which came to pass in the days of Claudius Caesar. Then the discipleu, every man according to his ability, determined to send relief unto the brethren which dwelt in Judaea. Which also they did, and sent it to the elders by whosoever will be great among yon, let him be your minister; and whosoever will be chief a- mong you, let him be your ser- vant : even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many. the hands of Barnabas and Saul. Now about that time Herod the king stretched forth his hands to vex certain of the Church. And he killed James the brother of John with the sword. And, be- cause he saw it pleased the Jews, he proceeded further to take Pe- ter also. The Gospel. St. Matt. xx. 20. HPHEN came to him the mother J- of Zebedee's children with her sons, worshipping him, and desir- ing a certain tinner of him. And he said unto her, What wilt thou? She saith unto him, Grant that these my two sons may sit, the one on thy right hand, and the other on tlie left, in thy kingdom. But Jesus answered and said, Ye know not what ye ask. Are ye able to drink of the cup that I shall drink of, and to be baptized with the baptism that I am bap- tized with? They say unto him, We are able. And he saith unto them, Ye shall drink indeed of my cup, and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with : but to sit on my right hand, and on my left, is not mine to give; but it shall be given to them for whom it is prepared of my Fa- ther. And when the ten heard it, they were moved with indignation against the two brethren. But Je- sus called them unto him, and said, Ye know that the princes of the Gentiles exercise dominion over them, and they that are great exercise authority upon them. But it shall not be so among you : but Saint Bartholomew the Apostle. The Collect. O ALMIGHTY and everlasting God, who didst give to thine Apostle Bartholomew grace truly to believe and to preach thy Word ; Grant, we beseech thee, unto thy Church, to love that Word which he believed, and both to preach and receive the same ; through Je- sus Christ our Lord. Amen. For the Epistle. Acts v. 12. BY the hand3 of the Apostles were many signs and won- ders wrought among the people: (and they were all with one accord in Solomon's porch : and of the rest durst no man join himself to them : but the people magnified them : and believers were the more added to the Lord, multitudes both of men and women:) inso- much that they brought forth the sick into the streets, and laid them on beds and couches, that at the least the shadow of Peter pass- ing by might overshadow some of them. There came also a multi- tude out of the cities round about unto Jerusalem, bringing sick folks, and them which were vex- ed with unclean spirits ; and they were healed every one. Tlie Gospel. St. Luke xxii. 24. AND there was also a strife amoug 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 great- er, he that sitteth at meat, or he that servcth ? is not he that sitteth ST. MATTHEW.— ST. MICHAEL AND ALL ANGELS. at meat ? but I am among you as he that serveth. Ye are they which have continued with me in my temptations. And I appoint unto you a kingdom, as my Fa- ther 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. Saint Matthew the Apostle. The Collect. O ALMIGHTY God, who by thy blessed Son didst call Matthew from the receipt of cus- tom to be an Apostle and Evange- list ; Grant us grace to forsake all covetous desires, and inordinate love of riches, and to follow the same thy Son Jesus Christ, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Ghost, one God, world without end. Amen. Tlie Epistle. 2 Cor. iv. 1. THEREFORE seeing we have JL this ministry, as we have re- ceived mercy, we faint not; but have renounced the hidden things of dishonesty, not walking in craf- tiness, nor handling the Word of God deceitfully, but by manifes- tation of the truth commending ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God. But if our Gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost : in whom the God of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious Gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them. For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord ; and ourselves your servants for Jesus' sake. For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God, in the face of Jesus Christ. The Gospel. St. Matt. ix. 9. AND as Jesus passed forth from thence, he saw a man named Matthew, sitting at the receipt of custom: and he saith unto him, Follow me. And he arose, and followed him. And it came to pass, as Jesus sat at meat in the house, behold, many Publicans and sin- ners came, and sat down with him and his disciples. And when the Pharisees saw it, they said unto his disciples, Why eateth your Master with Publicans and sin- ners ? But when Jesus heard that, he said unto them, They that be whole need not a physician, but they that are sick. But go ye and learn what that meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice ; for I am not come to call the right- eous, but sinners to repentance. Saint Michael and all Angels. The Collect. O EVERLASTING God, who hast ordained and constituted the services of Angels and men in a wonderful order ; Mercifully grant, that as thy holy Angels alway do thee service in heaven, so by thy appointment they may succour and defend us on earth; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. For the Epistle. Rev. xii. 7- THERE was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon, and the dragon fought and his angels; and pre- vailed not, neither was their place found any more in heaven. And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the devil and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world; he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him. And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ : for the ac- cuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night. And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death. There- fore rejoice, ye heavens, and ye that dwell in them. Wo to the in- habiters of the earth, and of the sea: for the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, be- cause he knoweth that he hath but a short time. SAINT LUKE THE EVANGELIST. The Gospel. St Matt. xviii. L AT the same time came the dis- - ciples unto Jesus, saying, Who is the greatest in the King- dom of heaven ? And Jesus called a little child unto him, and set him in the midst of them, and said, Verily I say unto you, Ex- cept ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall not en- ter into the Kingdom of heaven. Whosoever therefore shall hum- ble himself as this little child, the same is greatest in the Kingdom of heaven. And whoso shall re- ceive one such little child in my Name, receiveth me. But whoso shall offend one of these little ones which believe in me, it were bet- ter for him that a milstone were hanged about his neck, and that he were drowned in the depth of the sea. Wo unto the world be- cause of offences: for it must needs be that offences come : but wo to that man by whom the of- fence cometh. Wherefore if thv hand or thy foot offend thee, cut them off, and cast them from thee : it is better for thee to enter into life halt or maimed, rather than having two hands or two feet to be cast into everlast- ing fire. And if thine eve offend thee, pluck it out. and cast it from thee : it is better for thee to enter into life with one eye, rather than having two eyes to be cast into hell-fire. Take heed that ye de- spise not one of these little" ones ; for I say unto you, That in hea- ven their angels do alwavs behold the face of my Father "which is in heaven. Saint Luke the Evangelist. The Collect. ALMIGHTY God, who calledst • Luke the Physician, whose praise is in the Gospel, to be an Evangelist, and Physician of the soul ; May it please thee, that, by the wholsome medicines of the doctrine delivered by him, all the diseases of our souls may be heal- ed ; through the merits of thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. The Epistle. 2 Tim. iv. 5. WATCH thou in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an Evangelist, make full proof of thy ministry. For I am now ready "to be offered, and the time of my departure is at hand. I have fought a good fight , I have finished nay course. I have kept the faith. Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righ- teousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing. Do thy diligence to come shortly unto me : for Demas hath forsaken me, having loved this present world, and is depart- ed unto Thessalonica ; Crescens to Galatia, Titus unto Dalmatia. Only Luke is with me. Take Mark and" bring him with thee : for he is profitable to me for the ministrv. And Tvehicus have I sent to Ephe- sus. The cloke that I left at Troas with Carpus, when thou comest, bring with thee : and the books, but especially the parchments. Alex- ander the copper-smith did me much evil: the Lord reward him according to his works. Of whom be thou ware also, for he hath greatly withstood our words. The Gospel. St. Luke x. L THE Lord appointed other seventy also, and sent them two and two before his face into every city and place whither he himself would come. Therefore said he unto them, The harvest truly is great, but the labourers are few; pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he would send forth labourers into his liar- vest Go your ways; behold, I send you forth as "lambs among wolves. Carry neither purse, nor scrip, nor shoes, and salute no man by the way. And into what- soever house y"e enter, first sav, Peace be to this house. And 'if the son of peace be there, your peace shall rest upon it: if "not, it shall turn to you again. And in the same house remain, eating and drinking such things as they give: for the labourer is worthy of his hire. ST. SIMON AND ST. JUDE. — ALL SAINTS* DAY. Saint Simon and Saint Jude, Apostles. The Collect. O ALMIGHTY God, who hast built thy Church upon the foundation of the Apostles and Prophets, Jesus Christ himself be- ing the head corner-stone ; Grant us so to be joined together in unity of spirit by their doctrine, that we may be made an holy tem- ple acceptable unto thee ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. The Epistle. St. Jude 1. TUDE, the servant of Jesus w Christ, and brother of James, to them that are sanctified by God the Father, and preserved in Jesus Christ, and called: Mercy unto you, and peace, and love be mul- tiplied. Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write unto you of the common salvation, it was needful for me to write unto you, and ex- hort you, that ye should earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints. For there are certain men crept in unawares, who were before of old ordained to this condemna- tion; ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lascivious- ness, and denying the only Lord God, and our Lord Jesus Christ. I will therefore put you in re- membrance, though ye once knew this, how that the Lord, having saved the people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed them that believed not. And the angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habita- tion, he hath reserved in everlast- ing chains under darkness unto the judgement of the great day. Even as Sodom and Gomorrba, and the cities about them in like manner giving themselves over to fornication, and going after strange flesh, are set forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire. Likewise also these filthy dreamers defile the flesh, despise dominion, and speak evil of dignities. The Gospel. St. John xv. 17. THESE things I command you, that ye love one another. If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you. If ye were of the world, the world would love his own : but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, there- fore the world hateth you. Re- member the word that I said unto you, The servant is not greater than the lord : if they have perse- cuted me, they will also persecute you ; if they have kept my saying, they will keep your's also. But all these things will they do unto you for my Name's sake, because they know not him that sent me. If I had not come and spoken unto them, they had not had sin: but now they have no cloke for their sin. He that hateth me hateth my Father also. If I had not done among them the works which none other man did, they had not had sin; but now have they both seen, and hated both me and my Father. But this cometh to pass, that the word might be fulfilled that is written in their law, They hated me without a cause. But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Fa- ther, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify of me. And ye also shall bear witness, because ye have been with me from the beginning. All Saints' Day. The Collect. O ALMIGHTY God, who hast knit together thine elect in one communion and fellowship, in the mystical body of thy Son Christ our Lord; Grant us grace so to follow thy blessed Saints in all virtuous and godly living, that we may como to those unspeakable joys, which thou hast prepared for them that unfeignedly love thee; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. For the Epistle. Rev. vii. 2. AND I saw another angel as- cending from the east, hav- ing the seal of the living God; and he cried with a loud voice to the four angels, to whom it was given ALL SAINTS' DAY. to hurt the earth, and the sea, saying, Hurt not the earth, nei- ther the sea, nor the trees, till we have sealed the servants of our God in their foreheads. And I hard the number of them which were sealed ; and there were seal- | ed an hundred and forty and four thousand, of all the tribes of the children of Israel. Of the tribe of Juda were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Reuben were seal- ed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Gad were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Aser were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Nephthali were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Manasses were sealed twelve thousand. Cf the tribe of Symeon were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Levi were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Isachar were seal- ed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Zabulon were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Joseph were seal- ed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Benjamin were sealed twelve thousand. After this I beheld, and lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and be- fore the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands; and cried with a loud voice, say- ing, Salvation to our God which sitteth upon the throne, and un- to the Lamb. And all the angels stood round about the throne, and about the elders, and the four beasts, and fell before the throne on their faces, and worshipped God, saying, Amen ; Blessing, and glory, and wisdom, and thanks- giving, and honour, and power, and might, be unto our God for ever and ever. Amen. The Gospel. St. Matt. v. 1. JESUS, seeing the multitudes, went up into a mountain ; and when he was set, his disciples came unto him. And he opened lus mouth, and taught them, say- ing, Blessed are the poor in spirit : for their's is the kingdom of hea- ven. Blessed are they that mourn : for they shall be comforted. Bless- ed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth. Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness : for they shall be filled. Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy. Bless- ed are "the pure in heart : for they shall see God. Blessed are the peace-makers: for they shall be called the children of God. Bless- ed are they which are persecuted for righteousness' sake : for their's is the kingdom of heaven. Bless- ed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely for my sake. Rejoice, and be exceeding glad; for great is your reward in heaven : for so per- secuted they the prophets which were before you. THE ORDER OF THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE LORD'S SUPPER, OR HOLY COMMUNION. 1 CfO many as intend to be partakers of the holy Communion shall sig- O nify their names to the Curate, at least some time the day before. 1 And if any of those be an open and notorious evil liver, or have done any wrong to his neighbours by word or deed, so that the Congrega- tion be thereby offended ; the Curate, having knowledge thereof, shall call him and advertise him, that in any wise he presume not to come to the Lord's Table, until he hath openly declared himself to have truly repented and amended his former naughty life, that the Con- gregation may thereby be satisfied, which before were offended; and that he hath recompensed the parties, to whom he hath done wrong ; or at least declare himself to be in full purpose so to do, as soon as he conveniently may. 1 The same order shall the Curate use with those betwixt whom he perceiveth malice and hatred to reign ; not suffering them to be par- takers of the Lord's Table, until he know them to be reconciled. And if one of the parties so at variance be content to forgive from the bot- tom of his heart all that the other hath trespassed against him, and to make amends for that he himself hath offended ; and the other party will not be persuaded to a godly unity, but remain still in his frowardness and malice : the Minister in that case ought to admit tlie penitent person to the holy Communion, and not him that is obstinate. Provided that every Minister so repelling any, as is specified in this, or the next precedent Paragraph of this Rubrick, shall be obliged to give an account of the same to the Ordinary within fourteen days after at the farthest. And the Ordinary shall proceed against the \ offending person according to the Canon. 1 The Table, at the Communion-time having a fair white linen cloth ■ upon it, shall stand in the Body of the Church, or in the Chancel, where Morning and Evening Prayer are appointed to be said. And the Priest standing at the North-side of the Table shall say the Lord's Prayer, with the Collect following, the people kneeling. OUR Father which art in hea- 1 are hid ; Cleanse the thoughts of ven, Hallowed be thy Name, our hearts by the inspiration of thy Thy kingdom come. Thy will be Holy Spirit, that we may perfectly done in earth, As it is in heaven, love thee, and worthily magnify Give us this day our daily bread, thy holy Name; through Christ And forgive us our trespasses, As I our Lord. Amen. we forgive them that trespass a- 1 gainst us. And lead us not into temptation ; But deliver us from evil. Amen. The Collect. ALMIGHTY God, unto whom all hearts be open, all desires known, and from whom no secrets T Then shaU the Priest, turning to the people, rehearse distinctly all the TEN COMMANDMENTS; and the people still kneeling shall, after every Commandment, ask God mercy for their transgression thereof for the time past, and grace to keep the same i for the time to come, asfolloweth. THE COMMUNION. Minister. pOD spake these words, and said ; I am the Lord thy God : Thou slialt have none other gods hut me. People. Lord, have mercy upon us, and incline our hearts to keep this law. Minister. Thou shalt not make to thyself any graven image, nor the likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or in the earth beneath, or in the water under the earth. Thou shalt not bow down to them, nor worship them : for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, and visit the sins of the fa- thers upon the children, unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me, and shew mercy unto thousands in them that love me, and keep my com- mandments. People. Lord, have mercy upon us, and incline our hearts to keep this law. Minister. Thou shalt not take the Name of the Lord thy God in vain : for the Lord will not hold him guiltless, that takcth his Name in vain. People. Lord, have mercy upon us, and incline our hearts to keep this law. Minister. Remember that thou keep holy the Sabbath-day. Six days shalt thou labour, and do all that thou hast to do ; but the eeventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God. In it thou shalt do no manner of work, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, thy man- servant, and thy maid-servant, thy cattle, and the stranger that is within thy gates. For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day : where- fore the Lord blessed the seventh day, and hallowed it. People. Lord, have mercy upon us, and incline our hearts to keep this law. Minister. Honour thv father and i thy mother ; that thv davs mav be long in the land, which the Lord H Ithy God giveth thee. * I People. Lord, have mercy upon 4 us, and incline our hearts to keep this law. Minister. Thou shalt do no murder. People. Lord, have mercy upon US. and incline our hearts to keep this law. Minister. Thou slialt not com- mit adultery. People. Lord, have mercy upon us, and incline our hearts to keep I this law. Minister. Thou shalt not steal. People. Lord, have mercy upon us, and incline our hearts to keep this law. Minister. Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neigh- bour. People. Lord, have mercy upon us, and incline our hearts to keep this law. Minister. Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife, nor his servant, nor his maid, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is his. People. Lord, have mercy upon us, and write all these thy laws in our hearts, we beseech thee. 1 Then shall follow one of these two Collects for the Queen, the Priest standing as before, and saying, Let us pray. A L MIGHTY God, whose king- dom is everlasting, and power infinite ; Have mercy upon the whole Church ; and "so rule the heart of thy chosen Servant VIC- TORIA,our Queen and Governour, that she (knowing whose minister she is) may above all things seek thy honour and glory : and that we, and all her subjects (duly considering whose authority she hath) may faithfully serve, honour, and humbly obey her, in thee, and for thee, according to thy bless- ed Word and ordinance ; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who with thee and the Holy Ghost liveth and reigneth, ever one God, world without end. Amen. Or, ALMIGHTY and everlasting God, we are taught by thy holy Word, that the hearts of Kings are in thy rule and govern- ance, and that thou dost dispose and turn them as it seemeth best THE COMMUNION. to thy godly wisdom : "VVe humbly beseech thee so to dispose and govern the heart of VICTORIA thy Servant, our Queen and Go- vernour, that, in all her thoughts, words, and works, she may ever seek thy honour and glory, and study to preserve thy people com- mitted to her charge, in wealth, peace, and godliness: Grant this, O merciful Father, for thy dear Son's sake, Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. \ Then shall be said the Collect of the Day. And immediately after tlie Col- lect the Priest shall read the EpUOe, saying, The Epistle [or, The portion of Scripture appointed for the Epistle] is written in the Chapter of beginning at the Verse. A nd the Epistle ended, he shall say, Here end - eth the Epistle. Then shall he read the Gospel (the people aU standing up) saying, The holy Gospel is written in the Chapter of beginning at the Verse. And the Gospel ended, shall be sung or said the Creed following, the people still standing, as before. 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 salvation came down from heaven, And was in- carnate by the Holy Ghost of the Virgin Mary, And was made man, And was crucified also for us under Pontius Pilate. He suffered and was buried, And the third day he rose again according to the Scrip- tures, And ascended into heaven, And sitteth on the right hand of the Father. And he shall come again with glory to judE CAUSE thou didst give J-* Jesus Christ thine only Son , to be born as at this time for us ; j who, by the operation of the Holy Ghost,*was made very man of the substance of the Virgin Mary his mother ; and that without *pot of sin, to make us clean from all sin. Therefore with Angels, $c. Upon Easter-day, and seven days after. BUT chiefly are we bound to praise thee for the glorious Resurrection of thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord : for he is the very Paschal Lamb, which was offered for us, and hath taken away the sin of the world ; who by his death hath destroyed death, and by his rising to hie again hath restored to us everlasting life. Therefore with Angels, c$c. Upon Ascension-day, and seven days after. THROUGH thy most dearly 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 as- cend, and reign with him in glory. Therefore with Angels, $c. Upon Whit-sunday, and six days after. THROUGH Jesus Christ our Lord ; according to whose most true promise, the Holy Ghost came down as at this time from heaven with a sudden great sound, as it bad been a mighty wind, in the likeness of fiery tongues, lighting upon the Apostles, to teach them, and to lead them to all truth ; giving them both the gift of divers languages, and also boldness with fervent zeal con- stantly to preach the Gospel unto all nations ; whereby we have been brought out of darkness and error into the clear light and true knowledge of thee, and of thy Son Jesus Christ. Therefore with An- gels, <$c. Upon the Feast of Trinity only. T117TIO art one God, one Lord ; ▼ » not one only Person, but three Persons in one Substance. For that which we believe of the THE COMMUNION. glory of the Father, the same we believe of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost, without any differ- ence or inequality. Therefore with Angels, $c. H After each of which Prefaces shall immediately be sung or said, THEREFORE with Angels and Archangels, and with all the company of heaven, we laud and magnify thy glorious Name ; evermore praising thee, and say- ing, Holy, holy, holy, Lord God of hosts, heavep and earth are full of thy glory : Glory be to thee, O Lord most High. Amen. If Then shall the Priest, kneeling down at the Lord's Table, say in the name of all them that shall receive the Com- munion this Prayer following. WE do not presume to come to this thy Table, O merciful Lord, trusting in our own righte- ousness, but in thy manifold and great mercies. We are not wor- thy so much as to gather up the crumbs under thy Table. But thou art the same Lord, whose property is always to have mercy : Grant us therefore, gracious Lord, so to eat the flesh of thy dear Son Jesus Christ, and to drink his blood, that our sinful bodies may be made clean by his body, and our souls washed through his most precious blood, and that we may evermore dwell in him, and he in us. Amen. T When the Priest, standing before the Table, hath so ordered the Bread mid Wine, that he may with the more rea- diness and decency break the Bread before the people, and take the Cap into his hands, he shall say tlie Prayer of Consecration, as followcth. ALMIGHTY God, our hea- venly Father, who of thy ten- der mercy didst give thine only Son Jesus Christ to suffer death upon the cross for our redemp- tion ; who made there (by his one oblation of himself once offered) a full, perfect, and sufficient sacri- fice, oblation, and satisfaction, for the sins of the whole world ; and did institute, and in his holy Gos- pel command U3 to continue, a perpetual memory of that his pre- cious death, until his coming a- gain ; Hear us, O merciful Father, we most humbly beseech thee; and grant that we receiving these thy creatures of bread and wine, according to thy Son our Saviour Jesus Christ's holy institution, in remembrance of his death and pas- sion, may be partakers of his most blessed Body and Blood : who, in the same night that he was betrayed, » took „ Bere m Bread ; and, when priest is to take he had given the Paten into thanks, * he brake hands it, and gave it to his b And here to disciples, saying, break the Bread: Take, eat, ° this c And here to is my Rody which lay his hand wp- is given for you: on all the Bread. Do this in remem- brance of me. Likewise after sup- per he <* took the d Here he is Cup ; and, when he to take the Cup had given thanlts, int0 hand : he gave it to them, saying, Drink ye all of this ; for ._, . ^ i3 r B t 00d ^ 2^5 Of the New Tes- upon every ves- tament, which is sel (be u Clialice shed for you and «*»• Flagon) in for many for the ^ich there is remission of sins: ** Do this, as oft as ye shall drink it, in remembrance of me. Amen. ^ Then shatl the Minister first receive the Communion in both kinds himself, and then proceed to deliver the same to the Bishops, Priests, and Beacons, in like manner, (if any be present,) and after that to the people also in order, into their hands, aU meekly kneeling. And, when he delivereth tlie Bread to any one, he shall say, THE Body of our Lord Jesus Christ, which was given for thee, preserve thy body and soul unto everlasting life. Take and eat this in remembrance that Christ died for thee, and feed on him in thy heart by faith with thanks* giving. *\ And the Minister that delivereth the Cup to any one shall say, THE Blood of our Lord Jesus Christ, which was shed for thee, preserve thy body and soul unto everlasting life. Drink this in remembrance that Christ's Blood was shed for thee, and be thank- ful. THE COMMUNION. 1 // the consecrated Bread or Wine be all spent Ixiore all have communicat- ed, the Priest is to consecrate more ac- cording to the Form before prescribed ; beginning at [Our Saviour Christ in the same night, REVENT us, O Lord, in all A our doings with thy most gra- cious favour, and further us with thy continual help ; that in all our works begun, continued, and end- ed in thee, we may glorify thy holy Name, and finally by thy mercy obtain everlasting 'life; through Je- sus Christ our Lord. Amen. ALMIGHTY God, the foun- tain of all wisdom, who know- est our necessities before we ask, and our ignorance in asking ; We beseech thee to have compassion upon our infirmities; and those things, which for our unworthiness we dare not, and for our blindness we cannot ask, vouchsafe to give us, for the worthiness of thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. ALMIGHTY God, who hast promised to hear the peti- tions of them that ask in thy Son's Name ; We beseech thee merci- fully to incline thine ears to us that have made now our prayers and supplications unto thee; and grant, that those things, which we have faithfully asked according to thy will, may effectually be ob- taiued, to the relief of our neces- sity, and to the setting forth of thy glory; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. f Upon the Sundays and other Holy-days (if there be no Communion) shall be said all that is appointed at the Communion, until the end of the general Prayer [For the whole state of Christ's Church militant here in earth] together with one or more of these Collects last before rehearsed, concluding with the Blessing. 1 And there shall be no celebration of the Lord's Supper, except there be a convenient number to communicate with the Priest, according to his discretion. K And if there be not above twenty persons in the Parish of discretion to receive the Communion; yet there shall be no Communion, except four (or three at the least) communicate with the Priest. THE COMMUNION. 1 And in Cathedral and Collegiate Churches, and Colleges, where there are many Priests and Deacons, they shall all receive the Communion with the Priest every Sunday at the least, except they have a rea- sonable cause to the contrary. 1 And to take away all occasion of dissention, and superstition, which any person hath or might have concerning the Bread and Wine, it shall suffice that the Bread be such as is usual to be eaten ; but the best and purest Wheat Bread that conveniently may be gotten. % And if any of the Bread and Wine remain unconsecrated, the Cu- rate shall have it to his own use : but if any remain of that which was consecrated, it shall not be carried out of the Church, but the Priest and such other of the Communicants as he shall then call unto him, shall, immediately after the Blessing, reverently eat and drink the same. ■ The Bread and Wine for the Communion shall be provided by the Curate and the Church-wardens at the charges of the Parish. 1 And note, that every Parishioner shall communicate at the least three times in the year, of which Easter to be one. And yearly at Easter every Parishioner shall reckon with the Parson, Vicar, or Curate, or his or their Deputy or Deputies ; and pay to them or him all Ecclesiastical Duties, aceustomably due, then and at that time to be paid. K After the Divine Service ended, the money given at the Offertory shall be disposed of to such pious and charitable uses, as the Min- ister and Church-wardens shall think fit. Wherein if they disagree, it shall be disposed of as the Ordinary shall appoint. - "1XTHEREAS it is ordained in this Office for the Administration of ■ » » the Lord's Supper, that the Communicants should receive the " same kneeling j (which order is well meant, for a signification of our " humble and grateful acknowledgement of the benefits of Christ therein " given to all worthy Receivers, and for the avoiding of such profana- tion and disorder in the holy Communion, as might otherwise ensue;) " yet, lest the same kneeling should by any persons, either out of igno- u ranee and infirmity, or out of malice and obstinacy, be misconstrued " and depraved ; It is hereby declared, That thereby no adoration is ** intended, or ought to be done, either unto the Sacramental Bread or " Wine there bodily received, or unto any Corporal presence of Christ's I natural Flesh and Blood- For the Sacramental Bread and Wine re- " main still in their very natural substances, and therefore may not be " adored ; (for that were Idolatry, to be abhorred of all faithful Chris- " tians;) and the natural Body and Elood of our Saviour Christ are in " Heaven, and not here ; it being against the truth of Christ's natural " Body to be at one time in more places than one." THE MINISTRATION OP PUBLICK BAPTISM OF INFANTS, TO BE USED IN THE CHURCH. % The people are to be admonished, that it is most convenient that Baptism, should not be administered but upon Sundays, and other Holy-days, when the most number of people come together j as well for that the Congregation there present may testify the receiving of them that be newly baptized into the number of Christ's CJturch ; as also because in the Baptism of Infants every Man present may be put in remembrance of liis own profession made to God in his Bapt ism. For which cause also it is expedient that Baptism be ministered in the vulgar tongue. Nevertheless, (if necessity so require,) Children may be baptized upon any other day. ^ And note, that there shall be for every Male-child to be baptized two Godfathers and one Godmother; and for every Female, one Godfather and two Godmothers. % When there are Children to be baptized, the Parents shall give knowledge thereof over night, or in the morning before the beginning of Morning Prayer, to the Curate. And then the Godfathers and Godmothers, and the people with the Children, must be ready at the Font, either immediately after the last Lesson at Morning Prayer, or else immediately after the last Lesson at Evening Prayer, as the Curate b>/ Jiis discretion shall appoint. And the Priest coming to the Font, (whicJi is then to befitted with pure Water,) and standing tliere, shall say, HATH this Child been already baptized, or no ? If If they answer, No : Then shall the Priest proceed as followeth. DEARLY beloved, forasmuch as all men are conceived and I orn in sin; and that our Saviour Christ saith, None can enter into the king- dom of God, except he be regenerate and born anew of Water and of the holy Ghost; I beseech you to cxll upon God the Father, through our Lord Jesus Christ, that of his boun- teous mercy he will grant to this Child that thing which by nature he cannot have; that he may he baptized with Water and the holy Ghost, and received into Christ's holy Church, and be made a lively member of the same. ^[ Then shall the Priest say, Let us pray. ALMIGHTY and everlasting God, . who of thy great mercy didst save Noah and his family in the ark from perishing by water ; and also didst safely lead the children of Is- rael thy people through the Red Sea, figuring thereby thy holy Baptism ; and by the Baptism of thy well- beloved Son Jesus Christ, in the river Jordan, didst sanctify Water to the mystical washing away of sin; We beseech thee, for thine infinite mer- cies, that thou wilt mercifully look upon this Child; wash him and sanc- tity him with the holy Ghost; that he, being delivered from thy wrath, may be received into the ark ot Christ's Church; and being stedfast in faith, joyful through hope, and rooted in charity, may so pass the waves of this troublesome world, that finally he may come to the land of everlasting life, there to reign with thee world without end ; through Je- sus Christ our Lord. Amen. ALMIGHTY and immortal God, the aid of all that need, the helper of all that flee to thee for suc- cour, the life of them that believe, and the resurrection of the dead; We call upon thee for this Infant, that he, coming to thy holy Baptism, may receive remission of his sins by spiritual regeneration. Receive him, O Lord, as thou hast promised by thy well-beloved Son, saying, Ask, and ye shall have ; seek, and ye shall find ; knock, and it shall be opened unto you : So give now unto us that ask; let us that seek find ; open the gate unto us that knock; that this Infant may enjoy the everlasting l>e- nediction of thy heavenly washing, and may come to the eternal king- dom which thou hast promised by Christ our Lord. Amen. T Then shall the people stand up, and the Priest shall say, Hear the words of the Gospel, writ- ten by Saint Mark, in the tenth Chapter, at the thirteenth Versa THEY brought young children to Christ, that he should touch them ; and lmdisciples rebuked those that brought them. But when Jesus saw it, he was much displeased, and said unto them, Suffer the little chil- dren to come unto me, and forbid PUBLICK BAPTISM OF INFANTS. them not; for of such is the king- dom of God. Verily I say unto you, Whosoever shall not receive the king- dom of God as a little child, he shall not enter therein. And he took them up in his arms, put his hands upon them, and blessed them. After the Gospel is read, the Minister shall make this brief Exhortation upon the words of the Gospel. BELOVED, ye hear in this Gospel the words of our Saviour Christ, that he commanded the children to be brought unto him ; how he blam- ed those that would have kept them from him ; how he cxhorteth all men to follow their innocency. Ye perceive how by his outward gesture and deed he declared his good will toward them ; for he embraced them in his arms, he laid his hands upon them, and blessed them. Doubt ye not therefore, but earnestly believe, that he will likewise favourably re- ceive this present Infant; that he will embrace him with the arms of lii.s mercy; that he will give unto him the blessing of eternal life, and make him partaker of his everlast- ing kingdom. Wherefore we being thus persuaded of the good will of our heavenly Father towards this Infant, declared by his Son Jesus Christ; and nothing doubting but that he favourably alloweth this cha- ritable work of our"s in bringing this Infant to his holy Baptism; let us faithfully and devoutly give thanks unto him, and say, ALMIGHTY and everlasting Xx. God, heavenly Father, we give thee humble thanks, for that thou hast vouchsafed to call us to the knowledge of thy grace, and faith in thee : Increase this knowledge, and confirm this faith in us ever- more. Give thy holy Spirit to this Infant, that he may be born again, and be made an heir of everlasting salvation; through our Lord Jesus Christ, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Spirit, now and for ever. Amen. ^ Then sliall the Priest speak unto the Godfathers and Godmothers on this wise. DEARLY beloved, ye have brought this Child here to be baptized, ye have prayed that our Lord Jesus Christ would vouchsafe to receive him, to release him of his sins, to sanctify him with the holy Ghost, to give him the kingdom of heaven, and everlasting life. Ye IT have heard also that our Lord Jesus Christ hath promised in his Gospel to grant all these things that ye have prayed for: which promise he, for his part, will most surely keep and perform. Wherefore, after this pro- mise made by Christ, this Infant must also faithfully, for his part, promise by you that are his sureties, (until he come of age to take it upon himself) that he will renounce the devil and all his works, and con- stantly believe God's holy Word, and obediently keep his commandments. I demand therefore, OST thou, in the name of this Child, renounce the devil and all his works, the vain pomp and glory of the world, with all covetous desires of the same, and the carnal desires of the flesh, so that thou wilt not follow, nor be led by them ? Answer. I renounce them all. Minister. DOST thou believe in God the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth? And in Jesus Christ his only-be- gotten Son our Lord? And that he was conceived by the Holy Ghost; born of the Virgin Mary; that he suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, dead, and buried ; that he went down into hell, and also did rise again the third day ; that he as- cended into heaven, and sitteth at the right hand of God the Father Almighty; and from thence shall come again at the end of the world, to judge the quick and the dead ? And dost thou believe in the Holy Ghost ; the holy Catholick Church ; the Communion of Saints ; the Re- mission of sins ; the Resurrection of the flesh ; and everlasting life after death? Answer. All this I stedfastly be- lieve. Minister. TT7TLT thou be baptized in this VV faith? Answer. That is my desire. Minister. "1T7TLT thou then obediently keep W God's holy will and command- ments, and walk in the same all the days of thy life? Answer. I will. £ T Then shall the Priest say, O MERCIFUL God, grant that the old Adam in this Child may be so buried, that the new man may be raised up in him. Amen. PUBLICK BAPTISM OF INFANTS. Grant that all carnal affections may die in him, and that all things belonging to the Spirit may live and grow in him. Amen. Grant that he may have power and strength to have victory, and to triumph, against the devil, the world, and the flesh. Amen. Grant that whosoever is here de- dicated to thee by our office and ministry may also be endued with heavenly virtues, and everlastingly rewarded, through thy mercy, O blessed Lord God, who dost live, and govern all things, world with- out end- Amen. ALMIGHTY, everliving God, whose most dearly beloved Son Jesus Christ, for the forgiveness of our sins, did shed out of his most precious side both water and blood ; and gave commandment to his dis- ciples, that they should go teach all nations, and baptize them In the Name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost ; Regard, we be- seech thee, the supplications of thy congregation ; sanctify this Water to the mystical washing away of sin; and grant that this Child, now to be baptized therein, may receive the fulness of thy grace, and ever remain in the number of thy faithful and elect children ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. *j Then the Priest shall take the Child into his hands, and shall say to the Godfathers and Godmothers, Name this Child. % And then naming it after them {if they shall certify him that the Cltild may well endure it) he shaU dip it in the Water discreetly and warily, saying, NI baptize thee In the Name of . the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost Amen. T But if they certify that the Child is weak, it shall suffice to pour Water upon it, saying the foresaid words, NI baptize thee In the Name of . the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost Amen. «[ Then the Priest shaU say, "11TE receive this Child into VV the congregation of Christ's - ~ , „ • ^ flock, * and do • Here the Priest 4^ him with thall make a Cross JgP . ofAthe upon the Child's jSJLf 8 !. tjfv^n Cross, in token forehead. thatbereafter he shall not be ashamed to confess the faith of Christ crucified, and man- fully to fight under his banner, a- gainst sin, the world, and the devil ; and to continue Christ's faithful sol- dier and servant unto his life's end. Amen. T Then shaU the Priest say, SEEING now, dearly beloved bre- thren, that this Child is regene- rate, and grafted into the body of Christ's Church, let us give thanks unto Almighty God for these bene- fits ; and with one accord make our prayers unto him, that this Child may lead the rest of his life accord- ing to this beginning. ^ Then shall be said, att kneeling; OUR Father, which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy Name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, As it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, As we for- give them that trespass against us. I And lead us not into temptation ; j But deliver us from eviL Amen. ^ Then shall the Priest say, WE yield thee hearty thanks, most merciful Father, that it hath pleased thee to regenerate this I Infant with thy holy Spirit to re- ceive him for thine own Child by \ adoption, and to incorporate him | into thy holy Church. And humbly we beseech thee to grant that he, being dead unto sin. and living unto | righteousness, and being buried with Christ in his death, may crucify the old man, and utterly abolish the i whole body of sin ; and that, as he is made partaker of the death of thy Son, he may also be partaker of his resurrection ; so that finally, with the residue of thy holy Church, he I may be an inheritor of thine ever- I lasting kingdom ; through Christ j our Lord. Amen. 1 Then, aU standing up, the Priest shaU say to the Godfathers and Godmothers this Exhortation following. T^ORASMUCH as this Child hath J? promised by yon his sureties to renounce the devil and all his works, to believe in God, and to serve him ; ye must remember, that it is your parts and duties to see that this In- fant be taught so soon as he shall j be able to learn, what a solemn vow, promise, and profession, he hath here | made by you. And that he may know these things the better, ye shall ; call upon him to hear Sermons; and ; chiefly ye shall provide, that he may j learn the Creed, the Lord's Prayer, PRIVATE BAPTISM OF INFANTS. and the Bra Commandments, in the vulgar tongue, and all other things flfcltk a Christian ought to know and believe to his soul's health ; and thr.t this Child may be virtuously brought on to lead a g<->dly and & christian life: remembering always, that Baptism doth r» present unto us our profession; which is, to follow the example of our Saviour Chri.rt, and to be made like unto him ; that, ■a be died, and rose again for us. so should we, who are baptized, die Mb sin, and rise again unto right- eousness ; continually mortifying all our evil and corrupt anvetions, and daily proofing in all virtue and godliness of living. * Then AaU he add and tay, 171 an a to take care tint this Child ± be brought to the Bishop to be confirm*! by him, so soon as he can say the Creed, the Lord's Prayer, and the TV n Commandments, in the vul- gar tongue, and be further insmiet- ed in the Church-Catechism set forth for that purpose. IT is certain by God's Word, that Children which are baptized, dying before they commit actual sin, are undoubtedly saved. To take away all scruple concerning the use of the sicro of the Cross in Biptism; the true exp.ication thereof, and the just reasons for the re- taining of it, may be seen in the xxxth Canon, first published in the Year MDCIV. THE MINISTRATION OP PRIVATE BAPTISM OF CHILDREN IN HOUSES. 5 The Curites of ererri PnrUh thaU often admonish the people, that they defer not the Baptism of their Children longer than the first or secjnd Sunday next after their birth, or other Holy-dag falling between, unless upon a great and reasonable cause, to be approved by 'the Curate. ^ And also the? thaU toirn them, that without like great cause and necessity they procure not freir Children to be baptized at home in their houses. But when need shall compel them so to do, &en Baptism shaU be administered on this fashion : * First, let the Minister of the Parish (or, in his absence, any other lawful Mi- nster that can be procured) with them that are present call upon G<-d, and say the O/rd t Prayer, and so many of the OMects appointed to be said before in the F.rm of Public* Baptism, as the time and present exigence trill suffer. A nd t'ten, the Child being named by some one fvctf is present, the Minister lhaU pjur Water upon it, saying these words; "VJ I baptize thee In the Name of _L ^ . the Father, and of the Sen. and of the Holy Ghcst Amen. ^ Then, all tneeling down, th? Minister shall give thanJx unto God, and say, WE yield thee hearty thanks, most merciful Father, that it hath pleased thee to regenerate thti Infant -with thy holy Spirit, to re- ceive him for thine own Child by adoption, and to incorporate him in- to thy holy Church. And we hum- bly beseech thee to grant, that as he is now made partaker of the death of thy Son, so he may be also of his resurrection ; and that finally, with the residue of thy Saints, he may inherit thine everlasting king- dom ; through the same thy son Je- sus Christ our Lord. Amen. ^ And let them not doubt, but that the Child so baptized is lawfully and *h/5- denXy baptized, and ought not to be bavtized aoain. Tet nevertheless, if &,e Child, which is after this sort lap- tized, do afterward lice, it is expedient that it be brought into the Church, to the intent tfoii, if the Minister of the same Parish did himself baptize that Chad, the Congregatioix may be certi- fied of the true Form of Baptism, by him prirately before used : In which case he thaU siy thus, 1 CERTIFY you, that according X to the due and prescribed Order of the Church, at such a time, and at such a place, before divers wit- nesses I baptized this Child, i But if the Child were baptized by any other' lawful Minister, then the Minu- ter of the Parish, where the Child was PRIVATE BAPTISM OF INFANTS. bom or christened, thall examine and try whether the Child be lawfully bap- tized, or no. In which case, if those that bring any Child to tlie Church do answer, that the same Child is already baptized, then sh/ill the Minister exa- mine them further, saying, BY whom was this Child bap- tized ? Who was present when this Child was baptized? Because some things essential to this Sacrament may happen to be omitted through fear or haste, in such times of extremity; therefore I demand further of you, With what matter was this Child baptized? With what words was this Child baptized ? •T And if the Minister shall find by the answers of such as bring the Child, that all things were done as they ought to be ; then shall not he christen the Cliild again, but shall receive him as one of the flock of true cliristian people, say- ing thus, I CERTIFY you, that in this case all is well done, and according unto due order, concerning the bap- tizing of this Child ; who being born in original sin, and in the wrath of God, is now, by the laver of Rege- neration in Baptism, received into the number of the children of God, and heirs of everlasting life : for our Lord Jesus Christ doth not deny his grace and mercy unto such Infants, but most lovingly doth call them unto him, as the holy Gospel doth witness to our comfort on this wise. St. Mark x. 13. THEY brought young children to Christ, that he should touch them ; and his disciples rebuked those that brought them. But when Jesus saw it, he was much displeas- ed, and said unto them, Suffer the little children to come unto me, and forbid them not ; for of such is the kingdom of God. Verily I say unto you, Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little child, he shall not enter therein. And he took them up in his arms, put his hands upon them, and blessed them. ^ After the Gospel is read, the Minister shall make this brief Exhortation upon the words of the Gospel. BELOVED, ye hear in this Gospel the words of our Saviour Christ, that he commanded the children to be brought unto him ; how he blam- ed those that would have kept them from him ; how he exhorted all men to follow their innocency. Ye per- ceive how by his outward gesture and deed he declared his good will toward them ; for he embraced them in his arms, he laid his hands upon them, and blessed them. Doubt ye not therefore, but earnestly believe, that he hath likewise favourably re- ceived this present Infant; that he hath embraced him with the arms of his mercy; and (as he hath pro- mised in his holy Word) will give unto him the blessing of eternal life, and make him partaker of his ever- lasting kingdom. Wherefore, we be- ing thus persuaded of the good will of our heavenly Father, declared by his Son Jesus Christ, towards this Infant, let us faithfully and devout- ly give thanks unto him, and say the Prayer which the Lord himself taught us : OUR Father, which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy Name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, As it Is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, As we for- give them that trespass against us. And lead us cot into temptation; But deliver us from evil. Amen. ALMIGHTY and everlasting God, heavenly Father, we give thee humble thanks, that thou hast vouchsafed to call us to the know- ledge of thy grace, and faith in thee ; Increase this knowledge, and confirm this faith in us evermore. Give thy holy Spirit to this Infant, that he, being born again, and being made an heir of everlasting salvation, through our Lord Jesus Christ, may conti- nue thy servant, and attain thy pro- mise; through the same our Lord Jesus Christ thy Son, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Spirit, now and for ever. Amen. T Then shall the Priest demand the Name of the ChUd ; which being by the Godfathers and Godmothers pro- nounced, the Minister shall say, "T\OST thou, in the name of this JLJ Child, renounce the devil and all his works, the vain pomp and glory of this world, with all covetous desires of the same, and the carnal desires of the flesh, so that thou wilt not follow, nor be led by them ? Answer. I renounce them alL Minister. DOST thou believe in God the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth ? PRIVATE BAPTISM OP INFANTS. And in Jesus Christ his only-be- gotten Son our Lord? And that he was conceived by the Holy Ghost ; born of the Virgin Mary ; that he i suffered under Pontius Pilate, was j crucified, dead, and buried ; that he went down into hell, and also did I rise again the third day ; that he I ascended into heaven, and sitteth at the right hand of God the Father Almighty ; and from thence shall come again at the end of the world, to judge the quick and the dead ? And dost thou b- lieve in the Holy Ghost ; the holy Catholick Church ; the Communion of Saints; the Re- mission of sins ; the Resurrection of I the tiesh ; and everlasting life after t death? Answer. All this I stedfastly be- lieve. Minister. WILT thou then obediently keep God's holy will and commpnd- 1 ments, and walk in the same all the days of thy life t Answer. I wilL q Then the Priest shall say, \\7"E receive this Child into VV the congregation of Christ's flock, * and do Here the Priest shall make aCr ; ^s the sign of the up™ the ChMs CogTTn token forehead. that herea{ter he shall not be ashamed to confess the faith of Christ crucified, and man- fully to fight under his banner, a- gainst sin, the world, and the devil ; and to continue Christ's faithful sol- dier and servant unto his life's end. Amen. «[ Then shaU the Priest say, SEEING now, dearly beloved bre- thren, that this Child is by Bap- tism regenerate, and grafted into the body of Christ's Church, let us give thanks unto Almighty God for these benefits ; and with one accord make our prayers unto him, that he may lead the rest of his life according to this beginning. K Then shall the Priest say, TJITE yield thee most hearty ▼ V thanks, most merciful Fa- ther, that it hath pleased thee to re- renerate this Infant with thy holy Spirit, to receive him for thine own Child by adoption, and to incorpo- rate him into thy holy Church. And humbly we beseech thee to grant, that he being dead unto sin, and him with living unto righteousness, and being buried with Christ in his death, may crucify the old man, and utterly abolish the whole body of sin ; and that, as he is made partaker of the death of thy Son, he may also lie partaker of his resurrection ; so that finally, with the residue of thy holy Church, he may be an inheritor of thine everlasting kingdom j through Je3us Christ our Lord. Amen. % Then, aU standing up, the Minister shaU make this Exhortation to Vie Godfathers and Godmothers. FORASMUCH as this Child hath promised by you his sureties to renounce the devil and all his works, to believe in God, and to serve him ; ye must remember, that it is your parts and duties to see that this In- fant be taught, so soon as he shall be able to learn, what a solemn vow, promise, and profession lie hath made by you. And that he may know these things the better, ye shall call upon him to hear Sermons ; and chiefly ye shall provide, that he may learn the Creed, the Lord's Prayer, and the Ten Command- ments, in the vulgar tongue, and all other things which a Christian ought to know and believe to his soul's health ; and that this Child may be virtuously brought up to lead a godly and a christian life; remembering alway, that Baptism doth represent unto us our profes- sion ; which is, to follow the exam- ple of our Saviour Christ, and to be made like unto him ; that, as he died, and rose again for us, so should we, who are baptized, die from sin, and rise again unto righteousness; continually mortifying'all our evil and corrupt affections, and daily proceeding in all virtue and godli- ness of living. ^ But if they which bring the Infant to the Church do make such uncertain an- s*vers to the Priest's questions, as that it cannot appear that the Cliild was baptized with Water, In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holj Ghost, (which are essential parts of Baptism,) then let the Priest baptize it in the form before appointed for Publick Baptism of Infants ; saving Oiat at the dipping of the Child in the Font, he sliaU use this form of words. IF thou art not already baptized, JV. I baptize thee In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost Amen. THE MINISTRATION OF BAPTISM TO SUCH AS ARE OF RIPER YEARS, AND ABLE TO ANSWER FOR THEMSELVES. % When any such persons, as are of riper years, are to be baptized, timely notice shall be given to the Bishop, or whom he shall appoint for that purpose, a week before at the least, by the Parents, or some oVier discreet persons ; that so due care may be talcen for their Examination, wheOier they be sujpciently instructed in the Principles of the Christian ReUgivn; and that tliey may be exhorted to prepare themselves with Prayers and Fasting for Vie receiving of tiiis holy Sacrament. 1 And if they shall be found ft, then the Godfathers and Godmothers {the people being assembled upon the Sunday or Holy-day appointed) shall be ready to pre- sent them at the Pont immediately after the sewnd Lesson, either at Morning or Evening Prayer, as the Curate in his discretion shall think fit. % And standing there, the Priest shall ask, whether any of the persons here presented be baptized, or no: If they sliall answer, No; tlien shall tiie Priest say thus, DEARLY beloved, forasmuch as all men are conceived and born in sin, (and that which is bom of the flesh is flesh,) and they that are in the flesh cannot please God, but live in sin, committing many actual transgressions ; and that our Saviour Christ saith None can enter into the kingdom of God, except he be rege- nerate and born anew of Water and of tUe holy Ghost •, I beseech you to call upon God the Father, through our Lord Jesus Christ, that of his bounteous goodness lie will grant to these persons that which by nature they cannot have ; that they may be baptized with Water and the holy Ghost, and received into Christ's holy Church, and be made lively members of the same. If T?ten shall the Priest say, Let us pray. (J And here all the Congregation shall kneel. > ALMIGHTY and everlasting God, . who of thy gTeat mercy didst save Noah and his family in the ark from perishing by water; and also didst safely lead the children of Is- rael thy people through the Red Sea, figuring thereby thy holy Baptism ; and by the Baptism of thy well-be- loved Son Jesus Christ, in the river Jordan, didst sanctify the element of water to the mystical washing away of sin; We beseech thee, for thine infinite mercies, that thou wilt mer- cifully look upon these thy servants; wash them and sanctify them with the holy Ghost, that they, being deli- vered from thy wrath, may be receiv- ed into the ark of Christ's Church ; and being stedfast in faith, joyful through hope, and rooted in charity, may so pass the waves of this trou- blesome world, that finally they may come to the land of everlasting life, there to reign with thee world with- out end ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. ALMIGHTY and immortal God, the aid of all that need, the helper of all that flee to thee for suc- cour, the life of them that believe, and the resurrection of the dead; We call upon thee for these persons, that they, coming to thy holy Bap- tism, may receive remission of their sins by spiritual regeneration. Re- ceive them, O Lord, as thou hast promised by thy well-beloved Son, saying, Ask, and ye shall receive; seek, and ye shall find ; knock, and it shall be opened unto you : So give now unto us that ask ; let us that seek find ; open the gate unto us that knock ; that these persons may enjoy the everlasting benediction of thy heavenly washing, and may come to the eternal kingdom which thou hast promised by Christ our Lord. Amen. ^ Tlien shall the people stand up, and the Priest shall say, Hear the words of the Gospel, writ- ten by Saint John, in the third Chapter, beginning at the first Verse. Hp HERE was a man of the Pliari- JL sees, named Nieodemus, a ruler of the Jews. The same came to Jesus by night, and said unto him, Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come from God ; for no man can do these miracles that thou doest, ex- cept God be with him. Jesus an- swered and said unto him, Verily, verily I say unto thee, Except a man be born a.^ain, he cannot see the kingdom of God. Nieodemus saith PUBLICK BAPTISM OF SUCH AS ARE OF RIPER YEARS. unto him, How can a man be born ] him by faith ; that he will grant when he is old t Can he enter the se- them remission of their sins, and cond time into his mother's womb, I bestow upon them the holy Ghost ; and be born ' Jesus answered, Veri- , that he will give them the blessing ly, verily I say unto thee, Except a of eternal life, and make them par- man be born of water and of the Spi- 1 takers of his everlasting kingdom, rit, he cannot enter into the king- 1 Wherefore we being thus per- dom of God. That which is born of I suaded of the good will of our hea- the llesh is flesh j and that which is ! venly Father towards these persons, born of the Spirit is spirit. Marvel declared by his Son Jesus Christ ; not that I said unto thee, Ye must j let us faithfully and devoutly give be born again. The wind bloweth thanks to him, and say, where it listeth, and thou hcarest » LMIGHTY and everlasting God, the sound thereof ; but canst not tell heavenly Father, we give thee whence it cometh, and whither it humble thanks, for that thou bast goeth; so is every one that is born of the Spirit. 1 After which he shall gay this Exhor- tation JoVtowing. vouchsafed to call us to the know- ledge of thy grace, and faith in thee : Increase this knowledge, and con- firm this faith in us evermore. Give thy holy Spirit to these persons, that BELOVED, ye hear in this Gospel they may be born again, and be the express words of our Saviour ; made heirs of everlasting salvation ; Christ, that except a man be born | through our Lord Jesus Christ, who of water and of the Spirit, he can- , livcth and reigneth with thee and not enter into the kingdom of God. j the Holy Spirit, now and for ever. Whereby ye may perceive the great I Amen. necessity of this Sacrament, where I . _ it may be had. Likewise, immedi- 1 Then the Priest shall speak to the per- ately before his ascension into hea- ! sons *» ** baptized on this wise: ven, (as we read in the last Chapter ; "fir ELL-BE LOVED, who are of Saint Mark's Gospel,) he gave i VV come hither desiring to re- command to his disciples, saying, ' ceive holy Baptism, ye have heard Go ye into all the world, and preach how the congregation hath prayed, the Gospel to every creature. He ! that our Lord Jesus Christ would that believeth and is baptized shall I vouchsafe to receive you and bless be saved; but he that believeth not I you, to release you of your sins, to shall be damned. Which also shew- give you the kingdom of heaven, eth unto us the great benefit we [ and everlasting life. Ye have heard reap thereby. For which cause Saint also, that our Lord Jesus Christ hath Peter the Apostle, when upon his promised in his holy Word to grant first preaching of the Gospel many all those things that we have prayed were pricked at the heart, and said ; for ; which promise he, for his part, to him and the rest of the Apo- 1 will most surely keep and perform, sties, Men and brethren, what shall Wherefore, after this promise made we do? replied and said unto them, by Christ, ye must also faithfully, Repent, and be baptized every one for your part, promise in the pre- of you for the remission of sins, and ! sence of these your Witnes?es, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy this whole congregation, that ye Ghost. For the promise is to you I will renounce the devil and all his and your children, and to all that 1 works, and constantly believe God's are afar off, even as many as the holy Word, and obediently keep his Lord our God shall call. And with j commandments. nV?L° th £ v 7°lt™^ V^fP T Then shall the Priest demand of each S* g ' | aVe ESP 6 ^*?, fr ° m Vl 1S of the persons to be baptized, severally, ™*° W YL3? ne I^\J F ? r (aS i he these Questions following: same Apostle testifieth in another ^ _J place) even Baptism doth also now Question, save us, (not the putting away of TT\OST thou renounce the devil the filth of the flesh, but the an- JLJ and all his works, the vain pomp swer of a good conscience towards I and glory of the world, with all co- God,) by the resurrection of Jesus j vetous desires of the same, and the Christ. Doubt ye not therefore, but carnal desires of the flesh, so that earnestly believe, that he will favour- ! thou wilt not follow, nor be led by ably receive these present persons, , them ? truly repenting, and coming unto | Answer. I renounce them alL PUBLICK BAPTISM OF SUCH AS ARE OF RIPER YEARS. Question. DOST thou believe in God the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth ? And in Jesus Christ his only-be- gotten Son our Lord ? And that he was conceived by the Holy Ghost ; born of the Virgin Mary; that he suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, dead, and buried ; that he went down into hell, and also did rise again the third day; that he ascended into heaven, and sitteth at the right hand of God the Father Almighty ; and from thence shall come again at the end of the world, to judge the quick and the dead ? And dost thou believe in the Holy Ghost ; the holy Catholick Church ; the Communion of Saints ; the Re- mission of sins ; the Resurrection of the flesh ; and everlasting life after death? Answer. All this I stedfastly be- lieve. Question. WILT thou be baptized in this faith? Answer. That is my desire. Question. WILT thou then obediently keep God's holy will and command- ments, and walk in the same all the days of thy life ? Answer. I will endeavour so to do, God being my helper. Then shall the Priest say, O MERCIFUL God, grant that the old Adam in these persons may be so buried, that the new man may be raised up in them. Amen. Grant that all carnal affections may die in them, and that all things belonging to the Spirit may live and grow m them. Amen. Grant that they may have power and strength to have victory, and to triumph, against the devil, the world, and the flesh. Amen. Grant that they, being here de- dicated to thee by our office and ministry, may also be endued with heavenly virtues, and everlastingly rewarded, through thy mercy, O blessed Lord God, who dost live, and govern all things, world with- out end. Amen. ALMIGHTY, everliving God, whose most dearly beloved Son Jesus Christ, for the forgiveness of our sins, did shed out of his most precious side both water and blood, and gave commandment to his dis- ciples, that they should go teach all nations, and baptize them In the Name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost ; Regard, we beseech thee, the supplications of this con- gregation ; sanctify this Water to the mystical washing away of sin ; and grant that the persons now to be baptized therein may receive the fulness of thy grace, and ever remain in the number of thy faithful and elect children, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. % Then shall the Priest take each person to be baptized by the right hand, and placing him conveniently by the Font, according to his discretion, shall ask the Godfatliers and Godmothers tlie Name ; cmd then shall dip him in the water, or pour water upon him, saying, NI baptize thee In the Name of . the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Amen. 5 Then shaU the Priest say, WE receive this person into the congregation of Christ's flock; * and do . „ - __, _ siim him with Bere the Pnest th^sim of the *«« make a Cross CW g ?n token the V erson ' s uross an toKen foreltead. that hereafter he J shall not be ashamed to confess the faith of Christ crucified, and man- fully to fight under his banner, a- gainst sin, the world, and the devil ; and to continue Christ's faithful sol- dier and servant unto his life's end. Amen. % Then shall the Priest say, SEEING now, dearly beloved bre- thren, that these persons are re- generate, and grafted into the body of Christ's Church, let us give thanks unto Almighty God for these bene- fits, and with one accord make our prayers unto him, that they may lead the rest of their life according to this beginning. 1 Then shall be said the Lord's Prayer, all kneeling. OUR Father, which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy Name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, As it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, As we for- give them that trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation; But deliver us from evil. Amen. \I7"E yield thee humble thanks, T V O heavenly Father, that thou hast vouchsafed to call us to the knowledge of thy grace, and faith in A CATECHISM. thee; Increase this knowledge, and oontinn this faith in us evermore. Give thy holy Spirit to these per- sons i that, being now born again, and made heirs of everlasting sal ra- tion, through our Lord Jesus Christ, then/ may continue thy servants, and attain thy promises; through the same Lord Jesus Christ thy Son, who liveth and reigneth with thee, in the unity of the saine Holy Spi- rit, everlastingly. Amen. ^ Then, all standing up, the Priest (hall use this Exhortation following ,- speaking to the Godfatliers and God- mothers first. FORASMUCH as these persons have promised in your presence to renounce the devil and all his works, to believe in God, and to serve him ; ye must remember, that It is your part and duty to put Mem in mind, what a solemn vow, pro- mise, and profession they have now made before this congregation, and especially before you their chosen witnesses. And ye are also to call upon them to uso all diligence to be rightly instructed in God's holy Word ; that so they may grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ, and live godly, righteously, and soberly in this pre- sent world. ( ^ A nd then, speaking to the new baptized persons, he sltall proceed, and say,) AND as for you, who have now by Baptism put on Christ, it is your part and duty also, being made the children of God and of the light, by faith in Jesus Christ, to walk answerably to your Christian call- ing, and as becometh the children of light ; remembering always that Baptism representcth unto us our profession ; which is, to follow the example of our Saviour Christ, and to be made like unto him ; that as he died, and rose again for us; so should we, who are baptized, dio from sin, and rise again unto righte- ousness; continually mortifying all our evil and corrupt affections, and daily proceeding in all virtue and godliness of living. ^ It is expedient that every person, thus baptized, should be confirmed by the Bishop so soon after his Baptism as conveniently may be; that so he may be admitted to the holy Communion. // any persons not baptized in their infancy shall be brought to be baptized before they come to years of discretion to answer for themselves; it may suf- fice to use' the Office for Pitblick Bap- tism of Infants, or {in case of extreme danger) the Office for Private Baptism ; only changing the word [Infant] for [Child or Person] as occasion requireth. A CATECHISM, THAT IS TO SAY, AN INSTRUCTION TO BE LEARNED OF EVERY PERSON, BEFORE HE BE BROUGHT TO BE CONFIRMED BY THE BISHOP. Question. WnAT is your Name? Anstver. N. or i)/. Question. Who gave you this Name? Answer. My Godfathers and God- mothers in my Baptism ; wherein I was made a member of Christ, the child of God, and an inheritor of the kingdom of heaven. Question. 'What did your Godfa- thers and Godmothers then for you ? Anstver. They did promise and tow three things in my name. First, that I should renounce the devil and all his works, the pomps and vanity of this wicked world, and all the sin- ful lusts of the flesh. Secondly, that I should believe all the Articles of the Christian Faith. And thirdly, that I should keep God's holy will and commandments, and walk in the same all the days of my life. Question. Dost thou not think that thou art. bound to believe, and to do, as they have promised for thee? Anstver. Yes verily ; and by God's help so I will. And 1 heartily thank our heavenly Father, that he hath called me to this state of salvation, through Jesus Christ our Saviour. And I pray unto God to give me his grace, that I may continue in the same unto my life's end. Catechist. Rehearse the Articles of thy Be- lief. Anstver. I BELIE V R in God the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth : A CATECHISM. And in Jesus Christ his only Son onr Lord, Who was conceived by 1 the Holy Ghost, Born of the Virgin Mary, Suffered under Pontius Pi- late, Was crucified, dead, and buri- ed. He descended into hell; The third day he rose again from the dead, He ascended into heaven, And sitteth at the right hand of God the Father Almighty; From thence he shall come to judge the quick and the dead. I believe in the Holy Ghost; The holy Catholick Church ; The Com- , munion of Saints j The Forgive- ness of sii)3 ; The Resurrection of the body ; And the Life everlasting. Amen. Question. What dost thou chiefly learn in these Articles of thy Belief? : Answer. First, I learn to believe in God the Father, who hath made me, and all the world. Secondly, in God the Son, who hath redeemed me, and all mankind, i Thirdly, in God the Holy Ghost, who sanciifieth me, and all the elect | people of God You said, that your Godfathers and Godmothers did promise for you, that you should keep God's Com- mandments. Tell me how many there be? Ansv:er. Ten. Question. Which be they? Answer. rpHE same which God spake in the | -L twentieth Chapter of Exodus, savins, I am the Lord thy God, who brought thee out of the land of E- J gypt, out of the house of bondage. L Thou shalt have none other gods but me. EL Thou shalt not make to thy- self any graven image, nor the like- 1 ness of any thing that is in heaven above, or in the earth beneath, or in \ the water under the earth. Thou shalt not bow down to them, nor worship them : for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, and visit the I sins of the fathers upon the chil- dren, unto the third and fourth ge- 1 neration of them that hate me, and shew mercy unto thousands in them j that love me, and keep my com- mandments. III. Thou shalt not take the Name of the Lord thy God in vain : for the ' Lord will not hold him guiltless that taketh his Name in vain. IV. Remember that thou keep holy the Sabbath-day. Six days shalt thou labour, and do all that thou hast to do ; but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God. In it thou shalt do no manner of work, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, thy man-servant, and thy maid-servant, thy cattle, and the stranger that is within thy gates. For in six days the Lord made hea- ven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day ; wherefore the Lord blessed the seventh day, and hallowed it V. Honour thy father and thy mother, that thy days may be long in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee. VI. Thou shalt do no murder. VII. Thou shalt not commit adul- tery- VI II. Thou shalt not steal. IX. Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour. X. Thou shalt not covet thy neigh- bour's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife, nor his ser- vant, nor his maid, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is his. Question. What dost thou chiefly learn by these Commandments? Answer. I learn two things: my duty towards God, and my duty to- wards my Neighbour. Question. What is thy duty to- wards God ? Answer. My duty towards God, is to believe in him, to fear him, and to love him with all my heart, with all my mind, with all my soul, and with all my strength ; to worship him, to gire him thanks, to put my whole trust in him, to call upon him, to honour his holy Name and his Word, and to servo him truly all the days of my life. Question. What is thy duty to- wards thy Neighbour? Answer. My duty towards my Neighbour, is to love him as myself, and to do to all men, as I would they should do unto me: To love, honour, and succour my father and mother : To honour and obey the Queen, and all that are put in au- thority under her : To submit myself to all my govemours, teachers, spiri- tual pastors and masters: To order myself lowly and reverently to all my betters : To hurt no body by word nor deed : To be true and just in all my dealing : To bear no ma- lice nor hatred in my heart : To keep my hands from picking and stealing, and my toncue from evil-speaking, lying, and slandering: To keep my' A CATECHISM. body in temperance, soberness, and chastity : Not to covet nor desire other men's goods ; but to learn and labour truly to get mine own living, and to do my duty in that 9tate of life, unto which it shall please God to call me. Catechist. My good Child, know this, that thou art not able to do these things of thyself, nor to walk in the Com- mandments of God. and to serve him, without his special grnee ; which thou must k?arn at all times to call for by diligent prayer. Let me hear therefore, if thou canst say the Lord's Prayer. Ansiver. OUR Father, which art in heaven. Hallowed be thy Name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth. As it is in heaven. Give us this aay our daily bread. And for- give us our trespasses. As wo forgive them that trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation ; But deliver us from evil. Amen. Question. What desirest thou of God in this Prayer? Answer. I desire my Lord God our heavenly Father, who is the giv- er of all goodness, to send his grace unto me, and to all people ; that we | may worship him, serve him, and I obey him, as we ought to do. And 1 1 I pray unto God, that he will send I us all things that be needful both I for our souls and bodies ; and that I he will be merciful unto us, and for- I give us our sins ; and that it will I please him to save and defend us I in all d.ingers ghostly and bodily; § and that he will keep us from all I sin and wickedness, and from our I ghostly enemy, and from everla^ing I death. And this I trust he will do I of his mercy and goodness, through I our Lord Jesus Christ. And there- fore I say, Amen, So be it. Question. HOW many Sacraments hath Christ ordained in his Church ? Answer. Two only, as generally i necessary to salvation, that is to say, ' Baptism, and the Supper of the Lord. Question. What meanest thou by this word Sacrament? Answer. I mean an outward and I visible sign of an inward and spiri- tual grace given unto us, ordained by Christ himself, as a means whereby we receive the same, and a pledgo to assure us thereof. i Question. How many parts are there in a Sacrament? Answer. Two ; the outward vi- sible sign, and the inward spiritual grace. Question. What is the outward visible sign or form in Baptism ? Answer. Water ; wherein the per- son is baptized In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Question. What is the inward and spiritual grace ? Answer. A death unto sin, and a new birth unto righteousness : for being by nature born in sin, and the children of wrath, we are hereby made the children of grace. Question. What is required of persons to be baptized? Answ. Repentance, whereby they forsake sin ; and Faith, whereby they stedfastly believe the promises of God made to them in that Sa- crament Question. Why then are In- fants baptized, when by reason of their tender age they cannot per- form them? Ansiver. Because they promise them both by their Sureties ; which promise, when they come to age, themselves are bound to perform. Question. Why was the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper ordained ? Answer. For the continual re- membrance of the sacrifice of the death of Christ, and of the benefits which we receive thereby. Question. What is the outward part or sign of the Lord's Supper ? Answer. Bread and Wine, which the Lord hath commanded to be re- ceived. Question. What is the inward part, or thing signified? Answer. The Body and Blood of Christ, which are verily and indeed taken and received by the faithful in the Lord's Supper. Question. What are the benefits whereof we are partakers thereby ? Answer. The strengthening and refreshing of our souls by the Body and Blood of Christ, as our bodies are by the Bread and Wine. Question. What is required of them who come to the Lord's Sup- per? Ansiver. To examine themselves, whether they repent them truly of their former sins, stedfastly purpos- ing to lead a new life ; have a lively faith in God's mercy through Christ, with a thankful remembrance of his death ; and be in charity with all men. THE ORDER OF CONFIRMATION. T The Curate of every Parish shaU diligently upon Sundays and Boly-days, after the second Lesson at Evening Prayer, openly in the Church instruct and exa- mine so many Children of his Parish tent unto him, as he shall think con- venient, in some part of this Catechism. 1 And aU Fathers, Mothers, Masters, and Dames, shall cause their Children, Servants, and Apprentices, (whhh have not learned their Catechism,) to come to the Church at the time appointed, and obediently to hear, and be ordered by the Curate, until such time as they have learned all that is here appointed for Oiem to learn. % So soon as Children are arme to a competent age, and can say, in their Mother Tongue, tlie Creed, the Lord's Prayer, and the Ten Comma ndments ; and also can answer to the other Questions of this short Catechism ; they shaU be brought to the Bishop. And every one sltall have a Godfather, or a Godmother, as a Witness of their Confirmation. ^ And whensoever the Bishop shall give knowledge for Children to be brought unto him for their Confirmation, the Curate of every Parish shaU either bring, or send in writing, with his hand subscribed tliereunto, the names of all such persons within his Parish, as lie shall think fit to be presented to the Bishop to be confirmed. And, if the Bishop approve of them, he shall confirm them in manner following. THE ORDER OF CONFIRMATION, OR LAYING ON OF HANDS UPON THOSE THAT ARE BAPTIZED AND COME TO YEARS OF DISCRETION. T Upon the day appointed, all that are to be then confirmed, being placed, and standing in ordvr, before the Bishop; he (or some other Minister appointed by him) shaU read this Preface following. those things, which your Godfathers and Godmothers then undertook for you? ^ And every one shaU audibly answer, I do. The Bishop. OUR help is in the Name of the Lord; Answer. Who hath made heaven and earth. Bishop. Blessed be the Name of the Lord; Answer. Henceforth, world with- out end. Bishop. Lord, hear our prayers. Antwer. And let our cry come unto thee. The Bishop. Let us pray. ALMIGHTY and everliving God, •who hast vouchsafed to regene- rate these thy servants by Water and the holy Ghost, and hast given unto them forgiveness of all their sins; Strengthen them, we beseech thee, O Lord, with the Holy Ghost the Comforter, and daily increase in them thy manifold gifts of grace ; the spirit of wisdom and understand, ing ; the spirit of counsel and ghost- ly strength ; the spirit of knowledge and true godliness ; and fill them, O Lord, with the spirit of thy holy fear, now and for ever. Amen. TO the end that Confirmation may be ministered to the more edifying of such as shall receive it, the Church hath thought good to order, That none hereafter shall be Confirmed, but such as can say the Creed, the Lord's Prayer, and the Ten Commandments; and can also answer to such other Questions, as in the short Catechism are con- tained: which order is very conve- nient to be observed; to the end, that children, being now come to the years of discretion, and having learned what their Godfathers and Godmothers promised for them in Baptism, they may themselves, with their own mouth and consent, open- ly before the Church, ratify and con- firm the same • and also promise, that by the jrrace of God they will evermore endeavour themselves faith- fully to observe such things, afl they, by their own confession, have as- sented unto. IT Then shall the Bishop say, DO ye here, in the presence of God, and of this congregation, renew the solemn promise and vow that was made in your name at your Baptism ; ratifying and con- firming the same in your own per- sons, and acknowledging yourselves bound to believe, and to do, all SOLEMNIZATION OF MATRIMONY. 5 Then all of them in order kneeling be- fr/re the Bishop, he thall lay hit hand upon the head of every one teoerully, laying, TXEFEHD, O Lord, this thy Child ±J [or this thy Servant] with thy heavenly grace, that he may con- tinue thine for ever; and daily in- crease in thy holy Spirit more and more, until he come unto thy ever- lasting kingdom. Amen. T Then than the Bishop tay, The Lord be with you. Answer. And with thy spirit ^ And [aU kneeling d/non) the Bitliop thall add, Let us pray. /~\UR Father, which art in heaven, \J Hallowed be thy Name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, As it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, As we for- give them that trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation; But deliver U3 from evil. Amen. And this Collect. ALMIGHTY and everliving God, who makest U3 both to will and to do those things that be good and acceptable unto thy divine Majesty, We make our humble supplications unto thee for these thy servants, up- on whom (after the example of thy holy Apostles) we have now laid our hands, to certify them (oy this sign* of thy favour and gracious goodness towards them. Let thy fatheTly hand, we beseech thee, eveT be over them; let thy Holy Spirit ever be with them ; and so lead them in the knowledge and obedience of thy Word, that in the end they may ob- tain everlasting life ; through our Lord Jesus Christ, who with thee and the Holy Ghost liveth and reigneth, ever one God, world with- out end. Amen. f\ ALMIGHTY Lord, and ever- KJ lasting God, vouchsafe, we be- seech thee, to direct, sanctify, and govern, both our hearts and bodies, in the ways of thy laws, and in the works of thy commandments j that, through thy most mighty protection both here and ever, we may be pre- served in body and scul; through our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen. «[ Then the Bithop than bleu them, laying thus, rriHE Blessing of God Almighty, A the Father, the Son, antf the Holy Ghost, be upon you, and re- main with you for ever. Amen. And there thaU none be admitted to the holy Communion, until such tirr*e at he be confirmed, or be ready and desirous to be confirmed. THE FORM OF SOLEMNIZATION OF MATRIMONY. *\ First the Bannt of all that are to be married together must be published in the Church three levcral Sundays, during the time of Morning Service, or of Evening Service, ('/ there be no Homing Service,) immediately after the second Lesson ; the Curate laying afcer Vie accustomed manner, I PUBLISH the Banns of Marriage between M. of — and N. of — . If any of you kDow cause, or just impediment, why these two persons should not be joined together in holy Matrimony, ye are to declare it This is the first [second, or third] time of asking. ^ And if the persons that are to be married dweU in divers Parishes, the I Banns must be asked in both Parith- I et ; and the Curate of the one Parish I shall not solemnize Matrimony be- I twixt them, wiih>nit a Certificate of ■ the Bannt being thrice asked, from 1 At the day and time appointed for so- lemnizatit/n of Matrimrmy, the persons to be married thaU come into tlie body of the Church vAth their friends and neighbours : and there standing toge- ther, the Man on the r>ght hand, and the Woman on the left, Hie Priest shall say, DEARLY beloved, we are gather- ed together here in the sight of God, and in the face of this congre- gation, to join together this Man and this Woman in holy Matrimo- ny; which is an honourable estate, instituted of God in the time of man's innocency, signifying unto us SOLEMNIZATION OF MATRIMONY. the mystical union that is betwirt Christ and his Church ; which holy estate Christ adorned and beautified with his presence, and first miracle that he wrought, in Cana of Gali- lee ; and is commended of Saint Paul to be honourable among all men : and therefore is not by any to be entcrprised, nor taken in hand, unadvisedly, lightly, or wantonly, to satisfy men's carnal lusts and ap- petites, like brute beasts that have no understanding ; but reverently, discreetly, advisedly, soberly, and in the fear of God; duly considering the causes for which Matrimony was ordained. First, It was ordained for the pro- creation of children, to be brought up in the fear and nurture of the Lord, and to the praise of his holy Name. Secondly, It was ordained for a remedy against sin, and to avoid for- nication ; that such persons as have not the gift of continency might marry, and keep themselves unde- filed members of Christ's body. Thirdly, It was ordained for the mutual society, help, and comfort, that the one ought to have of the other, both in prosperity and adver- sity. Into which holy estate these two persons present come now to be joined. Therefore if any man can shew any just cause, why they may not lawfully be joined together, let him now speak, or else hereafter for ever hold his peace. J And also, speaking unto the persons that shall be married, he shall say, 1 REQUIRE and charge you both, as ye will answer at the dreadful day of judgement when the secrets of all hearts shall be disclosed, that if either of you know any impediment, why ye may not be lawfully joined together in Matrimony, ye do now confess it. For be ye well assured, that so many as are coupled toge- ther otherwise than God's Word doth allow are not joined together by God ; neither is their Matrimony lawful. K At which day of Marriage, if any man do aUedge and declare any im- pediment, why they may not be cou- pled together in Matrimony, by God's Law, or the Laws of this Realm ; and will be bound, and sufficient sureties with him, to the parties; or else put in a Caution (to the full value of such charges as the persons to be married do thereby sustain) to prove his allega- tion: then the solemnization must be deferreil, until such time us the truth be tried. % If no impediment be aHedged, then shall the Curate say unto the Man, M. VJCTILT thou have this Wo. M man to thy wedded wife, to live together after God's ordinance in the holy estate of Matrimony? Wilt thou love her, comfort her, honour, and keep her in sickness and in health ; and, forsaking all other, keep thee only unto her, so long as ye both shall live ? % The Man shall answer, I will. Then shall the Priest say unto the Woman, N. "ITfTILT thou have this Man T f to thy wedded husband, to live together after God's ordinance I in the holy estate of Matrimony ? i Wilt thou obey him, and serve him, I love, honour, and keep him in sick- j ness and in health ; and, forsaking all other, keep thee only unto him, j so long as ye both shall live ? The Woman shall answer, I will. % Then shall the Minister say, Who giveth this Woman to be mar. ried to this Man ? ^ Then shall they give their troth to each other in this manner. The Minister, receiving the Woman at her father's or friend's hands, shall cause the Man with his right hand to take the Woman by her right hand, and to say after him as foUoweth. IM. take thee N. to my wedded wife, to have and to hold from this day forward, for better for worse, for richer for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love and to cherish, till death us do part, according to God's holy ordinance ; and thereto I plight thee my troth. 1 Then shall they loose their hands ; and the Woman, with her right hand tak- ing the Man by his right hand, shall likewise say after the Minister, IN. take thee M. to my wedded husband, to have and to hold from this day forward, for better for worse, for richer for poorer, in sick- ness and in health, to love, cherish, and to obey, till death us do part, according to God's holy ordinance; and thereto I give thee my troth. f Then shall they again loose their hands; and the Man shall give unto the Woman a Ring, laying the sums upon the book with the accustomed SOLEMNIZATION OF MATRIMONY. duty to the Priett and Clerk. And the Priest, taking the Ring, shall deliver it unto the Man, to put it upon tlte fourth finger of the Woman's left hand. And the Man holding the King there, and taught by the Priest, shall say, WITH this Ring I thee wed, with my body I thee worship, and with all my worldly goods I thee endow: In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost Amen. % Then the Man leaving the Ring upon the fourth finger of the Woman's left hand, they shall both kneel down ; and the Minister shall say, Let us pray. O ETERNAL God, Creator and Preserver of all mankind, Giver of all spiritual grace, the Author of everlasting life; Send thy blessing upon these thy servants, this man and this woman, whom we bless in thy Name; that, as Isaac and Re- becca lived faithfully together, so these persons may surely perform and keep the vow and covenant be- twixt them made, (whereof this RinK given and received is a token and pledge,) and may ever remain in perfect love and peace together, and live according to thy laws ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 5 Then shall the Priest Join their right hands together, and say, Those whom God hath joined to- gether let no man put asunder. 1 Then shall the Minister speak unto the people. T70RASMUCH as M. and N. have JT consented together in holy wed- lock, and have witnessed the same before God and this company, and thereto have given and pledged their troth either to other, and have de- clared the same by giving and re- ceiving of a Ring, and by joining of hands ; I pronounce that they be Man and Wife together, In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost Amen. ^ And the Minister si, all add this Blessing. GOD the Father, God the Son, God the Holy Ghost, bless, pre- serve, and keep you ; the Lord mer- ci fully with his favour look upon you ; and so till you with all spiri- tual benediction and grace, that ye may so live together in this life, that in the world to come ye may have life everlasting. Amen. 1 Then the Minister or Clerks, going to the Lord's Table, sliall say or sing' this Psalm following. Beati omnes. Psalm exxviii. BLESSED are all they that fear the Lord : and walk in his ways. For thou shalt eat the labour of thine hands : O well is thee, and happy shalt thou be. Thy wife shall be as the fruitful vine :npon the walls of thine house; Thy children like the olive-branch- es : round about thy table. Lo, thus shall the man be blessed : that f caret h the Lord. The Lord from out of Sion shall so bless thee : that thou shalt see Jerusalem in prosperity all thy life long ; Yea, that thou shalt see thy chil- dren's children : and peace upon Israel. Glory be to the Father, SfC. As it was in the beginning, S(C. 1 Or this Psalm. Deus misereatur. Psalm lxvii. GOD be merciful unto us, and bless us : and shew us the light of his countenance, and be merciful unto us. That thy way may be known up- on 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 earth bring forth her increase : and God. even our own God, shall give us his blessing. God shall bless us : and all the ends of the world shall fear him. Glory be to the Father, fyc. As it was in the beginning, $c. ^ The Psalm ended, and the Man and the Woman kneeling before die Lord's Table, the Priest standing at Vie Ta- ble, and turning his face towards them, shall say, Lord, have mercy upon us. Answer. Christ, have mercy upon us. Minister. Lord, have mercy upon us. /"VTJR Father, which art in heaven, KJ Hallowed be thy Name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, As it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And SOLEMNIZATION OF MATRIMONY. forgive us our trespasses, As we for- give them that trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation ; But deliver us from eviL Amen. Minister. O Lord, save thy ser- vant, and thy handmaid ; Answer. Who put their trust in thee. Minister. O Lord, send them help from thy holy place 5 Answer. And evermore defend them. Minister. Be unto them a tower of strength, Answer. From the face of their enemy. Minister. O Lord, hen.T our prayer. Answer. And let our cry come unto thee. Minister. GOD of Abraham, God of Isaac, KJ God of Jacob, bless these thy servants, and sow the seed of eternal life in their hearts ; that whatsoever in thy holy Word they shall profit- ably learn, they may in deed fulfil the same. Look, O Lord, mercifully upon them from heaven, and bless tbem. And as thou didst send thy blessing upon Abraham and Sarah, to their great comfort, so vouchsafe to send thy blessing upon these thy servants ; that they obeying thy will, and alway being in safety under thy protection, may abide in thy love unto their lives' end ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 1 This Prayer next following sfuill be omitted, where the Woman is past child-bearing. f \ MERCIFUL Lord, and heaven - U ly Father, by whose gracious gift mankind is increased ; We beseecb. thee, assist with thy blessing these two persons, that they may both be fruitful in procreation of children, and also live together so long in god- ly love and honesty, that they may see their children christianly and virtuously brought up, to thy praise and honour; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen, OGOD, who by thy mighty power hast made all things of nothing; who also lafter other things set in order) didst appoint, that out of man (created after thine own image and similitude) woman should take her beginning ; and, knitting them to- gether, didst teach that it should never be lawful to put asunder those whom thou by Matrimony hadst made one : O God, who hast con- secrated the state of Matrimony to such an excellent mystery, that in it is signified and represented the spiritual marriage and unity betwixt I Christ and his Church ; Look mer- cifully upon these thy servants, that 1 both this man may love his wife, ac- ' cording to thy Word, (as Christ did j love his spouse the Church, who I gave himself for it, loving and che- rishing it even as his own flesh,) and : also that this woman may be loving and amiable, faithful and obedient ■ to her husband ; and in all quiet- ! ness, sobriety, and peace, be a fol- I lower of holy and godly matrons. O 1 Lord, bless them both, and grant them to inherit thy everlasting king- ' dom ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen, 1 Then shall the Priest say, ALMIGHTY God who at the beginning did create our first parents, Adam and Eve, and did sanctify and join them together in marriage ; Pour upon you the riches of his grace, sanctify and bless you, that ye may please him both in body and souk and live together in holy love unto your lives' end. Amen. f After which, if there be no Sermon de- claring the duties of Man and Wife, the Minister shall read as foUoweth. ALL ye that are married, or that intend to take the holy estate of Matrimony upon you, hear what the holy Scripture doth say as touch- ' ing the duty of husbands towards their wives, and wives towards their husbands. Saint Paul, in his Epistle to the Ephesians, the fifth Chapter, doth give this commandment to all mar- ried men ; Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the Church, and gave himself for it, that he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water, by the Word ; that he might present it to himself a glorious Church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy, and without blemish. So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife lov- eth himself : for no man ever yet hated his own flesh, but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as the Lord the Church : for we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones. For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife ; and they two shall be one flesh. This Is a great mystery ; but I speak con- TIIE VISITATION OF THE SICK. ceming Christ and the Church. Ne- vertheless, let every one of you in particular so love his wife, even as himself. Likewise the same Saint Taul, writing to the Colossians, speaketh thus to all men that are married ; Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter against them. Hear also what Saint Peter, the Apostle of Christ, who was himself a married man, saith unto them that are married ; Ye husbands, dwell with your wives according to know so let the wives be to their own hus- bands in every thing. And again he saith, Let the wife see that she reverence her husband. And in his Epistle to the Colos- sians, Saint Paul giveth you this short lesson; Wives, submit your- selves unto your own husbands, as it is fit in the Lord. Saint Peter alao doth instruct you very well, thus saying; Ye wives, be in subjection to your own hus- bands ; that, if any obey not the Word, they also may without the ledge; giving honour unto the wife, , Word be won by the conversation of as unto the weaker vessel, and as the wives; while they behold your being heirs together of the grace of chaste conversation coupled with life, that your prayers be not hin- fear. Whose adorning, let it not be dered. that outward adorning of plaiting Hitherto ye have heard the duty the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of the husband toward the wife, of putting on of apparel ; but let it Now likewise, ye wives, hear and be the hidden man of the heart, in learn your duties toward your hus- that which is not corruptible ; even bands, even as it is plainly set forth the ornament of a meek and quiet in holy Scripture. ] spirit, which is in the sight of God Saint Paul, in the aforenamed of great price. For after this man- Epistle to the Ephesians, teacheth ner in the old time the holy women you thus ; Wives, submit yourselves 1 also, who trusted in God, adorned unto your own husbands, as unto , themselves, being in subjection unto the Lord. For the husband is the their own husbands ; even as Sarah head of the wife, even as Christ is obeyed Abraham, calling him lord ; the head of the Church : and he is j whose daughters ye are as long as the Saviour of the body. Therefore 1 ye do well, and are not afraid with the Church is subject unto Christ, any amazement. T It is convenient that the new-married persons should receive the holy Communion the time of their Marriage, or at tree first opportunity after their Marriage. THE ORDER FOR THE VISITATION OF THE SICK. J When any person is sick, notice shall be given thereof to the Minister of the Parish ; who, coming into the sick person's house, shall say, T>EACE be to this house, and to kingdom come. Thy will be done X all that dwell in it. in earth, As it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forsive us our trespasses, As we for- give them that trespass against us. REMEMBER not, Lord, our ini- And lead us not into temptation ; quities, nor the iniquities of our But deliver us from evil. Amen, forefathers: Spare us, good Lord, minister. O Lord, save thy ser- spare thy people, whom thou hast vant; redeemed with thy most precious Answer. Which putteth his trust blood, and be not angry with us for in thee 5 When he cometh into the sick man's ! he, shall say, kneeling down, ever. Answer. Spare us, good Lord. % Then the Minister shall say, Let us pray. Lord, have mercy upon us. Qtrist, have mercy upon us. Lord, have mercy upon us. /~"\FR Father, which art in heaven, V/ Hallowed be thy Name, Thy Minister. Send him help from thy holy place ; Answer. And evermore mightily defend him. Minister. Let the enemy have no advantage of him; i Answer. Nor the wicked approach to hurt him. Minister. Be unto him, O Lord, a strong tower, THE VISITATION OF THE SICK. Answer. From the face of his enemy. Minister. O Lord, hear our prayers. Answer. And let our cry come unto thee. Minister. OLORD, look down from hea- ven, behold, visit, and relieve this thy servant. Look upon him with the eyes of thy mercy, give him comfort and sure confidence in thee, defend him from the danger of the enemy, and keep him in perpetual peace and safety ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. HEAJl us, Almighty and most merciful God and Saviour ; ex- tend thy accustomed goodness to this thy servant who is grieved with sickness. Sanctify, we beseech thee, this thy fatherly correction to him • that the sense of his weakness may add strength to his faith, and seri- ousness to his repentance : That, if it shall be thy good pleasure to re- store him to his former health, he may lead the residue of his life in thy fear, and to thy glory : or else, give him grace so to take thy vi- sitation, that, after this painful life ended, he may dwell with thee in life everlasting; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 7 Then shall the Minister exhort the sick person after this form, or other like. DEARLY beloved, know this, that Almighty God is the Lord of life and death, and of all things to them pertaining, as youth, strength, health, age, weakness, and sickness. Wherefore, whatsoever your sick- ness is, know you certainly, that it is God's visitation. And for what cause soever this sickness is sent unto you ; whether it be to try your patience for the example of others, and that your faith may be found in the day of the Lord laudable, glori- ous, and honourable, to the increase of glory and endless felicity ; or else it be sent unto you to correct and a- mend in you whatsoever doth offend the eyes of your heavenly Father; know you certainly, that if you tru- ly repent you of your sins, and bear your sickness patiently, trusting in God's mercy, for his dear Son Jesus Christ's sake, and render unto him humble thanks for his fatherly vi- sitation, submitting yourself wholly unto his will, it shall turn to your profit, and help you forward in the right way that leadeth unto ever- lasting life. 1f If Vie person visited be very sick, then the Curate may end his exhortation in this place, or else proceed. TAKE therefore in good part the chastisement of the Lord: For (as Saint Paul saith in the twelfth Chapter to the Hebrews) whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiv- eth. If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons ; for what son is he whom the father chas- teneth not? But if ye be without chas- tisement, whereof all are partakers, I then are ye bastards, and not sons, i Furthermore, we have had fathers of our flesh, which corrected us, and we gave them reverence : shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the Father of spirits, and live? For : they verily for a few days chastened ! us after their own pleasure ; but he for our profit, that we might be partakers of his holiness. These words, good brother, are written in holy Scripture for our comfort and instruction ; that we should patient- ly, and with thanksgiving, bear our I heavenly Father's correction, when- | soever by any manner of adversity it shall please his gracious goodness to visit us. And there should be no greater comfort to Christian persons, than to be made like unto Christ, by suffering patiently adversities, troubles, and sicknesses. For he himself went not up to joy, but first he suffered pain ; he entered not in- to his glory before he was crucified. So truly our way to eternal joy is to suffer here with Christ ; and our door to enter into eternal life is gladly to die with Christ; that we may rise again from death, and dwell with him in everlasting life. Now therefore, taking your sickness, which is thus profitable for you, pa- tiently, I exhort you, in the Name of God, to remember the profession which you made unto God in your Baptism. And forasmuch as after this life there is an account to be given unto the righteous Judge, by whom all must be judged, without respect of persons, I require you to examine yourself and your estate, i both toward God and man ; so that, ' accusing and condemning yourself for your own faults, you may find mercy at our heavenly Father's hand for Christ's sake, and not be accus- ed and condemned in that fearful judgement. Therefore I shall re- hearse to you the Articles of our Faith, that you may know whether THE VISITATION OF THE SICK. you do believe as a Christian man should, or no. f Here the Minister shaU rehearse the Articles of the Faith, saying thus, TTvOST thou believe in God the ±J Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth ? And in Jesus Christ his only-be- gotten Son our Lord? And that he was oonceived by the Holy Ghost, born of the Virgin Mary; that he suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, dead, and buried ; that he went down into hell, and also did rise again the third day; that he ascended into heaven, and sitteth at the right hand of God the Father Almighty ; and from thenco shall come again at the end of the world, to judge the quick and the dead ? And dost thou believe in the Holy Ghost ; the holy Catholick Church ; the Communion of Saints; the Re- mission of sins; the Resurrection of the flesh; and everlasting life after death ? % The sick person shall answer, All this I stedfastly believe. ^ Then shall the Minister examine whe- ther he repent him truly of his sins, aftd be in charity with aU the world ; exhorting him to forgive, from the bot- tom of his heart, all persons that have offended him : and if lie hath offended any other, to ask them forgiveness ; and where he hath done injury or wrong to any man, that he make amends to the uttermost of his power. A nd if he hath not before disposed of his goods, let him then be admonished to make his Will, and to declare his Debts, what he oweth, and what is owing unto him; for the better discharging of his conscience, and the quietness of his Executors. But men should often be put in remembrance to take order for the settling of their tem- poral estates, whilst they are in health. ^ These words before rehearsed may be said before the Minister begin his Prayer, as he shall see cause. ^ The Minister should not omit earnest- ly to move such sick persons as are of ability to be liberal to the poor. ^ Sere strati, the sick person be moved to make a special Confession of his sins, if he feel his conscience troubled with any weighty matter. After which Con- fession, the Priest shall absolve him (if he humbly and heartily desire it) after this sort. f^UR Lord Jesus Christ, who hr.th \J left power to his Church to ab- fisolvo all sinners who truly repent and believe in him, of his great mer- cy forgive thoe thine offences : And by his authority committed to me, I absolve thee from all thy sins, In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Amen. ^ And then the Priest shall say the Collect following. Let us pray. OMOST merciful God, who, ac- cording to the multitude of thy mercies, dost so put away the sins of those who truly repent, that thou remoniberest them no more ; Open thino eye of mercy upon this thy servant, who most earnestly desir- eth pardon and forgiveness. Renew in him, most loving Father, what- soever hath been decayed by the fraud and malice of the devil, or by his own carnal will and frailness ; preserve and continue this sick mem- ber in the unity of the Church ; con- sider his contrition, accept his tears, asswage his pain, as shall seem to thee most expedient for him. And forasmuch as he putteth his full trust only in thy mercy, impute not unto him his former sins, but strengthen him with thy blessed Spirit; and, when thou art pleased to take him hence, take him unto thy favour, through the merits of thy most dearly beloved Son Jesua Christ our Lord. Amen. % Then shaU the Minister say this Psalm. In te, Domine, speravi. Ps. lxxi. IN thee, O Lord, have I put my trust ; let me never be put to con- fusion : but rid me, and deliver me in thy righteousness ; incline thine ear unto me, and save me. Be thou my strong hold, where- unto I may a'way resort : thou hast promised to help me; for thou art my house of defence, and my castle. Deliver me, O my God, out of tho hand of the ungodly : out of the hand of the unrighteous 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 born : thou art he that took me out of my mother's womb ; my praise shall alway be of thee. I am become as it were a monster unto many : but my sure trust is in thee. O let my mouth be filled with thy praise : that I may sing of thy glory and honour all the day long. Cast me not away in the time of age : forsake me not when my strength f.iileth me. THE VISITATION OF THE SICK. For mine enemies speak against me, and they that lay wait for my soul take their counsel together, say- in;; : God hath forsaken him, perse- cute him, and take him ; for there is none to deliver him. Go not far from me, O God : my God, haste thee to help me. Let them be confounded and pe- rish that are against my soul : let them be covered with shame and dishonour that seek to do me evil. As for me, I will patiently abide alway : and will praise thee more and more. My mouth shall daily speak of thy righteousness and salvation : for I know no end thereof. I will go forth in the strength of the Lord God : and will make men- tion of thy righteousness only. Thou, O God, hast taught me from my youth up until now : therefore will I tell of thy wondrous works. Forsake me not, O God, in mine old age, when I am gray-headed : until I have shewed thy strength unto this generation, and thy pow- er to all them that are yet for to come. Thy righteousness, O God, is very high, and great things are they that thou hast done : O God, who is like unto thee ? 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 with- out end. Amen. if Adding this. (T\ SAVIOUR of the world, who by \_7 thy Cross and precious Blood hast redeemed us, Save us, and help us, we humbly beseech thee, O Lord. % Then shall the Minister say, THE Almighty Lord, who is a most strong tower to all them that put their trust in him, to whom all things in heaven, in earth, and under the earth, do bow and obey, be now and evermore thy defence ; and make thee know and feel, that there is none other Namo under hea- ven given to man, in whom, and through whom, thou mayest re- ceive health and salvation, but only the Namo of our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen. % And after that shall say, UNTO God's gracious mercy and protection we commit thee. The Lord bless thee, and keep thee. The Lord make his face to shine upon thee, and be gracious unto thee. The Lord lift up his counte- nance upon thee, and give thee peace, both now and evermore. A- men. A Prayer for a sick child. O ALMIGHTY God, and mer- ciful 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 this child now lying upon the ted of sickness : Visit him, O Lord, with thy salvation; deliver him in thy good appointed time from his bodily pain, and save his soul for thy mercies' sake: That, if it shall be thy pleasure to prolong his days here on earth, he may live to thee, and be an instrument of thy glory, by serving thee faithfully, and do- ing good in his generation ; or else receive him into those heavenly ha- bitations, where the souls of them that sleep in the Lord Jesus enjoy perpetual rest and felicity. Grant this, O Lord, for thy mercies' sake, in the same thy Son our Lord Jesus Christ, who liveth and rcigncth with thee and the Holy Ghost, ever one God, world without end. Amen. A Prayer for a sick person, when there appeareth small hope of re- covery. O FATHER of mercies, and God of all comfort, our only help in time of need • We fly unto thee for succour in behalf of this thy servant, j here lying under thy hand in great ] weakness of body. Look graciously j upon him, O Lord ; and the more the outward man decayeth, strengthen I him, we beseech thee, so much the I more continually with thy grace and j holy Spirit in the inner man. Give him unfeigned repentance for all the errors of his life past, and stedfast faith in thy Son Jesus ; that 7m sins may be done away by thy mercy, ■ and his pardon sealed in heaven, be- fore he go hence, and be no more I seen. We know, O Lord, that there is no word impossible with thee ; and I that, if thou wilt, thou canst even yet raise him up, and grant him a longer continuance amongst us: Yet, forasmuch as in all appearance the time of his dissolution drawoth near, so fit and prepare him, we be« seech thee, against the hour of death, THE COMMUNION OF THE SICK. that after his departure hence in peace, and in thy favour, his soul may be received into thine everlast- ing kingdom, through the merits and mediation of Jesus Christ, thine only Son, our Lord and Saviour. Amen. A commendatory Prayer for a sick person at the point of departure. Q ALMIGHTY God, with whom do live the spirits of just men made perfect, after they are deli- vered from their earthly prisons ; We humbly commend the soul of this thy servant, our dear brother, into thy hands, as into the hands of a faithful Creator, and most merciful Saviour ; most humbly beseeching thee, that it may be precious in thy sight. Wash it, we pray thee, in the blood of that immaculate Lamb, that was slain to take away the sins of the world ; that whatsoever de- filements it may have contracted in the midst of this miserable and naughty world, through the lusts of the flesh, or the wiles of Satan, being purged and done away, it may be presented pure and without spot before thee. And teach us who sur- vive, in this and other like daily spectacles of mortality, to see how frail and uncertain our own condi- tion is ; and so to number our days, we may seriously apply our hearts to that holy and heavenly Wisdom, whilst we live here, which may in the end bring us to life ever- lasting, through the merits of Je- sus Christ thine only Son our Lord. Amen. A Prayer for persons troubled in mind or in conscience. O BLESSED Lord, the Father of mercies, and the God of all com- forts : We beseech thee, look down in pity and compassion upon this thy afflicted servant Thou writest bitter things against him, and mak- cst him to possess his former iniqui- ties ; thy wrath lieth hard upon him, and Ids soul is full of trouble: But, O merciful God, who hast written thy holy Word for our learning, that we, through patience and com- fort of thy holy Scriptures, might have hope ; give him a right un- derstanding of himself, and of thy threats and promises; that he may neither cast away his confidence in thee, nor place it any where but in thee. Give him strength against all his temptations, and heal all his dis- tempers. Break not the bruised reed, nor quench the smoking flax. Shut not up thy tender mercies in displca- 3ure ; but make him to hear of joy and gladness, that the bones which thou hast broken may rejoice. De- liver him from fear of the enemy, and lift up the light of thy counte- nance upon him, and give him peace* through the merits and mediation of Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. THE COMMUNION OF THE SICK. 5 Forasmuch as all mortal men be subject to many sudden perils, diseases, and I sicknesses, and ever uncertain what time they shall depart out of this life; there- \ fore, to tlie intent they may be always in a readiness to die, whensoever it shall i please Almighty God to call them, the Curates shall diligently from time to time i| (but especially in the time of pestilence, or other infectious sickness) exhort tfieir Parishioners to the often receiving of the holy Communion of the Body and Blood | of our Saviour Christ, when it shall be publickly administered in the Church ; that so doing, they may, in case of sudden visitatu/n, have the less cause to be disquieted for lack of Vie same. But if the sick person be not ahle to come to the Church, and yet is desirous to receive the Communion in his house ; then he must timely notice to the Curate, signifying also how many there are to coyimuni- cate with him,, {which shall be three, or two at the least,) and having a convenient place in the sick man's house, with all things necessary so j/reparrd, that Ote Curate may reverently minister, he shall there celebrate Oie holy Communion, beginning tcitlt, the Collect, Epistle, and Gospel, here following. The Collect. I visited with thine hand, and to | grant that he may take his sickness \ LMIGHTY, everliving God, patiently, and recover his bodily \ Maker of mankind, who dost health, (if it be thy gracious will ;) rrect those whom thou dost love, and whensoever his soul shall depart id chastise every one whom thou I from the body, it may be without •st receive ; We beseech thee to \ spot presented unto thee ; through ^ve mercy upon Ihis thy servant ! Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. F AT THE BURIAL OF THE DEAD. The Epistle. Hebr. xii. 5. The Gospel. St. John v. 24. MY son, despise not thou the "\7"ERILY, verily I say unto you, chastening of the Lord, nor ! V He that heareth my word, and faint when thou art rebuked of him. I believeth on him that sent me, hath For whom the Lord loveth he chas- everlasting life, and shall not come teneth ; and scourgeth every son into condemnation ; but is passed whom he recciveth. | from death unto life. % After which the Priest shall proceed according to Oieform before prescribed for tf*e holy Communion, beginning at tliese words [Ye that do truly <5rc] U At the time of the distrVmtion of the holy Sacrament, tJie Priest shall first receive the Communion himself, and after minister unto them that are appointed to communicate with the sick, and last of all to the sick person. % But if a man,, either by reason of extremity of sickness, or for want of warning in due thne to the Curate, or for lack of company to receive with him, or by any ot/ter just impediment, do not receive the Sacrament of Christ's Body and Blood, the Curate shall instruct him, tliat if he do truly repent him of his sins, and stedfastly believe that Jesus Clirist hath suffered death upon the Cross for him, and shed his Blood for his redemption, earnestly remembering the benefits he hat} i thereby, and giving him hearty Gianks therefore, he doth eat and drink the Body and Blood of our Saviour Christ profitably to his Soul's health, although he do not receive the Sacrament with his mouth. 1 When the sick person is visited, and receiveth the holy Communion aU at one time, then tlie Priest, for more expedition, shall cut off the form of the Visitation at the Psalm [In thee, O Lord, have I put my trust, ftc] and go straight to the , Communion. ^ In the time of the Plague, Sweat, or such other like contagious times of sickness or diseases, when none of tJie Parish or neiglibours can be gotten to communicate with Vie sick in their houses, for fear of the infection, upon special request of the diseased, tlte Minister may only communicate with him. THE ORDER FOR THE BURIAL OF THE DEAD. 1 Here is to be noted, that the Office ensuing is not to be used for any that die unbaptized, or excommunicate, or liave laid violent hands upon themselves. 1 The Priest and Clerks meeting the Corpse at Gie entrance of the Church -yard, and going before it, either into the CJiurch, or towards the Grave, shall say, or sing, I AM the resun-ection and the life, I Dixi, custodiam. Psalm xxxix. saith the Lord : he that believeth | x SAID, I will take heed to my in me, though he were dead, yet | J_ ways : that I offend not in my shall he live : and whosoever liveth i tongue. and believeth in me slia.ll never die* I will keep my mouth as it were St. John xi. 25, 26. with a bridle : while the ungodly is T KNOW that my Redeemer liv- in my sight. JL eth, and that he shall stand at 1 held m y tongue, and spake no- the latter day upon the earth. And thing = * kept silence, yea, even from though after my skin worms destroy g°°d w <>rds ; but it was pain and this bast of his own hurt's desire : with them- 1 and speaketh good of the covetous, 7 But the Lord <-hall erdtrre for whom God abhorreth- ever : he hath also prepared his J 4 The tmgodlv is so proud, that sea: for judgement. he careth not for God : neither is 8 For he shall judge the world in God in all his thoughts, righteousness : and minister true 5 His ways are alway erievous : judgement unto the people. [ thy judgements are far above out 9 The Lord also will be a defence of'his sight, and therefore defieth for the oppressed : even a refuge he all his enemies. in due time of trouble. 6* For lie hath said in his heart, 10 And they that know thy Name Tush, I shall never be cast down : will put their trust in thee : for there shall no barm happen unto thou. Lord, hast never failed them me. that seek thee. 7 His mouth is full of cursin?, de- ll O praise the Lord which dwell- ceit, and fraud : under his tungue eth in Sion : shew the people of is ungodliness and vanity, his doings. 8 lie sitteth lurking in the th'ev- 12 For, when he maketh inqui- ish corners of the streets : ard sition for blood, he remembereth privily in his lurking dens doth he them : and forgetteth not the com- murder the innocent ; his eyes are plaint of the poor. set asainst the poor. 13 Have mercy upon me, O Lord; 9 For he lieth waiting secretly, consider the trouble which I suffer even as a lion lurketh he in his of them that hate me : thou that den : that he may ravish the poor, liftest me up from the gates of 10 He doth ra%-ish the poor : when death. he getteth him into his net. 14 That I may shew all thy! n He falleth down, and hum- pTaises within the pons of the blerh himself : that the congrega- daughter of Sion : I will rejoice tion of the poor may fall into the in thy salvation. hands of his captains* 15 The heathen are sunk down 12 He hath said in his heart, in the pit that they made : in the Tush, God hath forgotten : he same net which they hid privily, hideth away his face, and he will is their foot taken. never see it" 16 The Lord is known to execute 13 Arise, O Lord God, and lift up judgement : the ungodly is trapped thine hand : forget not the poor, in the work of his own hands- 14 Wherefore should the wicked 17 The wicked shall be turned blaspheme God : while he doth say into hell : and all the people that in his heart, Tush, thou God earest forget God. not for it 18 For the poor shall not alway 15 Surely thou hast seen it : for be forgotten : the patient abiding thou behbldest ungodliness and of the meek shall not perish for wrone. ever. 16 That thou mayc-st take the 19 Up, Lord, and let n^t man matter into thine hand : the poor have the upper hand : let the hea- committeth himself unto thee : for then be judged in thy sight- thou art the helper of the friendless. 20 Put them in fear, O Lord : 17 Break thou the power of the that the heathen may know them- ungodly and malicious : take away selves to be but men. his unVodliness, and thou shalt PSAL. 10. Vtou'd, Dominef find none. WHY standest thou so far off, 18 The Lord is King for ever and " O Lord : and hidest thy face ever : and the heathen are perish- in the needful time of trouble"? ed out of the land. 2 The ungodly for his own lust 19 Lord, thou ha^ heard the doth persecute the poor : let them de-ire of the po"r : thou preparest be taken in the crafty wiliness that their heart, and thine ear hearken- they have imagined. eth thereto ; 3 For the ungodly hath made 20 To help the fatherless and poor Day 2. unto their right : that the man of the earth be no more exalted a- gainst them. PSAL. 11. In Domino confido. IN the Lord put I my trust : how say ye then to my soul, that she should flee as a bird unto the hill ? 2 For lo, the ungodly bend their bow, and make ready their arrows within the quiver : that they may privily shoot at them which are true of heart. 3 For the foundations will be cast down : and what hath the righ- teous done ? 4 The Lord is in his holy temple : the Lord's seat is in heaven. 5 His eyes consider the poor : and his eye-lids try the children of men. 6 The Lord alloweth the right- eous : but the ungodly, and him that delighteth in wickedness doth his soul abhor. 7 Upon the ungodly he shall rain snares, fire and brimstone, storm and tempest : this shall be their portion to drink. 8 For the righteous Lord loveth righteousness : his countenance will behold the thing that is just. lEbemng draper. PSAL. 12. Salvum me foe. HELP me, Lord, for there is not one godly man left : for the faithful are minished from a- mong the children of men. 2 They talk of vanity every one with his neighbour : they do but flatter with their lips, and dissem- ble in their double heart. 3 The Lord shall root out all deceitful lips : and the tongue that speaketh proud things ; 4 Which have said, With our tongue will we prevail : we are they that ought to speak, who is lord over us ? 5 Now for the comfortless trou- bles' sake of the needy : and be- cause of the deep sighing of the poor, 6 1 will up, saith the Lord : and will help every one from him that swelleth against him, and will set him at rest. 7 The words of the Lord are pure words : even a3 the silver, which Day 2. from the earth is tried, and puri- fied seven times in the fire. 8 Thou shaltkeep them, 0 Lord : thou shalt preserve him from this generation for ever. 9 The ungodly walk on every side : when they are exalted, the children of men are put to rebuke. PSAL. 13. Usque quo, Domine ? HOW long wilt thou forget me, O Lord, for ever : how long wilt thou hide thy face from me ? 2 How long shall I seek counsel in my soul, and be so vexed in my heart : how long shall mine ene- mies triumph over me ? 3 Consider, and hear me, O Lord my God : lighten mine eyes, that I sleep not in death. 4 Lest mine enemy say, I have prevailed against him : for if I be cast down, they that trouble me will rejoice at it. 5 But my trust is in thy mercy : and my heart is joyful in thy sal- vation. 6 I will sing of the Lord, because he hath dealt so lovingly with me : yea, I will praise the Name of the Lord most Highest. PSAL. 14. Dixit insipiens. THE fool hath said in his heart : There is no God. 2 They are corrupt, and become abominable in their doings : there is none that doeth good, no not one. 3 The Lord looked down from heaven upon the children of men : to see if there were any that would understand, and seek after God. 4 But they are all gone out of the way, they are altogether become abominable : there is none that doeth good, no not one. 5 Their throat is an open sepul- chre, with their tongues have they deceived : the poison of asps is under their lips. 6 Their mouth is full of cursing and bitterness : their feet are swift to shed blood. 7 Destruction and unhappiness is in their ways, and the way of peace have they not known : there is no fear of God before their eyes. 8 Have they no knowledge, that they are all such workers of mis- chief : eating up my people as it were bread, and call not upon the Lord ? THE PSALMS. Day 3. THE PSALMS. Day 3. 9 There were they brought in great fear, even where no fear was : for God is in the generation of the righteous. 10 As for you, ye have made a mock at the" counsel of the poor : because he putteth his trust in the Lord. 11 "Who shall give salvation unto Israel out of Sion ? When the Lord turneth the captivity of his people : then shall Jacob rejoice, and Israel shall be glad. interning ^raptr. PSAL. 15. Domine, quUhabitabit? LORD, who shall dwell in thy tabernacle : or who shall rest upon thy holy hill ? 2 Even he, that leadcth an un- corrupt life : and doeth the thing which is right, and speaketh the truth from his heart. 3 He that hath used no deceit in his tongue, nor done evil to his neighbour : and hath not slander- ed his neighbour. 4 He that setteth not by himself, but is lowly in his own eyes : and maketh much of them tha't fear the Lord. 5 He that sweareth unto his neighbour, and disappointeth him not : though it were to his own hindrance. 6 He that hath not given his money upon usury : nor taken re- ward against the innocent. 7 Whoso doeth these things : shall never fall. PSAL. 16. Conscrva me, Domine. PRESERVE me, O God : for in thee have I put my trust. 2 O my soul, thou hast said unto the Lord : Thou art my God, my goods are nothing unto thee. 3 All my delight is upon the saints, that are in the earth : and upon such as excel in virtue. 4 But they that run after another god : shall have great trouble. 5 Their drink-offerings of blood will I not offer : neither make men- tion of their names within my lips. 6 The Lord himself is the portion of mine inheritance, and of my cup : thou shalt maintain my lot 7 The lot is fallen unto me in a fair ground : yea, I have a goodly heritage. 8 I will thank the Lord for giving me warning : my reins also chasten me in the night-season. 9 I have set God always before me : for he is on my right hand, therefore I shall not fall. 10 Wherefore my heart was glad, and my glory rejoiced : my flesh also shall rest in hope. 11 For why ? thou shalt not leave my soul in bell : neither shalt thou suffer thy Holy One to see cor- ruption. 12 Thou shalt shew me the path of life ; in thy presence is the ful- ness of joy : and at thy right hand there is pleasure for evermore. PSAL. 17. Exawli, Domine. TTEAR the right, O Lord, con- XI sider my complaint : and hearken unto my prayer, that goeth not out of feigned lips. 2 Let my sentence come forth from thy presence : and let thine eyes look upon the thing that is equal. 3 Thou hast proved and visited mine heart in the night-season ; thou hast tried me, and shalt find no wickedness in me : for I am utterly purposed that my mouth shall not offend. 4 Because of men's works, that are done against the words of thy lips : I have kept me from the ways of the destroyer. 5 O hold thou up my goings in thy paths : that my footsteps slip not 6 I have called upon thee, O God, for thou shalt hear me : incline thine ear to me, and hearken unto I my words. 7 Shew thy marvellous loving- kindness, thou that art the Saviour of them which put their trust in thee : from such as resist thy right hand. 8 Keep me as the apple of an eye : hide me under the shadow of thy wings, 9 From the ungodly that trouble j me : mine enemies compass me \ round about to take away my soul. ( 10 They are inclosed in their own fat : and their mouth speaketh j proud things. 11 They he waiting in our way | on every side : turning their eyes down to the ground ; Day 3. THE PSALMS. Day 3. 12 Like as a lion that is greedy of his prey : and as it were a lion's whelp, lurking in secret places. 13 Up, Lord, disappoint him, and cast him down : deliver my soul from the ungodly, which is a sword of thine ; 14 From the men of thy hand, O Lord, from the men, I say, and from the evil world : which have their portion in this life, whose bellies thou fillest with thy hid treasure. 15 They have children at their desire : and leave the rest of their substance for their babes. 16 But as for me, I will behold thy presence in righteousness : and when I awake up after thy like- ness, I shall be satisfied with it. lEbetung draper. PSAL. 18. Diligamte, Domine. I WILL love thee, O Lord, my strength ; the Lord is my stony rock, and my defence : my Savi- our, my God, and my might, in whom I will trust, my buckler, the horn also of my salvation, and my refuge. 2 I will call upon the Lord, which is worthy to be praised : so shall I be safe from mine enemies. 3 The sorrows of death compass- ed me : and the overflowings of ungodliness made me afraid. 4 The pains of hell came about me : the snares of death overtook me. 5 In my trouble I will call upon the Lord : and complain unto my God. 6 So shall he hear my voice out of his holy temple : and my com- plaint shall come before him, it shall enter even into his ears. 7 The earth trembled and quak- ed : the very foundations also of the hills shook, and were remov- ed, because he was wroth. 8 There went a smoke out in his presence : and a consuming fire out of his mouth, so that coals were kindled at it. 9 He bowed the heavens also, and came down : and it was dark under his feet. 10 He rode upon the cherubims, and did fly : he came flying upon the wings of the wind. 11 He made darkness his secret place : his pavilion round about him with dark water, and thick clouds to cover him. I 12 At the brightness of his pre- sence his clouds removed : hail- stones, and coals of fire. 13 The Lord also thundered out I of heaven, and the Highest gave | his thunder : hail-stones, and coals j of fire. 14 He sent out his arrows, and scattered them : he cast forth lightnings, and destroyed them. 15 The springs of waters were J seen, and the foundations of the round world were discovered, at thy chiding, O Lord : at the blast- ing of the breath of thy displeasure. 16 He shall send down from on high to fetch me : and shall take me out of many waters. 17 He shall deliver me from my strongest enemy, and from them | which hate me : for they are too J mighty for me. | 18 They prevented me in the day I of my trouble : but the Lord was my upholder. 19 He brought me forth also into ! a place of liberty : he brought me I forth, even because he had a fa- vour unto me. 20 The Lord shall reward me after my righteous dealing : ac- cording to the cleanness of my hands shall he recompense me. 21 Because I have kept the ways of the Lord : and have not forsaken my God, as the wicked doth. 22 For I have an eye unto all his laws : and will not cast out his commandments from me. 23 I was also uncorrupt before him : and eschewed mine own wickedness. 24 Therefore shall the Lord re- ward me after my righteous deal- ing : and according unto the clean- ness of my hands in his eye-sight. 25 With the holy thou shalt be holy : and with a perfect man thou shalt be perfect. 26 With the clean thou shalt be clean : and with the froward thou shalt learn frowardness. 27 For thou shalt save the peo- ple that are in adversity : and shalt bring down the high looks of the proud. Day 3. THE PSALMS. Day 4. 28 Thou al3 lei . PSAL. 27. Dominus illunnnatio. SU re : be strong, and he shall com- fy HE Lord is my light, and my fort thine heart ; and put thou thy JL salvation ; wlioiu then shall I trust in the Lord, fear : the Lord is the strength of PSAL. 28. A<1 te t Domine. my life; of whom then shall I be TTNTO thee will I cry, O Lord afraid? , my strength : think no scorn 2 When the wicked, even mine of me; lest, if thou make as though enemies, and my foes, came upon thou hearest not, I become like me to eat up my" flesh : they stum- them that go down into the pit. bled and fell. ! 2 Hear the voice of my humble 3 Though an host of men were petitions, when I cry unto thee : laid against me, yet shall not my when I hold up my hands towards heart be afraid : and though there the mercy-seat of thy holy temple, rose up war against me, yet will I 3 0 pluck me not away, neither put my trust in him. destroy me with the ungodly and 4 One thing have I desired of the wicked doers : which speak friend- Lord, which I will require : even ly to their neighbours, but imagine that I may dwell in the house of mischief in their hearts. the Lord all the days of my life, 4 Reward them according to their to behold the fair beauty of the deeds : and according to the wick- Lord, and to visit his temple. : edness of their own inventions. 5 For in the time of trouble he j 5 Recompense them after the shall hide me in his tabernacle : work of their hands : pay them yea. in the secret place of his that they have deserved, dwelling shall he hide me, and set 6 For they regard not in their me up upon a rock of stone. mind the works of the Lord, nor 6 And now shall he lift up mine the operation of his hands : there- head : above mine enemies round fore shall he break them down, about me. I and not build them up. 7 Therefore will I offer in his 1 7 Praised be the Lord : for he dwelling an oblation with great hath heard the voice of my hum- gladness : I will sing, and speak ble petitions. praises unto the Lord. 8 The Lord is my strength, and 8 Hearken unto my voice, 0 Lord, my shield ; my heart hath trusted when I cry unto thee : have mercy in him, and I" am helped : there- upon me, and hear me. fore my heart danceth for joy, and 9 My heart hath talked of thee, in mv song will I praise him. Seek ye my face : Thy face, Lord, 9 The Lord is my strength : and will I seek. he is the wholesome defence of his 10 O hide not thou thy face from Anointed. me : nor cast thy servant away in 10 O save thv people, and give displeasure. thy blessing unto thine inherit- Day 6. THE PSALMS. Day 6. ance : feed them, and set them up for ever. PSAL. 29. Afferle Domino. BRING unto the Lord, O ye mighty, bring young rams unto the Lord : ascribe unto the Lord worship and strength. 2 Give the Lord the honour due unto his Name : worship the Lord with holy worship. 3 It is the Lord, that command- eth the waters : it is the glorious God, that maketh the thunder. 4 It is the Lord, that ruleth the sea ; the voice of the Lord is migh- ty in operation : the voice of the Lord is a glorious voice. 5 The voice of the Lord break- eth the cedar-trees : yea, the Lord breaketh the cedars of Libanus. 6 He maketh them also to skip like a calf : Libanus also, and Si- rion, like a young unicorn. 7 The voice of the Lord divideth the flames of fire ; the voice of the Lord shaketh the wilderness : yea, the Lord shaketh the wilderness of Cades. 8 The voice of the Lord maketh the hinds to bring forth young, and discovereth the thick bushes : in his temple doth every man speak of his honour. 9 The Lord sitteth above the wa- ter-flood : and the Lord remaineth a King for ever. 10 The Lord shall give strength unto his people : the Lord shall give his people the blessing of peace. J^lommg draper. PSAL. 30. Exaltabo te, Domine. I WILL magnify thee, O Lord, for thou hast set me up : and not made my foes to triumph over me. 2 O Lord my God, I cried unto thee : and thou hast healed me. 3 Thou, Lord, hast brought my soul out of hell : thou hast kept my life from them that go down to the pit. 4 Sing praises unto the Lord, O ye saints of his : and give thanks unto him for a remembrance of his holiness. 5 For his wrath endureth but the twinkling of an eye, and in his pleasure is life : heaviness may en- dure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning. 6 And in my prosperity I said, I shall never be removed : thou, Lord, of thy goodness hast made my hill so strong. 7 Thou didst turn thy face from me : and I was troubled. 8 Then cried I unto thee, O Lord : and gat me to my Lord right humbly. 9 What profit is there in my blood : when I go down to the pit ? 10 Shall the dust give thanks unto thee : or shall it declare thy truth? 11 Hear, O Lord, and have mercy upon me : Lord, be thou my helper. 12 Thou hast turned my heavi- ness into joy : thou hast put off my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness. 13 Therefore shall every good man sing of thy praise without ceasing : O my God, I will give thanks unto thee for ever. PSAL. 31. In te, Domine, speravi. IN thee, O Lord, have I put my trust : let me never be put to confusion, deliver me in thy righ- teousness. 2 Bow down thine ear to me : make haste to deliver me. 3 And be thou my strong rock, and house of defence : that thou mayest save me. 4 For thou art my strong rock, and my castle : be" thou also my guide, and lead me for thy Name's sake. 5 Draw me out of the net, that they have laid privily for me : for thou art my strength. 6 Into thy hands I commend my spirit : for thou hast redeemed me, O Lord, thou God of truth. 7 I have hated them that hold of superstitious vanities : and my trust hath been in the Lord. 8 I will be glad, and rejoice in thy mercy : for thou hast consi- dered my trouble, and hast known my soul in adversities. 9 Thou hast not shut me up into the hand of the enemy : but hast set my feet in a large room. 10 Have mercy upon me, O Lord, for I am in trouble : and mine eye is consumed for very heaviness; yea, my soul and my body. 11 For my life is waxen old with Day 6. THE PSALMS. Day 6. heaviness : and my years with mourning. 12 My strength faileth me, be- cause of mine iniquity : and my bones are consumed 13 I became a reproof among all mine enemies, but especially a- mong my neighbours : and they of mine acquaintance were afraid of me ; and they that did see me with- out conveyed themselves from me. 14 I am clean forgotten, as a dead man out of mind : I am be- come like a broken vessel. 15 For I have heard the blasphe- my of the multitude : and fear is them that are faithful, and plen- teously rewardeth the proud doer. 27 Be strong, and he shall esta- blish your heart : all ye that put your trust in the Lord. ISbcning draper. PSAL. 32. Beat), quorum. BLESSED is he whose un- righteousness is forgiven : and whose sin is covered. 2 Blessed is the man unto whom the Lord imputeth no sin : and in whose spirit there is no guile. 3 For while I held my tongue : my bones consumed away through on every side, while they conspire my daily complaining. 4 For thy hand is heavy upon me day and night : and my moisture is like the drought in summer. 5 I will acknowledge my sin unto thee : and mine unrighteousness have I not hid. 6 I said, I will confess my sins unto the Lord : and so thou for- I gavest the wickedness of my sin. 18 Shew thy servant the light of i 7 For this shall every one that thy countenance : and save me for is godly make his prayer unto thy mercy's sake. I thee, in a time when thou mayest 19 Let me not be confounded, 0 be found : but in the great water- Lord, for I have called upon thee : floods they shall not come nigh ;ther against me, and take their lsel to take away my life. But my hope hath been in , O Lord : I have said, Thou ny God. My time is in thy hand ; de- t me from the hand of mine uies : and from them that per- te me. let the ungodly be put to confu- sion, and be put to silence in the grave. 20 Let the lying Hps be put to si- lence : which cruelly, disdainfully, I and despitefully, speak against the righteous. 21 O how plentiful is thy good- ness, which thou hast laid up for them that fear thee : and that thou hast prepared for them that put their trust in thee, even before the sons of men ! 22 Thou shalt hide them privily by thine own presence from the provoking of all men : thou shalt keep them secretly in thy taber- nacle from the strife of tongues. 23 Thanks be to the Lord : for he hath shewed me marvellous great kindness in a strong city. 24 And when I made haste, I said : I am cast out of the sight of thine eyes. 25 Nevertheless, thou heardest the voice of my prayer : when I cried unto thee. 26 O love the Lord, all ye his saints : for the Lord preserveth him 8 Thou art a place to hide me in, thou shalt preserve me from trouble : thou shalt compass me about with songs of deliverance. 9 I will inform thee, and teach thee in the way wherein thou shalt go : and I will guide thee with mine eye. 10 Be ye not like to horse and mule, which have no understand- ing : whose mouths must be held with bit and bridle, lest they fall upon thee. 1 1 Great plagues remain for the ungodly : but whoso putteth his trust in the Lord, mercy embrac- eth him on every side. 12 Be glad, O ye righteous, and rejoice in the Lord : and be joyful, all ye that are true of heart. PSAL. 33. Exultate, justi. REJOICE in the Lord, O ye righteous : for it becometh well the just to be thankful. 2 Praise the Lord with harp : sing praises unto him with the lute, and instrument of ten strings. 3 Sing unto the Lord a new song : Day 6. THE PSALMS. Bay 6. sing praises lustily unto him with a good courage. 4 For the word of the Lord is true : and all his works are faithful. 5 He loveth righteousness and judgement : the earth is full of the goodness of the Lord. 6 By the word of the Lord were the heavens made : and all the hosts of them by the breath of his mouth. 7 He gathereth the waters of the sea together, as it were upon an heap : and layeth up the deep, as him : because we have hoped in his holy Name. 21 Let thy merciful kindness, O Lord, be upon us : like as we do put our trust in thee. PSAL. 34. Benedicam Domino. I WILL alway give thanks unto the Lord : his praise shall ever be in my mouth. 2 My "soul shall make her boast in the Lord : the humble shall hear thereof, and be glad. 3 O praise the Lord with me : and let us magnify his Name together, in a treasure-house. i 4 I sought the Lord, and he heard 8 Let all the earth fear the Lord : ! me : yea, he delivered me out of stand in awe of him, all ye that j all my fear. dwell in the world. 5 They had an eye unto him, and 9 For he spake, and it was done : i were lightened : and their faces he commanded, and it stood fast, were not ashamed. 10 The Lord bringeth the coun- J 6 Lo, the poor crieth, and the sel of the heathen to nought : and ! Lord heareth him : yea, and sav- maketh the devices of the people ! eth him out of all his troubles. to be of none effect, and casteth 7 The angel of the Lord tarrieth out the counsels of princes. round about them that fear him : 11 The counsel of the Lord shall and delivereth them. endure for ever : and the thoughts 8 O taste, and see, how gracious of his heart from generation to ge- 1 the Lord is : blessed is the man neration. that trusteth in him. 12 Blessed are the people, whose 9 0 fear the Lord, ye that are God is the Lord Jehovah : and bless- his saints : for they that fear him ed are the folk, that he hath chosen j lack notliing. to him to be his inheritance. | 10 The lions do lack, and suffer 13 The Lord looked down from hunger : but they who seek the heaven, and beheld all the chil- Lord shall want no manner of dren of men : from the habitation thing that is good. of his dwelling he considereth all 11 Come, ye children, and heark- them that dwell on the earth. 1 en unto me" : I will teach you the 14 He fashioneth all the hearts of fear of the Lord. them : and understandeth all their 12 What man is he that lusteth works. to live : and would fain see good 15 There is no king that can be days ? saved by the multitude of an host : 13 Keepthy tongue from evil : and neither" is any mighty man deli- thy lips, that they speak no guile, vered by much strength. ; 14 Eschew evil, and do good : 16 A horse is counted but a vain seek peace, and ensue it. thing to save a man : neither shall 15 The eyes of the Lord are over he deliver any man by his great the righteous : and hU ears are strength. open unto their prayers. 17 Behold, the eye of the Lord 16 The countenance of the Lord is upon them that "fear him : and is against them that do evil : to upon them that put their trust in root out the remembrance of them his mercy ; from the earth. 18 To deliver their soul from i 17 The righteous cry, and the death : and to feed them in the Lord heareth them : and deliver- time of dearth. eth them out of all their troubles. 19 Our soul hath patientlv tar- > 18 The Lord is nigh unto them ried for the Lord : for he is our [ that are of a contrite heart : and help, and our shield. I will save such as be of an humble 20 For our heart shall rejoice in ' spirit. Day 7. THE PSALMS. Day 7. 19 Great are the troubles of the righteous : but the Lord delivereth him out of all. 20 He keepeth all his bones : so that not one of them is broken. 21 But misfortune shall slay the ungodly : and they that hate the righteous shall be desolate. 22 The Lord delivereth the souls of his servants : and all they that put their trust in him shall not be destitute. PSAL. 35. Jurtica, Domine. "DLEAD thou my cause, O Lord, X with them that strive with me : and fight thou against them that fight atrainst me. 2 Lav hand upon the shield and buckler : and stand up to help me. 3 Bring forth the spear, and stop the way against them that perse- cute me : say unto my soul, I am thy salvation. I Let them be confounded, and put to shame, that seek after my soul : let them be turned back, and brought to confusion, that imagine mischief for me. 5 Let them be as the dust before the wind : and the angel of the Lord scattering them. 6 Let their way be dark and slip- pery : and let the angel of the Lord persecute them. 7 For they have privily laid their net to destroy me without a cause : yea, even without a cause have they made a pit for my soul. 8 Let a sudden destruction come upon him unawares, and his net, that he hath laid privily, catch himself : that he may falf into his own mischief. 9 And, my soul, be joyful in the Lord : it shall rejoice in his sal- vation. 10 All my bones shall say, Lord, who is like unto thee, who deli- verest the poor from him that is too strong for him : yea, the poor, and him that is in misery, from him that spoileth him ? II False witnesses did rise up : they laid to my charge things that I knew not. 12 They rewarded me evil for good : to the great discomfort of my soul. 13 Nevertheless, when they were sick, I put on sackcloth, and hum- bled my soid with fasting : and my prayer "shall turn into mine own bosom. 14 I behaved myself as though it had been my friend, or my bro- ther : I went heavily, as one that mourneth for his mother. 15 But in mine adversity they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together : yea, the very abjects came together against me una- wares, making mouths at me, and ceased not. 16 With the flatterers were busy mockers : who gnashed upon me with their teeth. 17 Lord, how long wilt thou look upon this : O deliver my soul from the calamities which they bring on me, and my darling from the | lions. 18 So will I give thee thanks in the great congregation : I will praise thee among much people. 19 O let not them that are mine enemies triumph over me ungod- ly : neither let them wink with their eyes that hate me without a cause. 20 And why ? their communing is not for peace : but they imagine deceitful words against them that are quiet in the land. 21 They gaped upon me with their mouths, and said : Fie on thee, fie on thee, we saw it with our eyes. 22 This thou hast seen, O Lord : hold not thy tongue then, go not far from me", O Lord. 23 Awake, and stand up to judge my quarrel : avenge thou my cause, my God, and my Lord. 24 Judge me, 6 Lord my God, ac- cording to thy righteousness : and let them not triumph over me. 25 Let them not say in their hearts, There, there, so would we have it : neither let them say, We have devoured him. 26 Let them be put to confusion and shame together, that rejoice at my trouble : let them be clothed with rebuke and dishonour, that boast themselves against me. 27 Let them be glad and rejoice, that favour my righteous dealing : yea, let them say alway, Blessed Day 7. THE PSALMS. Day 7. be the Lord, who hath pleasure in the prosperity of his servant. 28 And as for my tongue, it shall be talking of thy righteousness : and of thy praise all the day long. PSAL. 36. Dixit injustus. MY heart sheweth me the wick- edness of the ungodly : that j there is no fear of God before his ' eyes. 2 For he flattereth himself in his own sight : until his abominable sin be found out. 3 The words of his mouth are unrighteous, and full of deceit : he hath left off to behave himself wisely, and to do good. 4 He imagineth mischief upon his bed, and hath set himself in no good way : neither doth he abhor any thing that is evil. 5 Thy mercy, O Lord, reacheth unto the heavens : and thy faith- fulness unto the clouds. 6 Thy righteousness standeth like the strong mountains : thy judge- ments are like the great deep. 7 Thou, Lord, shalt save both man and beast ; How excellent is thy mercy, O God : and the chil- dren of men shall put their trust under the shadow of thy wings. 8 They shall be satisfied with the plenteousness of thy house : and thou shalt give them drink of thy pleasures, as out of the river. 9 For with thee is the well of life : and in thy light shall we see light. 10 O continue forth thy loving- kindness unto them that know thee : and thy righteousness unto them that are true of heart. 11 O let not the foot of pride come against me : and let not the hand of the ungodly cast me down. 12 There are they fallen, all that work wickedness : they are cast down, and shall not be able to stand. lEbemng draper. PSAL. 37. Noli cemulari. FRET not thyself because of the ungodly : neither be thou envious against the evil doers. 2 For they shall soon be cut down like the grass : and be wi- thered even as the green herb. 3 1'ut thou thy trust in the Lord, and be doing good : dwell in the land , and verily thou shalt be fed. 4 Delight thou in the Lord : and he shall give thee thy heart's de- sire. 5 Commit thy way unto the Lord, and put thy trust in him : and he shall bring it to pass. 6 He shall make thy righteous- ness as clear as the light : and thy just dealing as the noon-day. 7 Hold thee still in the Lord, and abide patiently upon him : but grieve not thyself at him, whose way doth prosper, against the man that doeth after evil counsels. 8 Leave off from wrath, and let go displeasure : fret not thyself, else shalt thou be moved to do evil. 9 Wicked doers shall be rooted out : and they that patiently abide the Lord, those shall inherit the land. 10 Yet a little while, and the un- godly shall be clean gone : thou shalt look after his place, and he shall be away. 11 But the meek-spirited shall possess the earth : and shall be re- freshed in the multitude of peace. 12 The ungodly seeketh counsel against the just : and gnasheth upon him with his teeth. 13 The Lord shall laugh him to scorn : for he hath seen that his day is coming. 14 The ungodly have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow : to cast down the poor and needy, and to slay such as are of a right conversation. 15 Their sword shall go through their own heart : and their bow shall be broken. 16 A small thing that the right- eous hath : is better than great riches of the ungodly. 17 For the arms of the ungodly shall be broken : and the Lord upholdeth the righteous. 18 The Lord knoweth the days of the godly *. and their inheritance shall endure for ever. 19 They shall not be confound- ed in the perilous time : and in the days of dearth they shall have enough. 20 As for the ungodly, they shall perish ; and the enemies of the Lord shall consume as the fat of THK PSALMS. Day 7. lambs : yea, even as the smoke, shall they consume away. 21 The ungodly borroweth, and payeth not Main : but the right- eous is merciful, and liberal. 22 Such as are blessed of God shall possess the land : and they that are cursed of him shall be rooted out. 23 The Lord ordereth a good man's going : and makcth his way acceptable to himself. 24 Though he fall, he shall not be cast away : for the Lord up- holdeth him with his hand. 25 I have been young, and now am old : and yet saw I never the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging their bread. 26 The righteous is ever merci- ful, and lendeth : and his seed is blessed. 27 Flee from evil, and do the thing that is good : and dwell for evermore. 28 For the Lord loveth the thing that is right : he forsaketh not his that be godly, but they are pre served for ever. 29 The unrighteous shall be pu- nished : as for the seed of the ungodly, it shall be rooted out. 30 The righteous shall inherit the land : and dwell therein for ever. 31 The mouth of the righteous is exercised in wisdom : and his tongue will be talking of judge- ment. 32 The law of his God is in his heart : and his goings shall not slide. 33 The ungodly secth the righte- ous : and seekcth occasion to slay him. 34 The Lord will not leave him in his hand : nor condemn him when he is judged. 35 Hope thou in the Lord, and keep liis way, and he shall pro- mote thee, that thou shalt possess the land : when the ungodly shall perish, thou shalt see it. 36 I myself have seen the ungod- ly in great power : and nourishing like a green bay-tree. 37 I went by. and lo, he was gone : I sought nun, but his place could no where bo found. 38 Keep innoceney, and take heed unto the thing that is right : Day 8. for that shall bring a man peace at the last. 39 As for the transgressors, they shall perish together : and the end of tho ungodly is, they shall be rooted out at the last. 40 But the salvation of the right- eous cometh of the Lord : who is also their strength in the time of trouble. 41 And the Lord shall stand by them, and save them : he shall de- liver them from the ungodly, and shall save them, because they put their trust in him. .ptornmg draper. PRAL. 38. Domine, ne in furore. PUT me not to rebuke, O Lord, in thine anger : neither chas- ten nie in thy heavy displeasure. 2 For thine arrows stick fast in me : and thy hand presseth me sore. 3 There is no health in my flesh, because of thy displeasure : nei- ther is there any rest in my bones, by reason of my sin. 4 For my wickednesses are gone over my head : and are like a sore burden , too heavy for me to bear. 5 My wounds stink, and are cor- rupt : through my foolishness. 6 I am brought into so great trouble and misery : that I go mourning all the day long. 7 For my loins are filled with a sore disease : and there is no whole part in inv body. 8 I am feeble", and sore smitten : I have roared for the very disqui- etness of my heart. 9 Lord, thou knowest all my de- sire : and my groaning is not hid from thee. 10 My heart panteth, my strength hath failed me : and the sight ot mine eyes is gone from me. 11 My lovers and my neighbours did stand looking upon my trouble : and my kinsmen stood afar off. 12 They also that sought after my life laid snares for me : and they that went about to do me evil talked of wickedness, and imagin- ed deceit all the day long. 13 As for me, I was like a deaf man, and heard not : and as one that is dumb, who doth not open his mouth. Bay 8. THE PSALMS. Bay 8. 14 I became even as a man that heareth not : and in whose mouth are no reproofs. 15 For in thee, O Lord, have I put my trust : thou shalt answer for me, O Lord my God. 16 I have required that they, even mine enemies, should not triumph over me : for when my foot slipped, they rejoiced greatly against me. 17 And I, truly, "am set in the plague : and my heaviness is ever in my sight. 18 For I will confess my wicked- ness : and be sorry for my sin. 19 But mine enemies live, and are mighty : and they that hate me wrongfully are many in number. 20 They also that reward evil for good are against me : because I follow the thing that good is. 21 Forsake me not, O Lord my God : be not thou far from me. 22 Haste thee to help me : O Lord God of my salvation. PSAL. 39. Dixi, custodiam. I SAID, I will take heed to my ways : that I offend not in my tongue. 2 I will keep my mouth as it were with a bridle : while the ungodly is in my sight. 3 I held my tongue, and spake nothing : I kept silence, yea, even from good words ; but it was pain and grief to me. 4 My heart was hot within me, and while I was thus musing the fire kindled : and at the last I spake with my tongue ; 5 Lord, let me know mine end, and the number of my days : that I may be certified how* long I have to live. 6 Behold, thou hast made my days as it were a span long : and mine age is even as nothing in respect of thee; and verily every man living is altogether vanity. 7 For man walketh in a vain shadow, and disquieteth himself in vain : he heapeth up riches, and cannot tell who shall gather them. 8 And now, Lord, what is my hope : truly my hope is even in thee. 9 Deliver me from all mine of- fences : and make me not a rebuke unto the foolish. 10 I became dumb, and opened not my mouth : for it was thy doing. 11 Take thy plague away from me : I am even consumed by the means of thy heavy hand. 12 When thou with rebukes dost chasten man for sin, thou makest his beauty to consume away, like as it were a moth fretting a gar- ment : every man therefore is but vanity. 13 Hear my prayer, O Lord, and with thine ears consider my calling : hold not thy peace at my tears. 14 For I am a stranger with thee : and a sojourner, as all my fathers were. 15 O spare me a little, that I may recover my strength : before I go hence, and be no more seen. PSAL. 40. Expectans expectavi. I WAITED patiently for the Lord : and he inclined unto me, and heard my calling. 2 He brought me also out of the horrible pit, out of the mire and clay : and set my feet upon the rock, and ordered my goings. 3 And he hath put a new song in my mouth : even a thanksgiving unto our God. 4 Many shall see it, and fear : and shall put their trust in the Lord. 5 Blessed is the man that hath set his hope in the Lord : and turned not unto the proud, and to such as go about with lies. 6 O Lord my God, great are the wondrous works which thou hast done, like as be also thy thoughts which are to us -ward : and yet there is no man that ordereth them unto thee. 7 If I should declare them, and speak of them : they should be more than I am able to express. 8 Sacrifice, and meat-offering, thou wouldest not : but mine ears hast thou opened. 9 Burnt-offerings, and sacrifice for sin, hast thou not required : then said I, Lo, I come, 10 In the volume of the book it is written of me, that I should fulfil thy will, O my God : I am content to do it ; yea, thy law is within my heart. 11 I have declared thy righteous- ness in the great congregation : lo, Day 8. THE PSALMS. Day 8. I will not refrain ray bps, O Lord, and that thou knowest. 12 I have not hid thy righteous- ness within my heart : my talk hath been of thy truth, and of thy salvation. 13 1 have not kept back thy loving mercy and truth : from the great congregation. 14 Withdraw not thou thy mercy from me, O Lord : let thy loving- kindness and thy truth alway pre- serve me. 15 For innumerable troubles are come about me ; my sins have taken such hold upon me that I am not able to look up : yea, they are more in number than the hairs of my head, and my heart hath failed me. 16 O Lord, let it be thy plea- sure to deliver me : make haste, O Lord, to help me. 17 Let them be ashamed, and confounded together, that seek af- ter my soul to destroy it : let them be driven backward, and put to rebuke, that wish me evil. 18 Let them be desolate, and re- warded with shame : that say unto me, Fie upon thee, fie upon thee. 19 Let all those that seek thee be joyful and glad in thee : and let such as love thy salvation say alway, The Lord be* praised. 20 "As for me, I am poor and needy : but the Lord careth for me. 21 Thou art my helper and re- deemer : make no" long tarrying, 0 my God. lEbcmng draper. PSAL. 41. Beatut qui intellipit. BLESSED is he that considereth the poor and needy : the Lord shall deliver him in the time of trouble. 2 The Lord preserve him, and keep him alive, that he may be blessed upon earth : and deliver not thou him into the will of his enemies. 3 The Lord comfort him, when he lieth sick upon his bed : make thou all his bed in his sickness. 4 I said, Lord, be merciful un- to me : heal my soul, for I have sinned against thee. 5 Mine enemies speak evil of me : When shall he die, and his name perish? 6 And if he come to see me, he speaketh vanity : and his heart conceiveth falshood within him- self, and when he cometh forth he telleth it. 7 All mine enemies whisper to- gether against me : even against me do they imagine this evil. 8 Let the sentence of guiltiness proceed against him : and now that he lieth, let him rise up no more. 9 Yea, even mine own familiar friend, whom I trusted : who did also eat of my bread, hath laid great wait for me. 10 But be thou merciful unto me, O Lord : raise thou me up again, and I shall reward them. 1 1 By tliis I know thou favourest me : "that mine enemy doth not triumph against me. 12 And when I am in my health, thou upholdest me : and shalt set me before thv face for ever. 13 Blessed be the Lord God of Is- rael : world without end. Amen. PSAL. 42. Qucmadmodum. LIKE as the hart desireth the water-brooks : so lougeth my soul after thee, O God. 2 My soul is athirst for God, yea, even "for the living God : when shall I come to appear before the presence of God ? 3 My tears have been my meat day and night : wliile they daily sav unto me, "Where is now thy God? 4 Now when I think thereupon, I pour out my heart by myself : for I went with the multitude, and brousht them forth into the house of God; 5 In the voice of praise and thanksgiving : among such as keep holy-day. 6 'Why art thou so full of heavi- ness, O my soul : and why art thou so disquieted within me ?" 7 Put thy trust in God : for I will yet give him thanks for the help of his countenance. 8 My God, my soul is vexed within me : therefore will I re- member thee concerning the land of Jordan, and the little hill of : Hermon. Day 9. THE PSALMS. Day 9. 9 One deep calleth another, be- them in : how thou hast destroy- cause of the noise of the water- ed the nations, and cast them out. pipes : all thy waves and storms 3 For they gat not the land are gone over me. in possession through their own 10 The Lord hath granted his j sword : neither was it their own loving-kindness in the day-time : arm that helped them ; and in the night-season did I sing j 4 But thy right hand, and thine of him, and made my prayer unto arm, and the light of thy coun- the God of my life. I tenance : because thou hadst a 111 will say unto the God of my • favour unto them, strength, Why hast thou forgot- 1 5 Thou art my King, O God : ten me : why go I thus heavily, I send help unto Jacob, while the enemy oppresseth me ? 6 Through thee will we over- 12 My bones are smitten asunder j throw our enemies : and in thy as with a sword : while mine ene- , Name will we tread them under, mies that trouble me cast me in that rise up against us. the teeth ; 7 For I will not trust in my bow : 13 Namely, while they say daily it is not my sword that shall help unto me : Where is now thy God ? me; 14 Why art thou so vexed, O my ' 8 But it is thou that savest us soul : and why art thou so dis- from our enemies : and puttest quieted within me ? them to confusion that hate us. 15 O put thy trust in God : for I 9 We make our boast of God will yet thank him, which is the all day long : and will praise thy help "of my countenance, and my Name for ever. God. I 10 But now thou art far off, and PSAL. 43. Judka me, Bats. \ puttest us to confusion : and goest GIVE sentence with me, O God, j not forth with our armies, and defend my cause against i 11 Thou makest us to turn our the ungodly people : O deliver me backs upon our enemies : so that from the deceitful and wicked man. they which hate us spoil our goods. 2 For thou art the God of my | 12 Thou lettest us be eaten up strength, why hast thou put me like sheep : and hast scattered us from thee : and why go I so heavi- among the heathen. ly, while the enemy bppresseth me ? | 13 Thou sellest thy people for 3 O send out thy light and thy nought : and takest no money for truth, that they may lead me : and them. bring me unto thy holy lull, and to 14 Thou makest us to be rebuked thy dwelling. of our neighbours : to be laughed 4 And that I may go unto the to scorn, and had in derision of altar of God. even unto the God of them that are round about us. my joy and gladness : and upon 15 Thou makest us to be a by- the harp will I give thanks unto 1 word among the heathen : and thee, O God, my God. i that the people shake their heads 5 Why art thou so heavy, O my : at us. soul : and why art thou so dis- 16 My confusion is daily before quieted within me ? me : and the shame of my face 6 O put thy trust in God : for I hath covered me ; will yet give'him thanks, which is I 17 For the voice of the slanderer the help of my countenance, and my God. /Horning draper. PSAL. 44. Dei/s, auribus. WfE have heard with our ears, » » O God, our fathers have told us : what thou hast done in their time of old ; 2 How thou hast driven out the heathen with thy hand, and planted and blasphemer : for the enemy and avenger. 18 And though all this be come upon us, yet do we not forget thee : nor behave ourselves frowardly in thy covenani 19 Our heart is not turned h ick : neither our steps gone out of thy way ; 20 No, not when thou hast smit- ten us into the place of dragons : Day 9. THE PSALMS. Day 9. and covered us with the shadow of a vesture of gold, wrought about death. with divers colours. 21 If we have forgotten the Name 11 Hearken, O daughter, and of our God, and holden up our consider, incline tlune ear : forget hands to any strange god : shall also thine own people, and thy not God search it out ? for he father's house. knoweth the very secrets of the 12 So shall the K'inc have pleasure heart. in thy beauty : for he is thy Lord 22 For thv sake also are we killed God," and worship thou him. all the dav long : and are counted 13 And the daughter of Tyre shall as sheep appointed to be slain. be there with a gift : like as the rich 23 Up, Lord, why sleepest thou : also among the people shall make awake, and be not absent from their supplication before thee. us for ever. ! 14 The King's daughter is all 24 "Wherefore hidest thou thy glorious within : her clothing is of face : and forgetteat our misery wrought gold. and trouble? 15 She shall be brought unto the 2.5 For our soul is brought low, King in raiment of noedle-work : even unto the dust : our belly the virgins that be her fellows sliall 26 Arise, and help us : and de- brought unto thee, liver us for thy mercy's sake. 16 With joy and gladness shall PSAL. 45. Eruetavtt cor meum. they be brought : and shall enter MY heart is inditing of a good into the King's palace, matter : I speak of the things 17 Instead of thy fathers thou which I have made unto the King, shalt have children : whom thou 2 My tongue is the pen : of a mayest make princes in all lands, read v "writer. 181 will remember thy Name from 3 Thou art fairer than the chil- one generation to another : there- dren of men : full of grace are thy fore shall the people give thanks lips, because God hath blessed thee unto thee, world without end. for ever. PSAL. 46. Dcut noster rrfiirpum. 4 Gird thee with thy sword upon OD is our hope and strength : a thy thigh, O thou most Mighty : VJ very present help in trouble, according to thy worship and re- 2 Therefore will we not fear, 5 Good luck have thou with thine though the hills be carried into the honour : ride on, because of the midst of the sea. word of truth, of meekness, and 3 Though the waters thereof rage righteousness ; and thy right hand and swell : and though the moun- shall teach thee terrible things. tains shake at the tempest of the 6 Thy arrows arc very sharp, and same. the people shall be subdued unto 4 The rivers of the flood thereof thee : even in the midst among the shall make glad the city of God : Kinz's enemies. the holy place of the tabernacle of 7 Thy seat, O God, enrlureth for the most Highest. ever : the sceptre of thy kingdom , 5 Cod is in the midst of her, is a right sceptre. i therefore shall she not be rcmov- 8 Thou hast loved righteousness, ; ed : God shall help her, and that and hated iniquity : wherefore God, I right early. even thy God, hath anointed thee j 6 The heathen make much ado, with the oil of gladness above thy and the kingdoms are moved : but fellows. God hath shewed his voice, and 9 All thy garments smell of mvrrh, the earth shall melt away. aloes, and cassia : out of the ivory ; 7 The Lord of hosts is" with us : palaces, whereby they have made ] the God of Jacob is our refuge, thee glad. 8 O come hither, and behold the 10 Kings' daughters were among ] works of the Lord : what destruc- , thy honourable women : upon thy | tion he hath brought upon the right hand did stand the queen in earth. cleaveth unto the ground. nown. though the earth be moved : and Day 9. THE PSALMS. 9 He maketh wars to cease in all the world : he breaketh the bow, and knappeth the spear in sunder, and burnetii the chariots in the fire. 10 Be still then, and know that I am God : I will be exalted among the heathen, and I will be exalted in the earth. 11 The Lord of hosts is with us : the God of Jacob is our refuge. Atoning Pragtr. PSAL. 47- Omnes gcntes, plaudite. f\ CLAP your hands together, " all ye people : O sing unto God with the voice of melody. 2 For the Lord is high, and to be feared : he is the great King upon all the earth. 3 He shall subdue the people under us : and the nations under our feet. 4 He shall choose out an heritage for us : even the worship of Jacob, whom he loved. 5 God is gone up with a merry noise : and the Lord with the sound of the trump. 6 O sing praises, sing praises un- to our God : O sing praises, sing praises unto our King. 7 For God is the King of all the earth : sing ye praises with understanding. 8 God reigneth over the heathen : God sitteth upon his holy seat. 9 The princes of the people are joined unto the people of the God of Abraham : for God, which is very high exalted, doth defend the earth, as it were with a shield. PSAL. 48. Magnus Dominus. GREAT is the Lord, and highly to be praised : in the city of our God, even upon his holy hill. 2 The hill of Sion is a fair place, and the joy of the whole earth : upon the north-side lieth the city of the great King; God is well known in her palaces as a sure refuge. 3 For lo, the kings of the earth : are gathered, and gone by together. 4 They marvelled to see such things : they were astonished, and suddenly cast down. 5 Fear came there upon them, and sorrow : as upon a woman in her travail. 6 Thou shalt break the ships 0 the sea : through the east- wind. 7 Like as we have heard, so hav we seen in the city of the Lord 0 hosts, in the city of our God : Go< upholdeth the same for ever. 8 We wait for thy loving-kind ness, O God : in the midst of th temple. 9 O God, according to thy Name so is thy praise unto the world' end : thy right liand is full of righ teousness. 10 Let the mount Ron rejoice and the daughter of Judah b glad : because of thy judgements. 11 Walk about Sion, and g round about her : and tell th towers thereof. 12 Mark well her bulwarks, se up her housos : that ye may tel them that come after. 13 For this God is our God fo ever and ever : he shall be ou guide unto death. PSAL. 49. Audite hrec, omnes. f \ HEAR ye this, all ye people vJ 1 ponder it with your ears, al ye that dwell in the world ; 2 High and low, rich and poor one with another. 3 My mouth shall speak of wis dom f and my heart shall muse 0 understanding. 4 I will incline mine ear to thi parable : and shew my dark speed upon the harp. 5 Wherefore should I fear in th< days of wickedness : and when th< wickedness of my heels compass eth me round about ? 6 There be some that put then trust in their goods : and boas* themselves in the multitude 0: their riches. 7 But no man may deliver his brother : nor make agreement untf God for him ; 8 For it cost more to redeem theii souLs : so that he must let thai alone for ever ; 9 Yea, though he live long : anc see not the grave. 10 For he seeth that wise mer also die, and perish together : at well as the ignorant and foolish, and leave their riches for other. 11 And yet they think that theii houses shall continue for ever : and that their dwelling-places shall 3 ■ Day 10. THE PSALMS. Day 10. endure from one generation to another ; and call the lands after \ their own names. \ 12 Nevertheless, man will not "abide in honour : seeing he may , be compared unto the beasts that ' perish ; this is the way of them. \ 13 This is their foolishness : and j theirposterity praise their saying, i" 14 They he in the hell like sheep, £death gnawetb upon them, and the righteous shall have domination iver them in the morning : their * Deauty shall consume in the sepul- chre out of their dwelling. 15 But God hath delivered my ^ ;oul from the place of hell : for he M hall receive me. , 16 Be not thou afraid, though one ,">e made rich : or if the glory of k-iis house be increased ; , 17 For he shall carry nothing " .way with him when he dieth : Neither shall his pomp follow him. 18 For while he lived, he counted L imself an happy man : and so 'Jmg as thou doest well unto thy- self, men will speak good of thee. 1 19 He shall follow the generation f his fathers : and shall never see ght 20 Man being in honour hath no nderstanding : but is compared nto the beasts that perish. interning ^rauei. PSAL. 50. Deus dcorum. ■ PHE Lord, even the most migh- *»L ty God, hath spoken : and died the world, from the rising p of the sun, unto the going down lereof. 2 Out of Sion hath God appeared : perfect beauty. \i Our God shall come, and shall it keep silence : there shall go ;fore him a consuming fire, and mighty tempest shall be stirred i round about him. I He shall call the heaven from >ove : and the earth, that he may dge his people. > Gather my saints together unto te : those that have made a cove- nt with me with sacrifice. - And the heaven shall dedare I righteousness : for God is Judge Hear, O my people, and I will : speak : I myself will testify against thee, O Israel ; fori am Cod, even thy God. 8 I will not reprove thee because of thy sacrifices, or for thy burnt- offerings : because they were not alway before me. 9 I will take no bullock out of thine house : nor he-goat out of thy folds. 10 For all the beasts of the forest are mine : and so are the cattle upon a thousand hills. 11 I know all the fowls upon the mountains : and the wild beasts of the field are in my sight. 12 If I be hungry, I will not tell thee : for the whole world is mine, and all that is therein. 13 Thinkest thou that I will eat bulls' flesh : and drink the blood of goats ? 14 Offer unto God thanksgiving : and pay thy vows unto the most Highest. 15 And call upon me in the time of trouble : so will I hear thee, and thou shalt praise me. 16 But unto the ungodly said God : Why dost thou preach my laws, and takest my covenant in thy mouth ; 17 "Whereas thou hatest to be reformed : and hast cast my words behind thee ? 18 When thou sawest a thief, thou consentedst unto him : and hast been partaker with the adul- terers. 1 9 Thou hast let thy mouth speak wickedness : and with thy tongue thou hast set forth deceit. " 20 Thou satest, and spakest a- gainst thy brother : yea, and hast slandered" thine own mother's son. 21 These things hast thou done, and I held my tongue, and thou thoughtest wickedly, that I am even such a one as "thyself : but I will reprove thee, and set before thee the thiEgs that thou hast done. 22 O consider this, ye that forget God : lest I pluck you away, and there be none to deliver you. 23 Whoso offereth me thanks and praise, he honoureth me : and to him that ordereth his conversa- tion right will I shew the salva- tion of God. Day 10. THE PSALMS. Day 10. PSAL. 51. Miserere mei, Deus. \ HAVE mercy upon me, O God, after thy great goodness : according to the multitude of thy mercies do away mine offences. 2 Wash me throughly from my wickedness : and cleanse me from my sin. 3 For I acknowledge my faults : and my sin is ever before me. 4 Against thee only have I sinned, and done this evil in thy sight : that thou mightest be justified in thy saying, and clear when thou art judged. 5 Behold, I was shapen in wick- edness : and in sin hath my mother conceived me. 6 But lo, thou requirest truth in the inward parts : and shalt make me to understand wisdom secretly. 7 Thou shalt purge me with hys- sop, and I shall be clean : thou shalt wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow. 8 Thou shalt make me hear of joy and gladness : that the bones which thou hast broken may rejoice. 9 Turn thy face from my sins : and put out all my misdeeds. 10 Make me a clean heart, O God : and renew a right spirit within me. 11 Cast me not away from thy presence : and take not thy holy Spirit from me. 12 O give me the comfort of thy help again : and stablish me with thy free Spirit. 13 Then shall I teach thy ways unto the wicked : and sinners shall be converted unto thee. 14 Deliver me from blood-guil- tiness, O God, thou that art the God of my health : and my tongue shall sing of thy righteousness. 15 Thou shalt open my lips, O Lord : and my mouth shall shew thy praise. 16 For thou desirest no sacrifice, else would I give it thee : but thou delightest not in burnt-offerings. 17 The sacrifice of God is a trou- bled spirit : a broken and con- trite heart, O God, shalt thou not despise. 18 O be favourable and gracious unto Sion : build thou the walls of Jerusalem. 19 Then shalt thou be pleased with the sacrifice of righteousness, with the burnt- offerings and obla- tions : then shall they offer young bullocks upon thine altar. PSAL. 52. Quid gloriaris ? WHY boastest thou thyself, thou tyrant : that thou canst do mischief ; 2 Whereas the goodness of God : endureth yet daily ? 3 Thy tongue imagineth wicked- ness : and with lies thou cuttest like a sharp razor. 4 Thou hast loved unrighteous- ness more than goodness : and to talk of lies more than righteous- ness. 5 Thou hast loved to speak all words that may do hurt : O thou false tongue. 6 Therefore shall God destroy thee for ever : he shall take thee, I and pluck thee out of thy dwell- } ing, and root thee out of the land of the living. 7 The righteous also shall see > this, and fear : and shall laugh | him to scorn ; 8 Lo, this is the man that took * not God for his strength : bul jj trusted unto the multitude of his I riches, and strengthened himsell I in his wickedness. 9 As for me, I am like a green i olive-tree in the house of God : I my trust is in the tender mercy o) | God for ever and ever. 10 I wDl always give thanks untf jj thee for that thou hast done : anc Jj I will hope in thy Name, for thj saints like it well. 3Ebemng draper. PSAL. 53. Dixit insipiens. THE foolish body hath said ii his heart : There is no God. 2 Corrupt are they, and beco abominable in their wickedne: there is none that doeth good. 3 God looked down from hea 1 upon the children of men : to if there were any, that would derstand, and seek after God. 4 But they are all gone out of way, they are altogether be abominable : there is also that doeth good, no not one. 5 Are not they without under- standing that work wickedness : eating up my people as if thej Bay 10. THE PSALMS. Bay 10. would eat bread ? they have not far off : and remain in the wilder- called upon God. ness. 6 They were afraid where no j 8 1 would make haste to escape : fear was : for God hath broken the , because of the stormy wind and bones of him that besieged thee ; tempest. thou hast put them to confusion, ; 9 Destroy their tongues, O Lord, because God hath despised them, and divide them : for I have spied 7 Oh, that the salvation were unrighteousness and strife in the given unto Israel out of Sion : city. Oh, that the Lord would deliver i 10 Day and night they go about his people out of captivity ! j within the walls thereof : mischief 8 Then should Jacob rejoice : ' also and sorrow are in the midst and Israel should be right glad. of it. PSAL. 54. Deus, in nomine. I 11 Wickedness is therein : de- SAVE me, O God, for thy ceit and guile go not out of their Name's sake : and avenge me streets, in thy strength. I 12 For it is not an open enemy, 2 Hear my prayer, O God : and that hath done me this dishonour : hearken unto the words of my for then I could have borne it. mouth. 13 Neither was it mine adversary, 3 For strangers are risen up that did magnify himself against against me : and tyrants, which me : for then peradventure I would ve not God before their eyes, have hid myself from him. seek after my soul. i 14 But it was even thou, my com- 4 Behold, God is my helper : panion : my guide, and mine own the Lord is with them that up- j familiar friend. hold my soul. I 15 We took sweet counsel toge- 5 He shall reward evil unto mine ther : and walked in the house of enemies : destroy thou them in God as friends. thy truth. | 16 Let death come hastily upon 6 An offering of a free heart 1 them, and let them go down quick will I give thee, and praise thy I into hell : for wickedness is in their Name, O Lord : because it is so j dwellings, and among them, comfortable. I 17 As for me, I will call upon 7 For he hath delivered me out ! God : and the Lord shall save me. Sf all my trouble : and mine eye I 18 In the evening, and morning, lath seen his desire upon mine 1 and at noon-day will I pray, and nemies, j that instantly : and he shall hear PSAL. 55. Exavdi, Deus. my voice. TTEAR my prayer, O God : 19 It is he that hath delivered my lA and hide not thyself from i soul in peace from the battle that ny petition. I was against me : for there were Take heed unto me, and hear many with me. ne : how I mourn in my prayer, i 20 Yea, even God, that endur- "tnd am vexed. ! eth for ever, shall hear me, and 3 The enemy crieth so, and the bring them down : for they will ingodly cometh on so far*. : for i not turn, nor fear God. hey are minded to do me some | 21 He laid his hands upon such nischief ; so maliciously are they et against me. 4 My heart is disquieted within he : and the fear of death is fall- n upon me. 5 Fearfulness and trembling are Y)me upon me : and an horrible at peace with him : and he brake his covenant. 22 The words of his mouth were softer than butter, having war in his heart : his words were smooth- er than oil, and yet be they very swords. read hath overwhelmed me. I 23 O cast thy burden upon the 6 And I said, O that I had wings j Lord, and he "shall nourish thee : we a dove : for then would I flee and shall not suffer the righteous "^vay, and be at rest. to fall for ever. 7 Lo, then would I get me away 24 And as for them : thou, O God, Bay 11. THE PSALMS. Bay 11. shalt bring them into the pit of destruction. 25 The blood-thirsty and deceit- ful men shall not live out half their days : nevertheless, my trust shall be in thee, O Lord. J¥tonung draper. PSAL. 56. Miserere mei, Deus. BE merciful unto me, O God, for man goeth about to de- vour me : he is daily fighting, and troubling me. 2 Mine enemies are daily in hand to swallow me up : for they be many that fight against me, 0 thou most Highest. 3 Nevertheless, though I am sometime afraid : yet put I my trust in thee. 4 I will praise God, because of his word : I have put my trust in God, and will not fear what flesh can do unto me. 5 They daily mistake my words : all that they imagine is to do me evil. 6 They hold all together, and keep themselves close : and mark my steps, when they lay wait for my soul. 7 Shall they escape for their wick- edness : thou, O God, in tiiy dis- pleasure shalt cast them down. 8 Thou tellest my flittings ; put my tears into thy bottle : are not these things noted in thy book ? 9 Whensoever I call upon thee, then shall mine enemies be put to flight : this I know ; for God is on my side. 10 In God's word will I rejoice : in the Lord's word will I comfort me. 11 Yea, in God have I put my trust : I will not be afraid what man can do unto me. 12 Unto thee, O God, will I pay my vows : unto thee will I give thanks. 13 For thou hast delivered my soul from death, and my feet from falling : that I may walk before God in the light of the living. PSAL. 57. Miserere mei, Deus. BE merciful unto me, O God, be merciful unto me, for my soul trusteth in thee : and under the shadow of thy wings shall be my refuge, until this tyranny be over-past. 2 I will call unto the most high God : even unto the God that shall perform the cause which I have in hand. 3 He shall send from heaven : and save me from the reproof of him that would eat me up. 4 God shall send forth his mer- cy and truth : my soul is among lions. 5 And I lie even among the chil- dren of men, that are set on fire : whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword. 6 Set up thyself, O God, above the heavens : and thy glory above all the earth. 7 They have laid a net for my feet, and pressed down my soul : they have digged a pit before me, and are fallen into the midst of it themselves. 8 My heart is fixed, O God, my heart is fixed : I will sing, and give praise. .9 Awake up, my glory ; awake, lute and harp : 1 myself will awake right early. 10 I will give thanks unto thee, 0 Lord, among the people : and 1 will sing unto thee among the nations. 11 For the greatness of thy mercy rcacheth unto the heavens : and thy truth unto the clouds. 12 Set up thyself, O God, above the heavens : and thy glory above all the earth. PSAL. 58. Si vere utique. ARE your minds set upon righ- teousness, O ye congregation : and do ye judge the thing that is right, O ye sons of men ? 2 Yea, ye imagine mischief in your heart upon the earth : and your hands deal with wickedness. 3 The ungodly are fro ward, even from their mother's womb : as soon as they are born, they go astray, and speak lies. 4 They are as venomous as the poison of a serpent : even like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ears ; 5 Which refuseth to hear the voice of the charmer : charm he never so wisely. 6 Break their teeth, O God, in their mouths ; smite the jaw-bones ' of the lions, O Lord : let them 1 fall away like water that runneth Day 11. THE PSALMS. Day 11. apace ; and when they shoot their arrows let them be rooted out. 7 Let them consume away like a snail, and be like the untimely fruit of a woman : and let them not see the sun. 8 Or ever your pots be made hot with thorns": so let indignation vex him, even as a tiling that is raw. 9 The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance : he shall wash his footsteps in the jlood of the ungodly. 10 So that a man "shall say, Ve- ■ily there is n reward for the righ- eous : doubtless there is a God hat judgeth the earth. lEbcrttng draper. PSAL. 59. Eripc me de inhnicis. PVELTVER me from mine ene- *J mies, O God : defend me from hem that rise up against me. 2 O deliver me from the wick- d doers : and save me from the lood-thirsty men. 3 For lo, they lie waiting for my ?ul : the mighty men are gather- p against me, without any offence r fault of me, O Lord. i They run and prepare them- ,?lves without my fault : arise iou therefore to help me, and ehold. 5 Stand up, O Lord God of hosts, iou God of Israel, to visit all the sathen : and be not merciful un- them that offend of malicious ckedness. 5 They go to and fro in the even- g : they grin like a dog, and in about through the city. T Behold, they speak with their outh, and swords are in their 38 : for who doth hear? But thou, O Lord, shalt have m in derision : and thou shalt ugh all the heathen to scorn. } My strength will I ascribe unto ee : for thou art the God of my fuge. 0 God sheweth me his goodness Jnteously : and God shall let me ' my desire upon mine enemies. 1 Slay them not, lest my people get it : but scatter them abroad long the people, and put them wn. O Lord, our defence. 2 For the sin of their mouth, and for the words of their lips, they shall be taken in their pride : and why? their preaching is of cursing and lies. 13 Consume them in thy wrath, consume them, that they may perish : and know that it is God that ruleth in Jacob, and unto the ends of the world. 14 And in the evening they will return : grin like a dog, and will go about the city. 15 They will run here and there for meat : and grudge if they be not satisfied. 16 As for me, I will sing of thy power, and will praise thy mercy betimes in the morning : for thou hast been my defence and refuge in the day of "my trouble. 17 Unto" thee, O my strength, will : I sing : for thou, 6 God, art my refuge, and my merciful God. | PSAL. 60. Dcus, repulisti nos. OGOD, thou hast cast us out, and scattered us abroad : thou hast also been displeased ; O turn thee unto us again. 2 Thou hast moved the land, and j divided it : heal the sores thereof, for it shake th. 3 Thou hast shewed thy people heavy things : thou hast given us a drink of deadly wine. 4 Thou hast "given a token for such as fear thee : that they may triumph because of the truth. 5 Therefore were thy beloved de- livered : help me with thy right hand, and hear me. 6 God hath spoken in his holi- ness, I will rejoice, and divide Sichem : and mete out the valley of Succoth. j 7 Gilead is mine, and Manasse3 is mine : Ephraim also is the j strength of my head ; Judah is ] my law-giver ; 8 Moab is my wash-pot ; over ; Edom will I cast out my shoe : Philistia, be thou glad of nie. I 9 Who will lead me into the strong city : who will bring me j into Edom ? I 10 Hast not thou cast us out, O God : wilt not thou, O God, go out with our hosts ? 11 O be thou our help in trou- ble : for vain is the help of man. Bay 12. THE PSALMS. Day 12. 12 Through God will we do great acts : for it is he that shall tread down our enemies. PSAL. 61. Exaudi, Deus. HEAR my crying, O God : give ear unto my prayer. 2 From the ends of the earth will I call upon thee : when my heart is in heaviness. 3 O set me up upon the rock that is higher than I : for thou hast been my hope, and a strong tower for me against the enemy. 4 I will dwell in thy tabernacle for ever : and my trust shall be under the covering of thy wings. 5 For thou, O Lord, hast heard my desires : and hast given an heritage unto those that fear thy Name. 6 Thou shalt grant the King a long life : that liis years may en- dure throughout all generations. 7 He shall dwell before God for ever : O prepare thy loving mercy and faithfulness, that they may preserve him. 8 So will I alway sing praise unto thy Name : that I may daily perform my vows. .ptonung draper. PSAL. 62. Nonne Deo ? MY soul truly waiteth still upon God : for of him cometh my salvation. 2 He verily is my strength and my salvation : he is my defence, so that I shall not greatly fall. 3 How long will ye imagine mis- chief against every man : ye shall be slain all the sort of you ; yea, as a tottering wall shall ye be, and like a broken hedge. 4 Their device is only how to put him out whom God will exalt : their delight is in lies ; they give good words with their mouth, but curse with their heart. 5 Nevertheless, my soul, wait thou still upon God : for my hope is in him. 6 He truly is my strength and my salvation : he is my defence, so that I shall not fall. 7 In God is my health, and my glory : the rock of my might, and in God is my trust. 8 O put your trust in him alway, ye people : pour out your hearts before him, for God is our hope. 9 As for the children of men, they are but vanity : the children of men are deceitful upon the weights, they are altogether light- er than vanity itself. 10 O trust not in wrong and robbery, give not yourselves unto vanity : if riches increase, set not your heart upon them. 11 God spake once, and twice I have also heard the same : that power belongeth unto God ; 12 And that thou, Lord, art mer- ciful : for thou rewardest every man according to his work. PSAL. 63. Deus, Deus mcus. f~\ GOD, thou art my God : early will I seek thee. 2 My soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh also longeth after thee : in a barren and dry land where no water is. 3 Thus have I looked for thee in holiness : that I might behold thy power and glory. 4 For thy loving-kindness is bet- ter than the life itself : my lips shall praise thee. 5 As long as I live will I magnify thee on this manner : and lift up my hands in thy Name. 6 My soul shall be satisfied, even as it were with marrow and fat- ness : when my mouth praiseth thee with joyful lips. 7 Have I not remembered thee in my bed : and thought upon thee when I was waking? 8 Because thou hast been my helper : therefore under the sha- dow of thy wings will I rejoice. 9 My soul hangeth upon thee : thy right hand hath upholden me. 10 These also that seek the hurt of my soul : they shall go under the earth. 11 Let them fall upon the edge of the sword : that they may be a portion for foxes. 12 But the King shall rejoice in God ; all they also that swear by him shall be commended : for the mouth of them that speak lies shall be stopped. PSAL. 64. Exaudi, Deus. HEAR my voice, O God, in my prayer : preserve my life from fear of the enemy. Day 12. THE PSALMS. Day 12. 2 Hide me from the gathering to- gether of the froward : and from the insurrection of wicked doers; 3 Who have whet their tongue like a sword : and shoot out their arrows, even bitter words ; 4 That they may privily shoot at him that is perfect : suddenly do they hit him, and fear not 5 They encourage themselves in mischief : and commune among themselves how they may lay 9nares, and say, that no man shall see them. 6 They imagine wickedness, and practise it : that they keep secret imong themselves, every man in :he deep of his heart. 7 Hut God shall suddenly shoot it them with a swift arrow : tliat ;hey shall be wounded. 8 Yea, their own tongues shall nake them fall : insomuch that .vhoso sceth them shall laugh them ;o scorn. 9 And all men that see it shall lay, This hath God done : for they "iall perceive that it is his work. 10 The righteous shall rejoice n the Lord, and put his trust in " o : and all they that are true of irt shall be glad. Atoning }prm?et. PSAL. 65. Te decet hi/mnus. "pHOU, O God, art praised in J- Sion : and unto thee shall the ow be performed in Jerusalem. 2 Thou that hearest the prayer : Into thee shall all flesh come. 1 8 My misdeeds prevail against me : ) be thou merciful unto our sins. 4 Blessed is the man, whom thou osest, and receivest unto thee : ie shall dwell in thy court, and tfian be satisfied with the plea- of thy house, even of thy oly temple. 5 Thou shalt shew us wonderful ings in thy righteousness, O God our salvation : thou that art the ope of all the ends of the earth, nd of them that remain in the sea. 6 Who in his strength setteth t the mountains : and is girded >ut with power. Who stilleth the raging of the ►a : and the noise of his waves, I id the madness of the people. 8 They also that dwell in the uttermost parts of the earth shall be afraid at thy tokens : thou that makest the outgoings of the morn- ing and evening to praise thee. 9 Thou visitest the earth, and blessest it : thou makest it very plenteous. 10 The river of God is full of water : thou preparest their com, for so thou providest for the earth. 11 Thou waterest her furrows, thou sendest rain into the little valleys thereof : thou makest it soft with the drops of rain, and blessest the increase of it 12 Thou crownest the year with thy goodness : and thy clouds drop fatness. 13 They shall drop upon the dwellings of the wilderness : and the little hills shall rejoice on everv side. 14 The folds shall be full of sheep : the valleys also shall stand so thick with corn, that they shall laugh and sing. PSAL. 66. Jubilate Deo. f\ BE joyful in God, all ye lands : yj sing praises unto the honour of his Name, make his praise to be glorious. 2 Say unto God, O how wonderful art thou in thy works : through the greatness of thy power shall thine enemies be found liars unto thee. 3 For all the world shall worship thee : sing of thee, and praise thy Nj.me. 4 O come hither, and behold the works of God : how wonderful he is in liis doing toward the children of men. 5 He turned the sea into dry land : so that they went through the water on foot ; there did we rejoice thereof. 6 He ruleth with his power for ever ; his eyes hehold the people : and such as wSl not believe shall not be able to exalt themselves. 7 0 praise our God, ve people : and make the voice of his praise to be heard ; 8 Who holdeth our soul in life : and suffereth not our feet to slip. 9 For thou, O God, hast proved us : thou also liast tried us, like as silver is tried. 10 Thou broughtest us into the Day 13. THE PSALMS. Day 13. snare : and laidest trouble upon our loins. 11 Thou sufferedst men to ride over our heads : we went through fire and water, and thou brought- est us out into a wealthy place. 12 I will go into thine house with burnt-offerings : and will pay thee my vows, which I promised with my lips, and spake with my mouth, when I was in trouble. 13 I will offer unto thee fat fire, so let the ungodly perish at the presence of God. 3 But let the righteous be glad and rejoice before God : let them also be merry and joyful. 4 O sing unto God, and sing praises unto his Name : magnify him that rideth upon the heavens, as it were upon an horse ; praise him in his Name J All, and re- joice before him. 5 lie is a Father of the father- burnt-sacrifices, with the incense less, and defendeth the cause of of rams : I will offer bullocks and the widows : even God in liis holy 14 O come hither, and hearken, all ye that fear God : and I will tell you what he hath done for my soul. habitation 6 He is the God that maketh men to be of one mind in an house, and bringeth the prisoners out of 15 I called unto him with my ; captivity : but letteth the runagates mouth : and gave him praises with continue in scarceness. my tongue. 16 If I incline unto wickedness with mine heart : tha Lord will not hear me. 17 But God hath heard me : and considered the voice (Amy prayer. 7 O God, when thou wentest forth before the people : when thou wentest through the wilderness, 8 The earth shook, and the hea- vens dropped at the presence of God : even as Sinai also was Praised be God who hath not ! moved at the presence of God, cast out my prayer : nor turned I wno is the God of Israel, his mercy from me. I 9 Thou, O God, sentest a gra- PSAL. 67. Deus misereatur. \ cious rain upon thine inherit- GOD be merciful unto us, and ; ance : and refreshedst it when it bless us : and shew us the light i was weary, of his countenance, and be mer- ! 10 Thy congregation shall dwell ciful unto us ; ! therein : for thou, O God, hast of 2 That thy way may be known i thy goodness prepared for the poor, upon earth : thy saving health I 11 The Lord gave the word : gn among all nations. I was the company of the preachera. 3 Let the people praise thee, O 12 Kings with their armies God : yea, let all the people praise flee, and were discomfited : and they of the houshold divided the thee 4 O let the nations rejoice and be glad : for thou shalt judge the folk righteously, and govern the nations upon earth. 5 Let the people praise thee, O God : let all the people praise thee. 6 Then shall the earth bring forth her increase : and God, even our own God, shall give us his blessing. 7 God shall bless us : and all the ends of the world shall fear him. iWormng ^raucr. PSAL. 68. Exurpat Deus. LET God arise, and let his ene- mies be scattered : let them also that hate him flee before him. 2 Like as the smoke vanisheth, so shalt thou drive them away : and like as wax melteth at the spoiL 13 Though ye have lien among the pots, yet shall ye be as wings of a" dove : that is covered with silver wings, and her feathers like gold. 14 When the Almighty scattered kings for their sake : then were they as white as snow in Salmon. 15 As the hill of Basan, so is God's hill : even an high hill, as the hill of Basan. 16 Why hop ve so, ye high hills ? this is God's hill, in the which it pleaseth liira to dwell : yea, the Lord will abide in it for ever. 17 The chariots of God are twenty thousand, even thousands of angels : and the Lord is among i them, as in the holy place of Sinai Day 13. THE PSALM?. Day 13. 18 Thou art gone up on high, thou hast led capti%ity captive, and received gifts for men : yea, even for thine enemies, that the Lord God might dwell among them. 19 Praised be the Lord daily : even the God who helpeth us, and poureth his benefits upon us. 20 He is our God, even the God of whom cometh salvation : God is the Lord, by whom we escape death. 21 God shall wound the head of his enemies : and the hairy scalp of such a one as goeth on still in " is wickedness. 22 The Lord bath said, I will ring my people again, as I did from Basan : mine own will I bring as I did sometime from the deep of the sea. 23 That thy foot may be dipped in the blood of thine enemies : and that the tongue of thy dogs may be red through the same. 24 It is well stem O God, how thou goest : how thou, my God and King, goest in the sanctuary. 25 The singers go before, the minstrels follow after : in the midst are the damsels playing with the timbrels. 26 Give thanks. O Israel, unto God the Lord in the eonsregations : the ground of the heart. 27 There is little Benjamin their uler, and the princes of Judah :heir counsel : the princes of Zabu- on, and the princes of NephthalL 28 Thy God hath sent forth trength for thee : stablish the O God, that thou hast jrrouzht in us, 29 For thy temple's sake at Je- usalem : so shall kings bring resents unto thee. 30 "When the company of the pear-men, and multitude of the nighty are scattered abroad among he beasts of the people, so that hey humbly bring pieces of silver : j»d when he hath scattered the >eople that delight in war ; ' 31 Then shall the princes come ut of Egypt : the Morians' land !aD soon stretch out her hands nto God. 32 Sing unto God, O ye kingdoms f th^ earth : O sing praises unto le Lord ; 33 "Who sitteth in the heavens over all from the beginning : lo, he doth send out his voice, yea, and that a mightv voice. 34 Ascribe ye the power to God over Israel : his worship, and strength is in the clouds. 35 0 God, wonderful art thou in thy holy places : even the God of Israel ;"he will give strength and power unto his people ; blessed be God. Tibcmng ^praticr. PSAL. 69. Sahitm me fac CAVE me, O God : for the wa- O tsrs are come in, even unto my soul. 2 I stick fast in the deep mire, where no ground is : I am come into deep waters, so that the hoods run over me. 3 I am weary of crying ; my threat Ls dry : my sight faileth me for waitine so long upon my God. i They th*t hate me without a cause are more than the liairs of my head : they that are mine enemies, and would destroy me guiltless, are mighty. 5 I paid them the things that I never took : God, thou knowest my simpleness, and my faults are not hid from thee. 6 Let not them that trust in thee, 0 Lord God of hosts, be ashamed for my cause : let not those that seek thee be confounded through me, O Lord God of Israel. 7 Ar.d why ? for thy sake have 1 suffered reproof : shame hath covered my face. 8 I am become a stranger unto my brethren : even an alien unto my mother's children. 9 For the zeal of thine house hath even eaten me : and the re- bukes of them that rebuked thee are fallen upon me. 10 I wept, and (.hastened myself with fasting : and that was turned to my reproof. 11 I put on sackcloth also : and they jested upon me. 12 They that sit in the gate speak against me : and the drunkards make songs up.-n me. 13 But, Lord, I make my prayer unto thee : in an acceptable time. 11 Hear me, O God, in the mul- Day 13. THE PSALMS. Day 14. titude of thy mercy : even in the truth of thy salvation. 15 Take me out of the mire, that I sink not : O let me be delivered from them that hate me, and out of the deep waters. 16 Let not the water-flood drown me, neither let the deep swallow me up : and let not the pit shut her mouth upon me. 17 Hear me, O Lord, for thy loving- kindness is comfortable : turn thee unto me according to the multitude of thy mercies. 18 And hide not thy face from thy servant, for I am in trouble : O haste thee, and hear me. 19 Draw nigh unto my soul, and save it : O deliver me, because of mine enemies. 20 Thou hast known my reproof, my shame, and my dishonour : mine adversaries are all in thy sight. 21 Thy rebuke hath broken my heart ; I am full of heaviness : I looked for some to have pity on me, but there was no man, neither found I any to comfort me. 22 They gave me gall to eat : and when I was thirsty they gave me vinegar to drink. 23 Let their table be made a snare to take themselves withal : and let the things that should have been for their wealth be unto them an occasion of fallin g. 24 Let their eyes be blinded, that they see not : and ever bow thou down their backs. 25 Pour out thine indignation upon them : and let thy wrathful displeasure take hold of them. 26 Let their habitation be void : and no man to dwell in their tents. 27 For they persecute him whom thou hast smitten : and they talk how they may vex them whom thou hast wounded. 28 Let them fall from one wick- edness to another : and not come into thy righteousness. 29 Let them be wiped out of the book of the living : and not be written among the righteous. 30 As for me, when I am poor and in heaviness : thy help, O God, shall lift me up. 31 I will praise the Name of God with a song : and magnify it with thanksgiving. 32 This also shall please the Lord : better than a bullock that hath y horns and hoofs. 33 The humble shall consider this, and be glad : seek ye after God, s and your soul shall live. 34 For the Lord heareth the poor : and despiseth not his prisoners. 35 Let heaven and earth praise him : the sea, and all that moveth therein. 36 For God will save Sion, and build the cities of Judah : that men may dwell there, and have it , in possession. 37 The posterity also of his ser- . vants shall inherit it : and they f" that love his Name shall dwell , r therein. PSAL. 70. Deus in adjutorium. HASTE thee, O God, to deliver me : make haste to help me, . O Lord. 2 Let them be ashamed and con- founded that seek after my soul : let them be turned backward and ; ■ put to confusion that wish me evil. 3 Let them for their reward be j a soon brought to shame : that cry i over me, There, there. 4 But let all those that seek thee f be joyful and glad in thee : and let i all such as delight in thy salvation say alway, The Lord be praised. 5 As for me, I am poor and in mi- j , sery : haste thee unto me, O God. 6 Thou art my helper, and my redeemer : O Lord, make no long ! tarrying. ( J&orning draper. PSAL. 71. Inte, Domine, speravi. j IN thee, O Lord, have I put ', my trust, let me never be put to confusion : but rid me, and | | deliver me, in thy righteousness; I incline thine ear unto me, and I save me. 2 Be thou my strong hold, where- unto I may alway resort : thou hast promised to help me, for thou art my house of defence, and my castle. 3 Deliver me, 0 my God, out of the hand of the ungodly : out of the hand of the unrighteous and cruel man. 4 For thou, O Lord God, art the t thing that I long for : thou art my hope, even from my youth. , Day 14. THE PSALMS. Day 14. 5 Through thee have I been unto thee will I sing upon the holden up ever since I was born : , harp, O thou Holy One of Israel, thou art he that took me out of 21 My lips will be fain when I mv mother's womb ; my praise ; sing unto thee : and so will my shall be alwavs of thee. I soul whom thou hast delivered. 6 I am become as it were a i 22 My tongue also shall talk of monster unto manv : but my sure thy righteousness all the day long : trust is in thee. ' for they are confounded and 7 O let my mouth be filled with brought unto shame that seek to thv praise :"that I mav sing of thy i do me evil. glorv and honour all the day long. J PSAL. 72. Deux, judicium. 8 Cast me not away in the time /^IVE the King thy judgements, of age : forsake me not when my vJ O God : and thy righteous- strength faileth me. ness unto the King's son. 9 For mine enemies speak a- | 2 Then shall he judge thy people gainst me, and they that lay wait ( according unto right : and defend for mv soul take their counsel to- the poor. i gether, saying : God hath forsaken 3 The mountains also shall bring rsecute him, and take him, I for there is none to deliver him. 10 Go not far from me. O God : mv God, haste thee to help me. 11 Let them be confounded and parish that are against my soul : let them be covered with shame and (dishonour that seek to do me evil. 12 As for me, I will patiently from one generation to another, abide al way : and will praise thee I 6 He shall come down like the more and more. rain into a fleece of wool : even as 13 My mouth shall daily speak i the drops that water the eartli. of thv righteousness and salvation : 7 In his time shall the rightecus ")r I know no end thereof. nourish : yea, and abundance of 14 I wUl go forth in the strength peace, so long as the moon en- f the Lord God : and will make | dureth. peace : and the little hills right ousness unto the people. 4 He shall keep the simple folk by their right : defend the chil- dren of the poor, and punish the wronf the earth : thou hast made rammer and winter. 19 Remember this, O Lord, how he enemy hath rebuked : and how the foolish people hath bias- 1 ■ phemed thy Name. I 20 O deliver not the soul of thy the dragons in the turtle-dove unto the multitude of the enemies : and forset not the congregation of the poor for ever. 21 Look upon the covenant : for all the earth is full of darkness, and cruel habitations. 22 O let not the simple go away ashamed : but let the poor and needy give praise unto thy Name. 23 Arise, O God, maintain thine own cause : remember how the foolish man blasphemeth thee daily. 24 Forget not the voice of thine enemies : the presumption of them that hate thee increaseth ever more and more. JHormng draper. PSAL. 75. Confitebimur tibi. UNTO thee, O God, do we give thanks : yea, unto thee do we give thanks. 2 Thy Name also is so nigh : and tliat do thy wondrous works declare. 3 When I receive the congrega- tion : I shall judge according unto right. 4 The earth is weak, and all the inhabiters thereof : I bear up the pillars of it. 5 I said unto the fools, Deal not so madly : and to the ungodly, Set not up your horn. 6 Set not up your horn on high : and speak not with a stiff neck. 7 For promotion cometh neither from the east, nor from the west : nor yet from the south. 8 And why ? God is the Judge : he putteth down one, and setteth up another. 9 For in the hand of the Lord there is a cup, and the wine is red : it is full mixed, and he poureth out of the same. 10 As for the dregs thereof : all the ungodly of the earth shall drink them, and suck them out. 11 But I will talk of the God of Jacob : and praise him for ever. 12 All the horns of the ungodly also will I break : and the horns of the righteous shall be exalted. PSAL. 76. Notus in Judaa. IN Jewry is God known : his Name is great in Israel. 2 At Salem is his tabernacle : and his dwelling in Sion. Day 15. THE PSALMS. 3 There brake lie the arrows of the bow : the shield, the sword, and the battle. 4 Thou art of more honour and might : than the hills of the rob- bers. 5 The proud are robbed, they have slept their sleep : and all the men whose hands were mighty have found nothing. 6 At thy rebuke, O God of Ja- cob : both the chariot and horse are fallen. 7 Thou, even thou art to be feared : and who may stand in thy sight when thou art angry ? 8 Thou didst cause thy judge- ment to be heard from heaven : the earth trembled, and was still, 9 When God arose to judge- ment : and to help all the meek upon earth. 10 The fierceness of man shall turn to thy praise : and the fierce- ness of them shalt thou refrain. 11 Promise unto the Lord your God, and keep it, all ye that are round about him : bring presents unto him that ought to be feared. 12 He shall refrain the spirit of princes : and is wonderful among the kings of the earth. PSAL. 77. Voce mca ad Dominum. I WILL cry unto God with my voice : even unto God will I cry with my voice, and he shall hearken unto me. 2 In the time of my trouble I sought the Lord : my sore ran, and ceased not in the night-sea- son ; my soul refused comfort. 3 When I am in heaviness, I will think upon God : when my heart is vexed, I will complain. 4 Thou holdest mine eyes wak- ing : I am so feeble, that I cannot speak. 5 I have considered the days of old : and the years that are past. 6 I call to remembrance my song : and in the night I commune with mine own heart, and search out my spirits. 7 Will the Lord absent himself for ever : and will he be no more intreated ? 8 Is his mercy clean gone for ever : and is his promise come utterly to an end for evermore ? 9 Hath God forgotten to be gra- Day 15. cious : and will he shut up his loving-kindness in displeasure? 10 And I said, It i3 mine own infirmity : but I will remember the years of the right hand of the most Highest. 1 1 I will remember the works of the Lord : and call to mind thy wonders of old time. 12 I will think also of all thy works : and my talking shall be of thy doings. 13 Thy way, O God, is holy : who is so great a God as our God ? 14 Thou art the God that doeth wonders : and hast declared thy power among the people. 15 Thou hast mightily delivered thy people : even the sons of Jacob and Joseph. '16 The waters saw thee, O God, the waters saw thee, and were afraid : the depths also were trou- bled. 17 The clouds poured out wa- ter, the air thundered : and thine arrows went abroad. IS The voice of thy thunder was heard round about : the lightnings shone upon the ground ; the eartb was moved, and shook withal. 10 Thy way is in the sea, and thy paths in the great waters : and thy footsteps are not known. 20 Thou leddest thy people like sheep : by the hand bf Moses and Aaron. 1£foemng Prater. PSAL. 78. Attendite, popule. HEAR my law, O my people : incline your ears unto the words of my mouth. 2 I will open my mouth in a parable : I will declare hard sen- tences of old ; 3 Which we have heard and known : and such as our fathers have told us ; 4 That we should not hide thera from the children of the genera- tions to come : but to shew the honour of the Lord, his mighty and wonderful works that he liath done. 5 He made a covenant with Jacob, and gave Israel a law : which he commanded our fore- fathers to teach their children ; 6 That their posterity might Day 15. THE PSALMS. Day 15. know it : and the children which 23 Because they believed not in were yet unborn ; God : and put not their trust in 7 To the intent that when they his help. came up : they might shew their 24 So he commanded the clouds children the same : above : and opened the doors of 8 That they might put their trust heaven. in God : and not to forget the 25 He rained down manna also works of God, but to keep his upon them for to eat : and gave 9 And not to be as their fore- 26 So man did eat angels' food : fathers, a faithless and stubborn for be sent them meat enough, generation : a generation that set 27 He caused the east-wind to not their heart aright, and whose blow under heaven : and through spirit cleaveth not stedfastly unto his power he brought in the south- 10 Like as the children of Eph- 23 He rained flesh upon them raim : who being harnessed, and as thick as dust : and feathered carrying bows, turned themselves fowls like as the sand of the sea. back in the day of battle. 29 He let it fall among their 11 They kept not the covenant tents : even round about their of God : and would not walk in habitation. his law ; 30 So they did eat . and were well 12 But forgat what he had done : filled ; for he gave them their own and the wonderful works that he desire : thev were not disappoint- had shewed for them. ed of their lust. 13 Marvellous things did he in 31 But while the meat was yet the sight of our forefathers, in the in their mouths, the heavy wrath land of Egypt : even in the field of God came upon them, and slew of Zoan. * the wealthiest of them : yea, and 14 He divided the sea, and let smote down the chosen men that them go through : he made the were in Israel. waters to stand on an heap. 32 But for all this they sinned 15 In the day-time also he led yet more : and believed" not hi3 them with a cloud : and all the wondrous works. night through with a light of fire. 33 Therefore their days did he 16 He clave the hard rocks in consume in vanity : and their years the wilderness : and gave them in trouble. drink thereof, as it had been out 34 When he slew them, they of the great depth. sought him : and turned them 17 He brought waters out of the early, and enquired after God. stony rock : so that it gushed out 3o" And thev remembered that like the rivers, God was their strength : and tha^ 18 Yet for all this they sinned the hiih God was their redeemer, more against him : and provoked 36 Nevertheless, they did but the most Highest in the wilderness, flatter him with their mouth : 19 They tempted God in their and dissembled with him in their hearts : and required meat for tonarue. their lust, 37 For their heart was not whole 20 They spake against God also, with him : neither continued they saying : Sliall God prepare a table stedfast in his covenant. in the wilderness? 38 But he was so merciful, that 21 He smote the stony rock in- he forgave their misdeeds : and deed, that the water gushed out, destroyed them not, and the streams flowed withal : 39 Yea, manv a time turned he his but can he give bread also, or pro- wrath awav : and would not suffer , vide flesh for his people ? his whole displeasure to arise. 22 "When the Lord heard this, he 40 For he considered that they was wroth : so the fire was kin- were but flesh : and that they died in Jacob, and there came up were even a wind that passeth a- heavy displeasure against Israel ; way, and cometh not again. commandments ; them food from heaven. God; west-wind. Day 15. THE PSALMS. Day 16. 41 Many a time did they pro- voke him in the wilderness : and grieved him in the desert. 42 They turned hack, and tempt- ed God : and moved the Holy One in Israel. 43 They thought not of his hand : and of the day when he deliver- ed them from the hand of the enemy ; 44 How ho had wrought his mi- racles in Egypt : and his wonders in the field of Zoan. 45 He turned their waters into hlood : so that they might not drink of the rivers. 46 He sent lice among them, and devoured them up : and frogs to destroy them. 47 He gave their fruit unto the caterpillar : and their labour unto the grasshopper. 48 He destroyed their vines with hail-stones : and their mulberry- trees with the frost. 49 He smote their cattle also with hail stones : and their flocks with hot thunder-bolts. 50 He cast upon them the fu- riousness of his wrath, anger, dis- pleasure, and trouble : and sent evil angels among them. 51 He made a way to his indig- nation, and spared not their soul from death : but gave their life over to the pestilence ; 52 And smote all the first-born in Egypt : the most principal and mightiest in the dwellings of Ham. 53 But as for his own people, he led them forth like sheep : and carried them in the wilderness like a flock. 54 He brought them out safely, that they should not fear : and overwhelmed their enemies with the sea. 55 And brought them within the borders of his sanctuary : even to his mountain which he purchased with his right hand. 56 He cast out the heathen also before them : caused their land to be divided among them for an heritage, and made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents. 57 So they tempted, and dis- pleased the most high God : and kept not his testimonies ; 58 But turned their backs, and fell away like their forefathers : starting aside like a broken bow. 59 For they grieved him with their hill-altars : and provoked him to displeasure with their images. 60 When God heard this, he was wroth : and took sore displeasure ' at Israel. 61 cJo that he forsook the taber- nacle in Silo : even the tent that he had pitched among men. 62 He delivered their power into captivity : and their beauty into the enemy's hand. 63 He gave his people over also unto the sword : and was wroth with his inheritance. 64 The fire consumed their young men : and their maidens were not given to marriage. 65 Their priests were slain with the sword : and there were no widows to make lamentation. 66 So the Lord awaked as one out of sleep : and like a giant re- freshed with wine. 67 He smote his enemies in the hinder parts : and put them to a perpetual shame. 68 He refused the tabernacle of Joseph : and chose not the tribe of Ephraim ; 69 But chose the tribe of Ju- dah : even the hill of Sion which he loved. 70 And there he built his tem- ple on high : and laid the foun- dation of it like the ground which he hath made continually. 71 He chose David also his ser- vant : and took him away from the sheep-folds. 72 As he was following the ewes great with young ones he took him : that he might feed Jacob bis people, and Israel his inheritance. 73 So he fed them with a faithful and true heart : and ruled them prudently with all his power. JBlornfog prater. PSAL. 79. Deus, venerunt. OGOD, the heathen are come into thine inheritance : thy holy temple have they defiled, and made Jerusalem an heap of stones. 2 The dead bodies of thy ser- vants have they given to be meat unto the fowls of the air : and the Day 16. THE PSALMS. Day 16. flesh of thy saints unto the beasts of the land. 3 Their blood have they shed like water on every side of Jeru- salem : and there was no man to bury them. 4 We are become an open shame to our enemies : a very scorn and derision unto them that are round about us. 5 Lord, how long wilt thou be angry : sliall thy jealousy burn like fire for ever ? 6 Pour out thine indignation upon the heathen that have not known thee : and upon the king- doms that have not called upon thy Name. 7 For they have devoured Jacob : and laid waste his dwelling-place. 8 O remember not our old sins, but have mercy upon us, and that soon : for we are come to j great misery. i 9 ilelp us, O God of our salva- I tion, for the glory of thy Name : O deliver us, and be merciful unto I our sins, for thy Name's sake. 10 Wherefore do the heathen say : Where is now their God ? J 11 O let the vengeance of thy ' servants' blood that is shed : be I openly shewed upon the heathen | ' in our sight. I 12 O let the sorrowful sighing of I 'the prisoners come before thee : I [ according to the greatness of thy L power, preserve thou those that j are appointed to die. I I 13 And for the blasphemy where- with cur neighbours have blas- )hemed thee : reward thou them, O Lord, seven-fold into their bosom. 14 So we, that are thy people, and sheep of thy pasture, shall give thee thanks for ever : and will alway be shewing forth thy praise from generation to generation. PSAL. 80. Qui regis Israel. HEAR, O thou Shepherd of Israel, thou that leadest Jo- seph like a sheep : shew thyself also, thou that sittest upon the cherubims. 2 Before Ephraim, Benjamin, and Manasscs : stir up thy strength, and ;orae, and help us. 3 Turn us again, O God : shew he light of thy countenance, and i,ve sliall be whole. 4 O Lord God of hosts : how long wilt thou be angry with thy people that prayeth ? 5 Thou fecdest them with the bread of tears : and givest them plenteousness of teara to drink. 6 Thou hast made us a very strife unto our neighbours : and our enemies laugh us to scorn. 7 Turn us again, thou God of hosts : shew the light of thy coun- tenance, and we shall be whole. 8 Thou hast brought a vine out of Egypt : thou hast cast out the heathen, and planted it. 9 Thou madest room for it : and when it had taken root it filled the land. 10 The hills were covered with the shadow of it : and the boughs thereof were like the goodly cedar- trees. 11 She stretched out her branches unto the sea : and her boughs un- to the river. 12 Why hast thou then broken down her hedge : that all they that go by pluck off her grapes ? 13 The wild boar out of the wood doth root it up : and the wild beasts of the field devour it. 14 Turn thee again, thou God of hosts, look down from heaven : behold, and visit this vine ; 15 And the place of the vine- yard that thy right hand hath planted : and the branch that thou madest so strong for thyself. 16 It is burnt with fire, and cut down : and they shall perish at the rebuke of thy countenance. 17 Let thy hand be upon the man of thy right hand : and upon the son of man, whom thou madest so strong for thine own self. 18 And so will not we go back from thee : O let us live, and we shall call upon thy Name. 19 Turn us again, O Lord God of hosts : shew the light of thy coun- tenance, and we shall be whole. PSAL. 81. Exultate Deo. SING we merrily unto God our strength : make a cheerful noise unto the God of Jacob. 2 Take the psalm, bring hither the tabret : the merry harp with the lute. 3 Blow up the trumpet in the new-moon : even in the time ap- Day 16. THE PSALMS. Day 16. pointed, and upon our solemn feast-day. 4 For this was made a statute for Israel : and a law of the God of Jacob. 5 This he ordained in Joseph for a testimony : when he came out of the land of Egypt, and had heard a strange language. 6 I eased his shoulder from the burden : and his hands were de- livered from making the pots. 7 Thou calledst upon me in troubles, and I delivered thee : and heard thee what time as the storm fell upon thee. 8 I proved thee also : at the waters of strife. 9 Hear, O my people, and I will assure thee, O Israel : if thou wilt hearken unto me, 10 There shall no strange god be in thee : neither shalt thou worship any other god. 11 I am the Lord thy God, who brought thee out of the land of Egvpt : open thy mouth wide, and I shall fill it. 12 But my people would not hear my voice : and Israel would not obey me. 13 So I gave them up unto their own hearts' lusts : and let them follow their own imaginations. 14 O that my people would have hearkened unto me : for if Israel had walked in my ways, 15 I should soon have put down their enemies : and turned my hand against their adversaries. 16 The haters of the Lord should have been found liars : but their time should have endured for ever. 17 He should have fed them also with the finest wheat-flour : and with honey out of the stony rock should I have satisfied thee. lEbxmng ^rap£r. PSAL. 82. Deus stetit GOD standeth in the congrega- tion of princes : he is a Judge among gods. 2 How long will ye give wrong judgement : and accept the per- sons of the ungodly ? 3 Defend the poor and father- less : see that such a? are in need and necessity have right. 4 Deliver the out-cast and poor : save them from the hand of the ungodly. 5 They will not be learned nor understand, but walk on still in darkness : all the foundations of the earth are out of course. 6 I have said, Ye are gods : and ye are all the children of the most Highest. 7 But ye shall die like men : and fall like one of the princes. 8 Arise, O God, and judge thou the earth : for thou shalt take all heathen to thine inheritance. PSAL. 83. Deus, quis similis f TT OLD not thy tongue, O God, •O- keep not still silence : refrain not thyself, O God. 2 For lo, thine enemies make a murmuring : and they that hate thee have lift up their head. 3 They have imagined craftily against thy people : and taken counsel against thy secret ones. 4 They have said, Come, and let us root them out, that they be no more a people : and that the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance. 5 For they have cast their heads together with one consent : and are confederate against thee ; 6 The tabernacles of the Edom- ites, and the Ismaelites : the Mo- abites, and Hagarens ; 7 Gebal, and Ammon, and A- malek : the Philistines, with them that dwell at Tyre. 8 Assur also is joined with them : and have holpen the children of Lot. 9 But do thou to them as unto the Madianites : unto Sisera, and unto Jabin at the brook of Kison ; 10 Who perished at Endor : and became as the dung of the earth. 11 Make them and their princes like Oreb and Zeb : yea, make all their princes like as Zeba and Salmana ; 12 Who say, Let us take to our- selves : the houses of God in pos- session. 13 O my God, make them like unto a wheel : and as the stubble before the wind ; 14 Like as the fire that burneth up the wood : and as the flame that consumeth the mountains. 15 Persecute them even so with Day 16. THE PSALMS. Day 17. thy tempest : and make them a- fraid with thy storm. 16 Make their faces ashamed, O Lord : that they may seek thy Name. 17 Let them be confounded and vexed ever more and more : let them be put to shame, and perish. 18 And they shall know that thou, whose Name is Jehovah : art only the most Highest over all the earth. PSAL. 84. Quam (Wecta ! r\ HOW amiable are thy dwell- yj ings : thou Lord of hosts ! 2 My soul hath a desire and longing to enter into the courts of the Lord : my heart and my flesh rejoice in the living God. 3 Yea, the sparrow hath found her an house, and the swallow a nest where she may lay her young : even thy altars, 6 Lord of hosts, my King and my God. 4 Blessed arc they that dwell in thy house : they will be alway praising thee. 5 Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee : in whose I heart are thy ways. 6 Who going "through the vale of misery use it for a well : and I the pools are filled with water. 7 They will go from strength to strength : and unto the God of gods appear eth every one of them "n Sion. 8 O Lord God of hosts, hear my prayer : hearken, O God of Jacob. 9 Behold, O God our defender : and look upon the face of thine Anointed. 10 For one day in thy courts : is better than a thousand. 11 I had rather be a door-keeper in the house of my God : than to dwell in the tents of ungodliness. 12 For the Lord God is a light and defence : the Lord will give co and worship, and no good tiling shall he withhold from them that live a godly life. 13 O Lord God of hosts : blessed is the man that putteth his trust in thee. PSAL. 85. Benrtixisti, Dvmine. T ORD, thou art become gra- -ILi cious unto thy land : thou hast turned away the captivity of Jacob. 2 Thou hast forgiven the offence of thy people : and covered all their "sins. 3 Thou hast taken away all thy displeasure : and turned thyself from thy wrathful indignation. 4 Turn us then, O God our Sa- viour : and let thine anger cease from us. 5 Wilt thou be displeased at us for ever : and wilt thou stretch out thy wrath from one genera- tion to another ? G Wilt thou not turn again, and quicken us : that thy people may rejoice in thee? 7 Shew us thy mercy, O Lord : and grant us thy salvation. 8 I will hearken what the Lord God will say concerning me : for he shall speak peace unto his peo- ple, and to his saints, that they turn not again. 9 For his salvation is nigh them that fear him : that glory may dwell in our land. 10 Mercy and truth are met to- gether : righteousness and peace have kissed each other. 11 Truth shall flourish out of the earth : and righteousness hath looked down from heaven. 12 Yea, the Lord shall shew lov- ing- kindn ess : and our land shall give her increase. 13 Righteousness shall go before him : and he shall direct his going in the way. J^tomlng draper. PSAL. 86. Inclina, Domine. BOW down thine ear, O Lord, and hear me : for I am poor, and in misery. 2 Preserve thou my soul, for I am holy : my God, save thy ser- vant that putteth his trust in thee. 3 Be merciful unto me, O Lord : for I will call daily upon thee. 4 Comfort the soul of thy ser- vant : for unto thee, O Lord, do I lift up my soul. 5 For thou, Lord, art good and gracious : and of great mercy unto all them that call upon thee. 6 Give ear, Lord, unto my pray- er : and ponder the voice of my humble desires. 7 In the time of my trouble I Day 17. THE PSALMS. Day 17. will call upon thee : for thou hear- est me. 8 Among the gods there is none like unto thee, O Lord : there is not one that cau do as thou doest. 9 All nations whom thou hast made shall come and worship thee, O Lord : and shall glorify thy Name. 10 For thou art great, and doest wondrous things : thou art God alone. 11 Teach me thy way, O Lord, and I will walk in thy truth : O knit my heart unto thee, that I may fear thy Name. 12 I will thank thee, O Lord my God, with all my heart : and will praise thy Name for evermore. 13 For great is thy mercy toward me : and thou hast delivered my soul from the nethermost hell. 14 O God, the proud are risen against me : and the congrega- tions of naughty men have sought after my soul, and have not set thee before their eyes. 15 But thou, O Lord God, art full of compassion and mercy : long-suffering, plenteous in good- ness and truth. 16 O turn thee then unto me, and have mercy upon me : give thy strength unto thy servant, and help the son of thine" handmaid. 17 Shew some token upon me for good, that they who hate me may see it, and be ashamed : be- cause thou, Lord, hast holpen me, and comforted me. PSAL. 87. Fundamenta ejus. HER foundations are upon the holy hills : the Lord loveth the gates of Sion more than all the dwellings of Jacob. 2 Very excellent things are spo- ken of thee : thou city of God. 3 I will think upon Rahab and Babylon : with them that know me. 4 Behold ye the Philistines also : and they of Tyre, with the Mori- ans ; lo, there was he born. 5 And of Sion it shall be report- ed that he was born in her : and the most High shall stablish her. 6 The Lord shall rehearse it when he writeth up the people : that he was born there. 7 The singers also and trum- peters shall he rehearse : All my fresh springs shall be in thee. PSAL. 88. DomineDcus. ! f \ LORD God of my salvation, ! \J I have cried day and night j before thee : O let my prayer en- : ter into thy presence, incline thine ! ear unto my calling. I 2 For my soul is full of trouble : ; and my life draweth uigh unto ihelL I 3 I am counted as one of them j that go down into the pit : and : I have been even as a man that hath no strength. I 4 Free among the dead, like 1 unto them that are wounded, and he in the grave : who are out of remembrance, and are cut away from thy hand. ! 5 Thou hast laid me in the low- , est pit : in a place of darkness, and in the deep. I 6 Thine indignation lieth hard upon me : and thou hast vexed j me with all thy storms. j 7 Thou hast put away mine acquaintance far from me : and made me to be abhorred of them. 8 I am so fast in prison : that I j cannot get forth. i 9 My sight faileth for very trou- ble : Lord, I have called daily upon thee, I have stretched forth my hands unto thee. 10 Dost thou shew wonders a- mong the dead : or shall the dead rise up again, and praise thee? 11 Shall thy loving-kindness be shewed in the grave : or thy faith- fulness in destruction ? I 12 Shall thy wondrous works be known in the dark : and thy righ- teousness in the land where all I things are forgotten ? j 13 Unto thee have I cried, O Lord : and early shall my prayer come before thee. | 14 Lord, why abhorrest thou my soul : and hldest thou thy face from me ? | 15 I am in misery, and like unto him that is at the point to die : even from my youth up thy ter- rors have I suffered with a trou- bled mind. 16 Thy wrathful displeasure go- eth over me : and the fear of thee hath undone me. 17 They came round about me Day 17. THE PSALMS. Day 17. daily like water : and compassed me together on every side. 18 My lovers and friends hast thou put away from me : and hid acquaintance out of my sight. lEbcnmg draper. PSAL. 89. Miscricordias Domini. MY song shall be alway of the loving-kindness of the Lord : my mouth will I ever be shew- ing thy truth from one generation to another. 2 For I have said, Mercy shall e set up for ever : thy truth shalt thou stablish in the heavens. 3 I have made a covenant with my chosen : I have sworn unto David my servant ; 4 Thy seed will I stablish for ever : and set up thy throne from ne generation to another. 5 O Lord, the very heavens shall praise thy wondrous works : and ;hy truth in the congregation of the saints. 6 For who is he among the clouds : that shall be compared unto the Lord ? 7 And what is he among the igods : that shall be like unto the Lord? 8 God is very greatly to be fear- ed in the council of'the saints : and to be had in reverence of all them that are round about him. 9 O Lord God of hosts, who is like unto thee : thy truth, most mighty Lord, is on every side. 10 Thou rulest the raging of the ;a : thou stillest the waves there- of when they arise. 11 Thou hast subduad Egypt, and destroyed it : thou hast scat- ered thine enemies abroad with mighty arm. 12 The heavens are thine, the aarth also is thine : thou hast the foundation of the round world, and all that therein is. 13 Thou hast made the north the south : Tabor and Her- eon shall rejoice in thy Name. 14 Thou hast a mighty arm : trong is thy hand, and high is hy right hand. 15 Righteousness and equity are he habitation of thy seat : mercy nd truth sliall go before thy face. 16 Blessed is the people, O Lord, that can rejoice in thee : they shall walk in the light of thy counte- nance. 17 Their delight shall be daily in thy Name : and in thy righteous- ness shall they make their boast. 18 For thou art the glory of their strength : and in thy loving-kind- ness thou shalt lift up our herns. j 19 For the Lord is our defence : [ the Holy One of Israel is our King. 20 Thou spakest sometime in vi- i sions unto thy saints, and saidst : ; I have laid help upon one that is ; mighty ; I have exalted one chosen j out of the people. 21 I have found David my ser- vant : with my holy oil have I anointed him. 22 My hand shall hold him fast : and my arm shall strengthen him. 23 The enemy shall not be able to do him violence : the son of wickedness shall not hurt him. 24 I will smite down his foes j before his face : and plague them that hate him. 25 My truth also and my mercy shall be with him : and in my Name shall his horn be exalted. 26 I will set his dominion also in the sea : and his right hand in the floods. 27 He shall call me, Thou art my Father : my God, and my strong salvation. 28 And I will make him my first- born : higher than the kings' of the earth. 29 My mercy will I keep for him for evermore : and my covenant shall stand fast with him. 30 His seed also will I make to endure for ever : and his throne as the days of heaven. 31 But if his children forsake my law : and walk not in my judgements ; 32 If they break my statutes, and keep not my commandments : I will visit their offences with the rod, and their sin with scourges. 33 Nevertheless, my loving-kind- ness will I not utterly take from him : nor suffer my truth to fail. 34 My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips : 1 have sworn once | by my holiness, that I will not fail • David. Day 18. THE PSALMS. Day 18. 35 His seed shall endure for ever : and his seat is like as the sun before me. 36 He shall stand fast for ever- more as the moon : and as the faithful witness in heaven. 37 But thou hast abhorred and forsaken thine Anointed : and art displeased at him. 38 Thou hast broken the cove- nant of thy servant : and cast his crown to the ground. 39 Thou hast overthrown all his hedges : and broken down his strong holds. 40 All they that go by spoil him : and he is become a reproach to his neighbours. 41 Thou hast set up the right hand of his enemies : and made all his adversaries to rejoice. 42 Thou hast taken away the edge of his sword : and givest him not victory in the battle. 43 Thou hast put out his glory : and cast his throne down to the ground. 44 The days of his youth hast thou shortened : and covered him with dishonour. 45 Lord, how long wilt thou hide thyself, for ever : and shall thy wrath burn like fire ? 46 O remember how short my time is : wherefore hast thou made all men for nought? 47 What man is he that liveth, and shall not see death : and shall he deliver his soul from the hand of hell ? 48 Lord, where are thy old lov- ing-kindnesses : which thou swar- est unto David in thy truth ? 49 Remember, Lord, the rebuke that thy servants have : and how I do bear in my bosom the rebukes of many people; 50 Wherewith thine enemies have blasphemed thee, and slandered the footsteps of thine Anointed : Praised be the Lord for evermore. Amen, and Amen. .Plaining draper. PSAL. 90. Domine, refupium. T ORD, thou hast been our re- ■*-J furinces : even with the princes of is people. 8 He maketh the barren woman o keep house : and to be a joyful uother of children. lEbeiung draper. PSAL. 114. JM exitu Israel FIT HEN Israel came out of ' » Egypt : and the house of acob from among the strange >eople, 2 Judah was his sanctuary : and his dominion. 3 The sea saw that, and fled : ordan was driven back. 4 The mountains skipped like ims : and the little hills like oungr sheep. 5 What aileth thee, O thou sea, thou fleddest : and thou Jor- an, that thou wast driven back ? 6 Ye mountains, that ye skipped ke rams : and ye little hills, like oung sheep ? 7 Tremble, thou earth, at the resence of the Lord : at the pre- ce of the God of Jacob ; 18 Who turned the hard rock into standing water : and the flint- one into a springing well. 5AL. 115. Non nobis, Damine. "OT unto us, O Lord, not unto us, but unto thy Name give praise : for thy loving mercy, id for thy truth's sake. Wherefore shall the heathen xy : Where is now their God ? 3 As for our God, he is in hea- he hath done whatsoever /eased him. ;4 Their idols are silver and gold : . en the work of men's hands. j5 They have mouths, and speak >t : eyes have they, and see not They have ears, and hear not : ses have they, and smell not. They have hands, and handle not ; feet have they, and walk not : neither speak "they through their throat 8 They that make them are like unto them : and so are all such as put their trust in them. 9 But thou, house of Israel, trust thou in the Lord : he is their suc- cour and defence. 10 Ye house of Aaron, put your trust in the Lord : he is their helper and defender. 11 Ye that fear the Lord, put your trust in the Lord : he is their helper and defender. 12 The Lord hath been mindful of us, and he shall bless us : even he shall Mess the housa of Israel, he shall bless the house of Aaron. 13 He shall bless them that fear the Lord : both small and great. 14 The Lord shall increase you more and more : you and your children. 15 Ye are the blessed of the Lord : who made heaven and earth. 16 All the whole heavens are the Lord's : the earth hath he given to the children of men. 17 The dead praise not thee, O Lord : neither all they that go down into silence. 18 But we will praise the Lord : from this time forth for evermore. Praise the Lord. J&orntrtg draper. I PSAL. 116. Dilcxi, quoniam. I AM well pleased : that the Lord hath heard the voice of my prayer ; 2 That he hath inclined his ear unto me : therefore will I call upon him as long as I live. 3 The snares of death compassed me round about : and the pains of hell gat hold upon me. 4 I shall find trouble and heavi- ness.and I will call upon the Name of the Lord : O Lord, I beseech thee, deliver my soul. 5 Gracious is the Lord, and righ- teous : yea, our God is merciful. 6 The* Lord preserveth the sim- ple : I was in misery, and he helped me. 7 Turn again then unto thy rest, O my soul : for the Lord hath re- warded thee. 8 And why ? thou hast delivered Day 24. THE PSALMS. Day 24. my soul from death : mine eyes from tears, and my feet from falling. 9 I will walk before the Lord : in the land of the living. 10 I believed, and therefore will I speak ; but I was sore troubled : I said in my haste, All men are liars. 1 1 What reward shall I give unto the Lord : for all the benefits that he hath done unto me ? 12 I will receive the cup of sal- vation : and call upon the Name of the Lord. 13 I will pay my vows now in the presence of all his people : right dear in the sight of the Lord is the death of his saints. 1 4 Behold, O Lord, how that I am thy servant : I am thy servant, and the son of thine handmaid ; thou hast broken my bonds in sunder. 15 I will offer to thee the sacri- fice of thanksgiving : and will call upon the Name of the Lord. 16 I will pay my vows unto the Lord, in the sight of all his people : in the courts of the Lord's house, even in the midst of thee, O Jeru- salem. Praise the Lord. PSAL. 117. Laudate Dominum. O PRAISE the Lord, all ye heathen : praise him, all ye nations. 2 For his merciful kindness is ever more and more towards us : and the truth of the Lord endur- eth for ever. Praise the Lord. PSAL. 118. Confitemini Domino. OGIVE thanks unto the Lord, for he is gracious : because his mercy endureth for ever. 2 Let Israel now confess, that he is gracious : and that his mercy endureth for ever. 3 Let the house of Aaron now confess : that his mercy endureth for ever. 4 Yea, let them now that, fear the Lord confess : that his mercy endureth for ever. 5 I called upon the Lord in trouble : and the Lord heard me at large. 6 The Lord is on my side : I will not fear what man doeth unto me. 7 The Lord taketh my part with them that help me : therefore shall I see my desire upon mine ene- mies. 8 It is better to trust in the Lord : than to put any confidence in man. 9 It is better to trust in the Lord : than to put any confidence in princes. 10 All nations compassed me round about : but in the Name of the Lord will I destroy them. 1 1 They kept me in on every side, they kept me in, I say, on every side : but in the Name of the Lord will I destroy them. 12 They came about me like bees, and are extinct even as the fire a- mong the thorns : for in the Name of the Lord I will destroy them. 13 Thou hast thrust sore at me, that I might fall : but the Lord was my help. 14 The Lord is my strength, and my song : and is become my sal- vation. 15 The voice of joy and health is in the dwellings of the righteous : the right hand of the Lord bring- eth mighty things to pass. 16 The right hand of the Lord hath the pre-eminence : the right hand of the Lord bringeth mighty things to pass. 17 I shall not die, but live : and declare the works of the Lord. 18 The Lord hath chastened and corrected me : but he hath not given me over unto death. 19 Open me the gates of right- eousness : that I may go into them, and give thanks unto the Lord. 20 This is the gate of the Lord : the righteous shall enter into it. 21 I will thank thee, for thou hast heard me : and art become my salvation. 22 The same stone which the builders refused : is become the head-stone in the corner. 23 This is the Lord's doing : and it is marvellous in our eyes. 24 This is the day which the Lord hath made : we will rejoice and be glad in it. 25 Help me now, O Lord : 0 Lord, send us now prosperity. 26 Blessed be he that cometh in the Name of the Lord : we have wished you good luck, ye that are of the house of the Lord. 27 God is the Lord who hath Day 24. THE PSALMS. Day 25. hewed us light : bind the sacri- iee with cords, yea, even unto the 10ms of the altar. 28 Thou art my God, and I will hank thee : thou art my God, and will praise thee. 29 O give thanks unto the Lord, or he is gracious : and his mercy ndureth for ever. lEbemng draper. PSAL. 119. Beati immaculatu BLESSED are those that are undented in the way : and valk in the law of the Lord. 2 Blessed are they that keep his onies : and seek him with eir whole heart. 3 For they who do no wicked- walk in his ways. 4 Thou hast charged : that we hall diligently keep thy command- ments. 5 O that my ways were made o direct : that I might keep thy tatutes ! 6 So shall I not be confounded : mile I have respect unto all thy ommandments. 7 I will thank thee with an un- signed heart : when I shall have sarned the judgements of thy righ- 8 I will keep thy ceremonies : O prsake me not utterly. In quo corriqet f THEREWITHAL shall a " " young man cleanse his way : by ruling himself after thy ord. .10 With my whole heart have sought thee : O let me not go rong out of thy commandments. 11 Thy words have I hid within iy heart : that I should not sin gainst thee. 12 Blessed art thou, O Lord : O •ach me thy statutes. 13 With my lips have I been suing : of all the judgements of py mouth. 14 I have had as great delight in te way of thy testimonies : as in 1 manner of riches. "5 I will talk of thy command- and have respect unto thy lys. 6 My delight shall be in thy itutes : and I will not forget thy )rd. Rctribue servo tuo. f~\ DO well unto thy servant : that I may live, and "keep thy word. 18 Open thou mine eyes : that I may see the wondrous things of thy law. 19 I am a stranger upon earth : 0 hide not thy commandments from me. 20 My soul breaketh out for the very fervent desire : that it hath alwav unto thy judgements. 21 Thou hast rebuked the proud : and cursed are they that do err from thy commandments. 22 O tum from me shame and rebuke : for I have kept thy testi- monies. 23 Princes also did sit and speak against me : but thy servant is occupied in thy statutes. 24 For thy testimonies are my delight : and my counseUors. Adhasit pavimento. MY soul cleaveth to the dust : O quicken thou me, accord- ing to thy word. 26 I have acknowledged my ways, and thou heardest me : O teach | me thy statutes. 1 27 Make me to understand the way of thy commandments : and so ! shaU I talk of thy wondrous works. 28 My soul melteth away for i very heaviness : comfort thou me i according unto thy word. i 29 Take from me the way of I lying : and causs thou me to make much of thy law. 30 I have chosen the way of truth : and thy judgements have 1 laid before me. j 31 1 have stuck unto thy testimo- nies : O Lord, confound me not. ! 32 1 will run the way of thy com- | mandments : when thou hast set my heart at liberty. Legem pone. TEACH me, O Lord, the way of thy statutes : and I shall keep it unto the end. 34 Give me understanding, and I shall keep thy law : yea, I shall keep it with my whole heart. 35 Make me to go in the path of thy commandments : for there- in is my desire. 36 Incline my heart unto thy H 2 Day 25. THE PSALMS. Day 25. testimonies : and not to covetous- ness. 37 O turn away mine eyes, lest they behold vanity : and quicken thou me in thy way. 38 O stablish thy word in thy servant : tliat I may fear thee. 39 Take away the rebuke that I am afraid of :"for thy judgements are good. 40 Behold, my delight is in thy commandments : O quicken me in thy righteousness. Et veniat super me. LET thy loving mercy come also unto me, O Lord : even thy salvation, according unto thy word. 42 So shall I make answer unto my blasphemers : for my trust is in thy word. 43 O take not the word of thy truth utterly out of my mouth : for my hope is in thy judgements. 44 So shall I al'.vay keep thy law : yea, for ever and ever. 45 And I will walk at liberty : for I seek thy commandments. 46 I will speak of thy testimo- nies also, even before kings : and will not be ashamed. 47 And my delight shall be in thy commandments : which I have loved. 48 My hands also will I lift up unto thy commandments, which I have loved : and my study shall be in thy statutes. Memor esto servi tui. f~\ THINK upon thy servant, as yj concerning thy word : wherein thou hast caused me to put my trust. 50 The same is my comfort in my trouble : for thy word hath quickened me. 51 The proud have had me ex- ceedingly in derision : yet have I not shrinked from thy law. 52 For I remembered thine ever- lasting judgements, O Lord : and received comfort. 53 I am horribly afraid : for the ungodly that forsake thy law. 54 Thy statutes have been my songs : in the house of my pil- grimage. 55 I have thought upon thy Name, O Lord, in the night-sea- son : and have kept thy law. 56 This I had : because I kept thy commandments. Portio mea, Domine. rpHOTJ art my portion, O Lord : A I have promised to keep thy law. 58 I made my humble petition in thy presence with my whole heart: O be merciful unto me, according to thy word. 59 1 called mine own ways to re- membrance : and turned "my feet unto thy testimonies. 60 I made haste, and prolonged not the time : to keep thy com- mandments. 61 The congregations of the un- godly have robbed me : but I have not forgotten thy law. 62 At midnight I will rise to give thanks unto thee : because of thy righteous judgements. 63 I am a companion of all them that fear thee : and keep thy com- mandments. 64 The earth, O Lord, is full of thy mercy : O teach me thy statutes. Bonitatem fecisti. OLORD, thou hast dealt gra- ciously with thy servant : ac- cording unto thy word. 66 O learn me true understand- ing and knowledge : for I have I believed thy commandments. 67 Before' I was troubled, I went wrong : but now have I kept thy word. 68 Thou art good and gracious : O teach me thy statutes. 69 The proud have imagined a lie against me : but I will keep thy commandments with my whole heart. 70 Their heart is as fat as brawn: but my delight hath been in th> law. 71 It is good for me that I have been in trouble : that I may learr thy statutes. 72 The law of thy mouth is dearei ! unto me : than thousands of gok and silver. lEbnung draper. Manus tuce fecerunt me. THY hands have made me an< i fashioned me : O give me un I derstanding, that I may learn th,' I commandments. 74 They that fear thee will b > Day 25. THE PSALMS. Baij 26. [triad when they see me : because I mandments : for with them thou I have put my trust in thy word. hast quickened me. 75 I know, O Lord, that thy 94 I am thine, O save me : for I (judgements are right : and that have sought thy commandments, thou of very faithfulness hast caus- 95 The ungodly laid wait for me ed me to be troubled. j to destroy me : but I will consider 76 O let thy merciful kindness be thy testimonies. my comfort : according to thy word 96 I see that all things come to unto thy servant | an end : but thy commandment is 77 O let thy loving mercies come exceeding broad. unto me, that I may live : for thy i Quomodo dilexi ! law is my delight. " j T ORD, what love have I unto 78 Let "the proud be confounded, I -Li thy law : all the day long is "or they go wickedly about to de- my study in it. ?troy me : but I will be occupied 98 Thou through thy command- n thy commandments. ] ments hast made me wiser than 79 Let such as fear thee, and mine enemies : for they are ever lave known thy testimonies : be with me. urned unto me. 99 I have more understanding 80 O let my heart be found in thy than my teachers : for thy testi- tatutes : that I be not ashamed. monies are my study. Defeat anima mm. j 100 I am wiser than the aged : Y soul hath longed for thy because I keep thy command- salvation : and I have a good ments. .lope because of thy word. ; 101 1 have refrained my feet from 82 Mine eyes long sore for thy every evil way : that I may keep trord : saying, O when wilt thou thy word. omfort me ? I 102 I have not shrunk from thy . 83 For I am become like a bottle judgements : for thou teachest a the smoke : yet do I not forget me. ihy statutes. 103 O how sweet are thy words : 84 How many are the days of thy unto my throat : yea, sweeter than jrvant : when wilt thou be aveng- honey unto my mouth, d of them that persecute me ? 104 Through" thy commandments ,85 The proud have digged pits I get understanding : therefore I ?r me : which are not after thy { hate all evil ways. 86 All thy commandments are ! JStomtng ^raptf. fue : they persecute me falsly ; O , Lucerna pedibus meis. e thou my help. I ^THY word is a lantern unto B7 They had almost made an end -L my feet : and a light unto f me upon earth : but I forsook ; my paths. ot thy commandments. ] 106 I have sworn, and am sted- |88 O quicken me after thy loving- i fastly purposed : to keep thy righ- lindness : and so shall I keep the j teous judgements. |:stimonies of thy mouth. 107 I am troubled above mea- |j In atemum, Domine. j sure : quicken me, O Lord, ac- )LORD, thy word : endureth ■ cording to thy word, for ever in heaven. 108 Let the free-will offerings of 190 Thy truth also remaineth from | my mouth please thee, O Lord : ie generation to another : thou j and teach me thy judgements, ist laid the foundation of the | 109 My soul is alwayin my hand : irth, and it abideth. yet do 1 not forget thy law. 91 They continue this day ac- 1 1 10 The ungodly have laid a snare |>rding to thine ordinance : for all for me : but yet I swerved not i ings serve thee. \ from thy commandments. *2 If my delight had not been in j 111 Thy testimonies have I claim- ly law : I should have perished ed as mine heritage for ever : and my trouble. j why ? they are the very joy of my h3 I will never forget thy com- heart. Bay 26. THE PSALMS. Bay 26. 112 I have applied my heart to fulfil thy statutes alway : even un- to the end. Iniquos orlio habui. I HATE them that imagine evil things : but thy law do I love. 114 Thou art my defence and shield : and my trust is in thy word. 115 Away from me, ye wicked : I will keep the commandments of my God. 116 O stablish me according to thy word, that I may live : and let me not be disappointed of my hope. 117 Hold thou me up, and I shall be safe : yea, my delight shall be ever in thy statutes. 118 Thou hast trodden down all them that depart from thy sta- tutes : for they imagine but deceit. 119 Thou puttest away all the ungodly of the earth like dross : therefore I love thv testimonies. 120 My flesh trembleth for fear of thee : and I am afraid of thy judgements. Feci judicium. IDEAL with the thing that is lawful and right : O give me not over unto mine oppressors. 122 Make thou thy servant to delight in that which is good : that the proud do me no wrong. 123 Mine eyes are wasted away with looking for thy health : and for the word of thy righteousness. 124 O deal with thy servant ac- cording unto thy loving mercy : and teach me thy statutes. 125 I am thy servant, O grant me understanding : that I may know thv testimonies. 126 It is time for thee, Lord, to lay to thine hand : for they have destroyed thy law. 127 For I love thy command- ments : above gold and precious stone. 128 Therefore hold I straight all thy commandments : and all false ways I utterly abhor. Mirabilia. THY testimonies are wonder- ful : therefore doth my soul keep them. 130 When thy word goeth forth : it giveth light and understanding unto the simple. 131 I opened my mouth, and drew in my breath : for my delight was in thy commandments. 132 O look thou upon me, and be merciful unto me : as thou usest to do unto those that love thy Name. 133 Order my steps in thy word : and so shall no wickedness have dominion over me. 134 O deliver me from the wrong- ful dealings of men : and so shall I keep thy commandments. 135 Shew the light of thy coun- tenance upon thy servant : and teach me thy statutes. 136 Mine eyes gush out with , water : because men keep not thy law. Justus es, Domine. RIGHTEOUS art thou, 0 Lord : and true is thy judge- ment. 138 The testimonies that thou hast commanded : are exceeding righteous and true. 139 My zeal hath even consumed me : because mine enemies have forgotten thy words. 140 Thy word is tried to the uttermost : and thy servant lov- | eth it. 141 I am small, and of no repu- tation : yet do I not forget thy commandments. 142 Thy righteousness is an ever- lasting righteousness : and thy law is the truth. 143 Trouble and heaviness have J taken hold upon me : yet is my j delight in thy commandments. 144 The righteousness of thv tes- Y timonies is everlasting : O grant | me understanding, and I shall live. | : lEtwnfag draper. Clamavi in toto corde mco. I CALL with my whole heart : jl hear me, O Lord, I will keep I thy statutes. 146 Yea, even unto thee do T call : help me, and I shall keep thy testimonies. 147 Early in the morning do 1 cry unto thee : for in thy word i£ my trust. 148 Mine eyes prevent the night- watches : that I might be occupied in thy words. 149 Hear my voice, O Lord, ac Day 26. THE 1 cording unto thy loving-kindness : I quicken me, according as thou art 1 wont. I 150 They draw nigh that of ma- I lice persecute me : and are far I From thy law. I 151 Be thou nigh at hand, O ■ Lord : for all thy commandments ■ are true. I 152 As concerning thy testimo- 1 tries, I have known long since : I :hat thou hast grounded them for I Jver. Vide hinnilUatcm. \f\ CONSIDER mine adversity, Iv^ and deliver me : for I do not I'brget thy law. I; 154 Avenge thou my cause, and lleliver me : quicken me, accord- I Tig to thy word. I 155 Health is far from the un- . I jodly : for they regard not thy ' I tatutes. I 156 Great is thy mercy, O Lord : 1 luicken me, as thou art wont. I 157 Many there are that trouble ■ tie, and persecute me : yet do I l.iot swerve from thy testimonies. I 158 It grieveth me when I see the ..ljansgressors : because they keep ■.iot thy law. I 159 Consider, O Lord, how I love ■ by commandments : O quicken ..Ine, according to thy loving-kind- ess. £ 160 Thy word is true from ever- lasting : all the judgements of thy I ighteousness endure for evermore. I Principes persectiti sunt. JORINCES have persecuted me L without a cause : but my heart ^tandeth in awe of thy word. •1162 I am as glad ofthy word : as .ne that findeth great spoils. 163 As for lies, I hate and abhor lem : but thy law do I love. 164 Seven times a day do I praise lee : because of thy righteous adgements. 1 :165 Grtat is the peace that they »ave who love thy law : and they re not offended at it. 166 Lord, I have looked for thy tving health : and done after thy inimandments. 67 My soul hath kept thy testimo- I lea : and loved them exceedingly. Jj 1 68 I have kept thy command- '- ents and testimonies : for all my iys are before thee. Day 27. Appropinquet deprecatio. T EI my complaint come before JL> thee, O Lord : give me under- standing, according to thy word. 170 Let my supplication come before thee : deliver me, according to thy word. 171 My lips shall speak of thy praise : 'when thou hast taught me thy statutes. 172 Yea, my tongue shall sing of thy word : for all thy command- ments are righteous. 173 Let thine hand help me : for I have chosen thy commandments. 174 I have longed for thy saving health, O Lord : and in thy law is my delight. 175 O let my soul live, and it shall praise thee : and thy judge- ments shall help me. 176 I have gone astray like a sheep that is lost : O seek thy ser- vant, for I do not forget thy com- mandments. JEtorntng draper. PSAL. 120. Ad Dominion. WHEN I was in trouble I call- ed upon the Lord : and he heard me. 2 Deliver my soul, O Lord, from lying lips : and from a deceitful tongue. 3 What reward shall be given or done unto thee, thou false tongue: even mighty and sharp arrows, with hot burning coals. 4 Wo is me, that I am constrain- ed to dwell with Mesech : and to have my habitation among the tents of Kedar. 5 My soul hath long dwelt a- mong them : that are enemies unto peace. 6 I labour for peace, but when I speak unto them thereof : they make them ready to battle. PSAL. 121. Levari oculos. I WILL lift up mine eyes unto the hills : from whence cometh my help. 2 My help cometh even from the Lord : who hath made heaven and earth. 3 He will not suffer thy foot to be moved : and he that keepeth thee will not sleep. 4 Behold, he that keepeth Israel : shall neither slumber nor sleep. H3 Day 27. THE PSALMS. 5 The Lord himself is thy keep- er : the Lord is thy defence upon thy right hand ; 6 So that the sun shall not burn thee by day : neither the moon by night. 7 The Lord shall preserve thee from all evil : yea, it is even he , that shall keep thy souL 8 The Lord shall preserve thy go- ; ing out, and thy coming in : from this time forth for evermore. PS AL. 122. Lcetatus sum. I WAS glad when they said unto me : We will go into the house of the Lord. 2 Our feet shall stand in thy gates : O Jerusalem. 3 Jerusalem is built as a city : that is at unity in itself. 4 For thither the tribes go up, ! even the tribes of the Lord : to testify unto Israel, to give thanks unto the Name of the Lord. 5 For there is the seat of judge- ment : even the seat of the house of David. 6 O pray for the peace of Je- rusalem : they shall prosper that love thee. 7 Peace be within thy wall3 : and plenteousness within thy palaces. 8 For my brethren and com- panions' sakes : I will wish thee prosperity. 9 Yea," because of the house of the Lord our God : I will seek to do thee good. PSAL. 123. Ad te levari oculos meos. UNTO thee lift I up mine eyes : O thou that dwellest in" the heavens. 2 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 h°r mistress : even so our eyes wait upon the Lord our God, "until he have mercy upon us. 3 Have mercy upon us, O Lord, have mercy upon us : for we are utterly despised. 4 Our soul is filled with the scorn- ful reproof of the wealthy : and with the despitefulness of the proud. PSAL. 124. Xixi quia Dominus. 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 ; 2 They had swallowed us up quick : when they were so wrath- fully displeased at us. 3 Yea, the waters had drowned us : and the stream had gone over our soul. 4 The deep waters of tin proud : had gone even over our soul. 5 But praised be the Lord : who hath not given us over for a prey unto their teeth. 6 Our soul is escaped even as a bird out of the snare of the fowler : the snare is broken, and we are delivered. 7 Our help standeth in the Name of the Lord : who hath made hear ven and earth. PSAL. 125. Qui confidunt THEY that put their trust in the Lord shall be even as the mount Sion : which may not be removed, but standeth List fat even 2 The hills stand about Jeru- salem : even so standeth the Lord round about his people, from this tune forth for evermore. 3 For the rod of the ungodly cometh not into the lot of the righteous : lest the righteous put their hand unto wickedness. 4 Do well, O Lord : unto those that are good and true of heart. 5 As for such as turn back unto their own wickedness : the Lord shall lead them forth with the evil-doers ; but peace shall be up- on Israel. lEuemng draper. PSAL. 126. In converfendo. HEN the Lord turned a- gain the captivity of Sion : W then were we like unto them that dream | 2 Then was our mouth filled with laughter : and our tongue ! with joy. i 3 Then said they among the heathen : The Lord hath done I great things for them. 4 Yea, the Lord hath done great things for us already : whereof wt rejoice. I 5 Turn our captivity, O Lord : | as the rivers in the south. Day 27. THE PSALMS. Day 28. 6 They that sow in tears : shall reap in joy. 7 He that now goeth on his way weeping, and beareth forth good seed : shall doubtless come again with joy, and bring his sheaves with him. PSAL. 127. Nisi Dominus. XCEPT the Lord build the house : their labour is but lost that build it. 2 Except the Lord keep the city : the watchman waketh but in vain. hewn the snares of the ungodly in pieces. 5 Let them be confounded and turned backward : as many as have evil will at Sion. 6 Let them be even as the grass growing upon the house-tops : which withereth afore it be pluck- E XCEPT the Lord build the ed up ; house : their labour is but I 7 Whereof the mower filleth not his hand : neither he that bindeth up the sheaves his bosom. 8 So that they who go by say 3 It is but lost labour that ye not so much as, The Lord pros- haste to rise up early, and so late per you : we wish you good luck take rest, and eat the bread of in the Name of the Lord, carefulness : for so he giveth his j PSAL. 130. Be profundi*. beloved sleep. °^ tue ^ ee P nave * called 4 Lo, children and the fruit of unto thee, O Lord : Lord, the womb : are an heritage and hear my voice. gift that cometh of the Lord. I 2 O let thine ears consider well : 5 Like as the arrows in the I the voice of my complaint. hand of the giant : even so are I 3 If thou, Lord, wilt be extreme the young children. | to mark what is dons amiss : O 6 Happy is the man that hath Lord, who may abide it ? his quiver full of them : they shall ; 4 For there is mercy with thee : not be ashamed when they" speak 1 therefore shalt thou be feared, with their enemies in the gate. | 5 I look for the Lord ; my soul PSAL. 128. Beati omnes. ' doth wait for him : in his word is BLESSED are all they that my trust, fear the Lord : and walk in I 6 My soul fleeth unto the Lord : his ways. before the morning watch, I say, 2 For thou shalt eat the labours before the morning watch. 'of thine hands : O well is thee, i 7 O Israel, trust in the Lord, and happy shalt thou be. I for with the Lord there is mercy : 3 Thy wife shall be as the fruit- ! and with him is plenteous re- upon the walls of thine ful vine house. 4 Thy children like the olive- branches : round about thy table. ! 5 Lo, thus shall the man be blessed : that feareth the Lord. 6 The Lord from out of Sion demption. 8 And he shall redeem Israel : from all his sins. PSAL. 131. Domine, non est. LORD, I am not high-minded : I have no proud looks. 2 I do not exercise mvself in shall so bless thee : that thou , great matters : which are too high shalt see Jerusalem in prosperity all thy life long. 7 Yea, that thou shalt see thy children's children : and pef„:e upon Israel. PSAL. 129. Scepe ejrpuonaverunt . MANY a time have they fought against me from my youth i up : may Israel now say. I 2 Yea, many a time have they vexed me from mv vouth up : but ;they have not prevailed against •me. 3 The plowers plowed upon my jack : and made long furrows. 4 But the righteous Lord : hath for me 3 But I refrain my soul, and keep it low, like as a "child that is weaned from his mother : yea, my soul is even as a weaned child. 4 O Israel, trust in the Lord : from this time forth for evermore. .Plowing draper. PSAL. 132. Memento, Domine. LORD, remember David : and all his trouble ; 2 How he sware unto the Lord : and vowed a vow unto the Al- mighty God of Jacob ; 3 I will not come within the Day 28. THE PSALMS. Day 28. tabernacle of mine house : nor climb up into my bed ; 4 I will not suffer mine eyes to sleep, nor mine eye-lids to "slum- ber : neither the temples of my head to take any rest ; 5 Until I find out a place for the temple of the Lord : an habitation for the mighty God of Jacob. 6 Lo, we heard of the same at Ephrata : and found it in the wood. 7 We will go into his tabernacle : and fall low on our knees before his footstool. 8 Arise, O Lord, into thy resting- place : thou, and the ark of thy strength. 9 Let thy priests be clothed with righteousness : and let thy saints sing with ioyfulness. 10 For thy servant David's sake : turn not away the presence of thine Anointed. 11 The Lord hath made a faith- ful oath unto David : and he shall not shrink from it ; 12 Of the fruit of thy body : shall I set upon thy seat. 13 If thy children will keep my covenant, and my testimonies that 1 shall learn them : their children also shall sit upon thy seat for evermore. 14 For the Lord hath chosen Sion to be an habitation for him- self : he hath longed for her. 15 This shall be my rest for ever : here will I dwell, for 1 have a delight therein. 16 I will bless her victuals with increase : and will satisfy her poor with bread. 17 I will deck her priests with health : and her saints shall re- joice and sing. 18 There shall I make the horn of David to flourish : I have or- dained a lantern for mine An- ointed. 19 As for his enemies, I shall clothe them with shame : but upon himself shall his crown flourish. PSAL. 133. Ecce, quam bonum! BEHOLD, how good and joy- ful a thing it is : brethren, to dwell together in unity ! 2 It is like the precious oint- ment upon the head, that ran down unto the beard : even unto Aaron's beard, and went down to the skirts of his clothing. 3 Like as the dew of Hermon : which fell upon the hill of Sion. 4 For there the Lord promised his blessing : and life for evermore. PSAL. 134. Ecce nunc. BEHOLD now, praise the Lord : all ye servants of the Lord ; 2 Ye that by night stand in the house of the Lord : even in the courts of the house of our God. 3 Lift up your hand3 in the sanctuary : and praise the Lord. 4 The Lord that made heaven and earth : give thee blessing out of Sion. PSAL. 135. Laudate Nomen. f \ PRAISE the Lord, laud ye the Name of the Lord : praise it, O ye servants of the Lord ; 2 Ye that stand in the house of the Lord : in the courts of the house of our God. 3 O praise the Lord, for the Lord is gracious : O sing praises unto his Name, for it is lovely. 4 For why ? the Lord hath chosen Jacob unto himself : and Israel for his own possession. 5 For I know that the Lord is great : and that our Lord is above all gods. 6 Whatsoever the Lord pleas- ed, that did he in heaven, and in earth : and in the sea, and in all deep places. 7 He bringeth forth the clouds from the ends of the world : and sendeth forth lightnings with the rain, bringing the winds out of his treasures. 8 He smote the first-horn of E- gypt : both of man and beast. 9 He hath sent tokens and won- ders into the midst of thee, O thou land of Egypt : upon Pha- raoh, and all his servants. 10 He smote divers nations : and slew mighty kings ; 11 Sehon king of the Amorites, and Og the king of Basan : and all the kingdoms of Canaan ; 12 And gave their land to be an heritage : even an heritage unto Israel his people. 13 Thy Name, O Lord, endureth for ever : so doth thy memorial, O Lord, from one generation to another. THE PSALMS. Day 28. 14 For the Lord will avenge his Deople : and be gracious unto hii t-rvants. 15 As for the images of the hea- then, they are but silver and gold : the work of men's hands. 16 They have mouths, and speak not : eyes have they, but they see not 17 Tbey have ears, and yet they tear not : neither is there any jreath in their mouths. 18 They that make them are like anto them : and so are all they hat put their trust in them. 19 Praise the Lord, ye house of srael : praise the Lord, ye house f Aaron. 20 Praise the Lord, ye house of ye that fear the Lord, praise he Lord. '21 Praised be the Lord out of : who dwelleth at Jerusalem. "Ebenmg drawer. PSAL. 136. Confitemini. ^ GIVE thanks unto the Lord, r his mercy endureth for ever. 5 Who bv his excellent wisdom ade the heavens : for his mercy dureth for ever. 6 Who laid out the earth above ' waters : for his mercy endur- Cm ever. Who hath made great lights : his mercy endureth for ever ; i The sun to rule the day : for 1 mercy endureth for ever ; The moon and the stars to avern the night : for his mercy dureth for ever. 0 Who smote Egypt with their rst-born : for his mercy endur- h for ever ; 11 And brought out Israel from nong them : for his mercy en- lreth for ever ; 12 With a mighty hand, and retched out arm : for his mercy idureth for ever. L3 Who divided the Red sea in two parts : for his mercy endur- ! eth for ever j - 1 4 And made Israel to go through the midst of it : for bis mercy en- dureth for ever. I 15 But as for Pharaoh and his host, he overthrew them in the Red sea : for his mercy endureth for ever. 1 16 Who led his people through the wilderness : for his mercy en- 1 dureth for ever. 17 Who smote great kings : for ; his mercy endureth for ever ; 18 Yea, and slew mighty kings : for his mercy endureth for ever ; I 19 Sehon king of the Amorites : ; for his mercy endureth for ever ; 20 And Og the king of Basan : 1 for his mercy endureth for ever ; 1 21 And gave away their land for an heritage : for his mercy endur- eth for ever ; j 22 Even for an heritage unto Is- rael his servant : for his mercy endureth for ever. 23 Who remembered us when we were in trouble : for his mercy en- dureth for ever ; 24 And hath delivered us from our enemies : for his mercy en- dureth for ever. 25 Who giveth food to all flesh : for his mercy endureth for ever. 26 O give thanks unto the God of heaven : for his mercy endur- eth for ever. 27 O give thanks unto the Lord of lords : for his mercy endureth for ever. PSAL. 137. Super fumina. BY the waters of Babylon we sat down and wept : when we remembered thee, O Sion. 2 As for our harps, we hanged them up : upon the trees that are therein. 3 For they that led us away cap- tive required of us then a song, and melody, in our heaviness : Sing us one of the songs of Sion. 4 How shall we sing the Lord's son? : in a strange land? 5 If I forget thee, O Jerusalem : let my right hand forget her cun- ning. 6 If I do not remember thee, let my fcngm cleave to the roof of my mouth : yea, if I prefer not Jerusalem in my mirth. H4 Day 29. THE PSALMS. Day 29. 7 Remember the children of E- dom, O Lord, in the day of Jerusa- lem : how they said, Down with it, down with it, even to the ground. 8 O daughter of Babylon, wasted with misery : yea, happy shall he be that rewardeth thee, as thou hast served us. 9 Blessed shall he be that taketh thy children : and throweth them against the stones. PSAL. 138. Confitebor tibi. I WILL give thanks unto thee, O Lord, with my whole heart : even before the gods will I sing praise unto thee. 2 I will worship toward thy holy temple, and praise thy Name, be- cause of thy loving-kindness and truth : for thou hast magnified thy Name, and thy Word, above all things. 3 When I called upon thee, thou heardest me : and enduedst my soul with much strength. 4 All the kings of the earth shall praise thee, O Lord : for they have heard the words of thy mouth. 5 Yea, they shall sing in the ways of the Lord : that great is the glory of the Lord. 6 For though the Lord be high, yet hath he respect unto the low- ly : as for the proud, he beholdeth them afar off. 7 Though I walk in the midst of trouble, yet shalt thou refresh me : thou shalt stretch forth thy hand upon the furiousness of mine enemies, and thy right hand shall save me. 8 The Lord shall make good his loving-kindness toward me : yea, thy mercy, O Lord, endureth for ever; despise not then the works of thine own hands. Jitormng draper. PSAL. 139. Domine, probasti. OLORD, thou hast searched me out, and known me : thou knowest my down-sitting, and mine up-rising ; thou understandest my thoughts long before. 2 Thou art about my path, and about my bed : and spiest out all my ways. 3 For lo, there is not a word I Thou hast fashioned me behind and before : and laid thine hand upon me. 5 Such knowledge is too wonder- ful and excellent for me : I cannot attain unto it. 6 Whither shall I go then from thy Spirit : or whither shall I go then from thy presence ? 7 If I climb up into heaven, thou art there : if I go down to hell, thou art there also. 8 If I take the wings of the morn- ing : and remain in the uttermost parts of the sea ; 9 Even there also shall thy hand lead me : and thy right hand shall hold me. 10 If I say, Peradventure the darkness shall cover me : then shall my night be turned to day. II Yea, the darkness is no dark- ness with thee, but the night is as clear as the day : the darkness and light to thee are both alike. 12 For my reins are thine : thou hast covered me in my mother's womb. 13 I will give thanks unto thee, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made : marvellous are thy works, and that my soul knoweth right well. 14 My bones are not hid from thee : though I be made secret- ly, and fashioned beneath in the earth. 15 Thine eyes did see my sub- stance, yet being imperfect : and in thy book were all my members written ; 16 Which day by day were fashioned : when as yet there was none of them. 17 How dear are thv counsels unto me, O God : O how great is the sum of them ! 18 If I tell them, they are more in number than the sand : when I wake up I am present with thee. 19 Wilt thou not slay the wick- ed, O God : depart from me, ye blood-thirsty men. 20 For they speak unrighteously against thee : and thine enemies take thy Name in vain. 21 Do not I hate them, O Lord, Uhat hate thee : and am not I in my tongue : but thou, O Lord, ! grieved with those that rise up knowest it altogether. I against thee ? Day 29. THE PSALMS. Dap 29. I tfi Yea, I hate them right sore : even as though they were mine tnemies. i3 Try me, 0 God, and seek the ground" of my heart : prove me, and examine my thoughts. 2i Look well if there be any way of wickedness in me : and lead me in the way everlasting. PSAL. 140. Eripi me, Dom>'ne. "TkELIVER me, 0 Lord, from yj the evil man : and preserve me from the wicked man. 2 Who imagine mischief in their hearts : and stir up strife all the day long. 3 They have sharpened then- tongues "like a serpent : adder's poison is under their hps. 4 Keep me, 0 Lord, from the hands of the ungodly : preserve me from the wicked men, who are purpt >sed to overthrow mv goings. 5 The proud liave laid" a snare tor me, and spread a net abroad with cords : jea, and set traps in my way. 6 I said unto the Lord, Thou art my God : hear the voice of my prayers, O Lord. 7 O Lord God, thou strength of my health : thou hast covered my head in the day of battle. 8 Let not the ungodly have his desire, O Lord : let not his mis- chievous imagination prosper, lest they be too proud. 9 Let the mischief of their own (lips fall upon the head of them : ,that compass me about. Hi Let not burning coals fall up- pn them : let them be cast into Jtlie hre, and into the pit, that ■ they never rise up again. I, 11" A man full of words shall not I prosper upon the earth : evil shall • hunt the wicked person to over- I .throw him. I ; 12 Sure I am that the Lord will I avenge the poor : and mAin^in I .the cause of the helpless. I 13 The righteous also shall give I thanks unto thy Name : and the I just shall continue in thy sight. I PSAL. 141. Domine, clumavL T ORD, I call upon thee, haste I thee unto me : and consider mm\ voice when I cry unto thee, W, -2 Let my prayer "be set forth in ■"thy sight as the incense : and let the lifting up of my hands be an evening sacrifice. 3 Set a watch, O Lord, before my mouth : and keep the door of my hps. 4 O let not mine heart be in- clined to any evil thing : let me not be occupied in ungodly works with the men that work wicked- ness, lest I eat of such things as please them. 5 Let the righteous rather smite me friendly : and reprove me. 6 But let not their precious balms break my head : yea, I will pray yet against their wickedness. 7 Let their judges be overthrown in stony places : that they may hear my words, for they are sweet. 8 Our bones lie scattered before the pit : like as when one break- eth and heweth wovd upon the earth. 9 But mice eyes look unto thee, O Lord God : £n thee is my trust, O cast not out my souL 10 Keep me from the snare that they have laid for me : and from the* traps of the wicked doers. 11 Let the ungodly fall into their own nets together : and let me ever escape them. Iftcning ^rarjer. PSAL. 142. Voa mea ad Dominum. T CRIED unto the Lord with my A voice : yea, even unto the Lord did I make my supplication. 2 I poured " out my complaints before him : and shewed him of my trouble, 3 "When my spirit was in heavi- ness thou knewest my path : in the way wherein I walked have they privily laid a snare for me, 4 I locked also upon my right hand : and saw there was no man that would know me. 5 I had no place to flee unto : and no man cared for my soul 6 I cried unto thee, O Lord, and said : Thou art my hope, and my portion in the land" of the living. 7 Consider my complaint : for I am brought very low. 8 O deliver me from my perse- cutors : for they are too" strong for me. 9 Bring my soul out of prison, that I may give thanks unto thy Day 30. THE PSALMS. Day 30. Name : which thing if thou wilt grant me, then shall the righteous resort unto my company. PSAL. 143. Domine, exaudi. HEAR my prayer, O Lord, and consider my desire : hearken unto me for thy truth and right- eousness' sake. 2 And enter not into judgement with thy servant : for in thy sight shall no man living be justified. 3 For the enemy hath persecuted my soul ; he hath smitten my life down to the ground : he hath laid me in the darkness, as the men that have been long dead. 4 Therefore is my spirit vexed within me : and my heart within me is desolate. 5 Yet do I remember the time past ; I muse upon all thy works : yea, I exercise myself in the works of thy hands. 6 I stretch forth my hands unto thee : my soul gaspeth unto thee as a thirsty land. 7 Hear me, O Lord, and that soon, for my spirit waxeth faint : hide not thy face from me, lest I be like unto them that go down into the pit. 8 O let me hear thy loving-kind- ness betimes in the morning, for in thee is my trust : shew thou me the way that I should walk in, for I lift up my soul unto thee. 9 Deliver me, O Lord, from mine enemies : for I flee unto thee to hide me. 10 Teach me to do the thing that pleaseth thee, for thou art my God : let thy loving Spirit lead me forth into the land of right- eousness. 11 Quicken me, O Lord, for thy Name's sake : and for thy right- eousness' sake bring my soul out of trouble. 12 And of thy goodness slay mine enemies : and destroy all them that vex my soul ; for I am thy servant. J^loming draper. PSAL. 144. Benedictus Dominus. BLESSED be the Lord my strength : who teacheth my hands to war, and my fingers to fight ; 2 My hope and my fortress, my castle and deliverer, my defender in whom I trust : who subdueth my people that is under me. 3 Lord, what is man, that thou hast such respect unto him : or the son of man, that thou so regardest him? 4 Man is like a thing of nought : his time passeth away like a sha- dow. 5 Bow thy heavens, O Lord, and come down : touch the mountains, and they shall smoke. 6 Cast forth thy lightning, and tear them : shoot out thine ar- rows, and consume them. 7 Send down thine hand from above : deliver me, and take me out of the great waters, from the hand of strange children ; 8 Whose mouth talketh of va- nity : and their right hand is a right hand of wickedness. 9 I will sing a new song unto thee, O God : and sing praises un- to thee upon a ten-stringed lute. 10 Thou hast given victory unto kings : and hast delivered David thy servant from the peril of the sword. 11 Save me, and deliver me from the hand of strange children : whose mouth talketh of vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of iniquity. 12 That our sons may grow up as the young plants : and that our daughters may be as the polished corners of the temple. 13 That our garners may be full and plenteous with all manner of store : that our sheep may bring forth thousands and ten thousands in our streets. 14 That our oxen may be strong to labour, that there be no decay : no leading into captivity, and no complaining in our streets. 15 Happy are the people that are in such a case : yea, blessed are the peeple who have the Lord for their God. PSAL. 145. Exaltabo te, Dcus. I WILL magnify thee, O God, my King : and I will praise thy Name for ever and ever. 2 Every day will I give thanks unto thee : and praise thy Name for ever and ever. 3 Great is the Lord, and marvel- Day 30. THE PSALMS. Day 30. lous, worthy to be praised is fio end of his greatness. there 4 One generation shall praise thy works unto another : and declare thy power. 5 As for me, I will be talking of thy worship : thy glory, thy praise, and wondrous works ; 6 So that men shall speak of the might of thy marvellous acts : and I will also tell of thy greatness. 7 The memorial of thine abun- dant kindness shall be shewed : and men shall sing of thy right- eousness. 8 The Lord is gracious, and mer- ciful : long-suffering, and of great goodness. 9 The Lord is loving unto every man : and his mercy is over all is works. 10 All thy works praise thee, O Lord : and thy saints give thanks unto thee. 11 They shew the glory of thy kingdom : and talk of thy power ; 12 That thy power, thy glory, and mightiness of thy kingdom : might be known unto men. 13 Thy kingdom is an everlast- ing kingdom : and thy dominion endureth throughout all ages. 14 The Lord upholdeth all such as fall : and lifteth up all those that are down. 15 The eyes of all wait upon thee, 1 Lord : and thou givest them their meat in due season. 16 Thou openest thine hand : and fillest all things living with plente- ■ousness. I 17 The Lord is righteous in all his l|.vays : and holy in all his works. | 18 The Lord is nigh unto all them "lat call upon him : yea, all such i call upon him faithfully. 19 He will fulfil the desire of them lat fear him : he also will hear Iieir cry, and will help them. 20 The Lord preserveth all them hat love him : but scattereth a- iroad all the ungodly. 21 My mouth shall speak the raise of the Lord : and let all give thanks unto his holy Vame for ever and ever. PSAL. 146. Lauda, anima mea. PRAISE the Lord, O my soul; t while I live will I praise the jord : yea, as long as I have any being, I will sing praises unto my God. 2 O put not your trust in princes, nor in any child of man : for there is no help in them. .3 For when the breath of man goeth forth he shall turn again to his earth : and then all his thoughts perish. 4 Blessed is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help : and whose hope is in the Lord his God ; 5 Who made heaven and earth, the 3ea, and all that therein is : who keepeth his promise for ever ; 6 Who helpeth them to right that suffer wrong : who feedeth the hungry. 7 The Lord looseth men out of prison : the Lord giveth sight to the blind. 8 The Lord helpeth them that are fallen : the Lord careth for the righteous. 9 The Lord careth for the stran- gers ; he defendeth the fatherless and widow : as for the way of the ungodlv, he turneth it upside down. 10 The Lord thy God, O Sion, shall be King for evermore : and throughout all generations. lEbening prapcr. PSAL. 147. Laudate Dominum. O PRAISE the Lord, for it is a good thing to sing praises unto our God : yea, a joyful and pleasant thing it is to be thank- ful. 2 The Lord doth build up Je- rusalem : and gather together the out-casts of Israel. 3 lie healeth those that are bro- ken in heart : and giveth medicine to heal their sickness. 4 He telleth the number of the stars : and calleth them all by their names. 5 (.mat is our Lord, and great is his power : yea, and his wisdom is infinite. 6 The Lord setteth up the meek : and bringeth the ungodly down to the ground. 7 O sing unto the Lord with thanksgiving : sing praises upon the harp unto our God ; 8 Who covereth the heaven with clouds, and prepareth rain for the earth : and maketh the grass to Day 30. THE PSALMS. Day 30. grow upon the mountains, and ! 9 Mountains and all hills : fruit- herb for the use of men ; i ful trees and all cedars ; 9 Who giveth fodder unto the i 10 Beasts and all cattle : worms cattle : and feedeth the young ' and feathered fowls ; ravens that call upon him. I 11 Kings of the earth and all 10 He hath no pleasure in the people : princes and all judges of strength of an horse : neither de- the world ; lighteth he in any man's legs. | 12 Young men and maidens, old 11 But the Lord's delight is in men and children, praise the Name them that fear him : and put their of the Lord : for his Name only trust in his mercy. is excellent, and his praise above 12 Praise the Lord, O Jerusalem : heaven and earth. praise thy God, O Sion. | 13 He shall exalt the horn of his 13 For he hath made fast the people ; all his saints shall praise bars of thy gates : and hath bless- him : even the children of Israel, ed thy children within thee. even the people that serveth him. 14 He maketh peace in thy bor- PSAL. 149. CanUxU Domino. ders : and filleth thee with the f~\ SING unto the Lord a new flour of wheat \J song : let the congregation of 15 He sendeth forth his com- saints praise him. mandment upon earth : and his 2 Let Israel rejoice in him that word runneth very swiftly. made him : and let the children of 16 He giveth snow like wool : ! Sion be joyful in their King. and scattereth the hoar-frost like 3 Let them praise his Name in ashes. ! the dance : let them sing praises 17 He casteth forth his ice like unto him with tabret and harp, morsels : who is able to abide his 4 For the Lord hath pleasure in frost ? his people : and helpeth the meek- 18 He sendeth out his word, and hearted. melteth them : he bloweth with j 5 Let the saints be joyful with his wind, and the waters flow. ; glory : let them rejoice in their 19 He sheweth his word unto Ja- ; beds. cob : his statutes and ordinances 1 6 Let the praises of God be in unto Israel. their mouth : and a two - edged 20 He hath not dealt so with any sword in their hands; nation : neither have the heathen j 7 To be avenged of the heathen : knowledge of his laws. | and to rebuke the people ; 8 To bind their kings in chains : PSAL. 148. Laudate Bommum. ! and tneir no bles with links of iron. O PR AISE the Lord of heaven : ■ 9 That they may be avenged of praise him in the height. J them, as it is written : Such 2 Praise him, all ye angels of his : honour have all his saints, praise him, all his host. | PSAL. 150. Laudate Bommum. 3 Praise him, sun and moon : ' f\ PRAISE God in his holiness : praise him, all ye stars and light. I " praise him in the firmament 4 Praise him, all ye heavens : I of his power. and ye waters that are above the 2 Praise him in his noble acts : heavens. j praise him according to his excel- 5 Let them praise the Name of lent .greatness. the Lord : for he spake the word, 3 Praise liim in the sound of the and they were made ; he com- trumpet : praise him upon the lute manded, and they were created. and harp. 6 He hath made them fast for 4 Praise him in the cymbals ever and ever : he hath given them and dances : praise him upon the a law which shall not be broken. I strings and pipe. 7 Praise the Lord upon earth : 5 Praise him upon the well-tuned ye dragons, and all deeps ; | cymbals : praise him upon the loud 8 Fire and hail, snow and va- cymbals. pours : wind and storm, fulfilling 1 6 Let every thing that bath his word ; breath : praise the Lord. FORMS OF PRAYER TO BE USED AT SEA. ^ The Morning and Evening Service to be used daily at Sea than be the tame which is appointed in the Book of Common Prayer. 0 * These fwo following Prayers are to be wares of the sea, and who stillest • o used in her Majesty s Savy every the rage thereof; We thy creatures, f. but miserable sinners, do in this ETERNAL Lord God, who our great distress cry unto thee for alone spreadest out the heavens, help : Save, Lord, or else we perish, rulest the rasing of the sea ; We confess, when we have been safe, hast compassed the waters with and seen all things quiet about us, _ids until day and night come we have forgot thee our God, and an end ; Be pleased to receive in- refused to hearken to the still voice ^ thy Almighty and most gracious at thy word, and to obey thy com- protection the persons of us thy ser- mandinents : But now we see, how its and the Fleet in which we terrible thou art in all thy works of ve' Preserve us from the dangers wonder; the great God to be feared the sea. and from the violence of above all : And therefore we adore ™> enemy that we may be a safe- thy Divine Majesty, acknowledging guard unto'our most gracious Sove- thy power, and imploring thy good- reign Lady Queen VICTORIA, and ness. Help, Lord, and saTe us for Dominions, and a security for thy mercy s sake in Jesus Christ as pass on the seas upon their thy Son, our Lord. Amen. lawful occasions; that the inhabit- n ... —ts of our Island may in peace ' wr d quietness serve thee our God; /"\ MOST glorious and gracious and that we may return in safety to \J Lord God, who dwellest in hea- enjoy the blessings of the land, with ven. but beholdest all things below j the fruits of our labours, and with Look down, we beseech thee, and thankful remembrance of thy mer- hear us, calling out of the depth of to praise and glorify thy holy misery, and out of the jaws of this through Jesus Christ our death, which is ready now to swal- Amen. low us up : Save, Lord, or else we T) , a perish. The living, the living, shall 6 "r\ . „ Praise thee. O send thy Word of T)REVE>T us, O Lord, in all our command to rebuke the raging X doings, with thy most gracious w inds, and t he roaring sea ; that — and further us with thy con- we , being delivered from this dis- help ; that in all our works may i ive to tnee> and to begun, continued, and ended in thee, g i or ify thy Name aU the days of we may glorify thy holy Name, and our iif e . Hear, Lord, and save us, finally by thy mercy obtain everlast- f or the infinite merits of our bless- ing life ; through Jesus Christ our ed Saviour, thy Son, our Lord Jesus Lord. Amen. Christ Amen. ^ The Prayer to be said before a right ^ Prayers to be used in Storms at Sea. at Sea against any Enemy. OMOST powerful and glorious (\ MOST powerful and glorious Lord God, at whose command KJ Lord God, the Lord of hosts, the winds blow, and lift up the that rulest and commandest all FORMS OF PRAYER things; Thou sittest in the throne judging right, and therefore we make our address to thy Divine Majesty in this our necessity, that thou wouldest take the cause into thine own hand, and judee between us and our enemies. Stir up thy strength, O Lord, and come and help us ; for thou eivest not alway the battle to the strone, but canst save by many or by few". O let not our gins now cry against us for ven- geance ; but hear us thy poor ser- vants begging mercy, and imploring thy help" and that thou wouldest be a defence unto us against the face of the enemy. Make it appear that thou art our Saviour and mighty Deliverer, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. J Short Prafert for tingle persons, that cannot meet to join in Prayer tcith other* , by reason of the Fight, or Storm. General Prayers. LORD, be merciful to us sinners, and save us for thy mercy's sake. Thou art the great God, that hast made and nil est all things : O de- liver us for thy Name's sake. Thou art the great God to be feared above all : O save us, that we may praise thee. Special Prayers with respect to the Enemy. THOU, O Lord, art just and powerful : O defend our cause against the face of the enemy. O God, thou art a strong tower of defence to all that flee unto thee : O save us from the violence of the enemy. O Lord of hosts, fight for us, that we may glorify thee. O suffer us not to sink under the weight of our sins, or the violence of the enemy. O Lord, arise, help us, and deliver us for thy Name's sake. Short Prayers in respect of a Storm. THOU, O Lord, that stillest the rasing of the sea, hear, hear us, and save us, that we perish not O blessed Saviour, that didst save thy disciples ready to perish in a storm, hear us, and save us, we be- seech thee. Lord, have mercy upon us. Christ, have mercy upon us. Lord, have mercy upon us. O Lord, hear us. O Christ, hear us. God the Father, God the Son, I God the Holy Ghost, have mercy upon us, save us now and ever- I more. Amen. OUR Father, which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy Name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done I in earth, As it is in heaven. Give I us this day our daily bread. And I forgive us our trespasses, As we for- I give them that trespass aeainst us. And lead us not into temptation; I- But deliver us from evil : For thine K is the kingdom, The power, and the I glory, For ever and ever. Amen, T When there than be The Confession. ALMIGHTY God, Father of out Lord Jesus Christ, Maker of all things, Judge of all men ; We acknowledge and bewail our mani- fold sins and wickedness, Which we, from time to time, most griev- ously have committed, By thought, word, and deed, Against thy Divine Majesty, Provoking most justly thy wrath and indienation against us. We do earnestly repent And are heartily sorry for these our misdo- ings; The remembrance of them is grievous unto us ; The burden of them is intolerable. Have mercy upon us. Have mercy upon us, most merciful Father ; For thy Son our Lord Jesus Christ's sake, For- give us all that is past ; And grant that we may ever hereafter Serve and please thee In newness of life, To the honour and glory of thy Name ; Through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. ^ Then thatt the Priett, if there to any in the Ship, pronounce this Ab- solution, ALMIGHTY God, our heave*, ly Father, who of his great mercy hath promised forgiveness of sins to all them that with hearty repentance and true faith turn un- to him; Have mercy upon yo»: pardon and deliver you from all your sins ; confirm and strengthen you in all goodness, and bring you to everlasting life ; through J esse Christ our Lord. Amen. TO BE USED AT SEA. O Thanksgiving after a Storm. Jubilate Deo. Psal. lxri. BE joyful in God, all ye lands : sing praises unto the honour of his Name, make his praise to be elorious. Say unto God, O how wonderful art thou in thy works : through the greatness of thy power shall thine enemies be found liars unto thee. For all the world shall worship ee : sing of thee, and praise thy >"ame. O come hither, and behold the of God : how wonderful he is his doing toward the children of He turned the sea into dry land : so I they went through the water on there did we rejoice thereof. He ruleth with his power for ever : s eyes behold the people : and ch as will not believe shall not be to exalt themselves. O praise our God, ye people : and the voice of his praise to be Who holdeth our soul in life : and not our feet to slip. For thou. O God, hast proved us : ion also hast tried us, like as silver tried. Thou broughtest us into the snare : id laidest trouble upon our loins. Thou sufferedst men to ride over tr heads : we went through fire and ater, and thou broughtest us out nto a wealthy place. I will so into thine house with >urnt-offerings : ar.d will pay thee ly tows, which I promised with ly lips, and spake with my mouth, hen I was in trouble. I will offer unto thee fat bumt- tcrinees, with the incer.se of rams : will offer bullocks and goats. 0 come hither, and hearken, all ye lat fear God : and I will tell you he hath done for my soul. 1 called unto him with my mouth : id gavehim praises wfthmy toneue. If I incline unto wickedness with ine heart : the Lord will not hear But God hath heard me : and con- iered the voice of my prayer. Praised be God who hath not cast it my prayer : nor turned his ' oTcy from me. Glory be to the Father, and to the As it was in id erer sha id. Amen. ne, is now, d without Con fit em ini Dom ino. Psal. cvi i . OGIVE thanks unto the Lord, for he is gracious : and his mercy endureth for ever. Let them give thanks whom the Lord hath redeemed : and delivered from the hand of the enemy ; And gathered them out of the lands, from the east, and from the west : from the north, and from the south. They went astray in the wilder- ness out of the way : and found no city to dwell in ; Hungry and thirsty : their soul fainted in them. So they cried unto the Lord in their trouble : and he delivered them from their distress. He led them forth by the right way : that they mieht go to the city where they dwelt. O that men would therefore praise the Lord for his eoodness : and de- clare the wonders that he doeth for the children of men ! For he satisfieth the empty soul : and filleth the hungry soul with goodness. Such as sit in darkness, and in the shadow of death : being fast bound in misery and iron ; Because they rebelled asainst the words of the Lord : and lightly regarded the counsel of the most Highest ; He also brought down their heart throueh heaviness : 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. For he brought them out of darkness, and out of the shadow of death : and brake their bonds in sunder. O that men would therefore praise the Lord for his goodness : and de- clare the wonders that he doeth for the children of men ! For he hath broken the sates of brass : and smitten the bars of iron in sunder. Foolish men are plaeued for their offence : and because of their wick- edness. Their soul abhorred all manner of meat : and they were even hard at death's door. So when they cried unto the Lord in their trouble : he delivered them out of their distress- He sent bis word, and healed them : and they were saved from their destruction. FORMS OF PRAYER O that men would therefore praise , Yet helpcth he the poor out of the Lord for his goodness : and de- misery : and maketh him housholda clare the wonders that he doeth for like a flock of sheep, the children of men ! i The righteous will consider this, That they would offer unto him and rejoice : and the mouth of all the sacrifice of thanksgiving : and wickedness shall be stopped, tell out his works with gladness! i Whoso is wise will ponder these They that go down to the sea in things : and they shall understand ships : and occupy their business in the loving-kindness of the Lord- great waters ; | Glory be to the Father, and to the These men see the works of the Son : and to the Holy Ghost ; Lord : and his wonders in the ; As it was in the beginning, is now, deep. and ever shall be : world without For at his word the stormy wind end. Amen. ari3eth : which lifteth up the waves i thereof. Collects of Thanksgiving. They are carried up to the heaven, most w™j ~.a . and down again to the deep : their f) f'? d 1% ? J^WS oonl meltath awav because of thf * *i a , ' Wno art of infinite ?£™mp because ot tne g 0odne ss and mercy j We thy poor their * at ife, and now rescuing us out of the th Io wnen they cry unto the Lord ^es ^Z X^ll^' 3 in their trouble : hedelivereth them j ff*5flJ2™B? D ' T i De B fl out of their distress J F'*u ? • ? sa « r 'fice of praise so that the waves thereof are still. I "£%L ^* call ^ d * our Then are they glad, because they 'which lmIw 0Ut *r are at rest : and m he bringeth them g*** ^ h ' c t h Z?™?? ^° re J^ unto the haven where they would be. | £ G ^SmSf^tST L^rf? O that men would therefore praise 1 !£J£ *%^n°L the Lord for his goodness : and de- S'fX i^uiS, ™„ U clare the wonders that he doeth for ™rf3g " lom^anTa d^Sfl elders our Lord. Amen. Or this : Who tumeth the floods into a wil- derness : and drieth up the water- springs. [ r\ MOST mighty and gracious 'A fruitful land maketh he bar- VJ good God, thy mercy is over ren : for the wickedness of them , all thy works, but in special man- that dwell therein. ner hath been extended toward us. Again, he maketh the wilderness whom thou hast so powerfully and a standing water : and water-springs wonderfully defended. Thou hast of a dry ground. shewed us terrible things, and won- And there he setteth the hungry : ders in the deep, that we might see that they may build them a city to how powerful and gracious a God dwell in ; thou art ; how able and ready to That they may sow their land, help them that trust in thee. Thou and plant vineyards : to yield them hast shewed us how both winds and fruits of increase. seas obey thy command ; that we He blesseth them, so that they may learn, even from them, here- multiply exceedingly : and suffer- after to obey thy voice, and to do eth not their cattle to decrease. thy will. We therefore bless and And again, when they are minish- glorify thy Name, for this thy mer- ed, and brought low : through op- cy in saving us, when we wew pression, through any plague, or ready to perish. And, we beseech trouble; thee, make us as truly sensible Though he suffer them to be evil now of thy mercy, as we were then intreated through tyrants : and let of the danger: And give us hearts them wander out of the way in the always ready to express our thank* wilderness ; : fulness, not only by words, but also TO BE USED AT SEA. by our lives, in being more obedient to thy holy commandments. Con- tinue, we beseech thee, this thy drous thing9 ; Blessed be the Lord God : even the Lord God, who only doeth won- And blessed be the Name of his Majesty for ever : and let every one joodness to us ; that we, whom thou last saved, may serve thee in holi- and righteousness all the days of us say, Amen, Amen of our life ; through Jesus Christ our Lord and Saviour. Amen. An Hymn of Praise and Thanks- giving after a dangerous Tern- 0 COME, let us give thanks unto 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. 2 Cor. xiii. THE grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, his mercy endureth for ever. Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised ; let the redeemed of the ■ nm Lord say so : whom he hath deli- vered from the merciless rage of the sea. The Lord is gracious and full of compassion : slow to anger, and of great mercy. He halh not dealt with us accord- ing to our sins : neither rewarded us according to our iniquities. Ghost, be with us all evermore. After Victory or Deliverance from an Enemy. A Psalm or Hipnn of Praise and Thanksgiving after Victory. IF the Lord had not been on our side, now may we say : if the Lord himself had not been on our But as' the heaven is high above side, when men rose up against us; earth : so great hath been his They had swallowed us up quick : mercy townrds us. when they were so wrathfully dis- We found trouble and heaviness : pleased at us. 0 were even at death's door. ] Yea, the waters had drowned us, The waters of the sea had well- and the stream had gone over our igh covered us : the proud waters soul : the deep waters of the proud id well-nigh gone over our soul. had gone over our soul. The sea roared : and the stormy | But praised be the Lord : who wind lifted up the waves thereof. , hath not given us over as a prey We were carried up as it were to unto them, heaven, and then down again into The Lord hath wrought : a mighty deep : our soul melted within salvation for us. us, because of trouble j We gat not this by our own sword, Then cried we unto thee, O Lord : neither was it our own arm that and thou didst deliver us out of our saved us : but thy right hand, and distress. i thine arm, and the light of thy Blessed be thy Name, who didst countenance, because thou hadst a not desnise the prayer of thy ser- favour unto us. vants : but didst hear our cry, and The Lord hath appeared for us : hast saved us. the Lord hath covered our heads, Thou didst send forth thy com- and made us to stand in the day of mandment : and the windy storm battle. and was turned into a calm. The Lord hath appeared for us : O let us therefore praise the Lord the Lord hath overthrown our ene- r his goodness : and declare the mies, and dashed in pieces those wonders that he hath done, and still doeth for the children of men. Praised be the Lord daily : even the Lord that helpeth us, and pour- eth his benefits upon us. He is our God, even the God of whom cometh salvation : God is the Lord by whom we have escaped that rose up against us. Therefore not unto us, O Lord, not unto us : but unto thy Name be Riven the glory. The Lord hath done great things for us : the Lord hath done great things for us, for which we rejoice. Our help standeth in the Name of who hath made heaven death. * the Lord Thou, Lord, hast made us glad 1 and earth through the operation of thy hands : Blessed be the Name of the Lord : and we will triumph in thy praise. from this time forth for evermore. FORMS OF PRAYER TO BE USED AT SEA. 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. * After this Hymn may be tang the Te Deum. T Then this Collect. O ALMIGHTY God, the Sove- reign Commander of all the world, in whose hand is power and might which none is able to with- stand ; We bless and magnify thy great and glorious Name for this nappy Victory, the whole glory whereof we do ascribe to thee, who art the only giver of Victory. And, we beseech thee, give us grace to improve this great mercy to thy glory, the advancement of thy Gos- pel, the honour of our Sovereign, and, as much as in us lieth, to the good of all mankind. And, we be- seech thee, give us such a sense of this great mercy, as may engage us to a true thankfulness, such as may appear in our lives by an humble, holy, and obedient walking before thee all our days, through Jesus Christ our Lord ; to whom with thee and the Holy Spirit, as for all thy mercies, so in particular for this Victory and Deliverance, be all glory and honour, world with- out end. Amen. 2 Cor. xiii. THE grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Ghost, be with us all evermore. Amen. At the Burial of their Dead at Sea. m t The Office in the Common Prayer-book may be used ; only instead of these words [We therefore commit his body i to the ground, earth to earth, f thy Church, and the glory of thy loly Name ; We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. That it may please thee to endue he Lords of the Council, and all he Nobility, with grace, wisdom, -nd understanding ; W s beseech thee to hear us, good r A>rd. That it may please thee to bless nd keep the Magistrates, giving them grace to execute justice, and to maintain truth ; We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. That it may please thee to bless and keep all t hy people ; We beseech thee to /tear us, good Lord. That it may please thee to give to all nations unity, peace, and concord ; We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. That it may please thee to give us an heart to love and dread thee, and diligently to live after thy com- mandments ; 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 j have erred, and are deceived ; | We beseech thee to hear us, good i Lord. That it may please thee to strengthen such as do stand ; and to comfort and help the weak-hearted ; and to raise up them that fall ; and finally to beat down Satan under our feet ; We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. That it may please thee to suc- cour, help, and comfort, all that are in danger, necessity, and tribulation : We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. That it may please thee to pre- serve all that travel by land or by water, all women labouring of child, all sick persons, and young chil- dren ; and to shew thy pity upon all prisoners and captives ; W e beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. That it may please thee to defend, and provide for, the fatherless chil- dren and widows, and all that are desolate and oppressed ; We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. That it may please thee to have mercy upon all men ; We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. That it may please thee to forgive our enemies, persecutors, and slan- I derers, and to turn their hearts ; THE ORDERING OP DEACONS. We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. That it may please thee to give and preserve to our use the kindly fruits of the earth, so as in due time we may enjoy them ; We beseech thee to hear us, gt>od Lord. That It may please theo to give us true repentance; to forgive us all our sins, negligences, and igno- rances; and to endue us with the grace of thy Holy Spirit to amend our lives according to thy holy Word; We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. Son of God : we beseech thee to hear us. Son of God : we beseech thee to hear us. O Lamb of God : that takest away the sins of the world ; Grant us thy peace. O Lamb of God : that takest away the sins of the world ; Have mercy upon us. O Christ, hear us. 0 Christ, hear us. Lord, have mercy upon U9. Lord, have mercy upon us. Christ, have mercy upon us. Christ, have mercy upon us. Lord, have mercy upon us. Lord, have mercy upon us. •[ Then shall the Priest, and (lie people with him, say the Lord's Prayer. OUR Father, which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy Name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, As it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, As we for- give them that trespass aaainst us. And lead us not into temptation; But deliver us from evil. Amen. Priest. O Lord, deal not with us after our sins. Answer. Neither reward us after our iniquities. Let us pray. OGOD, merciful Father, that de- spisest not the sighing of a con- trite heart, nor the desire of such as be sorrowful; Mercifully assist our prayers that we make before thee in all our troubles and adversities, whensoever they oppress us ; and graciously hear us, that those evils, which the craft and subtilty of the devil or man worketh against us, be brought to nought ; and by the pro- vidence of thy goodness they may be dispersed ; that we thy servants, being hurt by no persecutions, may evermore give thanks unto thee in thy holy Church ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. O Lord, arise, help us, and deliver us for thy Name's sake. OGOD, we have heard with our ears, and our fathers have de- clared unto us, the noble works that thou didst in their days, and in the old time before them. O Lordj arise, help us, and deliver us for thine honour. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son : and to the Holy Ghost ; Answer. As it was in the begin- ning, is now, and ever shall be : world without end. Amen. From our enemios defend us, 0 Christ, Graciously look upon our affliC' Hons. Pitifully behold the sorrows of our hearts. Mercifully forgive the sins of thy people. Favourably with mercy hear our prayers. 0 Son of David, have mercy upon us. Both now and ever vouchsafe to hear us, O Christ Graciously hear us, 0 Christ} graciously hear us, O Lord Christ. Priest. O Lord, let thy mercy be shewed upon us ; Answer. As we do put our trust in thee. Let us pray. WE humbly beseech thee, O Fa- ther, mercifully to look upon our infirmities; and for the glory of thy Name turn from us all those evils that we most righteously have deserved ; and grant, that in all our troubles we may put our whole trust and conhdenco in thy mercy, and evermore serve thee in holiness and pureness of living, to thy honour and glory ; through our only Medi- ator and Advocate, Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. ^ Then shall be sung or said the Service for the Communion, with the Collect, Epistle, and Gospel, as followeth. The Collect. ALMIGHTY God, who by thy Di- vine Providence hast appointed divers Orders of Ministers in thy Church, and didst inspire thine Apostles to choose into the Order of Deacons the first Martyr Saint Stephen, with others; Mercifully be- hold these thy servants now called to the like Office and Administnv THE ORDERING OF DEACONS. replenish them bo with the of thy Doctrine, and adorn •with innooency of life, that, by word and good example, hey may faithfully serve thee in his Office, to the glory of thy Name, ind the edification of thy Church ; hrough the merits of our Saviour Jesus "Christ, who liveth and reign- i with thee and the Holy Ghost, w and for ever. Amen. The Epistle. 1 Tim. iii. 8. IKE WISE must the D< -aeons be I grave, not double tongued, not en to much wine, not greedy of hy lucre, holding the mystery of be faith in a pure conscience. And it these also first be proved ; then let use the Office of a Deacon, be- Jg found blameless. Even so must ' wives be grave, not slanderers, , faithful in all things. Let the ons be the husbands of one ruling their children and their m'houses well. For they that have ed the Office of a Deacon well pur- ase to themselves a good decree, d great boldness in the faith which in "Christ Jesus. • else this, out of the siith of the Acts of the AjM>stles. Acts vi. 2. rHEN the twelve called the multitude of the disciples unto em, and said, It is not reason that ; should leave the Word of God, id serve tables. Wherefore, bre- ren, look ye out among you seven en of honest report, full of the Ghost and wisdom whom we y appoint over this business. But will give ourselves continually prayer, and to the ministry of i Word. And the saying pleased s whole multitude. And they Me Stephen, a man full of faith, 1 of the holy Ghost, and Philip, 1 Procborus, and Xicanor, and and Parmenas, and Nicolas proselyte of Antioch j whom they t before the Apostles; and, when icy had prayed, they laid their uids on them. And the Word of od increased, and the number of le disciples multiplied in Jerusa- m greatly, and a great company ! the Priests were obedient to the itbu And before the Gospel, the Bishop, lilting in hu (hair, sfuiU cause the Oath of the Queent Supremacy, and against the power and authority of all foreign Potentate*, to lie ministered xmto every one of them that are to be Ordered. The Oath of the Queen's Sovereignty. 1A. B. do swear, that I do from my heart abhor, detest, and ab- jure, as impious and heretical, that damnaMe Doctrine and Position, That Princes excommunicated or deprived by the Pope, or any Au- thority of the St* of Rome, may be deposed or murdered by their Subjects, or any other whatsoever. And I do declare, that no foreign Prince, Person, Prelate, State, or Po- tentate, hath, or ought to have, any Jurisdiction, Power, Superiority, Preeminence, or Authority, Eccle- siastical or Spiritual, within this Realm- So help me God, ■J Then thall the Bishop examine every one of them OuU are to be Ordered, in the pretence of the people, after this manner foUovirig. DO you trust that you are in- wardly moved by the Holy Ghost to take upon you this Office and Ministration, to serve God for the promot'ng of his glory, and the edifying of his people? Aruiuler. I trust so. The Bishop. DO you think that you are truly called, according to the will of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the due order of this Realm, to the Ministry of the Church ? Answer. I think so. The Bishop. DO you unfeignediy believe all the Canonical Scriptures of the Old and New Testament? Answer. I do believe them. The Bishop. WILL you diligently read the same unto the people assem- bled in the Church where you shall be appointed to serve? Answer. I will. Thie Bishf/p. IT appertain eth to the Office of a Deacon, in the Church where be shall be appointed to serve, to assist the Priest in Divine Service, and specially when he ministereth the holy Communion, and to help him in the distribution thereof, and to read holy Scriptures and Homilies in the Church : and to instruct the youth in the Catechism ; in the ab- sence of the Priest to baptize in- fants, and to preach, if he be ad- mitted thereto by the Bishop. And furthermore, it is his Office, where provision is so made, to search for the sick, poor, and impotent peo- ple of the Parish, to intimate their THE ORDERING OP DEACONS. estates, names, and places where they dwell, unto the Curate, that by his exhortation they may be relieved with the alms of the Parishioners, or others. Will you do this gladly and willingly? Answer. I will so do. by the help of God. The Bishop. W /"ILL you apply all your dili- VV gence to frame and fashion | your own lives, and the lives of your i families, according to the Doctrine of Ciirist ; and to make both your- selves and them, as much as in you lieth, wholesome examples of the flock of Christ? Answer. I will so do, the Lord being my helper. The Bishop. WILL you reverently obey your Ordinary, and other chief Mi- nisters of the Church, and them to ! whom the charge and government ■ over you is committed, following with a glad mind and will their godly admonitions? Answer. I will endeavour myself, the Lord being my helper. % Then the Bishop laying his Bands severally upon the Head of every one i of tltem, humbly kneeling before him, \ shall say, TAKE thou Authority to exe- cute the Office of a Deacon in | the Church of God committed unto thee; In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Amen. T Then shall the Bishop deliver to eve- ry one of them tfie New Testament, saying, TAKE thou Authority to read the Gospel in the Church of God, and to preach the same, if thou be thereto licensed by the Bishop him- self. H Then one of them, appointed by the Bishop, shall read the Gospel. St Luke xii. 35. LET your loins be girded about, and your fights burning ; and ye yourselves like unto men that wait for their Lord, when he will re- turn from the wedding ; that, when he cometh and knocketh, they may open unto him immediately. Bless- ed are those servants, whom the Lord when he cometh shall find watching. Verily I say unto you, that he shall gird himself, and make them to sit down to meat, and will come forth and serve them. And if he shall come in the second watch, or come in the third watch, and find them so, blessed are those servants. ] % Then shall the Bishop proceed in the | Communion, and all that cure Ordered shall tarry, and receive- the holy Com. m union tiie same day with Vie Bishop. ^ The Communion ended, after the last Collect, and immed.iatcly before the Benediction, shall be said tliese Col. lects following. ALMIGHTY God, giver of all good things, who of thy great goodness hast vouchsafed to accept and take these thy servants unto the Office of Deacons in thy Church ; Make them, we beseech thee, O Lord, to be modest, humble, and constant in their Ministration, to have a ready will to observe all spiritual Disci- pline ; that they having always the testimony of a good conscience, and continuing ever stable and strong in thy Son Christ, may so well behave themselves in this inferior Office, that they may be found worthy to be called unto the higher Ministries in thy Church ; through the same thy Son our Saviour Jesus Christ, to whom be glory and honour world without end. Amen. PREVENT us, O Lord, in all our doings with thy most gracioua favour, and further us with thy con- tinual help; that in all our works begun, continued, and ended in thee, we may glorify thy holy Name, and finally by thy mercy obtain everlast- ing life; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. THE peace of God, which pass- eth all understanding, keep your hearts and minds in the knowledge and love of God, and of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord: And the Blessing of God Almighty, the Fa- ther, the Son, and the Holy Ghost, be amongst you, and remain with you always. Amen. And here it must be declared unto the Deacon, that he must continue in that Office of a Beacon the space of a whole year (except for reasonable causes it shall otherwise seem good unto the Bishop) to the intent he may be perfect, and well expert in the things appertaining to the Ecclesiastical Administration. In exe- cuting/ whereof if he be found faiOiful and diligent, he may be admitted by hit Diocesan to the Order of Priesthood, at the times appointed in the Canon ; OK else, on urgent occasion, upon some other Sunday, or Holy-day, in the face of the Church, in such manner and form as hereafter followed*. THE FORM AND MANNER OF ORDERING OF PRIESTS. When the day appointed by the Bishop is come, after Morning Prayer it ended, there shall be a Sermon or exhortation, declaring the Duty and Ofice of such as come to be admitted Priest: hote necessary 0.at Order is in the O.urch of Christ and alto hote the people ought to esteem them in their Ofice. First, the Archdeacon, or, in his ab- tenee, one avpoinUd in hit ttead, shall present unto the Bishop {sitting in hit chair near to the holy Table) ail them that shall receive V*e Order of Priest- hood that day (each of them being decently habited) and say, EVEREST) Father in God, «■ Then shall be sung or said the Service for the Communion, vith the Collect, Spittle, and Gospel, as foiloiceth. The Collect. ALMIGHTY God, giver of all good things, who by thy Holy Spirit host appointed divers Orders prese.it unto yon these persons of Ministers in the Church ; Merci- \ to be admitted to the Order fuUy behold the*, thy servants now Priesthood. The Bishop. called to the Office of Priesthood and replenish them so with the truth of thy doctrine, and adorn them xQy conversation, to exercise their ' ,u „, !I wJ-T d the edifying of his Lhuren. throujrh the merits of our Saviour « The Archdeacon shall answer, Jesus Christ, who liveth and reign- HAVE enquired of them, and e th with thee and the Holy Ghost, also examined them, and think world without end. Amen. so to be. Then the Bishop shall toy unto the people j OOD people, these are they Tne Epistle. Ephes. iv. 7. UNTO every one of us is given> grace, according to the measure whom We niimose God willinz of ^ ? ift of Christ. Wherefore he «Sr? thU P d2v^ito the holy ^ en he ascended up on high, ^PrieShSd^o? after d2 he ' ^ captivity captive, and gave MtioT^fi^'notto the -con- S ifts 111110 men - '* ow «"* he as- T , bS^Tthey be Sw^uSy caU- ™ ded l J^ 3 » b « he **> to theirFunction and Ministry, descended hrst into the lower parts 1 th-t thev he •nerson« meet for of 0,6 ear* 11 ? He that descended, is ™ ^^m te a? the 831116 3130 ^ at ascended up far yoTwh^knoweth ^tapSS »^ that he mieht fiU -t or notable Crime, in any of ■£ things.) And he gave some Apo- ^ for tJiewhich he ouzht not to C Jes > and some Prophets, and some Evangelists, and some Pastors and Teachers ■ for the perfecting of the a^d~shew "whaTthT Crime or faints for the work of the Ministry for the edifying of the Body of Christ ; till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the sta- ture of the fulness of Christ. received into this holy Ministry, him come forth in the Name of shew ?nt is. nd if any great Crime or Impedi- be objected, the Bishop shall sur- - from Ordering that person, until time as the party accused shall found clear of that Crime. the Bishop {commending such shaU be found meet to be Ordered the Prayers of the congregation) with the Clergy and people pre- ting or toy the litany, with the i, as is before appointed in the orm of Ordering Deacons ; save only, that. tothTpZper Suffrage there compassion on them because they ^ After this shall be read for the Gospel part of the ninth Chapter of Saint Matthew, as foUoweth. St Matth. ix. 36. WHEN Jesus saw the multi- tudes, he was moved with tdded, the word [Deacons] shall be fainted, and were scattered abroad mitted, and the word [Priests] in- as sheep having no shepherd. Then erted of it. saith he unto his disciples, The har- THE ORDERING OF PRIESTS. vest truly is plenteous, but the la- bourers are few. Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he will send forth labourers into his har- vest. J Or else this that fottoweth, out of the tenth Chapter of Saint John. St John x. 1. VERILY, verily I say unto you, He that entereth not by the door into the sheep-fold, but climb- eth up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber. But he that entereth in by the door is the Shep- herd of the sheep. To him the por- ter openeth, and the sheep hear his voice ; and he calleth his own sheep by name, and lcadeth 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, but will flee from him; for they know not the voice of stran- gers. This parable spake Jesus unto them, but they understood not what things they were which he spake un- to them. Then said Jesus unto them again, Verily, verily I say unto you, I 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 pas- ture. The thief cometh not but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy : I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more a- bundantly. I am the good Shepherd: the good Shepherd giveth his life for the sheep. But he that is an hire- ling, and not the Shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, seeth the wolf coming, and leavetb 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 bring, and they shall hear my voice ; and there shall be one fold, and ono Shepherd. 1f Then the Bishop, sitting in his etiair, shall minister unto every one of them the Oath concerning the Qjueeu's Su- jyremacy, as it is before set. forth in the Form, for the Ordering of Deacons. If And that done, h# shall say unto them as hereafter followeth. YOU have heard, Brethren, a well in your private examina tion, as in the exhortation whicl was now made to you, and in th< holy Lessons taken out of the Gos pel, and the writings of the Apostles of what dignity, and of how grea importance this Office is, whereunt< ye are called. And now again w. exhort you, in the Name of our Lon Jesus Christ, that you have in re membrance, into how high a Dig nity, and to how weighty an OffiO and Charge ye are called : that is t say, to be Messengers, Watchmen and Stewards of the Lord ; to teach and to premonish, to feed and pro vide for the Lord's family ; to see) for Christ's sheep that are disperse* abroad, and for his children who ar in the midst of this naughty world that they may be saved througl Christ for ever. Have always therefore printed ii your remembrance, how great a trea sure is committed to your charge For they are the sheep of Chris which he bought with his deatl and for whom he shed his blooc" The Church and Congregation whor, you must serve, is his Spouse, an* his Body. And if it shall happe: the same Church, or any Menibe thereof, to take any hurt or hir drance by reason of your negligence ye know the greatness of the fault and also the horrible punishmen that will ensue. Wherefore conside with yourselves the end of your Mi nistry towards the children of Goc towards the Spouse and Body t Christ; and see that you never ceas your labour, your care and diligence until you have done all that list in you, according to your bounde duty, to bring all such as are or sbaJ be committed to your charge, unt that agreement in the faith an- knowledge of God, and to that ripe ness and perfectness of age in Chris- that there be no place left amoo you, either for error in religion, c for viciousness in life. Forasmuch then as your Office i both of so great excellency, and c so great difficulty, ye see with ho\ great care and study ye ought to aj ply yourselves, as well that ye ma shew yourselves dutiful and thank ful unto that Lord, who hath place- you in so high a Dignity ; as also t beware, that neither you yourselTt offend, nor be occasion that othei offend. Howbeit ye cannot have mind and will thereto of yourselves THE ORDERING OF PRIESTS. or that will and ability is given of for eternal salvation through faith >od alone: therefore ye ought, and in Jesus Christ.-' and are you deter- lave need, to pray earnestly for his mined, out of the said Scriptures to loly Spirit And seeing that you instruct the people committed to rannot by any other means compass your charge, and to teach nothing he doing of so weighty a work, per- as required of necessity to eternal aining to the salvation of man, but salvation, but that which you shall vith doctrine and exhortation taken be persuaded may be concluded and ■utof the holy Scriptures, and with a proved by the Scripture ? ,ife agreeable to the same ; consider Answer. I am so persuaded, and iow studious ye ought to be in read- have so determined by God s grace, ng and learning the Scriptures, and The Bishop. n framing the manners both of your- TT7"ILL you then give your faith- elves, and of them that specially per- W ful diligence always so to rai- lin unto you, according to the rule nister the Doctrine and Sacraments, f the same Scriptures: and for this and the Discipline of Christ, as the ."lf-same cause, how ye ought to for- Lord hath commanded, and as this ike and set aside (as much as you Church and Realm hath received lay) all worldly cares and studies. the same, according to the Com- J We have good hope that you have niandments of God ; so that you •ell weighed and pondered these may teach the people committed to ings with yourselves long before your Cure and Charge with all dili- is time ; and that you have clearly gence to keep and observe the same? etermined, by God's grace, to give Answer. I will so do, by the help ourselves wholly to this Office, of the Lord, hereunto it hath pleased God to The Bishop. ill you : so that, as much as lieth \\7 ILL you be ready, with all I you, you will apply yourselves VV faithful diligence, to banish holly to this one thing, and draw and drive away all erroneous and II your cares and studies this way; strange doctrines contrary to God's ad that you will continually pray word : and to use both publick and God the Father, by the Mediation private monitions and exhortations, our only Saviour Jesus Christ, for as well to the sick as to the whole, le heavenly assistance of the Holy within your Cures, as need shall re- host; that, by daily reading and quire, and occasion shall be given ? eighing of the Scriptures, ye may j Answer. 1 will, the Lord being ax riper and stronger in your Mi- my helper, istry ; and that ye may so endea- Tlie Bishop. ur yourselves, from time to time, "IT7TLL you be diligent in Pray- sanctify the lives of you and yours, VV ers, and in reading of the holy id to fashion them after the Rule Scriptures, and in such studies as d Doctrine of Christ, that ye may help to the knowledge of the same, wholesome and godly examples laying aside the study of the world d patterns for the people to follow, and the flesh ? And now, that this present Con- , Answer. I will endeavour myself ■egaticn of Christ here assembled so to do, the Lord being my helper. f also understand your minds 7Jie Bishop. wills in these things, and that "fJC7'ILL you be diligent to frame your promise may the more VV and "fashion your own selves, jove you to do your duties, ye and your families, according to the all answer plainly to these things, Doctrine of Christ ; and to make both '•^hich we. in the Name of God, and yourselves and them, as nr.ich as in his Church, shall demand of you you lieth, wholesome examples and uching the same. patterns to the flock of Christ ? "\0 you think in your heart, that Answer. I will apply myself J you be truly called, according thereto, the Lord being my helper, the will of our Lord Jesus Christ, TJie Bishvp. d the order of this United Church TTTTLL you maintain and set for- Enscland and Ireland, to the Or- V V wards, as much as lieth in you, r and Ministry of Priesthood'/ quietness, peace, and love, among Answer. I think it i an Christian people, and especially The Bishop. among them that are or shall be RE you persuaded that the holy committed to your charge ? . Scriptures contain sufficiently Answer. I will so do, the Lord Doctrine required of necessity being my helper. THE ORDERING OP PRIESTS. The Bishop. WILL you reverently obey your Ordinary, and other chief Mi- nisters, unto whom Is committed the charge and government over you ; following with a glad mind and will their godly admonitions, and sub- mitting yourselves to their godly j udgements ? Answer. I will so do, the Lord being my helper. T Then shall the Bishop, standing up, say, ALMIGHTY God, who hath given you this will to do all these things; Grant also unto you strength and power to perform the same; that he may accomplish his work which he hath begun in you ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. H After this, the Congregation shall be desired, secretly in their Prayers, to make their humble supplications to God for all these things : for the which Prayers there shaU be silence kept for a space. ^ After which shall be sung or said by the Bisliop (the persons to be Ordain- ed Priests all kneeling) Veni, Creator Spiritus ; the Bishop beginning, and the Priests, and others that are pre- sent, answering by verses, asfolloweth. COME, Holy Ghost, our souls inspire, And lighten with celestial fire. Thou the anointing Spirit art, Who dost thy seven-fold gifts impart. Thy blessed Unction from above, Is comfort, life, and fire of love. Enable with perpetual light The dullness of our blinded sight. Anoint and cheer our soiled face With the abundance of thy grace. Keep far our foes, give peace at home : Where thou art guide, no -Iti can come. Teach us to know the Father, Son, And tliee, of both, to be but One. That, through the ages all along, This may be our endless song ; Praise to thy eternal merit, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Or this: COME, Holy Ghost, eternal God, Proceeding from above, Both from the Father and the Son, The God of peace and love; Visit our minds, into our hearts Thy heavenly grace inspire ; That truth and godliness we may Pursue with full desire. Thou art the very Comforter In grief and all distress ; The heav'nly gift of God most high, No tongue can it express ; The fountain and the living spring v Of joy celestial ; The fire so bright, the love so sweet, I j The Unction spiritual. Thou in thy gifts art manifold, By them Christ's Church doth stan I In faithful hearts thou writ' st thy lau \\ The finger of God's hand. According to thy promise, Lord, Thou givest speech with grace ; That thro' thy help God's praises may I Resound in every place. O Holy Ghost, into our minds Send down thy heav'nly light ; Kindle our liearts with fervent zeal, To serve God day and night. Our weakness strengthen and confirm, III ( For, Lord, thou know'st us frail ; ) H That neitlier devil, world, nor flesh, I Against us may prevail. Put back our enemy far from us, And help us to obtain Peace in our hearts with God and ma'. ■ ( The best, the truest gain , | And grant that thou being, O Lord, I Our leader and our guide, We may escape the snares of sin, And never from thee slide. Such measures of thy powerful grace ' Grant, Lord, to us, we pray ; That thou may'st be our Comforter At the last dreadful day. Of strife and of dissention Dissolve, O Lord, the bands, And knit the knots of peace and love Throughout all Christian lands. Grant us the grace that we may know The Father of all might, That we of his beloved Son May gain the blissful sight ; And that we may with perfect faith Ever acknowledge thee, The Spirit of Father, and of Son, One God in Persons Three. To God the Father laud and praise, And to his blessed Son, And to the Holy Spirit of grace, Co-equal Three in One. And pray we, that our only Lord Would please his Spirit to send On all that shall profess his Name, From hence to the world's end. Amen % That done, the Bishop shall pray in this wise, and say, Let us pray. ALMIGHTY God, and heavenlj Father, who, of thine infinite love and goodness towards us, hast given to us thy only and most dearly beloved Son Jesus Christ, to be our Redeemer, and the Author of ever- lasting life ; who, after he had made perfect our redemption by his death, and was ascended into heaven, sent abroad into the world his Apostles. Prophets, Evangelists, Doctors, and THE ORDERING OF PRIESTS. Pastors ; by whose labour and mi- nistry he gathered together a great dock in all the parts of the world, to set forth the eternal praise of thy holy Name : For these so great bene- fits of thy eternal goodness, and for that thou hast vouchsafed to call these thy servants here present to the same Office and Ministry ap- pointed for the salvation of man- kind, we render unto thee most hearty thanks, we praise and wor- ship thee ; and we humbly beseech :hee, by the same thy blessed Son, jo grant unto all, which either here )r elsewhere call upon thy holy Vame, that we may continue to ihew ourselves thankful unto thee or these and all other thy benefits ; ind that we may daily increase and ?o forwards in the knowledge and aith of thee and thy Son, by the 3oly Spirit So that as well by hese thy Ministers, as by them over tfhom they shall be appointed thy Ministers, thy holy Name may be or ever glorified, and thy blessed cingdom enlarged; through the same hy Son Jesus Christ our Lord, who iveth and reigneth with thee in the inity of the same Holy Spirit, world vithoutend. Amen. f When this Prayer is done, the Bishop with the Priests present shall lay their hands severally upon the head of every one thai receiveth the Order of Priest- hood ; the Receivers humbly kneeling upon tlteir knees, and the Bishop say- ing, RECEIVE the holy Ghost for the Office and Work of a Priest , n the Church of God, now commit- ted unto thee by the Imposition of ; >ur hands. Whose sins thou dost for- I ive, they are forgiven; and whose ins thou dost retain, they are re- ained. And be thou a faithful Dis- Uenser of the Word of God, and of I lis holy Sacraments ; In the Name f'f the Father, and of the Son, and if the Holy Ghost. Amen. I Then the Bishop shall deliver to every one of them kneeling, the Bible into hit hand, saying, TAKE thou Authority to preach the Word of God, and to mi- nister the holy Sacraments in the Congregation, where thou shalt be lawfully appointed thereunto. 1 When this is done, the Nicene Creed shaU be sung or said ; and the Bishop shall after that go on in the Service of the Communion, which all they that receive Orders shall take together, and remain in the same place where Hands were laid upon them, until such time as they have received the Communion. 1 The Communion being done, after the last Collect, and immediately before the Benediction, shall be said tltese MOST merciful Father, we be- seech thee to send upon these thy servants thy heavenly blessing ; that they may be clothed with righ- teousness, and that thy Word spoken by their mouths may have such suc- cess, that it may never be spoken in vain. Grant also, that we may have grace to hear and receive what they shall deliver out of thy most holy Word, or agreeable to the same, as the means of our salvation ; that in all our words and deeds we may seek thy glory, and the increase of thy kingdom ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. PRETEXT us, O Lord, in all our doings, with thy most gracious favour, and further us with thy con- tinual help ; that in all our works begun, continued, and ended in thee, we may glorify thy holy Name, and finally by thy mercy obtain everlast- ing life ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. THE peace of God, which passeth all understanding, keep your hearts and minds in the knowledge and love of God, and of his Son Je- I sus Christ our Lord : And the bless- | ing of God Almighty, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost, be amongst you, and remain with you I always. Amen. I And if on the same day the Order of Deacons be given to some, and the Order of Priesthood to others : the Deacons shall be first presented, and then the Priests ; and it shall suffice Oiat, the Litany be once said for both. The Collects shall both be used : first, that for Deacons, then that for Priests. The Epistle shall be Ephes. iv. 7—13, as before in tliis Office. Immediately after which, they that are to be made Deacons shall take the Oath of Supremacy, be examined, and Ordained, as is above prescribed. Then one of them having read the Gospel (which shaU be either out of St. Matth. ix. 36—38, as before in this Office; or else St. Luke xii. 35—38, as before in Ote Form for the Ordering of Deacons,) they that are to be made Priests shall likewise take tlie Oath of Supremacy, be exa- mined, and Ordained, as is in this Office before appointed. THE FORM OF ORDAINING OR CONSECRATING OF AN ARCHBISHOP OR BISHOP; Which is always to be performed upon some Sunday or Holy-day. I 1 When da thing* are duly prepared in the Church, and get in order, after Morning Prayer is ended, the Arch- bishop (or some other Bishop ap- pointed) shall begin the Communion Service ; in whicli this shall be The Collect. ALMIGHTY God, who by thy Son Jesus Christ didst give to thy holy Apostles many excellent gifts, and didst charge them to feed thy flock; Give grace, we beseech thee, to all Bishops, the Pastors of thy Church, that they may diligently preach thy Word, and duly adminis- ter the godly Discipline thereof; and grant to the people, that they may obediently follow the same ; that all may receive the crown of everlast- ing glory ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 1 And another Bishop shall read the Epistle. 1 Tim. iii. L THIS is a true saying, If a man desire the Office of a Bishop, he desireth a good work. A Bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good be- haviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach ; not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre, but patient, not a brawler, not covetous ; one that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gra- j vity ; (For if a man know not how to nde his own house, how shall he take j care of the Church of God?) Not a novice, lest being lifted up with pride he fall into the condemnation of the devil. Moreover, he must have a good report of them which are without; lest he fall into reproach, and the snare of the devil. Or this. For the Epistle. Acts xx. 17. FROM Miletus Paul sent to Ephe- sus, and called the elders of the Church. And when they were come to him,hesaiduntothem,Yeknow,from I the first day that I came into Asia, after what manner I have been with I you at all seasons, serving the Lord with all humility of mind, and with I many tears and temptations which befel me by the lying in wait of the Jews : And how I kept back nothing that was profitable unto you, but have shewed you, and have taught you publickly, and from house to house, testifying both to the Jews, and also to the Greeks, repentance toward God, and faith toward our J Lord Jesus Christ And now be. i hold, I go bound in the spirit unto Jerusalem, not knowing the things I that shall befal me there ; save that the Holy Ghost witnesseth in every I city, saying, That bonds and ami©, j tions abide me. But none of these 1 things move me, neither count I my life dear unto myself, so that I might finish my course with joy, and the ministry which I have received of I the Lord Jesus, to testify the Gospel of the grace of God. And now behold, I I know that ye all, among whom I : have gone preaching the kingdom of God, shall see my face no more. ' Wherefore I take you to record this : day, that I am pure from the blood J of all men. For I have not shunned to declare unto you all the counsel i of God. Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock over j the which the Holy Ghost hath made you Overseers, to feed the Church I of God, which he hath purchased j with his own blood. For I know this, ' that after my departing shall grievona j wolves enter in among you, not spar- I ing the flock. Also of your own selvet shall men arise speaking perverse things, to draw away disciples after them. Therefore watch, and remem- ber, that by the space of three years, J I ceased not to warn every one night I j and day with tears. And now, bre»J thren, I commend yon to God, and to 1 the word of his grace, which is able] to build you up, and to give you an | inheritance among all them which j are sanctified. I have coveted nol man's silver, or gold, or apparel ; yea, 1 ye yourselves know, that these hands 1 have ministered unto my necessities, 1 and to them that were with me. I I have shewed you all things, how that! THE CONSECRATION OF BISHOPS. « labouring ye ought to support tbe .veak ; and to remember the words >f the Lord Jesus, how he said, It is nore blessed to give than to receive. | Then another Bishop shall read the St John xxi. 15. JESUS saith to Simon Peter, Si- mon, son of Jonas, Invest thou me nore than these? He saith unto him, iea, Lord, thou knowest that I love hee. He saith unto him, Feed my ambs. He saith to him again the se- cond time, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest hou me? He saith unto him, Yea, iord, thou knowest that I love thee, le saith unto him, Feed my sheep, le saith unto him the third tinu-, limon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me? 5 eter was grieved because he said into him the third time, Lovest thou ne? And he said unto him, Lord, hou knowest all things ; thou know- est that I love thee. Jesus saith unto lim, Feed my sheep. Or else this. St John xx. 19. T*HE same day at evening, being _L the first day of the week, when he doors were shut where the dis- iples were assembled for fear of the ews, came Jesus, and stood in the nidst. and saith unto them, Peace be nto you. And when he had so said, e shewed unto them his hands and side. Then were the disciples J, when they saw the Lord. Then yth Jesus to them aeain, Peace be nto you : as my Father hath sent le, even so send I you. And when e had said this, he breathed on hem, and saith unto them, Receive e the holy Ghost Whosesoever sins e remit, they are remitted unto hem : and whosesoever sins ye re- lin, they are retained. Or this. St Matth. xxviii. 18. TESUS came and spake unto them. f saying, All power is given unto le in heavtn and in earth. Go ye lerefore arid tcsch all nations, ban- ning them In the Name of the Fa- her, and of the Son, and of the Holy host; teaching them to observe all whatsoever I have command- you : and lo, I am with you alway, unto the end of the world. After the Ootpel, and the Nicene Creed, and the Sermon are ended, the Elected Bishop {vested with Jiis Rochet) shall be presented by tveo Eisliops unto the Arch- bishop of thai province ( or to some other Bishop apjjoin'cd by Vitcfu-l commis- sion) the A rchbuhop sitting in his chair near the holy Table, and the Bishops that present him saying, MOST Reverend Father in God, we present unto you this godly and well-learned man to be Ordained and Consecrated Bishop. * Then shall the Archbishop demand the Queen's Mandate f;r the Consecration, and came it to be read. And the Oath touching the acknowledgement of the Queen's Supremacy, shall be minis- tered to the persons elected, as it is set dotcn before in the Form for the Ordering of Deacons. And then shall also be ministered unto them the Oath of due Obedience to the Archbishop, as followeth. The Oath of due Obedience to the Archbishop. IN the Name of Gcd. Amen. I N. chosen Bishop of the Church and See of N. do profess and promise all due reverence and obedience to the Archbishop and to the Metro- jxriitical Church of -V. and to their Successors : So help me God, through Jesus Christ % This Oath shall not be mads at the Consecration of an Archbishop. ^ Then the Archbishop shall more the Congregation present to pray, saying thus to them .- BRETHREN, it is written in the Gospel of Saint Luke, That our Saviour Christ continued the whole night in prayer, before he did choose and send forth his twelve Apostles. It is written also in the Acts of the Apostles, That the Disciples who were at Antioch did fast and pray, before they laid hands on Paul and Barnabas, and sent them forth. Let us therefore, following the example of our Saviour Christ and his Apo- stles, first fall to prayer, before we admit, and send forth this person presented unto us, to the work w here- unto we trust the Holy Ghost hath called him. ^ And then shall be said the Litany, at before in the Form of Ordering Dea- cons, sate only, that after this place That it may please thee to illuminate all Bishops, S,-c. the proper Suffrage there fmmtmg shall be omitted, and this inserted instead of it ; rpHAT it may please thee to bless A this our Brother elected, and to send thy grace upon him, that he may duly execute the Office where- unto he is called, to the edifying of thy Church, and to the honour, praise and glory of thy Name ; Answer. We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. 12 THE CONSECRATION OF BISHOPS. A' •J Then than be said thit Prayer fol- the same ; so as you may be able b towing- | them to teach and exhort with whoh | LMI6HTY God, giver of all some Doctrine, and to withstand an . good things, who by thy Holy convince the gainsayers? Spirit hast appointed divers Orders) Answer. I will so do, by the hel of Ministers in thy Church ; Merci- \ of God. fully behold this thy servant now The Archbishop. called to the Work and Ministry of a » RE yoa ready, with all faithfu Bishop • and replenish him so with J\ diligence, to banish and driv. the truth of thy doctrine, and adorn away all erroneous and strange doc him wi^innocencyoflife, that, both contrary to God's Word; ant by word and deed he may faith- , both privately and openly to cal fully serve thee in this Office, to the upon ^ d encourage others to th« glory of thy Name, and the edifying game 7 and well-governing of thy Church;, Answer . t am ready, the Lord through the merits of our Saviour being my helper Jesus Christ, who liveth and reign- 1 s ^-T^T* . eth with thee and the Holy Ghost, I The Archbishop. world without end. Amen. TyiLL you deny all ungodlineaB IThen the Archbishop, fitting in M» Jj and worldly lusts, and live so- chair, than toy to him that it to be ^rly, righteously, and godly, in thu Consecrated, I present world ; that you may shew fi£. T> ROTHER, forasmuch as the holy y ™?* U in things an example of J 15 Scripture and the ancient Ca- works ^to others, that the nons command, that we should not adversary may be ashamed, having l« be hasty in laying on hands, and ad- nothing to say against you ? JJ mitting any person to Government AnJSwer \ I will so do, the Lord I in the Church of Christ, which he ■*»8 m y helper, hath purchased with no less price ' The Archbishop. than the effusion of his own blood ; I TTTILL you maintain and set for- I before I admit you to this Adminis- j t V ward, as much as shall lie in L tration, I will examine you in certain you, qu ietness, love, and peace among ( I: Articles, to the end that the Congre- all men ; and such as be unquiet, dis- gation present may have a trial, and obedient, and criminous, within your i ' bear witness, how you be minded to Diocese, correct and punish, accord*! I behave yourself in the Church of in g to such authority as you have bT| L t God. God's Word, and as to you shall be ARE you persuaded that you be committed by the Ordinance of this truly called to this Ministration, Realm? according to the will of our Lord Answer. I will so do, by the help c Jesus Christ, and the order of this of God. Realm? The Archbishop. Answer. I am so persuaded. I TX/'ILL you be faithful in Ordain- - The Archbishop. YV sending, or laying hand, t • , , upon others/ A RE you persuaded that the holy ! Answer . t. „ be, by the help J Jra. Scriptures contain sufficiently 0 fGod. all doctrine required of necessity for : ^Ite Archbishop. eternal salvation through firth in Je- : out of the same holy Scriptures to in- . struct the people committed to your f k * to P°°J ^aJ^J Pf? p e ', an ^ charge; and to teach or maintain *2lZ^ g T£X J^SLii nothing as required of necessity to . A J^, er ^ } wlU 80 shew mysen| eternal salvation, but that which you D ' L,oa s nei P- shall be persuaded may be concluded 1 Then ** Arc?,bishop standing up 1 and proved by the same? ** aa say > Answer. I am so persuaded, and ' A L > fIGnT Y God, our heavenljj determined, by God's grace. F *ther who hath given yon a m. a uj \ good will to do all these things, Gram The Archbishop. also unto you strength and power to TIITILL you then faithfully exer- perform the same ; that, he acoomf V V ci.se yourself in the same holy plishing in you the good work which! Scriptures, and call upon God by he hath begun, you may be found] prayer, for the true understanding of perfect and irreprehensible at thai THE CONSECRATION OP BISHOPS. tetter day ; through Jesus Christ our *-.orcL Amen. ■ Then shall the Bishop elect put on the (jp rest of the Episcopal habit; and kneel- ing down, Veni, Creator Spiritus, shall be sung or said over him, the Arch- i bishop beginning, and the Bishops, A with others tliat are present, ansiocr- "* ing by verses, as foUotceth. "^lOME, Holy Ghost, our souls inspire, Zl-J And lighten with celestial fire. ^'hou the anointing Spirit art, ~ho dost thy seven -fold gifts impart. 'hy blessed Unction from above, comfort, life, and fire of love. nable with pery>etu:d light he dulness of our blinded sight. noint and cheer our soiled face ~Uh the abundance of thy grace. eep far our foes, sive peace at home : 'here thcu art guide, no ill can cont«. us to know the Father, Son, nd thee, of both, to be but One. hat, through the aces all along, Us may be our endless song j Praise to thv eternal merit, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. lOME, Holy Ghost, eternal God, J Proceeding from above, JrC s before in the Form for Ordering Priests. That ended, the A rchbishop shall say, Lord, hear our prayer. Answer. And let our cry come lto thee. Let us pray. LMIGHTY God, and most mer- ciful Father, who of thine infi- "te goodness hast given thine only d dearly beloved Son Jesus Christ, be our Redeemer, and the Author everlasting life ; who, after that he \ made perfect our Redemption his death, and was ascended into aven, poured down his gifts abun- ntly upon men, making some A po- os, some Prophets, some Evangel- a, some Pastors and Doctors, to : edifying and making perfect his urch; Grant, we beseech thee, to s thy servant such grace, that he iy evermore be ready to spread road thy Gospel, the glad tidings reconciliation with thee; and use authority given him, not to de- uction, but to salvation ; not to rt, but to help : so that as a wise U faithful servant, giving to thy L nily their portion in due season, he may at last be received into ever- lasting joy; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who, with thee and the Holy Ghost liveth and reigneth, one God, world without end. Amen. 1 Then the Archbishop and Bishops pre- sent shall lay their h'tnds upon the head of the elected Bishop kneeling before them upon his knees, the ArchbuJtop saying, RECEIVE the holy Ghost for the i Office and Work of a Bishop in the Church of God, now committed unto thee by the Imposition of our hands; In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Amen. And remember that thou stir up the grace of God which is given thee by this Imposition of our hands: for God hath not given us the spirit of fear, but of power, and love, and soberness. ^ Then the Archbishop shall deliver him the Bible, saying, GIVE heed unto reading, exhorta- tion, and doctrine. Think upon the things contained in this Book. Be diligent in them, that the increase coming thereby may be manifest un- to all men. Take heed unto thyself, and to doctrine, and be diligent in doing them: for by so doing thou shalt both save thyself and them that hear thee. Be to the flock of Christ a shepherd, not a wolf ; feed them, devour them not- Hold up the weak, heal the sick, bind up the broken, bring again the out-casts, seek the lost. Be so merciful, that you be not too remiss; sd minister discipline, that you forget not mercy : that when the chief Shepherd shall appear you may receive the never-fading crown of glory; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. ^ Then the A rchbishop shall proceed in the Communion-Service; uith whom the new Consecrated Bishop (with others) shall also communicate. ^ And for the last Collect, immediately before the Benediction, shall be said these Prayers. "fc T OST merciful Father, we be- 1VJ. seech thee to send down upon this thy servant thy heavenly bless- ing; and so endue him with thy holy Spirit, that he, preaching thy Word, may not only be earnest to reprove, beseech, and rebuke with all patience and doctrine; but also may be to such as believe a wholesome example, in word, in conversation, GUNPOWDER TREASON. in love, in faith, in chastity, and in purity ; that, faithfully fulfilling his course, at the latter day he may re- ceive the crown of righteousness laid up by the Lord the righteous Judge, who liveth and reigneth one God with the Father and the Holy Ghost, world without end. Amen. PREVENT us, O Lord, in all our doings, with thy most gracious favour, and further us with thy con- tinual help; that in all our works begun, continued, and ended in thee, we may glorify thy holy Name, a finally by thy mercy obtain everla ing life; through Jesus Christ o Lord. Amen. THE peace of God, which passe all understanding, keep yo^ hearts and minds in the knowled; and love of God, and of his Son Jesi Christ our Lord: And the blessir of God Almighty, the Father, tl Son, and the Holy Ghost be among, you, and remain with you alway Amen. A FORM OF PRAYER WITH THANKSGIVING, To be used yearly upon the Fifth Day of November, For the happy Deliverance of King JAMES L and the Three Estates 01 England, from the most traiterous and bloody-intended Massacre b Gunpowder : And also for the happy Arrival of his Maiesty King Wv Ham on this Day, for the Deliverance of our Church and Nation. ^[ The Minister of every Parish shall give warning to his Parishioners puhlickly in the Church at Morning Prayer, the Sunday before, for the due Observation of Out said Day. And after Morning Prayer, or Preaching, upon the said Fifth Day tf November, shall read publicldy, distinctly, and plainly, the Act of Parliament, made in the third Tear of King James the First, for the Observation of it. H Tlie Service shall be the same with the usual Office for Holy -days in all things; except where it is hereafter otherwise appointed. T // this Day shall happen to be Sunday, only the CoUect proper for that Sunday shall be added to this Office in Us place. ^ Morning Prayer shall begin with these THE Lord is full of compassion, and mercy : long-suffering, and of great goodness. Psalm ciii. 8. He will not alway he chiding : nei- ther keepeth he his anger for ever. Ver. 9. Ho hath not dealt with us after our sins : nor rewarded us according to our wickedness. Ver. 10. % Instead of Venite ezultemus shall t/iis flymn follounng be used ; one Verse by the Priest, and another by the Clerk and people. OGIVE thanks unto the Lord, for he is gracious : and his mercy endureth for ever. Psalm cvii. 1. Let them give thanks, whom the Lord hath redeemed : and delivered from the hand of the enemy. Ver. '2. Many a time have they fought against me from my youth up : may Israel now say. Psalm cxxix. L Yea, many a time have they vexed me from my youth up : but they have not prevailed against me. Ver. 2. They have privily laid their net to destroy me without a cause : yea, even without a cause have they made a pit for my soul. Psalm xxxv. 7. They have laid a net for my feet, and pressed down my soul : they have digged a pit before me, and are fallen into the midst of it them- selves. Psalm lvii. 7. Great is our Lord, and great is hia power : yea, and his wisdom is infi- nite. Psalm cxlvii. 5. The Lord setteth up the meek : and bringeth the ungodly down to the ground. Ver. 6. Let thy hand bo upon the man of thy right hand : and upon the son of man whom thou madest so strong for thine own self. Psalm lxxx. 17. And so will not we go back from thee : O let us live, and we shall call upon thy Name. Ver. 18. GUNPOWDER TREASON. iq Glory be to the Father, and to the hsion : and to the Holy Ghost ; ■ As it was in the beginning, is ow, and ever shall be : world with- out end. Aw en. TO Proper Psalms, lxiv, cxxiv, cxxv. Proper Lessons. H The First. 2 Sam. xxii. Te Deum. M* The Second. Acts xxiii. Jubilate. In the Suffrages after the Creed these shall be inserted and wed for the Queen. Priest. O Lord, save the Queen ; People. Who putteth her trust in Pripst. Send her help from thy oly place. People. And evermore mightily de- ;nd her. Priest. Let her enemies have no Ivantage against her. People. Let not the wicked ap- i roach to hurt her. Instead of the first Collect at Morning Prayer shall these two be used. VLMIGHTY God, who hast in all ages shewed thy Power and ieroy in the miraculous and graci- lis deliverances of thy Church, and the protection of righteous and re- gious Kings and States professing iy holy and eternal truth, from the eked conspiracies, and malicious "ces of all the enemies thereof: e yield thee our unfeigned thanks d praise, for the wonderful and ighty Deliverance of our gracious vereign King James tbe First, the een, the Prince, and all the Royal ranches, with the Nobility, Clergy, id Commons of England, then as- jmbled in Parliament, by Popish «achery appointed as sheep to the aughter, in a most barbarous and ge manner, beyond the examples former ages. From this unnatural nspiracy, not our merit, but thy not our foresight, but thy idence delivered us : And there- not unto us, O Lord, not unto but unto thy Name l>e ascribed honour and glory, in all Churches the saints, from generation to go- ration ; through Jesus Christ our rd. Amen. | I CCEPT also, most gracious God, 1 1, of our unfeigned thanks for fill- lg our hearts again with joy and Udness, after the time that thou dst afflicted us, and putting a new kg into our mouths, by bringing His Wajcsty King William, upon this day, for the Deliverance of our Church and Nation from Popish Ty- ranny and arbitrary power. We adore the wisdom and justice of thy Provi- dence, which so timely interposed in our extreme danger, and disappoint- ed all the designs of our enemies. We beseech thee, give us such a lively and lasting sense of what thou didst then, andhast since that time done for us, that wo may not grow secure and careless in our obedience, by pre- suming upon thy great and unde- served goodness ; but that it may lead us to repentance, and move us to be the more diligent and zealous in all the duties of our Religion, which thou hast in a marvellous manner preserved to us. Let truth and justice, brotherly kindness and charity, devotion and piety, concord and unity, with all other virtues, so flourish among us, that they may be the stability of our times, and make this Church a praise in the earth. All which we humbly beg for the sake of our blessed Lord and Sa- viour. Amen. 1 1n the end of the Litany (which shaU always this Bay be used) after the Col- lect [We humbly beseech thee, 0 Fa- ther, #c] shall this be said which followeth. ALMIGHTY God and heavenly Father, who of thy gracious Pro- vidence, and tender mercy towards us, didst prevent the malice and ima- ginations of our enemies, by discover- ing and confounding their horrible and wicked Enterprize, plotted and intended this day to have been ex- ecuted against the King, and the whole State of England, for the sub- version of the Government and Re- ligion established among us ; and didst likewise upon this day won- derfully conduct thy Servant King William, and bring him safely into England, to preserve us from the attempts of our enemies to bereave us of our Religion and Laws : We most humbly praise and magnify thy most glorious Name for thy un- speakable goodness towards us, ex- pressed in both these acts of thy mercy. We confess it has been of thy mercy alone, that we are not consumed: For our sins have cried to heaven against us; and our ini- quities justly called for vengeance upon us. But thou hast not dealt with us after our sins, nor rewarded us after our iniquities; nor given us over, as we deserved, to be a prey 18 GUNPOWDER TREASON. to our enemies ; but hast in mercy delivered us from their malice, and preserved us from death and destruc- tion. Let the consideration of this thy repeated goodness, O Lord, work in us true repentance, that iniquity may not be our ruin. And increase in us more and more a lively faith and love, fruitful in all holy obedi- ence; that thou mnyest still continue thy favour, with the light of thy Gos- pel, to us and our posterity for ever- more ; and that for thy dear Son's sake, Jesus Christ our only Mediator and Advocate. Amen. ^ Instead of the Prayer [In time of War and Tumults] shall be used this Prayer following. OLORD, who didst this day dis- cover the snares of death that were laid for us, and didst wonder- fully deliver us from the same; Be thou still our mighty Protector, and scatter our enemies that de- light in blood: Infatuate and de- feat their counsels, abate their pride, asswage their malice, and confound their devices. Strengthen the hands of our gracious Sovereign Queen VICTORIA, and all that are put in authority under her, with judge- ment and justice to cut off all such workers of iniquity, as turn Reli- gion into Rebellion, and Faith into Faction ; that they may never pre- vail against us, or triumph in the ruin of thy Church among us: but that our gracious Sovereign, and her Realms, being preserved in thy true Religion, and by thy merciful goodness protected in the same, we may all duly serve thee, and give thee thanks in thy holy congre- gation; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. % In the Communion Service, instead of the Collect for the Day, shall this which followeth be used. ETERNAL God, and our most mighty Protector, we thy un- worthy servants do humbly present ourselves before thy Majesty, ac- knowledging thy power, wisdom, and goodness, in preserving the King, and the Three Estates of the Realm of England assembled in Parliament, from the destruction this day intended against them. Make us, we beseech thee, truly thankful for this, and for all other thy great mercies towards us ; par- ticularly for making this day again memorable, by a fresh instance of thy loving-kindness towards us. We bless thee for giving his late Ms jesty King William a safe arrivs. hero, and for making all oppos | tion fall before him, till he becam our King and Goveruour. We bt seech thee to protect and defend ou Sovereign Queen VICTORIA, an< all the Royal Family, from all trea sons and conspiracies; Preserve he in thy faith, fear, and love; Pros per her Reign with long happinea here on earth ; and crown her witl everlasting glory hereafter; througt Jesus Christ our only Saviour and Redeemer. Amen. The Epistle. Rom. xiii. L LET every soul be subject unto the higher powers ; for there is no power, but of God : the powers that be are ordained of God. Who- soever therefore resisteth the power resisteth the ordinance of God; and they that resist shall receive to themselves damnation. For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to the evil. Wilt thou then not be afraid of the power? do that which is good, and thou shalt have prai of the same: for he is the min" of God to thee for good. But thou do that which is evil, be afraid, for he beareth not the sword in vain : for he is the minister of God, a revenger to execute wrath upon him that doeth evil. Wherefore ye must needs be subject, not only for ' wrath, but also for conscience sake. For for this cause pay ye tribute also; for they are God's ministers, attending continually upon this very thing. Render therefore to all their dues ; tribute to whom tribute is due, custom to whom custom, fear to whom fear, honour to whom ho- nour. The Gospel. St. Luke ix. 51. AND it came to pass, when tbe time was come that he should be received up, he stedfastly set his face to go to Jerusalem, and sent messengers before his face; and they went and entered into a village of the Samaritans, to make ready for him : And they did not receive him, because his face was as though he would go to Jerusalem. And when his disciples James and John saw this, they said ; Lord, wilt thou that we command fire to come down from hesiven, and consume them, even as Elias did? But he turned and re- buked them, and said, Ye know not what manner of spirit ye are of: For the Son of man is not come KING CHARLES THE MARTYR. o destroy men's lives, but to save hem. And they went to another 'illage. | After the Creed, if there be no Sermon, shall be read one of the six. Homilies against Rebellion. | This Sentence is to be read at the Offertory. WHATSOEVER ye would that men should do to you, do ye ven so to them ; for this is the Law nd the Prophets. St. Matth. vii. 12. \ After the Prayer for the Church mili- tant this following Prayer is to be vised. 3 GOD, whose Name is excellent in all the earth, and thy glory bove the heavens ; who on this y didst miraculously preserve our lurch and State from the secret ntrivance and hellish malice of >pish conspirators ; and on this day also didst begin to give us a mighty deliverance from the open tyranny and oppression of the same cruel and blood-thirsty enemies : We bless and adore thy glorious Majesty, as for tho former, so for this thy late marvellous loving- kindness to our Church and Na- tion, in the preservation of our Re- ligion and Liberties. And we hum- bly pray, that the devout sense of this thy repeated mercy may renew and increase in us a spirit of lovo and thankfulness to thee its only Author; a spirit of peaceable sub- mission and obedience to our gracious Sovereign Lady, Queen VICTORIA ; and a spirit of fervent zeal for our holy Religion which thou hast so wonderfully rescued, and establish- ed, a blessing to us and our poste- rity. And this we beg for Jesus Christ his sake. Amen. A FORM OF PRAYER WITH FASTING, To be used yearly on Vie Thirtieth of January, teing the Day of the Martyrdom of the Blessed King CHARLES the First ; to implore the mercy of God, that neither the Guilt of that sacred and innocent Blood, nor those other sins, by which God was pro- voked to deliver up both us and our King into the hands of cruel and unreasonable men, may at any time hereafter be visited upon us or our posterity. If this Day shall happen to be Sunday, this Form of Prayer shall be used and the Fast kept Vie next Day following. And upon the Lord's Day next before the Day to be kept, at. Morning Prayer, immediately after the Is'icene Creed, notice shall given for the due observation of the said Day. The Service of the Day shall be the same with the usual Office for Boly-days in all things ; except where it is in this Office oOierwise appointed. THE ORDER FOR MORNING PRAYER. He that ministereth, shall begin with one or more of these Sentences. O the Lord our God belong mer- cies and forgivenesses, though we ve rebelled against him : neither ve we obeyed the voice of the Lord God, to walk in his laws which set before us. Dan. ix. 9, 10. Correct us, O Lord, but with judge- ent : not in thine anger, lest thou ing us to nothing. Jer. x. 24. Enter not into judgement with servants, O Lord : for in thy it shall no man living be justi- d. Psalm cxliii. 2. H Instead of Venite exultemus the Hymn following shaU be said or sung ; one Verse by the Priest, another by the Clerk and people. RIGHTEOUS art thou, O Lord : and just are thy judgements! Psalm cxix. 137. Thou art just, 0 Lord, in all that is brought upon us : for thou hast done right, but we have done wickedly. Neh. ix. 33. Nevertheless, our feet were al- most gone : our treadings had well- nigh slipped. Psalm lxxiii. 2. For why? we were grieved at KING CHARLES THE MARTYR. the wicked : we did also see the un- godly in such prosperity. Ver. 3. The people stood up, and the rul- ers took counsel together : against the Lord, and against his Anointed. Psalm ii. 2. They cast their heads together with one consent : and were confe- derate against him. Psal. lxxxiii. 5. He heard the blasphemy of the multitude, and fear was on every side : while they conspired together against him, to take away his life. Psalm xxxi. 15. They spoke against him with false tongues, and compassed him about with words of hatred : and fought against him without a cause. Psalm cix. 2. Yea, his own familiar friends, whom he trusted : they that eat of his bread laid great wait for him. Psalm xli. 9. They rewarded him evil for good : to the great discomfort of his soul. Psalm xxxv. 12. They took their counsel together, saying, God hath forsaken him : persecute him, and take him, for there is none to deliver him. Psalm lxxi. 9. The breath of our nostrils, the Anointed of the Lord was taken in their pits : of whom we said, Un- der his shadow we shall be safe. Lam. iv. 20. The adversary and the enemy en- tered into the gates of Jerusalem : saying, When shall he die, and his name perish? Ver. 12. Psalm xli. 5. Let the sentence of guiltiness pro- ceed against him : and now that he lieth, let him rise up no more. Ver. 8. False witnesses also did rise up against him : they laid to his charge things that he knew not. Psalm xxxv. 11. For the sins of the people, and the iniquities of the priests : they shed the blood of the just in the midst of Jerusalem. Lam. iv. 13. O my soul, come not thou into their secret; unto their assembly, mine honour, be not thou united : for in their anger they slew a man; Gen. xlix. 6. Even the man of thy right hand : the Son of man, whom thou hadst made so strong for thine own self. Psalm Ixxx. 17. In the sight of the unwise he seemed to die : and his departure was taken for misery. Wisd. lii. 2. They fools counted his life mad ness, and his end to be without honour but he is in peace. Wisd v. 4. and iii. 3. For though he was punished in the sight of men : yet was his hope full of immortality. Wisd. iii. 4. How is he numbered with the children of God and his lot is a- mong the saints I Wisd. v. 5. But, O Lord God, to whom ven- geance belongeth, thou God, to whom vengeance belongeth : be fa- vourable and gracious unto Sion. Psalm xciv. 1. and li. 18. Be merciful, O Lord, unto thy people, whom thou hast redeemed : and lay not innocent blood to our charge. Dent. xxi. 8. O shut not up our souls with sin- ners : nor our lives with the blood- thirsty. Psalm xxvi. 9. Deliver us from blood-guiltiness, 0 God, thou that art the God of our salvation and our tongues shall sing of thy righteousness. Psalm li. 14. For thou art the God that hast no pleasure in wickedness : nei- ther shall any evil dwell with thee. Psalm v. 4. Thou wilt destroy them that speak leasing : the Lord abhors both the blood-thirsty and deceitful man. Ver. 6. O how suddenly do they consume : j perish, and come to a fearful end! Psalm lxxiii. 18. Yea, even like as a dream, wJien one awaketh .- so didst thou make their image to vanish out of the \ city. Ver.19. Great and marvellous are thy works, O Lord God Almighty : just and true are thy ways, O King of saints. Rev. xv. 3. Righteous art thou, 0 Lord : and just are thy judgements. Psalm cxix. 137. 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 with- out end. Amen. Proper Psalms, ix, x, xi. Proper Lessons. The First, 2 Sam. i. The Second, St. Matth. xxviL Instead of the first Collect at MorrAnt Prayer shall these two which next fol- low be used. MOST mighty God, terrible in thy judgements, and wonderful 0 KING CHARLES THE MARTYR. n thy doings toward the children >f men ; who in thy heavy displea- ure didst suffer the life of our Tacious Sovereign King Charles he First, to he (as this day) taken way by the hands of cruel and iloody men : We thy sinful crea- ures here assembled before thee, do, n the behalf of all the people of this and, humbly confess, that they were he crying sins of this Nation, which •>rought dowu this heavy judge- nent upon us. But, 0 gracious God, vhen thou makest inquisition for •lood, lay not the guilt of this inno- ent blood, (the shedding whereof othing but the blood of thy Son an expiate,) lay it not to the charge f the people of this land ; nor let it ver be required of us, or our poste- ity. Be merciful, O Lord, be mer- iful unto thy people, whom thou ast redeemed; and be not angry ■ith us for ever: But pardon us >r thy mercies' sake, through the lerits of thy Son Jesus Christ our lord. Amen. I3LESSED Lord, in whose sight 3 the death of thy saints is pre- ious; We magnify thy Name for line abundant grace bestowed up- n our martyred Sovereign ; by hich he was enabled so cheerfully > follow the steps of his blessed laster and Saviour, in a constant icek suffering of all barbarous in- ignities, and at last resisting unto lood ; and even then, according to le same pattern, praying for his mrderers. Let his memory, O ord, be ever blessed among us; lat we may follow the example t his courage and constancy, his leekness and patience, and great larity. And grant, that this our nd may be freed from the ven- ?ance of his righteous blood, and ty mercy glorified in the forgive- iss of our sins: and all for Jesus lirist his sake, our only Mediator id Advocate. Amen. I In the end of the Litany [which shall I always on this Day be used) immedi- ately after the Collect [We humblv be- seech thee, O Father, #c] the 'three I Collects next following are to be read. )LORD, we beseech thee mer- cifully hear our prayers, and are all those who confess their sins ito thee ; that they whose con- iences by sin are accused, by thy erciful pardon may be absolved; rough Christ our Lord. Amen. OMOST mighty Cod, and mer- ciful Father, who hast compas- sion upon all men, and hatest no- thing that thou hast made ; who wouldest not the death of a sinner, but that he sbould rather turn from his sin, and be saved : Mercifully forgive us our trespasses ; receive and comfort us, who are grieved and wearied with the burden of our sins. Thy property is always to have mercy; to thee only it apper- tained to forgive sins. Spare us therefore, good Lord, spare thy peo- ple, whom thou hast redeemed ; en- ter not into judgement with thy servants, who are vile earth and miserable sinners: but so turn thine anger from us, who meekly ac- knowledge 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. TURN thou us, O good Lord, and so shall we be turned. Be favourable, O Lord, be favourable to thy people, Who turn to thee in weeping, fasting, and praying. For thou art a merciful God, Full of compassion, Long-suffering, and of great pity. Thou sparest when we deserve punishment, And in thy wrath thinkest upon mercy. Spare thy people, good Lord, spare them, And let not thine heritage be brought to confusion. Hear us, O Lord, for thy mercy is great, And after the multitude of thy mercies look upon us, Through the merits and mediation of thy blessed Son Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. If In the Communion Service, after the Prayer for the Queen [Almighty God, whose kingdom is everlasting, $c] instead of the Collect for the Day shaU these two be used. O most mighty God, fyc. Blessed Lord, in whose sight c>c. [As in the Morning Prayers.] The Epistle. 1 St. Pet ii. 13. SUBMIT yourselves to every or- dinance of man for the Lord's sake ; whether it be to the King, as supreme; or unto governours, as unto them that are sent by him, for the punishment of evil-doers, and for the praise of them that do well. For so is the will of God, that with well-doing ye may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men : as free, KING CHARLES THE MARTYR. t and not using your liberty for a cloke of maliciousness, but as the servants of God. Honour all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honour the King. Servants, be sub- ject to your masters with all fear, not only to the good and gentle, but also to the froward. For this is thank-worthy, if a man for con- science toward God endure grief, suffering wrongfully. For what glory is it, if when ye be buffeted for your faults ye shall take it pa- tiently? but if when ye do well, and suffer for it, ye take it patient- ly ; this is acceptable with God. For even hereunto were ye called ; be- cause Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps ; who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth. The Gospel. St. Matth. xxi. 33. THERE was a certain hous- holder which planted a vine- yard, and hedged it round about, and digged a wine-press in it, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country. And when the time of the fruit drew near, he sent his servants to the husbandmen, that they might re- ceive the fruits of it. And the hus- bandmen took his servants, and beat one, and killed another, and stoned another. Again he sent other servants, more than the first : and they did unto them likewise. But last of all he sent unto them his son, saying, They will reverence my son. But when the husband- men saw the son, they said among themselves, This is the heir, come, let us kill him, and let us seize on his inheritance. And they caught him, and cast him out of the vine- yard, and slew him. When the lord therefore of the vineyard Com- eth, what will he do unto those husbandmen? They say unto him, Ho will miserably destroy those wicked men, and will let out his vineyard unto other husbandmen, which shall render him the fruits in their seasons. H After the Nicene Creed, shall be read, instead of tlie Sermon for that Day, the first and second parts of the Ho- mily against Disobedience and wilful Rebellion, set forth by Authority; or tlie Minister who officiates shaU preach a Sermon of his own composing upon tlie same argument. In the Offertory shall this Sentence be read. WHATSOEVER ye would that men should do unto you, even so do unto them ; for th is is the Law and the Prophets. St. Matth. vii. 12. T After the Prayer [For the whole state of Christ's Church #c] these two Col- lects following sliall be used. OLORD, our heavenly Father, who didst not punish us as our sins have deserved, but hast in the midst of judgement remembered mercy; We acknowledge it thine especial favour, that, though for our many and great provocation! thou didst suffer thine anointed blessed King Charles the First, (as on this day) to fall into the handa of violent and blood-thirsty men, and barbarously to be murdered by them, yet thou didst not leave us for ever, as sheep without a shep- herd ; but by thy gracious provi- dence didst miraculously preserve | the undoubted Heir of his Crowns, our then gracious Sovereign King Charles the Second, from his bloody | enemies, hiding him under the shadow of thy wings, until their tyranny was overpast ; and didst bring him back, in thy good ap- pointed time, to sit upon the throne I of his Father; and together with the Royal Family didst restore to us our ancient Government in Church and State. For these thy great and unspeakable mercies we ren- der to thee our most humble and unfeigned thanks; beseeching thee, still to continue thy gracious pro- tection over the whole Royal Fa- mily, and to grant to our gracious Sovereign Queen VICTORIA, a long and a happy Reign over us : So we that are thy people will give thee thanks for ever, and will alway be shewing forth thy praise from ge- neration to generation; through Je- sus Christ our Lord and Saviour. Amen. A ND grant, O Lord, we beseech jlx. thee, that the course of this world may be so peaceably ordered by thy governance, that thy Church may joyfully serve thee in all godly quietness; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. KING CHARLES THE MARTYR. THE ORDER FOR EVENING PRAYER. The Hymn appointed to be used at * Morning Prayer ir-ste-id of Venite ex- ultemus shall h-re alio be tued before the Proper Ptalrru. righteous art thou, O Lord, SfC. Proper Psalms, lxxix, xciv, lxxxv. Proper Lessons, 'he First, Jcr. xii. or Dan. ix. to ver. 22. "he Second, Hcbr. xi. vcr. 32. and xii. to vtr. 7. ' Instead of the first Collect at Evening Prayer shall these two which next fol- low be used. 3 ALMIGHTY Lord God, who by thy wisdom not only guid- Bt and orderest all things most uitably to thine own justice ; but Iso pt-rforme.-t thy picture in such manner, that we cannot but ac- nowledge thee to be righteous in thy ways, and holy In all thy .orks: We thy sinful people do i fall down before thee, confess- that thy judgements were right, n permitting cruel men, sons of ielial, (as on this d^yi to imbrue leir hands in the blo ful, who didst permit thy dear ervant, our dread Sovereign King Ttiaries the First, to be (as upon this ) given up to the violent out- of wicked men, to be despite- 1 y used, and at the last murder- d by them : Though we cannot re- lect upon so foul an act, but with lorror and astonishment ; yet do we noet gratefully commemorate the lories of thy grace, which then hined forth in thine Anointed ; fhom thou wast pleased, even at lie hour of death, to endue with an eminent measure of exemplary patience, meekness, and charity, be- fore the face of his cruel enemies. And albeit thou didst sufler them to proceed to such an height of vio- lence, as to kill him, and to take possession of his Throne ; yet did-st thou in great mercy preserve his Son, whose right it was, and at length by a wonderful providence bring him back, and set him thereon, to re- store thy true Religion, and to set- tle peace amongst us : For these thy great mercies we glorify thy Name, through Jesus Christ our blessed Sa- viour. Amen. * Immediately after the Collect [Lighten our darkness, \c.] shall thete tltree next following be used. O Lord, we beseech 6jC. O most mighty God, Stc. Turn thou us, fyc. [As before at Morning Prayer.] J Immediately- bef'rre the Prayer of Saint Chrysostom sliall Otis Collect which next foUoiceth be used. ALMIGHTY and everlasting God, whose righteousness is like the strong mountains, and thy judgements like the great deep ; and who, by that barbarous murder (as on this day) committed upon the sacred Person of thine Anointed, hast taught us, that neither the greatest of Kings, nor the best of men, are more secure from violence than from natural death : Teach us also hereby so to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom. And grant, that neither the splendor of any thiEg that is great, nor the conceit of any thing that is good in us, may withdraw our eyes from looking upon our- selves as sinful dust and ashes ; but that, according to the example of this thy blessed Martyr, we may press forward to the prize of the high calling that is before us, in faith and patience, humility and meekness, mortification and self- denial, charity and constant perse- verance unto the end : And all this for thy Son our Lord Jesus Christ his sake ; to whom with thee and the Holy Ghost be all honour and glory, world without end. Amen. A FORM OF PRAYER WITH THANKSGIVING TO ALMIGHTY GOD, For having put an end to the Great Rebellion, by the Restitution of the King and [loyal Family, and the Restoration of the Government after many years' interruption ; which unspeakable Mercies were wonderfully completed upon the Twenty-ninth of May, in the Year 1660. And in Memory thereof that Day in every Year is by Act of Parliament ap- pointed to be for ever kept holy. *l The Act of Parliament made in the Twelfth, and confirmed in the Thirteenth Tear of King Charles the Second, for the Observation of the Twenty -ninth Dag of May yearly, as a Day of Publick Thanksgiving, is to be read pultlickly in aU Churches at Morning Prayer, immediately after the Nicene Creed, on the Lord't Day next before every such Twenty-ninth of May, and, notice to be given for the due Observation of the said Day. The Service shall be the same with the usual Office for Eoly-days; except when it is in this Office otherwise appointed. If If this Day shall happen to be Ascension-day, or Whit -Sunday, the Collects of thfe Office are to be added to the Offices of those Festivals in their proper places -. If it be Monday or Tuesday in Whitsun-week, or Trinity-Sunday, the Proper Psalmt appointed for this Day, instead of those of ordinary Course, shall be also used, and the Collects added as before ; and in all these cases Hie rest of this Office shall b» omitted t But if it shall hapjien to be any other Sunday, this whole Office shall be used, as it, folioweth, entirely. And what Festival soever shall happen to fait upon this solemn Day of Thanksgiving, the following Hymn, appointed instead of Venite exultemus, shall be constantly used. % Morning Prayer shall begin with these TO the Lord our God belong mer- cies and forgivenesses, though we have rebelled against him : nei- ther have we obeyed the voice of the Lord our God, to walk in his laws which he set before us. Dan. ix. 9, 10. It is of the Lord's mercies that we were not consumed : because his compassions fail not. Lam. iii. 22. ^Instead of Venite exultemus shall be sung or said this Hymn following ; one Verse by the Priest, and anotlicr by the Clerk and people. MY song shall be alway of the loving-kindness of the Lord : with my mouth will I ever be shew- ing forth his truth from one genera- tion to another. Psalm lxxxix. 1. The merciful and gracious Lord hath so done his marvellous works : that they ought to be had in remem- brance. Psalm cxi. 4. Who can express the noble acts of the Lord : or shew forth all his praise ? Psalm cvi. 2. The works of the Lord are great : sought out Of all them that have pleasure therein. Psalm cxi. 2. The Lord settcth up the meek : and bringeth the ungodly down to the ground. Psalm cxlvii. 6. The Lord executeth righteous- ness and judgement : for all them that are oppressed with wrong. Psalm ciii. 6. For he will not alway be chid- ing : neither keepeth he his anger for ever. Ver. 9. He hath not dealt with us after our sins .- nor rewarded us accord- ing to our wickedness. Ver. 10. For look how high the heaven is in comparison of the earth : so great is his mercy toward them that fear him. Ver. 11. Yea, like as a father pitieth his own children : even so is the Lord merciful unto them that fear him. Ver. 13. Thou, O God, hast proved us : thou also hast tried us, even as sil- ver is tried. Psalm lxvi. 9. Thou sujferedst men to ride over our heads, we went through fire and water : but thou hast brought us out into a wealthy place. Ver. u. O how great troubles and adver- sities hast thou shewed us! and yet didst thou turn and refresh U3 : yea, RESTORATION OF THE ROYAL FAMILY. uid broughtest us from the deep of the earth again. Psalm lxxi. 18. Thou didst remember us in our 'otv estate, and redeem us from our enemies : for thy mercy endureth for ever. Psalm cxxxvi. '23, 24. Lord, thou art become gracious unto thy land : thou hast turned way the captivity of Jacob. Psalm Ixxxv. 1. God hath shelved us his goodness olenteously : and God hath let us our desire upon our enemies. Psalm lix. 10. They are brought down and fallen : ->ut we are risen aud stand upright. 'Psalm xx. 8. There are they fallen, all that work wickedness : they are cast town, and shall not be able to stand. Psalm xxxvi. 12. The Lord hath been mindful of is, and he shall bless us : even e shall bless the house of Israel, e shall bless the house of Aaron. Psalm cxv. 12. He shall bless them that fear ie Lord : both small and great. dr. 13. O that men would therefore praise ie Lord for his goodness : and de- the wonders that he doeth for ie children of men! Psalm cvii. I. That they ivould offer unto him ie sacrifice of thanksgiving : and O out his works with gladness.' er. 22. And not hide them from the chil- of the generations to come : but hew the honour of the Lord, his nighty and wonderful works that ie hath done ! Psalm lxxviii. 4. That our posterity may aUo know hem, and the children that are yet mb-'irn : and not be as their /bre- athers a faithless and stubborn ge- leration. Ver. 6, 9. Give thanks, O Israel, unto God he Lord in the congregations : from he ground of the heart Psalm xviii. 26. Praised be the Lord daily : even he God who helpeth us, and pour- ■th his benefits upon us. Ver. 19. O let the wickedness of the wick- ■d come to an end : but establish hou the righteous. Psalm vii. 9. Let all those that seek thes be oyful and glad in thee : and let all uch as love thy salvation say al- vay, The Lord be praised. Psalm Glory be to the Father, and to the on : and to the Holy Ghost ; As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be : world without end. Amen. Proper Psalms, cxxiv, cxxvi, cxxix, cxviii. Proper Lessons. The First, 2 Sam. xix. ver. 9. or Numb. xvi. Te Deum. The Second, The Epistle of St Jude. Jubilate Deo. The Suffrages next after the Creed shall stand thus. Priest. O Lord, shew thy mercy upon us. Answer. And grant us thy sal- vation. Priest. O Lord, save the Queen ; Answer. Who putteth her trust in thee. Priest. Send her help from thy holy place. Answer. And evermore mightily defend her. Priest. Let her enemies have no ! advantage against her. Answer. Let not the wicked ap- proach to hurt her. Priest. Endue thy Ministers with : righteousness. | Answer. And make thy chosen \ people joyful. I Priest. Give peace in our time, j O Lord. Answer. Because there is none I other that fighteth for us, but only thou, 0 God. Priest. Be unto us, O Lord, a strong tower, Answer. From the face of our enemies. Priest. O Lord, hear our prayer. Answer. And let our cry come unto thee. T Instead of the first Collect at Morning Prayer shall these two which follow be used. 0 ALMIGHTY God, who art a strong tower of defence unto thy servants aeainst the face of their enemies ; We yield thee praise and thanksgiving for the wonderful deliverance of these Kingdoms from THE GREAT REBELLION, and all the Miseries and Oppressions con- sequent thereupon, under which they had so long groaned. We acknow- ledge it thy goodness, that we were not utterly delivered over as a prey RESTORATION OF THE ROYAL FAMILY. unto them ; beseeching thee still to 1 continue such thy mercies towards us, that all the world may know that thou art our Saviour and migh- ty Deliverer ; through Jesus Christ | our Lord. Amen. f\ LORD God of our salvation, vy who hast been exceedingly gra- cious unto this land, and by thy miraculous providence didst deliver us out of our miserable confusions ; by restorine to us, and to his own just and undoubted Rights, our then most gracious Sovereign Lord, King Charles the Second, notwith- standing all the power and malice . of his enemies ; and, by placing him on the Throne of these Kingdoms, didst restore also unto us the publick and free profession of thy true Re- ligion and Worship, together with our former Peace and Prosperity, to the great comfort and joy of our hearts : We are here now before thee, with all due thankfulness, to acknowledge thine unspeakable goodness herein, as upon this Day shewed unto us, and to offer unto thee our sacrifice of praise for the same ; humbly beseeching thee to accept this our unfeigned, though unworthy oblation of ourselves ; vow- ing all holy obedience in thought, word and work, unto thy Divine Majesty; and promising all loyal and dutiful Allegiance to thine An- ointed Servant now set over us, and to her Heirs after her ; whom we beseech thee to bless with all in- crease of grace, honour and happi- ness, in this world, and to crown her with immortality and glory in the world to come, for Jesus Christ his sake our only Lord and Saviour. Amen. ^ In the end of the Litany (which than always tttis Day be used) after five Collect [We humbly beseech thee, O Father, <5rc.] shall this be said which next foUoweth. ALMIGHTY God, who hast in all ages shewed forth thy power and mercy in the miraculous and gracious deliverances of thy Church, and in the protection of righteous and religious Kings and States, pro- fessing thy holy and eternal truth, from the malicious Conspiracies and wicked Practices of all their ene- mies ; We yield unto thee our un- feigned thanks and praise, as for thy many other great and publick mercies, so especially for that signal and wonderful Deliverance, by thy wise and good Providence as upon this Day completed, and vouchsafed to our then most gracious Sovereign Kine diaries the Second, and all the Royal Family, and in them, to this whole Church and State, and all orders and degrees of men in both, from the unnatural Rebellion, Usurpation, and Tyranny of ungod- ly and cruel men. and from the sad confusions and ruin thereupon en- suing. From all these, O gracious and merciful Lord God, not our merit, but thy mercy ; not our fore- sight, but thy Providence ; not our own arm, but thy right hand, and thine arm, did rescue and deliver us. And therefore, not unto us, O Lord, not unto us, but unto thy Name be ascribed all Honour, and Glory, and Praise, with most humble and hearty thanks, in all Churches of the Saints: Even so blessed be the Lord our God, who alone doeth wondrous things, and blessed be the Name of his Majesty for ever: through Jesus Christ our Lord and only saviour. Amen, ^ In the Communion Service, immedi- ately before the reading of the Epistle, shall ttiese two CoUe'Zs be used, instead of the CoUeit for the Queen and th* Collect of the Bay. I O Almighty God, $c. O Lord God of our salvation, HfC. ! [_As before at Morning Prayer."] The Epistle. 1 St Pet ii. LL DEARLY beloved, I beseech yon as strangers and pilgrims, ab- stain from fleshly lusts, which war airainst the soul ; having your con- versation honest among the Gen- | tiles : that whereas they speak a- gainst you as evil-doers, they may, by your good works which they shall behold, glorify God in the day of visitation. Submit yourselves to . every ordinance of man for the I Lord's sake; whether it be to the King, as supreme ; or unto Gover- nours, as unto them that are sent by him for the punishment of evil- doers, and for the praise of them that do well. For so is the will of God, that with well-doing ye may put to silence the ignorance of fool- ish men : as free, and not using your liberty for a cloke of mali- ciousness, but as the servants of God. Honour all men. Love the brotherhood- Fear God. Honour ; the King. RESTORATION OP THE ROYAL FAMILY. The Gospel. St. Matth. xxii. 16. A ND they sent out unto him their rl. disciples, with the Herod ians, tying, Master, we know that thou rt true, and tcaehest the way of iod in truth, neither carest thou or any man ; for thou regardest not he person of men. Tell us there- ore, What thinkest thou? Is it wful to give tribute unto Caesar, r not? But Jesus perceived their wickedness, and said, Why tempt e me, ye hypocrites ? Shew me the ribute-money. And they brought .nto him a peny. And he saith un- 0 them, Whose is this image and uperscription? They say unto him, 'aesar's. Then saith he unto them, lender therefore unto Caesar the 1 hings which are Caesar's ; and un- o God the things that are God's. Vhen they had heard these words, " .ey marvelled, and left him, and their way. In the Offertory shaU this Sentence be read. TOT every one that saith unto M me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into kingdom of heaven : but he that " the will of ray Father which in heaven. St. Matth. vii. 21. After the Prayer [For the whole State of Christ's Church <*C] 8* Collect fol- lowing shall be used. ALMIGHTY God and heavenly it. Father, who, of thine infinite unspeakable goodness towards didst in a most extraordinary ind wonderful manner disappoint overthrow the wicked designs if those traiterous, heady, and high- mnded men, who. under the pro- of Religion and thy most holy Name, had contrived, nnd well-nigh effected the utter destruction of this Church and Kingdom : As we do this day most heartily and devout- ly adore and magnify thy glorious Name for this wine infinite good- ness already vouchsafed to us ; so do we most humbly beseech thee to continue thy grace and favour towards us, that no such dismal ca- lamity may ever again fall upon us. Infatuate and defeat all the se- cret counsels of deceitful and wick- ed men against us : Abate their pride, asswage their malice, and confound their devices. Strengthen the hands of our gracious Sovereign Queen VICTORIA, and all that are put in authority under her, with judgement and justice to cut off all such workers of iniquity, as turn Religion into Rebellion, and Faith into Faction ; that they may never again prevail against us, nor tri- umph in the ruin of the Monarchy and thy Church among us. Pro- tect and defend our Sovereign Lady the Queen, with the whole Royal Family, from all Treasons and Con- spiracies. Be unto her an helmet of salvation, and a strong tower of defence against the face of all her enemies ; clothe them with shame and confusion, but upon Herself and her Posterity let the Crown for ever flourish. So we thy people, and the sheep of thy pasture, will give thee thanks for ever, and will always be shewing forth thy praise from generation to generation ; through Jesus Christ our only Sa- viour and Redeemer, to whom, with thee, O Father, and the Holy Ghost, be glory in the Church throughout all ages, world without end. Amen. A FORM OF PRAYER WITH THANKSGIVING TO ALMIGHTY GOD; To be used in all Churches and Chapels within this Realm, every Year, upon the Twentieth Day of June; being the Day on which Her Majesty began her happy Reign. •J The Service shaU be the tame with the usual Office for Holy -days in aU things; except where ttitin tliis Office otherwise appointed. If this Day shall fuippen to be Sunday, this whole Office shaU be used, as it foU loweth, entirely. IT Morning Prayer shaU begin with these Sentences. I EXHORT that first of all, Sup- plications, Prayers, Intercessions, and giving of Thanks, be made for all men ; for Kings, and for all that are in Authority ; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life, in all godliness and honesty: For this is good and acceptable unto God our Saviour. 1 Tim. ii. 1, 2, 3. If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us; but, if we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to for- give us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 1 St. John i. 8, 9. ^ Instead of Venite erultemus the Hymn following shall be said or sung; one Verse by the Priest, and another by the Clerk and people. OLORD our Governour : how ex- cellent is thy Name in all the world ! Psalm viii. I. Lord, what is man, that thou hast such respect unto him : or the son of man, that thou so regardest him ? Psalm cxliv. 3. The merciful and gracious Lord hath so done his marvellous works : that they oueht to be had in remem- brance. Psalm cxi. 4. 0 that men would therefore praise the Lord for his goodness : and de- clare the wonders that he doeth for the children of men! Psalm cvii. 21. Behold, O God our defender : and look upon the face of thine Anoint- ed. Psalm Ixxxiv. 9. 0 hold thou up her goings in thy paths : that her footsteps slip not. Psalm xvii. 5. Grant the Queen a long life : and make her glad with the joy of thy countenance. Psalm lxi. 6. & xxi. 6. Let her dwell before thee for ever : O prepare thy loving mercy and faithfulness, that they may pre- serve her. Psalm lxi. 7. In her time let the righteous flou- rish : and let peace be in all our borders. Psalm lxxii. 7. & cxlvii.14. As for her enemies, clothe them with shame : but upon herself let her crown flourish. Ps. cxxxii. 19. Blessed be the Lord God, even the God of Israel : which only doeth wondrous things. Psalm lxxii. 18. And blessed be the Name of hi* Majesty for ever : and all the earth shall be filled with his Majesty. Amen, Amen. Ver. 19. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son : and to the Holy Ghost ; As it was in the beginning, it now, and ever shall be : world with- out end. Amen. Proper Psalms, xx, xxi, ci. Proper Lessons. The First, Josh. i. to the end of the ninth Verse. Te Deum. The Second, Rom. xiiL Jubilate Deo. % The Suffrages next after the Creed shaU stand thus. Priest. O Lord, shew thy mercy upon us. Answer. And grant us thy sal- vation. Priest. O Lord, save the Queen ; Answer. Who putteth her trust in thee. Priest. Send her help from thy holy place. Answer. And evermore mightily defend her. Priest. Let her enemies have no advantage against her. FORM OF PRAYER FOR THE TWENTIETH OF JUNE. Answer. Let not the wicked ap- proach to hurt her. Priest. Endue thy Ministers with ighteousness. Answer. And make thy chosen >eople joyful. Priest. O Lord, save thy people. Answer. And bless thine inherit- j Priest. Give peace in our time, O Answer. Because there is none that Jighteth for us, but only Priest. Be unto us, O Lord, a rong tower ; Answer. From the face of our Priest. O Lord, hear our prayer ; Answer. And let our cry come into thee. J Instead of the first Collect at Morning Prayer shall be used this following Col- lect of Thanksgiving for Her Majesty's Accession to the Throne. A LMIGHTY God. who rulest over f\. all the kingdoms of the World, ,nd disposest of them according to hy good pleasure ; We yield thee infcisned thanks, for that thou wast ileased, as on this day, to place thy iervant our Sovereign Lady, Queen ICTORIA upon the Throne of Realm. Let thy wisdom be her ruide, and let thine arm strengthen ler; let justice, truth, and holiness, et pence and love, and all those vir- ues that adorn the Christian Pro- ession, flourish in her days ; direct Jl her counsels and endeavours to hy glory, and the welfare of her Je; and give us grace to obey cheerfully and willingly for con- cience sake ; that neither our sinful >assions, nor our private interests, oay disappoint her cares for the mblick good ; let her always possess " > hearts of her people, that they ,y never be wanting in honour to ■ Person, and dutiful submission . her Authority; let her Reign >e long and prosperous, and crown ier with immortality in the life o come ; through Jesus Christ our jord. Amen. \ In the end of the Litany {which shall always be used upon tliis Day) after the Collect [We humbly beseech thee, O Father, Sec] thaU Die following Prayer, for the Queen and Royal Fa- mily, be used. LORD our God, who upholdest ien. ALMIGHTY God, the fountain t\. of all wisdom, who knowcst ur necessities before we ask, and ur ignorance in asking ; We be- eech thee to have compassion upon ur infirmities ; and those things, which for our unworthiness we dare not, arid for our blindness we can- not ask, vouchsafe to give us for the worthiness of thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. THE peace of God which passeth all understanding, keep your hearts and minds in the knowledge and love of God, and of his Son Je- sus Christ our Lord : And the bless- ing of God Almighty, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost, be amongst you, and remain with you always. Amen. "VICTORIA R. AUR Will and Pleasure is, That these Four Forms of Prayer and Service, made for the Fifth of November, the Thirtieth of January, the Twenty-ninth of May, and the Twentieth of June, be forthwith printed and published, and annexed to the Book of Common Prayer and Liturgy of the United Church of England and Ireland, to be used yearly on the said Days, in sll Cathedral and Collegiate Churches and Chapels ; in all Chapels of Colleges and Halls within Our Universities of Oxford, Cambridge, and Dublin, and of Our Colleges of Eton and Winchester, and in all Parish-Churches and Chapels within those parts of Our United Kingdom called England and Ireland. " Given at Our Court at Kensington the Twenty-first Day of " June, 1837, in the First Year of Our Reign. " By Her Majesty's Command, "J. RUSSELL." ARTICLES AGREED UPON BY THE ARCHBISHOPS AND BISHOPS OF BOTH PROVINCES, AND THE WHOLE CLERGY, In the Convocation holden at London in the Year 1562, for the avoiding of Diversities of Opinions, and for the establishing of Consent touch- ing true Religion : Reprinted bp His Majesty's Commandment, with his Royal Declaration prefixed thereunto. HIS MAJESTY'S DECLARATION. BEING by God's Ordinance, according to Our just Title, Defender of the Faith, and Sup) erne Govemour of the Church, within these Our Dominions, We hold it most agreeable to this Our Kingly Office, and Our own religious Zeal, to conserve and maintain the Church committed to Our Charge, in the Unity of true Religion, and in the Bond of Peace ; and not to suffer unnecessary Disputations, Altercations, or Questions to be raised, which may nourish Faction both in the Church and Commonwealth. We have therefore, upon mature Deliberation, and with the Advice of so many of Our Bishops as might conveniently be called together, thought fit to make this Declaration following : That the Articles of the Church of England (which have been allowed and authorized heretofore, and which Our Clergy generally have sub- scribed unto) do contain the true Doctrine of the Church of England agreeable to God's Word : which We do therefore ratify and confirm, requiring all Our loving Subjects to continue in the uniform Profession thereof, and prohibiting the least difference from the said Articles ; which to that End We command to be new printed, and this Our Declaration to be published therewith. That We are Supreme Governour of the Church of England : And that if any Difference arise about the external Policy, concerning the Injunc- tions, Canons, and other Constitutions whatsoever thereto belonging, the Clergy in their Convocation is to order and settle them, having first ob- tained leave under Our Broad Seal so to do : and We approving their said Ordinances and Constitutions ; providing that none be made contrary to the Laws and Customs of the Land. That out of Our Princely Care that the Churchmen may do the Work which is proper unto them, the Bishops and Clergy, from time to time in Convocation, upon their humble Desire, shall have Licence under Our Broad Seal to deliberate of, and to do all such Things, as, being made plain by them, and assented unto by Us, shall concern the settled Conti- nuance of the Doctrine and Discipline of the Church of England now established ; from which We will not endure any varying or departing in the least Degree. That for the present, though some differences have been ill raised, yet We take comfort in this, that all Clergymen within Our Realm have always most willingly subscribed to the Articles established ; which is an argument to Us, that they all agree in the true, usual, literal meaning of the said Articles ; and that even in those curious points, in which the pre- sent differences lie, men of all sorts take the Articles of the Church of England to be for them ; which is an argument again, that none of them intend any desertion of the Articles established. That therefore in these both curious and unhappy differences, which have for so many hundred years, in different times and places, exercised the Church of Christ, We will, that all further curious search be laid aside, and these disputes shut up in God's promises, as they be generally set forth to us in the holy Scriptures, and the general meaning of the Articles of the Church of England according to them. And that no man hereafter shall either print, or preach, to draw the Article aside any way, but shall submit to it in the plain and full meaning thereof : and shall not put his own sense or comment to be the meaning of the Article, but shall take it in the literal and grammatical sense. ARTICLES OF RELIGION. That If any puhliek Reader in either of Our Universities, or any Head r Master of a College, or any other person respectively in either of thera, hall affix any new sense to any Article, or shall publiokly read, deter- iiir, or hold any puhlick Disputation, or suffer any such to bo held either /ay, In either the Universities or Colleges respectively; or if any Divine ii the Universities shall preach or print any thing either way, other than i already established in Convocation with Our Royal Assent; he, or thoy he Offenders, shall bo liablo to Our displeasure, and the Church's censuro 11 Our Commission Ecclesiastical, as well as any other : And We will see here shall be due Execution upon them. ARTICLES OF RELIGION. I. Of Faith in the Holy Trinity. IHERE is but one living and true God, everlasting, without , parts, or passions; of infinite r, wisdom, and goodness; the it, and Preserver of all things visible and invisible. And in ' of this Godhead there be three of one substance, power, I eternity; the Father, the Son, i the Holy Ghost Of the Word or Son of God, which was made very Man, rHE Son, which is the Word of tho Fathtr, begotten from ever- Listing of tho Father, the very and i.terual God, and of one substance ! '1th the Father, took Man's naturo 1 the womb of tho blessed Virgin, f her substance : so that two wholo nd perfect Natures, that is to say, ie Godhead and Manhood, were lined together in one Person, never ) bo divided, whereof is ono Christ, cry God, and very Man ; who tru- 7 suffered, was crucified, dead and uried, to reconcile his Father to s, and to bo a sacrifice, not only i >r original guilt, but also for all atual sins of men. ,11. Of the going down of Christ into Hell. V8 Christ died for us, and was burli-d, so also is it to bo elioved, tbat ho went down into telL V. Of the Resurrection of Christ. "CHRIST did truly rise again from ~ / df»th, and took again his body, ith flesh, l>ones, and all things ap- 'rtainlng to the perfection of Man's iture; wherewith he ascended in- ' Heaven, and there sitteth, until ) return to judgo all Men at the 1 st day V. Of the Holy Ghost. TH E Holy Ghost, proceeding from the Father and the Son, is of ono substance, majesty, and glory, with the Father and the Son, very and eternal God. VI. Of the Sufficient of the holy Scriptures for salvation. HOLY Scripture containeth all things necessary to salvation : so that whatsoever is not read there- in, nor may be proved thereby, is not to be required of any man, that it should bo believed as an article of the Faith, or be thought requisite or necessary to salvation. In the name of tho holy Scripture we do understand those canonical Books of the Old and New Testament, of whoso authority was never any doubt in the Church. Of the Names and Number of the Canonical BOOKS. F.NESIS, Exodus, Leviticus, Nurribcrs, Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges, Ruth, The First Book of Samuel, The Second Book of Samuel, The First Book of Kings, The Second Book of Kings, The First Book of Chronicles, Tlte Second Book of Chronicles, The First Book of Rsdras, The Second Book of Bsdras, The Book of Esther, The Book of Job, Tlte Psalms, The Proverbs, Ecclesiastes or Preacher, Cantica, or Songs of Solomon, Four Projthets the greater, Twelve Prophets tlie less. G' ARTICLES OF RELIGION. And the other Books (as Hierome saith) the Church doth read for ex- ample of life and instruction of man- ners ; but yet doth it not apply them to establish any doctrine ; such are these following : The Third Book of Esdras, The Fourth Book of Esdras, The Book of Tobias, The Book of Judith, The rest of the Book of Esther, The Book of Wisdom, Jesus the Son of Sirach, Baruch the Prophet, The Song of the Three Children, The Story of Susanna, Of Bel and the Draym, The Prayer of Manasses, The First Book of JUacctxhees, The Second Book of Maccabees. All the Books of the New Testa- ment, as they are commonly receiv- ed, we do receive, and account them Canonical. VII. Of the Old Testament. THE Old Testament is not con- trary to the New : for both in the Old and New Testament ever evil, so that the flesh lusteth always contrary to the spirit; and there- fore in every person born into this world, it deserveth God's wrath and damnation. And this infection of nature doth remain, yea in them that are regenerated; whereby the lust of the flesh, called in Greek, phronema sarkos, which some do expound the wisdom, some sensn. ality, some the affection, some the desire, of the flesh, is not subject to the Law of God. And although there is no condemnation for them that believe and are baptized, yet the Apostle doth confess, that con- cupiscence and lust hath of itself the nature of sin. X. Of Free-Will. THE condition of Man after the fall of Adam is such, that he cannot turn and prepare himself, by his own natural strength and good works, to faith, and calling upon God : Wherefore we have no power to do good works pleasant and acceptable to God, without the grace of God by Christ preventing us, that we may have a good will. lasting life is offered to Mankind ! tw^ood wfll by Christ, who is the only Mediator between God and Man, being both God and Man. Wherefore they are not to be heard, which feign that the old Fathers did look only for transitory promises. Although the Law given from God by Moses, as touching Ceremonies and Rites, do not bind Christian men, nor the Civil precepts thereof ought of ne- cessity to be received in any com- monwealth ; yet notwithstanding, no Christian man whatsoever is free from the obedience of the Com- mandments which are called Moral. VIII. Of the Three Creeds. THE Three Creeds, Nicene Creed, Athanasius's Creed, and that which is commonly called the Apo- stles' Creed, ought thoroughly to be received and believed : for they may be proved by most certain warrants of holy Scripture. EX. Of Original or Birth-sin, ORIGINAL Sin standeth not in the following of Adam, (as the Pelagians do vainly talk ;) but it is the fault and corruption of the Na- ture of every man, that naturally is ingendered of the offspring of Adam ; whereby man is very far gone from original righteousness, and is of his own nature inclined to that good will, XI. Of the Justification of Man. WE are accounted righteous be- fore God, only for the merit of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ by Faith, and not for our own works or deservings : Where- fore, that we are justified by Faith only is a most wholesome Doctrine, and very full of comfort, as more largely is expressed in the Homily of Justification. XII. Of Good Works. ALBEIT that Good Works, which are the fruits of Faith, and follow after Justification, can- not put away our sins, and endure the severity of God's Judgement; yet are they pleasing and accepta- ble 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 aa a tree discerned by the fruit. XIII. Of Woi-ks before Justifi. cation. WORKS done beforo the grace of Christ, and the Inspiratioa of his Spirit, are not pleasant to God, forasmuch as they spring not of faith in Jesus Christ, neither do they make men meet to receive ARTICLES OF RELIGION. or (as the School-authors say) grace of congruity : yea ra- for that they are not done as hath willed and commanded to be done, wo doubt not but have the nature of sin. V. Of Works of Supererogation. OLUNTARY Works besides, over and above, God's Com- dments, which they call Works Supererogation, cannot be taught ;hout arroirancy and impiety : by them men do declare, that K do not only render unto God much as they are bound to do, t that they do more for his sake, in of bounden duty is required : lereas Christ saith plainly, When have done all that are command- to you, say, We are unprofitable ts. V. Of Christ alone without Sin. IHRisT in the truth of our na- ' ture was made like unto us in things, sin only except, from ;h he was clearly void, both in flesh, and in his spirit. He 5 to be the Lamb without spot, , by sacrifice of himself once e, should take away the sins of world, and sin, as Saint Joh?i I was not in him. But all we although baptized, and born in ChrisC yet offend in many ,ings; and if we say we have no we deceive ourselves, and the ith is not in us. XVI. Of Sin after Baptism. TOT every deadly sin willingly N oommitted after Baptism is sin ainst the Holy Ghost, and un- rdonable. Wherefore the grant repentance is not to be denied to ch as fall into sin after Baptism. 'tsr we have received the Holy lost, we may depart from grace ven, and fall into sin, and by the ace of God we may arise again, id amend our lives. And there- re they are to be condemned, liioh say, they can no more sin as ng as they live here, or deny the aoe of forgiveness to such as truly pent XVII. Of Predestination and Election. PREDESTINATION to Life is the everlasting purpose of God, iereby (before the foundations of e world were laid) he hath con- in tly decreed by his counsel se- ist to us, to deliver from curse and damnation those whom he hath chosen in Christ out of mankind, and to bring them by Christ to ever- lasting salvation, as vessels made to honour. Wherefore, they which be endued with so excellent a bene- fit of God be called according to God's purpose by his Spirit working in due season : they through Grace obey the calling: they be justified freely: they be made sons of God by adoption : they be made like the image of his only-begotten Son Je- sus Christ : they walk religiously in good works, and at length, by God's mercy, they attain to everlasting felicity. As the godly consideration of Pre- destination, and our Election in Christ, is full of sweet, pleasant, and unspeakable comfort to godly persons, and such as feel in them- selves the working of the Spirit of Christ, mortifying the works of the flesh, and their earthly members, and drawing up their mind to high and heavenly things, as well be- cause it doth greatly establish and confirm their faith of eternal Salva- tion to be enjoyed through Christ, as because it doth fervently kindle their love towards God : So, for cu- rious and carnal persons, lacking the Spirit of Christ, to have conti- nually before their eyes the sentence of God's Predestination, is a most dangerous downfal, whereby the Devil doth thrust them either into desperation, or into wretchlessness of most unclean living, no less peril- ous than desperation. Furthermore, we must receive God's promises in such wise, as they be generally set forth to us in holy Scripture : and, in our doings, that Will of God is to be followed, which we have expressly declared unto us in the Word of God. XVIII. Of obtaining eternal Salva- tion only by the Name of Christ. rpHEY also are to be had aecurs- JL ed that presume to say, That every man shall be saved by the Law or Sect which he professeth, so that he be diligent to frame his life according to that Law, and the light of Nature. For holy Scrip- ture doth set out unto us only the Name of Jesus Christ, whereby men must be saved. XIX. Of the Church. rriHE visible Church of Christ is J. a congregation of faithful men, in the which the pure Word of God ARTICLES OF RELIGION. is preached, and the Sacraments be duly ministered according to Christ's ordinance in all those things that of necessity are requisite to the same. As the Church of Jerusalem, Alexandria, and Antioch, have err- ed ; so also the Church of Rome hath erred, not only in their living and manner of Ceremonies, but also in matters of Faith. XX. Of the Authority of the Church. THE Church hath power to de- cree Rites or Ceremonies, and authority in Controversies of Faith : And yet it is not lawful for the Church to ordain any thing that is contrary to God's Word written, neither may it so expound one place of Scriptuie, that it be repugnant to another. Wherefore, although the Church be a witness and a keeper of holy Writ, yet, as it ought not to decree any thing against the same, so besides the same ought it not to enforce any thing to lie believed for necessity of Salvation. XXI. Of the Authority of General Councils. GENERAL Councils may not be gathered together without the commandment and will of Princes. And when they be gathered toge- ther, (forasmuch as they be an as- sembly of men, whereof all be not governed, with the Spirit and Word of God,) they may err, and some- times have erred, even in things pertaining unto God. Wherefore things ordained by them as ne- cessary to salvation have neither strength nor authority, unless it may be declared that they be taken out of holy Scripture. XXIL Of Purgatory. rr'HE Romish Doctrine concern- J. ing Purgatory, Pardons, Wor- shipping and Adoration, as well of Images as of Reliques, and also in- vocation of Saints, is a fond thing vainly invented, and grounded upon no warranty of Scripture, but rather repugnant to the Word of God. XXIII. Of Ministering in the Congregation. IT is not lawful for any man to take upon him the office of pub- lick preaching, or ministering the Sacraments in the Congregation, be- fore he be lawfully called, and sent to execute the same. And those we ought to judge lawfully called and sent, which be chosen and call* to this work by men who have pu lick authority given unto them the Congregation, to call and ser. Ministers into the Lord's vineyard XXIV. Of speaking in the Congr gation in such a tongue as O people understandeth. IT is a thing plainly repugnai to the Word of God, and tb custom of the Primitive Church, \ have publick Prayer in the Churcl or to minister the Sacraments i a tongue not understanded of tL people. XXV. Of the Sacraments. Q ACR AMENTS ordained of Chrifl be not only badges or tokens o j Christian men's profession, but a ther they be certain sure witnesses and effectual signs of grace, ant God's good will towards us, by tbi I which he doth work invisibly in us [ and doth not only quicken, but alat strengthen and confirm our Faitl in him. There are two Sacraments ordain, ed of Christ our Lord in the Go» pel, that ia to say, Baptism, and the Supper of the Lord. Those five commonly called Sa- craments, that is to say, Confirma- tion, Penance, Orders, Matrimony, and extreme Unction, are not to be counted for Sacraments of the Gos- pel, being such as have grown part- ly of the corrupt following of the Apostles, partly are states of life allowed in the Scriptures ; but yet have not like nature of Sacraments with Baptism, and the Lord's Sup- per, for that they have not any vi- sible sign or ceremony ordained of God. The Sacraments were not ordain- ed of Christ to be gazed upon, or to be carried about, but that we should duly use them. And in such only as worthily receive the same they have a wholesome effect or opera- tion : but they that receive them unworthily purchase to themselYBl damnation, as Saint Paul saith. jj XXVI. Of the Umvorthiness of the Ministers, which hinders not the effect of the Sacrament. ALTHOUGH in the visible; Church the evil be ever miii- i gled with tbe good, and somctimej the evil have cb>f authority in the Ministration of the Word and Sa- craments, yet forasmuch as they do not the same in their own name, ARTICLES OF RELIGION. t in Christ's, and do minister by j commission and authority, we iy uso their Ministry, both in aring the Word of God, and in receiving of the Sacraments. Nei- _J is the effect of Christ's ordi- nce taken away by their wicked- & nor the grace of God's gifts di- nished from such as by faith and htly do receive the Sacraments nistered unto them ; which be fectual, because of Christ's insti- ion and promise, although they ministered by evil men. Nevertheless, it appertained to 3 discipline of the Church, that quiry bo made of evil Ministers, a that they be accused by those it have knowledge of their of- ces ; and finally being found Ity, by just judgement be de- XXVII. Of Baptism. APTISM is not only a sign of profession, and mark of differ- ^e, whereby Christian men are jcemed from others that be not ristened, but it is also a sign of (generation or new Birth, where- , as by an instrument, they that seive Baptism rightly are grafted the Church ; the promises of forgiveness of sin, and of our »tion to be the sons of God by Holy Ghost, are visibly signed sealed ; Faith is confirmed, and increased by virtue of prayer a God. The Baptism of young ildren is in any wise to be retain- in the Church, as most agreeable the institution of Christ. tXVIII. Of the Lords Supper. ^HE Supper of the Lord is not only a sign of the love that ians ought to have among mselves one to another; but ra- it is a Sacrament of our Itedemp- by Christ's death : insomuch , to such as rightly, worthily, with faith, receive the same, Bread which wo break is a par- ng of the Body of Christ; and wise the Cup of Blessing is a ■taking of the Blood of Christ, "r&nsubstantiation (or the change ;he substance of Bread and Wine) the Supper of the Lord, cannot proved by holy Writ ; but it is re- mant to the plain words of Scrip- overthroweth the nature of a rament, and hath given occasion many superstitions, he Body of Christ is given, en, and eaten, in the Supper, only after an heavenly and spiritual manner. And the mean whereby the Body of Christ is received and eaten in the Supper is Faith. The Sacrament of the Lord's Sup- per was not by Christ's ordinance reserved, carried about, lifted up, or worshipped. XXIX. Of the Wicked which eat not the Body of Christ in the use of the Lord's Supper. THE Wicked, and such as be void of a lively faith, although they do carnally and visibly press with their teeth (as Saint Angus, tine saith) the Sacrament of the Body and Blood of Christ, yet in no wise are they partakers of Christ : but rather, to their condemnation, do eat and drink the sign or Sacra- ment of so great a thing. XXX. Of both kinds. THE Cup of the Lord is not to be denied to the Lay-people: for both the parts of the Lord's Sa- crament, by Christ's ordinance and commandment, ought to be minis- tered to all Christian men alike. XXXI. Of the one Oblation of Christ finished upon the Cross. THE Offering of Christ once made is that perfect redemp- tion, propitiation, 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. Wherefore the sa- crifices of Masses, in the which it was commonly said, that the Priest did offer Christ for the quick and the dead, to have remission of pain or guilt, were blasphemous fables, and dangerous deceits. XXXII. Of the Marriage of Priests. BISHOPS, Priests, and Deacons, are not commanded by God's Law, either to vow the estate of single life, or to abstain from mar- riage : therefore it is lawful also for them, as for all other Christian men, to marry at their own discre- tion, as they shall judge the same to serve better to godliness. XXXIII. Of excommunicate Per- sons, hoiv they are to be avoided. THAT person which by open de- nunciation of the Church is rightly cut off from the unity of the Church, and excommunicated, ought to be taken of the whole multitude of the faithful, as an ARTICLES OP RELIGION. Heathen and Publican, until he be j openly reconciled by pewmce, and received into the Church by a Judge that hath authority thereunto. XXXIV. Of the Traditions of the j Church. IT is not necessary that Tradi- tions and Ceremonies be in all places one, or utterly like ; for at all times they have been divers, and may be changed according to the diversities of countries, times, and men's manners, so that nothing be ordained against God's Word. Who- soever through his private judge- ment, willingly and purposely, doth openly break the traditions and cere- monies of the Church, which be not repugnant to the Word of God, and be ordained and approved by com- mon authority, ought to be rebuk- ed openly, (that others may fear to do the like,) as he that offendeth against the common order of the Church, and hurteth the authority of the Magistrate, and woundeth the j consciences of the weak brethren. Every particular or national , Church hath authority to ordain, i change, and abolish, ceremonies or rites of the Church ordained only by j man's authority, so that all things j be done to edifying. XXXV. Of Homilies. H E second Book of Homilies, A the several titles whereof we have joined under this Article, doth contain a godly and wholesome ] Doctrine, and necessary for these times, as doth the former Book of Homilies, which were set forth in the time of Edivard the Sixth ; and therefore we judge them to be read in Churches by the Ministers, dili- gently and distinctly, that they may be understanded of the people. Of the Names of the Homilies. 1 Of the right Use of the Church. 2 Against peril of Idolatry. 3 Of the repairing and keeping clean of Churches. 4 Of good Works : first of Fasting. 6 Against Gluttony and Drunkenness. 6 Against Excess of Apparel. 7 Of Prayer. 8 Of the Place and Time of Prayer. 9 That Common Prayers and Sacra- ments ought to be ministered in a known tongue. 10 Of the reverend estimation of God's Word. 11 Of Alms-doing. 12 Of the Nativity of Christ. 13 Of the Passion of Christ. 14 Of the Resurrection of Christ. 15 Of the worthy receiving of the Sacra- ment of the Body and Blood Of Christ. 16 Of the Gifts of the Holy Ghost. 17 For the Rogation -days. 18 Of the state of Matrimony. 19 Of Repentance. 20 Against Idleness. 21 Against Rebellion. XXXVI. Of Consecration of Bu shops and ministers. THE Book of Consecration of Archbishops and Bishops, and Ordering of Priests and Deacons, lately set forth in the time of Ed- ward the Sixth, and confirmed at the same time by authority of Par- liament, doth contain all things ne- cessary to such Consecration and Ordering : neither hath it any thing, that of itself is superstitious and ungodly. And therefore whosoever are consecrated or ordered according to the Rites of that Book, since the second year of the forenamed King Edward unto this time, or hereaf- ter shall be consecrated or ordered according to the same Rites ; we decree all such to be rightly, or- derly, and lawfully consecrated and ordered. XXXVII. Of the Civil Magistrate*). \ Hp HE Queen's Majesty hath the JL chief power in this Realm of I England, and other her Dominions, ' unto whom the chief Government of all Estates of this Realm, whe- ther they be Ecclesiastical or Civil, in all causes doth appertain, and is not, nor ought to be, subject to any ! foreign Jurisdiction. Where we attribute to the Queen's ! Majesty the chief government, by which Titles we understand the minds of some slanderous folks to be offended ; we give not to our Princes the ministering either of God's Word, or of the Sacraments, the which thing the Injunctions also lately set forth by Elizabeth our Queen do most plainly testify; but that only prerogative, which we see to have been given always to all godly Princes in holy Scriptures by God himself: that is, that they should rule all estates and degrees committed to their charge by God, whether they be Ecclesiastical or Temporal, and restrain with the ARTICLES OF RELIGION. sword the stubborn and evil- Bishop of Rome hath no juris- in this Realm of England. laws of the Realm may pu- Christian men with death, for Inous and grievous offences. !t is lawful for Christian men, at commandment of the Magis- to wear weapons, and serve wars. XXVIII. Of Christian men's which are not common. Riches and Goods of Chris- tians are not common, as touch- the right, title, and possession le same, as certain Anabaptists do falsely boast Notwithstanding, every man ought, of such things as he possessoth, liberally to give alms to the poor, according to his abi- lity. XXXIX. Of a Christian man's Oath. AS we confess that vain and rash Swearing is forbidden Chris- tian men by our Lord Jesus Christ, i and James his Apostle, so we judge, that Christian Religion doth not pro- ' hibit, but that a man may swear when the Magistrate requireth, in a cause of faith and charity, so it be done according to the Prophet's teaching, in justice, judgement, and truth. THE RATIFICATION. IIS Book of Articles before rehearsed, it again approved, and allowed to be holden and executed within the Realm, by the assent and consent of our Lady ELIZABETH, by the grace of God, of England, France, and , Queen, Defender of the Faith, &c. Which Articles were deliberately read, confirmed again by Vie subscription of the hands of the Archbishop and Bi- r of the Upper-house, and by the subscription of the whole Clergy of the Nether- t in their Convocation, in the Tear of our Lord 1571. A TABLE OF THE ARTICLES. Of Faith in the Holy Trinity. Of Christ the Son of God. Of his going down into Bell. Of his Resurrection. Of the Holy Ghost. Of the Sufficiency of the Scripture. Of the Old Testament. Of the Three Creeds. Of Original or Birth-sin. Of&ree-Wm. Of Justification. Of Good Works. Of Works before Justification. Of Works of Supererogation. Of Christ alone without Sin. Of Sin after Baptism. Of Predestination and Election. Of obtaining Salvation by Christ. Of the Church. Of the Authority of the Church. 21. Of the Authority of General Councils. 22. Of Purgatory. 23. Of Ministering in the Congregation. 24. Of Speaking in the Congregation. 25. Of the Sacraments. 26. Of the CnvjorOtiness of Ministers. 27. Of Baptism. 28. Of the Lord's Supper. 29. Of the Wicked which eat not the Body of Christ. 30. Of both kinds. 31. Of Christ's one Oblation, 32. Of the Marriage of Priests. 33. Of excommunicate Persons. 34. Of the Traditions of the Church. 35. Of Homilies. 36. Of Consecrating of Ministers. 37. Of Civil Magistrates. 38. Of Christian men's Good*. 39. Of a Christian man's Oath, A TABLE OP KINDRED AND AFFINITY, WHEREIN WHOSOEVER ARE RELATED ARE FORBIDDEN IN SCRIPTURE AND OUR LAWS TO MARRY TOGETHER. A Man may not marry his 1 pRANDMOTHER, 2 ^ Grandfather's Wife, 3 Wife's Grandmother. 4 Father's Sister, 5 Mother's Sister, 6 Father's Brother's Wife. 7 Mother's Brother's Wife, 8 Wife's Father's Sister, • 9 Wife's Mother's Sister. 10 Mother, 11 Step-Mother, 12 Wife's Mother. 13 Daughter, 14 Wife's Daughter, 15 Son's Wife. 16 Sister, 17 Wife's Sister, 18 Brother's Wife. 19 Son's Daughter, 20 Daughter's Daughter, 21 Son's Son's Wife. 22 Daughter's Son's Wife, 23 Wife's Son's Daughter, 24 Wife's Daughter's Daughter. 25 Brother's Daughter, 26 Sister's Daughter, 27 Brother's Son's Wife. 28 Sister's Son's Wife, 29 Wife's Brother's Daughter, 30 Wife's Sister's Daughter. A Woman may not marry with her 1 p RANDFATHER, 2 Grandmother's Husband, 3 Husband's Grandfather. 4 Father's Brother, 5 Mother's Brother, 6 Father's Sister's Husband. 7 Mother's Sister's Husband, 8 Husband's Father's Brother, 9 Husband's Mother's Brother. 10 Father, 11 Step- Father, 12 Husband's Father. 13 Son, 14 Husband's Son, 16 Daughter's Husband. 16 Brother, 17 Husband's Brother, 18 Sister's Husband. 19 Son's Son, 20 Daughter's Son, 21 Son's Daughter's Husband. 22 Daughter's Daughter's Husband, 23 Husband's Son's Son, 24 Husband's Daughter's Son. . 25 Brother's Son, 26 Sister's Son, 27 Brother's Daughter's Husband. 28 Sister's Daughter's Husband, 29 Husband's Brother's Son, 30 Husband's Sister's Son. THE END. NEW VERSION OF THE PSALMS OF DAVID, FITTED TO SHje Sunes ttseTJ tn <£i)urcl)es. BY N. BEADY, D. D. and N. TATE, Esq. OXFORD: PRINTED AT THE UNIVERSITY PRESS. SOLD BY E. GARDNER AND SON, AT THE OXFORD BIBLE WAREHOUSE, PATERNOSTER ROW, LONDON. M.DCCC.LIY. A NEW VERSION OP THE PSALMS OF DAVID. PSALM I. [T OW blest is he who ne'er consents jtl By ill advice to walk; Nor stands in sinners' ways, nor sits Where men profanely talk. But makes the perfect law of God His business and delight ; Devoutly reads therein by day, And meditates by night. Like some fair tree, which, fed by streams, : With timely fruit does bend, He still shall flourish, and success All his designs attend. Ungodly men and their attempts No lasting root shall rind ; Untimely blasted, and disjjers'd Like chaff' before the wind. Their guilt shall strike the wicked dumb Before their Judge's face ; No formal hypocrite shall then Amongst the saints have place. For God approver the just man's ways, To happiness they tend ; But sinners, and the paths they tread, I Shall both in ruin end. PSALM II. JI7TTH restless and ungovem'd rage v Why do the heathen storm ? Why In such rash attempts engage, As they can ne'er perform ? The great in counsel and in might Their various forces bring ; i \eainst the Lord they all unite, And his anointed King, .lust we submit to their commands ? Presumptuously they say : •Jo, let us break their slavish bands, I And cast their chains away. Jut God, who sits enthron'd on high, And sees how they combine, Joes their conspiring strength defy, And mocks their vain design. Thick clouds of wrath divine shall break On his rebellious foes ; iVnd thus will he in thunder speak To all that dare oppose : "hough madly you dispute my will, The King that I ordain, B » hose throne is fix'd on Sion's hill, ■ Shall there securely reign. ■ ttend, O earth, whilst I declare ■ I God's uacontroll'd decree ; Thou art my Son, this day my heir Have I begotten thee. 8 Ask and receive thy full demands ; Thine shall the heathen be : The utmost limits of the lands Shall be possess'd by thee. 9 Thy threafning sceptre thou shalt shake, And crush them every where ; As massy bars of iron break The potter's brittle ware. 10 Learn then, ye princes ; and give ear, Ye judges of the earth ; 11 Worship" the Lord with holy fear; Rejoice with awful mirth. 12 Appease the Son with due respect, Your timely homage pay ; Lest he revenge the bold neglect, Incens'd by your delay. 13 If but in part his anger rise, Who can endure the flame ? Then blest are they whose hope relies On his most holy Name. PSALM III. HOW many, Lord, of late are grown The troublers of ray peace ! And, as their numbers hourly rise, So does their rage increase. 2 Insulting they my soul upbraid, Aud him whom I adore ; The God in whom he trusts, say they, Shall rescue him no more. 3 But thou, O Lord, art my defence ; On thee my hopes rely ; Thou art my glory, and shalt yet Lift up my head on high. 4 Since whensoe'er in like distress To God I made my pray'r, He heard me from his holy hill, Why should I now despair ? 5 Guarded by him, I laid me down My sweet repose to take ; For I through him securely sleep, Through him in safety wake. 6 No force nor fury of my foes My courage shall confound, Were they as many hosts as men That have beset me round. 7 Arise and save me, O my God, Who oft hast own'd my cause, And scatter'd oft these foes to ine, And to thy righteous laws. 8 Salvation to the Lord belongs, He only can defend ; His blessing he extends to all That on his pow'r depend. NEW VERSION OF PSALM IV. OLORD, that art my righteous Judge, To my complaint give ear : Thou still redeem'st me from distress; Have mercy, Lord, and hear. 2 How long will ye, O sons of men, To blot my fame devise ? How long your vain designs pursue, And spread malicious lies ? 3 Consider that the righteous man Is God's peculiar choice ; And when to him I make my pray'r, He always hears my voice. 4 Then stand in awe of his commands, Flee ev'ry thing that's ill ; Commune in private with your hearts, And bend them to his will. 5 The place of other sacrifice Let righteousness supply ; And let your hope, securely fix'd, On God alone rely. G While worldly minds impatient grow More prosp'rous times to see, Still let the glories of thy face Shine brightly, Lord, on me. 7 So shall my heart o'erflow with joy, More lasting and more true, Than theirs, who stores of corn and wine Successively renew. 8 Then down in peace I'll lay my head, And take my needful rest ; No other guard, O Lord, I crave, Of thy defence possest. PSALM v. LORD, hear the voice of my com- plaint, Accept my secret pray'r; 2 To thee alone, my King, my God, Will I for help repair. 3 Thou in the morn my voice shalt hear ; And with the dawning day To thee devoutly I'll look up, To thee devoutly pray. 4 For thou the wrongs that I sustain Canst never, Lord, approve; Who from thy sacred dwelling-place All evil dost remove. 5 Not long shall stubborn fools remain Unpunish'd in thy view ; All such as act unrighteous things Thy vengeance shall pursue. 6 The sland'ring tongue, O God of truth, By thee shall be destroy'd, Who hat'st alike the man in blood And in deceit employ'd. 7 But when thy boundless grace shall me To thy lov'd courts restore, On thee I'll fix my longing eyes, And humbly there adore. 8 Conduct me by thy righteous laws, For watchful is my foe ; Therefore, O Lord, make plain the way Wherein I ought to go. 9 Their mouth vents nothing but deceit Their heart is set on wrong ; Their throat is a devouring grave, They flatter with their tongue. 10 By their own counsels let them fall, Oppress'd with loads of sin ; For they against thy righteous laws Have harden'd rebels been. 11 But let all those who trust in thee With shouts their joy proclaim ; Let them rejoice whom thou preserv'st And all that love thy Name. 12 To righteous men the righteous Lord His blessing will extend, And with his favour all his saints, As with a shield, defend. PSALM VI. THY dreadful anger, Lord, restrain, And spare a wretch forlorn ; Correct me not in thy fierce wrath, Too heavy to be borne. 2 Have mercy, Lord, for I grow faint, Unable to endure The anguish of my aching bones, ( Which thou alone canst cure. 3 My tortur'd flesh distracts my mind, And fills my soul with grief ; But, Lord, how long wilt thou delay To grant me thy relief ? 4 Thy wonted goodness, Lord, repeat, And ease my troubled soul ; Lord, for thy wondrous mercy's sake Vouchsafe to make me whole. 5 For after death no more can I Thy glorious acts proclaim ; No pris'ner of the silent grave Can magnify thy Name. 6 Quite tir'd with pain, with groanh>( faint, No hope of ease I see ; The night, that quiets common griefs Is spent in tears by me. 7 My beauty fades, my sight grows dim My eyes with weakness close ; Old age o'ertakes me, whilst I think On my insulting foes. 8 Depart, ye wicked ; in my wrongs Ye shall no more rejoice ; For God, I find, accepts my tears, And listens to my voice. 9, 10 He hears and grants my humbli pray'r ; And they that wish my fall, Shall blush and rage to see that God Protects me from them all. PSALM VII. OLORD my God, since I have plac'd My trust alone in thee, From all my persecutors' rage Do thou deliver me. 2 To save me from my threat'ning foe, Lord, interpose thy pow'r ; Lest, like a savage lion, he My helpless soul devour. THE PSALMS. i If I am guilty, or did e'er Against his peace combine ; Nay, if I have not sparU his life, Who sought unjustly mine ; Let then to persecuting foes My soul become a prey ; Let them to earth tread down my life, In dust my honour lay. Arise, and let thine anger, Lord, In my defence engage ; Exalt thyself above my foes, And their insulting rage: Awake, awake, in my behalf, The judgment to dispense, Which thou hast righteously ordain'd For injur'd innocence. So to thv throne adoring crowds Shall still for justice fly ; O therefore for their sakes resume Thy judgment-seat on high. Impartial Judge of all the world, I trust my cause to thee ; According to my just deserts, So let thy sentence be. Let wicked arts and wicked men Together be o'erthrown ; But guard the just, thou God, to whom The hearts of both are known. II God me protects, nor only me, But all of upright heart ; And daily lays up wrath for those I Who from his laws depart. If they persist, he whets his sword, ■Pl bow stands ready bent ; E'en now, with swift destruction ' wing'd, His pointed shafts are sent. The plots are fruitless, which my foe Unjustly did conceive ; The pit he digg'd for me has prov'd I His own untimely grave. On his own head his spite returns, Whilst I from harm am free ; On him the violence is fall'n Which he design'd for me. Therefore will I the righteous ways j Of Providence proclaim ; rn sing the praise of God most high, And celebrate his Name. P^ALM VIII. OTHOO, to whom all creatures bow Within this earthlv frame, Through all the world how great art ! thou ! How glorious is thy Name ! In heav"n thy wondrous acts are sung, Nor fully reckon'd there ; And yet thou mak'st the infant tongue Thy boundless praise declare. Through thee the weak confound the > strong, And crush their haughty foes ; And so thou quell'st the wicked throng, [ That thee and thine oppose. I 3 When heav'n, thy beauteous work on high, Employs my wondYing sight ; The moon that nishtlv rules the skv, With stars of feebler'light ; 4 What's man, say I, that, Lord, thou lov'st To keep him in thy mind ? Or what his offspring, that thou prov'st To them so wondrous kind ? 5 Him next in pow"r thou didst create To thy celestial train ; C Ordain'd with di By Hoods of wicked men distress'd, With seas of sorrow compass'd round ; With dire infernal pangs oppress'd, In death's unwieldy fetters bound ; To heav'n I made my mournful pray'r, To God address'd my humble moan ; Who graciously inclin'd his ear, And heard me from his lofty throne. The Second Part. When God arose my part to take, The conscious earth was struck with fear ; The hills did at his presence shake, Nor could his dreadful fury bear. Thick clouds of smoke dispersed abroad, I Ensigns of wrath before him came ; Devouring fire around him glow'd, That coals were kindled at its flame. He left the beauteous realms of light, Whilst heav'n bow'd down its awful I head, Beneath his feet substantial night Was like a sable carpet spread. |,The chariot of the King of kings, Which active troops of angels drew, ! On a strong tempest's rapid wings, With most amazing swiftness flew. 12 Black wat'ry mists and clouds con- , spir'd With thickest shades his face to veil ; But at his brightness soon retir*d, And fell in show*rs of fire and hail. I Thro' heav"n's wide arch a thund'ring I God's angry voice did loudly roar ; While earth's sad face with heaps of j And flakes of fire, was ccver'd o'er. I His sharpen'd arrows round he threw, : Which madehis scatter'dfoes retreat ; I Like darts his nimble lightnings flew, And quickly finish'd their defeat. The deep its secret stores disclos'd, The world's foundations naked lay ; Bv bis avenging wrath expos'd, Which fiercely rag'd that dreadful day. The Third Part. The Lord did on my side engage, From heav'n, his throne, my cause upheld : And snatch'd me from the furious rage Of threat'ning waves that proudly swell'd. 17 God his resistless pow'r employ'd, My strongest foes' attempts to break ; Who else with ease had soon destroyed The weak defetice that I could make. 18 Their subtil rage had near prevail'd When I distress'd and friendless lay ; But still, when other succours fail'd, God was my firm support and stay. 19 From dangers that inclos'd me round, He brought me forth and set me free ; For some just cause his goodness found, That mov'd him to delight in me. 20 Because in me no guilt remains, God does his gracious help extend ; My hands are free from bloody stains, Therefore the Lord is still my friend. 21, 22 For I his judgments kept in sight, In his just paths I always trod ; I never "did his statutes slight, Nor loosely wander'd from my God. 23, 24 But still my soul, sincere and pure, Did e'en from darling sins refrain ; His favours, therefore, yet endure, Because my heart and hands are clean. The Fourth Part. 25, 26 Thou suit'st, O Lord, thy righte- ous ways To various paths of human kind ; They, who for mercy merit praise, With thee shall wondrous mercy find. Thou to the just sha'.t justice show, The pure thy purity shall see ; Such as perversely choose to go, [thee. Shall meet with due returns from 27, 28 That he the humble oul will save, And crush the haughty's boasted might. In me the Lo'-d an instance gave, Whose darkness he has turn'd to light. 29 On his firm succour I relied, And did o'er num'rous foes prevail ; Nor fear'd, whilst he was on my side, The best defended walls to scale. 50 For God's designs shall still succeed ; His word will bear the utmost test : He's a strong shield to all that need, And on his sure protection rest. 31 Who then deserves to be ador'd, But God, on whom my hopes depend ? Or who, except the mighty Lord, Can with resistless pow'r defend ? The Fifth Part. 32, 3." Tis God that girds my armour on, And all my just designs fulfils ; Through him my feet can swiftly run, And nimbly climb the steepest "hills. 34 Lessons of war from him I take, And manly weapons learn to wield ; Strong bows of steel with ease I break, Forc'd by my stronger arms to yield. A 3 NEW VERSION OF 35 The buckler of his saving health Protects me from assaulting foes ; His hand sustains me still, my wealth And greatness from his bounty flows. 36 My goings he enlargM abroad, Till then to narrow paths confin'd ; And, when in slippYy ways I trod, The method of my steps design'd. 37 Through him I num'rous hosts defeat, And flying squadrons captive take ; Nor from my tierce pursuit retreat, Till I a final conquest make. | 38 Cover'd with wounds, in vain they try Their vanquished heads again to Spite of their boasted strength they lie Beneath my feet, and grovel there, j 39 God, when fresh armies take the field, Recruits my strength, my courage warms ; He makes my strong opposers yield, Subdu'd by my prevailing arms. 40 Thro* him the necks of prostrate foes My conqu'ring feet in triumph press; Aided by him, I root out those Who hate and envy my success. 41 With loud complaints all friends they tried, But none was able to defend ; At length to God for help they cried, But God would no assistance lend. 42 Like flying dust which winds pursue, Their broken troops I scatter'd round, Their slaughtered bodies forth I threw, Like loathsome dirt that clogs the ground. The Sixth Part. 43 Our factious tribes, at strife till now, By God's appointment me obey ; The heathen to my sceptre bow, And foreign nations own my sway. 44 Remotest realms their homage send, When my successful name they hear ; Strangers for my commands attend, Charm'd with respect, or aw'd by fear. 45 All to my summons tamely yield, Or soon in battle are dismay'd ; For stronger holds they quit the field, And still in strongest holds afraid. 46 Let the eternal Lord be prais'd, The rock on whose defence I rest ; O'er highest heav'ns his Nameberais'd, Who me with his salvation blest. 47 Tis God that still supports my right, His just revenge my foes pursues ; Tis he that with resistless might Fierce nations to my yoke subdues. My universal safeguard he, From whom my lastinghonours flow ; He made me great, and set me free From my remorseless bloody foe. 49 Therefore to celebrate his fame My grateful voice to heavn 111 raise ; And nations, strangers to his Name, Shall thus be taught to sing his prai* 50 God to his king deliv'rance sends, Shews his anointed signal grace ; His mercy evermore extends To David and his promis'd race. PSALM XIX. THE heav'ns declare thy glory, Lore Which that alone can fill ; The firmament and stars express Their great Creator's skill. 2 The dawn of each returning day . Fresh beams of knowledge brings; And from the dark retarns of night Divine instruction springs. 3 Their pow'rful language to no realm Or region is confin'd ; Tis nature's voice, and understood Alike by all mankind. [ 4 Their doctrine does hs sacred sense Through earth's extent display ; Whose bright contents the circBa sun Does round the world convey. ■ 5 No bridegroom on his nuptial day Has such a cheerful face; No giant does like him rejoice To run his glorious race. < 6 From east to west, from west to east, His restless course he goes ; And thio' his progress cheerful light And vital warmth bestows. The Second Part. 7 God's perfect law converts the soul, . Reclaims from false desires ; With sacred wisdom his sure word j The ignorant inspires. 8 The statutes of the Lord are just, H And bring sincere delisht ; His pure commands, in search ] Assist the feeblest sight. [trutfc 9 His perfect worship here is fiz'd, ' On sure foundations laid ; His equal laws are in the scales I Of truth and justice weigh'd. 10 Of more esteem than golden mines, Or gold rerin'd with skill ; 4K More sweet than honey, or the drops That from the comb distil. 11 My trusty counsellors they are, And friendly warnings give ; Divine rewards attend on those j Who by thy precepts live. 12 But what frail man observes how oft He does from virtue fall ? O cleanse me from my secret faults, Thou God that know'st them all! I 13 Let no presumptuous sin, O Lord, Dominion have o'er me ; That, by thy grace preserv'd, I may I The great transgression flee. 14 So shall my pray'r and praises be l 4 With thy acceptance blest ; And I secure on thy defence, My strength and saviour, rest. THE PSALMS. PSALM XX. HE Lord to thy request attend, And hear thee in distress ; The Name of Jacob's God defend, And grant thy arms success, o aid thee from on high repair, And strength from Sion give ; emember all thy off*rings there, Thy sacrifice receive, o compass thy own heart's desire, Thy counsels still direct ; O Lord ; in mercy, hear : Thy wonted aid extend ; Do thou send help, on whom alone I can for help depend. 11 Tis done! Thou hast my mournful scene To songs and dances tum'd ; Invested me with robes of state, Who late in sackcloth mourn'd. 12 Exalted thus, 111 gladly sing Thy praise in grateful verse ; And, as thy favours endless are, Thy endless praise rehearse. PSAXM XXXI. DEFEND me, Lord, from shame, For still I trust in thee ; As just and righteous is thy Name, From danger set me free. 2 Bow down thy gracious ear, And speedy succour send ; Do thou my steadfast rock appear, , To shelter and defend. 3 Since thou, when foes oppress, My rock and fortress art, To guide me forth from this distress Thy wonted help impart 4 Release me from the snare Which they have closely laid, Since I, O God my strength, repair To thee alone for aid. 5 To thee, the God of truth, My life, and all that's mine, (For thou preserv'dst me from my youth,) I willingly resign. 6 All vain designs I hate Of those that trust in lies ; And still my soul in ev'ry state To God for succour flies. The Second Part. | 7 Those mercies thou hast shown 111 cheerfully express ; For thou hast seen my straits, and known My soul in deep distress. 8 When Keilah's treach'rous race Did all my strength enclose, Thou gav'st my feet a larger space To shun my watchful foes. 9 Thy mercy, Lord, display, And hear my just complaint ; For both my soul and flesh decay, With grief and hunger faint. 10 Sad thoughts my life oppress ; My years are spent in groans ; My sins have made my strength de- crease, And e'en consum'd my bones. 11 My foes my suff "rings mock'd , My neighbours did upbraid ; My" friends, at sight of me, were shock'd, And fled as men dismay'd. 12 Forsook by all am I, As dead and out of mind : NEW VERSION OF And like a shattered vessel lie, Whose parts can ne'er be join 'd. 15 Yet sland'ring words they speak, And seem my pow'r to dread ; Whilst they together counsel take My guiltless blood to shed. 14 But still my steadfast trust I on thy help repose ; That thou, my God, art good and just, My soul with comfort knows. The Third Part. 15 Whate'er events betide, Thy wisdom times them all ; Then, Lord, thy servant safely hide From those that seek his fall. 16 The brightness of thy face To me, O Lord, disclose ; And, as thy mercies still increase, Preserve me from my foes. 17 Me from dishonour save, Who still have call'd on thee ; Let that, and silence in the grave, The sinner's portion be. 18 Do thou their tongues restrain, Whose breath in lies is spent ; Who false reports, with proud disdain, Against the righteous vent. 19 How great thy mercies are To such as fear thy Name, Which thou, for those that trust thy Dost to the world proclaim ! 20 Thou keep'st them in thy sight, From proud oppressors free ; From tongues that do in strife delight They are preserv'd by thee. 21 With glory and renown God's Name be ever bless'd ; Whose love in Keilah's well-fenc'd town Was wondrously express'd. 22 I said, in hasty flight, I'm banish'd from thine eyes ; Vet still thou kept'st me in thy sight, And heard'st my earnest cries. 23 O all ye saints, the Lord With eager love pursue ; Who to the just will help afford, And give the proud their due. 24 Ye that on God rely, Courageously proceed : For he will still your hearts supply With strength in time of need. PSALM XXXII. HE's blest whose sins have pardon gain'd, No more in judgment to appear ; 2 Whose guilt remission has obtain'd, And whose repentance is sincere. 3 While I conceal'd the fretting sore, My bones consum'd without relief ; All day did I with anguish roar, But no complaints asswag'd my grief. 4 Heavv on me thy hand remain'd, By day and night alike distress'd ; Till quite of vital moisture drain'd, Like land with summer's droug oppress'd. 5 No sooner I mv wound disclos'd, The guilt that tortur'd me within, But thy forgiveness interpos'd, And mercy's healing balm pour'd 6 True penitents shall thus succeed, Who seek thee whilst thou maj be found ; They, from the common deluge frei Shall see remorselesssinners drown 7 Thy favour, Lord, in all distress, My tow'r of refuge I must own ; Thou shalt my haughty foes suppn And me with songs of triumph crov 8 In my instruction then confide, You that would truth's safe p; descry ; Your progress I'll securely guide, And keep you in my watchful eye 9 Submit yourselves to wisdom's rult Like men that reason have attain' Not like th' ungovem'd horse < mule, Whose fury must be curb'd i rein'd. 10 Sorrows on sorrows multiplied The harden'd sinner shall confout But them who in his truth confide Blessings of mercy shall surround 11 His saints that have perform'd his 1: Their life in triumph shall emplo Let them, as they alone have caust In grateful raptures shout for joy PSALM XXXIII. LET all the just to God wilh joy Their cheerful voices raise, For well the righteous it becomes To sing glad songs of praise. 2, 3 Let harps, and psalteries, and lut In joyful concert meet, And new-made songs of loud apple The harmony complete. 4, 5 For faithful is the word of God, His works with truth abound ; He justice loves, and all the earth Is with his goodness crown'd. 6 By his Almighty word at first The heavenly arch was rear'd, And all the beauteous hosts of ligl At his command appear'd. 7 The swelling floods, together roll' He makes in heaps to lie ; And lays, as in a storehouse, safe, The wat'ry treasures by. 8, 9 Let earth and all that dwell thev Before him trembling stand ; For when he spake the word '1 made, 'Twas fix'd at his command. 10 He, when the heathen closely plot Their counsels undermines ; His wisdom ineffectual makes The people's rash designs. THE PSALMS. -'hate'er the mighty Lord decrees Shall stand for ever sure ; he settled purpose of his heart To ages shall endure. The Second Part. ow happy then are they, to whom The Lord for God is known ; I'hom he from all the world besides Has chosen for his own ! 4, 15 He all the nations of the earth From heav'n, his throne, survey'd ; e saw their works, and view'd their thoughts, ; By him their hearts were made. 7 No king is safe by num'rous hosts, Their strength the strong deceives ; o manag'd horse, by force or speed, His warlike rider saves. 9 'Tis God, who those that trust in him Beholds with gracious eyes ; e frees their soul from death, their want tn time of dearth supplies. lOursoul on God with patience waits, Our help and shield is he ; hen, Lord, let still our hearts rejoice, Because we trust in thee. he riches of thy mercy, Lord, Do thou to us extend ; ince we for all we want or wish On thee alone depend. PSALM XXXIV. HRO' all the changing scenes of life, In trouble and in joy, he praises of my God shall still R My heart and tongue employ. f his deliv'rance I will boast, [! Till all that are distrest I rom my example comfort take, P And charm their griefs to rest. ' magnify the Lord with me, i With me exalt his Name ; • hen in distress to him I call'd, He to my rescue came, if heir drooping hearts were soon re- I fresh'd, I Who look'd to him for aid ; I •esir'd success in ev'ry face |tA cheerful air display'd. , ehold, say they, behold the man 'Whom Providence reliev'd ; i 'he man so dang'rously beset, So wondrously retrieved ! j 'he hosts of God encamp around The dwellings of the just ; )eliVrance he affords to all ' Who on his succour trust. > make but trial of his love, Experience will decide, ■low bless'd they are, and only they, Who in his truth confide. ear him, ye saints, and you will then Have nothing else to fear ; Make you his service your delight, Your wants shall be his care. 10 While hungry lions lack their prey, The Lord will food provide For such as put their trust in him, And see their needs supplied. The Second Part. 1 1 Approach, ye piously dispos'd, And my instruction hear : I'll teach you the true discipline Of his religious fear. 12 Let him, who length of life desires, And prosp'rous days would see, 13 From sland'ring language keep his tongue, His lips from falsehood free. 14 The crooked paths of vice decline, And virtue's ways pursue ; Establish peace where 'tis begun, And where 'tis lost renew. 15 The Lord from heaven beholds the just With favourable eyes ; And, when distress'd, his gracious ear Is open to their cries : 16 But turns his wrathful look on those Whom mercy can't reclaim, To cut them off', and from the earth Blot out their hated name. 17 Deliv'rance to his saints he gives, When his relief they crave ; IS He's nigh to heal the broken heart, And contrite spirit save. 19 The wicked oft, but still in vain, Against the just conspire; 20 For under their affliction's weight He keeps their bones entire. 21 The wicked from their wicked arts Their ruin shall derive ; Whilst righteous men, whom they de- test, Shall them and theirs survive. 22 For God preserves the souls of those Who on his truth depend, To them and their posterity His blessings shall descend. PSALM XXXV. AGAINST all those that strive with me, O Lord, assert my right ; With such as war unjustly wage Do thou my battles fight. 2 Thy buckler take, and bind thy shield Upon thy warlike arm ; Stand up, my God, in my defence, And keep me safe from harm. 3 Bring forth thy spear, and stop their course. That haste my blood to spill ; Say to my soul, I am thy health, And will preserve thee still. 4 Let them with shame be cover"d o'er, Who my destruction sought ; And such as did my harm devise Be to confusion brought. NEW VERSION OF 5 Then shall they fly, dispers'd like chaff Before the driving wind ; God's vengeful minister of wrath Shall follow close behind. 6 And when thro' dark and slipp'ry ways They strive his rage to shun, His vengeful ministers of wrath Shall goad them as they run. 7 Since, unprovok'd by any wrong, They hid their treach'rous snare; And for my harmless soul a pit Did causelessly prepare : 8 Surpris'd by mischiefs unforeseen, By their own arts betray'd, Their feet shall fall into the net Which they for me had laid. 9 Whilst my glad soul shall God's great Name For this deliv'rance bless, And, by his saving health secur'd, Its grateful joy express ; 10 My very bones shall say, O Lord, Who can compare with thee, Who sett'st the poor and helpless man From strong oppressors free ? The Second Part. 1 1 False witnesses.with forg'd complaints, Against my truth combin'd ; And to my charge such things they laid As I had ne'er design'd. 12 The good which I to them had done, With evil they repaid ; And did, by malice undeserv'd, My harmless life invade. 13 But as for me, when they were sick, I still in sackcloth mourn'd ; I pray'd and fasted, and my pray* To my own breast return 'd. 14 Had they my friends or brethren been, I could have done no more ; Nor with more decent signs of grief A mother's loss deplore. 1.5 How diff'rent did their carriage prove In times of my distress ; When they, i:i crowds together met, Did savage joy express. The rabble too, in num'rous throngs, By their example came, And ceas'd not, with reviling words, To wound my spotless fame. 16 Scoffers, that noble tables haunt, And earn their bread with lies, Did gnash their teeth, and sland'ring jests Maliciously devise. 17 But, Lord, how long wilt thou look On my behalf appear : [on ? And save my guiltless soul, which they, Like rav'ning beasts, would tear. The Third Part. 18 So I, before the lisfning world, Shall grateful thanks express ; And, where the great assembly meets, Thy Name with praises bless. 19 Lord, suffer not my causeless foes, Who me unjustly hate, With open joy, or secret signs, To mock my sad estate. 20 For they, with hearts averse fra peace, Industriously devise Against the men of quiet minds To forge malicious lies. 21 Nor with these private arts content, Aloud they vent their spite ; And say, At last we found him out, He did it in our sight. 22 But thou, who dost both them and n With righteous eyes survey, Assert my innocence, O Lord, And keep not far away. 23 Stir up thyself, in my behalf To judgment, Lord, awake; Thy righteous servant's cause, O Gr they, cut down like tender grass, like young flow"rs, away shall pass, blooming beauty »oon decays, on God, and him obey ; thou within the land shalt stay, jcure from danger and from want : I ke his commands thy chief delight ; ! id he, thy duty to requite, " all thy earnest wishes grant. | all thy wavs trust thou the Lord, ! id he will needful help afford o perfect eVry just design : H make, like light, serene and clear, y clouded innocence appear, nd as a midday sun to shine, th quiet mind on God depend, id patiently for hira attend ; or let thy anger fondly rise : io' wicked men with wealth abound, nd with success the plots are crown'd, j hich they maliciously devise, om anger cease, and wrath forsake ; t no ungovern'd passion make art S heart es l )0Use tneir ' r God shall sinful men destroy ; "hilst only they the land enjoy", trust on him, and wait his time, soon shall wicked men decay ! • place shall vanish quite away, ! K b - v ,he str lctest search be found , " humble souls possess the earth, still with godly mirth, peace and plenty alwavs n'd. The Second Part. 12 While sinful crowds, with false design, Against the righteous few combine, And gnash their teeth, and threat- Ming stand ; 13 God shall their empty plots deride, And laugh at their defeated pride ; He sees their ruin near at hand. 14 They draw the sword, and bend the bow, The poor and needy to o'erthrow, And men of upright lives to slay ; 15 But their strong bows shall soon be broke, Their sharpen 'd weapon's mortal stroke Through their own hearts shall force its way. 16 A little, with God's favour bless'd, That's by one righteous man possess'd, The wealth of many bad excels : 17 For God supports the just man's cause, But as for those that break his laws, Their unsuccessful pow'r he quells. 18 His constant care the upright guides, And over all their life presides ; Their portion shall for ever last : 19 They, when distress o'erwhelms the earth. Shall be unmov'd, and e'en in dearth The happy fruits of plenty taste. 20 Not so the wicked men, and those Who proudly dare God's will oppose j Destruction is their hapless share : Like fat of lambs, their hopes and they Shall in an instant melt away, And vanish into smoke and air. The Third Pari. 21 While sinners, brought to sad decay, Still borrow on and never pay, The just have will and pow'r to give : 22 For such as God vouchsafes to ble>s, Shall peaceably the earth possess ; And those he" curses shall not live. 23 The good man's way is God's delight, He orders all the steps aright Of him that moves by his command ; 21 Tho' he sometimes may be distress'd, Yet shall he ne'er be quite oppress'd, For God upholds him with his hand. 25 From my first youth, till age prevail'd, 1 never saw the righteous fail'd, Or want o'ertake his num'rous race ; 26 Because compassion fill'd his heart, And he did cheerfully impart, God made his offspring's wealth in- crease. 27 With caution shun each wicked deed, In virtue's M ays with zeal proceed, And so prolong your happy days : 28 For God, who judgment loves, does still Preserve his saints secure from ill, While soon the wicked race decays. 29, 30, 31 The upright shall possess the land, His portion shall for ages stand ; NEW VERSION OF His mouth with wisdom is supplied ; His tongue by rules of judgment moves, His heart the law of God approves, Therefore his footsteps never slide. The Fourth Part. 32 In wait the watchful sinner lies, In vain the righteous to surprise ; In vain his ruin doth decree : 33 God will not him defenceless leave, To his revenge expos'd, but save ; And, when he's sentenc'd, set him free. 34 Wait still on God, keep his command, And thou, exalted in the land, Thy bless'd possession ne'er shall quit: The wicked soon destroy'd shall be, And, at his dismal tragedy, Thou shalt a safe spectator sit. 35 The wicked I in power have seen, And, like a bay tree, fresh and green, That spreads its pleasant branches round ; 56 But he was gone as swift as thought, And, though in ev'ry place I sought, No sign or track of him I found. 37 Observe the perfect man with care, And mark all such as upright are ; Their roughest days in peace shall end : 38 While on the latter end of those, Who dare God's sacred will oppose, A common ruin shall attend. 39 God to the just will aid afford, Their only safeguard is the Lord ; Their strength in time of need is he : 40 Because on him they still depend, The Lord will timely succour send, And from the wicked set them free. PSALM XXXVIII. THY chast'ning wrath, O Lord, re- strain, Though I deserve it all ; Nor let at once on me the 6torm Of thy displeasure fall. 2 In ev'ry wretched part of me Thy arrows deep remain ; Thy heavy hand's afflicting weight I can no more sustain. 3 My flesh is one continued wound, Thy wrath so fiercely glows ; Betwixt my punishment and guilt My bones have no repose. 4 My sins, that to a deluge swell, My sinking head o'erflow, And for my feeble strength to bear Too vast a burden grow. 5 Stench and corruption fill my wounds, My folly's just return ; 6 With trouble I am warp'd and bow'd, And all day long I mourn. 7 A loath'd disease afflicts my loins, Infecting ev'ry part , 8 With sickness worn, I groan and roar, Through anguish of my heart. The Second Part. 9 But, Lord, before thy searching ey All my desires appear ; And sure my groans have been loud Not to have reach'd thine ear. 10 My heart's opprest, my strength cay'd, My eyes depriv'd of light ; 11 Friends, lovers, kinsmen, gaze alo On such a dismal sight. 12 Meanwhile the foes that seek my 1: Their snares to take me set ; Vent slanders, and contrive all da) To forge some new deceit. 13 But I, as if both deaf and dumb, Nor heard, nor once replied ; 14 Quite deaf and dumb, like one w) tongue With conscious guilt is tied. 15 For, Lord, to thee I do appeal, My innocence to clear ; Assur'd that thou, the righteous G My injur'd cause wilt hear. 16 Hear me, said I, lest my proud foe A spiteful joy display, Insulting if they see my foot But once to go astray. 17 And, with continual grief opprest To sink I now begin : 18 To thee, O Lord, I will confess, To thee bewail my sin. 19 But whilst I languish, my proud f Their strength and vigour boast And they that hate me without a Are grown a dreadful host. 20 E'en they, whom I oblig'd, return My kindness with despite ; And are my enemies, because I choose the path that's right. 21 Forsake me not, O Lord my God, Nor far from me depart ; 22 Make haste to my relief, O thou, Who my salvation art. PSALM XXXIX. RESOLV'D to watch o'er all my v I kept my tongue in awe ; I curb'd my hasty words when I The wicked prosp'rous saw. 2 Like one that's dumb I silent stoo And did my tongue refrain From good discourse; but that strain t Increas'd my inward pain. 3 My heart did glow with wor thoughts, And no repose could take, Till strong reflection fann'd the fi And thus at length I spake : 4 Lord, let me know my term of da How soon my life will end ; The num'rous train of ills disclost Which this frail state attend. THE PSALMS. [y life, thou know'st, is but a span, A cipher sums my years ; \nd ev"ry man, in best estate, But vanity appears. Ian like a shadow vainly walks, With fruitless cares oppress'd ; le heaps up wealth, but cannot tell By whom 'twill be possess'd. t'hy then should I on worthless toys With anxious care attend ? 'n thee alone my steadfast hope Shall ever, Lord, depend. Forgive my sins, nor let me scorn'd By foolish sinners be ; or I was dumb, and murmur'd not, Because 'twas done by thee, he dreadful burden of thy wrath In mercy soon remove ; est my frail flesh too weak to bear The heavy load should prove, or when thou chasten "st man for sin Thou mak'st his beauty fade, io vain a thins is he,) like cloth By fretting moths decay'd. ord, hear my cry, accept my tears, And listen to my pray'r ; VTio sojourn like a stranger here, As all my fathers were, spare me yet a little time, My wasted strength restore ; efore I vanish quite from hence, And shall be seen no more. PSALM XL. WAITED meekly for the Lord, Till he vouchsaf 'd a kind reply ; ?ho did his gracious ear afford, And heard from heav'n my humble cry. le took me from the dismal pit, When founder'd deep in miry clay ; >n solid ground he plac'd my feet, And suffer'd not my steps to stray, 'he wonders he for me has wrought Shall fill my mouth with songs of praise ; md others, to his worship brought, To hopes of like deliv'rance raise, 'or blessings shall that man reward, Who on th' Almighty Lord relies ; V'ho treats the proud with disregard, And hates the hypocrite's disguise. Vho can the wondrous works recount, i, Which thou, O God, for us hast wrought ! 'he treasures of thy love surmount The pow'r of numbers, speech, and thought. 've leamt, that thou hast not desir'd Offrings and sacrifice alone ; ■Tor blood of guiltless beasts requir'd For man's transgression to atone, therefore come — come to fulfil The oracles thy books impart : Tis my delight "to do thy will ; Thy law is written in my heart. The Second Part. 9 In full assemblies I have told Thy truth and righteousness at large; Nor did, thou know'st, my lips with- hold From utfring what thou gav'st in charge. 10 Nor kept within my breast confin'd Thy faithfulness and saving grace ; But preach'd thy love, for all design'd, That all might that and truth em- brace. 11 Then let those mercies I declar'd To others, Lord, extend to me ; Thy lovingkindness my reward, Thy truth my safe protection be. 12 For I with troubles am distress'd, Too numberless for me to bear ; Nor less with loads of guilt oppress'd, That plunge and sink me to despair. As soon, alas, may I recount The hairs on this afflicted head : My vanquish'd courage they surmount, And fill my drooping soul with dread. The Third Part. 13 But, Lord, to my relief draw near, For never was more pressing need ; In my deliv'rance, Lord, appear, And add to that deliv'rance speed. 14 Confusion on their heads return, Who to destroy my soul combine ; Let them, defeated, blush and mourn, Ensnar'd in their own vile design. 15 Their doom let desolation be, With shame their malice be repaid, Who mock'd my confidence in thee, And sport of my affliction made : 16 While those, who humbly seek thy face, To joyful triumphs shall be rais'd ; And all who prize thy saving grace With me resound, The Lord be prais'd. 17 Thus, wretched tho' I am and poor, Of me th' Almighty Lord takes care; Thou, God, who'only canst restore, To my relief with speed repair. PSALM XLI. TTAPPY the man whose tender care Relieves the poor distrest ; When troubles compass him around, The Lord shall give him rest. 2 The Lord his life, with blessings crown'd, In safety shall prolong ; And disappoint the will of those That seek to do him wrong. 3 If he, in languishing estate, Oppress'd with sickness lie ; The Lord will easy make his bed, And inward strength supply. 4 Secure of this, to thee, my God, I thus my pray'r address'd : Lord, for thy mercy, heal my soul, Though I have much transgress'd. NEW VERSION OF o My cruel foes, with sland'rous words, Attempt to wound my fame ; When shall he die, say they, and men Forget his very name ? 6 Suppose they formal visits make, Tis all but' empty show, They gather mischief in their hearts, And vent it where they go. 7, 8 With private whispers such as these To hurt me they devise : A sore disease afflicts him now, He's fall'n no more to rise. 9 My own familiar bosom friend, On whom I most relied, Has me, whose daily guest he was, With open scom defied. 10 But thou my sad and wretched state In mercy, Lord, regard ; And raise me up, that all their crimes May meet their just reward. 11 By this I know thy gracious ear Is open when I call ; Because thou suff'rest not my foes To triumph in my fall. 12 Thy tender care secures my life From danger and disgrace ; And thou vouchsaf 'st to set me still Before thy glorious face. 13 Let therefore Israel's Lord and God From age to age be bless'd ; i And all the people's glad applause With loud Amens expressed. PSALM XI.II. AS pants the hart for cooling streams, When heated in the chase ; So longs my soul, O God, for thee, And thy refreshing grace. 2 For thee, my God, the living God, Mv thirstv'soul doth pine : O when shall I behold thy face, Thou Majesty divine ! 5 Tears are my constant food, while thus Insulting foes upbraid : Deluded wretch ! where's now thy God 3 And where his promis'd aid ? 4 I sigh whene'er my musing thoughts | Those happy days present, When I with* troons of pious friends ; Thy temple did frequent : When I advanc'd with songs of praise I My solemn vows to pay, And led the joyful sacred throng, That kept the festal day. 5 Why restless, why cast down, my soul ? | Trust God, who will employ His aid for thee, and change these sighs To thankful hymns of joy. 6 My soul's cast down, O God, but thinks On thee and Sion still ; From Jordan's bank, from Hermon's heights, And Mizar"s humbler hill. 7 One trouble calls another on, And gath'ring o'er my head, Fall spouting down, till round m. A roaring sea is spread. 8 But when thy presence, Lord of f Has once dispell'd this storm, I To thee 111 midnight anthems si L And all my vows perform. E 9 God of my strength, how long sh 1 Like one forgotten, mourn ? I Forlorn, forsaken, and expos'd I To my oppressor's scom ? I 10 My heart is pierc'd, as with a sw< | Whilst thus my foes upbraid, J Vain boaster, where is now thy Gx And where his promis'd aid } I 1 1 Why restless, why cast down, my i I Hope still, and thou shalt sing f The praise of hinj who is thy Got 2 Thy health's eternal spring. PSALM XLIII. h JUST Judge of heav'n, against nv4 Do thou assert my injur"d right it O set me free, my God, from tho>4 That in deceit and wrong deligta 2 Since thou art still my only stay, 4 Why leav'st thou me in deep distj tj Why go I mourning all the day, * Whilst me insulting foes oppres.* ■ 3 Let me with light and truth be b I Be these my guides to lead the t T Till on thy holy hill I rest, I And in thy sacred temple pray, i 4 Then will I there fresh altars rai f To God, who is my only joy ; J And well-tun'd harps, with son* I praise. Shall all my grateful hours emp'iT 5 Why then cast down, my soul ? m why [c I So much oppress'd with ami On God, thy God, for aid rely, ' Who will thy ruin'd state repair.] PSALM XLIV. OLORD, our fathers oft have tokl In our attentive ears, Thy wonders in their days perfori I And elder times than theirs ; 2 How thou, to plant them here, ( drive The heathen from this land ; Dispeopled by repeated strokes Of thy avenging hand. 5 For not their courage, nor their s% To them possession gave ; Nor strength, that from unequal f Their fainting troops could saTe: But thy right hand and pow'rful a Whose succour they implor'd ; Thy presence with the chosen rac Who thy great Name ador'd. 4 As thee their God our fathers owr Thou art our sov*rejgn King ; O therefore, as thou didst to them To us deliv'rance bring. THE PSALMS. i iro' thy victorious Name our arms he proudest foes shall quell, M\d crush them with repeated strokes, Ls oft as they rebel. *4 neither trust my bow nor sword, - I /hen I in fight engage ; JS f t thee, who hast our foes subdu'd, aid sham'd their spiteful rage, •ty thee the triumph we ascribe, rom whom the conquest came ; ■ I God we will rejoice all day, I jad ever bless his Name. T * The Second Part. . J t thou hast cast us off, and uow ; | tost shamefully we yield ; Jr thou no more vouchsaf 'st to lead !4ur armies to the tield. Ljice when, to ev'ry upstart foe T'e turn our backs in tight ; id with our spoil their malice feast, .'ho bear us ancient spite. u4 slaughter doom'd, we fall like sheep -3fJito their butch"ring hands ; io* (what's more wretched yet) survive, =-a»ispers'd through heathen lands. ?Jj people thou hast sold for slaves, -Sf nd set their price so low, I .at not thy treasure by the sale, ^afut their disgrace may grow. <' 1 Reproach'd by all the nations W round, he heathen's byword grown, ■I nose scorn of us is both in speech . s nd mocking gestures shown. nfusion strikes me blind, my fa*e ^ i conscious shame I hide, ule we are scoffd, and God bias- Si 'phem'd, ri[ y their licentious pride. The Third Part. ' us this heap of woes is fall'n, J 11 this we have endur'd ; n t have not, Lord, renounc'd thy Name, , j x faith to thee abjur'd. t in thy righteous paths have kept ci ur hearts and steps with care ; o' thou hast broken all our strength, ,nd we almost despair, lid we, forgetting thy great Name, n other gods rely, :• d not the Searcher of all hearts he treach'rous crime descry ? ou seest what suffrings for thy sake e ev'ry day sustain ; I slaughter'd, or reserv'd like sfieep ' ppointed to be slain. -- T ake, arise ; let seeming sleep o longer thee detain ; l r let us, Lord, who sue to thee, or ever sue in vain. I I therefore hidest thou thy face rom our afflicted state ? j lose souls and bodies sink to earth, ith grief's oppressive weight. 26 Arise, O Lord, and timely haste To our deliv*rance make ; Redeem us, Lord, — if not for ours, Yet for thy mercy's sake. PSALM XLV. WHILE I the King's loud praise rehearse, Indited by my heart, My tongue is like the pen of him That writes with ready art. 2 How matchless is thy form, O King ! Thy mouth with grace overflows ; Because fresh blessings God on thee Eternally bestows. 3 Gird on thy sword, most mighty Prince; And, clad in rich array, With glorious ornaments of pow"r Majestick pomp display. 4 Ride on in state, and still protect The meek, the just, and true ; Whilst thy right hand with swift re- venge Does all thy foes pursue. 5 How sharp thy wea]>ons are to them That dare thy pow'r despise ! Down, down they fall, while through their heart The feather'd arrow flies. 6 But thy firm throne, O God, is fix'd For ever to endure ; Thy sceptre's sway shall always last, By righteous laws secure. 7 Because thy heart, by justice led, Did upright ways approve, And hated still the crooked paths Where wand'ring sinners rove : Therefore did God, thy God, on thee The oil of gladness shed ; And hath, above thy fellows round, Advanc'd thy lofty head. 8 With cassia, aloes, and myrrh, Thy royal robes abound ; Which, from the stately wardrobe brought, Spread grateful odeurs round. 9 Among the honourable train Did princely virgins wait ; The queen "was plac'd at thy right hand In golden robes of state. The Second Part. ! 1 1 So shall thy beauty charm the King ; Nor shall his love decay : For he is now become thy Lord ; To him due rev'rence pay. 12 The Tyrian matrons, rich and proud, Shall humble presents make ; And all the wealthy nations sue Thy favour to partake. 10 But thou, O royal bride, give ear, And to my words attend ; Forget thy native country now, And ev'ry former friend. NEW VERSION OF 13 The King's fair daughter's fairer soul All inward graces fill ; Her raiment is of purest gold, Adom'd with costly skill. 14 She, in her nuptial garments drest, With needles richly wrought, Attended by her virgin train, Shall to the King be brought. 15 With all the state of solemn joy The triumph moves along, Till with wide gates the royal court Receives the pompous throng. 16 Thou, in thy royal father's room, Must princely sons expect ; Whom thou to different realms may'st send To govern and protect. 17 Whilst this my song to future times Transmits thy glorious Name ; And makes the world, with one con- sent, Thy lasting praise proclaim. PSALM XLVI. GOD is our refuge in distress, A present help when dangers press; In him undaunted well confide : I 2, 3 Though earth were from her centre tost, And mountains in the ocean lost, Torn piece-meal by the roaring tide. 4 A gentler stream with gladness still The city of our Lord shall fill, The royal seat of God most high ; 5 God dwells in Sion, whose fair tow«rs Shall mock th' assaults of earthly powYs, While his almighty aid is nigh. 6 In tumults, when the heathen rag*d, And kingdoms war against us wag"d, He thunder'd, and dispers'd their pow"rs : 7 The Lord of hosts conducts our arms, Our tow'r of refuse in alarms, Our fathers' guardian God and ours. 8 Come see the wonders hehath wrought, On earth what desolation brought ; How he has calm'd the jarring world: 9 He broke the warlike spear and bow ; With them their thund'ring chariots too Into devouring flames were hurl'd. 10 Submit to God's almighty sway, For him the heathen shall obey, And earth her sovYeign Lord confess : 11 The God of hosts conducts our arms, Our tow'r of refuge in alarms, As to our fathers in distress. PSALM XLYII. OALL ye people, clap your hands, And with triumphant voices sing ; 2 No force the mighty powY withstands Of God, the universal King. 3, 4 He shall opposing nations quell, And with success our battles tight ; Shall fix the place where we dwell, The pride of Jacob, his delight. 5, 6 God is gone up, our Lord and 1 With shouts of joy and trur sound ; To him repeated praises sing, And let the cheerful song go ro , i 7, 8 Your utmost skill in praise be si For him, who all the world mands ; Who sits upon his righteous thro , And spreads his sway o'er he lands. 1 9 Our chiefs and tribes, that far hence To serve the God of Abr*am car I Found him their constant sun . fence: How great and glorious is his N PSALM XLTIII. 1 rpHE Lord, the only God, i- ^jreal i And greatly to be prais'd" In Sion, on whose happy mount h His sacred throne is rais'd. ( ^ 2 Her tow "rs, the joy of all the eart With beauteous prospect rise ; iti On her north side th' Almighty H Imperial city lies. 3 God in her palaces is known ; His presence is her guard : ■ 4 Confederate kin gs withdrew their i And of success despaired. 5 Thev view'd her walls, admir*d fled, Gwith grief and terror struck ; 6 Like women whom the sudden p Of travail had o'ertook. 7 No 'wretched crew of mariners Appear like them forlorn, When fleets from Tarshish' we coasts By eastern winds are torn. 8 In Sion we have seen perform 'd A work that was foretold ; In pledge that God, for times to c. His city will uphold. 9 Not in our fortresses and walls Did we, O God, confide ; But on the temple rix'd our hope ' In which thou dost reside. 10 According to thy sovereign Name, Thy praise through earth extend Thy"pow*rful arm, as justice guid' Chastises or defends. 11 Let Sion's mount with joy resounc Her daughters all be taught In songs his judgments to extol, Who this deliverance wrought. ■ 12 Compass her walls in solemn pom Your eyes quite round her cast ; Count all her towVs, and see if th You find a stone displac'd. 13 Her forts and palaces survey, i Observe their order well ; THE PSALMS. That with assurance to your heirs This wonder you may tell. This God is ours, and will be ours, Whilst we in him confide ; Vho, as he has preserv'd us now, Till death will be our guide. PSALM XI.IX. ET all the list'ning world attend, ' And my instruction hear ; ,et high and low, and rich and poor, With joint consent give ear. My mouth, with sacred wisdom fill'd, Shall good advice impart, The sound result of prudent thoughts, Digested in my heart, 'o parables of weighty sense I will my ear incline ; Vhilst to my tuneful harp I sing Dark words of deep design. Vhy should my courage fail in times Of danger and of doubt , vlien sinners, that would me sup- plant, Have compass'd me about ? hose men that all their hope and trust In heaps of treasure place, uid boast and triumph, when they see Their ill -got wealth increase, .re yet unable from the grave Their dearest friend to free ; •or can by force or bribes reverse Th* Almighty Lord's decree. Their vain endeavours they must quit ; The price is held too high : * (o sums can purchase such a grant, That man should never die. ot wisdom can the wise exempt, tfor fools their folly save ; fut both must perish, and in death Their wealth to others leave, or tho* they think their stately seats Shall ne'er to ruin fall ; ut their remembrance last in lands tVhich by their names they call : el shall their fame be soon forgot, Jow great soe'er their state ; ith beasts their memory and they Shall share one common fate. The Second Part. w great their folly is, who thus bsurd conclusions make ! d yet their children, unreclaim'd, Repeat the gross mistake, hey all, like sheep to slaughter led, The prey of death are made ; heir beauty, while the just rejoice, •Vithin the grave shall fade, xt God will yet redeem my soul, \nd from the greedy grave is greater pow*r shall set me free, Vnd to himself receive. ten fear not thou, when worldly men n envied wealth abound, Nor though their prosp'rous house increase, With state and honour crown'd. 17 For when they're summon'd hence by death, They leave all this behind ; No shadow of their former pomp Within the grave they find : 18 And vet thev thought their state was bfess'd, Caught in the flattVer's snare, Who with their vanity complied, And prais'd their worldly care. 19 In their forefathers' steps they tread ; And when, like them, they die, Their wretched ancestors and they In endless darkness lie. 20 For man, how great soe'er his state, Unless he's truly wise, As like a sensual beast he lives, So like a beast he dies. PSALM L. rPHE Lord hath spoke, the mighty God J- Hath sent his summons all abroad, From dawning light, till day declines: 2 The lisfning earth his voice hath heard, And he from Sion hath appeared, Where beauty in perfection shines. 3, 4 Our God shall come, and keep no more Misconstxu'd silence, as before ; But wasting flames before him send: Around shall tempests fiercely rage, While he doesheav'n and earth engage His just tribunal to attend. 5, 6 Assemble all my saints to me, (Thus runs the great divine decree,) That in my lasting cov'nant live; And oH'iings bring with constant care : The heav'ns his justice shall declare; For God himseif shall sentence give. 7 Attend, my people ; Israel, hear ; Tlrv strong accuser I'll appear ; Thy God, thy only God, am I : 8 'Tis not of ott 'rings 1 complain, Which, daily in my temple slain, My sacred altar did supply. 9 Will this alone atonement make ? No bullock from thy stail I'll take, Nor he-goat from thy fold accept ; 10 The forest beasts that range alone, The cattle too are all my own, That on a thousand hills are kept. Ill know the fowls, that build their nests In craggy rocks ; and savage beasts, That loosely haunt the open fields : 12 If seiz'd with hunger I could be, I need not seek relief from thee, Since the world's mine, and all It yields. 13 Think'st thou that I have any need On slaughter'd bulls and goats to feed ; To eat their flesh and drink their blood ? NEW VERSION OP 14 The sacrifices I require, Are hearts which loveand zeal inspire, And vows with strictest care made good. 15 In time of trouble call on me, And I will set thee safe and free, And thou returns of praise shalt make: 16 But to the wicked thus saith God, How dar'st thou teach my laws abroad, Or in thy mouth my cov'nant take ? 17 For stubborn thou, confirm'd in sin, Hast proof against instruction been, And of rav word didst lightly speak : 18 When thou a subtle thief didst see, Thou gladly didst with him agree, And with adulfrers didst partake. 19 Vile slander is thy chief delight, Thy tongue, by envy mov'd and spite, Deceitful tales doth hourly spread : 20 Thou dost with hateful scandals wound Thy brother, and with lies confound The ofFspring of thy mother's bed. 21 These things didst thou, whom still I strove To gain with silence and with love ; Till thou didst wickedly surmise, That I was such a one as thou : But I'll reprove and shame thee now, And set thy sins before thine eyes. 22 Mark this, ye wicked fools, lest I Let all my bolts of vengeance fly, Whilst none shall dare your cause to own. 23 Who praises me, due honour gives ; And to the man that justly lives, My strong salvation shall be shown. PSALM LI. HAVE mercy, Lord, on me, As thou wert ever kind ; Let me, opprest with loads of guilt, Thy wonted mercy find. 2, 3 Wash off my foul offence, And cleanse me from my sin ; For I confess my crime, and see How great my guilt has been. 4 Against thee, Lord, alone, And only in thy sight, Have I transgress'd, and, though con- demn'd, Must own thy judgment right. 5 In guilt each part was form'd Of all this sinful frame ; In guilt I was conceiv'd, and born The heir of sin and shame. 6 Yet thou, whose searching eye Doth inward truth require, In secret didst with wisdom's laws My tender soul inspire. 7 With hyssop purge me, Lord, And so I clean shall be ; I shall with snow in whiteness vie, When purified by thee. 8 Make me to hear with joy Thy kind forgiving voice; That so the bones which thou ha broke May with fresh strength rejoice. 9, 10 Blot out my crying sins, Nor me in anger view ; Create in me a heart that's clean, An upright mind renew. The Second Part. 11 Withdraw not thou thy help, Nor cast me from thy sight ; Nor let thy holy Spirit take Its everlasting flight. 12 The joy thy favour gives Let me again obtain ; And thy free Spirit's firm support My fainting soul sustain. 13 So I thy righteous ways To sinners will impart, Whilst my advice shall wicked me To thy just laws convert. 14 My guilt of blood remove, My Saviour and my God ; And my glad tongue shall loudly t Thy righteous acts abroad. 15 Do thou unlock my lips, With sorrow clos'd and shame ; So shall my mouth thy wondrous pill To all the world proclaim, 16 Could sacrifice atone, Whole flocks and herds should die ; But on such off'rings thou disdain's! To cast a gracious eye. 17 A broken spirit is By God most highly priz'd ; By him a broken contrite heart Shall never be despis'd. 18 Let Sion favour find, Of thy good-will assur"d ; And thy own city flourish long, By lofty walls secur'd. 19 The just shall then attend, And pleasing tribute pay ; And sacrifice of choicest kind Upon thy altar lay. PSALM ML IN vain, O man of lawless might, Thou boast'st thyself in ill Since God, the God in whom I Vouchsafes his favour still. 2 Thy wicked tongue doth si; tales Maliciously devise ; And, sharper than a razor set. It wounds with treach'rous lies. 3, 4 Thy thoughts are more on ill ths good, On lies than truth employ'd ; Thy tongue delights in words, by whi( The guiltless are destroy'd. 5 God shall for ever blast thy hopes, And snatch thee soon away ■ Nor in thy dwelling-place permit, Nor in the world to stay. 6 The just, with pious fear, shall see The downfall of thy pride ; THE PSALMS. \nd at thy sudden ruin laugh, And thus thy fall deride : See there the man that haughty was, Who proudly God defied, Who trusted In his wealth, and still On wicked arts relied. But I am like those olive plants That shade Gad's temple round ; And hope with his indulgent grace To be for ever crown'd. So shall my soul with praise, O God, Extol thy wondrous love ; And on thy Name with patience wait ; For this thy saints approve. PSALM LIII. ^HE wicked fools must sure suppose - That God is but a name; This gross mistake their practice Since virtue all disclaim. [shows, The Lord look'd down from heav'n's high tow*r, , The sons of men to view ; to see if any own'd his pow'r, Or truth or justice knew, iut all, he saw, were backwards gone, Degen'rate grown, and base ; v'one for religion car'd, not one Of all the sinful race. But are those workers of deceit So dull and senseless grown, "hat they, like bread, my people eat, And God's just pow'r disown ? rheir causeless fears shall strangely grow, And they, despis'd of God, ihall soon* be foil'd ; his hand shall throw Their shatter'd bones abroad. Vould he his saving pow'r employ To break our servile band, .oud shouts of universal joy Should echo through the land. FSALM LIV. ORD, save me.for thy glorious Name, P And in thy strength appear, To judge my cause ; accept my pray"r, j And to my words give ear. |Terestrangers,whom I never wrong'd, (To ruin me design'd ; uid cruel men, that fear no God, Against my soul combin'd. But God takes part with all my friends. And he's the surest guard ; "he God of truth shall give my foes Their falsehood's due reward : lTtalle I my grateful offring bring, 1 And sacrifice with joy ; tod in his praise my time to come Delightfully employ. , "rom dreadful danger and distress The Lord hath set me free ; f'hrough him shall I of all my foes i The just destruction see. PSALM LV. rilVE ear, thou Judge of all the earth, And listen when I pray ; Nor from thy humble suppliant turn Thy glorious face away. 2 Attend to this my sad complaint, And hear my grievous moans ; Whilst I my mournful case declare With artless sighs and groans. 3 Hark, how the foe insults aloud ! How tierce oppressors rage ! Whose sland'rous tongues, with wrath, ful hate, Against my fame engage. \, 5 My heart is rack'd with pain, my soul With deadly frights distressed ; With fear and trembling compass'd round, With horror quite oppress'd. 6 How often wish'd I then, that I The dove's swift wings could get ; That I might take my speedy flight, And seek a safe retreat. 7, 8 Then would I wander far from hence, And in wild deserts stray, Till all this furious storm were spent, This tempest past away. The Second Part. 9 Destroy, O Lord, their ill designs, Their counsels soon divide ; For through the city my griev'd eyes Have strife and rapine spied. 10 By day and night on ev'ry wall They walk their constant round ; And in the midst of all her strength Are grief and mischief found. 11 Whoe'er thro' ev'ry part shall roam, With fresh disorders meet ; Deceit and guile their constant posts Maintain in ev'ry street. 12 For 'twas not any open foe That false reflections made ; For then I could with ease have borne The bitter things he said : Twas none who hatred had profess'd That did against me rise ; For then I had withdrawn myself From his malicious eyes : 13, 14 But 'twas e'en thou, my guide, my friend, Whom tend'rest love did join ; Whose sweet advice I valu'd most, Whose pray'rs were mix'd with mine. 15 Sure vengeance, equal to their crimes, Such traitors must surprise ; And sudden death requite those ills They wickedly devise. 16, 17 But 1 will call on God, who still Shall in my aid appear j At morn, and noon, and night I'll pray, And he my voice shall hear. i; 2 NEW VERSION OF The Third Part. 18 God has releas'd my soul from those That did with me contend ; And made a num'rous host of friends My righteous cause defend. 19 For he, who was my help of old, Shall now his suppliant hear ; And punish them, whose prosp'rous state Makes them no God to fear. 20 Whom can I trust, if faithless men Perfidiously devise To ruin me, their peaceful friend, And break the strongest ties ? 21 Tho' soft and melting are their words, Their hearts with war abound ; Their speeches are more smooth than And yet like swords they wound. 22 Do thou, my soul, on God depend, And he shall thee sustain ; He aids the just, whom to supplant The wicked strive in vain. 23 My foes, that trade in lies and blood, Shall all untimely die; Whilst I for health and length of days On thee, my God, rely. PSALM LVI. T\0 thou, O God, in mercy help, - L ' For man my life pursues ; To crush me with repeated wrongs He daily strife renews. 2 Continually my spiteful foes To ruin me combine ; Thou seest, who sitt'st enthron'd on high, What mighty numbers join. 3 But tho' sometimes surpris'd by fear, On danger's first alarm, Yet still for succour I depend On thy Almighty arm. 4 God's faithful promise 1 shall praise, On which I now rely : In God I trust, and, trusting him, The arm of flesh defy. 5 They wrest my words, and make them speak A sense they never meant i Their thoughts are all, with restless spite, On my destruction bent. 6 In close assemblies they combine, And wicked projects lay ; They watch my steps, and lie in wait To make my soul their prey. 7 Shall such injustice still escape? 0 righteous God, arise ; Let thy just wrath, (too long provok'd,) This impious race chastise. 8 Thou number'st all my steps, since first 1 was compell'd to flee ; My very tears are treasur'd up, And register'd by thee. 9 When therefore I invoke thy aid, My foes shall be o'erthrown ; For I am well assur'd that God My righteous cause will own. 10, 11 111 trust God's word, and so despl The force that man can raise ; 12 To thee, O God, my vows are due; To thee I'll render praise. 13 Thou hast retriev'd my soul fro death, And thou wilt still secure The life thou hast so oft preserv'd, And make my footsteps sure ; That thus protected by thy pow"r, I may this light enjoy, And in the service of my God My lengthen'd days employ. PSALM LVII. P"PHY mercy, Lord, to me extend, On thy protection I depend ; And to thy wing for shelter haste, Till this outrageous storm is past. 2 To thy tribunal, Lord, I fly, Thou sov'reign Judge and God m> high, Who wonders hast for me begun, And wilt not leave thy work undon 3 From heav'n protect me by thine ar And shame all those who seek i harm ; To my relief thy mercy send, And truth, on which my hopes depei 4 For I with savage men converse, Like hungry lions wild and fierce, With men whose teeth are spes their words [swor Envenom'd darts, and two - ed 5 Be thou, O God, exalted high ; And, as thy glory fills the sky, So let it be on earth display'd, Till thou art here, as there, obey'd, 6 To take me they their net prepared And had almost my soul ensnar'd; But fell themselves, by just decree, Into the pit they made for me. 7 O God, my heart is fix'd, 'tis bent, Its thankful tribute to present ; And with my heart my voice I'll r; To thee, my God, in songs of praise 8 Awake, my glory; harp and lute, No longer let your strings be mute And I, my tuneful part to take, Will with the early dawn awake. 9 Thy praises, Lord, I will resound To all the list'ning nations round : 10 Thy mercy highest heav'n transcen Thy truth beyond the clouds exten 11 Be thou, O God, exalted high ; And, as thy glory fills the sky, So let it be on earth display'd, Till thou art here, as there, obey'd PSALM LVIII. SPEAK, O ye judges of the earth, If just your sentence be ; Or, must not innocence appeal To Heav'n from your decree ? THE PSALMS. Your wicked hearts and judgments are 1 Alike by malice sway'd ; Your griping hands, by weighty bribes, To violence betray'd. To virtue strangers from the womb, Their infant sieps went wrong ; They prattled slander, and in lies Employ'd their lisping tongue. No serpent of parch'd Afric's breed Does ranker poison bear; The drowsy adder will as soon Unlock his sullen ear. Unmovd by pood advice, and deaf As adders they remain ; From whom the skilful charmer's voice I Can no attention gain. Defeat, O God, their threafning rage, ! And timely break their pow'r ; Disarm these growing lions' jaws, Ere practis'd to devour. Let now their insolence, at height, Like ebbing tides be spent : Their shiverM darts deceive their aim, When they their bow have bent. j Like snails let them dissolve to slime ; 1 like hasty births become, Unworthy to behold the sun, And dead within the womb. Ere thorns can make the flesh-pots 1 boil, Tempestuous wrath shall come From God, and snatch them hence \ alive To their eternal doom. The righteous shall rejoice to see Their crimes such vengeance meet, . And saints in persecutors' blood Shall dip their harmless feet. Transgressors then with grief shall see Just "men rewards obtain ; And own a God, whose justice will ^ The guilty earth arraign. PSALM LIX. DELIVER me, O Lord my God, From all my spiteful foes ; In my defence oppose thy pow'r To their's, who me oppose. Preserve me from a wicked race, Who make a trade of ill ; Protect me from remorseless men, Who 6eek my blood to spill. They lie in wait, and mighty poWrs Against my life combine : Implacable ; yet, Lord, thou know'st | For no offence of mine. In haste they run about, and watch My guiltless life to take : Look down, O Lord, on my distress, And to my help awake ! Thou, Lord of hosts, and Israel's God, Their heathen rage suppress : Relentless vengeance take on those Who stubbornly transgress. At ev*ning to beset my house Like growling dogs they meet ; | While others through the city range, And ransack ev"ry street. 7 Their throats envenom'd slander breathe, Their tongues are sharpen'd swords ; Who hears^ say they, or, hearing, dares Reprove our lawless words ? 8 But from thy throne thou shalt, O Lord, Their baffled plots deride ; And soon to scorn and shame expose Their boasted heathen pride. 9 On thee I wait, 'tis on thy strength For succour I depend ; Tis thou, O God, art my defence, Who only canst defend. 10 Thy mercy, Lord, which has so oft From danger set me free, Shall crown my wishes, and subdue My haughty foes to me. 11 Destroy them not, 0 Lord, at once, Restrain thy vengeful blow, Lest we, ingratefully, too soon Forget their overthrow. Disperse them thro' the nations round By thy avenging pow'r : Do thou bring down their haughty pride, O Lord, our shield and tow"r. 12 Now, in the height of all their hopes, Their arrogance chastise ; Whose tongues have sinn'd without restraint, And curses join'd with lies. 13 Nor shalt thou, whilst their race en- dures, Thine anger, Lord, suppress, That distant lands, by their just doom, May Israel's God confess. 14 At ev'ning let them still persist Like growling dogs to meet, Still wander all the city round, And traverse ev^y street. 15 Then, as for malice now they do, For hunger let them stray, And yell their vain complaints aloud, Defeated of their prey. 16 Whilst early I thy mercy sing, Thy wondrous pow'r confess ; For thou hast been my sure defence. My refuge in distress. 17 To thee with never-ceasing praise, O God, my strength, I'll sing; Thou art my God.the rock from whence My health and safety spring. PSALM LX. OGOD, who hast our troops disperst, Forsaking those who left thee first; As we thy just displeasure mourn, To us in mercy, Lord, return. 2 Our strength, that firm as earth did stand, Is rent by thy avenging hand : O heal the breaches thou hast made ; We shake, we fall, without thy aid ! NEW VERSION OF 3 Our folly's sad effects we feel, For, drunk with discord's cup, we reel; 4 But now for them who thee rever'd, Thou hast thy truth's bright banner rear'd. 5 Let thy right hand thy saints protect : Lord, hear the pray'rs that we direct! 6 The holy God hath spoke ; and I, O'erjoy'd, on his firm word rely. To thee in portions 111 divide Fair Sichem's soil, Samaria's pride ; To Sichem, Succoth next I'll join, And measure out her -rale by line. 7 Manasseh, Gilead, both subscribe To my commands, with Ephraim's tribe; Ephraim by arms supports my cause, And Judah by religious laws. 8 Moab my slave and drudge shall be, Nor Edom from my yoke get free; Proud Palestine's imperious state Shall humbly on our triumph wait. 9 But who shall quell these mighty poWrs, And clear my way to Edom's tow'rs ? Or thro' her guarded frontiers tread The path that doth to conquest lead ? 10 E'en thou, O God, who hast disperst Our troops, (for we forsook thee first,) Those whom thou didst in wrath for- sake, Aton'd, thou wilt victorious make. 11 Do thou our fainting cause sustain, For human succours are but vain : 12 Fresh strength and courage God be- stows, Tis he treads down our proudest foes. PSALM LXI. LORD, hear my cry, regard my pray 'r, Which I, oppress'd with grief, 2 From earth's remotest parts address To thee for kind relief. O lodge me safe beyond the reach Of persecuting pow"r ; 3 Thou, who so oft from spiteful foes Hast been my shelfring tow"r. 4 So shall I in thy sacred courts Secure from danger lit? ; Beneath the covert of thy wings All future storms defy. 5 In sign my vows are heard, once more I o'er thy chosen reign ; 6 O bless with long and prosperous life The king thou didst ordain. 7 Confirm his throne, and make his reign Accepted in thy sight, And let thy truth and mercy both In his defence unite. 8 So shall I ever sing thy praise, Thy Name for ever bless ; Devote my prosp"rous days to pay The vows of my distress. PSALM LXIT. MY soul for help on God relies, From him alone my safety flo- 2 My rock, my health, that stre supplies, To bear the shock of all my foes 3 How long will ye contrive my fal Which will but hasten on your c YouH totter like a bending wall. Or fence of uncemented stone. 4 To make my envied honours less They strive with lies, their chie light ; For thev, tho' with their mouths bless', In private curse with inward sp 5, 6 But thou, my soul, on God rely On him alone thy trust repose ; My rock and health will stre supply To bear the shock of all my foe; 7 God does his saving health dispei And flowing blessings daily sen< He is my fortress and defence, On him my soul shall still depet 8 In him, ye people, always trust, Before his throne pour out hearts ; For God, the merciful and just, His timely aid to us imparts. 9 The vulgar fickle are and frail ; The great dissemble and betray And laid in truth's impartial sea! The lightest things will both weigh. 10 Then trust not in oppressive way By spoil and rapine grow not va Nor let your hearts, if wealth inci Be set too much upon your gain 11 For God has oft his will express*! And I this truth have fully kno- To be of boundless powY possess'i Belongs of right to God alone. 12 Though mercy is his darling gra< In which he chiefly takes deligl Yet will he all the human race According to their works requi PSALM LXin. OGOD, my gracious God, to the My morning pray'rs shall offer*' For thee my thirsty soul doth pi My fainting flesh implores thy p Within this dry and barren place Where I refreshing waters wan- | 2 O to my longing eyes once more That view of glorious pow"r rest* Which thy majestick house disj. i 3 Because to me thy wondrous lov« Than life itself does dearer prove My lips shall always speak thy p 4 My life, while I that life enjoy, In blessing God I will employ, With lifted hands adore his Nai 5 My soul's content shall be as grea ! As theirs who choicest dainties e While I with joy his praise proc THE PSALMS. When down I lie sweet sleep to find, 1, Thou, Lord, art present to my mind ; im And when I wake in dead of night : co Because thou still dost succour bring, i Beneath the shadow of thy wing a i I rest with safety and delight, atj My soul, when foes would me devour, iti Cleaves fast to thee, whose matchless pow'r In her support is daily shown : 9 | But those the righteous Lord shall That my destruction wish ; and they k( That seek my life shall lose their | own. ft 11 They by untimely ends shall die, k Their flesh a prey to foxes lie ; But God shall fill the king with joy : Who thee confess shall still rejoice, iWhilst the false tongue and lying voice Thou, Lord, shalt silence and de- 3 stroy. PSALM LXIV. \ \ ORD, hear the voice of my com- • j -* plaint, " " To my request give ear ; ■ Preserve my life from cruel foes, And free my soul from fear. O hide me with thy tend"rest care | t In some secure retreat, ^From sinners that against me rise, And all their plots defeat. "» See how, intent to work my harm, _J They whet their tongues like swords ; r I And bend their bows to shoot their TL darts, _ Sharp lies and bitter words. A Lurking in private, at the just J They take their secret aim ; !l And suddenly at him they shoot, ' Quite void of fear and shame. J, To carry on their ill designs Jj, They mutually agree ; They speak of laying private snares, J, And think that none shall see. I With utmost diligence and care , Their wicked plots they lay ; ' The deep designs of all their hearts if Are only to betray. 2, But God, to anger justly mov'd, T His dreadful bow shall bend, J And on his flying arrow's point 1 Shall swift destruction send. Those slanders, which their mouths did vent, *. Upon themselves shall fall ; Their crimes, disclos'd, shall make j them be , Despis'd and shunn'd by all. I The world shall then God's pow'r confess, And nations trembling stand, j Convinc'd that lis the mighty work I Of his avenging hand. 10 Whilst righteous men, whom God secures, In him shall gladly trust ; And all the list'ning earth shall hear Loud triumphs of the just. PSALM LXV. FOR thee, O God, our constant praise In Sion waits, thy chosen seat ; Our promis'd altars there we'll raise, And all our zealous vows complete. 2 O thou, who to my humble pray*r Didst always bend thy lisfutag ear, To thee shall all mankind repair, And at thy gracious throne appear. 3 Our sins, though numberless, in vain To stop thy flowing mercy try ; Whilst thou o'erlook'st the guilty stain, And washest out the crimson dye. 4 Blest is the man, who, near thee plac'd, Within thy sacred dwelling lives ; Whilst we at humbler distance taste The vast delights thy temple gives. 5 By wondrous acts, O God most just, Have we thy gracious answer found ; In thee remotest nations trust, And those whom stormy waves sur- round. 6, 7 God by his strength sets fast the hills, And does his matchless pow'r engage, With which the sea's loud waves he stills, And angry crowds' tumultuous rage. The Second Part. S Thou, Lord, dost barb"rous lands dis- may, When they thy dreadful tokens view, With joy they see the night and day Each other's track by turns pursue. 9 From out thy unexhausted store Thy rain relieves the thirsty ground ; Makes lands, that barren were before, With corn and useful fruits abound. 10 On rising ridges down it pours, And ev'ry furrow'd valley fills ; Thou mak'st them soft "with gentle show"rs, In which a blest increase distils. 11 Thy goodness does the circling year With fresh returns of plenty crown ; And, where thy glorious paths appear, Thy fruitful clouds drop fatness down. 12 They drop on barren forests, chang'd By them to pastures fresh and green ; The hills about in order rang'd In beauteous robes of joy are seen. 13 Large flocks with fleecy wool adorn The cheerful downs ; the valleys bring A plenteous crop of full-ear'd corn, And seem for joy to shout and sing. PSALM LXTI. LET all the lands with shouts of joy To God their voices raise ; 2 Sing psalms in honour of his Name, And spread his glorious praise. NEW VERSION OF 3 And let them say, How dreadful, Lord In all thy works art thou ! To thy great pow'r thy stubborn foes Shall all be forc'd to bow. 4 Thro' all the earth the nations round Shall thee their God confess ; And with i;lad hymns theirawful dreac Of thy great Name express. 5 O come, behold the works of God, And then with me you'll own, That he to all the sons of men Has wondrous judgments shown. 6 He made the sea become dry land, Through which our fathers walk'd ; Whilst to each other of his might With joy his people talk'd. 7 He by his pow'r for ever rules ; His eyes the world survey ; Let no presumptuous man rebel Against his sov'reign sway. The Second Part. 8, 9 O all ye nations, bless our God, And loudly speak his praise ; Who keeps our soul alive, and still Confirms our steadfast ways. 10 For thou hast tried ns, Lord, as fire Does try the precious ore ; 11 Thou brought'st us into straits, where we Oppressing burdens bore. 12 Insulting foes did us, their slaves, Through fire and water chase ; But yet at last thou broughfst us forth Into a wealthy place. 13 Burnt ofPrings to thy house HI bring, And there my vows will pay, 14 Which I with solemn zeal did make In trouble's dismal day. 15 Then shall the richest incense smoke, The fattest rams shall fall ; The choicest goats from out the fold, And bullocks from the stall. 16 O come, all ye that fear the Lord, Attend with heedful care ; Whilst I what God for me has done With grateful joy declare. 17, 18 As I before his aid implor'd, So now I praise his Name ; Who, if my heart had harbour'd sin, Would all my pray'rs disclaim. 19 But God to me, whene'er I cried, His gracious ear did bend ; And to the voice of my request With constant love attend. 20 Then bless'd for ever be my God, Who never, when I pray, Withholds his mercy from my soul, Nor turns his face away. PSALM LXVII. TO bless thy chosen race, In mercy, Lord, incline ; And cause the brightness of thy face On all thy saints to shine. 2 That so thy wondrous ways May through the world be known, close; ;- shall be crown'd & I, bestows. J I o,, Whilst distant lands their tribute pay T * And thy salvation own. , 41 3 Let differing nations join To celebrate thy fame ; Let all the world, O Lord, combine To praise thy glorious Name. j -m, 4 O let them shout and sing With joy and pious mirth, Ti For thou, the righteous Judge aw : King, |„ Shalt govern all the earth. < Ta 5 Let differing nations join & To celebrate thy fame ; r :rv , Let all the world, O Lord, combine am To praise thy glorious Name. 'jf-kr' 6 Then shall the teeming ground A large increase disclose ; And we with plenty shall ' Which God, our God, 7 Then God upon our land Shall constant blessings show*r, And all the world in awe shall sta Of his resistless pow'r. PSALM LXVIII. T ET God, the God of battle, rise, J ^ And scatter his presumptuous foa ; i Let shameful rout their host surprise ■ Who spitefully his pow'r oppose. If* 1 2 As smoke in tempest's rage is lost, \ L~ Or wax into the furnace cast, j J— 1, So let their sacrilegious host Before his wrathful presence waste* ? a 3 But let the servants of his will His favour's gentle beams enjoy ; II '? Their upright hearts let gladness- fill • And cheerful songs their tongayj 12 ' employ. 4 To him your voice in anthems raise, ^ Jehovah's awful name he bears ; 1 jT 6 In him rejoice, extol his praise, Who rides upon high rolling sphere 5 Him, from his empire of the skies, f*P To this low world compassion draw ™ : The orphan's claim to patronize, And judge the injur'd widow's caus Fe-s 6 Tis God, who from a foreign soil , , f^ ' s Restores poor exiles to their home, ' ,,n Makes captives free, and fruitless toi L Their proud oppressors' righteoi Mat doom. kte 7 'Twas so of old, when thou didst lea Tl • In person, Lord, our armies forth. Strange terrors thro' the desert Convulsions shook th' astonish J»r earth. 8 The breaking clouds did rain distil, And heav'n's high arches shook wt fear ; How then should Sinai's humble hil Of Israel's God the presence bear ? 9 Thy hand, at famish'd earth's cor plaint, Reliev'd her from celestial stores ; And, when thy heritage was faint, Asswag'd the drought with plent ous show'rs. THE PSALMS. a had rang"d before, At ease thou mad'st our tribes reside ; nd in the desert for the poor hy gen"rous bounty didst provide. The Second Part. iou gav'st the word, we sallied forth, nd in that pow'rful word o'ercame; virgin troops, with songs of mirth, n state our conquest did proclaim, t armies, by such gen'rals led, ; yet had ne'er receiv'd a foil, orsook their camp with sudden dread, \n& to our women left the spoil, o' Egypt's drudges you have been, our army's wings shall shine as bright doves, in golden sunshine seen, )r silver'd o'er with paler light, was so, when God's Almighty hand 3'er scatter'd kings the conquest won ; "ur troops, drawn up on Jordan's strand, [shone. Iigh Salmon's glitt"ring snow out- rom thence to Jordan's farther , coast, And Bashan's hill we did advance ; more her height shall Bashan boast, 3ut that she's God's inheritance, ut wherefore (though the honour's great) Should this, O mountains, swell your pride ? r Sion is his chosen seat, Yhere he for ever will reside, is chariots numberless, his powVs Are heav'nly hosts that wait his will ; presence now fills Sion's tow"rs, As once it honour'd Sinai's hill, scending high, in triumph thou aptivity hast captive led, nd on thy people didst bestow The spoil of armies, once their dread, 'en rebels shall partake thy grace, \nd humble proselytes repair o worship at thy dwelling-place, And all the world pay homage there, benefits each day bestow'd, daily his great Name ador'd ; fho is our Saviour and our God, :)f life and death the sov'reign Lord, ut justice for his harden'd foes Proportion^! vengeance hath decreed, o wound the hoary head of those Who in presumptuous crimes pro- ceed. he Lord hath thus in thunder spoke : As I subdu'd proud Bashan's king, nee more 111 break my people's yoke, And from the deep my servants bring, heir feet shall with a crimson flood Of slaughtered foes be cover'd o'er ; or earth receive such impious blood, 3ut leave for dogs th' unhallow'd gore. The Third Part. 24 When marching to thy blest abode, The wond'ring multitude survey'd The pompous state of thee, our God, In robes of majesty array'd. 25 Sweet-singing Levites led the van, Loud instruments brought up the rear ; Between both troops a virgin train With voice and timbrel charin'd the ear. 26 This was the burden of their song : In full assemblies bless the Lord ; All, who to Israel's tribes belong, The God of Israel's praise record. 27 Nor little Benjamin alone From neighb'ring bounds did there attend, Nor only Judah's nearer throne Her counsellors in state did send ; But Zebulon's remoter seat, And Naphtali's more distant coast, (The grand procession to complete,) Sent up their tribes, a princely host. 28 Thus God to strength and union brought Our tribes, at strife till that blest hour; This work which thou, O God, hast wrought, Confirm with fresh recruits of pow'r. 29 To visit Salem, Lord, descend, And Sion thy terrestrial throne ; Where kings with presents shall at- tend, And thee with offer'd crowns atone. 30 Break down the spearmen's ranks, who threat Like pamperVl herds of savage might ; Their silver-armour'd chiefs defeat, Who in destructive war delight. 31 Egypt shall then to God stretch forth Her hands, and Afric homage bring; 32 The scatter'd kingdoms of the earth Their common Sovereign's praises sing: 33 Who, mounted on the loftiest sphere Of ancient heaven, sublimely rides ; From whence his dreadful voice we hear, Like that of warring winds and tides. 34 Ascribe ye pow'r to God most high, Of humble Israel he takes care ; Whose strength from out the dusky sky Darts shining terrors through the air. 35 How dreadful are the sacred courts, Where God has fix'd his earthly throne ! His strength his feeble saints supports ; To God give praise, and him alone. PSALM LXIX. SAVE me, O God, from waves that roll, And press to overwhelm my soul : 2 With painful steps in mjrel tread, And deluges o'erflow my head. B3 NEW VERSION OF With restless cries my spirits faint, My voice is hoarse with long com- plaint; My sight decays with tedious pain, Whilst for my God I wait in vain. My hairs, tho' num'rous, are but few Compar'd with foes that me pursue With groundless hate, grown now of might To execute their lawless spite : They force me guiltless to resign, As rapine, what by right was mine. Thou, Lord, my innocence dost see, Nor are my sins conceal'd from thee. Lord God of hosts, take timely care, Lest for my sake thy saints despair ; Since I have suffer'd for thy name Reproach, and hid my face in shame. A stranger to my country grown, Nor to my nearest kindred known ; A foreigner, expos'd to scorn By brethren of my mother born. For zeal to thy lov'd house and name Consumes me like devouring flame, Concern'd at their affronts to thee, More than at slanders cast on me. My very tears and abstinence They construe in a spiteful sense : When cloth'd with sackcloth for their i sake, They me their common proverb make. Their judges at my wrongs do jest, j Those wrongs they ought to have re- tests How should I then expect to be From libels of lewd drunkards free ? But, Lord, to thee I will repair For help with humble timely pray*r ; ; Relieve me from thy mercy's store, Display thy truth's preserving pow'r. j From threat'nlng dangers me relieve, And from the mire my feet retrieve ; From spiteful foes in safety keep, And snatch me from the raging deep. Control the deluge ere it spread, And roll its waves above my head ; Nor deep destruction's open pit To close her jaws on me permit. Lord, hear the humble pray'r I make, For thy transcending goodness' sake ; Relieve thy supplicant once more From thy abounding mercy's store : Nor from thy servant hide thy face ; Make haste, for desp'rate is my case ; Thy timely succour interpose, And shield me from remorseless foes. Thou know'st what infamy and scorn I from my enemies have borne, Nor can their close dissembled spite, Or darkest plots, escape thy sight. Reproach and grief have broke my heart ; I look'd for some to take my part, To pity or relieve my pain ; But look'd, alas ! for both in vain. 21 With hunger pin'd, for food I call, Instead of food they give me gall ; And when with thirst my spirits sin They give me vinegar to drink. 22 Their table therefore to their healtt Shall prove a snare, a trap their wealt 25 Perpetual darkness seize their eyes, And sudden blasts their hopes surprit 24 On them thou shalt thy fury pour, Till thy fierce wrath their race devon 25 And make their hou»e a dismal cell Where none will e'er vouchsafe dwell. 26 For new afflictions they procurtt For him, who had thy stripes endur*. And made the wounds thy scour had torn To bleed afresh with sharper scorn. 27 Sin shall to sin their steps betray, Till they to truth have lost the way 28 From life thou shalt exclude thi soul, Nor with the just their names enrol 29 But me, howe'er distress'd and poor Thy strong salvation shall restore : 30 Thy pow'r with songs I'll then pi claim, And celebrate with thanks thy Nan 31 Our God shall this more highly prif' Than herds or flocks in sacrifice; 32 Which humble saints with joy sfc see, And hope for like redress with me. 33 For God regards the poor's complaii Sets pris*ners free from close restrao 34 Let heav"n, earth, sea, their voU raise, And all the world resound his prai£ 35 For God will Sion's walls erect, And Judah's cities still protect, Till all her scatter^ sons repair To undisturb'd possession there. 36 This blessing they shall at their dea To their religious heirs bequeath ; And they to endless ages more, Of such as his blest Name adore. PSALM LXX. OLORD, to my relief draw near, For never was more pressing nee For my deliv'rance, Lord, appear, And add to that deliv'rance speed. 2 Confusion on their heads return, Who to destroy my soul combine; Let them, defeated, blush and moil Ensnar'd in their own vile design. 3 Their doom let desolation be, With shame their malice be repair Who mock'd my confidence in thee And sport of my affliction made. 4 While those, who humbly seek t face, To joyful triumphs shall be rais'd, And all who prize thy saving grace With me shall sing, The Lord prais'd. THE PSALMS. Thus wretched though I am and poor, The mighty Lord of me takes care ; Thou, God, who only canst restore, To my relief with speed repair. PSALM LXXI. N thee I put my steadfast trust, Defend me, Lord, from shame ; Incline thine ear, and save my soul, For righteous is thy Name. Be thou my strong abiding place, To which I may resort ; 'Tls thy decree that keeps me safe ; Thou art my rock and fort. 5 From cruel and ungodly men Protect and set me free"; For, from my earliest youth till now, My hope has been in thee. Thy constant care did safely guard My tender infant days ; Thou took'st me from my mother's womb To sing thy constant praise. While some on me with wonder gaze, Thy hand supports me still ; Thy honour, therefore, and thy praise My mouth shall always fill. Reject not then thy servant, Lord, When I with age decay, Forsake me not when, worn with years, My vigour fades away. My foes against my fame and me With crafty malice speak ; [Against my soul they lay their snares, And mutual counsel take. His God, say they, forsakes him now, On whom he did rely ; Pursue and take him, whilst no hone Of timely aid is nigh. But thou, my God, withdraw not far, For speedy help I call ; To shame and ruin bring my foes, That seek to work my fall. But as for me, my steadfast hope Shall on thy pow*r depend, And I in grateful songs of praise My time to come will spend. The Second Part. m»y righteous acts and saving health My mouth shall still declare ; Unable yet to count them all, Though summ'd with utmost care. While God vouchsafes me his support, i III in his strength go on ; All other righteousness disclaim, And mention his alone. Thou, Lord, hast taught me from my routh > praise thy glorious Name . I ever since thy wondrous works ;ve been my constant theme, n now forsake me not when I a grey and feeble grown, I to these, and future times, y strength and pow"r have shown. 19 How high thy justice soars, O God ! How great and wondrous are The mighty works which thou hast done ! Who may with thee compare ? 20 Me, whom thy hand has sorely press'd, Thy grace shall yet relieve, And from the lowest depth of woe With tender care retrieve. 21 Thro" thee, my time to come shall be With po\v"r and greatness crown'd ; And me, who dismal years have pasa'd, Thy comforts shall surround. | 22 Then I with psaltery and harp Thy truth, O Lord, will praise: To thee, the God of Ja«ob's race, My voice in anthems raise. 23 Then joy shall fill my mouth, and songs j Employ my cheerful voice ; My grateful soul, by thee redeem'd, Shall in thy strength rejoice. 24 My tongue thy just and righteous acts Shall all the day proclaim ; Because thou didst confound my foes, And brought'st them all to shame. PSALM LXXII. ORD, let thy just decrees the king In all his ways direct ; And let his son, throughout his reign, Thy righteous laws respect. ; 2 So shall he still thy people judge With pure and upright mind, Whilst all the helpless poor shall him Their just protector find. 3 Then bills and mountains shall bring forth The happy fruits of peace, Which all the land shall own to be The work of righteousness ; 4 Whilst he the poor and needy race Shall rule with gentle sway, And from their humble necks shall take Oppressive yokes away. 5 In evVy heart thy awful fear Shall then be rooted fast, As long as sun and moon endure, Or time itself shall last. 6 He shall descend like rain that cheers The meadows' second birth, Or like warm show'rs, whose gentle drops Refresh the thirsty earth. 7 In his bles\ days the just and good Shall be with favour cvown'd ; The happy land shall every where With endless peace abound. 8 His uncontroll'd dominion shall From sea to sea extend, Begin at proud Euphrates' streams, At nature's limits end. 9 To him the savage nations round Shall bow their servile heads ; His vanquish id foes shall lick the dust, Where he his conquest spreads. NEW VERSION OF 10 The kings of Tarshish and the isles Shall costly presents bring ; From spicy Sheba gifts'shall come, And wealthy Seba's king. 11 To him shall ev'ry king on earth His humble homage pay, And differing nations gladly join To own his righteous sway. 12 For he shall set the needy free, When they for succour cry, Shall save the helpless and the poor, And all their wants supply. The Second Part. 13 His providence for needy souls Shall due supplies prepare ; And over their defenceless lives Shall watch with tender care. 14 He shall preserve and keep their souls From fraud and rapine free, And in his sight their guiltless blood Of mighty price shall be. 15 Therefore shall God his life and reign To many years extend, Whilst eastern princes tribute pay, And golden presents send. For him shall constant pray'rs be made Through all his prosp'rous days ; His just dominion shall afford A lasting theme of praise. 16 Of useful grain, through all the land, Great plenty shall appear ; A handful sown on mountain tops A mighty crop shall bear. Its fruit, like cedars shook by winds, A rattling noise shall yield ; The city too shall thrive, and vie For plenty with the field. 17 The mem'ry of his glorious Name Through endless years shall run ; His spotless fame shall shine as bright And lasting as the sun. In him the nations of the world Shall be completely bless'd, And his unbounded happiness By ev'ry tongue confess'd. 18 Then bless'd be God, the mighty Lord, The God whom Israel fears ; Who only wondrous in his works Beyond compare appears. 19 Let earth be with his glory fill'd, And ever bless his Name ; Whilst to his praise the list'ning world Their glad assent proclaim. PSALM LXXIII. AT length, by certain proofs, 'tis plain That God will to his saints be kind ; That all whose hearts are pure and clean Shall his protecting favour find. 2, 3 Till this sustaining truth I knew, My staggVing feet had almost fail'd ; I griev'd the sinner's wealth to view, And envied when the fools prevail'd. 4, 5 They to the grave in peace descer And whilst they live are hale ; strong ; No plague or troubles them offend. Which oft to other men belong. 6, 7 With pride, as with a chain, the held, And rapine seems their robe of sta Their eves stand out, with fan swell'd ; They grow beyond their wishes gr 8, 9 With hearts corrupt, and lofty ta Oppressive methods they defend ; Their tongue thro' all the earth c walk, Their blasphemies to Heav*n asct 10 And yet admiring crowds are foun Who servile visits duly make, Because with plenty they abound, Of which their flatt'ring slaves j take. 11 Their fond opinions these pursue, Till they with them profanely en How should the Lord our " act view, Can he perceive who dwells so hij 12 Behold the wicked ! these are thej Who openly their sins profess ; And yet their wealth's increas'd e day, And all their actions meet succes 13, 14 Then have I cleans'd my he said I, And wash'd my hands from guil vain, If all the day oppress'd I lie, And ev'ry morning suffer pain. 15 Thus did I once to speak intend ; But, if such things I rashly say, Thy children, Lord, I must offend Arid basely should their cause bet The Second Part. 16, 17 To fathom this my thoughtslb But found the case too hard for r Till to the house of God I went, Then I their end did plainly see. 18 How high soe'er advane'd, they all On slipp'ry places loosely stand ; Thence into ruin headlong fall, Cast down by thy avenging hand 19, 20 How dreadful and how quick t fate ! Despis'd by thee when they're stroy 'd ; As waking men with scorn do tres The fancies that their dreams ploy'd. 21, 22 Thus was my heart with griel prest, [pa My reins were rack'd with ras So stupid was I, like a beast, Who no reflecting thought retail 23, 24 Yet still thy presence me supp And thy right hand assistance gi Thou first shalt with thy counsel gt And then to glory me receive. THE PSALMS. Whom then in heav*n, but thee alone, Have I, whose favour I require ? Throughout the spacious earth there's none That I besides thee can desire. My trembling flesh and aching heart May often fail to succour me ; But God shall inward strength im- part, And my eternal portion be. For they that far from thee remove, Shall into sudden ruin fall ; If after other eods they rove, Thy vengeance shall destroy them all. But as for me, tis good and just That I should still to God repair; In him I always put my trust, And will his wondrous works declare. PSALM LXXIV. VHY hast thou cast us off, O God ? Wilt thou no more return ? O why against thy chosen flock Does thy fierce anger bum ? Think on thy ancient purchase, Lord, The land that is thy own ; By thee redeem'd, and Sion's mount, Where once thy glory shone. © come, and view our niin'd state ! How long our troubles last ! See how the foe, with wicked rage, Has laid thy temple waste ! Thy foes blaspheme thv Name, where late Thy zealous servants pray'd ; The heathen there, with haughty pomp, Their banners have display'd. Those curious carvings, which did once Advance the artist's fame, With ax and hammer they destroy, Like works of vulgar frame. Thy holv temple they have burnt : And what escap'd the flame Has been profan'd, and quite defac'd, Though sacred to thy Name. Thy worship wholly to destroy Maliciously they aim'd ; And all the sarred places bum'd, Where we thy praise proclaim'd. Yet of thy presence thou vouchsaf 'st No tender signs to send ; We have no prophet now, that knows When this sad state shall end. The Second Part. hit, Lord, how long wilt thou permit Th* insulting foe to boast ? ihall all the honour of thy Name For evermore be lost ? Why hold"st thou back thy strong right hand, nd on thy patient breast, vengeance calls to stretch it forth. So calmly lett'st it rest ? 12 Thou heretofore, with kingly pow"r, In our defence hast fought ; For us, throughout the wond"ring world, Hast great salvation wrought. 13 'Twas thou, O God, that didst the sea By thy own strength divide; Thou -brak'st the wafry monsters' heads, The waves o'erwhelm'd their pride. 14 The greatest, fiercest of them all, That seem'd the deep to sway, Was by thy pow"r destroy'd, and made To savage beasts a prey. 15 Thou clav'st the solid rock, and mad'st The waters largely flow ; Again thou mad'st through parted streams Thy wondYing people go. 16 Thine is the cheerful day, and thine The black return of night; Thou hast prepar'd the glorious sun, And evVy feebler light. 17 By thee the borders of the earth In perfect order stand ; The summer's warmth, and winter's cold, Attend on thy command. The Third Part. 18 Remember, Lord, how scornful foes Have daily urg"d our shame ; And how the foolish people have Blasphem'd thy holy Name. 19 O free thy mourning turtle-dove, By sinful crowds beset ; Nor the assembly of thy poor For evermore forget. | 20 Thy ancient cov"nant, Lord, regard, And make thy promise good ; For now each corner of the land Is fill'd with men of blood. 21 O let not the oppress'd return With sorrow cloth'd and shame ; But let the helpless and the poor For ever praise thy Name. 22 Arise, O God, in our behalf, Thy cause and ours maintain ; Remember how insulting fools Each day thy Name profane ! I 23 Make thou the boastings of thy foes For evermore to cease ; Whose insolence, if unchastis'd, Will more and more increase. PSALM LXXV. 'T'O thee, O God, we render praise, ■*■ To thee with thanks repair; For that thy Name to us is nigh, Thy wondrous works declare. 2 In Israel when my throne is fix'd, With me shall justice reign : 3 The land with discord shakes, but I The sinking frame sustain. NEW VERSION OF 4 Deluded wretches I advis'd Their errors to redress, And warn'd bold sinners, that the? should Their swelling pride suppress. 6 Bear not yourselves so high, as if No pow r could jours restrain ; Submit your stubborn necks, and learn To speak with less disdain. 6 For that promotion, which to gain Your vain ambition strives, From neither east, nor west, nor yet From southern climes arrives. 7 For God the great disposer is, And sov'reign judge alone, Who casts the proud to earth, and lifts The humble to a throne. 8 His hand holds forth a dreadful cup, With purple wine 'tis crown'd ; The deadly mixture, which his wrath Deals out to nations round. Of this his saints sometimes may taste; But wicked men shall squeeze The bitter dregs, and be condemn'd To drink the very lees. 9 His prophet, I to all the world This message will relate ; The justice then of Jacob's God My song shall celebrate. 10 The wicked's pride I will reduce, Their cruelty disarm ; Exalt the just, and seat him high, Above the reach of harm. PSALM LXXVI. IN Judah the Almighty's known, (Almighty there by wonders shown ; ) ; His Name in Jacob does excel : 2 His sanctuary in Salem stands ; The Majesty that heav'n commands \ In Sion condescends to dwell. 3 He brake the bow and arrows there, ' The shield, the temper'd sword, and ' spear ; There slain the mighty army lay : 4 Whence Sion's fame through earth is ■■ spread, Of greater glory, greater dread, Than hills where robbers lodge their prey. 5 Their valiant chiefs, who came for spoil, Themselves met there a shameful foil; Securely down to sleep they lay : But wak'd no more ; their stoutest band Ne'er lifted one resisting hand 'Gainst his, that did their legions slay. 6 When Jacob's God began to frown, Both horse and charioteers, o'er- thrown, Together slept in endless night. 7 When thou, whom earth and heav'n revere, Dost once with wrathful look appear, What mortal pow'r can stand thy sight? 8 Pronounc'd from heav'n, earth he its doom ; Grew hush'd with fear, when tt didst come, 9 The meek with justice to restore. 10 The wrath of man shall yield ti praise ; Its last attempts but serve to raise The triumphs of Almighty powV. 11 Vow to the Lord, ye nations bring Vow'd presents to th' eternal King Thus to his Name due rev"rence p 12 Who proudest potentates can quel! To earthly kings more terrible, Than to their trembling subje they. PSALM LXXVII. nPO God I cried, who to my help Did graciously repair ; 2 In trouble's dismal day I sought My God with humble prayV. All night my fesfring wound did r No med'cine gave relief ; My soul no comfort would admit, My soul indulg*d her grief. 3 I thought on God, and favours past But that increas'd my pain ; I found my spirit more oppress'd, ; The more I did complain. 4 Through eVry watch of tedious nig Thou keep'st my eyes awake ; My grief is swell'd to that excess, I sigh, but cannot speak. 5 I call to mind the days of old, With signal mercy crown'd, Those famous years of ancient time For miracles renown'd. 6 By night I recollect my songs, On former triumphs made ; Then search, consult, and ask heart, Where's now that wondrous aid? 7 Has God for ever cast us off? Withdrawn his favour quite ? I 8 Are both his mercy and his truth RetirV. to endless night ? 9 Can his long-practis'd love forget Its wonted aids to bring ? Has he in wrath shut up and seal'd His mercy's healing spring ? \s 10 I said, My weakness hints these fca But 111 my fears disband ; 111 yet remember the Most High, And years of his right hand. 11 111 call to mind his works of old, The wonders of his might ; 12 On them my heart shall meditate, My tongue shall them recite. 13 Safe lodg'd from human search O God, thy counsels are ! [hi Who is so great a God as ours ? Who can with him compare ? 14 Long since a God of wonders thee Thy rescu'd people found : 15 Long since hast thou thy chosen ie With strong deliverance crown'd. THE PSALMS. Vhen thee, O God, the waters saw, The frighted billows shrunk; ► he troubled depths themselves, for fear, Beneath their channels sunk. 'he clouds pour'd down, while rend- ing skies Did with their noise conspire ; Thy arrows all abroad were sent, Wing'd with avenging fire. Ieav"n with thy thunder's voice was tom; Whilst all the lower world Vith lightnings blaz'd, earth shook, and scem'd From her foundations hurl'd. Through rolling streams thou find'st thy way, Thy paths in waters lie ; hy wondrous passage, where no sight Thy footsteps can descry, (hou ledd'st thy people like a flock, Safe through the desert land, y Hoses, their meek skilful guide, And Aaron's sacred hand. PSALM LXXVIir. EAR, O my people ; to my law - Devout attention lend ; ,et the instruction of my mouth Deep in your hearts descend, (y tongue, by inspiration taught, Shall parables unfold, ark oracles, but understood, i And own'd for truths of old : fhich we from sacred registers Of ancient times have known, nd our forefathers' pious care To us have handed down, 'e will not hide them from our sons; ■)ur offspring shall be taught he praises of the Lord, whose strength las works of wonder wrought. ■>r Jacob he this law ordain'd ; rhis league with Israel made ; 'ith charge to be from age to age, r rom race to race convey'd ; hat generations yet to come >hould to their unborn heirs «ligiously transmit the same, \nd they again to theirs. -y teach them that in God alone 'heir hope securely stands ; iat they should ne'er forget his works, lut keep his just commands: jst, like their fathers, they might prove ^StifT rebellious race, I Use-heart ed, fickle to their God, Jnsteadfast in his grace, ich were revolting Ephraim's sons, Vho, though to warfare bred, id skilful archers, arm'd with bows, .VM"rom field ignobly fled. 10, 11 They falsified their league with God, His orders disobey'd, Forgot his works and miracles Before their eyes display'd. 12 Nor wonders which their fathers saw Did they in mind retain ; Prodigious things in Egypt done, And Zoan's fertile plain. 15 He cut the seas to let them pass, Restrain'd the pressing flood ; While, pil'd in heaps, on either side The solid waters stood. 14 A wondrous pillar led them on, Compos 'd of shade and light ; A shelt'ring cloud it prov'd by day, A leading fire by night. 15 When drought oppress'd them, where no stream The wilderness supplied, He cleft the rock, whose flinty breast Dissolv'd into a tide. 16 Streams from the solid rock he brought, Which down in rivers fell, [day That, travVmg with their camp, each Renew'd the miracle. 17 Yet there they sinn'd against him more, Provoking the Most High, In that same desert, where he did Their fainting souls supply. 18 They first incens'd him in their hearts, That did his pow'r distrust, And long'd for meat, not urg'd by want, But to indulge their lust. 19 Then utter'd their blasphemingdoubts: Can God, say they, prepare A table in the wilderness, Set out with various fare? 20 He smote the flinty rock, 'tis true, And gushing streams ensu'd ; But can he corn and flesh provide For such a multitude ? 21 The Lord with indignation heard: From heav'n avenging flame On Jacob fell, consuming wrath On thankless Israel came : 22 Because their unbelieving hearts In God would not confide, Nor trust his care, who had from heav'n Their wants so oft supplied : 23 Though he had made his clouds dis- charge Provisions down in show'rs ; And, when earth fail'd, reliev'd their needs From his celestial stores : 2-1 Tho' tasteful manna was rain'd down, Their hunger to relieve; Tho' from the stores of heav'n they did Sustaining corn receive. 25 Thus man, with angels' sacred food, Ungrateful man, was fed ; Not sparingly, for still they found A plenteous table spread. NEW VERSION OF 26 From heav*n he made an east wind blow, Then did the south command, 27 To rain down flesh like dust, and fowls Like sea's unnumber'd sand. 28 Within their trenches he let fall The luscious easy prey, And all around their spreading camp The ready booty lay. 29 They fed, were fill'd : he gave them leave Their appetites to feast ; 30, 31 Yet still their wanton lust crav'd on, Nor with their hunger ceas'd. But whilst in their luxurious mouths They did their dainties chew, The wrath of God smote down their chiefs, And Israel's chosen slew. The Second Part. 32 Yet still they sinn'd, nor would afford His miracles belief ; 33 Therefore through fruitless travels he Consum'd their lives in grief. 34 When some were slain, the rest re- To God with early cry ; [turn'd 35 Own'd him the rock of their defence, Their Saviour, God most high. 36 But this was feign'd submission all ; Their heart their tongue belied ; 37 Their heart was still perverse, nor would Firm in his league abide. 38 Yet, full of mercy, he forgave, Nor did with death chastise ; But turn'd his kindled wrath aside, Or would not let it rise. 39 For he remember'd they were flesh That could not long remain ; A murmVing wind that's quickly past, And ne'er returns again. 40 How oft did they provoke him there, How oft his patience grieve, In that same desert where he did Their fainting souls relieve ! 41 They tempted him by turning back, And wickedly repin'd, When Israel's God refus'd to be By their desires confin'd. 42 Nor call'd to mind the hand and day That their redemption brought ; 43 His signs in Egypt, wondrous works In Zoan's valley wrought. 14 He turn'd their rivers into blood, That man and beast forbore, And rather chose to die of thirst, Than drink the putrid gore. 45 He sent devouring swarms of flies ; Hoarse frogs annoy'd their soil ; 46 Locusts and caterpillars reap'd The harvest of their toil. 47 Their vines with batfring hail were broke, With frost the fig-tree dies ; 48 Lightning and hail made flocks herds One general sacrifice. 49 He turn'd his anger lcose, and set No time for it to cease ; And, with their plagues, bad sent Their torments to increase. 50 He clear'd a passage for his wrath To ravage uncontroll'd ; The murrain on their firstlings sefo In evYy field and fold. 51 The deadly pest from beast to man From field to city came; It slew their heirs, their eldest hop Through all the tents of Ham. 52 But his own tribe, like folded sheej He brought from their distress, And them conducted like a flock Throughout the wilderness. 53 He led them on, and in their way No cause of fear they found ; But march'd securely tlirough th deeps In which their foes were drown'd ; 54 Nor ceas'd his care.til! them he brou. | Safe to his promis'd land, And to his holy mount, the prize Of his victorious hand. 55 To them the outcast heathen's Ian He did by lot divide ; And in their foes' abandon'd tents Made Israel's tribes reside. The Third Part. 56 Yet still they tempted, still proTol The wrath of God most high ; Nor would to practise his comm Their stubborn hearts apply. 57 But in their faithless fathers' steps Perversely chose to go ; They turn'd aside, like arrows shot From some deceitful bow. 58 For him to fury they provok'd With altars set on high ; And with their graven images Inflam'd his jealousy. 59 When God heard this, on Israel's tri His wrath and hatred fell ; 60 He quitted Shiloh, and the tents Where once he chose to dwell. 61 To vile captivity his ark, His glory to disdain, 62 His people to the sword he gave, Nor would his wrath restrain. 63 Destructive war their ablest youth Untimely did confound ; No virgin was to th' altar led, With nuptial garlands crown'd, 64 In fight the sacrificer fell, The priest a victim bled ; And widows, who their death she mourn, Themselves of grief were dead. 65 Then, as a giant rous'd from sleej Whom wine had throughly wan THE PSALMS. iouts out aloud, the Lord awak'd, j >Lnd his proud foe alarm'd. • smote their host, that from the field j I s< -r.tter'd remnant came, ith wounds imprinted on their backs )f everlasting shame, ith conquests crown 'd, he Joseph's | tents \nd Ephraim's tribe forsook ; it Judah chose, and Sion"s mount • or his lov'd dwelling took, is temple he erected there, Vith spires exalted high, k hile deep and fix'd, as that of earth, he strong foundations lie. s faithful servant David too le for his choice did own, *id from the sheepfolds him advanc'd 'o sit on Judah 's throne. om tending on the teeming ewes, j (e brought him forth to feed s own inheritance, the tribes f Israel's chosen seed. alted thus the monarch prov'd i faithful shepherd *till ; r fed them with an upright heart, nd guided them with skill. PSALM LXXIX. :HOLD, O God, how heathen hosts Have thy possession seiz'd ; ly sacred house they have defil'd, hy holy city ras'd. e mangled bodies of thy saints i broad unburied lay ; »eir flesh expos'd to savage beasts, i Jid rav"nous birds of prey. l'ite thro' Jeruslem was their blood ike common water shed ; d none were left alive to pay ast duties to the dead. ,e neighbTing lands our small re- mains ith loud reproaches wound ; d we a laughing-stock are made o all the nations round, w long wilt thou be an?ry, Lord ? ust we for ever mourn ? ^11 thy devouring , jealous rage, ke fire, for ever burn ? foreign lands, that know not thee, hy heavy vengeance show'r ; ose sinful kingdoms let it crush, hat have not own'd thy pow'r. t their devouring jaws have prey'd r i Jacob's chosen race ; d to a barren desert turn'd leir fruitful dwelling-place, hink not on our former sins, it speedily prevent : utter ruin of thy saints, .most with sorrow spent. >u God of our salvation, help, id free our souls from blame ; nhall our pardon and defence -alt thy glorious Name. 10 Let infidels, that scoffing say, Where is the God they boast ? In vengeance for thy slaughter'd saints, Perceive thee to their cost. 11 Lord, hear the sighing prisoner's moan, Thy saving pow'r extend ; Preserve the wretches, doom'd to die, From that untimely end. 12 On them who us oppress let all Our sufferings be repaid ; Make their confusion seven times more Than what on us they laid. 13 So we, thy people and thy flock, Shall ever praise thy Name ; And with glad hearts our grateful thanks From age to age proclaim. PSALM LXXX. 0 1 SR. A E L' S Shepherd, Joseph's Guide, Our pray'rs to thee -vouchsafe to hear ; Thou that dost on the cherubs ride, Again in solemn state appear. 2 Behold, how Benjamin expects, With Ephraim and Manasseh join'd, In our deliverance, the effects Of thy resistless strength to find. 3 Do thou convert us, Lord, do thou The lustre of thy face display ; And all the ills we suffer now, Like scattered clouds, shall pass away. 4 O thou, whom heavVily hosts obey, How longshall thy fierce anger burn? How long thy suffring people pray, And to their pray'rs have no return ? 5 When hungry, we are fore'd to drench Our scanty food in floods of woe ; When dry, our raging thirst we quench With streams of tears that largely flow. 6 For us the heathen nations round, As for a common prey, contest ; Our foes with spiteful joy abound, And at our lost condition jest. 7 Do thou convert us, Lord, do thou The lustre of thy face display ; And all the ills we suffer now, Like scatter'd clouds, shall pass away. The Second Part. 8 Thou brought'st a vine from Egypt's land, And, casting out the heathen race, Didst plant it with thine own right hand, And firmly fix it in their place. 9 Before it thou prepar'dst the way, And mad'st it take a lasting root ; Which, blest with thy indulgent ray, O'er all the land did widely shoot. 10, 11 The hills were covertt with its shade, Its goodly boughs did cedars seem ; Its branches to the sea were spread, And reach'd to proud Euphrates' stream. NEW VERSION OF 12 Why then hast thou its hedge o'er- thrown, Which thou hadst made so firm and strong ? Whilst all its grapes, defenceless grown, Are pluck'd by those that pass along. 13 See how the bristling forest boar With dreadful fury lays it waste ; Hark, how the savage monsters roar, And to their helpless prey make haste. The Third Part. 14 To thee, O God of hosts, we pray ; Thy wonted goodness, Lord, renew ; From heav'n, thy throne, this vine survey, And her sad state with pity view. 15 Behold the vineyard made by thee, Which thy right hand did guard so long ; And keep that branch from danger free, Which for thyself thou mad'st so strong. 16 To wasting flames 'tis made a prey, And all its spreading boughs cut down ; At thy rebuke they soon decay, And perish at thy dreadful frown. 17 Crown thou the king with good success, By thy right hand secur'd from wrong : The son of man in mercy bless, Whom for thyself thou mad'st so strong. 18 So shall we still continue free From w hatsoe'er deserves thy blame ; And, if once more reviv'd by thee, Will always praise thy holy Name. 19 Do thou convert us, Lord, do thou The lustre of thy face display ; And all the ills we sutler now, Like scatter'd clouds, shall pass away. PSALM LXXXI. TO God, our never-failing strength, With loud applauses sing ; And jointly make a cheerful noise To Jacob's awful King. 2 Compose a hymn of praise, and touch Your instruments of joy, Let psalteries and pleasant harps Your grateful skill employ. 3 Let trumpets at the great new moon Their joyful voices raise, To celebrate th' appointed time, The solemn day of praise. 4 For this a statute was of old, Which Jacob's God decreed, To be with pious care observ'd By Israel's chosen seed. 5 This he for a memorial fiVd, When, freed from Egypt's land, Strange nations' barb'rous speech we heard, But could not understand. 6 Your burden'd shoulders I reliev'i (Thus seems our God to say,) Your servile hands by me were fr< From lab'ring in the clay. 7 Your ancestors, with wrongs oppre To me for aid did call ; With pity I their sufferings saw, And set them free from all. They sought for me, and from cloud In thunder I replied ; At Meribah's contentious stream Their faith and duty tried. The Second Part. 8 While I my solemn will declare, My chosen people, hear : If thou, O Israel, to my words Wilt lend thy list'ning ear ; 9 Then shall no god besides myself Within thy coasts be found ; Nor shalt thou worship any god Of all the nations round. 10 The Lord thy God am I, who thet Brought forth from Egypt's land Tis I that all thy just desires Supply with lib"ral hand. 11 But they, my chosen race, refus'd To hearken to my voice ; Nor would rebellious Israel's sons Make me their happy choice. 12 So I, provok'd, resign'd them up To ev*ry lust a prey, And in their own perverse design Permitted them to stray. 13 O that my people wisely would My just commandments heed, And Israel in my righteous way* With pious care proceed ! 14 Then should my heavy judgment On all that them oppose, And my avenging hand be turn'd Against their num'rous foes. 15 Their enemies and mine should 3 Before my footstool bend ; But as for them, their happy stab Should never know an end. 16 All parts with plenty should aboi With finest wheat their field : The barren rocks, to please their t Should richest honey yield. PSALM LXXXII. GOD in the great assembly stand Where his impartial eye In state surveys the earthly gods, And does their judgments try. 2, 3 How dare you then unjustly juc Or be to sinners kind ? Defend the orphans and the poor Let such your justice find. 4 Protect the humble helpless man Reduc'd to deep distress, And let not him become a prey To such as would oppress. THE PSALMS. I 'hey neither know, nor will they learn, But blindly rove and stray ; ustice and* truth, the world's support, Through all the land decay. Veil then might God in anger say, I've call'd you by my Name ; 've said, Y'are gods, and all allied To the most High in fame. Jut ne'ertheless your un just deeds To strict account 111 call ; Ifou all shall die like common men, Like other tyrants fall. Vrise, and thy just judgments, Lord, Throughout the earth display ; Ind all the nations of the world Shall own thy righteous sway. PSALM LXXXIII. [OLD not thy peace, O Lord our God, No longer silent be ; »or with consenting quiet looks Our ruin calmly see. 'or lo ! the tumults of thy foes O'er all the land are spread ; \nd those who hate thy saints and thee Lift up their threat'ning head. Vgainst thy zealous people, Lord, l They craftily combine ; \.ud to destroy thy chosen saints Have laid their close design. :ome, let us cut them ofF, say they, Their nation quite deface ; "hat no remembrance may remain Of Israel's hated race. ilius they against thy people's peace ' Consult with one consent ; \ni diffring nations, jointly leagued, I Their common malice vent. ."he Ishmaelites, that dwell in tents, With warlike Edom join'd, Vnd Moab's sons, our ruin vow, With Hagar*s race combin'd. *roud Amnion's offspring, Gebal too, With Amalek conspire ; | The lords of Palestine, and all The wealthy sons of Tyre. v.11 these the strong Assyrian king ; Their firm ally have got ; •Vho with a pow'rful army aids i Th' incestuous race of Lot. The Second Part. lut let such vengeance come to them, As once to Ttfid'ian came ; To Jabin and proud Sisera, j At Kishon's fatal stream : Vhen thy right hand their numVous I hosts Near Endor did confound ; ; Vnd left their carcases for dung To feed the hungry ground. «t all their mighty men the fate Of Zeeb and Oreb share ; vs Zebah and Zalmunna, so Let all their princes fare : 12 Who, with the same design inspir'd, Thus vainly boasting spake, In firm possession for ourselves Let us God's houses take. 13 To ruin let them haste, like wheels Which downwards swiftly move ; Like chaff before the winds, let all Their scatter"d forces prove. 14, 15 As flames consume dry wood or heath That on parch'd mountains grows, So let thy fierce pursuing wrath With terror strike thy foes. 16, 17 Lord, shroud their faces with dis- grace, That they may own thy Name ; Or them confound, whose harden'd hearts Thy gentler means disclaim. 18 So shall the wond'ring world confess, That thou, who claim'st alone Jehovah's Name, o'er all the earth Hast rais'd thy lofty throne. PSALM LXXXIV. OGOD of hosts, the mighty Lord, How lovely is the place, Where thou, enthron'd in glory, shew'st The brightness of thy face ! 2 My longing soul faints with desire To view thy blest abode ; My panting "heart and flesh cry out For thee, the living God. 3 The birds, more happy far than I, Around thy temple throng; Securely there they build, and there Securely hatch their young. 4 O Lord of hosts, my King and God, How highly blest are they, Who in thy temple always dwell, And there thy praise display ! 5 Thrice happy they, whose choice has thee Their sure protection made ; Who long to tread the sacred ways That to thy dwelling lead ! 6 Who pass through Baca's thirsty vale, Yet no refreshment want ; Their pools are fill'd with rain, which thou At their request dost grant. 7 Thus they proceed from strength to strength , And still approach more near, Till all on Sion's holy mount Before their God appear. 8 O Lord, the mighty God of hosts, My just request regard ; Thou God of Jacob, let my pray'r Be still with favour heard. 9 Behold, O God, for thou alone Canst timely aid dispense ; On thy anointed servant look, Be thou his strong defence : NEW VERSION OF 10 For in thy courts one single day 'Tis better to attend, Than, Lord, in any place besides A thousand days to spend. Much rather in God's house will I The meanest office take, Than in the wealthy tents of sin My pompous dwelling make. 11 For God, who is our sun and shield, Will grace and glory give ; And no good thing will he withhold From them that justly live. 12 Thou God, whom heav"nly hosts obey, How highly blest is he, Whose hope and trust, securely plac'd, Is still repos'd on thee ! PSALM LXXXV. LORD, thou hast granted to thy land The favours we implor'd, And faithful Jacob's captive race Hast graciously restor'd. 2, 3 Thy people's sins thou hast absolv'd, And all their guilt defac'd ; Thou hast not let thy wrath flame on, Nor thy fierce anger last. 4 O God our Saviour, all our hearts To thy obedience turn ; [tears, That, quench'd with our repenting Thy wrath no more may burn. 5, 6 For why should'st thou be angry still, And wrath so long retain ? Revive us, Lord, and let thy saints Thy wonted comfort gain. 7 Thy gracious favour, Lord, display, Which we have long implor'd ; And, for thy wondrous mercy's sake, Thy wonted aid afford. 8 God's answer patiently 111 wait ; For he with glad success, If they no more to folly turn, His mourning saints will bless. 9 To all that fear his holy Name His sure salvation's near ; Ami in its former happy state Our nation shall appear. 10 For mercy now with truth is join'd, And righteousness with peace, Like kind companions absent long, With friendly arms embrace. 11, 12 Truth from the earth shall spring, whilst heav'n Shall streams of justice pour ; And God, from whom all goodness flows, Shall endless plenty show'r. 13 Before him righteousness shall march, And his just paths prepare ; Whilst we his holy steps pursue With constant zeal and care. PSALM LXXXVI. TO my complaint, O Lord my God, Thy gracious ear incline; Hear me, distress'd, and destitute Of all relief but thine. 2 Do thou, O God, preserve my soul, That does thy Name adore ; Thy servant keep, and him, whose tn Relies on thee, restore. 3 To me, who daily thee invoke, Thy mercy, Lord, extend ; 4 Refresh thy servant's soul, whose hof On thee alone depend. 5 Thou, Lord, art good ; nor only goo But prompt to pardon too ; Of plenteous mercy to all those Who for thy mercy sue. 6 To my repeated humble prayV, _ O Lord, attentive be ; 7 When troubled I on thee will call, For thou wilt answer me. 8 Among the gods there's none like the O Lord, alone divine ! To thee as much inferior they, ' As are their works to thine. 9 Therefore their great Creator thee The nations shall adore, Their long misguided pray"rs ai praise To thy blest Name restore. 10 All shall confess thee great, and grei The wonders thou hast done : Confess thee God, the God supreme; Confess thee God alone. The Second Part. 11 Teach me thy way, O Lord, and I From truth shall ne'er depart ; In rev"rence to thy sacred Name Devoutly fix my heart. 12 Thee will I praise, O Lord my God, Praise thee with heart sincere ; And to thy everlasting Name Eternal trophies rear. 13 Thy boundless mercy shown to me Transcends my pow*r to tell, .T: For thou hast oft redeem'd my soul From lowest depths of hell. 14 O God, the sons of pride and strife Have my destruction sought, Regardless of thy pow'r, that oft Has my deliv'rance wrought. 15 But thou thy constant goodness dids To my assistance bring ; Of patience, mercy, and of truth, Thou everlasting spring ! 16 O bounteous Lord, thy grace ar strength To me thy servant show ; Thy kind protection, Lord, on me, Thine handmaid's son, bestow. 17 Some signal give, which my proud foi May see with shame and rage, When thou, O Lord, for my relief And comfort dost engage. PSALM LXXXVII. GOD'S temple crowns the holy moun The Lord there condescends 1 dwell ; 2 His Sionls gates, in his account, ., Our Israel's fairest tents excel. THE PSALMS. ame glorious things of thee shall sing, city 'of th' Almighty King ! II mention Rahab with due praise, In Babylon's applauses join ; he fame of Ethiopia raise, With that of Tyre and Palestine ; ,nd grant that some amongst them born heir age and country did adorn. But still of Sion 111 aver, That manv such from her proceed ; h' Almighty shall establish her : His gen'ral List shall shew, when read, "hat such a person there was born, I nd such did such an age adorn, ."ell Sion rind with numbers fill'd pf such as merit high renown ; or hand and voice musicians skill'd, And.her transcending fame to crown, |f such she shall successions bring, ] ike waters from a living spring. | PSALM LXXXVIII. O thee, my God and Saviour, I By day and night address my cry ; puchsafe my mournful voice to hear, So my distress incline thine ear : jr seas of trouble me invade, :y soul draws nigh to death's cold " shade ; [tied, ike one whose strength andhopes are : hey number me among the dead, ike those who, shrouded in the prave, rom thee no more remembrance have ; ast oft from thy sustamin? care own to the confines of despair, hy wrath has hard upon me lain, i ffiictin-^ me with restless pain : :e all thy mountain waves have prest, ] 00 weak, alas ! to bear the least, eniov'd from friends, I sigh alone 1 a loath'd dungeon laid, where none visit will vouchsafe to me, onfin'd, past hopes of liberty, y eyes from weeping never cease, hey waste, but still my griefs in- crease; et daily, Lord, to thee I pray'd, 'ith outstretch'd hands invok'd thy aid. r ilt thou by miracle revive he dead, whom thou forsook'st a- live ? ram death restore, thy praise to sing, I "horn thou from prison wouU'st not bring ? tiaU the mute grave thv love confess ? . raould'rine tomb thy' faithfulness ? ; hy truth and pow"r renown obtain, I /here darkness and oblivion reign ? 0 thee, 0 Lord, I cry, forlorn ; ily pray"r prevents the early mom. '"hy hast thou, Lord, my soul for- , took, 1 or once vouchsaf 'd a gracious look ? 15 Prevailing sorrows bear me down, Which from my youth with me have grown ; Thy terrors past distract my mind, And fears of blacker days behind. 16 Thy wTath hath burst upon my head, Thy terrors fill my soul with dread ; 17 Environ'd as with waves combin'd, Ar.d for a gen'ral deluge join'd. 18 My lovers, friends, familiars, all Reniov'd from sight, and out of call ; To dark oblivion all retirt, Dead, or at least to me expirtf. PSAIiM LXXXIX. THY mercies, LoTd, shall be my song, My song on them shall ever dwell ; To ages yet unborn my tongue Thy never -failing truth shall telL. 2 I have afnrm'd, and still maintain, Thy mercy shall for ever last ; Thy truth, "that does the heav*ns sus- tain, Like them shall stand for ever fast. 3 Thus spak'st thou by the prophet's voice, With David I a league have made; To him, my servant and my choice, By solemn oath this grant convey'd : 4 While earth, and seas, and skies en- dure, Thy seed shall in my sisht remain ; To them thy throne I will ensure; They shall to endless ages reign. 5 For such stupendous truth and love Both heav"n and earth just praises owe, By choirs of angels suig above, And by assembled saints below. 6 What seraph of celestial birth To vie with Israel's God shall dare ? Or who among the gods of earth With our Almighty Lord compare ? 7 With rev'rence and religious dread His saints should to his temple press ; His fear thro' all their hearts should spread, Who his Almighty Name confess. 8 Lord God of armies, who can boast Of strength or pow*r like thine re- nown'd ? Of such a num*rous faithful host, As that which does thy throne sur- round ? 9 Thou dost the lawless sea control, And change the prospect of the deep ; Thou mak*st the sleeping billows roll ; Thou mak'st the rolling billows sleep. 10 Thou brak'st in pieces Rahab's pride, And didst oppressing pow"r disarm ; Thy scatterM foes have dearly tried The force of thy resistless arm. 11 In thee the sovYeign right remains Of earth and heav*n ; thee, Lord, alone, The world, and all that it contains, Their maker and preserver own. NEW VERSION OF 12 The poles on which the globe does rest Were form'd by thy creating voice ; Tabor and Hermon, east and west, In thy sustaining pow'r rejoice. 13 Thy arm is mighty, strong thy hand, Yet, Lord, thou dost with justice reign ; 14 Possess'd of absolute command, Thou truth and mercy dost maintain. 15 Happy, thrice happy, they who hear Thy sacred trumpet's joyful sound ; Who may at festivals appear, With thy most glorious presence crown'd. 16 Thy saints shall always be o'erjoy'd, Who on thy sacred Name rely ; And, in thy righteousness employ'd, Above their foes be rais'd on high. 17 For in thy strength they shall advance, Whose conquests from thy favour spring ; 18 The Lord of hosts is our defence, And Israel's God our Israel's King. 19 Thus spak'st thou by the prophet's voice: A mighty champion I will send; ' From Judah's tribe have I made choice Of one who shall the rest defend. 20 My servant David I have found, With holy oil anointed him ; 21 Him shall the hand support that crown'd. And guard that gave the diadem. 22 No prince from him shall tribute force, No son of strife shall him annoy ; 23 His spiteful foes I will disperse, And them before his face destroy. 21 My truth and grace shall him sustain; His armies, in well-order'd ranks, 25 Shall conquer from the Tyrian main, To Tigris and Euphrates* banks. 26 Me for his father he shall take, His God and rock of safety call ; 27 Him I my first-born son will make, And earthly kings his subjects all. 28 To liim my mercy 111 secure, My cov*nant make for ever fast : 29 His seed for ever shall endure ; His throne, till heavY dissolves, shall last. The Second Part. 30 But if his heirs my law forsake, And from my sacred precepts stray ; 31 If they my righteous statutes break, Nor strictly my commands obey : 32 Their sins 111 visit with a rod, And for their folly make them smart ; 33 Yet will not cease to be their God, Nor from my truth, like them, depart. 34 My covY.ant I will ne'er revoke, But in remembrance fast retain : The thing that once my lips have spoke Shall in eternal force remain. 35 Once have I sworn, but once for all, I And made my holiness the tie, That I my grant will ne'er recall, I Nor to my servant David lie : I 36 Whose throne and race the consta I sun Shall, like his course, establish'd sei 37 Of this my oath, thou conscious moo In heav'n my faithful witness be. 38 Such was thy gracious pTomise, Lor But thou hast now our tribes forsoo! Thy own anointed hast abhorr'd, And tum'd on him thy wrathful lot 39 Thou seemest to have render'd void The covYant with thy servant mad Thou hast his dignity destroy'd, And in the dust his honour laid. 40 Of strong holds thou hast him berel And brought his bulwarks to deca; 41 His frontier coasts defenceless left, A publick scorn and common pre? 42 His ruin does glad triumphs yield To foes advanc'd by thee to might 43 Thou hast his conquYing sword i steel'd, His valour tum'd to shameful flig 44 His glory is to darkness fled, His throne is levell'dwith thegrour 45 His youth to wretched bondage led With shame o'erwhelm'd and son drown'd. 46 How long shall we thy abse mourn ? Wilt thou for ever, Lord, retire ? Shall thy consuming anger burn, Till that and we at once expire ? 47 Consider, Lord, how short a space Thou dost for mortal life ordain ; No method to prolong the race, But loading it with grief and par 48 What man is he that can control Death's strict unalterable doom ? Or rescue from the grave his soul, The grave that must mankind tomb t 49 Lord, Where's thy love, thy bourn grace, The oath to which thy truth did Consign'd to David and his race, The grant which time should ] repeal ? 50 See how thy servants treated are With infamy, reproach, and spit Which in my silent breast I bear From nations of licentious migh 51 How they, reproaching thy ) Name, Have made thy servant's hope 52 Yet thy just praises we'll proclair And ever sing, The Lord be bles Amen, A PSALM XC. OLORD, the saviour and defend Of us thy chosen race, From age to age thou still hastb Our sure abiding-place. THE PSALMS. i fore thou brought'st the mountains 3 r th' earth and world didst frame, I iou always wert the mighty God, aid ever art the same. iou turnest man, O Lord, to dust, >f which he first was made ; id when thou speak'st the word, Return, Tis instantly obey'd. >r in thy sight a thousand years ire like a day that's past, like a watch in dead of night, Vhose hours unminded waste. iou sweep'st us off as with a flood, Ve vanish hence like dreams ; first we grow like grass that feels tie sun's reviving beams : t howsoever fresh and fair ts morning beauty shows ; >.s all cut down and wither'd quite efore the eVning close. \'e by thine anger are consum'd, iiid by thy wrath dismay'd : ir publick crimes and secret sins fefore thy sight are laid. neath thy anger's sad effects >ur drooping days we spend ; ir unregarded years break off, ike tales that quickly end. ir term of time is seventy years, in age that few survive ; it if, with more than common 1 strength, "o eighty we arrive ; ' ?t then our boasted strength decays, 'o sorrow turn'd, and pain : soon the slender thread is cut, aid we no more remain. The Second Part. it who thy anger's dread effects )oes, as he ought, revere ? id yet thy wrath does fall or rise, is more or less we fear, teach us, Lord, th' uncertain sum •four short days to mind, lat to true wisdom all our hearts lay ever be inclin'd. to thy servants, Lord, return, ind speedily relent '. ; we of our misdeeds, do thou •four just doom repent. i satisfy and cheer our souls J ifhy early mercy send ; I rat we may all our days to come ' In Joy and comfort spend. J :t happy times, with large amends, . I )ry up our former tears, ■ equal at the least the term ►four afflicted years. ..I i all thy servants, Lord, let this Tiy wondrous work be known, ,. nd to our offspring yet unborn hy glorious pow"r be shown. 17 Let thy bright rays upon us shine ; Give thou our work success : The glorious work we have in hand Do thou vouchsafe to bless. PSALM XCI. TTE that has God his guardian made, Shall under th' Almighty's shade Secure and undisturb'd abide. 2 Thus to my soul of him I'll say, He is my fortress and my stay, My God, in whom I will confide. 3 His tender love and watchful care Shall free thee from the fowler's snare, And from the noisome pestilence: 4 He over thee his wings shall spread, And cover thy unguarded head ; His truth shall be thy strong defence. 5 No terrors that surprise by night Shall thy undaunted courage fright, Nor deadly shafts that fly by day ; 6 Nor plague of unknown rise, that kills In darkness, nor infectious ills That in the hottest season slay. 7 A thousand at thy side shall die, At thy right hand ten thousand lie, While thy firm health untouch'd re- mains ; 8 Thou only shalt look on and see The wicked's dismal tragedy, And count the sinner's mournful gains. 9 Because, with well-plac'd confidence, Thou mak'st the Lord thy sure defence, And mi the Highest dost rely ; 10 Therefore no ill shall thee befall, Nor to thy healthful dwelling shall Any infectious plague draw nigh. 11 For he, throughout thy happy days, To keep thee safe in all thy ways Shall give his angels strict com- mands ; 12 And they, lest thou should'st chance to meet [feet, With some rough stone to wound thy Shall bear thee safely in their hands. 13 Dragons and asps, that thirst for blood, And lions roaring for their food, Beneath his conqu'ring feet shall lie ; 14 Because he lov'd and honour'd me, Therefore, says God, I'll set him free, And fix his glorious throne on high. 15 He'll call ; I'll answer, when he calls, And rescue him when ill befalls ; Increase his honour and his wealth: 16 And when with undisturb'd content His long and happy life is spent, His end I'll crown with saving health. PSALM XCII. HOW good and pleasant must it be To thank the Lord most high ; And with repeated hymns Appraise His Name to magnify ! ^ 2 With every morning's early dawn His goodness to relate; And of his constant truth each night The glad effects repeat ! NEW VERSION OF 3 To ten-stringM instruments we'll sing, I 3, With tuneful psalt'ries jouVd ; And to the harp with solemn sounds, For sacred use design 'd. 4 For thro' thy wondrous works, O Lord, 5, Thou mak'st my heart rejoice; The thoughts of them shall make me glad, And shout with cheerful voice. 5, 6 How wondrous are thy works,0 Lord ! How deep are thy decrees! Whose winding tracks in secret laid, No stupid sinner sees. 7 He little thinks, when wicked men, Like grass, look fresh and gay, How soon their short-liv'd splendour For ever pass away. [must I ( 8, 9 But thou, mv God, art still most high, j And all thy lofty foes, Who thought they might securely sin, i Shall be o'erwhelm'd with woes. 10 Whilst thou eialtSt my sov "reign pow*r, 1 1 And mak'st it largely spread ; And with refreshing oil anointSt My consecrated head : 111 soon shall see my stubborn foes To utter ruin brought, And hear the dismal end of those J • Who have against me fought. 12 But righteous men, like fruitful palms, ■ Shall make a glorious show ; As cedars that in Lebanon | . In stately order grow. 1 3, 1 4 These, planted in the house of God Within his courts shall thrive ; Their vigour and their lustre both Shall in old age revive. 15 Thus will the Lord his justice show ; And God, my strong defence, Shall due rewards to all the world Impartially dispense. PSAXM XCIII. ITTTH glory clad, with strength ar- I » raytt, The Lord, that o'er all nature reigns, I 16 The world's foundations strongly laid, j And the vast fabrick still sustains. 2 How surely stablish'd is thy throne, | Which shall no change or period see ! 17 For thou, O Lord, and thou alone, ' Art God from all eternity. 3, 4 The floods. O Lord, lift up their voice, j And toss the troubled waves on high ; But God above can still their noise, And make the angry sea comply. 5 Thy promise, Lord, is ever sure ; And they that in thy house would dwell, That happy station to secure, Must still in holiness excel. PSALM XCIV. OGOD, to whom revenge belongs, 22 Thy vengeance now disclose ; 2 Arise,' thou Judge of all the earth, And crush thy haughty foes. 20 21 4 How long, O Lord, shall sinful Their solemn triumphs make How long their wicked actions And insolently speak 6 Not only they thy saints oppre But unprovok'd they spill The widow's and the* stxangert And helpless orphans kill. And yet the Lord shall ne'er per (Profanely thus they speak,) Nor any notice of our deeds The God of Jacob take. At length, ye stupid fools, your Endeavour to discern ; In folly will you still proceed; And wisdom never learn ? 10 Can he be deaf, who form Id Or blind, who fram'd the eye Shall earth's great Judge not those Who his known will defy ? He fathoms all the thoughts of To him their hearts lie bare ; His eye surveys them all, and How vain their counsels are. The Second Part Bless'd is the man, whom tl Lord, In kindness dost chastise: And by thy sacred rules, to wall Dost lovingly advise. This man shall rest and safety In seasons of distress, Whilst God prepares a pit for t! That stubbornly transgress. For God will never from his sai His favour wholly take ; His own possession and his lot He will not quite forsake. The world shall then confess tt In all that thou hast done ; And those that choose thy ways Shall in those paths go on. Who will appear in my behalf When wicked men invade ? Or who, when sinners would o* My righteous cause shall pleat , 18, 19 Long since had I in slept, But that the Lord was near, To stay me when I slipt : whet My troubled heart to cheer Wilt thou, who art a God most Their sinful throne sustain, Who make the law a fair prete Their wicked ends to gain ? Against the lives of righteous 1 They form their close design; And, blood of innocents to s In solemn league combine. But my defence is firm! In God the Lord most high ; He is my rock, to which I For refuge always fly. THE PSALMS. The Lord shall cause their ill designs On their own heads to fall : He in their sins shall cut them off ; Our God shall slay them all. PSALM XCV. \ COME, loud anthems let us sing, 'Loud thanks to our Almighty King ; >For we our voices high should raise When our salvation's rock we praise. Into his presence let us haste, To thank him for his favours past ; ' To him address, in joyful songs, The praise that to his Name belongs. For God, the Lord, enthron'd in state, Is with unrivalPd glory great ; \ King, superior far to all, ' iVhom gods the heathen falsely call. Jrhe depths of earth are in his hand, ; ier secret wealth at his command ; i rhe strength of hills that reach the I skies iubjected to his empire lies. Tie rolling ocean's vast abyss ly the same sov'reign right is his ; Tis mov'd by his Almighty hand, ' riiat fonn'd and fix'd the solid land. > let us to his courts repair, \nd bow with adoration there; )own on our knees devoutly all I before the Lord our Maker fall. or he's our God, our Shepherd he, (is flock and pasture sheep are we ; : -'Fthen you'll, like his flock, draw near, 'o-day if you his voice will hear, >-' et not your harden'd hearts renew 'our fathers' crimes and judgments •I too; I 'or here provoke my wrath, as they : ■ » desert plains of Meribah. •"hen thro' the wilderness they mov'd, 1 rid me with fresh temptations prov'd, hey still, through unbelief, rebell'd, ''bile they my wondrous works be- I held. hey forty years my patience griev'd, 'I hough daily I their wants reliev'd ; "•(hen, — Tis a faithless race, I said, pilose heart from me has always stray 'd. 'ley ne'er will tread my righteous t 1 path ; lerefore to them, in settled wrath, i i nee they despis'd my rest, I sware !iat they should never enter there. || PSALM XCVI. 1 NG to the Lord a new-made song ; ." Let earth, in one assembled throng, u ler common Patron's praise rewound. I ng to the Lord, and bless his Name, oin day to dav his praise proclaim, . [> Vho us has with salvation crown'd. • heathen lands his fame rehearse, " wonders to the universe. I 4 He's great, and greatly to be prais'd : In majesty and glory rais'd Above all other deities. 5 For pageantry and idols all Are they whom gods the heathen call; He only rules who made the skies. 6 With majesty and honour crown'd, Beauty and strength his throne sur- round. 7 Be therefore both to him restnr'd, By you who have false gods ador'd ; Ascribe due honour to his Name: 8 Peace offrings on his altar lay, Before his throne your homage pay, Wlu'ch he, and he alone, can claim. 9 To worship at his sacred court Let all the trembling world resort. 10 Proclaim aloud, Jehovah reigns, Whose pow'r the universe sustains, And banish'd justice will restore. 11 Let therefore h'eav'n new joys confess, And heav"nly mirth let earth express ; Its loud applause the ocean roar : Its mute inhabitants rejoice, And for this triumph find a voice. I 12 For joy let fertile valleys sing, Thecheerful groves theirtributebring; The tuneful choir of birds awake, ! 13 The Lord's approach to celebrate ; Who now sets out with awful state, His circuit through the earth to take. From heav'n to judge the world he's come, With justice to reward and doom. PSALM XCVII. JEHOVAH reigns, let all the earth In his just government rejoice ; Let all the isles, with sacred mirth, In his applause unite their voice. 2 Darkness and clouds of awful shade His dazzling glory shroud in state; Justice and truth his guards are made, And, fix'd by his pavilion, wait. 3 Devouring fire before his face His foes around with vengeance struck ; 4 His lightnings set the world on blaze; Earth saw it, and with terror shook. 5 The proudest hills his presence felt, Their height nor strength could help att'ord ; The proudest hills like wax did melt In presence of th' Almighty Lord. 6 The heav'ns, his ri ufiteousness to show, With storms of fire our foes pursu'd ; And all the trembling world below Have his descending glory view'd. 7 Confounded be their impious host, Who make the gods to whom they pray; All who of pageant idols boast, To him, ye gods, your worship pay. 8 Glad Sion of thy triumph heard, And Judah's daughters were o'er- joy'd ; [Lord, Because thy righteous judgments, I Have Pagan pride and pow'r destroy 'd. NEW VERSION OF 9 For thou, O God, art seated high, Above earth's potentates enthron'd ; Thou, Lord, unrivall'd in the sky, Supreme by all the gods art own'd. 10 You, who to serve this Lord asph-e, Abhor what's ill, and truth esteem ; He'll keep his servants' souls entire, And them from wicked hands re- deem. 11 For seeds are sown of glorious light, A future harvest for the just j And gladness for the heart that's right, To recompense its pious trust. 12 Rejoice, ye righteous, in the Lord : Memorials of" his holiness Deep in your faithful breasts record, And with your thankful tongues con- fess. PSALM XCVIII. SING to the Lord a new-made song, Who wondrous things has done ; With his right hand and holy arm The conquest he has won. 2 The Lord has through th' astonish'd Display'd his saving might, [world And made his righteous acts appear In all the heathen's sight. 3 Of Israel's house his love and truth Have ever mindful been ; Wide earth's remotest parts the pow'r Of Israel's God have seen. 4 Let therefore earth's inhabitants Their cheerful voices raise, And all with universal joy Resound their Maker's praise. 5 With harp and hymn's soft melody, Into the concert bring 6 The trumpet and shrill cornet's sound, Before th' Almighty King. 7 Let the loud ocean roar her joy, With all that seas contain ; The earth and her inhabitants Join concert with the main. 8 With joy let riv'lets swell to streams, To spreading torrents they ; And echoing vales from hill to hill Redoubled shouts convey ; 9 To welcome down the world's great Judge, Who does with justice come, And with impartial equity Both to reward and doom. PSALM XCIX. JEHOVAH reigns, let therefore all The guilty nations quake : On cherubs' wings he sits enthron'd; Let earth's foundations shake. 2 On Sion's hill he keeps his court, His palace makes her tow"rs ; Yet thence his sov'reignty extends Supreme o'er earthly pow'rs. 3 Let therefore atl with praise address His great and dreadful Name; And with his unresisted might His holiness proclaim. 4 For truth and justice in his reign Of strength and pow'r take place ; His judgments are with righteousw Dispens'd to Jacob's race. 0 Therefore exalt the Lord our God, Before his footstool fall ; And with his unresisted might His holiness extol. 6 Moses and Aaron thus of old Among his priests ador*d ; Among his prophets Samuel thus His sacred Name implor'd. Distress'd, upon the Lord they call'i Who ne'er their suit denied ; But, as with rev'rence they implor' He graciously replied. 7 For with their camp, to guide tl march, The cloudy pillar mov'd : They kept his laws, and to his will Obedient servants prov'd. 8 He answer'd them, forgiving oft His people for their sake ; And those, who rashly them oppos Did sad examples make. 9 With worship at his sacred courts Exalt our God and Lord ; For he, who only holy is, Alone should be ador'd. PSALM C. Trt/TTH one consent let all the v v To God their cheerful voices 2 Glad homage pay with awful ma And sing before liim songs of pi 3 Convinc'd that he is God alone, From whom both we and all prot We, whom he chooses for his ow The flock that he vouchsafes to 4 O enter then his temple gate, Thence to his courts devoutly And still your grateful hymns l And still his Name with praises b For he's the Lord, supremely go« His mercy is for ever sure : His truth, which always firmly To endless ages shall endure. PSALM CI. OF mercy's never -failing spring, And steadfast judgment, I wil And since they both to thee bel To thee, O Lord, address ray soi 2 When, Lord, thou shalt with side, Wise discipline my reign shall | With blameless life myself 111 r. A pattern for my court to take. 3 No ill design will I pursue, Nor those my fav'rites make th 4 Who to reproof bears no regarc Him will I totally discard. 5 The private slanderer shall be In publick justice doom'd by n From haughty looks I'll turn a And mortify the heart of pricU THE PSALMS. But honesty, call'd from her cell, 1 In splendour at my court shall dwell : Who virtue's practice make their care, 1 Shall have the first preferments there. No politicks shall recommend His country's foe to be my friend : None e'er shall to my favour rise By tlatfring or malicious lies. All those who wicked courses take An early sacrifice I'll make ; Cat off, "destroy, till none remain God's holy city to profane. PSALM CM. VHEN I pour out my soul in pray"r, Do thou, O Lord, attend ; To thy eternal throne of grace ! Let my sad cry ascend. 0 hide not thou thy glorious face In times of deep dis'tress ; Incline thine ear, and, when I call, My sorrows socn redress. Each cloudy portion of my life Like scatter'd smoke expires ; Jdv shrivell'd bones are like a hearth Parch'd with continual fires. My heart, like grass that feels the blast Of some infectious wind, Does languish so with irrief, that scarce My needful food I mind. By reason of my sad estate I spend my breath in ^loans ; M Mv flesh is "worn away, my skin * i Scarce hides my starting bones. - I'm like a pelican become, I That does in deserts mourn ; a, Or like an owl, that sits all day i On barren trees forlom. •' In -sratchings or in restless dreams The night by me is spent, „ Know ye, his servant AbrV.m's seed, And Jacob's chosen race, 7 He's still our God, his judgments still Throughout the earth take place. 8 His cov'nant he hath kept in mind For num'rous ages past ; Which yet for thousand ages more In equal force shall last. £1 First sign'd to Abr'am, next by oath To Isaac made secure; 10 To Jacob and his heirs a law For ever to endure. 11 That Canaan's land should be their lot. When yet but few they were ; 12 But few in number, and those few All friendless strangers there. 13 In pilgrimage from realm to realm Securely they remoVd ; U Whilst proudest monarchs for their sakes Severely he reprov'd. 15 These mine anointed are, said he, Let none my servants wrong ; Nor treat the poorest prophet ill, That does to me belong. NEW VERSION OF 16 A dearth at last, by his command, Did through the land prevail ; Till corn, the chief support of life, Sustaining com did tail. 17 But his indulgent providence Had pious Joseph sent, Sold into Egypt, but their death Who sold him to prevent. 18 His feet with heavy chains were crush'd, With calumny his fame ; 19 Till God's appointed time and word To his deliv'rance came. 20 The king his sov'reign order sect, And rescu'd him with speed ; Whom private malice had confin'd, The people's ruler freed. 21 His court, revenues, realm, were all Subjected to his will ; 22 His greatest prince* to control, And teach his statesmen skill. The Second Part. 23 To Egypt then, invited guests, Half-famish'd Israel came; And Jacob held, by royal grant, The fertile soil of Ham. 24 Th' Almighty there with such increase His people multiplied, Till with their proud oppressors they In strength and number vied. 25 Their vast increase th" Egyptians' hearts With jealous anger fir'd, Till they his servants to destroy By treach'rous arts conspir'd. 26 His servant Moses then he sent, His chosen Aaron too ; 27 Empower^ with signs and miracles To prove their mission true. 28 He call'd for darkness, darkness came ; Nature his summons knew ; 29 Each stream and lake, transform'd to blood, The wond'ring fishes slew. 30 In putrid floods, throughout the land, The pest of frogs was bred ; From noisome fens sent up to croak At Pharaoh's board and bed. 31 He gave the sign, and swarms of flies Came down in cloudy hosts, Whilst earth's enliven'd dust below Bred lice through all their coasts. 32 He sent them batt'ring hail for rain, And fire for cooling dew ; 33 He smote their vines and forest plants, And garden's pride o'erthrew. 34 He spake the word, and locusts came, With caterpillars join'd ; They prey'd upon the poor remains The storm had left behind. 35 From trees to herbage they descend, No verdant thing they spare ; But, like the naked fallow field, Leave all the pastures bare. 36 From fields to Tillages and towns Commission'd vengeance flew ; One fatal stroke their eldest hopes And strength of Egypt slew. 57 He brought his servants forth, enridrt With Egypt's borrow'd wealth ; And,what transcends all treasures da Enrich'd with vig*rous health. 38 Egypt rejoic'd, in hopes to find Her plagues with them remov'd ; Taught dearly now to fear worse ills By those already prov'd. 39 Their shrouding canopy by day A journeying cloud was spread; A fiery pillar all the night Their desert marches led. 40 They long*d for flesh ; with ev'nin quails He furnish'd ev*ry tent ; From heav'n's own granary, eae morn, The bread of angels sent. 41 He smote the rock, whose flinty bret Pour'd forth a gushing tide ; Whose flowing stream, where'er th march'd, The desert's drought supplied. 42 For still he did on Abr'am's faith And ancient league reflect ; j 43 He brought his people forth with Jo With triumph his elect, i 44 Quite rooting out their heathen foe From Canaan's fertile soil, To them in cheap possession gave The fruit of others' toil. | 45 That they his statutes might obser His sacred laws obey ; For benefits so vast let us Our songs of praise repay. PSALM CTL O RENDER thanks to God above, The fountain of eternal love Whose mercy firm through ages p Has stood, and shall for ever last. 2 Who can his mighty deeds express Not only vast but numberless ? What mortal eloquence can raise His tribute of immortal praise ? 3 Happy are they, and only they, Who from thy judgments never Who know what's right, nor only But always practise what they kn 4 Extend to me that favour, Lord, Thou to thy chosen dost afford : When thou retum'st to set them Let thy salvation visit me. 5 O may I worthy prove to see Thy saints in full prosperity ! That I the joyful choir may join, And count thy people's triumph I 6 But ah ! can we expect such gra Of parents vile the viler race ; Who their misdeeds have acted « And with new crimes increas' score ? THE PSALMS. Ungrateful, they no longer thought On all his works in Egypt wrought ; The Red sea they no sooner view'd But they their base distrust renew 'd. Yet he, to vindicate his Name, k)nce more to their deliverance came, To make his sorYeign pow'r be known, That he is Cod, and he alone. To right and left, at his command, The parting deep disclos'd her sand ; Where firm and dry the passage lay, As through some parch'd and desert way. Thus rescu'd from their foes they were, Who closely press'd upon their rear ; Whose rage pursu'd them to those That prov'd the rash pursuers' graves. [The wat'ry mountain's sudden fall O'erwhelm'd proud Pharaoh, host [_ and all ; This proof did stupid Israel move To own God's truth, and praise his love. The Second Pari. : soon these wonders they forgot, And for his counsel waited not ; But, lusting in the wilderness, Did him with fresh temptations press. Strong food at their request he sent, [But made their sin their punishment : Yet still his .saints they did oppose, The priest and prophet whom he chose. But earth, the quarrel to decide, Her vengeful jaws extending wide, Rash Dathan to her centre drew, With proud Abiram's factious crew. The rest of those who did conspire To kindle wild sedition's fire, With all their impious train, became A prey to heav'n's devouring flame. Near Horeb"s mount a calf they made, And to the molten image pray'd ; 'Adoring what their hands did frame, They chang'd their glory to their shame. Their God and Saviour they forgot, And all his works in Egypt wrought ; His signs in Ham's astinish'd coast, And where proud Pharaoh's troops were lost. Thus urg'd, his vengeful hand he reard, But Moses in the breach appeard ; The saint did for the rebels pray, And turn'd Heav'n's kindled "wrath away. | Yet they his pleasant land despis'd, Nor his repeated promise priz'd ; Nor did th' Almighty's voice obey, But when God said, Go up, would stay. This seal'd their doom without re- To perish in the wilderness ; [dress, Or else to be by heathen hands Overthrown, and scatter'd through the lands. The Third Part. 28 Yet, unreclaim'd, this stubborn race Baal-peor's worship did embrace; Became his impious yuests, and fed On sacrifices to the dead. 29 Thus they persisted to provoke God's vengeance to the final stroke; Tis come ; — the deadly pest is come, To execute their gen'ral doom. 30 But Phinehas, tir'd with holy rage, Th' Almighty vengeance to asswage, Did, by two bold offenders' fall, Th' atonement make that ransom'd all. 31 As him a heav'nly zeal had mov'd, So HeavYi the zealous act approv'd ; To him confirming, and his race, The priesthood he so well did grace. 32 At Meribah God's wrath they mov'd, Who Moses for their sakes reprov'd ; 33 Whose patient soul they did provoke, Till rashly the meek prophet spoke. 54 Nor, when possess'd of Canaan's land, Did they perform their Lord's com- mand ; Nor his commission'd sword employ The guilty nations to destroy. 35 Nor only spar'd the Pagan crew, But, mingling, leamt their vices too ; 36 And worship to those idols paid, Which them to fatal snares betray'd. 37, 98 To devils they did sacrifice Their children with relentless eyes; Approach'd their altars thro' a flood Of their own sons' and daughters' blood. No cheaper victims would appease Canaan's remorseless deities ; No blood her idols reconcile, But that which did the land defile. The Fourth Part. 39 Nor did these savage cruelties The harden'd reprobates suffice ; For after their hearts' lust they went, And daily did new crimes invent. 40 But sins of" such infernal hue God's wrath against his people drew, Till he, their once indulgent Lord, His own inheritance abliorr'd. 41 He them, defenceless, did expose To their insulting heathen foes ; And made them on the triumphs wait Of those who bore them greatest hate. 42 Nor thus his indignation ceas'd : Their list of tyrants he increas'd, Till they, who God's mild sway de- clin'd, Were made the vassals of mankind. 43 Yet when distress'd they did repent, His anger did as oft relent ; But freed, they did his wrath provoke, Renew'd their sins, and he their yoke. I 44 Nor yet implacable he prov'd, Nor heard their wretched cries un- mov'd ; 45 But did to mind his promise bring, I And mercy's inexhausted spring. NEW VERSION OF 46 Compassion too he did impart E'en to their foes' obdurate heart, And pity for their sulf'rings bred In those, who them to bondage led. 47 Still save us, Lord, and Israel's bands Together bring from heathen lands ; So to thy Name our thanks we'll raise, And ever triumph in thy praise. 48 Let Israel's God be ever bless'd, His Name eternally confess'd : Let all his saints, with full accord, Sing loud Aniens— Praise ye the Lord. PSALM CVII. ' I ''O God your grateful voices raise, Who does your daily patron prove, And let your never-ceasing praise Attend on his eternal love. 2, 3 Let those give thanks whom he from bands Of proud oppressing foes releas'd ; And brought them back from distant lands, From north and south, and west and east. 4, 5 Thro' lonely desert ways they went, : Nor could a peopled city find ; Till, quite with thirst and hunger spent, Theirfainting soul within them pin'd. 6 Then soon to God's indulgent ear Did they their mournful cry address ; ' Who graciously vouchsaf 'd to hear, \ And freed them from their deep dis- ' tress. 7 From crooked paths he led them forth, \ And in the certain way did guide To wealthy towns of great resort, Where all their wants were well sup- 1 plied. 8 O then that all the earth with me Would God for this his goodness praise, And for the mighty works which he Throughout the wond'ring world displays i 9 For he from heaVn the sad estate Of longing souls with pity views ; To hungry souls that pant for meat, His goodness daily food renews. The Second Part. 14 From dismal dungeons, dark as night , And shades as black as death's abode He brought them forth to cheerfu light, Aid welcome liberty bestow'd. 15 O then that all the earth with me Would God for this his goodnei praise, And for the mighty works which 1 Throughout the wond'ring work displays ! 16 For he with his Almighty hand The gates of brass in pieces broke j Nor could the massy bars withstand, Or temper'd steel resist his stroke. The Third Part. 17 Remorseless wretches, void of sense,. With bold transgressions God defj, And, for their multiplied offence, Oppress'd with sore diseases lie. 18 Their soul, a prey to pain and fear, Abhors to taste the choicest meats And they by faint degrees draw nea To death's inhospitable gates. 19 Then straight to God's indulgent < Do they their mournful cry addrea | Who graciously vouchsafes to hear. And frees them from their deep » tress. 20 He all their sad distempers heals, His word both health and safety gin And, when all human succour faiis. From near destruction them retrie» 21 O then that all the earth with me Would God for this his goodn praise, And for the mighty works which 1 Throughout the wond'ring displays ! 22 With offrings let his altar flame, Whilst they their grateful thai express, And with loud joy his holy Name For all his acts of wonder bless! The Fourth Part. 23, 24 Thev that in ships, with cour bold, Cer swelling waves their trade p sue, Do God's amazing works behold. And in the deep his wonders viei 10 Some lie, with darkness compass'd 25 No sooner his command is past, round, In death's uncomfortable shade, And with unwieldy fetters bound, By pressing cares more heavy made. 11, 12 Because God's counsel they defied, And lightly priz'd his holy word, With these afflictions they were tried : They fell, and none could help aftbrd. 13 Then soon to God's indulgent ear Did they their mournful cry address; Who graciously vouchsaf 'd to hear, And freed them from their deep dis- tress. But forth the dreadful tempest fl I Which sweeps the sea with rapid hi j And makes the stormy billows ri ! 2G Sometimes the ships, toss'd up heav^ On tops of mounting waves appe: Then down the steep abyss are dri Whilst ev'ry soul dissolves with i 27 They reel and stagger to and fro, Likemen with fumes of wine oppi Nor do the skilful seamen know Which way to steer, what coun best. THE PSALMS. Then straight to Gcd's indulgent ear They do their mournful cry address; Who graciously vouc hsafes to hear, And frees them from their deep dis- tress. 30 He does the raging storm appease, And makes the billows calm and still ; With joy they see their fury cease, And their intended course fulfil. then that all the earth with me Would God for this his goodness praise, And for the mighty works which he Throughout the wond'ring world I displays ! Let them, where all the tribes resort, I Advance toheav'n his glorious Name, And in the elders' sov'reign court, With one consent his praise proclaim ! The Fifth Pari. 34 A fruitful land, where streams a- bound, God's just revenge, if people sin, Will turn to dry and barren ground, To punish those that dwell therein. 36 The parch'd and desert heath he makes To flow with streams and springing wells, Which for his lot the hungry takes, And in strong cities safely dwells. 38 He sows the field, the vineyard pfants, Which gratefully his toil repay ; lor can.whilst God his blessing grants, His fruitful seed or stock decay. But when his sins Heav'n's wrath pro- voke, His health and substance fade away ; He feels th' oppressor's galling yoke, And is of grief the wretched prey. The prince who slights what God commands, Expos'd to scorn, must quit his throne ; And over wild and desert lands, Where no path offers, stray alone. Whilst God, from all afflicting cares, Sets up the humble man on high, *nd makes in time his num'rous heirs With his increasing flocks to vie. 43 Then sinners shall have nought to say, ^/The just a decent joy shall show ; the wise these strange events shall weigh, na thence God's goodness fully ; know. P6ALM CVIII. k GOD, my heart is fully bent To magnify thy Name ; I »Iy tongue with cheerful songs of praise Shall celebrate thy fame. *wake, my lute ; nor thou, my harp, Thy warbling notes delay ; Whilst I with early hymns of joy Prevent the dawning day. 3 To all the list'ning tribes, O Lord, Thy wonders I will tell ; And" to those nations sing thy praise That round about us dwell : 4 Because thy mercy's boundless height The highest heav*n transcends, And far beyond th' aspiring clouds Thy faithful truth extends. 5 Be thou, O God, exalted high Above the starry frame ; And let the world, with one consent, Confess thy glorious Name. 6 That all thy chosen people thee Their saviour may declare : Let thy right hand protect me still, And answer thou my pray*r. 7 Since God himself hath said the word, Whose promise cannot fail, With joy I Shechem shall divide, And measure Succolh's vale. 8 Gilead is mine, Manasseh too. And Ephraim owns my cause : Their strength my regal pow'r sup- ports, And Judah gives my laws. 9 Moab 111 make my servile drudge, On vanquish'd Edom tread ; And thro' the proud Philistine lands My conqu'ring banners spread. 10 By whose support and aid shall I Their well-fenc'd city gain ? Who will my troops securely lead Through Edom's guarded plain ? 11 Lord, wilt not thou assist our arms, Which late thou didst forsake ? And wilt not thou of these our hosts Once more the guidance take ? 12 O, to thy servants in distress Thy speedy succour send ! For vain it is on human aid For safety to depend. 13 Then valiant acts shall we perform, If thou thy pow'r disclose ; For God it is, and God alone, That treads down all our foes. PSALM ( IX. GOD, whose former mercies make My constant praise thy due, o Hold not thy peace, but my sad state With wonted favour view. 2 For sinful men, with lying lips, Deceitful speeches frame, And with their studied slanders seek To wound my spotless fame. 3 Their restless hatred prompts them still Malicious lies to spread ; And all against my life combine, By causeless fury led. 4 Those whom with tend'rest love I us'd, My chief opnosers are ; Whilst I, of other friends bereft, Resort to thee by pray'r. C3 NEW VERSION OF 12 The poles on which the globe does rest Were form'd by thy creating voice ; Tabor and Hermon, east and west, In thy sustaining pow'r rejoice. 13 Thy arm is mighty, strong thy hand, Yet, Lord, thou dost with justice reign ; 14 Possess'd of absolute command, Thou truth and mercy dost maintain. 15 Happy, thrice happy, they who hear Thy sacred trumpet's joyful sound ; Who may at festivals appear, With thy most glorious presence crown'd. 16 Thy saints shall always be o'erjoy'd, Who on thy sacred Name rely ; And, in thy righteousness employ'd, Above their foes be rais'd on high. 17 For in thy strength they shall advance, Whose conquests from thy favour spring ; 18 The Lord of hosts is our defence, And Israel's God our Israel's King. 19 Thus spak'st thou by the prophet's voice : A mighty champion I will send ; ' From Judah's tribe have I made choice Of one who shall the rest defend. 20 My servant David I have found, With holy oil anointed him ; 21 Him shall the hand support that crown'd, And guard that gave the diadem. 22 No prince from him shall tribute force, No son of strife shall him annoy; 23 His spiteful foes I will disperse, And them before his face destroy. 24 My truth and grace shall him sustain ; His armies, in well-order'd ranks, 25 Shall conquer from the Tyrian main, To Tigris and Euphrates' banks. 26 Me for his father he shall take, His God and rock of safety call ; 27 Him I my first-born son will make, And earthly kings his subjects all. 28 To him my mercy IH secure, My cov*nant make for ever fast : 29 His seed for ever shall endure ; His throne, till heavM dissolves, shall last. The Second Part. 30 But if his heirs my law forsake, And from my sacred precepts stray ; 31 If they my righteous statutes break, Nor strictly my commands obey : 52 Their sins IH visit with a rod, And for their folly make them smart ; 33 Yet will not cease to be their God, Norfrota my truth,like them,depart. 34 My cov'nant I will ne'er revoke, But in remembrance fast retain : The thing that once my lips have spoke Shall in eternal force remain. 35 Once have I sworn, but once for all, And made my holiness the tie, That I my grant will ne'er recall, Nor to my servant David lie : 36 Whose throne and race the consta sun Shall, like his course, established se 37 Of this my oath, thou conscious moc In heav'n my faithful witness be. 38 Such was thy gracious promise, Lor But thou hast now our tribes forsoo Thy own anointed hast abhorr'd, And turn'd on him thy wrathful lo< 39 Thou seemest to have render'd void The cov'nant with thy servant mad Thou hast his dignity destroy'd, And in the dust his honour laid. 40 Of strong holds thou hast him berel And brought his bulwarks to deca 41 His frontier coasts defenceless left, A publick scorn and common prej 42 His ruin does glad triumphs yield To foes advanc'd by thee to might 43 Thou hast his conqu"ring sword I steel'd, His valour turn'd to shameful fligl 44 His glory is to darkness fled, His throne is levell'd with thegroun 45 His youth to wretched bondage lad;' With shame o'erwhelm'd and son drown'd. 46 How long shall we thy absei mourn ? Wilt thou for ever, Lord, retire ? Shall thy consuming anger burn, Till that and we at once expire ? 47 Consider, Lord, how short a space Thou dost for mortal life ordain ; No method to prolong the race, But loading it with grief and pair 48 What man is he that can control Death's strict unalterable doom ? Or rescue from the grave his soul, The grave that must mankind tomb t 49 Lord, Where's thy love, thy bound grace, The oath to which thy truth did s Consign'd to David and his race, The grant which time should r repeal ? 50 See how thy servants treated are With infamy, reproach, and spite Which in my silent breast I bear From nations of licentious might 51 How they, reproaching thy g Name, U Have made thy servant's hope t 52 Yet thy just praises we'll proclaim And ever sing, The Lord be blest Amen, An PSALM XC. OLORD, the saviour and defence Of us thy chosen race, From age to age thou still hast be Our sure abiding-place. THE PSALMS. fore thou brought'st the mountains forth, r th' earth and world didst frame, iou always wert the mighty God, 10 ever art the same, iou tiirnest man, O Lord, to dust, >f which he first was made; id when thou speak'st the word, Return, Tls instantly obey'd. >r in thy slight a thousand years i ire like a day that's past, ■ like a watch in dead of night, Vhose hours unminded waste, iou sweep's t us off' as with a flood, Ve vanish hence like dreams ; first we grow like grass that feels Tie sun's reviving beams : it howsoever fresh and fair ts morning beauty shows ; s all cut down and wither'd quite :efyre the eVning close. Ve by thine anger are consum'd, Liid by thy wrath dismay 'd : ir publick crimes and secret sins before thy sight are laid. neath thy anger's sad effects nir drooping days we spend ; ir unregarded years break off, ■ike tales that quickly end. ir term of time is seventy years, in age that few survive ; it if, with more than common strength, 'o eighty we arrive ; ^t then our boasted strength decays, Co sorrow turn'd, and pain : soon the slender thread is cut, ind we no more remain. The Second Pari. it who thy anger's dread effects >oes, as he ought, revere ? id yet thy wrath does fall or rise, is more or less we fear, teach us, Lord, th' uncertain sum •four short da\s to mind, lat to true wisdom all our hearts lay ever be inclin'd. to thy servants, Lord, return, uid speedily relent ! ; we of our misdeeds, do thou •four just doom repent. > satisfy and cheer our souls rbj early mercy send ; lat we may all our days to come n Joy and comfort spend, rt happy times, with large amends, >ry up our former tears, • equal at the least the term •four afflicted years. 8 ■ all thy servants, Lord, let this "by wondrous work be known, id to our offspring yet unborn hy glorious pow"r be shown. 17 Let thy bright rays upon us shine ; Give thou our work success : The glorious work we have in hand Do thou vouchsafe to bless. PSALM XCI. TIE that has God his guardian made, ■ L - L Shall under th' Almighty's shade Secure and undisturb'd abide. 2 Thus to my soul of him I'll say, He is my fortress and my stay, My God, in whom I will confide. 5 His tender love and watchful care Shall free thee from the fowler's snare, And from the noisome pestilence: 4 He over thee his wings shall spread, And cover thy unguarded head ; His truth shall be thy strong defence. 5 No terrors that surprise by night Shall thy undaunted courage fright, Nor deadly shafts that fly by day; 6 Nor plague of unknown rise, that kills In darkness, nor infectious ills That in the hottest season slay. 7 A thousand at thy side shall die, At thy right hand ten thousand lie, While thy firm health untouch'd re- mains ; 8 Thou only shalt look on and see The wicked's dismal tragedy, And count the sinner's mournful gains. 9 Because, with well-plac'd confidence, Thou mak'st the Lord thy sure defence, And on the Highest dost rely ; 10 Therefore no ill shall thee befall, Nor to thy healthful dwelling shall Any infectious plague draw nigh. 11 For he, throughout thy happy days, To keep thee safe in all thy ways Shall give his angels strict com- mands ; 12 And they, lest thou should'st chance to meet [feet, With some rough stone to wound thy Shall bear thee safely in their hands. 13 Dragons and asps, that thirst for blood, And lions roaring for their food, Beneath his conqu'ring feet shall lie ; 14 Because he lov'd and honour'd me, Therefore, says God, I'll set him free, And fix his glorious throne on high. 15 He'll call ; I'll answer, when he calls, And rescue him when ill befalls ; Increase his honour and his wealth: 16 And when with undisturb'd content His long and happy life is spent, His end I'll crown with saving health. PSALM XCII. HOW good and pleasant must it be To thank the Lord most hj^h ; And with repeated hymns appraise His Name to magnify ! 2 With every morning's early dawn His goodness to relate; And of his constant truth each night The glad effects repeat ! NEW VERSION OP 3 To ten-srring'd instruments we'll sing, With tunetul psalt'ries join'd ; And to the harp with solemn sounds, For sacred use design 'd. 4 For thro' thy wondrous works, O Lord, Thou mak'st my heart rejoice ; The thoughts of them shall make me glad, And shout with cheerful voice. 5, 6 How wondrous are thy works,0 Lord ! How deep are thy decrees ! Whose winding tracks, in secret laid, No stupid sinner sees. 7 He little thinks, when wicked men, Like grass, look fresh and gay, How soon their short-liv'd splendour For ever pass away. [must 8, 9 But thou, my God, art still most high, And all thy lofly foes, Who thought they might securely sin, Shall be o'erwhelm'd with woes. 10 Whilst thou exalt'st my sov'reign pow"r, And mak'st it largely spread ; And with refreshing oil anoint/st My consecrated head : 111 soon shall see my stubborn foes To utter ruin brought, And hear the dismal end of those Who have against me fought. 12 But righteous men, like fruitful palms, Shall make a glorious show ; As cedars that in Lebanon In stately order grow. 13, 14 These, planted in the house of God, Within his courts shall thrive ; Their vigour and their lustre both Shall in old age revive. 15 Thus will the Lord his justice show ; And God, my strong defence, Shall due rewards to all the world Impartially dispense. PSALM XCIII. "Y^TITH glory clad, with strength ar- The Lord, that o'er all nature reigns, The world's foundations strongly laid, And the vast fabrick still sustains. 2 How surely stablish'd is thy throne, Which shall no change or period see ! For thou, O Lord, and thou alone, Art God from all eternity. 3, 4 The floods, O Lord, lift up their voice, And toss the troubled waves on high ; But God above can still their noise, And make the angry sea comply. 5 Thy promise, Lord, is ever sure ; And they that in thy house would dwell, That happy station to secure, Must still in holiness excel. PSALM XCIV. OGOD, to whom revenge belongs, Thy vengeance now disclose ; 2 Arise, thou Judge of all the earth, And crush thy haughty foes. 3, 4 How long, O Lord, shall sinful rr Their solemn triumphs make ? How long their wicked actions bo And insolently speak ? 5, 6 Not only they thy saints oppress But unprovok'd they spill The widow's and the* stranger's bl And helpless orphans kill. 7 And yet the Lord shall ne'er pero (Profanely thus they sneak,) Nor any notice of our deeds The God of Jacob take. 8 At length, ye stupid fools, your w: Endeavour to discern ; In folly will you still proceed, And wisdom never learn ? 9, 10 Can he be deaf, who form'd the Or blind, who tYam'd the eye ? Shall earth's great Judge not pu those Who his known will defy ? 11 He fathoms all the thoughts of m To him their hearts lie bare ; His eye surveys them all, and sees How vain their counsels are. The Secotid Part. 12 Bless'd is the man, whom tho Lord, In kindness dost chastise, And by thy sacred rules to walk Dost lovingly advise. 13 This man shall rest and safety fin In seasons of distress, Whilst God prepares a pit for tho That stubbornly transgress. 14 For God will never from his saint His favour wholly take ; His own possession and his lot He will not quite forsake. 15 The world shall then confess thee In all that thou hast done ; And those that choose thy upi ways Shall in those paths go on. 16 Who will appear in my behalf When wicked men invade ? Or who, when sinners would opp: My righteous cause shall plead ? 17, 18, 19 Long since had I in fill slept, But that the Lord was near, To stay me when I slipt : when s< My troubled heart to cheer. 20 Wilt thou, who art a God most ju Their sinful throne sustain, Who make the law a fair pretenc Their wicked ends to gain ? 21 Against the lives of righteous me They form their close design ; And, blood of innocents to spill, In solemn league combine. 22 But my defence is firmly plac'd In God the Lord most high ; He is my rock, to which I may For refuge always fly. THE PSALMS. The Lord shall cause their ill designs On their own heads to fall : He in their sins shall cut them off ; Our God shall slay them all. PSALM XCV. ) COME, loud anthems let us sing, 'Loud thanks to our Almighty King ; For we our voices high should* raise When our salvation's rock we praise. Into his presence let us haste, To thank him for his favours past ; To him address, in joyful songs, The praise that to his Name belongs. F"or God, the Lord, enthron'd in state, Is with unrivall'd glory great ; A King, superior far to all, A'hom gods the heathen falsely call, ("he depths of earth are in his hand, ler secret wealth at his command ; | (Tie strength of hills that reach the tVies objected to his empire lies, "he rolling ocean's vast abyss Jy the same sov'reign right is his; Tis mov'd by his Almighty hand, "hat fonn'd and fix'd the solid land. ] » let us to his courts repair, knd bow with adoration there; »own on our knees devoutly all iefore the Lord our Maker fall, •"or he's our God, our Shepherd he, lis flock and pasture sheep are we ; f then youH, like his flock, draw near, 'o-day if you his voice will hear, et not your harden'd hearts renew 'our fathers' crimes and judgments loo ; for here provoke my wrath, as they a desert plains of Meribah. Then thro' the wilderness they mov'd, ndmewifh fresh temptations prov'd, ! hey still, through unbelief, rebell'd, . fhile they my wondrous works be- held. hey forty years my patience griev'd, hough daily I their wants reliev'd ; hen, — Tis a faithless race, I said, 'hose heart from me has always stray'd. hey ne'er will tread my righteous path ; herefore to them, in settled wrath, ' nee they despis'd my rest, I sware i hat they should never enter there. PSALM XCVI. NG to the Lord a new-made song ; Let earth, in one assembled throng, ier common Patron's |iraise resound. I ng to the Lord, and bless his Name, •om day to dav his praise proclaim, Hio us has with salvation crown'd. 1 heathen lands his fame rehearse, s wonders to the universe. 4 He's great, and greatly to be prais'd : In majesty and glory rais'd Above all other deities. 5 For pageantry and idols all Are they whom gods the heathen call; He only rules who made the skies. 6 With majesty and honour crown'd, Beauty and strength his throne sur- round. 7 Be therefore both to him restortt, By you who have false gods ador'd ; Ascribe due honour to his Name : 8 Peace oft "rings on his altar lay, Before his throne your homage pay, Which he, and he alone, can claim. 9 To worship at his sacred court Let all the trembling world resort. 10 Proclaim aloud, Jehovah reigns, Whose pow'r the universe sustains, And banish'd justice will restore. 11 Let therefore heav'n new joys confess, And heaVnly mirth let earth express ; Its loud applause the ocean roar : Its mute inhabitants rejoice, And for this triumph find a voice. 12 For joy let fertile valleys sing, Thecheerful groves theirtributebring; The tuneful choir of birds awake, 13 The Lord's approach to celebrate ; Who now sets out with awful state, His circuit through the earth to take. From heav'n to judge the world he's come, With justice to reward and doom. PSALM XCVII. JEHOVAH reigns, let all the earth In his just government rejoice ; Let all the isles, with sacred mirth, In his applause unite their voice. 2 Darkness and clouds of awful shade His dazzling glory shroud in state ; Justice and truth his guards are made, And, fix'd by his pavilion, wait. 3 Devouring fire before his face His foes around with vengeance struck ; 4 His lightnings set the world on blaze; Earth saw it, and with terror shook. 5 The proudest hills his presence felt, Their height nor strength could help af lord ; The proudest hills like wax did melt In presence of th' Almighty Lord. C Theheav'ns, his righteousness to show, With storms of fire our foes pursu'd ; And all the trembling world below Have his descending glory view'd. 7 Confounded be their impious host, Who make the gods to whom they pray ; All who of pageant idols boast, To him, ye gods, your worship pay. 8 Glad Sion of thy triumph heard, And Judah's daughters were o'er- joy'd ; [Lord, Because thy righteous judgments, Have Pagan pride and pow'r destroy'd. NEW VERSION OF 9 For thou, O God, art seated high, Above earth's potentates enthron'd ; Thou, Lord, unrivall'd in the sky, Supreme by all the gods art own'd. 10 You, who to serve this Lord aspire, Abhor whafs ill, and truth esteem ; Hell keep his servants' souls entire, And them from wicked hands re- deem. 11 For seeds are sown of glorious light, A future harvest for the just ; And gladness for the heart that's right, To recom;>ense its pious trust. 12 Rejoice, ye righteous, in the Lord : Memorials of his holiness Deep in your faithful breasts record, And with your thankful tongues con- fess. PSALM XCVIII. CING to the Lord a new-made song, ^5 who wondrous things has done ; With hi-> right hand and holy arm The conquest he has won. 2 The Lord has through th' astonish'd Display'd his saving might, [world And made his righteous acts appear In all the heathen's sight. 3 Of Israel's house his love and truth Have ever mindful been ; Wide earth's remotest parts the pow'r Of Israel's God have seen. 4 Let therefore earth's inhabitants Their cheerful voices raise, And all with universal joy Resound their Maker's praise. 5 With harp and hymn's soft melody, Into the concert bring 6 The trumpet and shrill cornet's sound, Eefjre th' Almighty King. 7 Let the loud ocean roar her joy, With all that seas contain ; The earth and her inhabitants Join concert with the main. 8 With joy let rivlets swell to streams, To spreading torrents they ; And echoing vales from hill to hill Redoubled shouts convey; 9 To welcome down the world's great Judge, Who does with justice come, And with impartial equity Both to reward and doom. PSALM XCIX. JEHOVAH reigns, let therefore all The guilty nations quake : On cherubs' wings he sits enthron'd; Let earth's foundations shake. 2 On Sion's hill he keeps his court, His palace makes her towYs ; Yet thence his sovereignty extends Supreme o'er earthly pow'rs. 3 Let therefore all with praise address His great and dreadful Name; And with his unresisted might His holiness proclaim. 4 For truth and justice in his reign Of strength and pow'r take place ; His judgments are with righteousaea Dispens'd to Jacob's race. 5 Therefore exalt the Lord our God, Before his footstool fall ,- And with his unresisted might His holiness extol. 6 Moses and Aaron thus of old Among his priests adortt ; Among his prophets Samuel thns i His sacred Name iniplor'd. Distress'd, upon the Lord they call'd, Who ne'er their suit denied ; But, as with rev*rence they implortf He graciously replied. 7 For with their camp, to guide march, The cloudy pillar mov'd : They kept his laws, and to Obedient servants prov'd. 8 He answer'd them, forgiving oft His people for their sake ; And those, who rashly them Did sad examples make. 9 With worship at his sacred courts Exalt our God and Lord ; For he, who only holy is, Alone should be adoVd. PSALM C. V\7"ITH one consent let all the eartl * * To God theur cheerful voices ra<| 2 Glad homage pay with awful mirth And sing before him songs o;' prait 3 Convinc'd that he is God alone, J J From whom both we and all procej 1 We, whom he chooses for his own, J The flock that he vouchsafes to fe 1 4 O enter then his temple gate, 1 1 Thence to his courts devoutly pre I And still your grateful hymns repl 1 And still his Name with praises hi I 5 For he's the Lord, supremely good, I His mercy is for ever sure :* His truth, which always firmly sto J To endless ages shall endure. PSALM CI. OF mercy's never-failing spring, And steadfast judgment, I will si And since they both to thee belon) To thee, O Lord, address my song; 2 When, Lord, thou shalt with me side, Wise discipline my reign shall gui With blameless life myself 111 ma! A pattern for my court to take. 3 No ill design will I pursue, Nor those my fav'rites make that 4 Who to reproof bears no regard, Him will I totally discard. 5 The private slanderer shall be In publick justice doom'd by me. From haughty looks 111 turn asid And mortify the heart of pride. THE PSALMS. V But honesty, call'd from her cell, In splendour at my court shall dwell : Who virtue's practice make their care, ' Shall have the first preferments there. So politicks shall recommend His countr>'s foe to be my friend : None e'er shall to my favour rise 'Bv rlatt"ring or malicious lies. | Ail those who wicked courses take early sacrifice 111 make ; |Cnt otf, destroy, till none remain JGod's holy city to profane. PSALM CII. rHEX I pour out my soul in pray*r, ' Do thou, O Lord, attend ; To thy eternal throne of grace Let my sad cry ascend, j hide not thou thy glorious face In times of deep distress ; ncline thine ear, and, when I call, My sorrows soon redress. :ach cloudy portion of my life Like scatter'd smoke expires ; Iv shrivell'd bones are like a hearth Parch'd with continual fires. «y heart.like grass that feels the blast Of some ir.fect.ous wind, toes lan <_-u^h »o with trrief, that scarce My needful food I mind, (y reason of my sad estate i soend my breath in groans ; flesh is worn away, my skin Scarce hides my starting bones. *m like a pelican become, That does in deserts mourn ; Pt like an owl, that sits all day On barren trees forlorn. •watchings or in restless dreams The night by me is spent, those solitary birds That lonesome roofs frequent. .11 dav bv railing foes I'm made The subjec t of their scorn ; ^ho all/possess'd with furious rage, Have my destruction swom. Then groVUne on the ground I lie, Oppress"d with grief and fears, bread is strew'd with ashes o'er, drink is mix'd with tears, tecause on me with double weight (Tbv heavy wrath doth lie ; for thou, to make my fall more great, Didst lift me up on high. It days, just hastning to their end, Are like an eVning shade ; |y beauty does, like wither'd grass, ith waning lustre fade. Ut thy eternal state, O Lord, Mb length of time shall waste ; "tee mem'ry of thy wondrous works From age to age shall last. ihalt arise, and Sion view With an unclouded face ; her time is come, thy own Appointed day of grace. 1 1 Her scatter'd ruins by thy saints With pity are surve/d ; They grieve to see her lofty spire* In dust and rubbish laid. 15, 16 The Name and glory of the Lord All heathen kin^ shall fear ; When he shall Sion build again, And in full state appear. 1 7 , 1 S When he regards the poor's request, Nor slights their earnest pray"r ; Our sons, for this recorded grace, Shall his just praise declare. 19 For God, from his abode on high, His eracious beams displayed : The Lord from heaVn, his lofty throne, Has all the earth surveyed. 20 He listen'd to the captives' moans, He heard their mournful cry, And freed by his resistless pow"r The wTetches doom'd to die ; 21 That they in Sion, where he dwells, Might celebrate hi-, fame, And through the holy city sing Loud praises to his Name. 22 When all the tribes assembling there Their solemn vows address, And neighbYing lands, with glad con- sent, The Lord their God confess. 23 But, ere my race is run, my strength Throuah his tierce wrath decays ; He has, when a'.I my wishes bloorn'd, Cut short my hopeful days. 24 Lord, end not thou my life, said I, When half is scarcely past : Thy years, from worldly changes free, To endless ages last. • 25 The strong foundations of the earth Of old by thee were laid; Thy hands the beauteous arch of heaven With wondrous skill have made. 26, 27 Whilst thou for ever shalt endure, They soon shall pass away ; And, like a garment often worn, Shall tami.-h and decay. Like that, when thou ordain'st their change, To thy command they bend -. But thou continu'st still the same, Nor have thy years an end. 23 Thou to the children of thy saints Shalt lasting quiet give ; Whose happy race, securely fix'd, Shall m thy presence live. PSALM CIII. MY soul, inspirtl with sacred love, God's holy Name for ever bless ; 2 Of all his favours mindful prove, And still thy grateful thanks express. 3, 4 Tis he that all thy sins forgives, And after sickness makes thee sound ; From danger he thy Ufe retrieves, By him with grace and mercy "crown'd. C 2 NEW VERSION OP 5, 6 He with good things thy mouth sup- plies ; Thy vigour, eagle-like, renews : He, when the guiltless suff'rer cries, His foe with just revenge pursues. 7 God made of old his righteous ways To Moses and our fathers known ; His works, to his eternal praise, Were to the sons of Jacob shown. 8 The Lord abounds with tender love, And unexampled acts of grace ; His waken'd wrath does slowly move, His willing mercy flows apace. 9, 10 God will not always harshly chide, But with his anger quickly part ; And loves his punishments to guide More by his love than our desert. 11 As high as heav'n its arch extends Above this little spot of clay, So much his boundless love transcends The small respects that we can pay. 12, 13 As far as 'tis from east to west, So far has he our sins remov'd, Who with a father's tender breast Has such as fear him always lov'd. 14,1.5 For God, who all our frame surveys, Considers that we are but clay ; How fresh soe'er we seem, our days Like grass or flowers must fadeaway. 16, 17 Whilst they are nipt with sudden blasts, Nor can we find their former place; God's faithful mercy ever lasts To those that fear him, and their race. 18 This shall attend on such as still Proceed in his appointed way; And who not only know his will, But to it just obedience pay. 19, 20 The Lord, the universal King, In heav'n has fix'd his lofty throne ; To him, ye angels, praises sing, In whose great strength his pow'r is shown. Ye that his just commands obey, And hear and do his sacred will, 21 Ye hosts of his, this tribute pay, Who still what he ordains fulfil. 22 Let ev'ry creature jointly bless The mighty Lord : and thou, my heart, With grateful joy thy thanks express, And in this concert bear thy part. PSALM CIV. "DLESS God, my soul ; thou, Lord, alone Possessest empire without bounds ; With honour thou art crown'd, thy throne Eternal majesty surrounds. 2 With light thou dost thyself enrobe, And glory for a garment take ; Heav'n's curtains stretch beyond the globe, Thy canopy of state to make. 3 God builds on liquid air, and forms His palace-chambers in the skies; The clouds his chariot are, and storr The swift-wing'd steeds with whi' he flies. 4 As bright as flame, and swift as wit His ministers heaven's palace fill, To have their sundry tasks assign'd All proud to serve their Sov'reig will. 5, 6 Earth on her centre fix'd he set, Her face with waters overspread, Nor proudest mountains dar'd, as j To lift above the waves their head 7 But when thy awful face appeared, Th' insulting waves dispers'd ; tf fled, [hea When once thy thunder's voice tl And by their haste confess'd tb dread. 8 Thence up by secret tracks they crc And, gushing from the mounta side, Through valleys travel to the deep Appointed to receive their tide 9 There hast thou fix'd the oce bounds, The threat'ning surges to repel That they no more o'erpass mounds, Nor to a second deluge swell. The Secorul Part. 10 Yet thence, in smaller parties dra The sea recovers her lost hills And starting springs from ev'ry Surprise the vales with plenteous! 11 The field's tame beasts are thither Weary with labour, faint drought : And asses, on wild mountains bre Have sense to find these currents 12 Their shady trees, from score beams, Yield shelter to the feather'd thn They drink, and to the bount streams Return the tribute of their ! 13 His rains from heav'n parch'd recruit, That soon transmit the liquid st Till earth is burden'd with her ft And nature's lap can hold no 14 Grass for our cattle to devour, He makes the growth of ev'ry fi Herbs for man's use, of various p That either food or physick yiel 15 With cluster'd grapes he crown vine, [c To cheer man's heart, opprest Gives oil that makes his face to s Andcorn that wastedstrengthre The Third Part. 16 The trees of God, without the ca Or art of man, with sap are fed The mountain cedar looks as fai As those in royal gardens bred. THE PSALMS. Safe in the lofty cedar's arms The wand"rers of the air may rest ; The hospitable pine from harms Protects the stork, her pious guest. Wild goats the craggy rock ascend, Its towVing heights their fortress make, d Whose cells in labyrinths extend, Where feebler creatures refuge take. The moon's inconstant aspect shows Th' appointed seasons of the year ; ,Th" instructed sun his duty knows, His hours to rise and disappear. ,21 Darkness he makes the earth to shroud, When forest beasts securely stray; [Young lions roar their wants aloud To Providence, that sends them prey. They range all night, on slaughter bent, Till, summon'd by the rising mom, Tosculk in dens, with one consent, The conscious ravagers return. Forth to the tillage of his soil The husbandman securely goes, Commencing with the sun his toil, With him returns to his repose. various, Lord, thy works are found, For which thy wisdom we adore ! The earth is with thy treasure crown'd, Till nature's hand can grasp no more. The Fourth Part. But still the vast unfathom'd main Of wonders a new scene supplies ; Whose depths inhabitants contain Of ev"ry form and ev"ry size, full-freighted ships from ev'ry port There cut their unmolested way; Leviathan, whom there to sport Thou mad'st, has compass there to play. various troops of sea and land In sense of common want agree : All wait on thy dispensing hand, And have their daily alms from thee. They gather what thy stores disperse, Without their trouble to provide : rhou op'st thy hand, the universe, The craving world, is all supplied. Thou for a moment hid'st thy face, The num'rous ranks of creatures mourn ; rhou tak'st their breath, all nature's race Forthwith to mother earth return. *Rain thou send"st thy Spirit forth T* inspire the mass with vital seed ; Nature's restor'd, and parent earth Smiles on her new -created breed. Thus through successive ages stands, Firm tix'd, thy providential care ; 'leas'd with the work of thy own hands, Thou dost the wastes of time repair. r 32 One look of thine, one wrathful look, Earth's panting breast with terror fills; One touch from thee, with clouds of smoke In darkness shrouds the proudest hills. 3.3 In praising God, while he prolongs My breath, I will that breath employ; 34 And join devotion to my songs, Sincere as is in him my joy. 35 While sinners from earth's face are hurl'd, My soul, praise thou his holy Name, Tilt with my song the list'ning world Join concert, and his praise proclaim. PSALM CT. O RENDER thanks, and bless the Lord ; Invoke his sacred Name ; Acquaint the nations with his deeds, His matchless deeds proclaim. 2 Sing to his praise, in lofty hymns His wondrous works rehearse ; Make them the theme of your dis- course, And subject of your verse. 3 Rejoice in his Almighty Name, Alone to be ador'd ; And let their heart o'erflow with joy That humbly seek the Lord. 4 Seek ye the Lord, his saving strength Devoutly still implore ; And, where he's ever present, seek His face for evermore. 5 The wonders that his hands have wrought Keep thankfully in mind ; The righteous statutes of his mouth, And laws to us assign'd. 6 Know ye, his servant Abr"am's seed, And Jacob's chosen race, 7 He's still our God, his judgments still Throughout the earth take place. 8 His cov'nant he hath kept in mind For num'rous ages past ; Which yet for thousand ages more In equal force shall last. 9 First sign'd to Abr'am, next by oath To Isaac made secure ; 10 To Jacob and his heirs a law For ever to endure. 11 That Canaan's land should be their lot, When yet but few they were ; 12 But few in number, and those few All friendless strangers there. 13 In pilgrimage from realm to realm Securely they remov'd ; 14 Whilst proudest monarchs for their sakes Severely he reprov'd. 15 These mine'anointed are, said he, Let none my servants wrong; Nor treat the poorest prophet ill, That does to me belong. NEW VERSION OF 16 A dearth at last, by his command, Did through the land prevail ; Till corn, the chief support of life, Sustaining corn did fail. 17 But his indulgent providence Had pious Joseph sent, Sold into Egypt, but their death Who sold him to prevent. 18 His feet with heavy chains were crush'd, With calumny his fame ; 19 Till God's appointed time and word To his deliv'rance came. 20 The king his sov'reign order sent, Andrescu'd him with speed ; Whom private malice had confin'd, The people's ruler freed. 21 His court, revenues, realm, were all Subjected to his will ; 22 His greatest princes to control, And teach his statesmen skill. The Seamd Part. 23 To Fgypt then, invited guests, Half-famish'd Israel came; And Jacob held, by royal grant, The fertile soil of Ham. 24 Th'Almighty therewith suchincrease His people multiplied, Till with their proud oppressors they In strength and number vied. 25 Their vast increase th' Egyptians' hearts With jealous anger fir'd, Till they his servants to destroy By treach'rous arts conspir'd. 26 His servant Moses then he sent, His chosen Aaron too ; 27 Empower'd with signs and miracles To prove their mission true. 28 He call'd for darkness, darkness came ; Nature his summons knew ; 29 Each stream and lake, transform'd to blood, The wond'ring fishes slew. 30 In putrid floods, throughout the land, The pest of frogs was bred; From noisome fens sent up to croak At Pharaoh's board and lied. 31 He gave the sign, and swarms of flies Came down in cloudy hosts, Whilst earth's enliven'd dust below Bred lice through all their coasts. 32 He sent them batt'ring hail for rain, And fire for cooling dew ; 33 He smote their vines and forest plants, And garden's pride o'erthrew. 34 He spake the word, and locusts came, With caterpillars join'd ; They prey'd upon the poor remains The storm had left behind. 35 From trees to herbage they descend, No verdant thing they spare ; But, like the naked fallow field, Leave all the pastures bare. 36 From fields to villages and towns If Commission'd vengeance flew ; I j One fatal stroke their eldest hopes j j And strength of Egypt slew. 37 He brought his servants forth, enrichV I t With Egypt's borrow'd wealth ; / Ij. And,what transcends all treasures else I* Enrich'd with vig*rous health. 1 1<, 38 Egypt rejoic'd, in hopes to find 1 1ft Her plagues with them remov'd ; ji: Taught dearly now to fear worse ills K By those already prov'd. 39 Their shrouding canopy by day 1 1 Ik A journeying cloud was spread; J Irs A fiery piilar'all the night Their desert marches led. 40 They long*d for flesh ; with ev'nb*| : - quails He furnish'd ev*ry tent ; From heav'n's own granary, ead I The bread of angels sent. 41 He smote the rock, whose flinty bred I Pour'd forth a gushing tide ; Whose flowing stream, where'er th« fc march'd, The desert's drought supplied. i ! Jr. 42 For still he did on Abr'am"s faith 5s And ancient league reflect ; 43 He brought his people forth with M k With triumph his elect. 44 Quite rooting out their heathen foes ^ From Canaan's fertile soil, To them in cheap possession gave r- The fruit of others' toil. 45 That they his statutes might observi : His sacred laws obey ; For benefits so vast let us Our songs of praise repay. PSALM CVI. O RENDER thanks to God above, The fountain of eternal love ; j Whose mercy firm through ages pal .,. Has stood, and shall for ever last. 2 Who can his mighty deeds express, Not only vast but numberless ? What mortal eloquence can raise His tribute of immortal praise ? 3 Happy are they, and only they, a Who from thy judgments never strs Who know what's right, nor only st But always practise what they knoi 4 Extend to me that favour, Lord, Thou to thy chosen dost afford : When thou return'st to set them ft Let thy salvation visit me. 5 O may I worthy prove to see Thy saints in full prosperity ! That I the joyful choir may join, And count thy people's triumph rail 6 But ah ! can we expect such grace. Of parents vile the viler race ; Who their misdeeds have acted &tt And with new crimes increas'd score ? THE PSALMS. Tngrateful, they no longer thought On all his works in Egypt wrought ; The Red sea they no sooner view'd But they their base distrust renew 'd. et he, to vindicate his Name, Once more to their deliverance came, P"o make his soT"reitn |»wt be known, That he is God, and he alone. To right and left, at his command, The parting deep disclos'd her sand ; here firm and dry the passage lay, As through some parch'd and desert way. [Thus rescu'd from their f oes they were, KTho closely press'd upon their rear ; i Vhose rage pursu'd them to those I waves, hat prov'd the rash pursuers' graves. : lie wafry mountain's sudden fall erwhelni'd proud Pharaoh, host and all ; This proof did stupid Israel move o own God's truth, and praise his love. The Second Part. tit soon these wonders they forgot, And for his counsel waited not ; Slut, lusting in the wilderness, Oid him with fresh temptations press, trong food at their request he sent, ut made their sin vheir punishment : et still his .saints they did oppose, ITie priest ar.d prophet whom he chose. But earth, the quarrel to decide, Her vengeful jaws extending wide, Rash Dathan to her centre drew, 1th proud Abiram's factious crew the rest of those who did conspire To kindle wild sedition's fire, With all their impious train, became A prey to heavHi's devouring tlame. ear Horeb"s mount a calf they made, !Vnd to the molten image pray'd ; doring what their hands did frame, > rhey changed their glory to their shame. rheir God and Saviour they forgot, ^nd all his works in Egypt u rought ; lis signs in Ham's ast. ni-h'd coast, \nd where proud Pharaoh's troops were lost. Ihus urg'd, his vengeful hand he reard, But Moses in the breach appeared ; The saint did for the rebels pray, And tum'd Heav'n's kindled "wrath away. Yet they his pleasant land desris'd, Nor his repeated promise priz'd ; Nor did th' Almightv's voice obey, But when God said, Go up, would" stay. This seal'd their doom without re- o perish in the wilderness ; [dress, T else to be by heathen hands flathTown, and scatter'd through the lands. The Third Part. 28 Yet, unreclaim'd, this stubborn race Baal-]>eor's w orship did embrace ; Became his impious truests, and fed On sacrifices to the dead. 29 Thus they persisted to provoke God's vengeance to the final stroke ; Tis come ; — the deadly pest is come, To execute their gen"ral doom. 30 But Phinehas, tir'd with holy rage, Th' Almighty vengemce to asswage, Did, by two bold offenders' fall, Th' atonement make that ransom 'd all. 31 As him a heavYily zeal had mov'd, So Heav"n the zealous act approvtt ; To him confirming, and his race, The priesthood he so well did grace. 32 At Meribah God's wrath they movld, Who Moses for their sakes reprov'd ; 33 Whose patient soul they did provoke, Till rashly the meek prophet spoke. 34 Nor, when possess'd of Canaan's land, Did they perforin their Loid's com- mand : Nor his commission'd sword employ The guilty nations to dotroy. 35 Nor only spar'd the Pagan crew, But, mingling, learnt their vices too ; 36 And worship to those idols paid, Which them to fatal snares betray'd. 37, 3S To devils they did sacrifice Their children with relentless eyes ; Approach'd their altars thro' a flood Of their own sons' and daughters' blood. No cheaper victims would appease Canaan's remorseless deities ; No blood her idols reconcile, But that which did the land defile. The Fourth Part. 39 Nor did these savage cruelties The harden'd reprobates suffice; For after their hearts' lust they went, And daily did new crimes invent. 40 But sins of such infernal hue God's wrath against his people drew, Till he, their once indulgent Lord, His own inheritance abhorr'd. 41 He them, defenceless, did expose To tlie : r insulting heathen foes ; And mr.de them on the triumphs wait Of those who bore them greatest hate. 42 Nor thus his indignation ceas'd : Their list of tyrants he increased, Till they, who God's mild sway de- clin'd, Were made the vassals of mankind. 43 Yet when distress'd they did repent, His anger did as oft relent ; But freed, they did his wrath provoke, Renew 'd their sins, and he their yoke. 44 Nor yet implacable he prov'd, Nor heard their wretched cries un- mov'd ; 45 But did to mind his promise bring, And mercy's inexhausted spring. NEW VERSION OF 46 Compassion too he did impart E'en to their foes' obdurate heart, And pity for their sulr'rings bred In those, who them to bondage led. 47 Still save us, Lord, and Israel's bands Together bring from heathen lands ; So to thy Name our thanks we'll raise, And ever triumph in thy praise. 48 Let Israel's God be ever bless'd, His Name eternally confess'd : Let all his saints, with full accord, Sing loud Aniens— Praise ye the Lord. PSALM CVII. '"PO God your grateful voices raise, Who does your daily patron prove, And let your never-ceasing praise Attend on his eternal love. 2, 3 Let those give thanks whom he from bands Of proud oppressing foes releas'd ; And brought them back from distant lands, From north and south, and west and east. 4, 5 Thro' lonely desert ways they went, Nor could a peopled city find ; Till, quite with thirst and hunger spent, Theirfainting soul within them pin'd. 6 Then soon to God's indulgent ear Did they their mournful cry address ; Who graciously vouchsaf 'd to hear, And freed them from their deep dis- tress. 7 From crooked paths he led them forth, And in the certain way did guide To wealthy towns of great resort, Where all their wants were well sup- plied. 8 O then that all the earth with me Would God for this his goodness praise, And for the mighty works which he Throughout the wond'ring world displays ! 9 For he from heaVn the sad estate Of longing souls with pity views ; To hungry souls that pant for meat, His goodness daily food renews. The Second Part. 10 Some lie, with darkness compass'd round, In death's uncomfortable shade, And with unwieldy fetters bound, By pressing cares more heavy made. 11, 12 Because God's counsel they defied, And lightly priz'd his holy word, With these afflictions they were tried : They fell, and none could help aftbrd. 13 Then soon to God's indulgent ear Did they their mournful cry address; Who graciously vouchsaf 'd to hear, And freed them from their deep dis- tress. 14 From dismal dungeons, dark as night And shades as black as death's abode He brought them forth to cheerfu light, And welcome liberty bestow'd. 15 O then that all the earth with me Would God for this his goodnet praise, ; And for the mighty works which he Throughout the wond'ring watt displays ! 16 For he with his Almighty hand The gates of brass in pieces broke j Nor could the massy bars withstand Or temper*d steel resist his stroke. The Third Pari. 17 Remorseless wretches, void of sense, With bold transgressions God defy,. And, for their multiplied oHence, Oppress'd with sore diseases lie. 1 18 Their soul, a prey to pain and fear, Abhors to taste the choicest meats And they by faint degrees draw nea> To death's inhospitable gates, j 19 Then straight to God's indulgent eat j Do they their mournful cry addresi Who graciously vouchsafes to hear^ j And frees them from their deep di tress. i 20 He all their sad distempers heals, His word both health and safety give And, when all human succour fails, From near destruction them retried 21 O then that all the earth with me Would God for this his goods* praise, And for the mighty works which h Throughout the wond'ring we displays ! 22 With ofTrings let his altar flame, Whilst they their grateful thai express, And with loud joy his holy Name For all his acts of wonder bless! The Fourth Part. 23, 24 Thev that in ships, with cour bold," O'er swelling waves their trade p sue, Do God's amazing works behold, And in the deep his wonders vie? 25 No sooner his command is past, But forth the dreadful tempest fli Which sweeps the sea with rapid ha And makes the stormy billows ri 26 Sometimes the ships, toss'd up heavVi, On tops of mounting waves appe? Then down the steep abyss are dri- Whilst ev"rr soul dissolves with f 27 They reel and stagger to and fro, j Likemen with fumes of wine oppr Nor do the skilful seamen know Which way to steer, what cours best. THE PSALMS. Then straight to Gcd's indulgent ear They ilo their mournful cry address; | Who graciously vouchsafes to hear, And frees them from their deep dis- tress. 30 He does the rasing storm appease, j And makes the billows calm and U; With joy they see their fury cease, And their intended course fulfil. then that all the earth with me Would God for this his goodness j praise, nd for the mighty works which he Throughout the wond'ring world displays ! let them, where all the tribes resort, Advance to heav'n his glorious Name, And in the elders' sov"reign court, With one consent his praise proclaim ! 7V. r Fiflh Part. 3* A fruitful land, where streams a- bound, God's just revenge, if people sin, Will turn to dry and barren ground, To punish those that dwell therein. I 36 The parch'd and desert heath he ' makes To flow w ith streams and springing wei'.s, Which for his lot the hungry takes, ' And in strong cities safely dwells. 33 He sows the field, the vineyard plants. Which gratefully his toil repay ; Mot can,whilst God his blessinggrants, His fruitful seed or stock decay, but when his air.s Heav'n's wrath pro- ' voke, His health and substance fade away ; He feels th' oppressor'-, galling yoke. And is of grief the wretched prey, rhe prince who slights what God commands, Expos'd to scorn, must quit his throne ; And over wild and desert lands, Where no path offers, stray alone. Whilst God, from all afflicting cares, Sets up the humble man on high, \r»d makes in time his num'rous heirs With his increasing flocks to vie. 43 Then sinners shall have nought to ' The just a decent jov shall show ; wise these strange events shall reigh, d thence God's goodness fully I enow. P6ALM CVIII. ) GOD, my heart is fully bent ! To magnify thy Name ; My tongue with cheerful songs of praise I Shall celebrate thy fame. kVwake, my lute ; nor thou, my harp, Thy warbling notes delay ; Whilst I with early hymns of joy Prevent the dawning day. 3 To all the lisfning tribes, O Lord, Thy wonders I will tell ; And to those nations sing thy praise That round about us dwell : 4 Because thy mercy's boundless height The highest heav'n transcends, And far beyond th' aspiring clouds Thy faithful truth extends. 5 Be thou, O God, exalted high Above the starry frame ; And let the world, with one consent, Confess thy glorious Name. 6 That all thy chosen people thee Their saviour may declare : Let thy right hand protect me still, And answer thou my pray*r. 7 Since God himself hath said the word, Whose promise cannot fail, With joy I Shechem shall divide, And measure Succoth's vale. 8 Gilead is mine, Manasseh too. And F.phraim owns my cause : Their strength my regal pow'r sup- ports, And Judah gives my laws. 9 Moab 111 make my servile drudge, On vanquish'd Fdom tread ; And thro' the proud Philistine lands My conquTing banners spread. 10 By whose support and aid shall I Their well-fenc'd city gain ? Who will my troops securely lead Through Edom's guarded plain ? 11 Lord, wilt not thou assist our arms, Which late thou didst forsake ? And wilt not thou of these our hosts Once more the guidance take t 12 O, to thy servants in distress Thy speedy succour >end ! For Vain it is on human aid For safety to depend. 13 Then valiant acts 'hall we perform, If thou thy pow'r di-close ; For God it is, and God alone, That treads down all our foes. PSALM CIX. OGOD, whose former mercies make My constant praise thy due, Hold' not thy peace, but my sad state With wonted favour view. 2 For sinful men, with lying lips, Deceitful speeches frame, And with their studied slanders seek To wound my spotless fame. 3 Their restless hatred prompts them still Malicious lies to spread ; And all against my life combine, By causeless fury led. 4 Those whom with tend'rest love I us'd, My chief opnosers are ; Whilst I, of other friends beteft, Resort to thee by pray"r. C3 NEW VERSION OF 5 Since mischief for the good I did Their strange reward does prove, And hatred's the return they make For undissernbled love : 6 Their guilty leader shall be made To some ill man a slave ; And, when he's tried, his mortal foe For his accuser have. 7 His guilt.when sentence is pronounc'd, Shall meet a dreadful fate, Whilst his rejected pray'r but serves His crimes to aggravate. 8 He, snatch'd by some untimely fate, Sha'n't live out half his days; Another, by divine decree, Shall on his office seize. 9, 10 His seed shall orphans be, his -wife A widow plung*d in grief; His vagrant children beg their bread, Where none can give relief. 11 His ill-cot riches shall be made To usurers a prey; The fruit of all his toil shall be By strangers borne away. 12 None shall be found that to his wants Their mercy will extend, Or to his helpless orphan seed The least assistance lend. 13 A swift destruction soon shall seize On his unhappy race; And the next age his hated name Shall utterly deface. 14 The vengeance of his father's sins i Upon his head shall fall ; God on his mother's crimes shall think, And punish him for all. 15 All these, in horrid order rank'd, Before the Lord shall stand, Till his fierce anger quite cuts off Their mem'ry from the land. The Second Part. 16 Because he never mercy show'd, But still the poor oppress'd ; And sought to slay the helpless man, With heavy woes distress'd : 17 Therefore the curse he lov'd to vent Shall his own portion prove ; And blessing, which he still abhorr'd, Shall far from him remove. 18 Since he in cursing took such pride, Like water it shall spread Thro' all his veins, and stick like oil, With which his bones are fed. 19 This, like a poison'd robe, shall still His constant cov'ring be, Or an envenom'd belt, from which He never shall be free. 20 Thus shall the Lord reward all those That ill to me design, That with malicious false reports Against my life combine. 21 But for thy glorious Name, O God, Do thou deliver me ; And for thy gracious mercy's sake Preserve and set me free. 22 For I, to utmost straits reducM, Am void of all relief ; My heart is wounded with distress, And quite piere'd thro' with grief. 23 1, like an ev*ning shade, decline, Which vanishes apace : Like locusts, up and down I'm toss'd, And have no certain place. 24, 25 My knees with fasting are grow) weak, My body lank and lean ; All that behold me shake their head) I And treat me with disdain. 26, 27 But for thy mercy's sake, O LacSf I Do thou my foes withstand ; That all may see 'tis thy own act, I The work of thy right hand. 28 Then let them curse, so thou but bias I Let shame the portion be Of all that my destruction seek; While I rejoice in thee. 29 My foe shall with disgrace be cloth'i I And, spite of all his pride, His own confusion, like a cloke, The guilty wretch shall hide. 30 But I to God, in grateful thanks, My cheerful voice will raise ; And, where the great assembly ma Set forth his noble praise. 31 For him the poor shall always rind Their sure and constant friend; And he shall from unrighteous doo Their guiltless souls defend. PSALM CX. THE Lord unto my Lord thus spa) Till I thy foes thy footstool mafc Sit thou in state at my right hani 2 Supreme in Sion thou shalt be, And all thy proud opposers see Subjected to thy just command. 3 Thee, in thy power's triumphant I The willing nations shall ol>ey : And.when thy rising beams thejvl I Shall all (redeem'd from error's ni | Appear as number'e-^ and bright As crystal drops of morning dew 4 The Lord hath sworn ,nor sworn inv That, like Melchisedech's, thy reif And priesthood shall no period kr 5 No proud competitor to sit At thy rijrht hand will he permit But in his wrath crown'd heads throw. 6 The sentene'd heathen he shall si And fill with carcases his way, Till he hath struck earth's tyi dead: 7 But in the high-way brooks shall Like a poor pilgrim, slake his thi And then in triumph raise his I PSALM CXI. I3RAISE ye the Lord; our & praise My soul her utmost pow*rs shall rs With private friends, and in the ti Of saints, his praise shall be my sc THE PSALMS. lis works, for greatness tho' renown'd, lis wondrous works with ease are found By those who seek for them aright, \nd in the I'ious search delight, ilis works are all of matchless fame, Vnd universal ulory claim ; lis truth, eontirm'd thro' ages past, jhall to eternal ages last. precept he has us enjoin'd To keep his wondrous works in mind ; ^nd to posterity record, 'hat good and gracious is our Lord, lis bounty, like a flowing tide, las all his servants' wants supplied; vnd he will ever keep in mind lis cov'nant with our fathers sign'd. it once astonish 'd and o'erjoy'd, 'hey Naw his matchless pow'r em- ! ploy'd ; ITiereby the heathen were suppress'd, vnd we their heritage possess d. ust are the dealings of his hands, mmutable are his commands ; Sy truth and equity sustain'd, vnd for eternal rules ordain'd. le set his saints from bondage free, .nd then establish'd his decree, or ever to remain the same ; oly and rev"rend is his Name, /ho wisdom's sacred prize would win, (ust with the fear of God begin ; atttortal praise and heavenly skill ! !ave they, who know and do his will. PSALM CXII. HALLELUJAH. '•HAT man is bless'd, who stands in awe f God, and loves his sacred law : :is seed on earth shall be renown'd, indwith successive honours crown'd. is house, the seat of wealth, shall be In inexhausted treasury ; lis justice, free from all decay, lall blessings to his heirs convey, he soul that's fill'd with virtue's light hines brightest in affliction's night : o pity (he distre s'd inclin'd, s well as just to all mankind. is lib'ral favours he extends, ,o some he gives, to others lends ; et what his charity impairs, e saves by prudence in affairs. eset with threat'ning dangers round, nmov'd shall he maintain his ground ; Ikhe sweet remembrance of the just hall flourish when he sleeps in dust. b» U tidings never can surprise ;is heart, that fix'd on God relies : ,n safety's rock he sits, and sees -' ' he shipwreck of his enemies. . is hands, while they his alms be- t stow'd, , f is glory's future harvest sow'd ; Whence he shall reap wealth, fame, renown, A temp'ral and eternal crown. 10 The wicked shall his triumph see, And gnash their teeth in agony : While their unrighteous hopes decay, And vanish with themselves away. PSALM CXIII. YE saints and servants of the Lord, The triumphs of his Name record ; 2 His sacred Name for ever bless. 3 Whereer the circling sun displays His rising beams or setting rays, Due praise to his great Name address. 4 God thro' the world extends his sway, The regions of eternal day But shadows of his glory are. 5 With him, whose majesty excels, Who made the hea'v'n in which he dwells, Let no created pow'r compare. 6 Though 'tis beneath his state to view In highest heav'n what angels do, Yet he to earth vouchsafes his care : He takes the needy from his cell, Advancing him in courts to dwell, Companion to the greatest there. 7 When childless families despair, He sends the blessing of an heir, To rescue their expiring name ; Makes her that barren was to bear, And joyfully her fruit to rear : O then extol his matchless fame ! PSALM CXIV. WHEN Israel, by th' Almighty led, (Enrich'd with their oppressors' spoil,) From Egypt march'd, and Jacob's seed From bondage in a foreign soil ; 2 Jehovah, for his residence, Chose out imperial Judah's tent, His mansion royal, and from thence Thro' Israel's camp his orders sent. 3 The distant sea with terror saw, And from th' Almightv's presence fled ; Old Jordan's streams, surpvis'd with awe, Retreated to their fountain's head. 4 Thetaller mountains skipp'd like rams, When danger near the fold they hear ; The hills skipp'd after them like lambs, Affrighted by their leader's fear. 5 O sea, what made your tide withdraw, And naked leave your oozy bed P Why, Jordan, against nature's law, Recoil'dst thou to thy fountain's head? 6 Why, mountains, did ye skip like rams, When danger does approach the fold ? Why after you the hills, like lambs, When they their leader's flight be- hold ? NEW VERSION OF 7 Earth, tremble on ; well may'st thou fear Thy Lord and Maker's face to see ; When Jacob's awful God draws near, 'Tis time for earth and seas to flee. 8 To flee from God, who nature's law Confirms and cancels at his will ; Who springs from flinty rocks can draw, And thirsty rales with water fill. PSALM CXV. T ORD, not to us, we claim no share, But to thy sacred Name Give glory for thy mercy's sake, And truth's eternal fame. 2 Why should the heathen cry, Where's The God whom we adore ? 3 Convince them that in heav"n thou art, And uncontroll'd thy pow"r. 4 Their gods but gold and silver are, The works of mortal hands ; 5 With speechless mouth and sightless eyes The molten idol stands. 6 The pageant has both ears and nose, But neither hears nor smells ; 7 Its hands and feet nor feel nor move, No life within it dwells. 8 Such senseless stocks they are, that we Can nothing like them find, But those who on their help rely, And them for gods design d. 9 O Israel, make the Lord your trust, Who is your help and shield : 10 Priests, Levites, trust in him alone, Who only help can yield. 11 Let all, who truly fear the Lord, On him they fear rely : Who them in danger can defend, And all their wants supply. 12, 15 Of us he oft has mindful been, And Israel's house will bless ; Priests, Levites, Proselytes, e'en all Who his great Name confess. 14 On you, and on your heirs, he will Increase of blessings bring ; 15 Thrice happy you, who fav'rites are Of this almighty King! 16 Heav'n's highest orb of glory he His empire's seat design'd ; And gave this lower globe of earth A portion to mankind. 17 They who in death and silence sleep To him no praise afford : 18 But we will bless for evermore Our ever-living Lord. PSALM CXVI. MY soul with grateful thoughts of Kntirelv is possest, flove Because the Lord vouchsaf 'd to hear The voice of my request. 2 Since he has now his ear inclin'd, I never will despair ; But still in all the straits of life To him address my prayY. 3 With deadly sorrows compass'drou With pains of hell opprest, When troubles seiz'd my achinghe And anguish rack'd my breast ; 4 On God's Almighty Name I call'd, And thus to him I pray"d : Lord, I beseech thee, save my soul, With sorrows quite dismay'd. 5, 6 How just and merciful is God How gracious is the Lord ! Who saves the harmless, and to me Does timely help afford. 7 Then, free from pensive cares, my Resume thy wonted rest; For God has wondrously to thee His bounteous love exprest. 8 When death alarm'd me, he remorl My dangers and my fears : My feet from falling he secur'd, And dried my eyes from tears. 9 Therefore my life's remaining yea Which God to me shall lend, Will I in praises to his Name, And in his service spend. 10, 11 In God I trusted, and of him In greatest straits did boast ; (For in my flight all hopes of aid From faithless men were lost.) 12, 13 Then what return to him For all his goodness make ? I'll praise his Name, and with zeal The cup of blessing take. 14, 15 I'll pay my vows amongsthis Whose blood (howe'er despis'd By wicked men) in God's account Is always highly priz'd. 16 By various ties, O Lord, must I To thy dominion bow ; Thy humble handmaid's son be Thy ransom'd captive now. 17,18Tothee I'll offrings bring of pra§ And, whilst I bless thy Name, H The just performance of my vow* To all thy saints proclaim. 19 They in Jerusalem shall meet, And in thy house shall join, To bless thy Name with one consM And mix their songs with mine., PSALM CXVII. T717ITH cheerful notes let allthe ear * * To heav'n their voices raise : Let all, inspir'd with godly-mirth. Sing solemn hymns of praise. 2 God's tender mercy knows no bount His truth shall ne'er decay : Then let the willing nations round Their grateful tribute pay. PSALM CXVIII. O PRAISE the Lord, for he is good His mercies ne'er decay : 2 That his kind favours ever last, Let thankful Israel say. THE PSALMS. Their sens* of his eternal love Let Aaron's house express ; Uid, that it never fails, let all That fear the Lord confess, f o God I made mv humhle moan, , With troubles quite opprest; \nd he releas'd me from my straits, And granted my request, iince therefore God does on my side So graciously appear, Vhy should the vain attempts of men Possess my soul with fear ? iince God, with those that aid my cause, : Vouchsafes my part to take, To all my foes! need not doubt A just return to make. For better tis to trust in God, , And have the Lord our friend, "nan on the greatest human pow*r For safety to depend. 1 1 Tho' many nations, closely leagu'd, i Did oft beset me round ; |fet, by his boundless pow"r sustain'd, II did their strength confound. Chey swarm'd like bees, and yet their rage (Was but a short -liv'd blaze ; For whilst on God I still relied, |I vanquish \1 them with ease. \ hen all united press'd me hard, In hopes to make me fall, The Lord vouchsafd to take my part, ■ And sav*d me from them all. the honour of my strange escape To him alone belongs ; le is my Saviour and my strength, ■ He only claims my songs. Joy fills the dwelling of the just, Whom God has sav'd from harm; •"or wondrous things are brought to arm. [pass • He, by his own resistless pow"r, 1 1 \- endless honour won ; pie saving strength of his right hand Amazing works has done. Jod will not suffer me to fall, But stil! prolongs my days; "hat, by declaring ali his" works, II may advance his praise. Vhen God had sorely me chastis'd, Till quite of hopes bereav'd, lis mercy from the sates of death 'My fainting life reprieved, "hen open wide the temple gates To which the just repair, rhat I may enter in, and praise My L'reat delivVer there. 21 Within those gates of God's abode, To which the righteous press ; ince thou hast heard, and set me safe, I Thy holy Name HI bless. SThatwhichthebuildersoncerefus'd It now the corner-stone : fhis is the wondrous work of God, The work of God alone. 24, 25 This day is God's ; let all the land Exalt their cheerful voice : Lord, we beseech thee, save us now, And make us still rejoice. 26 Him that approaches in God's Name Let all th' assembly bless ; We, that belong to God s own house, Have wish'd you good success. 27 God is the I.ord, through whom we all Both light and comfort find ; Fast to the altar's horn with cords The chosen victim bind. 2S Thou art my Lord, O God, and still I'll praise thy holy Name: Because thou only art my God, I'll celebrate thy fame. 29 O then with me give thanks to God, Who still does gracious prove ; And let the tribute of our praise Be endless as his love. PSALM CXIX. ALEPH. HOW bless'd are they who always keep The pure and perfect way; Who never from the sacred "paths Of God's commandments stray ! 2 How bless'd, who to his righteous laws Have still obedient been ; And have with fervent humble zeal His favour sought to win ! 3 Such men their utmost caution use To shun each wicked deed : But in the path which he directs With constant care proceed. 4 Thou strictly hast enjoin'd us, Lord, To leam thy sacred will ; And all our diligence employ Thy statutes to fulfil. 5 O then that thy most holy will Might o'er my ways preside, And I the course of all my life By thy direction guide ! 6 Then with assurance should I walk, From all confusion free ; Convinc'd, with joy, that all my ways With thy commands agree. 7 My upright heart shall my glad mouth With cheerful praises fill ; When, by thy righteous judgments taught, I shall have learnt thy will. 8 So to thy sacred laws shall I All due observance pay : O then forsake me not, my God, Nor cast me quite away ! BETH. 9 How shall the young preserve their ways From all pollution free ? By making still their course of life With thy commands agree. 10 With hearty zeal for thee I seek, To thee for succour pray ; O suffer not my careless steps From thy right paths to stray ! NEW VERSION OF 11 Safe in my heart, and closely hid, Thy word, my treasure, lies ; To succour me with timely aid, When sinful thoughts arise. 12 Secur'd by that, my grateful soul Shall ever bless thy Name : O teach me then by thy just laws My future life to frame ! 13 My lips, unlock'd by pious zeal, To others have declar'd How well the judgments of thy mouth Deserve our best regard. 14 Whilst in the way of thy commands More solid joy I found, Than had I been with vast increase Of envied riches crown'd. 15 Therefore thy just and upright laws Shall always fill my mind ; And those sound rules which thou prescrib'st All due respect shall find. 16 To keep thy statutes undefac'd Shall be my constant joy ; The strict remembrance of thy word Shall all my thoughts employ. GIMEL. 17 Be gracious to thy servant, Lord, Do thou my life defend, That I, according to thy word, My future time may spend. 18 Enlighten both my eyes and mind, That so I may discern The wondrous things which they be- j hold, Who thy just precepts learn. 19 Though like a stranger in the land From place to place I stray, Thy righteous judgments from my sight Remove not thou away. 20 My fainting soul is almost pin'd, j With earliest longing spent, Whilst always on the eager search j Of thy just will intent. 21 Thy sharp rebuke shall crush the proud, Whom still thy curse pursues ; Since they to walk in thy right ways Presumptuously refuse. 22 But far from me do thou, O Lord, Contempt and shame remove ; For I thy sacred laws affect With undissembled love. 23 Though princes oft, in council met, Against thy servant spake; Yet I thy statutes to observe My constant business make. 24 For thy commands have always been My comfort and delight ; By them I learn, with prudent care, To guide my steps aright. DALETH. 25 My soul, oppress'd with deadly care, Close to the dust does cleave ; Revive me, Lord, and let me now Thy promis'd aid receive. 26 To thee I still declar'd my ways, Who didst incline thine ear : O teach me then rny future life By thy just laws to steer ! 27 If thou wilt make me know thy laws, And by their guidance walk, The wondrous works which thou has done Shall be my constant talk. 28 But see, my soul within me sinks, Press'd down with weighty care; Do thou, according to thy word, My wasted strength repair. 29 Far, far from me be all false ways And lying arts remov'd ; But kindly grant I still may keep The path bj thee approv'd. 30 Thy faithful ways, thou God of truth My happy choice I've made ; Thy judgments, as my rule of life, Before me always laid. 31 My care has been to make my life With thy commands agree ; O then preserve thy servant, Lord, From shame and ruin free ! 32 So in the way of thy commands Shall I with pleasure run, And, with a heart enlarg'd with joy Successfully go on. HE. 33 Instruct me in thy statutes, Lord, Thy righteous paths display ; And I from them, through all my li Will never go astray. 34 If thou true wisdom from above Wilt graciously impart, To keep thy perfect laws I will Devote my zealous heart. 35 Direct me in the sacred ways To which thy precepts lead ; Because my chief delight has been Thy righteous paths to tread. 36 Do thou to thy most just command Incline my willing heart ; Let no desire of worldly wealth From thee my thoughts divert. 37 From those vain objects turn my e' Which this false world displays ; ' But give me lively pow'r and stren To keep thy righteous ways. 38 Confirm the promise which t mad'st, And give thy servant aid, Who to transgress thy sacred laws Is awfully afraid. 39 The foul disgrace I justly fear, In mercy, Lord, remove ; For all the judgments thou ordain Are full of grace and love. 40 Thou know'sthow after thy comnu My longing heart does pant ; O then make haste to raise me up And promis'd succour grant ! THE PSALMS. VAU. Thy constant blessing, Lord, bestow To cheer my drooping; heart ; To me, according to thy word, Thy saving health impart. So shall I, when my foes upbraid, 1 This ready answer make ; In God I trust, who never will ! His faithful promise break. Then let not quite the word of truth Be from my mouth remov'd ; Since still my ground of steadfast hope Thy just decrees have prov'd. So I to keep thy righteous laws Will all my study bend ; From age to age my time to come In their observance spend. Ere long I trust to walk at large, From all incumbrance free ; 'Since I resolve to make my life With thy commands agree. Thy laws shall be my constant talk ; And princes shall attend, Whilst I the justice of thy ways With confidence defend. My longing heart and ravish'd soul Shall both o'erflow with joy, When in thy lov'd commandments I My happy hours employ. Then will I to thy just decrees Lift up my willing hands ; My care and business then shall be To study thy commands. ZAIN. According to thy promis'd grace, Thy favour, Lord, extend : Make good to me the word, on which Thy servant's hopes depend. That only comfort in distress Did all my griefs control ; Thy word, when troubles hemm'd me round, Reviv'd my fainting soul. Insulting foes did proudly mock, And all my hopes deride ; Yet from thy law not all their scoffs Could make me turn aside. •Thy judgments then of ancient date I quickly call'd to mind, Till, ravish'd with such thoughts, my soul Did speedy comfort find. Sometimes I stand amaz'd, like one With deadlv horror struck, To think how all my sinful foes Have thy just laws forsook. But I thy statutes and decrees My cheerful anthems made; r Whilst thro' strange lands and desert j wilds i I like a pilgrim srray'd. Thy Name, that cheer"d my heart by day, Has fill'd my thoughts bv night ; I then resolv'd by thy just laws To guide my steps aright. 56 Thatpeace of mind, which has my soul In deep distress sustain'd, By strict obedience to thy will I happily obtain'd. CHETH. 57 O Lord, my God, my portion thou And sure possession art ; Thy words I steadfastly resolve To treasure in my heart. 58 With all the strength of warm desires I did thy grace implore ; Disclose, according to thy word, Thy mercy's boundless store. 59 With due reflection and strict care On all my ways I thought ; And so, reclaim'd to thy just paths, My wand'ring steps I brought. 60 I lost no time, but made great haste, Resolv'd without delay To watch, that I might never more From thy commandments stray. 61 Tho' nuni'rous troops of sinful men To rob me have combin'd, Yet I thy pure and righteous laws Have ever kept in mind. 62 In dead of night I w ill arise To sing thy solemn praise ; Convinc'd how much I always ought To love thy righteous ways." 63 To such as fear thy holy Name Myself I closely join ; To all who their obedient wills To thy commands resign. 64 O'er all the earth thy mercy, Lord, Abundantly is shed ; O make me then exactly leam Thy sacred paths to tread ! TETH. 65 With me, thy servant, thou hast dealt Most graciously, O Lord ; Repeated benefits bestow'd, According to thy word. 66 Teach me the sacred skill, by which Right judgment is attain'd, Who in belief of thy commands Have steadfastly remain'd. 67 Before affliction stopp'd my course, My footsteps went astray ; But I have since been disciplin'd Thy precepts to obey. 68 Thou art, O Lord, supremely good, And all thou dost is so ; On me, thy statutes to discern, Thy saving skill bestow. 69 The proud have forg'd malicious lies, My spotless fame to stain ; But my fix'd heart, without reserve, Thy precepts shall retain. 70 While pamper'd they, with prosp'rous ills, In sensual pleasures live, My soul can relish no delight But what thy precepts give. NEW VERSION OF 71 Tis good for me that I have felt Affliction's chast'ning rod, That I might duly leam and keep The statutes of my God. 72 The law that from thy mouth proceeds Of more esteem I hold Than untouch'd mines, than thousand mines Of silver and of gold. JOD. 73 To me, who am the workmanship Of thy Almighty hands, The heav'nly understanding give To learn thy just commands. 74 Sly preservation to thy saints Strong comfort will atfbrd, To see success attend my hopes, Who trusted in thy word. 75 That right thy judgments are, I now By sure experience see ; And that in faithfulness, O Lord, Thou hast afflicted me. 76 O let thy tender mercy now Afford me needful aid ; According to thy promise, Lord, To me, thy servant, made ! 77 To me thy saving grace restore, That I again may live ; Whose soul can relish no delight But what thy precepts give. 78 Defeat the proud, who, unprovok'd, To ruin me have sought, Who only on thy sacred laws Employ my harmless thought. 79 Let those that fear thy Name espouse My cause, and those alane, Who have by strict and pious search Thy sacred precepts known. 80 In thy blest statutes let my heart Continue always sound ; That guilt and shame, the sinner's lot; May never me confound. CAPH. 81 My soul with long expectance faints To see thy saving grace ; Yet still on thy unerring word My confidence I place. 82 My very eyes consume and fail With waiting for thy word ; O when wilt thou thy kind relief And promis'd aid afford ? 83 My skin like shrivelld parchment shows, That long in smoke is set ; Yet no affliction me can force Thy statutes to forget. 84 How many days must I endure Of sorrow and distress? When wilt thou judgment execute On them who me oppress ? 85 The proud have digg'd a pit for me, That have no other foes, But such as are averse to thee, And thy just laws oppose. 86 With sacred truth's eternal laws All thy commands agree : Men persecute me without cause Thou, Lord, my helper be 87 With close designs against my Ufe They had almost prevail'd ; But in obedience to thy will My duty never fail'd. 88 Thy wonted kindness, Lord, resto My drooping heart to cheer That, by thy righteous statutes, I My life's whole course may steel LAMED. 89 For ever, and for ever, Lord, Unchang'd thou dost remain : Thy word established in the heav Does all their orbs sustain 90 Thro' circling ages, Lord, thy tn Immovable shall stand, As doth the earth, which thou hold'st By thy Almighty hand 91 All things the course by thee ord E'en to this day fulfil ; They are the faithful subjects al And servants of thy will. 92 Unless thy sacred law had been My comfort and delight, I must have fainted, and expirt In dark affliction's night. 93 Thy precepts therefore from thoughts Shall never, Lord, depart ; For thou by them hast to new 1 Restor'd my dying heart. 94 As I am thine, entirely thine, Protect rne, Lord, from harm ; Who have thy precepts soug know, And carefully perform. 95 The wicked have their ambush My guiltless life to take ; But in the midst of danger I Thy word my study make. , 96 I've seen an end of what we ca Perfection here below : But thy commandments, like t No change or period know. I MEM. 97 The love that to thy laws I b« I No language can display; They with fresh wonders ente 1 My ravish 'd thoughts all day. I 98 Thro' thy commands I wiser |l Than all my subtle foes ; For thy sure word doth me di I And all my ways dispose. 99 From me my former teachers 1 May abler counsel take, Because thy sacred precepts I I My constant study make 100 In understanding I excel The sages of our days ; Because by thy unerring rule I order ail my ways. THE PSALMS. My feet with carp I have refrain'd From ev'ry sinful way, That to thy iiacred word I might Entire obedience pay. 1 bate not from thy judgments stray'd. By »ain desires misled ; For, Lord, thou hast instructed me Thy righteous paths to tread. How sweet arc all thy words to me I 0 what divine repast! Hew much more grateful to my soul Than honey to my taste ! Taught by thy sirred precepts, I With heaVnly skill am blest: Through which the treach'rous ways of sin 1 utterly detest. NUN. Thy woTd is to my feet a lamp, The way of truth to show ; A watch-light to point out the jvath In which I ought to go. I sware, (and from my solemn oath Will never start aside,) That in thv righteous judgments I Will steadfastly abide. Since I with griefs am so opprest, That I can hear no more, Acceding to thy word do thou My fainting soul restore. Let still my sacrifice of praise With thee acceptance find ; And In thy righteous judgments, 1 Lord, Instruct my willing mind. 2 Tho' ghastly dangers me surround, 1 My soul they cannot awe ; '[Nor with continual terrors keep From thinking on thy law. My wicked and Invcfrate foes For me their snares have laid ; i Vet I have kept the upright path, Nor from thy precepts stray'd. i Thy testimonies I have made 1 My heritage and choice ; JFot they, when other comforts fail, T My drooping heart rejoice. I My heart with early real began J Thy statutes to obey ; And, till my course of life is done, Shall keep thy upright way. SAMF.CH. .» Deceitful thoughts and practices 1 But to thy law affection bear Too great to be exprest. -I My hlding jil.ice, my refuge- tow'r. And shield art thou, O Lord ; 1 firmly anchor all m\ hopes. On thy unerring word. I Hence ye that trade in wickedness, ' Appro.n h >">t my abode; . For firmly I resolve to keep 1 1G According to thy gracious word From danger set me free ; Nor make me of those hopes asham'd That I repose on thee. 117 Uphold me, so shall I be safe, And rescu'd from distress; To thy decrees continually My just respect address. 118 The wicked thou hast trod to earth. Who from thy statutes stray'd ; Their vile deceit the just reward Of their own falsehood made. 119 The wicked from thy holy land Thou dost like dross remove ; I therefore, with such justice charm'd, Thy testimonies love. 120 Yet with that love they make me dread, Lest I should so offend, When on transgressors 1 behold Thy judgments thus descend. AIN. 121 Judgment and justice I have lov'd ; O therefore, Lord, engage In my defence, nor give me up To my oppressors' rage ! 122 Do thou be surety, Lord, for me, And so shall this distress Prove good for me ; nor shall the proud My guiltless soul oppTess. 123 My eyes, alas ! begin to fail, In long expectance held ; Till thy salvation they behold, And righteous word fulrill'd. 121 To me, thy servant in distress, Thy wonted grace display, And discipline my willing heart Thy statutes to obey. 12, r > On me, devoted to thy fear, Thy sacred skill bestow, That of thy testimonies I The full extent may know. 120 "Tis time, high time, for thee, O Thy vengeance to employ, [Lord, When men with open violence Thy sacred law destroy. 127 Yet their contempt of thy commands But makes their value rise In my esteem, who purest gold Compar'd with them despise. 12S Thy precepts therefore I account fn all respects divine; They teach me to discern the right, And all false ways decline. PE. 129 The wonders which thy laws contain No words can represent ; Therefore to learn and practise them My zealous heart is bent. 130 The very entrance to thy word Celestial light displays ; And knowledge of true happiness I To simplest minds conveys. NEW VERSION OF 131 With eager hopes I waiting stood, And fainted with desire, That of thy wise commands I might The sacred skill acquire. 132 With favour, Lord, look down on me, Who thy relief implore ; As thou art wont to visit those Who thy blest Name adore. 133 Directed by thy heav'nly word Let all my footsteps be ; Nor wickedness of any kind Dominion have o'er me. 134 Release, entirely set me free From persecuting hands, That, unmolested, I may learn And practise thy commands. 135 On me, devoted to thy fear, Lord, make thy face to shine ; Thy statutes both to know and keep My heart with zeal incline. 136 My eyes to weeping fountains turn, Whence briny rivers flow, To see mankind against thy laws In bold defiance go. TSADDI. 137 Thou art the righteousJudge.inwhom Wrong'd innocence may trust ; And, like thyself,thy judgments,Lord, In all respects are just. 138 Most just and true those statutes were, Which thou didst first decree ; And all with faithfulness perform'd Succeeding times shall see. 139 With zeal my flesh consumes away, My soul with anguish frets, To see my foes contemn at once Thy promises and threats. 140 Yet each neglected word of thine (Howe'er by them despis'd) Is pure, and for eternal truth By me, thy servant, priz'd. 141 Brought, for thy sake, to low estate, Contempt from all I find ; Yet no affronts or wrongs can drive Thy precepts from my mind. 142 Thy righteousness shall then endure, When time itself is past ; Thy law is truth itself, that truth Which shall for ever last. 143 Though trouble, anguish,doubts, and To compass me unite ; [dread, Beset with danger, still I make Thy precepts my delight. 144 Eternal and unerring rules Thy testimonies give ; Teach me the wisdom that will make My soul for ever live. KOPH. 145 With my whole heart to God I calPd, Lord, hear my earnest cry ! And I thy statutes to perform Will all my care apply. 146 Again more fervently I pray'd, O save me, that I may Thy testimonies throughly know, And steadfastly obey ! 147 My earlier pray"r the dawning day Prevented, while I cried To him, on whose engaging word) My hope alone relied. 148 With zeal have I awak'd before The midnight watch was set, That I of thy mysterious word Might perfect knowledge get. 149 Lord, hear my supplicating voice, And wonted favour shew ; O quicken me, and so approve Thy judgments ever true ! 150 My persecuting foes advance, And hourly nearer draw ; What treatment can I hope fr( them Who violate thy law? 151 Tho' they draw nigh, my comfort Thou, Lord, art yet more near ; Thou, whose commands are rightei all, Thy promises sincere. 152 Concerning thy divine decrees My soul has known of old, That they were true, and shall tl truth To endless ages hold. RESCH. 153 Consider my affliction, Lord, And me from bondage draw Think on thy servant in distress, Who ne'er forgets thy law, 154 Plead thou my cause ; to that and Thy timely aid afford ; With beams of mercy quicken ro According to thy word. 155 From harden'd sinners thou rem Salvation far away ; 'Tis just thou should'st withdraw them Who from thy statutes stray. 156 Since great thy tender mercies i To all who thee adore ; According to thy judgments, Lo My fainting hopes restore. 157 A num'rous host of spiteful foes Against my life combine ; But all too few to force my soul Thy statutes to decline. 158 Those bold transgressors I behe And was with grief oppressed, To see with what audacious pri Thy cov'nant they transgress'd 159 Yet while they slight, consider, How I thy precepts love ; O therefore quicken me with b Of mercy from above ! 160 As from the birth of time thy l Has held through ages past, So shall thy righteousjudgmenl To endless ages last. SCHIN. 161 Tho' mighty tyrants, without Conspire my blood to shed, Thy sacred woid has powr alo To fill my heart with dread. THE PSALMS. \nd yet that word my joyful breast With heav'nly rapture warms ; Sor conquest, nor the spoils of war, Have such transporting charms. Perfidious practices and lies I utterly detest ; But to thy laws affection bear, Too vast to be exprest. SeVn times a day, with grateful voice, Thy praises I resound, Because I rind thy judgments all With truth and justice crown'd. Secure, substantial peace have they Who truly love thy law ; |No smiling mischiefthem can tempt, Nor frowning danger awe. Fot thy salvation I have hop'd, And, though so long delay'd, ■With cheerful zeal and strictest care All thy commands obey'd. Thy testimonies I have kept, And constantly obey*d ; Because the love I bore to them The service easy made. iFrom strict observance of thy laws I never yet withdrew ; Convinc'd that my most secret ways Are open to thy "view. TATJ. To my request and earnest cry Attend, O gracious Lord ; Inspire my heart with heaVnly skill, According to thy word. Let my repeated prayT at last Before thy throne appear ; According to thy plighted word, For my relief draw near. Then shall my grateful lips return The tribute of their praise, ' When thou thy counsels hast reveal'd, And taught me thy just ways. My tongue the praises of thy word Shall thankfully resound, Because thy promises are all With truth and justice crown'd. Let thy almighty arm appear, And bring me timely aid, For I the laws thou hast ordain'd My heart's free choice have made. My soul has waited long to see Thy saving grace restor'd ; Nor comfort knew, hut what thy laws, Thy heaVnly laws, afford. ■ Prolong my life, that I may sing My great Restorer's praise ; M Whose justice from the depth of woes ' ' My fainting soul shall raise. ! Like some lost ,hee;> I've stray'd,till I Despair my way to find ; . Thou, therefore, Lord, thy servant seek, Who keeps thy laws in mind. PSALM CXX. N deep distress I oft have cried I • To God, who neveT yet denied To rescue me, opprest with wrongs : 2 Once more, O Lord, deliVrance send, From lying lips my soul defend, And from the rage of siand'ring tongues. 3 What little profit can accrue, And yet what heavy wrath is due, O thou perfidious tomrue, to thee ! 4 Thy sting upon thyself shall turn ; Of lasting (lames that fiercely bum, The constant fuel thou shalt be. 5 But O how wretched is my doom, Who am a sojourner become In barren Mes*ch's desert soil ! With Kedar's wicked tents inclos'd, To lawless savages expovd, Who live on nought but theft and spoil. 6 My hapless dwelling is with those Who peace and amity oppose, And pleasure take in others' harms. 7 Sweet i>eace is all I court and seek ; But when to thein of peace I speak, They straight cry out, To arms, to arms ! PSALM CXXI. TO Sion's hill I lift my eyes, From thence expecting aid ; 2 From Sion's hill, and Sion's God, Who heav"n and earth has made. 3 Then thou, my soul, in safety rest, Thy Guardian v. ill not sleep ; 4 His watchful care, that Israel guards, t Will Israel's monarch keep. 5 Shelter'd beneath th' Almighty's wings Thou shalt securely rest, 6 Where neither sun nor moon shall thee By day or night molest. 7 From common accidents of life His care shall guard thee still ; 8 From the blind strokes of chance, and foes That lie in wait to kill. 9 At home, abroad, in peace, in ■war, Thy God shall thee defend ; Conduct thee thro* life's pilgrimage Safe to thy journey's end. PSALM CXXII. OTWAS a joyful sound to hear Our tribes devoutly say, Up, Israel, to the temple haste, And keep your festal day. 2 At Salem's courts we must appear With our assembled powrs, 3 In strong and beauteous order rangd, Like her united towrs. 4 Tis thither, by divine command, The tribes of God repair, Before his ark to celebrate His Name with praise and praVr. 5 Tribunals stand erected there, Where equity takes place ; There stand the courts and palaces Of roval David's race. NEW VERSION OF 6 O pray we then for Salem's peace, For they shall prosp'rous be, (Thou holy city of our God !) Who bear true love to thee. 7 May peace within thy sacred walls A constant guest be found, With plenty and prosperity Thy palaces be crown'd. 8 For my dear brethren's sake, and friends No less than brethren dear, 111 pray, — May peace in Salem's iowts A constant guest appear. 9 But most of all 111 seek thy good, And ever wish thee well, For Sion and the temple's sake, Where God vouchsafes to dwell. PSALM CXXIII. thee, who dwell'st above the skies, j " For mercy wait my longing eyes ; ! 2 As servants watch their masters' hands, And maids their mistresses'coinmandb. 5,4 0 then have mercy on us, Lord, Thy gracious aid to us afford ; To us, whom cruel foes oppress, Grown rich and proud by our distress. PSALM CXXIV. TTAD not the Lord, may Israel say, Been pleas'd to interpose ; 2 Had he not then espous'd our cause, When men against us rose : 3, 4, 5 Their wrath had swallow'd us alive, And rag'd without control ; Their spite and pride's united floods Had quite o'erwhelm'd our soul. 6 But prais d he our eternal Lord, Who rescu'd us that day, Nor to their savage jaws gave up Our threaten'd lives a prey. 7 Our soul is like a bird escap'd From out the fowler's net ; The snare is broke, their hopes are cross 'd, And we at freedom set. 8 Secure in his almighty Name Our confidence remains, Who, as he made both heav"n and earth, Of both sole monarch reigns. PSALM CXXT. "\X7'HO place on Sion's God their trust, * * Like Sion's rock shall stand ; Like her immovably be fix'd By his Almighty hand. 2 Look how the hills on evYy side Jerusalem enclose ; So stands the Lord around h is saints, To guard them from their foes. 3 The wicked may afflict the just, But ne'er too long oppress, Nor force him by despair to seek Base means for his redress. 4 Be good, O righteous God, to those Who righteous deeds affect ; The heart that innocence retains Let innocence protect. 5 All those who walk in crooked paths The Lord shall soon destroy ; Cut ofFth' unjust, but crown the safari With lasting peace and joy. PSALM CXXVI. "IKTHEN Sion's God her sons recaU'd * * From long captivity, It seem'd at first a pleasing dream Of what we wish'd to see. 2 But soon in an accustom'd mirth We did our voice employ, And sung our great Restorer's prate In thankful hymns of joy. Our heathen foes repining stood, Yet were compell'd to own, That great and wondrous was the no; Our God for us had done. 3 Twas great, say they ; 'twas wondnn great, Much more should we confess ; TheLord has done greatthings.wha* We reap the glad success. 4 To us bring back the remnant, Lore Of Israel's captive bands, More welcome than refreshing show To parch 'd and thirsty lands. 5 That we, whose work commencH tears, May see our labours thrive, Till rinish'd with success, to make Our drooping hearts revive. 6 Tho' he despond that sows his gran Yet doubtless he shall come To bind his full-ear'd sheaves, a bring The joyful harvest home. PSALM CXXVII. "tXTE buiid with fruitless cost, unit * " The Lord the pile sustain ; Unless the Lord the city keep The watchman wakes in vain. 2 In vain we rise before the day, And late to rest repair, Allow no respite to our toil. And eat the bread of care. Supplies of life, with ease to them : He on his saints bestows ; He crowns their labour with succc Their nights with sound repose. 3 Children, those comforts of our lift fl Are presents from the Lord ; I He gives a num'rous race of heirs, ■ As piety's reward. I 4 As arrows in a giant's hand, I When marching forth to war, I E'en so the .sons of sprightly youth H Their parents' safeguard are. I 5 Happy the man whose quiver's fill I With these prevailing arms ; I He needs not fear to meet his foe B At law, or war's alarms. THE PSALMS. PSALM CXXVIII. IE man is blest who fears the Lord, Nor only worship pays, I keeps his steps confin'd with care 0 his appointed ways. 1 shall upon the sweet returns Of his own labour teed ; r ithout dependence live, and see His wishes all succeed. wife, like a fair fertile vine, Her lovely fruit shall brin« ; is children, like young olive plants, About his table spring. Who faars the Lord shall prosper thu- ; im Sion's God shall bless, nd grant him all his days to see [Jerusalem's success, e shall live on, till heirs from him Descend with vast increase ; uch bless'd in his own prosperous state, 'And more in Israel's peace. PSALM CXXIX. 'ROM my youth up, may Israel say, They oft have me assail'd ; :'d me oft to heavy straits, Bat never quite prevail'd. ey oft have plow'd my patient back With furrows deep and long ; itour just God has broke their chains, And rescu'd us from wrong. t, confusion, shameful rout Se still the doom of those, heir righteous doom, who Sion hate, ' " Sion's God oppose, ike corn upon our houses' tops, Jntimely let them fade, [root, rhich too much heat, and want of blasted in the blade : Taich in his arms no reaper takes, " unregarded leaves ; or binder thinks it worth his pains To fold it into sheaves. To traveller that passes by Vouchsafes a minute's stop, give it one kind look, or crave HeavVs blessing on the crop. PSALM CXXX. ROM lowest depths of woe To God I sent my cry ; ord, hear my supplicating voice, And graciously reply, hould^t thou severely judge, Who can the trial bear ? ut thou forgiv'st, lest we despond, And quite renounce thy fear, fy soul with patience waits For thee, the living Lord ; v hopes are on thy promise built, Ihy never-failing word, y longing eyes look out •"or thy enliv'ning ray, ore duly than the morning watch <"o spy the dawning day. 7 Let Israel trust in God, No bounds his mercy knows; The plenteous source and spring from whence Eternal succour flows. 8 Whose friendly streams to us Supplies in want convey ; A healing spring, a spring to cleanse, And wash our jjuilt away. PSALM CXXXI. OLORD, I am not proud of heart, Nor cast a scornful eve ; Nor my aspiring thoughts employ In things for me too high. 2 With infant innocence thou know'st I have myself demean'd; Compos'd to quiet, like a babe That from the breast is wean'd. 3 Like me let Israel hope in God, His aid alone implore : Bo:h now and ever trust in him, Who lives for evermore. PSALM CXXXII. T ET David, Lord, a constant place In thy remembrance rind ; Let all the sorrows he endur'd Be ever in thy mind. 2 Remember what a solemn oath To thee, his Lord, he swore ; How to the mighty God he vow'd, Whom Jacob's sons adore. 3, 1 I will not go into my house, Nor to my bed ascend ; No soft repose shall close my eyes, Nor sleep my eyelids bend : 5 Till for the Lord's design'd abode I mark the destin'd ground ; Till I a decent place of rest For Jacob's God have found. 6 Th' appointed place with shouts of joy At Ephrata we found, And made the woods and neighb'ring fields Our g'ad applause resound. 7 O with due rev'rence let us then To his abode repair ; And, prostrate at his footstool falTn, Pour out our humble pray'r. 8 Arise, O Lord, and now possess Thy constant place of rest ; Be that, not only with thy ark, But with thy presence blest. 9, 10 Clothe thou thy priests with right- eousness, Make thou thy saints rejoice ; And, for thy servant David's sake, Hear thy anointed's voice. 11 God sware to David in his truth, (Nor shall his oath be vain,) One of thy offspring, after thee, Upon thy throne shall reign. 12 And if thy seed my covMant keep, And to my laws submit, Their children too upon thy throne For evermore shall sit. NEW VERSION OF 13, 14 For Sion does in God's esteem All other seats excel ; His place of everlasting rest, Where he desires to dwell. 15, 16 Her store, says he, I will increase, Her poor with plenty bless ; Her saints shall shout for joy, her priests My saving health confess. 17 There David's pow'r shall long remain In his successive line, And my anointed servant there Shall with fresh lustre shine. 18 The faces of his vanquish'd foes Confusion shall o'etspread, Whilst, with conrirm'd success, his crown Shall flourish on his head. PSALM CXXXIII. HOW vast must their advantage be, How great their pleasure prove, Who live like brethren, and consent In offices of love ! 2 True love is like that precious oil, Which, pour'd on Aaron's head, Ran down his beard, and o'er his robes Its costly moisture shed. 3 Tis like refreshing dew, which does On Hermon's top distil ; Or like the early drops that fall On Sion's fruitful hill. 4 For Sion is the chosen seat, Where the Almighty King The promis'd blessing has ordain'd, And life's eternal spring. PSALM CXXXIV. BLESS God, ye servants that attend Upon his solemn state, That in his temple, night by night, With humble rev"rence wait : 2, 3 Within his house lift up your hands, And bless his holy Name ; From Sion bless thy Israel, Lord, Who earth and heavn didst frame. PSALM CXXXV. O PRAISE the Lord with one consent, And magnify his Name ; Let all the servants of the Lord His worthy praise proclaim. 2 Praise him all ye that in his house Attend with constant care ; With those that to his outmost courts With humble zeal repair. 3 For this our truest interest is, Glad hymns of praise to sing ; And with loud songs to bless his Name, A most delightful thing. 4 For God his own peculiar choice The sons of Jacob makes ; And Israel's offspring for his own Most valued treasure takes. 5 That God is great we often have By glad experience found ; And seen how he with wondrous pow'r Above all gods is crown'd. 6 For he with unresisted strength Performs his sov*reign will, In heav'n and earth, and wat'ry s That earth's deep caverns fill. 7 He raises vapours from the grour Which, pois'd in liquid air, Fall down at last in show'rs, thr which His dreadful lightnings glare. 8 He from his storehouse brings the w And he with vengeful hand The first-born slew of man and h Through Egypt's mourning land 9 He dreadful signs and wonders sh Through stubborn Egypt's coast Nor Pharaoh could his plagues est Nor all his numerous hosts. 10, 11 'Twas he that various na smote, And mighty kings suppress'd ; Sihon and Og, and all besides Who Canaan's land possess'd. 12, 13 Their land upon his chosen n He firmly did entail ; For which his fame shall always His praise shall never fail. 14 For God shall soon his people's ai With pitying eyes survey ; Repent him of his wrath, and tui 1 His kindled rage away. 15 Those idols, whose false wo) I spreads O'er all the heathen lands, Are made of silver and of gold, The work of human hands. 16, 17 They move not their ficti I tongues, Nor see with polish'd eyes ; Their counterfeited ears are deaf. No breath their mouth supplies. 18 As senseless as themselves are the* That all their skill apply To make them, or in dang'rous ti I On them for aid rely. 19 Their just returns of thanks to G Let grateful Israel pay ; Nor let the priests of Aaron's raw To bless the Lord delay. 20 Their sense of his unbounded Ion, Let Levi's house express ; And let all those that fear the Loi His Name for ever bless. 21 Let all with thanks his wondrous* In Sion's courts proclaim ; Let them in Salem, where he i^S Exalt his holy Name. PSALM CXXXVI. TO God, the mighty Lord, Your joyful thanks repeat; To him due praise afford, As good as he is great. For God does prove Our constant friend ; His boundless love Shall never end. THE PSALMS. o him whose wondrous pow'r II other gods, obey, yiom earthly kings adore, his grateful homage pay. For God, &c. y his Almighty hand ib^ma/.ing works are wrought ; e heav'ns by his command 'ere to perfection brought. For God, Sec. , .pread the ocean round ' i .u; the spacious land ; a d made the rising ground hove the waters stand. For God, &c. ^ i Through heaVn he did display is num'rous hosts of light ; e sun to rule by day, moon and stars by night. For God, &c. 12 He struck the first-bom dead f Egypt's stubborn land ; d thence his people led th his resistless hand. For God, fee. By him the raging sea, if in pieces rent, telos'd a middle way, hrough which his people went. For God, &c. lere soon he overthrew roud Pharaoh and his host, \o, daring to pursue, ere in the billows lost. For God, &c. , IS Through deserts vast and wild | e led the chosen seed ; d famous princes foil'd, nd made great monarchs bleed For God, ;vc. Sihon, whose potent hand Feat Amiv.on's sceptre sway'd ; I d Og, whose stern command ich Bashan's land obey'd. For God, &c. And of his wondrous grace, heir lands, whom he destroy'd, gave to Israel's race, o be by them enjoy'd. For God, &c. : He, in our depth of woes, n us with favour thought, id from our cruel foes k peace and safety brought. For God, he. '. He does the food supply n which all creatures live : God who reigns on high temal praises give. Far God will prove Our constant friend ; His boundless love Shall never end. PSALM CXXXVII. 'HF.N we, our wearied limbs to rest, ! Sat down by proud Euphrates* stream, We wept, with doleful thoughts op- prest, And Sion was our mournful theme. 2 Our harps.that.when with joy we sung, Were wont their tuneful parts to bear, With silent strings neglected hung On willow trees that wither'd there, 5 Meanwhile our foes, who all conspir'd To triumph in our slavish wrongs, Musick and mirth of us requir'd ; Come, sing us one of Sion's songs. 4 How shall we tune our voice to sing ? Or touch our harps with skilful hands ? Shall hymns of joy to God our King Be sung by slaves in foreign lands ? 5 O Salem, our once happy seat, When I of thee forgetful prove, Let then my trembling hand forget The speaking strings with art to move ! 6 If I to mention thee forbear, Eternal silence seize my tongue ; Or if I sing one cheerful air, Till thy deliv*rance is my song ! 7 Remember, Lord, how Edom's race, In thy own city's fatal day, Cried out, Her stately walls deface, And with the ground quite level lay. 8 Proud Babel's daughter, doom'd to be Of grief and woe the wretched prey; Bless'd is the man who shall to thee The wrongs thou lay'st on us repay. 9 Thrice blest, who with just rage pos- sest, And deaf to all the parents' moans, Shall snatch thy infants from the breast, And dash their heads against the stones. PSALM CXXXVIII. WITH mv whole heart, mv God and King,' Thy prai-e I will proclaim ; Before the gods with joy I'll sing, And bless thy holy Name. 2 111 worship at thy sacred seat ; And, with thy love inspir'd, The praises of thy truth repeat, O'er all thy works admir'd. 3 Thou graciously inclin'dst thine ear, When I to thee did cry ; And, when my soul was press'd with fear, Didst inward strength supply. 4 Therefore shall eVry earthly prince Thy Name with praise pursue, Whom these admir'd events convince That all thy works are true. 5 They all thy wondrous ways, O Lord, With cheerful Such men I utterly detest, As if they were my foes profest. 23, 24 Search, try, O God, my th< and heart, If mischief lurks in any part; Correct me where I go astray, And guide me in thy perfect wt PSALM CXL. Lord, from PRESERVE me foes Of treacherous intent ; 2 And from the sons of violence, On open mischief bent. 3 Their sland*ring tongue the st sting In sharpness does exceed ; Between their lips the gall of a And adders' venom breed. 4 Preserve me, Lord, from wicked Nor leave my soul forlorn, A prey to sons of violence, Who have my ruin sworn. 5 The proud for me have laid thei And spread their wily net ; With traps and gins, where'er I find my steps beset. 6 But thus environ'd with distre Thou art my God, I said Lord, hear my supplicating vo That calls to thee for aid. 7 O Lord, the God, whose saving s Kind succour did convey And cover'd my aclvent'rous b In battle's doubtful day : 8 Permit not their unjust desigr To answer their desire ; Lest they, encourag"d by succt To bolder crimes aspire 9 Let first their chiefs the sad el Of their injustice mourn : The blast of their envenom'd Upon themselves return. 10 Let them who kindled first th Its sacrifice become ; The pit they digg'd for me be Their own untimely tomb. 3 THE PSALMS. ough slander's breath may raise a storm, quicklv will ileca? ; ar rage does but the torrent swell hat bears themselves away. d will assert the poor man's cause, nd speedy succour give ; lejust shall celebrate his praise, nd in his presence live. PSALM CXLI. thee, 0 Lord, my cries ascend, ) haste to my relief; id with accustom 'd pity hear Mitt accents of my grief. I stead of olf "rings, let my prayer m ike morning incense i ise ; Mrs lifted hands supply the place I if ev'ning sacrifice. Mom hasty language curb my tongue ; Wind let a constant guard si ill keep the portal of my lips, i"::h wary silence barr'd. I om wicked men's designs and deeds ■ mij heart and hands restrain; ■ lor let me in the booty share m)t their unrighteous gain. lit upright men reprove my faults, |knd I shall think them kind ; 1 1' die balm that heals a wounded head, their reproof shall rind : I nd.in return, my fervent pray'r I ! shall for them address, l*henthey are tempted and reduc'd, : * Jke me, to sore distress. I T»en sculking in En-gedi's rock ;J. to their chiefs appeal, I 'one reproachful word I spoke, A hen I had poWr to kill, ^etwathey persecute to death ; >ur soatter'd ruins lie s thick as from the hewer's axe J The sever'd splinters ily. "~i ut, Lord, to thee I still direct siMy supplicating eyes ; 1 leave not destitute my soul, ^SVbose trust on thee relies ! o thou preserve me from the snares ^jThat wk-ked hands have laid: et them in their own nets be caught, _J While my escape is made. PSALM CXLI!. sWO God, with mournful voice, ; In deep distress I pray'd : tftfade him the umpire of my cause, Mj wrongs before him laid. sS fT>p« didst my steps direct, jWhen my griev'd soul de^pair'd ; i3 % or where I thought to walk secure, I Thej had their traps prepared. •I look'd.but found no friend i To own me in distress : -t»U refuse fail'd, no man v juchsaf d t ist I pTav"d; 1, mv refuse art, Mv portion in the land of life, Till life itself depart. 6 Reduc'd to greatest straits, To thee I make my moan : O save me from oppressing foes, For nre too pow'rtul grown ! 7 That I may praise thy Name, Mv soul from prison bring ; Whilst of thy kind regard to me Assembled saints shall sing. PSALM CXLIII. LORD, hear my prayT, and to my cry Thy wonted audience lend ; In thy accustom 'd faith and truth A gracious answer send. '2 Nor at thy str ict tribunal bring Thy servant to be tried ; For in thy sight no living man Can e'er be justified. 3 The spiteful foe pursues my life, Whose comforts all are tied ; He drives me into caves as dark As mansions of the dead. 4 My spirit therefore is o'erwhelm'd, And sinks within my breast ; My m ournfu l heart grows desolate, With heavy woes opprest. 5 1 call to mind the days of old, And wonders thou hast wrought: My former dangers av.d escapes Employ my musing thought. 6 To thee my hands in humble pray'r I fervently stretch out ; My soul for thy refreshment thirsts, Like land oppress 'd with drought. 7 Hear me with speed ; my spirit fails ; Thy face no longer hide, I.e I Er His willing mercy flies. 9 Thy love thro' earth extends its £ I** To all thy works express'd : f " 10 These show thy praise, whilst thy | f' Name I* Is by thy servants bless'd. ye- ll They, with the glorious prospect: \~~ Shall of thy kingdom speak ; F ~ And thy great pow'r, by all admr L- 1 Their lofty subject make. 12 God's glorious works of ancient c |." Shall thus to all be known ; And thus his kingdom's royal cb With publick splendour shown. 13 His steadfast throne, from changes Shall stand for ever fast ; His boundless sway no end shall ( But time itself outlast. The Second Part. 14, 15 The Lord does them support fall, And makes the prostrate rise; For his kind aid all creatures cal Who timely food supplies. 16 Whate'er their various wants req With open hand he gives ; And so fulfils the just desire Of ev*ry thing that lives. 17, 18 How holy is the Lord, how jt How righteous all his ways ! How nigh to him, who with firm For bis assistance prays ! 19 He grants the full desires of tho» Who him with fear adore ; And will their troubles soon com When they his aid implore. 20 The Lord preserves all those witf Whom grateful love employs ; But sinners, who his vengeance i With furious rage destroys. THE PSALMS. time to come, in praises spent, all still advance his fame, d all mankind, with one consent, >r ever bless his Name. PSALM CXLVI. RAISE the Lord, and thou, my oul, ■ ever bless his Name : wondrous love, while life shall last, f constant praise shall claim, kings, the greatest sons of men, st none for aid rely ; ey cannot save in dang'rous times, or timely help apply. d of breath, to dust they turn, nd there neglected lie, d all their thoughts and vain designs ogether with them die. en happy he, who Jacob's God or his protector takes ; bo still with we'.l-plac d hope the Lord is constant refuge makes. •.e Lord, who made both heav'n and earth, nd ali that they contain, ill never quit his steadfast truth, for make his promise vain. e poor oppre GLORIA PATRI. Common Measure. O Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, The God whom we adore, glory ; as it was, is now, nd shall be evermore. As the 25th Psalm. God the Father, Son, nd Spirit, glory be ; 'twas, and is, and shall be so o all eternity. As the \00th Psalm. Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, he God whom earth and heav'a adore, glory ; as it was of old, now, and shail be evermore. As Psalm 37, and 113. Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, e God whom heav'n's triumphant host nd sufF'ring saints on earth adore, glory ; as in ages past, now it is, and so shall last, /hen time itself must be no more. As the 148th Psalm. o God the Father, Son, And Spirit, ever blest, Eternal Three in One, .All worship be addrest ; As heretofore It was, is now, And shall be so For evermore. As the 149th Psalm. By angels in heav'n Of ev'ry degree, And saints upon earth, AH praise be addrest To God in Three Persons, One God ever blest ; As it has been, now is, And always shall be. TO God, our benefactor, bring The tribute of your praise ; Too small for an A'lmighty King, But all that we can raise. Glory to Thee, btess'd Three in One, The God whom we adore ; As was, and is, and shall be done, When time shall be no more. T)RAISE God, frcm whom all bless- -L ings flow ; Prase him, all creatures here below ; Praise him al>ove, angelick host, Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. HYMXS. VEXI CREATOR. First iletre. ME, Holy Ghost; Creator, come, Vnd visit all the souls of thine : i hast inspir'd our hearts with life ; pire them now with life divine, i art the Comforter, the gift God most high ; the fire of love, 'bTerlasting spring of joy, J holy unction from above, jifts are manifold ; thou writ'st i's laws in ev'ry faithful heart ; promise of the Father, thou >t heav'nly eloquence impart. Enlighten our dark souls, till they Thy love, thy heav'nly love, embrace ; And (since we are by nature frail ) Assist us with thy saving grace. Drive far from us the mortal foe, And grant us to have peace within ; That, with thy light and guidance blest, We may escape the snares of sin. Teach us the Father to confess, And Son, who from the grave reviv'd ; And, with the Father and«the Son, Thee, Holy Ghost, from both deriv d. With thee, O Father, therefore may The Son , who was from death restor'd, And sacred Comforter, one God, To endless ages be ador'd ! L3 HYMNS. Second Metre. COME, Holy Ghost; Creator, come, Inspire the souls of thine ; Till ev'ry heart which thou hast made Is fill'd with grace divine. Thou art the Comforter, the gift Of God, and fire of love ; The everlasting spring of joy, And unction from above. Thy gifts are manifold, thou writ'st God's laws in each true heart; The promise of the Father, thou Dost heav'nly speech impart. Enlighten our dark souls, till they Thy sacred love embrace ; Assist our minds, by nature frail, With thy celestial grace. Drive far from us the mortal foe, And give us peace within ; That, by thy guidance bless'd, we may Escape the snares of sin. Teach us the Father to confess, And Son, from death reviv'd ; And, with them both, thee, Holy Ghost, Who art from both deriv'd. With thee, O Father, therefore may The Son, from death restor'd, And sacred Comforter, one God, Devoutly be ador'd: As in all ages heretofore Has constantly been done, As now it is, and shall be so When time his course has run. TE DEUM LATJDAMUS. The First Part. i~\ GOD, we praise thee, and confess " That thou the only Lord And everlasting Father art, By all the earth ador'd. To thee all Angels cry aloud ; To thee the Powers on high, Both Cherubim and Seraphim, Continually do cry, O holy, holy, holy Lord, Whom heav'nly hosts obey ; The world is with the glory fill'd Of thy majestick ray. Th' Apostles' glorious company, And Prophets crown'd with light, With all the Martyrs' noble host, Thy constant praise recite. The holy Church throughout the world, O Lord, confesses thee ; That thou eternal Father art, Of boundless majesty. Thy honour'd, true, and only Son, And Holy Ghost the spring Of never-ceasing joy : O Christ, Of glory thou art King. The Father's everlasting Son, Thou from on high didst come To save mankind, and didst not then Disdain the Virgin's womb. And, having overcome the sting Of death, thou open'dst wide The gates of heav'n to all, who fi In thy belief abide. The Second Part. Crown'd with the Father's glory, At God's right hand dost sit ; Whence thou shalt come to be oui To sentence or acquit. O therefore save thy servants, Loi Whose souls so dearly cost ; Nor let the purchase of thy blood Thy precious blood, be lost. We magnify thee day by day, And ever worship thee : Vouchsafe to keep us, Lord, this From sin and danger free. Have mercy, mercy on us, Lord, To us thy grace extend ; According as for mercy we On thee alone depend ! In thee I have repos'd my trust, And ever shall do so ; Preserve me then from ruin here And from eternal woe. BENEDICTUS ; Or, The SONG of Zacharias, Lu NOW bless'd be Israel's Lord a Whose mercy at our nee Has visited his people's grief, And them from bondage freed And rais'd in faithful David's ho' Salvation, which of old, E'er since the world itself began His prophets had foretold. To save us from our spiteful foes And keep his oath in mind, I Which he to Abr'am heretofore, And to our fathers sign'd ; That we, from fear and danger f His temple may frequent ; And all our days, as in his sight, In holy life be spent. And thou, O child, shalt then be God's prophet, to declare His message, and before his face His passage to prepare : To give them light, who now in Of night and death abide ; And in the way that leads to pea Our footsteps safely guide. MAGNIFICAT ; Or, The SONG of the Blessed Luke i. 46. MV soul and spirit, fill'd wi My God and Saviour praisi Whose goodness did from poor e His humble handmaid raise. Me bless'd of God, the God of p< All ages shall confess ; Whose Name is holy, and w His saints shall ever bless. HYMNS. jj roud, and all their vain designs, " , qnickly did confound ; st the mighty from their seat, ; meek and humble crown'd. mngry with good things were fill'd, ■ \p rich with hunger pin'd ; at his servant Israel help, 1 call'd his love to mind; h to our fathers heretofore • .oath he did ensure, br'am and his chosen seed ever to endure. * [ NUNC DIMITTIS; Hie SONG of Simeon, Luke ii. 29. , | RD, let thy servant now depart nto thy promis'd rest, my expecting eyes have been th thy salvation blest : :h till this time thy favour'd saints d prophets only knew ; since prepar'd, hut now set forth " c all the people's view. „ ht to shew the heathen world e way to saving grace ; O ! the light and glory both Israel's chosen race. U THE CREED. -STEADFASTLY believe in God, d he Father of all might ; made this lower world, and all ; ,e glorious worlds of light : ioa I believe in Jesus Christ, le everlasting Word ; -2, jVlmighty Father's only Son, id our most gracious Lord. 5, seiv'd by th' Holy Ghost, and of le Virtjin Mary bom ; «. 'ontius Pilate doom'd to bear ost bitter pains and scorn ; -jjt crucified, and for a time, >th dead and buried lay ; ended into hell ; and rose ) life on the third day ; ,d -nded up to heav'n ; and there : God's right hand is plac'd ; .■ a n whence he shall return to judge ie quick and dead at last. ■ i ewise firmly do believe, Holy Ghost, in thee ; & i holy universal Church, nd saints' community, riveness of repented sins, hrouijh Christ, our sacrifice,) , , resurrection of the dead, ' nd life that never dies. J THE LORD'S PRAYER, ^gj Firrt Metre. :r*tTR. Father, who in heaven art, Thy Name be hallo w 'd in each heart. fd kingdom come: mav we fulfil, j o dwell on earth, thy heav'nlv will, s l h equal cheerfulness and love, I -aints and angels do above. Give us this day our daily bread : j Us into no temptation lead : ' But with thy grace preserve us still From sin, and ev'ry thing that's ill ; [ For thine the kingdom, and the pow'r, , And glory are for evermore. Second Metre. OUR Father, who in heaven art, All hallow'd be thy Name; Thv kingdom come ; thy will be done Throughout this earthly frame, For kingdom, pow'r, and glory, all i Belong, O Lord, to thee ; 1 Thine from eternity they were, And thine shall ever be. THE TEN COMMANDMENTS. GOD spake these words, O Israel hear, What I shall now command ; Thy Lord and only God am I, VVho with almighty hand • From Egypt's land, and from the house I Of bondage set thee free : And therefore Israel, thou shalt have No other God but me. Thou shalt no graven image make, Nor likeness shalt thou feign, Of any thing that heav'n or earth, Or wat'ry deeps contain. Thou shalt not bow thyself to them, ; Nor outward worship pay ; Much less shalt thou, in heart, adore, And to an idol pray. For I thy God, a jealous God, The father's sin chastise To third and fourth descent, of all Who are my enemies : But mercy do to thousands shew, I And bounteously repay All those who me sincerely love, And my commands obey. ; The sacred Name of God thy Lord Thou never shalt profane, For God will them not guiltless hold Who take his Name in vain. Remember thou the sabbath day To keep with holy care ; Six days to labour thou shalt take, To finish each affair : But God, thy Lord, the seventh day 1 His sabbath did ordain, In which thou shalt from ev'ry kind | Of worldly work refrain. ', Thyself, thy children, servants, then I From labour shall be free, ; Thv cattle, and the stranger, whom i Thou tak'st to dwell with thee: As cheerfully as 'tis by those Who dwell with thee on hish ; Lord, let thy bounty day by day Our daily food supply. As we forgive our enemies, Thy pardon, Lord, we crave; Into temptation lead us not, But us from evil save. HYMNS. For God thy Lord the solemn space Of six whole days did take, The heavens, earth, and seas, and all Therein contain 'd, to make ; But rested on the seventh day, Which for that cause he blest, And sanctified it to be kept A day of holy rest. Honour thy parents, that thou may'st Both long and happy live, In that ble>t land which God, thy Lord, Did for thy dwelling give. From murder ; from adultery ; And theft thou shalt forbear: Nor falsely shalt in any case Against thy neighbour swear. Thou shalt not covet house or wife, Or man, or maid of his, Or ox, or ass, or ought whereof He rightful owner is. Have mercy therefore on us, Lord, And all our hearts incline With diligence and care to keep These righteous law s of thine. FOR CHRISTMAS DAY. Horning Service. HIGH let us swell our tuneful notes, And join th' angelick throng, For angels no such love have known, T' awake a cheerful song. Good-will to sinful men is shown, And peace on earth is given ; For, lol th' incarnate Saviour comes With messages from heaven. Justice and grace, with sweet accord, His rising beams adorn ; Let heav'n and earth in concert join, To us a Child is born. Glory to God in highest strains, In highest worlds be paid ; His glory by our lips proclaim'd, And by our lives display'd. When shall we reach those blissful realms Where Christ exalted reigns ; And learn of the celestial choir Their own immortal strains ? Evening Service. HARK, the herald angels sing, Glory to the new -bom King, Peace on earth, and mercy mild, God and sinners reconcil'd! Joyful all ye nations rise, Join the triumph of the skies, With th' angelick host proclaim, Christ is bom in Bethlehem. Hark, the herald angels sing, Glory to the new -bom King ! Christ, by highest heav'n ador'd, Christ the everlasting Lord, Late in time behold him come, Offspring of a virgin's womb : Veil'd in flesh the Godhead he, Hail th' incarnate Deity: Pleas'd as man with man appear, Jesus our Immanuel here. Hark, the herald angels, &c. I Hail the heav'n-born Prince of Pes | Hail the Sun of righteousness! Light and life to all he brings, Ris'n with healing in his wings, j Mild he lays his glory by, ! Born that man no more may die : Bom to raise the sons of earth, 1 Bom to give them second birth. Hark, the herald angels, &c. SONG OF THE ANGELS, I At the Nativity of our Blested Sati Luke ii. 8—15. WHILE shepherds watch 'd flocks by night, All seated on the ground, | The angel of the Lord came down..| And glory shone around. ! Fear not, said he, (for mighty drea | Had seiz'd their troubled mind,) | Glad tidings of great joy I bring To you and all mankind. To you, in David's town, this day Is bom of David's line The Saviour, who is Christ the Lo And this shall be the sign : The heavenly Babe you there shal To human view display'd, All meanly wrapt in swathing-ban 1 And in a manger laid. Thus spake the seraph, and fortrn | Appear'd a shining throng ! Of angels, praising God, and thus ' Address 'd their joyful song: All glory be to God on high, And to the earth be peace ; Good-will henceforth from Heav'n Begin, and never cease. FOR EASTER DAY. First Hymn. SINCE Christ, our passover, is A sacrifice for all ; Let all with thankful hearts agree To keep the festival : Not with the leaven, as of old, Of sin and malice fed ; But with unfeign'd sincerity, And truth's unleaven'd bread. Christ, being rais'd by pow'r divir 1 And rescu'd from the grave, J Shall die no more ; death shall on 1 No more dominion have. For that he died, 'twas for our sin ' He once vouchsaf 'd to die ; But that he lives, he lives to God For all eternity. So count yourselves as dead to sin But graciously restor'd, And made henceforth alive to Go Through Jesus Christ our Lore Second Hymn. CHRIST from the dead is rais made The firstfruits of the tomb ; For as by man came death, by m; Did resurrection come. HYMNS. 3 in Adam all mankind I guilt and death derive, the righteousness of Christ Ul all be made alive. >n ye risen are with Christ, •k only how to get .hings that are above, where Christ God's, right hand doth sit. Third Hymn. iUS Christ is risen to-day, ur triumphant holy day ; did once, upon the cross, r to redeem our loss. Hallelujah. is of praise then let us sing Christ our heavenly King ; endur'd the cross and grave, as to redeem and save. Hallelujah, he pain which he endur'd iarvation hath procur'd ; above the sky he's King, re the angels ever sing. Hallelujah. JE HYMNS FOR THE HOLY COMMUNION. HYMN L Y God, and is thy table spread, And doth thy cup with love o'er- tier be all thy children led, id let them all thy sweetness know, s I sacred feast, which Jesus makes, ch banquet of his llesh and blood ! I ce happy he who here partakes I iat sacred stream, that heav'nly food. ■_i are its dainties all in vain Tfore unwilling hearts display'd ? . I not for you the victim slain ? ' e you forbid the children's bread ? I I thy table honour'd be, s *idfumish'd well with joyful guests; may each soul salvation see, •' iat here its sacred pledges tastes ! ;-rowds approach, with hearts pre- ■ar'd, | th hearts inflam'd let all attend; when we leave our Father's board, * e pleasure or the profit end. -"^re thy dying churches, Lord, • j d bid our drooping graces live ; «| more, that energy afford, Saviour's blood alone can give. HYMN II. ^ I ut of the Revelation of St. John. lOU, God, all glory, honour, pow'r, • .rt worthy to receive ; *"<■ all things by thy pow'r were made, d by thy bounty live, worthy is the Lamb, all pow'r, nour, and wealth to gain, and strength ; who for our sins acrifice was slain, orthy thou, who hast redeem 'd d ransom 'd us to God, ev'ry nation, ev'ry coast, thy most precious blood. Blessing and honour, glory, pow'r, I By all in earth and heav'n, To him that sits upon the throne, j And to the Lamb be giv'n. HYMN UL Revelation, Chap. xix. ALT, ve who faithful servants are Of our Almighty King, Both high and low, and small and great, I His praise devoutly sing ! Let us rejoice and render thanks To his most holy Name ; j Rejoice, rejoice! for now is come The marriage of the Lamb. J His bride herself has ready made, I How pure and white her dress ! Which is her saints' integrity, And spotless holiness. O therefore bless'd is every one, Who to the marriage feast, And holy supper of the Lamb, Is made a welcome guest ! HYMN IV. The Thanksgiriiig in the Church CommU' nion Service. TO God be glory, peace on earth, To all mankind good-will ; We bless, we praise, we worship thee, And glorify thee still. And thanks for thy great glory give, That fills our souls with light ; O Lord ! God ! heav'nly King ! the God And Father of all might. And thou, begotten Son of God, Before all time begun ; O .Tesu Christ! God', Lamb of God! j The Father's only. Son ! Have mercy, thou that tak'st the sins I Of all the world away ! Have mercy, Saviour of mankind, And hear us when we pray ! O thou, who sitt'st at God's right hand, Upon the Father's throne, Have mercv on us, Thou, O Christ, Who art the Holy One ! Thou, Lord,— who with the Holy Ghost, Whom earth and heav'n adore, In slory of the Father art Most high for evermore. THE LAMENTATION OF A SINNER. OLORD, turn not thy face from me, ■\\Tio lie in woeful state, Lamenting all my sinful life Before thy mercy-gate ; A sate which opens wide to those That do lament their sin: Shut not that irate aiminst me, Lord, But let me enter in. And call me not to strict account, How I have sojourn 'd here; Fcir then my guilty conscience knows How vile I shall appear. HYMNS. I need not to confess my life To thee, who best canst tell What I have been, and what I am ; I know thou know'st it well. The circumstances of my crimes, Their number and their kind, Thou know'st them all; and more, much Than I can call to mind : [more Therefore, with tears, I come to beg Of my offended God, For pardon, like a child that dreads His angry parent's rod. So come I to thy mercy-gate, Where mercy doth abound, Imploring pardon for my sin, To heal my deadly wound. O Lord, I need not to repeat The comfort I would have: Thou know'st, O Lord, before I ask, The blessing I do crave. Mercy, good Lord, mercy I ask, This is the total sum ; For mercy, Lord, is all my suit ; Lord, let thy mercy come ! FOR THE MORNING. AWAKE, my soul, and with the sun Thv dailv stage of dutv run ; Shake off dull sloth, and early rise To pay thy moming sacrifice. Redeem thy niispent moments past, And live this day as if the last; Thy talents to improve take care ; For the great day thyself prepare. Let all thy converse be sincere, Thy conscience as the noon -day clea For God's all-seeing eye surveys Thy secret thoughts, thy works and i Wake, and lift up thyself, my heart And with the angels "bear thy part; AWio all night long unwearied sing High glory to th' eternal King ! FOR THE EVENING. GLORY to thee, my God, this ni For all the blessings of the ligh Keep me, O keep me, King of king)! Beneath thy own almighty wings ! Forgive me, Lord, for thy dear Son The ill that I this day have done; That, with the world, myself, and t I, ere I sleep, at peace may be. Teach me to live, that I may dread The grave as little as my bed ; Teach me to die, that so I may Rise glorious at the awful day. O let my soul on thee repose ! And may sweet sleep'mine eyelids c Sleep, that shall me more vig'rous r To serve my God, when 1 awake. If in the nicht I sleepless lie, My soul with heavenly thoughts su Let no ill dreams disturb my rest, | No powers of darkness me molest. Praise God, from whom all blessings i Praise him, all creatures here belo' Praise him above, angelick host, ' Praise Father, Son, and Holy Oho DIRECTIONS ABOUT TILE TUNES AND MEASURE ALL Psalms of this Version in the Common Measure of Eights and Sixe is, where the first and third Lines of the single Stanza consist of eight Sj 1 each, the second and fourth Lines of six Syllables ear.h, may be sung to any most usual Tunes, namely, York Tune, Windsor Tune, St. David's, Lite) Canterbury, Martyr's, St. Mary's alias Hackney, St. Anne's Tune, &c. As the Old 25th Psalm, mav be suns the New 25, 31, 51, 67, 130, 142. As the Old 113, the 37, 46, 50, 63, 76, 91, 110, 113, 120. As the Old 148, the 136, 148. As the Old 104, the 149. The Psalms in this Version of four Lines in a single Stanza, and eight Sj in each Line, (if Psalms of praise or cheerfulness) may properlv be sung as t 100th Psalm, or to the Tune of the Old 125th Psalm, Second Metre. The Penitential or Mournful Psalms, in the same Measure, may be sung Old 51st Psalm. A TABLE OF THE PSALMS. A Ptalrn INST all those that strive 35 pants the hart for cooling 42 h, by certain proofs, 'tis plain 73 ■i, how heathen hosts 79 njul ; thou, Lord 104 jd, }t servants that attend 134 D me, Lord, from shame 31 , O God, in mercy help 56 me, O Lord my God 59 F », O God, our constant praise 65 ty youth up, may Israel say 129 •west depths of woe 130 c bless'd be God the Lord 144 G or refuge in distress 46 •, thou Judge of all the earth 55 he great a.-»sembly stands 82 mpie crowns the holy mount 87 H art is he who ne'er consents 1 iny, Lord, of late are grown 3 ig wilt thou forget me, Lord 13 ss'd who*; sins have pardon 32 he man whose tender care 41 arcy, Lord, on me 51 my people ; to my law 78 t thy peace, O Lord our God 83 ;has God his guardian made 91 3d and pleasant must it be 92 st are they who always keep 1 1 9 i the Lord, may Israel say 124 must their advantage be 133 I le, 0 Lord, for I the paths 26 irate thy praises, Lord 30 . meekly for the Lord 40 Ige of heav'n, against my foes 43 0 man of lawless might 52 1 put my steadfast trust 71 h the Almightv's known 76 i reigns, let all the earth 97 i reigns, let therefore all 99 distress I oft have cried 120 L rax the voice of my complaint 5 ho : s the happy man that may 15 he just to God with joy 33 he list'ning world attend 49 ve me, for thy glorious Name 54 ar my cry, regard my pray'r 61 ar the voice of my complaint 64 he lands with shouts of joy 66 , the God of battle, rise 68 t thy just decrees the king 72 ou hast granted to thy land 85 Ptalm Lord, not to us, we claim no share 115 Let David, Lord, a constant place 132 Lord, hear my pray'r, and to my cry 143 M Mv God, mv God, whv leav'st thou me 22 My crafty foe, with flatt'ring art 36 My soul for help on God relies 62 My soul, inspir'd with sacred love 103 My soul with grateful thoughts of love 116 N No change of times shall ever shock 18 O O Lord, that art my righteous Judee 4 O Lord my God, since I have plac'd 7 O thou, to" whom all creatures bow 8 O Lord, my rock, to thee I cry 28 O Lord, our fathers oft have told 44 O all ye people, clap your hands 47 O God, who hast our troops dispers'd 60 O God, my gracious God, to thee 63 O Lord, to mv relief draw near 70 O Israel's Shepherd, Joseph's Guide 80 O God of hosts, the mighty Lord 84 O Lord, the saviour and defence 90 O God, to whom revenge belongs 94 O come, loud anthems let us sing 95 Of mercy's never -failing spring 101 O render thinks, and bless the Lord 105 O render thanks to God above 106 O God, my heart is fully bent 103 O God, whose former mercies make 109 O praise the Lord, foT he is good 118 O 'twas a joyful sound to hear 122 1 On thee, who dwell'st above the skies 123 O Lord, I am not proud of heart 131 ! O praise the Lord with one consent 135 | O praise the Lord, and thou, my scul 146 I O praise the Lord with hymns of joy 147 ( O praise ye the Lord 149 O praise the Lord in that blest place 150 P | Protect me from my cruel foes 16 Praise ye the Lord ; our God to praise 111 Preserve me, Lord, from crafty foes 140 R Resolv'd to watch o'er all my ways 39 S Since I have plac'd my trust in God 11 Since godly men decay, O Lord 12 Sure wicked fools must needs suppose 14 Speak, O ye judges of the earth 58 Save me, O God, from waves that roll 69 Sing to the Lord a new-made song 96 Sing to the Lord a new-made song 98 T Thy dreadful anger, Lord, restrain 6 To celebrate thy praise, O Lord 9 Thy presence why withdraw'st thou 10 TABLE OF THE PSALMS. Psalm | To my just plea and sad complaint 17 \ The heav'ns declare thy glory, Lord 19 The Lord to thy request attend 20 The king, O Lord, with songs of praise 21 ; The Lord himself, the mighty Lord 23 ^ This spacious earth is all the Lord's 24 ■ To God, in whom I trust 25 Thro' all the changing scenes of life 34 Tho' wicked men grow rich or great 37 ; Thy chast'ning wrath, O Lord 38 [ The Lord, the only God, is great 48 The Lord hath spoke, the mighty God 50 The wicked fools must sure suppose 53 Thy mercy, Lord, to me extend 57 To bless thy chosen race' 67 To thee, O God, we render praise 75 To God I cried, who to my help 77 To God, our never -failing strength 81 To my complaint, O Lord my God 86 j To thee, my God and Saviour, 1 88 ; Thy mercies, Lord, shall be my song 89 To God your grateful voices raise 107 The Lord unto my Lord thus spake 110 That man is blest, who stands in awe 112 , To Sion's hill I lift my eyes 121 The man is blest who fears the Lord 128 I To God, the mighty !, orr i Thou, Lord, bv stricu t To thee, O Lord, mv ie „ en To God, with mou nil Thee I'll extol, my God and Ki W With restless and ungovem'd ra Whom should I fear, since God I While I the King's loud praise rei Why hast thou cast us off", O Go With glory clad, with stn-i gih a: With one consent let all the ear When I pour out my sou! in pn When Israel, by th' Almighty !• With cheerful notes let the e Who place on Sion's God their When Sion's God her soiu re.- a 1 We build with fruitless cost, un When we, our wearied limbs to With my whole heart, my God i Y Ye princes that in might excel Ye saints and servants of the Lo Ye boundless realms of joy HYMNS AT THE END OF THE PSALMS. GLORIA PATRI. VENI CREATOR. (1st and 2d Metre.) TE DEUM LAUDAMUS. (1st and 2d Parts.) BENEDICTUS, or, The Song of Za- chariot. MAGNIFICAT, or, The Song of the Blessed Virgin. NUNC DIMITTIS, or, The Song of Simeon. THE CREED. THE LORD'S PRAYER. (1 Metre.) THE TEN COMMANDME HYMNS for CHRISTMAS ] SONG of the ANGELS. HYMNS for EASTER DAY HYMXS for the HOLY C NION. LAMENTATION of a SIN | HYMN for the MORNING. I HYMN for the EVENING. DATE DUE MAY 1 ft ?f