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MORNING PRAYER.

The Minister shall begin the MORNING PRAYER, by reading one or more of the following Sentences of Scripture.

24. Psal. vi. 1.
Repent ye; for the kingdom of
heaven is at hand. St. Matt. iii. 2.

THE Lord is in his holy temple; judgment; not in thine anger, lest all the earth keep silence thou bring me to nothing. Jer. x. before him. Hab. ii. 20. From the rising of the sun even unto the going down of the same, my name shall be great among the I will arise, and go to my father, Gentiles; and in every place in- and will say unto him; Father, I cense shall be offered unto my have sinned against heaven, and name, and a pure offering: for my before thee, and am no more worname shall be great among the thy to be called thy son. St. Luke heathen, saith the Lord of hosts. xv. 18, 19. Mal. i. 11.

Enter not into judgment with

Let the words of my mouth, thy servant, O Lord; for in thy and the meditation of my heart, be sight shall no man living be justialway acceptable in thy sight, Ofied. Psal. cxliii. 2. Lord, my strength and my Re- If we say that we have no sin, deemer. Psal. xix. 14. we deceive ourselves, and the truth

When the wicked man turneth is not in us; but if we confess our away from his wickedness that he sins, God is faithful and just to hath committed, and doeth that forgive us our sins, and to cleanse which is lawful and right, he shall us from all unrighteousness. 1 save his soul alive. Ezek. xviii. 27. John i. 8, 9.

I acknowledge my transgressions; and my sin is ever before me. Psal. li. 3.

Then the Minister shall say,

DEARLY beloved brethren,

the scripture moveth us, in Hide thy face from my sins; sundry places, to acknowledge and blot out all mine iniquities. and confess our manifold sins and wickedness, and that we should

Psal. li. 9.

The sacrifices of God are a bro- not dissemble nor cloak them beken spirit; a broken and a contrite fore the face of Almighty God, our heart, O God, thou wilt not des- heavenly Father, but confess them pise. Psal. li. 17. with an humble, lowly, penitent,

Rend your heart and not your and obedient heart; to the end garments, and turn unto the Lord that we may obtain forgiveness of your God; for he is gracious and the same, by his infinite goodness merciful, slow to anger, and of and mercy. And although we great kindness, and repenteth him ought, at all times, humbly to acof the evil. Joel ii. 13. knowledge our sins before God;

To the Lord our God belong yet ought we chiefly so to do, when mercies and forgivenesses, though we assemble and meet together, to we have rebelled against him; nei- render thanks for the great benefits ther have we obeyed the voice of that we have received at his hands, the Lord our God, to walk in his to set forth his most worthy praise, laws which he set before us. to hear his most holy word, and to Dan. ix. 9, 10. ask those things which are requi

O Lord, correct me, but with site and necessary, as well for the

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body as the soul. Wherefore, I may be pure and holy; so that at pray and beseech you, as many as the last we may come to his eterare here present, to accompany me, nal joy, through Jesus Christ our with a pure heart and humble Lord.

voice, unto the throne of the hea- The People shall answer here, and at the end of

venly grace, saying

A general Confession, to be said by the whole
Congregation after the Minister, all kneeling.

every Prayer, Amen.
Or this.

ALMIGHTY God, our hea

venly Father, who, of his

ALMIGHTY and most merci- great mercy, hath promised forgiveWe have erred ness of sins to all those who, with and strayed from thy ways like lost hearty repentance and true faith, sheep. We have followed too turn unto him; have mercy upon much the devices and desires of you, pardon and deliver you from our own hearts. We have offend- all your sins, confirm and strengthed against thy holy laws. We en you in all goodness, and bring have left undone those things you to everlasting life, through Jewhich we ought to have done; sus Christ our Lord. Amen. And we have done those things which we ought not to have done : And there is no health in us. But thou, O Lord, have mercy upon us, miserable offenders. Spare

Then the Minister shall kneel, and say the Lord's Prayer; the People still kneeling, and repeating it with him, both here, and wheresoever else it is used in Divine Service.

UR Father, who art in Heaven, Hallowed be thy Name;

thou those, O God, who confess 'Thy Kingdom come; Thy Will be their faults. Restore thou those done on Earth, as it is in Heaven ; who are penitent; According to Give us this day our daily bread; thy promises declared unto man- And forgive us our trespasses, as kind, in Christ Jesus our Lord. we forgive those who trespass And grant, O most merciful Fa-against us; And lead us not into ther, for his sake; That we may temptation; But deliver us from hereafter live a godly, righteous, evil: for thine is the Kingdom, and sober life; To the glory of and the Power, and the Glory, for

thy holy name.

Amen.

1 The Declaration of Absolution, or Remission of Sins; to be made by the Priest alone, standing; the People still kneeling.

ALMIGHTY ther of our Lord God, Jesus the Christ, Fawho desireth not the death of a

ever and ever.

Amen.

Then likewise he shall say,

O Lord, open thou our lips;
Ans. And our mouth shall

show forth thy praise.

Here, all standing up, the Minister shall say,
Glory be to the Father, and to

sinner, but rather that he may turn the Son, and to the Holy Ghost; from his wickedness and live, hath Ans. As it was in the begingiven power and commandment to ning, is now, and ever shall be, his ministers to declare and pro- world without end.

nounce to his people, being peni

Min. Praise ye the Lord.

Ans. The Lord's name be

praised.

Then shall be said or sung the following Anthem; except on those days for which other Anthems are appointed; and except also, when it is used in the course of the Psalms, on the nineteenth day of the month.

tent, the Absolution and Remission of their sins. He pardoneth and absolveth all those who truly repent, and unfeignedly believe his holy Gospel. Wherefore, let us beseech him to grant us true repentance, and his Holy Spirit ; that those things may please him which we do at this present, and that the rest of our life hereafter in the strength of our salvation.

Venite, exultemus Domino.

O COME, let

us sing unto the Lord, let us heartily rejoice Let us come before his presence For thou only art holy; thou with thanksgiving, and show our-only art the Lord; thou only, O

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 come, let us worship, and fall down, and kneel before the Lord our Maker.

For he is the Lord our God; and we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand.

Christ, with the Holy Ghost, art most high in the Glory of God the Father. Amen.

Then shall be read the first Lesson, according to
the Table or Calendar; after which shall be said
or sung the following Hymn.

Note, That before every Lesson, the Minister shall
say, Here beginneth such a Chapter, or Verse of
such a Chapter, of such a Book: And after every
Lesson, Here endeth the first, or the second Lesson.
Te Deum laudamus.
E praise thee, O God;

W praise ledge thee

Lord.

we

to be the

All the earth doth worship thee, the Father everlasting.

To thee all Angels cry aloud ;

O worship the Lord in the the Heavens, and all the Powers beauty of holiness; let the whole earth stand in awe of him.

For he cometh, for he cometh to judge the earth; and with righteousness to judge the world, and the people with his truth.

Then shall follow a Portion of the Psalms, as
they are appointed, or one of the Selections of
Psalms set forth by this Church: and at the end
of every Psalm, and likewise at the end of the

Venite, Benedicite, Jubilate, Benedictus, Cantate
Domino, Bonum est confiteri, Deus misereatur,

Benedic Anima mea-MAY be said or sung the

Gloria Patri; and at the end of the whole Portion, or Selection of Psalins for the day, SHALL be said or sung the Gloria Patri, or else the Glo

ria in Excelsis, as followeth:

Gloria in Excelsis.

therein.

To thee, Cherubim and Seraphim 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 adorable, true, and only

GLORY be to God on high,
and on earth peace, good will
towards men. We praise thee,
we bless thee, we worship thee, Son;
we glorify thee, we give thanks to
thee for thy great glory, O Lord forter.
God, heavenly King, God the Fa-
ther Almighty.

Also the Holy Ghost, the Com

Thou art the King of Glory, O Christ.

Thou art the everlasting Son of

O Lord, the only begotten Son, Jesus Christ; O Lord God, Lamb the Father. of God, Son of the Father, that When thou tookest upon thee takest away the sins of the world, to deliver man, thou didst humble have mercy upon us. Thou that thyself to be born of a Virgin. takest away the sins of the world, When thou hadst overcome the have mercy upon us. Thou that sharpness of death, thou didst open takest away the sins of the world, the kingdom of heaven to all bereceive our prayer. Thou that sit-lievers. test at the right hand of God the Thou sittest at the right hand Father, have mercy upon us. of God, in the Glory of the Father.