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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

Cantate Domino. Psal. xcviii. SING unto the Lord a new song; for he hath done mar

vellous things.

With his own right hand, and

joy, through Jesus Christ our Lord. with his holy arm, hath he gotten The People shall answer here, and at the end himself the victory.

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of every Prayer, Amen.
Or this.

The Lord declared his salvation; LMIGHTY God, our hea- his righteousness hath he openly venly Father, who, of his showed in the sight of the heathen. He hath remembered his mercy great mercy, hath promised forgiveness of sins to all those who, and truth toward the house of with hearty Repentance and true Israel; and all the ends of the Faith, turn unto him; have mer-world have seen the salvation of cy upon you, pardon and deliver our God.

you from all your sins, confirm and Show yourselves joyful unto the strengthen you in all goodness, and Lord, all ye lands; sing, rejoice, bring you to everlasting life, through and give thanks.

Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. Praise the Lord upon the harp; ¶ Then the Minister shall kneel, and say the Lord's sing to the harp with a psalm of Prayer; the People still kneeling, and repeating thanksgiving.

it with him, both here, and wheresoever else it

is used in Divine Service.

With trumpets also and shawms, UR Father, who art in Hea- O show yourselves joyful before the ven, Hallowed be thy Name; Lord the King.

Ο Thy Kingdom come; Thy Will be Let the sea make a noise and done on Earth, as it is in Heaven; all that therein is, the round world Give us this day our daily bread; and they that dwell therein. And forgive us our trespasses, as Let the floods clap their hands, we forgive those who trespass and let the hills be joyful together against us; And lead us not into before the Lord; for he cometh to temptation; But deliver us from judge the earth. evil: For thine is the Kingdom, With righteousness shall he and the Power, and the Glory, for judge the world, and the people ever and ever. Amen. with equity.

¶ Then likewise he shall say,

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

forth thy praise.

¶ Or this.

Bonum est confiteri. Psal. xcii. is the Lord, and to sing T a good thing to give thanks praises unto thy name, O Most

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

the Son, and to the Holy Ghost; To tell of thy loving kindness Ans. As it was in the begin-early in the morning, and of thy ning, is now, and ever shall be, truth in the night season;

world without end.

Upon an instrument of ten Min. Praise ye the Lord. strings, and upon the lute; upon a Ans. The Lord's name be praised. loud instrument, and upon the harp. Then shall follow a Portion of the Psalms, as For thou, Lord, hast made me they are appointed, or one of the Selections, as they are set forth by this Church, with the Dox-glad through thy works; and I ology, as in the Morning Service. Then shall will rejoice in giving praise for be read the first Lesson, according to the Table the operations of thy hands.

or Calendar; after which shall be said or sung

the following Psalm, except when it is read in T Then a Lesson of the New Testament, as it is apthe ordinary course of the Psalms, on the nineteenth day of the mouth.

pointed: And after that, shall be sung or said this Psalm, except on the twelfth day of the month.

Deus misereatur. Psal. lxvii. And in Jesus Christ his only OD be merciful unto us and Son our Lord; Who was conbless us, and show us the ceived by the Holy Ghost, Born light of his countenance, and be of the Virgin Mary, Suffered unmerciful unto us. der Pontius Pilate, Was crucified, That thy way may be known dead, and buried; He descended upon earth, thy saving health into Hell; The Third day he rose among all nations. from the dead; He ascended into Let the people praise thee, O God; Heaven, and sitteth on the right yea, let all the people praise thee. hand of God the Father Almighty; O let the nations rejoice and be From thence he shall come to judge glad; for thou shalt judge the folk the quick and the dead. righteously, and govern the nations I believe in the Holy Ghost; upon earth. The Holy Catholic Church; The Let the people praise thee, O God; Communion of Saints; The foryea, let all the people praise thee.giveness of sins; The resurrection Then shall the earth bring forth of the body, And the life everlasther increase; and God, even our ing. Amen. own God, shall give us his blessing.

God shall bless us; and all the ends of the world shall fear him.

PRA

¶ Or this.

¶ Or this.

BELIEVE in one God, the Father Almighty, Maker of Heaven and Earth, and of all

And in one Lord Jesus Christ,

Benedic, Anima mea. Psal. ciii. things visible and invisible: RAISE the Lord, O my soul; and all that is within me, the only begotten Son of God, praise his holy name. begotten of his Father before all soul, worlds; God of God, Light of Light, very God of very God, and begotten, not made, being of one substance with the Father, by Who saveth thy life from de- whom all things were made; who struction, and crowneth thee with for us men, and for our salvation, mercy and loving kindness. came down from Heaven, and was

Praise the Lord, O my and forget not all his benefits; Who forgiveth all thy sin, healeth all thine infirmities;

O praise the Lord, ye Angels incarnate by the Holy Ghost of the of his, ye that excel in strength; Virgin Mary, and was made man, ye that fulfil his commandment, and and was crucified also for us under hearken unto the voice of his word. Pontius Pilate. He suffered and O praise the Lord, all ye his was buried, and the third day he hosts; ye servants of his that do rose again, according to the Scriphis pleasure. tures, and ascended into Heaven, O speak good of the Lord, all and sitteth on the right hand of ye works of his, in all places of the Father; and he shall come his dominion. Praise thou the again, with glory, to judge both the Lord, O my soul. quick and the dead; whose king

Churches may omit the words, He descended into

¶ Then shall be said the Apostles' Creed, by the dom shall have no end. Minister and the People, standing: And any And I believe in the Holy Ghost, Hell, or may, instead of them, use the words, the Lord and giver of life, who He went into the place of departed Spirits, which are considered as words of the same meaning in proceedeth from the Father and the Son; who with the Father and BELIEVE in God the Father the Son together is worshipped and Almighty, Maker of Heaven glorified, who spake by the proand Earth: phets. And I believe one Catho

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the Creed.

lic and Apostolic Church. I ac- them plenteously with heavenly knowledge one Baptism for the gifts; grant them in health and remission of sins; and I look for prosperity long to live; and finally, the resurrection of the dead, and after this life, to attain everlastthe life of the world to come. ing joy and felicity, through Jesus Amen. Christ our Lord. Amen.

And after that, these Prayers following, all de-
voutly kneeling; the Minister first pronouncing,
The Lord be with you;
Ans. And with thy Spirit.

¶ A Prayer for the Clergy and People.

ALMIGHTY and everlasting

God, from whom cometh every good and perfect gift, send Min. Let us pray. down upon our Bishops and other OLord, show thy mercy upon us; Clergy, and upon the CongregaAns. And grant us thy salvation. tions committed to their charge, Min. O God, make clean our the healthful spirit of thy grace; hearts within us; and, that they may truly please

Ans. And take not thy Holy thee, pour upon them the continual Spirit from us. dew of thy blessing: Grant this, O

¶ Then shall be said the Collect for the day, and Lord, for the honour of our Advoafter that, the Collects and Prayers following. cate and Mediator Jesus Christ.

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A Collect for Peace.

¶ A Collect for Aid against Perils.

Amen.

¶ Prayer for all Conditions of Men.

GOD, the Creator and Pre

0 GOD, from whom all holy desires, all good counsels, and all just works do proceed; give unto thy servants that peace, server of all mankind, we which the world cannot give; that humbly beseech thee for all sorts our hearts may be set to obey thy and conditions of men, that thou commandments, and also that by wouldest be pleased to make thy thee, we, being defended from the ways known unto them, thy safear of our enemies, may pass our ving health unto all nations. More time in rest and quietness, through especially we pray for thy holy the merits of Jesus Christ our Sa- Church universal; that it may be viour. Amen. so guided and governed by thy good Spirit, that all who profess and call LORD, our heavenly Father, themselves Christians, may be led by whose Almighty power we into the way of truth, and hold the have been preserved this day; by faith in unity of Spirit, in the bond thy great mercy defend us from all of peace, and in righteousness of perils and dangers of this night, for life. Finally, we commend to thy the love of thy only Son our Sa- Fatherly goodness, all those who viour Jesus Christ. Amen. are any ways afflicted or distressed ¶ A Prayer for the President of the United States, in mind, body, or estate; that it And all in Civil Authority. LORD, our heavenly Father, relieve them, according to their may please thee to comfort and the high and mighty Ruler of several necessities; giving them the universe, who dost from thy patience under their sufferings, and throne behold all the dwellers upon a happy issue out of all their afflicearth; most heartily we beseech tions: And this we beg for Jesus thee, with thy favour to behold and Christ's sake. Amen. bless thy servant, The President of the United States, and all others in

¶ A General Thanksgiving.

authority; and so replenish them ALMIGHTY God, Father of

all mercies, we, thine unworwith the grace of thy Holy Spirit, thy servants, do give thee most that they may always incline to thy humble and hearty thanks for all will, and walk in thy way: Endue thy goodness and loving kindness

to us, and to all men.

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thee for our creation, preserva- ALMIGHTY God, who hast

life; but, above all, for thine in-with one accord to make our estimable love in the redemption common supplications unto thee; of the world by our Lord Jesus and dost promise that when two Christ; for the means of grace, or three are gathered together in and for the hope of glory. And, thy name, thou wilt grant their we beseech thee, give us that due requests; fulfil now, O Lord, the sense of all thy mercies, that our desires and petitions of thy serhearts may be unfeignedly thank-vants, as may be most expedient ful, and that we may show forth for them; granting us in this world thy praise, not only with our lips, knowledge of thy truth, and in the but in our lives; by giving up our-world to come life everlasting. selves to thy service, and by walk-Amen. ing before thee in holiness and righteousness all our days, through Je-H grace of our Lord Jesus sus Christ our Lord; to whom, Christ, and the love of God, with thee and the Holy Ghost, be and the fellowship of the Holy all honour and glory, world with- Ghost, be with us all evermore. out end.

Amen.

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Amen.

2 Cor. xiii. 14.

Here endeth the order of Evening Prayer.

THE LITANY,

¶'Or General Supplication, to be used after Morning Service, on Sundays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. GOD, the Father of Heaven; Trinity, three persons and one have mercy upon us misera- God; have mercy upon us miserable sinners.

ble sinners.

ners.

O God, the Father of Heaven; Remember not, Lord, our of have mercy upon us miserable sin- fences, nor the offences of our fore-fathers; neither take thou O God the Son, Redeemer of vengeance of our sins: spare us, the world; have mercy upon us good Lord, spare thy people, miserable sinners. whom thou hast redeemed with O God the Son, Redeemer of thy most precious blood, and be the world; have mercy upon us not angry with us for ever: miserable sinners.

Spare us, good Lord. O God the Holy Ghost, pro- From all evil and mischief; from ceeding from the Father and the sin; from the crafts and assaults Son; have mercy upon us misera- of the devil; from thy wrath, and ble sinners. from everlasting damnation;

O God the Holy Ghost, pro- Good Lord, deliver us. ceeding from the Father and the From all blindness of heart ; Son; have mercy upon us misera- from pride, vain-glory, and hypoble sinners. crisy; from envy, hatred, and maO holy, blessed, and glorious lice, and all uncharitableness; Trinity, three persons and one God; have mercy upon us miserable sinners.

Good Lord, deliver us.

From all inordinate and sinful affections; and from all the deceits

holy, blessed, and glorious of the world, the flesh and the devil;

Good Lord, deliver us.

That it may please thee to bless

From lightning and tempest; and keep all thy people; from plague, pestilence, and fa

We beseech thee to hear us, good

mine; from battle and murder, Lord. and from sudden death;

Good Lord deliver us.

That it may please thee to give to all nations unity, peace, and

From all sedition, privy conspi-concord;

racy, and rebellion; from all false We beseech thee to hear us, good doctrine, heresy, and schism; from Lord.

hardness of heart, and contempt That it may please thee to give of thy Word and Commandment; us an heart to love and fear thee, Good Lord deliver us. and diligently to live after thy

By the mystery of thy holy In-Commandments; carnation; by thy holy Nativity We beseech thee to hear us, good and Circumcision; by thy Bap- Lord. tism, Fasting, and Temptation; That it may please thee to give Good Lord deliver us. to all thy people increase of grace,

By thine Agony and bloody to hear meekly thy Word, and to Sweat; by thy Cross and Passion; receive it with pure affection, and by thy precious Death and Burial; to bring forth the fruits of the by thy glorious Resurrection and Spirit; Ascension; and by the coming of We beseech thee to hear us, good the Holy Ghost;

Good Lord deliver us.

In all time of our tribulation;

Lord.

That it may please thee to bring into the way of truth, all such as

in all time of our prosperity; in have erred, and are deceived; the hour of death, and in the day

of judgment;

Good Lord deliver us.

We beseech thee to hear us, good

Lord.

That it may please thee to

We sinners do beseech thee to strengthen such as do stand, and hear us, O Lord God; and that to comfort and help the weakit may please thee to rule and hearted, and to faise up those who govern thy holy Church universal fall, and finally to beat down Sain the right way; tan under our feet;

We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord.

We beseech thee to hear us, good

Lord.

That it may please thee to bless That it may please thee to sucand preserve all Christian Rulers cour, help, and comfort all who and Magistrates; giving them are in danger, necessity, and trigrace to execute justice, and to bulation;

maintain truth;

We beseech thee to hear us, good

We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. Lord.

That it may please thee to preThat it may please thee to illu- serve all who travel by land or by minate all Bishops, Priests, and water, all women in the perils of Deacons, with true knowledge and child-birth, all sick persons, and understanding of thy Word; and young children, and to show thy pity that both by their preaching and upon all prisoners and captives; living they may set it forth, and We beseech thee to hear us, good show it accordingly; Lord.

We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord.

That it may please thee to defend, and provide for, the father

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