Holy Writ.

LUCIFER.

How art thou fallen from Heaven, 0 Lucifer ! thou shalt be brought down to hell.

III. iii. 2.

MAKER.
At that day shall a man look to his Maker.

aker.

ISAIAH, xvii.

II. v. 4.

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MAN. And God said, Let us make man in our own image, after our likeness : in the image of God created He him.

GENESIS, i. What is man, that Thou art mindful of him ? and the son of man, that Thou visitest him? Thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honour.

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PSALM viii.

MANNA.
And Moses said unto them, This is the bread which the
Lord hath given you to eat. And the house of Israel called
the name thereof manna.

EXODUS, xvi.

MARRIAGE. What, therefore, God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.

Shakespeare,

MARRIAGE—(continued). If either of you know any inward impediment, why you should not be conjoined, I charge you, on your souls, to utter it.

MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING, iv. l.

MERCY.
The quality of mercy is not strain'd;
It droppeth as the gentle rain from Heaven :

It is an attribute to God Himself.

MERCHANT OF VENICE, iv. I.
We do pray for mercy;
And that same prayer doth teach us all to render
The deeds of mercy.

MERCHANT OF VENICE, iv. I.
How shalt thou hope for mercy, rend'ring none ?

MERCHANT OF VENICE, iv. 1. As you are great, be pitifully good.

. TIMON OF ATHENS, iii. 5.

MOON.
Thou out of Heaven's benediction com’st :

Approach, thou beacon to this under globe!

KING LEAR, ii. 2.

MOTE.
You found his mote, the King your mote did see;
But I a beam do find in each of three.

LOVE'S LABOUR'S LOST, iv. 3.

Holy Curit.

MARRIAGE(continued). If any of you know cause, or just impediment, why these two persons should not be joined together in holy matrimony, ye are to declare it.

PROTESTANT RITUAL.

MERCY. God shall send forth His mercy and truth. of His mercy reacheth unto the Heavens.

As ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to them.

LUKE, vi. Be ye therefore merciful, as your Father also is merciful.

LUKE, vi. Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy.

MATTHEW, v. Thou, O God! art gracious and true, long suffering, and in mercy ordering all things.

SOLOMON, XXV.

MOON. O, give thanks unto Him that made the Heavens ; to Him that stretched out the earth above the waters !—to Him that made the sun to rule by day, the moon and stars to rule by night!

PSALM cxxxvi.

MOTE. And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye ?

MATTHEW, vii.

Shakespeare,

MURDER.
O, my offence is rank, it smells to Heaven ;
It hath the primal, eldest curse upon 't-
A brother's murder.

HAMLET, iii. 3.

Erroneous vassal! the great King of kings
Hath, in the table of His law, commanded
That • Thou shalt do no murder :' Wilt thou, then,
Spurn at His edict, and fulfil a man's ?
Take heed! for He holds vengeance in His hand,
To hurl upon their heads that break His law.

RICHARD III. i. 4.

Are you call’d forth from out a world of men,
To slay the innocent ?
I charge you, as you hope for any goodness,
By Christ's dear blood, shed for our grievous sins,
That you depart, and lay no hands on me;
The deed you undertake is damnable.

RICHARD III. i. 4.

. Murder not this innocent child, Lest thou be hated both of God and man.

3 HENRY VI. i. 3.

As surely as my soul intends to live
With that dread King, that took our state upon Him,
To free us from His Father's wrathful curse,
I do believe, that violent hands were laid
Upon the life of this thrice-famed duke.

2 HENRY VI. iii. 2.

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Holy udrit.

MURDER.
And Cain talked with Abel his brother; and it came to
pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against
Abel his brother, and slew him.

GENESIS, iv.

As many as have sinned without law, shall also perish without law.

ROMANS, ii.

Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not kill : and whosoever shall kill, shall be in danger of the judgment.

MATTHEW, v.

If any man rise up against his neighbour, and smite him mortally, that he die; then the elders shall deliver him into the hands of the avengers of blood, that he may die.

DEUTERONOMY, xix.

He that smiteth a man so that he die, shall surely be put to death.

Exodus, xxi.

The land cannot be cleansed of the blood that is shed therein, but by the blood of him that shed it.