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O ye Dews and Frosts, bless O ye Priests of the Lord, bless ye the Lord; praise him, and ye the Lord; praise him, and magnify him for ever.

magnify him for ever.

O ye Frost and Cold, bless ye O ye Servants of the Lord, the Lord; praise him, and mag-bless ye the Lord; praise him, nify him for ever. and magnify him for ever.

O ye Ice and Snow, bless ye O ye Spirits and Souls of the the Lord; praise him, and mag-righteous, bless ye the Lord, nify him for ever. praise him, and magnify him for

O ye Nights and Days, bless ye ever. the Lord; praise him, and magnify 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;

O ye holy and humble Men of heart, bless ye the Lord; praise him, and magnify him for ever. Then shall be read, in like manner, the second Lesson, taken out of the Nero Testament, according to the Table or Calendar; and after that, the follow ing Psalm.

Jubilate Deo. Psalm c.

ye

yea, let it praise him, and mag-Be joyful in the Lord, all y

nify him for ever.

O ye Mountains and Hills, gladness, and come before his bless ye the Lord; praise him, presence with a song.

and magnify him for ever.

Be ye sure that the Lord he is God, it is he that hath made us, O all ye green Things upon and not we ourselves; we are his Earth, bless ye the Lord; praise him, and magnify him for ever. people and the sheep of his pasO ye Wells, bless ye the Lord; ture. praise him, and magnify him for

ever.

O ye Seas and Floods, bless ye the Lord; praise him, and magnify 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.

O all ye Beasts and Cattle, bless ye the Lord, praise him, and magnify him for ever.

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 generation.

Or this Hymn.

Benedictus. St. Luke. i. 68.

BLESSED be the Lord God of
redeemed his people.
And hath raised up a mighty

Israel, for he hath visited and

O ye Children of Men, bless ye salvation for us, in the house of the Lord; praise him, and magni- his servant David;

fy him for ever. As he spake by the mouth of O let Israel bless the Lord; his holy Prophets, which have praise him, and magnify him tor been since the world began; That we should be saved from

our enemies, and from the hand for us under Pontius Pilate. He of all that hate us. suffered and was buried, and the

Then shall be said the Apostles' Creed, third day he rose again, accordby the Minister and the People, standing to the Scriptures, and ascending: And any Churches may omit the ed into Heaven, and sitteth on words, He descended into Hell, or

may, instead of them, use the words, the right hand of the Father; and He went into the place of departed he shall come again, with glory, Spirits, which are considered as words to judge both the quick and the of the same meaning, in the Creed. dead; whose kingdom shall have Believe in God the Father Al- no end.

mighty, Maker of Heaven and

Earth:

And I believe in the Holy Ghost, the Lord and giver of life, who And in Jesus Christ his only proceedeth from the Father and Son our Lord; Who was con- the Son; who with the Father ceived by the Holy Ghost, Born and the Son together is worshipof the Virgin Mary, Suffered un-ped and glorified, who spake by worshipder Pontius Pilate, Was crucified, the prophets. And I believe one dead, and buried; He descended Catholic and Apostolic Church. I into Hell; The third day he rose acknowledge one Baptism for the from the dead: He ascended into remission of sins; and I look for Heaven, And sitteth on the right the resurrection of the dead, and hand of God the Father Almighty; the life of the world to come. From thence he shall come to judge the quick and the dead.

I believe in the Holy Ghost; The Holy Catholic Church; The communion of Saints; The forgiveness of sins; The resurrection of the body, And the life everlasting. Amen.

Or this.

I Believe in one God, the Father Almighty, Maker of Heaven and Earth, and of all things visible and invisible:

Amen.

And after that, these Prayers follow-
ing, all devoutly kneeling; the Mints-
ter first pronouncing,
The Lord be with you;
Ans. And with thy Spirit.
Min. Let us pray.

us;

O Lord, show thy mercy upon Ans. And grant us thy salvation.

Min. O God, make clean our hearts within us;

Ans. And take not thy Holy Spirit from us.

Then shall follow the Collect for the day, except when the Communion Service is read; and then the Collect for the day shall be omitted here.

A Collect for Peace.

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 God, who art the author of whom all things were made; who peace and lover of concord, for us men, and for our salvation, in knowledge of whom standeth came down from Heaven, and our eternal life, whose service is was incarnate by the Holy Ghost perfect freedom; defend us, thy of the Virgin Mary, and was humble servants, in all assaut's made man, and was crucified also of our enemics; that we, surely

trusting in thy defence, may not and, that they may truly please fear the power of any adversaries, thee, pour upon them the conti through the might of Jesus Christ nual dew of thy blessing: Grant our Lord. Amen.

A Collect for Grace.

this, O Lord, for the honour of our Advocate and Mediator Je

sus Christ. Amen.

Lord, our heavenly Father, Almighty and everlasting A Prayer for all Conditions of Men. God, who hast safely brought us God, the Creator and Preto the beginning of this day; deserver of all mankind, we fend us in the same with thy humbly beseech thee for all sorts mighty power, and grant that this and conditions of men, that thou day we fall into no sin, neither wouldest be pleased to make thy run into any kind of danger; but ways known unto them, thy savthat all our doings, being ordered ing health unto all nations. More by thy governance, may be righ-especially we pray for thy holy teous in thy sight, through Jesus Church universal; that it may be Christ our Lord. Amen. so guided and overned by thy A Prayer for the President of the good Spirit, that all who profess United States, and all in Civil Autho-and call themselves Christians, rity. of truth,

O Lord, our heavenly Father, may eded into the way

the high and mighty Ruler and hold the faith in unity of Spiof the universe, who dost from rit, in the bond of peace, and in thy throne behold all the dwell. righteousness of life. Finally, we

commend to

afficted or distressed in mind,

ers upon earth; most heartily we thy Fatherly goodbeseech thee, with thy favour to ness, all those who are any ways behold and bless thy servant, The President of the United States, and body, or estate; that it may please thee to comfort and relieve them, all others in authority; and so re

plenish them with the grace of according to their several necesthy holy Spirit, that they may al- sities; giving them patience under their sufferings, and a happy ways incline to thy will, and walk issue out of all their afflictions: in thy way: Endue them plente- And this we beg for Jesus Christ's ously with heavenly gifts; grant sake. Amen.

them in health and prosperity
long to live; and finally, after this A General Thanksgiving.
life, to attain everlasting joy and
felicity, through Jesus Christ our
Lord. Amen.

ALMIGHTY God, Father of all mercies, we, thine unworthy servants, do give thee most humble and hearty thanks for all thy The following Prayers are to be omit- goodness and loving kindness to ted here, when Litany is reud. A Prayer for the Clergy and People. us, and to all men. We bless thee ALMIGHTY and everlasting for our creation, preservation,

God, from whom cometh eve-and all the blessings of this life; ry good and perfect gift, send but, above all, for thine inestimadown upon our Bishops and other ble love in the redemption of Clergy, and upon the Congrega- the world by our Lord Jesus tions committed to their charge, Christ; for the means of grace, the healthful spirit of thy grace; and for the hope of glory. And

we beseech thee, give us that due mon supplications unto thee; and sense of all thy mercies, that our dost promise that when two or hearts may be unfeignedly thank-three are gathered together in ful, and that we may show forth thy name, thou wilt grant their thy praise, not only with our lips, requests; fulfil now, G Lord, the but in our lives; by giving up desires and petitions of thy serourselves to thy service, and by vants, as may be most expedient walking before thee in holiness for them; granting us in this and righteousness all our days, world knowledge of thy truth, through Jesus Christ our Lord; and in the world to come life to whom, with thee and the Holy everlasting. Amen.

Ghost, be all honour and glory, world without end. Amen.

A Prayer of St. Chrysostom.

2 Cor. xiii. 14.

THE grace of our Lord Jesus
Christ, and the love of God,

ALMIGHTY God, who hast and the fellowship of the Holy given us grace at this time, Ghost, be with us all evermore.

with one accord to makeourcom-Amen.

Here endeth the order of Morning Prayer.

THE ORDER FOR DAILY

EVENING PRAYER.

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

THE Lord is in his holy tem- which is lawful and right, he shall ple; let all the earth keep save his soul alive. Esek. xviii. 27. silence before him. Hab. ii. 20. I acknowledge my transgresFrom the rising of the sun even sions; and my sin is ever before unto the going down of the same, me. Psal. li. 3.

my name shall be great among Hide thy face from my sins; the Gentiles; and in every place and blot out all mine iniquities. incense shall be offered unto my Psal. li. 9.

name, and a pure offering: for The sacrifices of God are a my name shall be great among broken spirit; a broken and a the heathen, saith the Lord of contrite heart, O God, thou wilt hosts. Mal. i. 11. not despise. Psal. li. 17.

Let the words of my mouth, Rend your heart and not your and the meditation of my heart, garments, and turn unto the Lord be alway acceptable in thy sight, your God; for he is gracious and O Lord, my strength and my Re-merciful, slow to anger, and of deemer. Psal. xix. 14.

When the wicked man turneth away from his wickedness that re hath committed, and doeth that

great kindness, and repenteth
him of the evil. Joel, ii. 13.
To the Lord our God belong
mercies and forgivenesses, though

we have rebelled against him; received at his hands, to set forth neither have we obeyed the voice his most worthy praise, to hear of the Lord our God, to walk in his most holy word, and to ask his laws which he set before us. those things which are requisite Dan. ix. 9, 10. and necessary, as well for the

O Lord, correct me, but with body as the soul. Wherefore, I judgment; not in thine anger, pray and beseech you, as many lest thou bring me to nothing. as are here present, to accomJer. x. 24. Psal. vi. 1. pany me, with a pure heart and Repent ye; for the kingdom of humble voice, unto the throne of

heaven is at hand. St. Matt. iii. 2. I will arise, and go to my father, and will say unto him; Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee, and am no more worthy to be called thy son. St. Luke. xv. 18, 19.

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

ALMIGHTY and most merciful

Father; We have erred and

strayed from thy ways like lost Enter not into judgment with sheep. We have followed too thy servant, O Lord; for in thy much the devices and desires of sight shall no man living be jus- fended against thy holy laws. We

tified. Psal. cxliii.

our own hearts. We have of

If we say that we have no sin, which we ought to have done;

have left undone those things we deceive ourselves, and the And we have done those things truth is not in us; but if we con- which we ought not to have done: fess our sins, God is faithful and And there is no health in us. But just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteous. thou, O Lord, have mercy upon

ness. 1 St. John, i. 8, 9.

Then the Minister shall say,

us, miserable offenders. Spare thou those, O God, who confess

thy holy name. Amen.

DEARLY beloved brethren, their faults. Restore thou those the Scripture moveth us in who are penitent; According to sundry places, to acknowledge thy promises declared unto manand confess our manifold sins and kind, in Christ Jesus our Lord, wickedness, and that we should And grant, O most merciful Fanot dissemble nor cloak them be- ther, for his sake; That we may fore the face of Almighty God, hereafter live a godly, righteous, our heavenly Father, but confess and sober life; To the glory of them with an humble, lowly, penitent, and obedient heart; to the The Declaration of Absolution, or Remission of Sins; to be made by the end that we may obtain forgivePriest alone, standing; the People still ness of the same by his infinite kneeling. goodness and mercy. And al- ALMIGHTY God, the Father though we ought, at all times, of our Lord Jesus Christ, humbly to acknowledge our sins who desireth not the death of a before God; yet ought we chiefly sinner, but rather that he may so to do, when we assemble and turn from his wickednessa wickedness and live, meet together, to render thanks hath given power and commandfor the great benefits that we have ment to his ministers to declare

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