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

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 With his own right hand, and joy, through Jesus Christ our with his holy arm, hath he gotten Lord. himself the victory.

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The Lord declared his salvation, his righteousness hath he openly

ALMIGHTY God, our hea-showed in the sight of the heathen. venly Father, who, of his He hath remembered his mergreat mercy, hath promised for- cy and truth toward the house of giveness of sins to all those who, Israel; and all the ends of the with hearty Repentance and true world have seen the salvation of Faith, turn unto him; have mer- our God. cy upon you, pardon and deliver Show yourselves joyful unto the you from all your sins, confirm and Lord, all ye lands; sing, rejoice, strengthen you in all goodness, and and give thanks. bring you to everlasting life,through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. ¶ 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.

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Praise the Lord upon the harp; sing to the harp with a psalm of thanksgiving.

With trumpets also and shawms, O show yourselves joyful before the UR Father, who art in Hea- Lord the King.

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

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Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost Ans. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end.

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

To tell of thy loving kindness early in the morning, and of thy truth in the night season;

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 they For thou, Lord, hast made me are appointed, or one of the Selections, as they glad through thy works; and I as in the Morning Service. Then shall be read will rejoice in giving praise for the first Lesson, according to the Table or Calen- the operations of thy hands.

are set forth by this Church, with the Doxology,

dar; after which shall be said or sung the following Psalm, except when it is read in the ordinary course of the Psalms, on the nineteenth day of the month.

Then a Lesson of the New Testament, as it is appointed: And after that, shall be sung or said this Psalm, except on the twelfth day of the month.

· Deus misereatur.

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Psal. lxvii. And in Jesus Christ his only

That thy way may be upon earth, thy saving among all nations.

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bless 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, known dead, and buried; He descended health into Hell; The third day he rose from the dead; He ascended into Heaven, and sitteth on the right hand of God the Father Almighty; From thence he shall come to judge the quick and the dead.

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.

I believe in the Holy Ghost; 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.

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BELIEVE in one God, the Father Almighty, Maker of Heaven and Earth, and of all Benedic Anima mea. Psal. ciii. things visible and invisible: RAISE the Lord, O my soul; And in one Lord Jesus Christ, and all that is within me, the only begotten Son of God, praise his holy name. begotten of his Father before all Praise the Lord, O my soul, worlds; God of God, Light of and forget not all his benefits;

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Who forgiveth all thy sin, and healeth all thine infirmities;

Light, very God of very God, 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

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 was crucified also for us under and hearken unto the voice of his Pontius Pilate. He suffered and word. was buried, and the third day he O praise the Lord, all ye his rose again, according to the Scriphosts; ye servants of his that do tures, and ascended into Heaven, his pleasure. and sitteth on the right hand of O speak good of the Lord, all the Father; and he shall come ye works of his, in all places of again, with glory, to judge both the his dominion. Praise thou the quick and the dead; whose kingLord, O my soul. dom shall have no end.

went into the place of departed Spirits, which are con

Then shall be said the Apostles' Creed, by the And I believe in the Holy Ghost, Minister and the People, standing: And any Churches may omit the words, He descended into the Lord and giver of life, who Hell, or may, instead of them, use the words, He proceedeth from the Father and sidered as words of the same meaning in the Creed, 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

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 finalthe resurrection of the dead, and ly, 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.

TA Prayer for the Clergy and People.

LMIGHTY and everlasting

God, from whom cometh I Min. Let us pray. every good and perfect gift, send down upon our Bishops and other O Lord, 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.

¶ Then shall be said the Collect for the day, and af

ter that, the Collects and Prayers following. A Collect for Peace.

A Collect for Aid against Perils.

dew of thy blessing: Grant this, O Lord, for the honour of our Advocate and Mediator Jesus Christ. Amen.

TA Prayer for all Conditions of Men.

GOD, from whom all holy desires, all good counsels, and all just works do proceed; GOD, the Creator and Pregive 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 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

and all in Civil Authority.

TA General Thanksgiving.

the United States, and all others in ALMIGHTY God, Father of authority; and so replenish them

with 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: Enduelthy goodness and loving kindness

¶ A Prayer of St. Chrysostom.

to us, and to all men. We bless thee for our creation, preservation, and all the blessings of ALMIGHTY God, who hast given us grace at this time, 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 righ

2 Cor. xiii. 14.

teousness all our days, through Je-E 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. Amen.

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.

O God, the Father of Heaven; Remember not, Lord, our ofhave mercy upon us miserable fences, nor the offences of our sinners. 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 from everlasting damnation; Good Lord, deliver us. From all blindness of heart;

ble sinners.

O God the Holy Ghost, proceeding from the Father and the Son; have mercy upon us misera- from pride, vain-glory, and hypo

ble sinners.

O holy, blessed, and glorious Trinity, three persons and one God; have mercy upon us miserable sinners.

O holy, blessed, and glorious

crisy; from envy, hatred, and malice, and all uncharitableness;

Good Lord, deliver us.

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

mine; from battle and murder, good 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, doctrine, heresy, and schism; from good 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, and Circumcision; by thy Bap-good 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, the Holy Ghost: good Lord.

Good Lord, deliver us.

In all time of our tribulation; in all time of our prosperity; in the hour of death, and in the day of judgment,

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Good Lord, deliver us. That it may please thee to We sinners de 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 raise 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,

We beseech thee to hear us, good 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 child-birth, all sick persons, and and understanding of thy Word; young children, and to show thy piand that both by their preaching ty upon all prisoners and captives; and living they may set it forth, We beseech thee to hear us, and show it accordingly; good 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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