MORNING PRAYER.

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

THE Lord is in his holy temple; judgment; not in thine anger, lest

let all the earth keep silence thou bring me to nothing. Jer. x. before him. Hab. ii. 20.

24. Psal. vi. 1.

From the rising of the sun even Repent ye; for the kingdom of unto the going down of the same, heaven is at hand. St. Matt. iii. 2. 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 despise. heavenly Father, but confess them 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. Dan. to hear his most holy word, and to 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 venly grace, saying--

A general Confession, to be said by the whole
Congregation, after the Minister, all kneeling.
LMIGHTY and most merci-

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of every Prayer, Amen.
Or this.

LMIGHTY God, our hea-
venly Father, who, of his

ness of sins to all those who, with

A ful Father; We have erred great mercy, hath promised forgiveand strayed from thy ways like lost sheep. We have followed too hearty repentance and true faith, much the devices and desires of turn unto him; have mercy upon our own hearts. We have offend- you, pardon and deliver you from

ed against thy holy laws. We have left undone those things which we ought to have done; 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 miserable offenders.

us,

all your sins, confirm and strength
en you in all goodness, and bring
you to everlasting life, through Je-
sus 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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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.

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

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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 the Son, and to the Holy Ghost; Ans. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be,

Ans. The Lord's name be

LMIGHTY God, the Father of our Lord J esus Christ, who desireth not the death of a sinner, but rather that he may turn from his wickedness and live, hath given power and commandment to his ministers to declare and pro- world without end. nounce to his people, being peni- Min. Praise ye the Lord. tent, the Absolution and Remission of their sins. He pardoneth and praised. 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.

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.

Venite, exultemus Domino. sing unto the

O COME, let us

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.

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; we
be the

Lord.

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

and the sheep of his hand.

All the earth doth worship thee,
To thee all Angels cry aloud ;

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

To thee, Cherubim and Sera

For he cometh, for he cometh phim continually do cry,

to judge the earth; and with right

eousness to judge the world, and

the people with his truth.

Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord God

of Sabaoth.

Heaven and Earth are full of

Then shall follow a Portion of the Psalms, as the Majesty of thy Glory.
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, Can-
tate Domino, Bonum est confiteri, Deus misere-

The glorious company of the

atur, Benedic Anima mea-MAY be said or sung

the Gloria Patri; and at the end of the whole

Portion or Selection of Psalms for the day,

be said or sung the Gloria Patri, or

else the Gloria in Excelsis, as followeth: Gloria in Excelsis.

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

LORY be to God 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 God, heavenly King, God the Father Almighty.

forter..

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 of Father, have mercy upon us. God, in the Glory of the Father.

O ye Angels of the Lord, bless O ye Mountains and Hills, bless ye the Lord; praise him, and ye the Lord; praise him, and magmagnify him for ever.

O ye Waters that be above the Oye Wells, bless ye the Lord; Firmament, bless ye the Lord; praise him, and magnify him for praise him, and magnify him forever.

O all ye Powers of the Lord, the Lord; praise him, and magbless ye the Lord; praise him, and nify him for ever.

O ye Sun and Moon, bless ye in the Waters, bless ye the Lord; the Lord; praise him, and mag- praise him, and magnify him for nify him for ever.

O ye Stars of Heaven, bless ye O all ye Fowls of the Air, bless the Lord; praise him, and mag-ye the Lord; praise him, and magnify him for ever.

O ye Showers and Dew, bless O all ye Beasts and Cattle, bless ye the Lord; praise him, and mag-ye the Lord; praise him, and mag

the Lord; praise him, and magnify the Lord; praise him, and mag

O let Israel bless the Lord;} praise him, and magnify him for

ever.

He went into the place of departed Spirits, which are considered as words of the same meaning in the Creed.

BELIEVE in God the Father
Almighty, Maker of Heaven

O ye Priests of the Lord, bless ye the Lord; praise him, and mag- and Earth: nify him for ever.

And in Jesus Christ his only

O ye Servants of the Lord, bless Son our Lord; Who was conye the Lord; praise him, and mag- ceived by the Holy Ghost, Born nify him for ever. of the Virgin Mary, Suffered un

O ye Spirits and Souls of the der Pontius Pilate, Was crucified, Righteous, bless ye the Lord; praise dead, and buried; He descended him, and magnify him for ever. into Hell; The third day he rose

O ye holy and humble Men of from the dead; He ascended into heart, bless ye the Lord; praise Heaven, And sitteth on the right him, and magnify him for ever. hand of God the Father AlmighLesson, taken out of the New Testament, ac-ty; From thence he shall come to cording to the Table or Calendar; and after judge the quick and the dead. that, the following Psalm.

Then shall be read, in like manner, the second

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Jubilate Deo. Psal. c.
BE joyful

I believe in the Holy Ghost; The Holy Catholic Church; The in the Lord, all ye communion of Saints; The forlands; serve the Lord with giveness of sins; The resurrecgladness, and come before his pre- tion of the body, and the life ever

sence with a song.

Or this.

Be ye sure that the Lord he is lasting. Amen. God, it is he that hath made us, BELIEVE in one God, the and not we ourselves; we are his I Father Almighty, Maker of people and the sheep of his pasture. Heaven and Earth, and of all O go your way into his gates things visible and invisible : with thanksgiving, and into his And in one Lord Jesus Christ, courts with praise; be thankful unto him, and speak good of his

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Or this Hymn.

the only begotten Son of God, begotten of his Father before all worlds; God of God, Light of

Light, very God of very God, be. gotten, not made, being of one substance with the Father, by whom all things were made; who for us men, and for our salvation, came

Benedictus. St. Luke i. 68. LESSED be the Lord God down from Heaven, and was inof Israel; for he hath visited carnate by the Holy Ghost of the and redeemed his people; Virgin Mary, and was made man, And hath raised up a mighty and was crucified also for us unsalvation for us, in the house of his der Pontius Pilate. He suffered and was buried, and the third day

servant David; As he spake by the mouth of his he rose again, according to the holy Prophets, which have been Scriptures, and ascended into Heaven, and sitteth on the right hand

since the world began ; That we should be saved from of the Father; and he shall come our enemies, and from the hand again, with glory, to judge bot the quick and the dead; whose

of all that hate us.

Then shall be said the Apostles' Creed, by the kingdom shall have no end. Minister and the People, standing: And any And I believe in the Holy Ghost, to Hell, or may, instead of them, use the words, the Lord and giver of life, who

Churches may omit the words, He descended in