(d) Antiphon. The Lord discovereth the thick bushes; in His temple doth every man speak of His honour. (e) Antiphon. Psalm 45. (3) Thou art fairer than the children of men, full of grace are Thy lips. My heart is inditing of a good matter: I speak of the things which I have made unto the King. My tongue is the pen of a ready writer. Thou art fairer than the children of men: full of grace are thy lips, because God hath blessed thee for ever. Gird thee with thy sword upon thy thigh, O thou most Mighty according to thy worship and renown. Good luck have thou with thine honour: ride on, because of the word of truth, of meekness, and righteousness; and thy right hand shall teach thee terrible things. Thy arrows are very sharp, and the people shall be subdued unto thee: even in the midst among the King's enemies. Thy seat, O God, endureth for ever: the sceptre of thy kingdom is a right sceptre. Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated iniquity: wherefore God, even thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows. All thy garments smell of myrrh, alces, and cassia: out of the ivory palaces, whereby they have made thee glad. Kings' daughters were among thy honourable women : upon thy right hand did stand the queen in a vesture of gold, wrought about with divers colours. Hearken, O daughter, and consider, incline thine ear: forget also thine own people, and thy father's house. So shall the King have pleasure in thy beauty: for he is thy Lord God, and worship thou him. And the daughter of Tyre shall be there with a gift: like as the rich also among the people shall make their supplication before thee. The King's daughter is all glorious within: her clothing is of wrought gold. She shall be brought unto the King in raiment of needlework the virgins that be her fellows shall bear her company, and shall be brought unto thee. With joy and gladness shall they be brought and shall enter into the King's palace. Instead of thy fathers thou shalt have children: whom thou mayest make princes in all lands. I remember thy Name from one generation to another : (e) Antiphon. therefore shall the people give thanks unto thee, world without end. Glory be, &c. Thou art fairer than the children of men, full of grace are Thy lips. (f) Verse and Response. The Lord's Prayer (privately.) Absolution 1. Thou hast appeared glorious in the sight of the Lord. And lead us not into temptation. But deliver us from evil. O Lord Jesus Christ, hear the prayers of thy servants, and have mercy upon us, who with the Father and the Holy Spirit livest and reignest, world without end. Amen. Benediction 1. Lesson 1. Reader. Sir, pray for a blessing. Minister. The Father everlasting, bless us with an eternal blessing. Amen. The rather, brethren, give diligence to make your calling 2 Pet. i. 10-14. and election sure; for if ye do these things, ye shall never fall. For so an entrance shall be ministered unto you abundantly, into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Wherefore I will not be negligent to put you always in remembrance of these things, though ye know them, and be established in the present truth. Yea, I think it meet, as long as I am in this tabernacle, to stir you up, by putting you in remembrance; Knowing that shortly I must put off this my tabernacle, even as our Lord Jesus Christ hath showed me. But Thou, O Lord, have mercy upon us. Response 1. Benediction 2. Arise, shine, for thy light is come, and the glory of the Lord is risen upon thee. And Gentiles shall come to thy light, and kings to the brightness of Thy rising. And the glory of the Lord is risen upon them. Reader. Sir, pray for a blessing. Minister. The only begotten Son of God vouchsafe to bless and help us. Amen. Lesson 2. Moreover, I will endeavour that ye may be able, after my 2 Pet. i. 15-17. decease, to have these things always in remembrance. For we have not followed cunningly devised fables, when we made known unto you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but were eye-witnesses of his majesty. For he received from God the Father honour and glory, when there came such a voice to him from the excellent glory, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. But Thou, O Lord, have mercy upon us. Thanks be to God. Response 2. In the bright cloud the Holy Ghost was seen, the Father's voice was heard: this is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased, hear ye Him. A cloud overshadowed them, and the Father's voice was heard in thunder. This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased: hear ye Him. Benediction 3. Lesson 3. 2 Pet. i. 18-20. Reader.-Sir, pray for a blessing. Minister. The grace of the Holy Ghost enlighten our thoughts and hearts. Amen. And this voice which came from heaven we heard, when we were with him in the holy mount. We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day-star arise in your hearts: Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation. For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost. But Thou, O Lord, have mercy upon us. Thanks be to God. Response 3. Behold what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us; that we should be called the sons of God. We know that when He shall appear, we shall be like Him, for we shall see Him as He is. That we should be called the sons of God. Glory be to the Father, &c. That we should be called the sons of God. (g) Antiphon. Psalm 76. (4) (g) Antiphon. (h) Antiphon. Psalm 4. (5) NOCTURN II. Thou art of more honour and might than the hills of the robbers the proud are robbed. In Jewry is God known his name is great in Israel. There brake he the arrows of the bow: the shield, the sword, and the battle. Thou art of more honour and might: than the hills of the robbers. The proud are robbed, they have slept their sleep and all the men, whose hands were mighty, have found nothing. At thy rebuke, O God of Jacob: both the chariot and horse are fallen. Thou, even thou art to be feared: and who may stand in thy sight when thou art angry? Thou didst cause thy judgement to be heard from heaven: the earth trembled, and was still, When God arose to judgement: and to help all the meek upon earth. : The fierceness of man shall turn to thy praise and the fierceness of them shalt thou refrain. Promise unto the Lord your God, and keep it, all ye that are round about him: bring presents unto him that ought to be feared. He shall refrain the spirit of princes and is wonderful among the kings of the earth. Glory be, &c. Thou art of more honour and might than the hills of the robbers the proud are robbed. : One day in thy courts is better than a thousand. O how amiable are thy dwellings: thou Lord of hosts! My soul hath a desire and longing to enter into the courts of the Lord: my heart and my flesh rejoice in the living God. Yea, the sparrow hath found her an house, and the swallow a nest, where she may lay her young, even thy altars, O Lord of hosts, my King and my God. Blessed are they that dwell in thy house: they will be alway praising thee. Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee: in whose heart are thy ways. (h) Antiphon. (i) Antiphon. Psalm 87. (6) (i) Antiphon. (j) Verse and Response. The Lord's Prayer (privately.) Absolution 2. Who going through the vale of inisery use it for a well: and the pools are filled with water. They will go from strength to strength: and unto the God of gods appeareth every one of them in Sion. O Lord God of hosts, hear my prayer: hearken O God of Jacob. Behold, O God our defender and look upon the face of thine Anointed. For one day in thy courts: is better than a thousand. I had rather be a door-keeper in the house of my God: than to dwell in the tents of ungodliness. Glory be, &c. One day in thy courts is better than a thousand. Very excellent things are spoken of thee, thou city of God. Her foundations are upon the holy hills: the Lord loveth the gates of Sion more than all the dwellings of Jacob. Very excellent things are spoken of thee, thou city of God. I will think upon Rahab and Babylon: with them that know me. Behold ye the Philistines also: and they of Tyre, with the Morians; lo, there was he born. And of Sion it shall be reported, that he was born in her; and the Most High shall stablish her. The Lord shall rehearse it, when he writeth up the people that he was born there. The singers also and trumpeters shall he rehearse: all my fresh springs shall be in thee. Glory be, &c. Very excellent things are spoken of thee, thou city of God. Thou crownest Him with glory and worship. And makest Him to have dominion of the works of thy hands. And lead us not into temptation. But deliver us from evil. His pity and mercy succour us, who with the Father and the Holy Ghost, liveth and reigneth, world without end. Amen. Benediction 4. Reader.-Sir, pray for a blessing. Minister.-God, the Father Almighty, be favourable and gracious unto us. Amen. |