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5 I had no place to flee anto, walk in; for I lift up my soul une and no man cared for my soul. to thee.

& I cried into thee, O Lord, g Deliver me, O Lord, from and said, Thou art my hope, and, mine enemies: for ( tice unio my portion in the land of the thee in bride me. living

10 Teach me to do the thing 7 Consider my complaint; for that pleaseth thee; for thou art sam brought very low. my God: let thy loving Spirit

8 0 deliver me from my per lead me forth into the land of seculors, for they are ino strong righteousness

11 Quicken me, O Lord, for 9 Bring my soul on! prison, thy name's sake; and for thy that I may give thanks untu Iliy riliteousness' sake bring my soul name;

which thing is thou wilt out of trouble. grant me, then shall the riglile- 12 und of thy goodness slay ous resort into my company. mine enemies, and destroy all

Psalm 143. Domine, cxaudi. thein that vex my soul; for I ang HEAR my prayer

Lorri.thy servant. and consider my desir;

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MORNIN. PRAYER. and righteousness' säke.

Psalm 141. 6 nedictus Dominus. 2. and enter not into judgmen: BLESSED be the Lord, my with thy servar:1; for in thy sight strength, who reached my elanll nó man living be justified. hands to war, and niy fingers to

3 For the enemy bath perse-fighi. cuted my soul; he hath smuillen My hope and my fortress, my my life down in ihe ground; he castle and deliverer, hath laid me in the darkness, as sender. in whom I linist who the men that have been long deas. subidueih my people thul is un.

4 Therefore is my spirit vexed der me. Writhin me, and my !umri within 3 Lord, who is man, that thon me is desolate,

host such respect unto him? or 5 Yet do I remember the linie the sun of man, that thou so re. past; ! mise upon all thy works: gardesi toim? yea, ! exercise myseitin !he 4 Man is like a thing of naught; works of thy hands.

his lime passeih away like a sha6 I stretch forth my hands unto dow. thee; my soul gaspeih unto thee 3 Bow thy heavens, O Lord, As a thirsty land.

and coinedown: touchithe moun 7 Hear me, O Lord, and that ains, and they shall smoke. Boon;

for my spirit waxeth saint: 6 Cast forth ly liglioningand hide not thy face from me, lest ear item; shoot out thine arI be like !tu ihein that go down row's. and consune ilm. into the pil.

7 Send down thine band from 8 u let me hrar thy loving-lalove: deliver me, and Inke ing kindness britimes in the imrning: out of be grrni vaters, íruns tho for in llwe is iny frust: shawliard of stranige rhiilidion; bow we uie way that I should 8 Wause inouth alkol of va

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nity, and their right hand is a night of thy marvellous acts; and right hand of wickedness.

I will also tell of thy greatness. 9 l will sing a new song unto

7 The memorial of thine abun. thee, O God; and sing praises dant kindness shall be showed unto thee upon a ten-stringed lute.sand men shall sing of thy righte

10 Thou hast given victory un- ousness. to kings, and hast delivered Da- 8 The Lord is gracious and vid, thy servant, from the peril merciful; long.suffering, and of of the sword.

grcal gondness. 11 Save me, and deliver me 9 The Lord is loving unto eve. from the hand of strange chil. ry man; and his mercy is overall dren, whose mouih talketh of bis works. vanity, and their right hand is a 10 All thy works praise thee, right hand of iniquity;

O Lord; and thy saints give thanks 12 That our sons may grow upjunto thee. as the young plants, and that our 11 They show the glory of thy daughiers may be as the polished kingdom, and talk of thy power: corners of the temple ;

12 That thy power, thy glory, 13 Thai our garner's may be and mightiness of ihy kingdoin, full and plenteous with all man- might be known into men. ner of store; that our sleep may. 13 Thy kingdom is an everlast. bring forth thousands, and tensing kingdom, and thy dominion thousands in our streets;

endure!h throughout all ages. 14 That ouroxeni iny be strong 14 The Lord upholdeth all such to labour ; that there be no de as fall, and listeth up all those that cay, no leading into captivity,jare down. and no complaining in ourstreeis. 15 The eyes of all wait upon

15 Happy are the people that thee, O Lord; and thou givest are in such a case: yea, blessed them their meat in die season. are the people who have the Lord 16 Thou openest thine hand, for their God.

and fillest all things living with Exaltabo te, Deus. plenteousness. I Will magnify, thee, o God, my 17 The Lord is righteous in

King; and I will praise thy all liis ways, and holy in all his dame for ever and ever.

works. 2 Every day will I give thanks 18 The Lord is nigh unlo all unto thee, and praise thy name then that call upon hin; yea, all for ever and ever.

such as call upon him faithfully. 3 Great is the Lord, and inar- 19 He will fulfil the desire of vellous, wortliy to be praised; them that fear him; he also will there is no end of bis greatness. hear theircry, and will help them.

4 One generation shall praise 20 The Lord preserveth all ily works into another, and de-them that love him; but scalier. clare thy power.

leth abroad all the ungodly. 5 As for me, I will he talking 21. My mouib shall speak the of thy worship, thy glory, thyłpraise of the Lord; and let all praire, and wondrosis works ; desh give inanks unto his boly G So that men shall speak of the name for ever and ever.

Psalın 145.

Psalm 146. Lauda, anima mea. I He telleth the numlier of the PRAISE the Lord. Ons sout: stars, and calleth them all by

while I live, will I praise the their names. Lord; yea, as long as I have any 5 Great is our Lord, and great being, I will sing praises untu iny is his power ; yea, and his wise God.

Idom is infinite. Oput not your trust in prin. 6 'The Lord setterh up the ces, nor in any child of man; for meek, and bringeth the ur:godly there is no help in thein. cown to the ground.

3 For when the breath of man 70 sing unto the Lord isith goeth forth, he shall turn again to thanksgiving; sing praises upon his eart, and then all his thoughts the harp unto our God; perish.

8. Who covereth the learen 4 Blessed je lie that hath the'with clouds, and prepareth rain God of Jncol, for his heip; and for the earth; and inaketh the whose bope is in the Lord his God; grass to grow upon the mountains,

5 Who inade leaven and earth, and herly for the use of men. the sea and all that therein is ; 9 Who giveth fodder unto the who keepeth his promise for ever; cattle, and feedeth the young ra.

6 Who helpe!h them to right vers that call ripon him. that suffer wrong; who feedeth 10 fle hath no pleasure in the the lungry.

strength of an horse; neither de. ? The Lord looseth men out lighteih he in any man's legs. of prison; the Lord giveth sight 11 But the Lord's deliglit is in to the blind.

tirem that fear him, and put their 8 The Lord helpethi them that trust in his mercy. are fallen; the Lord careth for 19 Praise the Lord, O Jerusa the righteous.

lem ; praise thy God, O Sion; 9 The Lord careth for the 13 For he hath made fast the stranger; lie defendeth the fa- bars of thy gates, and bath bless therless and widow: as for the ed lliy children within thee. way of the ungodly, he turneth 14 He makell peace in thy bor. it upside down.

ders, and filleth thee with four 10 The Lord thy God, o Sion, of wheal. shall be King for everinore, and 15 He sendeth forth his comthroughout all generatinns. mandment upon earth, and bis

EVEXING PRAYER. word runneth very swiftly. Psalm 1.4. Laudate Dominuni. 16 He giveth snow like wool, O Praise, the Lord: for it is a and scatiereth the broar frost like

good thing to sing praises ashes. unto o sr God; yea, a joyful and 17 He casteth forth bis ice liko pleasant thing it is to be thankful. morsels ; who is able to abide his

? The Lord doth build up Je- frost risalein, and gather together th:* là He sendeth out his word. Outcasts of Israel.

and melteth them; he blowella 3 He healeth those that are with his wind, and the waterk broken in heart, und giveth me. How. dicine iu heal their sickness. 19 He showetla his word wata

tha Lord;

Jacob, his statutes and ordinances Psalm 142 Contate Domino. unto Israel,

O Sing unto the Lord # nel 20 He hath not dealt so with song; let the congregation of any nation; neither have the hiea- sainis praise him. then kuowledge of his laws.

2 Let Israel rejoice in bini that Psalm 148. Laudate Dominum.

made him, and iet the children Praise the Lord of licaven; of Sion be joyful iu their King. praise him in the height.

3 Let then pruise his time in 2 Praise him, all ye angels of the dance ; let thein sing praises his ; praise him, all his lost. unto himn with taboret and harp. 3 Praise him, sun and moon;

4. For the Lord bath pleasure praise bim, all ye stars and light in his people, and helpell the

4 Praise him, all ye heavens, meek-liearted. and ye waters thai are above the 5 Let the saints he joyful with heavens.

glory; let thein rejoice in their 5 Lat them praise the name of beds.

for he spake the word. 6 Let the praises of God be and they were made; be com- in their mouth, and a two-edged manded, and they were created. sword in their hands.

6 He hath made them fast for 7 To ve avenge:l of the hcathon, ever and ever; lie hath given and to rebuke the people ; skem a law, which shall not be

8 To bind their kings in chaji:s, roken

and their nobles with links of 7 Praise the Lord upon earth, iron. ye dragons, and all deeps ; 9 That they may he avengeil

8 Fire and hail, snow and ra. of them, as it is written, Suche pours, wind and storm, fulfilling honour have all his saints. his word;

Psalms 150. Laudate Dominum. 9 Mountains and all hills; fruit. O Praise God in his holiness; full trees, and all cedars;

praise him in the firmament 10 Beasts and all cattle; worms of his power. and feathered fowls;

2 Praise him in his noble acts; 11 Kings of the earth and all praise him according to his excelpeo;le ; princes and all judges offient greatness. the world;

3 Praise him in the sound of 12 Young men and maidens, the trumpet; praise him upon old men and children, praise the the lule nid harp. naine of the Lord; for his name 4 Praise him in the cymbals only is excellent, and his praise and dances; praise him upon the above heaven and earth. strings and pipe.

13 He shall exall the horn of 5 Praise him upon the wellhis people: all his saints shall tuned cymbals; praise him upos praise him; even the children of the loud cymbals. Israel, even the people that serv. 6 Let every thing that balta ett bim.

(breath praise che Lord.

The end the Paneller

As established by the Bishops, the Clergy, and Laity of the Protestant

Episcopal Church in the United States of America, in Conrention, on the twelfth Day of September, in the Yeur of our Lord 1801

Art. 1. of Faith in the Holy Trinity. understand those Canonical Book of THERE is but one living and true the Old and New Testanient, of whose 2 God, everlasting, without body, authority was never any erube in the parts, or passions; of intinite power, Church. wisdom, and goodness; the Maker and 1 of the Names and Number of the Preserver of all things both visible and

Canonical Books. invisible. And in unity of this Godhead, Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus Numeri, there be three persons, of one substance, Denteronomiuin, Joshue, Judges, Ruth, power, and eternity; the Father, the The First Book of Samuel, The Second Bon, and the Holy Ghost.

Book of Samuel, The First Book of Art. 11. Of the Word, or Son of God, Kings, the Second Book of Kings. The

which was made very Man. First Book of Chronicles, The Second The Son, which is the Word of the Book of Chronicles, The First Book of Father, begotten from everlasting of the Eudras, The Second Book of Esitras, Father, the very and eternal God, of The Book of flester, The Book of Job, one substance with the Father. took 'The Psalms, The Proverbs, Ecclesiastes Man's nature in the womb of the blessed or Preacher, Cantica or Songs of Solu. Virgin, of her substance: so that two mon, Four Prophets the greater, Twelve whole and perfect Natures, That is to Prophets the less. say, the Godhead and Manhoorl. were Anithe other Bouks (as Hieronc saith) joined together in one Person, never to the Cirurch doth read for example of be divided whereof is one Christ, very nie and instruction of manners; but yet Gol, and very Mixn; who truly suffered, doth it not apply them to establish any was erucified, dead, and buried, to re- doctrine; such are these foilowing: concil, his father to us, and to be a The Third Book of Esdras, The Fourtla sacrifice, not only for original guilt, but Book of Esilras, The Book of Tobias, also for actun. wins of men.

The Book of Judith, The rest of the Art. III. Of the going down of Christ Book of Hester, The Book of Wisdom, into Hill

Jesus the Son of Sirach, Baruch the As Christ died for us, and was buried Propbet, The Song of the three Chil. 80 also is it to be believed, that he wení dren. The Story of Susanna, Of Bel and down into hell.

the Dragon, The l'rayer of Manasses, Art. IV. Of the Resurrection of Christ. The First Book of Maccabees, The Sea

Christ did truly rise again from cleath, cond Book of Maccabees. and took again his body, with fiesh, All the Books of the New Testament, bones, and all tnings appertaining to the as they are commonly received, we do perfection of Man's nature, wherewith receive and account them Canonical. he ascended into lleaven, and there Art. VII. Of the Old Testament. sitteth, until he return to judge all men

The Old Testament is not contrary to at the last day.

the New; for both in the Old and New Ari. V. of the Holy Ghost. Testament everlasting life is offered to The Holy Ghost, proceeding from the mankind by Clirist, who is the only MeFather and the Son, is of one Substance, diator between God and Man, being Majesty, and Glory, with the far el both God and Man. Wherefore they and the Son, very and eternal God. are not to be heard, which feign, that Art. Vl. Of the Sufficiency of the Holy the Old Fatbers did look only for transi

Scriptures for Salvation. Lory Promises. Although the law given Holy Scripture containeth all things from God by Moses, as touching Pertnecessary to salvation: so that whatso- monies and Rites, do not bind Christian ever is not read therein, nor may be men, nor the Civil Precepts thereof proved thereby, is not to be required of ought of necessity to he received in any any man, that it should be believed as Commonwealth ; yet notwitiwtanding, an Article of the Faith, or be thought no Christian van whatsoever is frie requisite or necessary to Salvation. In from the obedience of the Conmance the name of the Holy Scripture we dolments which are called moral

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