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Then shall be said or fung the Pfalm following, except on Sundays and every day between Eafter and Pentecoft.

Domine clamavi. Pfal. 141.

LORD, I call upon thee, hafte thee unto me: and confider my voice, when I cry unto thee.

Let my prayer be fet forth in thy fight as the incenfe: and let the lifting up of my hands be an evening facrifice.

Set a watch, O Lord, before my mouth: and keep the door of my lips.

O let not mine heart be inclined to any evil thing: let me not be occupied in ungodly works with the men that work wickedness, left I eat of fuch things as please them.

Let the righteous rather fmite me friendly: and reprove me.

But let not their precious balms break my head: yea, I will pray yet against their wickedness. Let their judges be overthrown in ftony places: that they may hear my words, for they are fweet.

Our bones lie fcattered before the pit like as when one breaketh and heweth wood upon the earth.

But mine eyes look unto thee, O Lord God: in thee is my truft, O caft not out my soul.

Keep me from the fnare that they have laid for me: and from the traps of the wicked doers.

Let the ungodly fall into their own nets together: and let me ever escape them.

Glory be to the Father, through the Son: in the Holy Ghost;

As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever fhall be: world without end, Amen.

On

On all Lord's days, and on every day between Eafter and Pentecoft, instead of the foregoing Pfalm, fhall be fung or faid the following Anthem.

Chrift

Hrift our paffover is facrificed for us: therefore let us keep the feaft.

Not with the old leaven, neither with the leaven of malice and wickednefs: but with the unleavened bread of fincerity and truth.

Christ being raifed from the dead, dieth no more: death hath no more dominion over him.

For in that he died, he died unto fin once: but in that he liveth, he liveth unto God.

Likewife reckon ye alfo your felves to be dead indeed unto fin: but alive unto God through Jefus Christ our Lord.

Chrift is rifen from the dead: and become the firft-fruits of them that slept.

For fince by man came death: by man came also the refurrection of the dead.

For as in Adam all die: even so in Christ shall all be made alive.

Glory be to the Father, through the Son: in the Holy Ghoft; Hallelujah:

As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be: world without end. Amen. Hallelujah.

Then shall be faid or fung the Pfalms in order as they are appointed. After the Pfalms fhall follow the firft Leffon; and after that shall be fung or faid Magnificat (or the Song of the Blessed Virgin Mary) in English, as followeth.

Magnificat. S. Luke 1. 46.

MY foul doth magnify the Lord: and my fpirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour.

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For

For he hath regarded: the lowliness of his handmaiden.

For behold, from henceforth: all generations shall call me bleffed.

For he that is mighty, hath magnified me and holy is his name.

And his mercy is on them that fear him: throughout all generations.

He hath fhewed ftrength with his arm: he hath scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts.

He hath put down the mighty from their seat : and hath exalted the humble and meek.

He hath filled the hungry with good things: and the rich he hath fent empty away.

He remembring his mercy, hath holpen his fervant Ifrael as he promised to our forefathers, Abraham and his feed for ever.

Glory be to the Father, through the Son: in the Holy Ghoft; [Hallelujah :]

As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be: world without end. Amen. [Hallelujah.]

But on all Saturdays, except Eafter Eve, inftead of the foregoing Hymn, shall be fung or faid this Pfalm.

PRaife

Pfal. 104.

Benedic, anima mea. Raise the Lord, O my foul: O Lord my God, thou art become exceeding glorious, thou art clothed with majefty and honour.

Thou deckest thyself with light as it were with a garment and fpreadeft out the heavens like a curtain.

Who layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters and maketh the clouds his chariot, and walketh upon the wings of the wind.

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He maketh his angels fpirits: and his minifters a flaming fire.

He laid the foundations of the earth: that it never should move at any time.

Thou coveredit it with the deep like as with a garment the waters ftand in the hills.

At thy rebuke they flee: at the voice of thy thunder they are afraid.

They go up as high as the hills, and down to the vallies beneath: even unto the place which thou haft appointed for them.

Thou haft fet them their bounds, which they shall not pass neither turn again to cover the earth. He fendeth the fprings into the rivers: which run among the hills.

All beafts of the field drink thereof: and the wild affes quench their thirst.

Befide them fhall the fowls of the air have their habitation: and fing among the branches.

He watereth the hills from above: the earth is filled with the fruit of thy works.

He bringeth forth grafs for the cattle and green herb for the fervice of men;

That he may bring food out of the earth, and wine that maketh glad the heart of man: and oil to make him a chearful countenance, and bread to ftrengthen man's heart.

The trees of the Lord alfo are full of fap: even the cedars of Libanus, which he hath planted.

Wherein the birds make their nefts: and the fir trees are a dwelling for the ftork.

The high hills are a refuge for the wild goats: and fo are the ftony rocks for the conies.

He appointed the moon for certain seasons : and the fun knoweth his going down.

Thou

Thou makest darkness that it may be night : wherein all the beafts of the foreft do move.

The lions roaring after their prey : do feek their meat from God,

The fun arifeth, and they get them away together: and lay them down in their dens.

Man goeth forth to his work, and to his labour: until the evening.

O Lord, how manifold are thy works: in wisdom haft thou made them all, the earth is full of thy riches.

So is the great and wide fea alfo: wherein are things creeping innumerable, both small and great beafts. There go the ships, and there is that Leviathan : whom thou haft made to take his pastime therein. These wait all upon thee: that thou mayeft give them meat in due season.

When thou givest it them, they gather it: and when thou openeft thy hand, they are filled with good.

When thou hideft thy face, they are troubled : when thou takest away their breath, they die, and are turned again to their duft.

When thou letteft thy breath go forth, they fhall be made: and thou fhalt renew the face of the earth. The glorious majesty of the Lord shall endure for ever: the Lord shall rejoice in his works.

The earth fhall tremble at the look of him: if he do but touch the hills, they shall smoke.

I will fing unto the Lord as long as I live: I will praise my God while I have my being.

And fo fhall my words please him: my joy fhall be in the Lord.

As for finners they fhall be confumed out of the earth, and the ungodly fhall come to an end: praise thou the Lord, O my foul, praife the Lord.

Glory

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