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trespass against us; And lead us not into temptation; But deliver us from evil: For thine is the Kingdom, and the Power, and the Glory, for 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,

teousness to judge the world, and the people with his truth.

Then shall follow a Portion of the Psalms, as 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 misereatur, Benedic, Anima meaMAY be said or sung the Gloria Patri; and at the end of the whole Portion, or Selection of Psalms for the day, SHALL be said or sung the Gloria Patri, or else the Gloria in Excelsis, as followeth: Gloria in Excelsis.

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, GLORY be to

world without end.

Min. Praise ye the Lord.

Ans. The Lord's name be praised.

Then shall be said or sung the follow

ing 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.

O Come, let us sing unto the

God on high, and

on earth peace, good will towards men. We praise thee, we bless thee, we worship thee, we glorify thee, we give thanks to thee for thy great glory, O Lord God, heavenly King, God the Fa ther Almighty.

O Lord, the only begotten Son, Jesus Christ; O Lord God, Lamb of God, Son of the Father, that takest away the sins of the world,

Lord, let us heartily rejoice have mercy upon us. Thou that in the strength of our salvation. takest away the sins of the world, Let us come before his presence have mercy upon us. Thou that with thanksgiving, and show our-takest a way the sins of the world, selves glad in him with psalms. receive our prayer. Thou that For the Lord is a great God; sittest at the right hand of God and a great King above all gods the Father, have mercy upon us. In his hand are all the corners For thou only art holy; thou

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 dryland, O come, let us worship and fall down; and kneel before the Lord, our Maker.

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

O worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness; let the whole earth stand in awe of him.

For he cometh, for he cometh To judge the earth; and with righ

only art the Lord; thou only, O
Christ, with the Holy Ghost, art
most high in the Glory of God
the Father. Amen.

Then shall be read the first Lesson, ac-
cording to the Table or Calendar; af
ter which shall be said or sung the fol-
lowing Hymn.
Note, That before every Lesson, the Mi-

nister 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.

WE praise thee, O God; we acknowledge thee to be the Lord.

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Heaven and Earth are full of the Majesty of thy Glory.

The glorious company of the 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-
jesty;
Thine adorable, true, and only
Son;

Also the Holy Ghost, the Comforter.

Thou art the King of Glory, O Christ.

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Thou art the everlasting Son O all ye Powers of the Lord, of the Father.

bless ye the Lord; praise him, and magnify him for ever.

When thou tookest upon thee to deliver man, thou didst hum- O ye Sun and Moon, bless ye ble thyself to be born of a Virgin. the Lord; praise him, and magWhen thou hadst overcome nify him for ever. the sharpness of death, thou didst O ye Stars of Heaven, bless ye open the kingdom of heaven to the Lord; praise him, and magall believers.

nify him for ever.

Thou sittest at the right hand of O ye Showers and Dew, bless God, in the Glory of the Father. ye the Lord; praise him, and We believe that thou shalt magnify him for ever.

come, to be our Judge.

O ye Winds of God, bless ye

We therefore pray thee, help the Lord; praise him, and magthy servants, whom thou hast re- nify him for ever. deemed with thy precious blood. O ye Fire and Heat, bless ye Make them to be numbered the Lord; praise him, and magwith thy saints, in glory everlast-nify him for ever. ing.

O ye Winter and Summer, O Lord, save thy people, and bless ye the Lord; praise him, bless thine heritage.

and magnify him for ever.

O ye Dews and Frosts, bless O ye Priests of the Lord, bless. ye the Lord; praise him, and ye the Lord; praise him, and magnify him for ever. magnify him for ever.

O ye Frost and Cold, bless ye O ye Servants of the Lord, the Lord; praise him, and mag-bless ye the Lord; praise him, nify him for ever. and magnify him for ever.

O ye Ice and Snow, bless ye O ye Spirits and Souls of the the Lord; praise him, and mag-righteous, bless ye the Lord; nify him for ever. praise him, and magnify him for

O ye Nights and Days, bless ye ever. the Lord; praise him, and magnify him for ever.

O ye Light and Darkness, bless ye the Lord; praise him, and magnify him for ever.

O ye Lightnings and Clouds, bless ye the Lord; praise him, and magnify him for ever.

O let the Earth bless the Lord;

O ye holy and humble Men of heart, bless ye the Lord; praise him, and magnify him for ever. Then shall be read, in like manner, the second Lesson, taken out of the New Testament, according to the Table or Calendar; and after that, the following Psalm.

Jubilate Deo. Psalm c. Be joyful in the Lord, all ye serve the Lord with

yea, let it praise him, and mag-Bejoy nify him for ever.

O ye Mountains and Hills, gladness, and come before his bless ye the Lord; praise him, presence with a song.

and magnify him for ever.

O all ye green Things upon Earth, bless ye the Lord; praise him, and magnify him for ever.

O ye Wells, bless ye the Lord; praise him, and magnify him for

ever.

O ye Seas and Floods, bless ye

the Lord; praise him, and magnify him for ever

Be ye sure that the Lord he is God, it is he that hath made us,

and not we ourselves; we are his people and the sheep of his pas

ture.

O go your way into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise; be thankful

unto him, and speak good of his

name.

Oye Whales, and all that For the Lord is gracious, his mercy is everlasting; and his

move in the Waters, bless ye the Lord; praise him, and mag

nify him for ever.

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

O all ye Beasts and Cattle, bless ye the Lord; praise him, and magnify him for ever.

O ye Children of Men, bless ye the Lord; praise him, and magnify him for ever.

truth endureth from generation to generation.

Or this Hymn. Benedictus. St. Luke, i. 68. BLESSED be the Lord God of redeemed his people.

Israel, for he hath visited and

And hath raised up a mighty salvation for us, in the house of his servant David;

As he spake by the mouth of O let Israel bless the Lord; his holy Prophets, which have praise him, and magnify him for been since the world began; That we should be saved from

ever.

our enemies, and from the hand for us under Pontius Pilate. He of all that hate us. suffered and was buried, and the " Then shall be said the Apostles Creed, third day he rose again, accordby the Minister and the People, stand-ing to the Scriptures, and ascending: And any Churches may omit the ed into Heaven, and sitteth on words, He descended into Hell, or may, instead of them, use the words, the right hand of the Father; and He went into the place of departed he shall come again, with glory, Spirits, which are considered as words to judge both the quick and the of the same meaning, in the Creed. dead; whose kingdom shall have

I Believe in God the Father Almighty, Maker of Heaven and

Earth:

no end. And I believe in the Holy Ghost, the Lord and giver of life, who And in Jesus Christ his only proceedeth from the Father and Son our Lord; Who was con- the Son; who with the Father ceived by the Holy Ghost, Born and the Son together is worshipof the Virgin Mary, Suffered un-ped and glorified, who spake by der Pontius Pilate, Was crucified, the prophets. And I believe one dead, and buried; He descended Catholic and Apostolic Church. I into Hell; The third day he rose acknowledge one Baptism for the from the dead: He ascended into remission of sins; and I look for Heaven, And sitteth on the right the resurrection of the dead, and hand of God the Father Almighty; the life of the world to come.. From thence he shall come to judge the quick and the dead.

I believe in the Holy Ghost; The Holy Catholic Church; The communion of Saints; The forgiveness of sins; The resurrection of the body, And the life everlasting. Amen.

Or this.

I Believe in one God, the Father A'mighty, Maker of Heaven and Earth, and of all things visible and invisible:

And in one Lord Jesus Christ,

Amen.

And after that, these Prayers follow-
ing, all devoutly kneeling; the Minis--
ter first pronouncing,
The Lord be with you;
Ans. And with thy Spirit.
Min. Let us pray.

us;

O Lord, show thy mercy upon Ans. And grant us thy salvation.

Min. O God, make clean our hearts within us;

Ans. And take not thy Holy Spirit from us.

Then shall follow the Collect for the day, except when the Communion Service is read; and then the Collect for the day shall be omitted here.

A Collect for Peace.

the only begotten Son of God, begotten of his Father before all worlds; God of God, Light of Light, very God of very God, begotten, not made, being of one! substance with the Father, by God, who art the author of whom all things were made; who peace and lover of concord, for us men, and for our salvation, in knowledge of whom standeth came down from Heaven, and our eternal life, whose service is was incarnate by the Holy Ghost perfect freedom; defend us, thy of the Virgin Mary, and was humble servants, in all assaults made man, and was crucified also of our enemies; that we, surely trusting in thy defence, may not and, that they may truly please fear the power of any adversaries, thee, pour upon them the contithrough the might of Jesus Christ nual dew of thy blessing: Grant our Lord. Amen. this, O Lord, for the honour of our Advocate and Mediator Je

A Collect for Grace.

O Lord, our heavenly Father, sus Christ. Amen.
Almighty and everlasting A Prayer for all Conditions of Men.
God, who hast safely brought us

Pre server of all mankind, we fend us in the same with thy humbly beseech thee for all sorts mighty power, and grant that this and conditions of men, that thou day we fall into no sin, neither wouldest be pleased to make thy run into any kind of danger; but ways known unto them, thy savthat all our doings, being ordered ing health unto all nations. More by thy governance, may be righ-especially we pray for thy holy teous in thy sight, through Jesus Church universal; that it may be Christ our Lord. Amen. so guided and governed by thy A Prayer for the President of the good Spirit, that all who profess United States, and all in Civil Autho-and call themselves Christians, rity.

O Lord, our heavenly Father, may holded the way fath the high and mighty Ruler and faith in unity of Spiof the universe, who dost from rit, in the bond of peace, and in thy throne behold all the dwell. righteousness of life. Finally, we ers upon earth; most heartily we commend to thy Fatherly goodbeseech thee, with thy favour to ness, all those who are any ways behold and bless thy servant, The President of the United States, and body, or estate; that it may please thee to comfort and relieve them, all others in authority; and so re

afflicted or distressed in mind,

issue out of all their afflictions:

plenish them with the grace of according to their several necesthy holy Spirit, that they may al- sities; giving them patience unways incline to thy will, and walk der their sufferings, and a happy in thy way: Endue them plente- And this we beg for Jesus Christ's ously with heavenly gifts; grant sake. Amen. them in health and prosperity A General Thanksgiving. Jong to live; and finally, after this life, to attain everlasting joy and ALMIGHTY God, Father of all felicity, through Jesus Christ our mercies, we, thine unworthy servants, do give thee most humLord. Amen. ble and hearty thanks for all thy

The following Prayers are to be omit-goodness and loving kindness to ted here, when Litany is read. A Prayer for the Clergy and People. us, and to all men. We bless thee

ALMIGHTY and everlasting for our creation, preservation, God, from whom cometh eve- and all the blessings of this life; ry good and perfect gift, send but, above all, for thine inestimadown upon our Bishops and other ble love in the redemption of Clergy, and upon the Congrega- the world by our Lord Jesus tions committed to their charge, Christ; for the means of grace, the healthful spirit of thy grace; and for the hope of glory. And,

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