ASCENSION-DAY. FROM PSALMS 24, 47. LIFT up your heads, O ye gates; and be ye lift up, ye everlasting doors, and the King

of glory shall come in.

Who is the King of glory? The LORD strong and mighty; even the LORD mighty in battle. Lift up your heads, O ye gates; and be ye lift up, ye everlasting doors, and the King of glory shall come in.

Who is the King of glory?

Even the LORD of hosts, he is the King of glory.

O clap your hands together, all ye people; shout unto God with the voice of triumph.

For the LORD most high is terrible; he is a great King over all the earth.

GOD is gone up with a shout; the LORD with the sound of a trumpet.

Sing praises to God,

sing

praises; sing praises unto our King, sing praises.

God reigneth over the hea

then: Gon sitteth upon the

throne of his holiness.

The princes of the people are gathered together, even the

people of the God of Abraham;

for the shields of the earth belong unto GOD: He is greatly exalted.

WHITSUNDAY.

FROM PSALMS 2, 68.

I WILL declare the decree; the LORD hath said unto me, Thou art my son, this day have I begotten thee.

parts of the earth for thy possession.

Be wise now, therefore, O ye kings; be instructed, ye judges of the earth.

Serve the LORD with fear, and rejoice with trembling.

Sing unto God, sing praises to his name: extol him that rideth upon the heavens by his name JAH, and rejoice before him.

Thou, O God, sentest a

gracious rain upon thine inhe

ritance, and refreshedst it when it was weary.

The Lord gave the word ;

great was the company of those that published it.

Though ye have lain among the pots, yet shall ye be as the wings of a dove covered with silver, and her feathers with yellow gold.

Thou hastascended on high; thou hast led captivity captive; thou hast received gifts for men;

yea, for the rebellious also, that the LORD GOon might dwell among them.

Blessed be the LORD, who daily loadeth us with benefits ; even the God of our salvation.

Sing unto GOD, ye kingdoms

of the earth: O sing praises

unto the LORD;

To him that rideth upon the heaven of heavens, which were of old: Lo, he doth send out his voice, and that a mighty voice. Ascribe the strength unto God; his excellency is over Israel, and his strength is in the clouds.

O God, thou art terrible out of thy holy places; the God of Israel is he that giveth strength

THE FIRST DAY.

MORNING PRAYER.

PSALM 1. Beatus vir, qui non abiit. BLESSED is the man that hath not walked in the counsel of the ungodly, nor stood in the way of sinners, and hath not sat in the seat of the scornful:

2 But his delight is in the law of the LORD, and in his law will he exercise himself day and night.

3 And he shall be like a tree planted by the water-side, that will bring forth his fruit in due

season:

4 His leaf also shall not wither; and look, whatsoever he doeth, it shall prosper.

5 As for the ungodly, it is not so with them; but they are like the chaff, which the wind scattereth away from the face of the earth.

6 Therefore the ungodly shall not be able to stand in the judgment ; neither the sinners in the congregation of the righteous.

7 But the LORD knoweth the way of the righteous; and the way of the ungodly shall perish.

PSALM 2. Quare fremuerunt gentes?

WHY do the heathen so furiously rage together? and why do the people imagine a vain thing?

2 The kings of the earth

stand up, and the rulers take counsel together against the LORD, and against his Anointed:

3 Let us break their bonds asunder, and cast away their cords from us.

4 He that dwelleth in heaven

shall laugh them to scorn: the LORD shall have them in derision.

5 Then shall he speak unto them in his wrath, and vex them in his sore displeasure. 6 Yet have I set my King upon my holy hill of Sion.

7 I will preach the law, whereof the LORD hath said unto me, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee.

8 Desire of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the utmost parts of the earth for thy possession.

9 Thou shalt bruise them with a rod of iron, and break them in pieces like a potter's vessel.

10 Be wise now, therefore, O ye kings; be learned, ye that are judges of the earth.

11 Serve the Lord in fear, and rejoice unto him with

reverence.

12 Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and so ye perish from the right way: if his wrath be kindled, yea but a little, blessed are all they that put their trust in him.

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9 For there is no faithfulness in his mouth; their inward parts are very wickedness.

10 Their throat is an open sepulchre; they flatter with their tongue.

11 Destroy thou them, O GOD; let them perish through their own imaginations; cast them out in the multitude of their ungodliness; for they have rebelled against thee.

12 And let all them that put their trust in thee rejoice: they shall ever be giving of thanks, because thou defendest them; they that love thy name shall be joyful in thee :

13 For thou, LORD, wilt give thy blessing unto the righteous, and with thy favourable kindness wilt thou defend him, as with a shield,

EVENING PRAYER.

PSALM 6. Domine, ne in furore.

O LORD, rebuke me not in thine indignation, neither chasten me in thy displeasure. 2 Have mercy upon me, O Lord, for I am weak: O LORD, heal me, for my bones are vexed.

3 My soul also is sore troubled: but, LORD, how long wilt thou punish me?

4 Turn thee, O Lord, and deliver my soul; O save me, for thy mercies' sake:

5 For in death no man remembereth thee; and who will give thee thanks in the pit?

6 I am weary of my groaning: every night wash I my bed, and water my couch with my tears.

7 My beauty is gone for very

8 Away from me all ye that work vanity; for the LORD hath heard the voice of my weeping.

9 The LORD hath heard my petition; the LORD will receive my prayer.

10 All mine enemies shall be confounded, and sore vexed; they shall be turned back, and put to shame suddenly.

PSALM 7. Domine, Deus meus.

O LORD, my God, in thee have I put my trust: save me from all them that persecute me, and deliver me;

2 Lest he devour my soul like a lion, and tear it in pieces, while there is none to help.

3 O LORD My God, if I have done any such thing; or if there be any wickedness in my hands;

4 If I have rewarded evil unto him that dealt friendly with me; yea, I have delivered him that without any cause is mine enemy;

5 Then let mine enemy persecute my soul, and take me yea, let him tread my life down upon the earth, and lay mine honour in the dust.

6 Stand up, O LORD, in thy wrath, and lift up thyself, because of the indignation of mine enemies; arise up for me in the judgment that thou hast commanded:

7 And so shall the congregation of the people come about thee: for their sakes therefore lift up thyself again.

8 The LORD Shall judge the people: give sentence with me, O LORD, according to my righteousness, and according to the innocency that is in me.

9 O let the wickedness of the ungodly come to an end; but guide thou the just.

10 For the righteous God trieth the very hearts and reins. 11 My help cometh of God, who preserveth them that are true of heart.

12 God is a righteous judge, strong, and patient; and God is provoked every day.

13 If a man will not turn, he will whet his sword; he hath bent his bow, and made it ready. 14 He hath prepared for him the instruments of death; he ordaineth his arrows against the persecutors.

15 Behold, he travaileth with mischief; he hath conceived sorrow, and brought forth ungodliness.

16 He hath graven and digged up a pit, and is fallen himself into the destruction that he made for other.

17 For his travail shall come upon his own head, and his wickedness shall fall on his own pate.

18 I will give thanks unto the LORD, according to his righteousness; and I will praise the name of the LORD most high.

PSALM 8. Domine, Dominus noster. O LORD, our Governor, how excellent is thy name in all the world; thou that hast set thy glory above the heavens!

3 For I will consider thy heavens, even the works of thy fingers; the moon and the stars which thou hast ordained.

4 What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man that thou visitest him?

5 Thou madest him lower than the angels, to crown him with glory and worship.

6 Thou makest him to have dominion of the works of thy hands: and thou hast put all things in subjection under his feet;

7 All sheep and oxen; yea, and the beasts of the field;

8 The fowls of the air, and the fishes of the sea; and whatsoever walketh through the paths of the seas.

9 O LORD, our Governor, how excellent is thy name in all the world !

THE SECOND DAY.

MORNING PRAYER.

PSALM 9. Confitebor tibi.

I WILL give thanks unto thee, O LORD, with my whole heart; I will speak of all thy marvellous works.

2 I will be glad and rejoice in thee; yea, my songs will I make of thy name, O thou Most Highest.

3 While mine enemies are driven back, they shall fall and perish at thy presence:

4 For thou hast maintained my right and my cause; thou art set in the throne that judgest