The Book of Common Prayer

death of a finner, but rather
that he may turn from his
wickedness and live, hath given
power and commandment to
his Minifters to declare and
pronounce to his People, be-
ing penitent, the Abfolution
and Remiffion of their fins.
He pardoneth and abfolveth
all those who truly repent, and
unfeignedly believe his holy
Gofpel. Wherefore, let us
beseech him to grant us true
repentance, and his Holy Spi-
rit; that those things may
please him which we do at this
prefent, and that the reft of
our life hereafter may be pure
and holy; fo that at the laft¶
we may come to his eternal
joy, through Jefus Christ our
Lord.

the People ftill kneeling, and repeating it with him, both here, and wherefoever else it is ufed in Divine Service.

UR Father, who art in Heaven,Hallowed be thy Name; Thy Kingdom come; Thy. Will be done on Earth, as it is in Heaven; Give us this day our daily bread; And forgive us our trefpaffes, as we forgive those who 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 likewife he shall fay, O Lord, open thou our lips; Anfw. And our mouth fhall fhow forth thy praise. ¶ Here, all fanding up, the Minifter fhall fay,

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghoft;

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

Minift. Praise ye the Lord. Anfw. The Lord's name be praised.

Then fhall be faid or fung the following ANTHEM; except on thofe days for which other Anthems are appointed; and except alfo, when it is used in the courfe of the Pfalms, on the nineteenth day of the month.

Venite,

Venite, exultemus Domino.

Come, let us fing unto the Lord, let us heartily rejoice in the strength of our falvation.

confiteri, Deus mifereatur, Benedic Anima mea-May be faid or fung, the GLORIA PATRI; and, at the end of the whole Portion, or Selection of Pfalms for the day-fhall be faid or fung, the GLORIA PATRI, or else the GLORIA IN EXCELSIS, as followeth : Gloria in Excelfis.

Let us come before his prefence with thanksgiving, and fhow ourselves glad in him with pfalms.

For the Lord is a great God;

anda great king above all gods. G Lory be to God on high,

In are all the corners of the earth; and the ftrength of the hills is his alfo.

The fea is his, and he made it; and his hands prepared the dry land.

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

O Lord, the only begotten Son, Jefus Chrift; O Lord God, Lamb of God, Son of the Father, that takeft away the fins of the world, have mercy upon us. Thou that takest away the fins of the world, have mercy upon us. Thou that takeft away the fins of the world, receive our prayer. Thou that fitteft at the right hand of God the Father, have mercy upon us.

For Thou only art holy; Thou only art the Lord; Thou only, O Chrift, with the Holy Ghoft, art moft high in the glory of God the Father. Amen.

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 pafture, and the sheep of his hand.

O worship the Lord in the beauty of holinefs; let the whole earth ftand in awe ofhim.

For he cometh, for he cometh to judge the earth; and with righteoufnefs to judge the world, and the people with his truth.

Then fhall follow a PORTION of the Pfalms, as they are appointed, or one of the Selections of Pfalms fet forth by this Church: and at the end of every Pfalm, and likewife at the end of the Venite, Benedicite, Jubilate, Benedictus, Cantate Domino, Bonum eft

Then shall be read the First Leffon, according to the Table or Calendar; after which fhall be faid or fung the following Hymn.

¶ Note,

Note, That before every Leffon, the Minifter fhall Jay, Here beginneth fuch a Chapter, or Verse of such a Chapter, of fuch a Book: And after every Lefon, Here endeth the Firft, or the Second Leffon.

Te Deum laudamus.

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

All the earth doth worship thee, the Father everlasting.

To thee all Angels cry aloud; the Heavens, and all the Powers therein.

Thou art the King of Glory, O Christ.

Thou art the everlafting Son of the Father.

When thou tookeft upon thee to deliver man, thou didst humble thyfelf to be born of a Virgin.

When thou hadft overcome the sharpness of death, thou didft open the Kingdom of Heaven to all believers.

Thoufitteftat the right hand of God, in the Glory of the Father.

We believe that thou fhalt come, to be our Judge.

Wetherefore pray thee, help thy fervants, whom thou haft redeemed with thy precious blood.

Make them to be numbered with thy faints, in glory everlafting

O Lord, fave thy people,' and blefs thine heritage.

Govern them, and lift them up forever.

Day by day we magnify thee; And we worship thy name, ever, world without end.

Vouchsafe, O Lord, to keep us this day without fin.

O Lord, have mercy upon us, have mercy upon us.

O Lord, let thy mercy be upon us; as our trust is in thee.

O Lord, in thee have I trufted; let me never be confounded.

¶ Or

¶ Or this Canticle. Benedicite, omnia opera Domini. All ye works of the Lord, blefs ye the Lord; praise him, and magnify him for ever. O ye Angels of the Lord, bless ye the Lord; praife him, and magnify him for ever. O ye heavens, blefs ye the Lord; praise him, and magnify him for ever.

O ye waters that be above the Firmament, bless ye the Lord; praise him, and magnify him for ever.

O all ye powers of the Lord, blefs ye the Lord; praise him, and magnify him for ever.

O ye Sun and Moon, blefs ye the Lord; praise him, and, magnify him for ever.

Oye Stars of Heaven, blefs ye the Lord; praise him, and magnify him for ever.

Oye Showers and Dew, blefs ye the Lord; praise him, and magnify him for ever.

O ye Winds of God, blefs ye the Lord; praise him, and magnify him for ever.

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

Ö ye Winter and Summer, blefs ye the Lord; praise him, and magnify him for ever.

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

O ye Froft and Cold, blefs ye the Lord; praise him, and magnify him for ever.

O ye Ice and Snow, blefs ye the Lord; praise him, and magnify him for ever.

Ŏ ye Nights and Days, blefs ye the Lord; praise him, and magnify him for ever.

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

Oye Lightnings and Clouds, blefs ye the Lord; praise him, and magnify him for ever.

O let the Earth bless the Lord; yea, let it praise him, and magnify him for ever. O ye Mountains and Hills, blefs ye the Lord; praise him, and magnify him for ever.

O all ye green Things upon Earth, blefs ye the Lord; praise him, and magnify him forever.

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

O ye Seas and Floods, blefs ye the Lord; praise him, and magnify him for ever.

O ye Whales, and all that move in the Waters, bless ye the Lord; praise him, and magnify him for ever.

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

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

O ye

Oye Children of Men, blefs ye the Lord; praise him, and magnify him for ever.

Ŏ let Ifrael blefs the Lord; praise him, and magnify him for ever.

O ye Priests of the Lord, blefs ye the Lord; praise him, and magnify him for ever.

O ye Servants of the Lord, blefs ye the Lord; praise him, and magnify him for ever.

O ye Spirits and Souls of the righteous, blefs ye the Lord; praife him, and nify him for ever.

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O ye holy and humble Men of heart, blefs ye the Lord; praise him, and magnify him

for ever.

thankful unto him, and fpeak good of his Name.

Be joyful in the Lord, all ye lands; ferve the Lord with gladness, and come before his prefence with a fong.

For the Lord is gracious, his mercy is everlasting; and his truth endureth from generation to generation.

¶Or this Hymn.

Benedictus. St. Luke i. 68.

Leffed be the Lord God of

Then shall be read, in like
manner, the Second Leffon,
taken out of the New Tefta-¶Then
ment, according to the Table
or Calendar; and after that,
the following Pfalm.
Jubilate Deo. Pfalm c.

Be ye fure that the Lord he is God, it is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves; we are his people and the fheep of his pasture. 0

go your way into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praife; be

Ifrael, for he hath vifited and redeemed his people,

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

As he fpake by the mouth of his holy Prophets, which have been fince the world began;

That we fhould be faved from our enemies, and from the hand of all that hate us.

shall be faid the Apoftles Creed by the Minifter and the People, Standing: And any Churches may omit the words, He defcended into Hell, or may, instead of them, ufe the words, He went into the place of departed Spirits, which are confidered as words of the fame meaning in the Creed.

Believe in God the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth:

And in Jefus Chrift his only Son our Lord; Who was conceived by the Holy Ghost, Born of the Virgin Mary, Suffered

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