4. To be a light to lighten the Gentiles, and to be the glóry' of thy people Israel.

3. -the face of all-people] This verse should terminate with the rising inflection, to show its connexion with the following verse.

DEUS MISEREATUR *.

Psalm LXVII.

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1. GOD be mérciful-unto-us, and bless us; and shów-us the light of his countenance, and be mérciful-unto-us ;

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2. That thy wáy may be known upon earth;

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thy sáving-health among all-nations.

3. Let the people praise-thee'-O-God; yea,

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let A'LL-the-people' praise-thee.

4. Olet the nations rejòice and be glád; for

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thou shalt judge-the-folk righteously, and góvern the nations upon earth.

*This Psalm may be used alternately with the Nunc Dimittis.

1.-and be merciful-unto-us] This verse is connected with the following.

5. Let the people praise-thee'-O-God: yea,

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let A'LL-the-people'-praise-thee.

6. Then shall the earth bring forth her ín

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crease; and Gòd, even our ówn-God, shall give us his blessing.

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7. God shall blèss-us; and áll the ends of the world' shall fear Him.

THE SECOND COLLECT AT EVENING PRAYER.

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Ō GōD, from whóm' áll hóly desires, áll good

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counsels, and all júst works' do procéed-gíve unto thy servants' that peace, which the world'

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CA'NNOT-give; that bóth' our hearts may be set' to obey thy commandments, and also' that by thée, we' being defénded from the fear of our

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énemies, may páss our time in rèst and quietness -through the mérits' of Jésus Christ' our Sà

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THE THIRD COLLECT.

Lighten our darkness, we BESE"ECH-thee'-O

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LORD; and' by thy great mercy, defénd-us from

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all périls and dangers of this night-for the love

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of thy only Son, our Saviour' Jésus Christ.

THE CREED OF ST. ATHANASIUS *.

Quicunque Vult.

1. Whosoever will be saved, before allthings it is nécessary' that he hold the Catholic Faith.

2. Whích-faith' except évery-one do keep whole and undéfiled, without doubt' he shall pérish everlastingly.

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3. And the Catholic-Faith is this:-that we

* Though this Creed abounds in antithesis, yet it does not require the use of much emphasis in repeating it. Such a mode would give it too much of a positive and dogmatic air. A plain, modest, solemn delivery, seems most becoming, whilst declaring our belief in truths, the full comprehension of which is placed far above the powers of the human mind.]

worship' one-God in Trínity, and Trínity in U'nity;

4. Neither confounding the Persons, nor divíding the substance.

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5. For there is óne-Person of the Father;

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another' of the Són; and another 'of the Hóly Ghòst.

6. But the Go"dhead-of-the-Father, of-the

Són, and-of-the-Holy-Ghóst, is áll one: the Glory' équal, the Májesty' co-etèrnal.

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7. Such as the Fáther-is, súch is the Sòn ; and súch' is the Holy Ghòst.

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8. The Father' uncreàte, the Són-uncreate,

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and the Holy Ghost-uncreate.

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9. The Father' incomprehensible; the Sónincomprehensible; and the Holy-Ghost-incomprehensible.

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10. The Father' etèrnal; the Són-eternal, and the Holy Ghost-eternal.

11. And yet, they are not thrée-eternals, but one-eternal.

12. As also, there are not thrée incomprehènsibles, nor thrèe uncreáted; but one-uncreated, and óne incomprehensible.

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13. So, likewise, the Father is Almighty,

the Són-Almighty, and the Holy Ghost-Almighty;

14. And yet, they are not thrée-Almighties, but one Almighty.

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15. Só, the Father is Gòd, the Són-is-God,

and the Holy Ghòst-is-God;

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16. And yet, there are not thrée Gods, but one God.

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17. So, likewise, the Fáther is Lòrd; the Són-Lord; and the Holy Ghost-Lord;

18. And yet, not thrée Lords, but one-Lord. 19. For, like as we are compelled by the Christian vérity, to acknowledge èvery pérson by' himself, to be Gòd and Lord;

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20. So are we forbidden by the CatholickReligion to say, there be thrèe, Góds, or thrée Lòrds.

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21. The Father' is made of none: neither created, nor begotten.

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22. The Son' is of the Fáther alone: not

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máde, nor created, bùt-begotten.

23. The Holy Ghost' is of the Father and of

19. every person by himself] These words are frequently read thus; "Evéry-person by himself." This mode does not convey the idea that 'person' refers to the Deity.]

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