O let the nations rejoice Church; The Communion and be glad : for thou shalt of Saints; The Forgiveness judge the folk righteously, of sins; The Resurrection and govern the nations upon of the body, And the life earth. everlasting. Amen. Let the people praise thee, And after that, these. Prayers following, all devoutly kneeling; the Minister first O God : yea, let all the peo- pronouncing with a loud roice, ple praise thee. The Lord be with you. Then shall the earth bring Answer. And with thy forth her increase : and God, spirit. even our own God, shall give Minister. Let us pray. us his blessing Lord, have mercy upon us. God shall bless us : and all Christ, have mercy upon us. the ends of the world shall Lord, have mercy upon us. fear him. © Then the Minister, Clerks, and people, shall say the Lord's Prayer with a loud voice. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son : and to the OUR Father, which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy Holy Ghost; Name. Thy kingdom come. As it was in the beginning, Thy will be done in earth, As. is now, and ever shall be : it is in heaven. Give us this world without end. Amen. day our daily bread. And for. Then shall be said or sung the Apostles' Creed by the Minister and the people, give us our trespasses, As standing. we forgive them that trespass Believe in God the Father against us. And lead us not Almighty, Maker of hea- into temptation; But deliver ven and earth: us from evil. Amen. And in Jesus Christ his Then the Priest standing up shall say, only Son our Lord, Who was O Lord, shew thy mercy conceived by the Holy Ghost, upon us. Born of the Virgin Mary, Suf- Answer. And grant us thy fered under Pontius Pilate, salvation. Was crucified, dead, and bu- Priest. O Lord, save the ried, He descended into hell; King. The third day he rose again Answer. And mercifully from the dead, He ascended hear us when we call upon into heaven, And sitteth on thee. the right hand of God the Fa- Priest. Endue thy Minither Almighty; From thence sters with righteousness. he shall come to judge the Answer. And make thy quick and the dead. chosen people joyful. I believe in the Holy Priest. O Lord, save thy Ghost; The holy Catholick people. I louceth: which two last Collects shall be ation, Answer. And bless thine A Prayer for the King's inheritance. Majesty. Priest. Give peace in our Lord our heavenly Fatime, O Lord. ther, high and mighty, Answer. Because there is King of kings, Lord of lords, none other that fighteth for the only Ruler of princes, who us, but only thou, o God. dost from thy throne behold Priest. O God, make clean all the dwellers upon earth; our hearts within us. Most heartily we beseech Answer. And take not thy thee with thy favour to beholy Spirit from us. hold our most gracious SoveThen shall follow three Collects ; the first reign Lord, King GEORGE; of the Day; the second for Peace; dhe third and so replenish him with the all foldeity said at Evening Prayer without allerede grace of thy Holy Spirit, that he may alway incline to thy The second Collect at Evening will , and walk in thy way: Prayer. Endue him plenteously with O God, from whom all heavenly gifts; grant him in holy desires, all good health and wealth long to live; counsels, and all just works strengthen him that he may do proceed; Give unto thy vanquish and overcome all his servants that peace which the enemies; and finally, after this world cannot give; that both life, he may attain everlasting our hearts may be set to obey joy and felicity; throughJesus thy commandments, and also Christ our Lord. Amen. that by thee we being de A Prayer for the Royal fended from the fear of our Family. enemies may pass our time A fountain of all goodness, in rest and quietness; through the merits of Jesus Christ our we humbly beseech thee to Saviour. Amen. bless our gracious Queen The third Collect, for Aid Charlotte, their Royal High nesses George Prince of Wales, against all Perits. the Princess of Wales, and all IGHTEN our darkness, the Royal Family: Endue we bescech thee, O them with thy holy Spirit; enLord; and by thy great mer- rich them with thy heavenly cy defend us from all perils and dangers of this night; for happiness; and bring them grace; prosper them with ail the love of thy only Son, our Saviour, Jesus Christ. Amen. throughJesus Christour Lord. to thine everlasting kingdom; * In Quires, and Places where they sing, here folloveth the Anthem. Amen. L A Prayer for the Clergy and I this time with one accord to people. make our common supplicaA LMIGHTY and ever- tions unto thee; and dost pro lasting God, who alone mise, that when two or three workest great marvels; Send are gathered together in thy down upon our Bishops, and Name thou wilt grant their Curates, and all Congrega- requests: Fulfil now, O Lord, tions committed to their the desires and petitions of charge, the healthful Spirit thy servants, as may be most of thy grace; and that they expedient for them; granting may truly please thee, pour us in this world knowledge of upon them the continual dew thy truth, and in the world to of thy blessing. Grant this, come life everlasting. Amen. O Lord, for the honour of 2 Cor. xiii. our Advocate and Mediator, Jesus Christ. Amen. THI HE grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the A Prayer of St. Chrysostom. love of God, and the fellow hast given us grace at with us all evermore. Amen. Here endeth the Order of Evening Prayer throughout the Year. WHO At Morning Prayer. Upon these Feusts ; Christmas-day, the Epiphany, Saint Matthias, Easter-day, Ascen. sion-day, Whitsunday, Saint John Baptist, Saint James, Saint Bartholomew, Suint Matthew, Saint Simon and Suint Jude, Saint Andrew, and upon Trinity-Sunday, shall be sung or said at Morning Prayer, instead of the Apostles' Creed, this Confession of our Christian Furn, commonly called The Creed of Saint Athanasius, by the Minister and people standing Quicunque vult . Neither confounding the HOSOEVER will be Persons : nor dividing the saved : before all things Substance. it is necessary that he hold For there is one Person of the Catholick Faith. the Father, another of the Which Faith except every Son : and another of the one do keep whole and unde- Holy Ghost. filed : without doubt he shall But tlie Godhead of the Faperish everlastingly. ther, of the Son, and of the And the Catholick Faith is Holy Ghost, is all one : the this : That we worship one Glory equal, the Majesty coGod in Trinity, and Trinity eternal. in Unity; Such as the Father is, such is the Son : and such is the Catholick Religion : to say, Holy Ghost. There be three Gods, or three The Father uncreate, the Lords. Son uncreate : and the Holy The Father is made of Ghost uncreate. none : neither created, nor The Father incomprehensi-begotten. ble, the Son incomprehen- The Son is of the Father sible : and the Holy Ghost alone : not made, nor created, incomprehensible. but begotten. The Father eternal, the Son The Holy Ghost is of the eternal : and the Holy Ghost Father and of the Son : neieternal. ther made, nor created, nor And yet they are not three begotten, but proceeding. eternals : but one eternal. So there is one Father, not As also there are not three three Fathers; one Son, not incomprehensibles, nor three three Sons : one Holy Ghost, uncreated : but one uncre- not three Holy Ghosts. ated, and one incomprehen- And in this Trinity none is sible. afore, or after other : none is So likewise the Father is greater, or less than anoAlmighty, the Son Almigh- ther; ty : and the Holy Ghost Al- But the whole three Permighty sons are co-eternal together : And yet they are not three and co-equal. Almighties : but one Almigh- So that in all things, as is ty. aforesaid : the Unity in TriSo the Father is God, the nity, and the Trinity in UniSon is God : and the Holy ty is to be worshipped. Ghost is God. He therefore that will be And yet they are not three saved : must thus think of Gods : but one God. the Trinity So likewise the Father is Furthermore, it is necesLord, the Son Lord : and the sary to everlasting salvation : Holy Ghost Lord. that he also believe rightly 2 And yet not three Lords : the Incarnation of our Lord but one Lord. Jesus Christ. For like as we are compel- For the right Faith is, that led by the Christian verity : we believe and confess : that to acknowledge every Person our Lord Jesus Christ, the by himself to be God and Son of God, is God and Man; So are we forbidden by the God, of the Substance of Lord; the Father, begotten before rose again the third day from the worlds : and Man, of the the dead. Substance of his Mother, He ascended into heaven, born in the world; he sitteth on the right hand Perfect God, and perfect of the Father, God AlmighMan : of a reasonable soul ty : from whence he shall and human flesh subsisting; come to judge the quick and Equal to the Father, as the dead. touching his Godhead : and At whose coming all men inferior to the Father, as shall rise again with their botouching his Manhood. dies : and shall give account Who although he be God for their own works. and Man : yet he is not two, And they that have done but one Christ; good shall go into life everOne; not by conversion of lasting : and they that have the Godhead into flesh : but done evil into everlasting by taking of the Manhood fire. into God; This is the Catholick Faith: One altogether; not by which except a man believe confusion of Substance : but faithfully, he cannot be saved. by unity of Person. Glory be to the Father, and For as the reasonable soul to the Son : and to the Holy and flesh is one man : so God Ghost; and Man is one Christ; As it was in the beginning, Who suffered for our salva- is now, and ever shall be : tion ; descended into hell, world without end. Ainen. Here followeth the LITANY, or General Supplication, to be sung or suid after Morning Prayer upon Sundays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, and at other times when it shall be commanded by the Ordinary. O upon us ven : have mercy upon miserable sinners. us miserable sinners. O God the Holy Ghost, ( God the Father, of hea- proceeding from the Father wen : have mercy upon us mise- and the Son : have mercy ruble winners. upon us miserable sinners. () God the Son, Redeemer O God the Holy Ghost, proof the world : have mercy ceeding from the Father and upon us miserable sinners. the Son : have mercy upon U$ O God the Son, Redeemer of miserable sinners. |