which desireth not the death of a sinner, but rather that he may turn from his wickedness, and live; and hath given power and commandment to his ministers, to declare and pronounce to his people, being penitent, the Absolution and Remission of their sins: He pardoneth and absolveth all them which truly repent, and unfeignedly believe his holy Gospel. Wherefore we beseech him to grant us true repentance, and his holy Spirit, that those things may please him, which we do at this present; and that the rest of our life hereafter may be pure, and holy; so that at the last we may come to his eternal joy; through Jesus Christ our Lord. * Amen. The people shall answer. • Wherefore we beseech him &c. [1604] [S. L.] 7 that we may receive from him absolution from all our sins, that those things may, &c. [S. L.] Amen omitted [1552] 1662 the people also kneeling, and repeating it with him, both here, and wheresoever else it is used in Divine Service. Then shall the Minister begin the Lord's UR Father, which art in Heaven, Hallowed be thy Name. Thy Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive them that trespass against us. Amen. And lead us not into temptation; But deliver us from evil. Amen. Then likewise he shall say, O Lord, open thou our lips. Answer. And our mouth shall shew forth thy praise. Here all standing up, the Priest shall say, Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost; Answer. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen. Priest. Praise ye the Lord. praised. 2 Then all of them standing up, the Pres- Praise ye the Lord. Answer. The Lord's name be praised. [S. L.] Then shall be said or sung this Psalm following. Except on Easter day, upon which another Anthem is appointed: and on the Nineteenth day of every month it is not to be read here, but in the ordinary course of the Psalms. Venite exultemus Domino. Ps. 95. COME, let us sing unto the Lord : let us heartily rejoice in the strength of our salvation. Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving; and shew ourselves glad in him with Psalms. For the Lord is a great God and a great King above all gods. : In his hand are all the corners 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 dry land. 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. Then shall the Presbyter or Minister begin the Lord's Prayer with a loud voice. And in this, and all other places of the Liturgy, where the last words, for thine is the kingdom, &c. are expressed, the Presbyter shall read them. But in all places where they are not expressed, he shall end at these words, but deliver us from evil. Amen. [S. L.] 2 For thine is the kingdom, the power, and the glory, for ever and ever. Amen. [S. L.] Then shall the Minister begin the Lord's 1549 The Priest being in the quire, shall begin with a loud voice the Lord's Prayer, called the Paternoster. Father, which in Heaven, Hallowed, be Nam kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in Heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive them that trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation; But deliver us from evil. Amen. Then likewise he shall say, O Lord, open thou our lips. Answer. And our mouth shall shew forth thy praise. Priest. O God, make speed to save us. Answer. O Lord, make haste to help us. Priest. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost; As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be world without end. Amen. Praise ye the Lord. Praise ye the Lord. And from Easter to Trinity Sunday, Then shall be said or sung this Psalm following. Then shall be said or sung, without any COME, let us sing unto the Lord : let us heartily rejoice in the strength of our salvation. Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving and shew ourself glad in him with Psalms. For the Lord is a great God: and a great King above all gods. : In his hand are all the corners 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 dry land. 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 hands. 3 In [S. L.] Presbyter is used passim for Priest. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost; Answer. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen. [S. L.] In [S. L.] this Psalm is taken from the last translation. my [1549] me [1549] works. To-day if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts: as in the provocation, and as in the day of temptation in the wilderness; When your fathers tempted me : proved me, and saw my Forty years long was I grieved with this generation, and said: It is a people that do err in their hearts, for they have not known my ways. Unto whom I sware in my wrath: that they should not enter into my rest. 'Glory be to the Father, and to the Son and to the Holy Ghost; As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen. Then shall follow the Psalms in order as they be appointed. And at the end of every Psalm throughout the Year, and likewise in the end of Benedicite, Benedictus, Magnificat, and Nunc dimittis shall be repeated, Glory be to the Father, and to the Son and to the Holy Ghost; Answer. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be; world without end. Amen. Then shall be read distinctly with an Glory be to the Father, &c. As it was in the beginning, &c. [S. L.] 2 And as at the end of the Venite, so also at the end of every Psalm throughout the year, and likewise in the end of Benedictus, Magnificat, and Nunc dimittis, shall be repeated, Glory be to the Father and to the Son : and to the Holy Ghost. And the people shall answer, To-day if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts: as in the provocation, and as in the day of temptation in the wilderness; When your fathers tempted me : proved me, and saw my works. Forty years long was I grieved with this generation, and said: It is a people that do err in their hearts, for they have not known my ways. Unto whom I sware in my wrath: that they should not enter into my rest. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, &c. As it was in the beginning, is now, &c. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost; As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen. And at the l'on shall follow certain Psalms in order as they been appointed in a table made for that purpose, except there be proper Psalms appointed for that day. end of every Psalm throughout the Year, and likewise in the end of Benedictus, Benedicite, Maguificat, and Nunc dimittis, shall be repeated, I in shall be read two Lessons distinctly with a loud voice that the people may hear. The first of the Old Testament, the second of the New; like as they be appointed by the Calendar, except there be proper Lessons assigned for that day; the Minister that readeth the Lesson standing and turning him so as he may best be herd of ail such as be present. And before every Lesson, the Minister shall say thus: The first, second, third or fourth Chapter of Genesis or Exodus, Matthew, Mark, or other like, as is appointed in the Calendar. And in the end of every Chapter he shall say, Here endeth such a Chapter of such a Book. to the end the people may the better hear) in such places where they do sing, there shell the Lessons be sung in a plain tune, after the manner of distinct reading: gar likewise the Epistle and Gospel. [S. L.] As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end Amen. Every one standing up at the same. * The Presbyter or Minister [S. L.] Glory be to the Father, and to the Son Saint Matthew, Saint Mark [S. L.] and to the holy Ghost; As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be: world without end. Amen. [1552] as they be appointed [1552] |