15 The eyes of all wait upon of prison; the Lord giveth sight thee, O Lord; and thou givest to the blind. them their meat in due sea 16 Thou openest thine hand, and fillest all things living with plenteousness. 17 The Lord is righteous in all his ways, and holy in all his works. 8 The Lord helpeth them that are fallen; the Lord careth for the righteous. 9 The Lord careth for the stranger; he defendeth the fatherless and widow: as for the way of the ungodly, he turneth it upside down. 18 The Lord is nigh unto all 10 The Lord thy God, O. them that call upon him; yea, Sion, shall be King for everall such as call upon him faith-more, and throughout all genefully. 19 He will fulfil the desire of them that fear him; he also will hear their cry, and will help them. rations. EVENING PRAYER. them that love him; but scattereth abroad all the ungodly. 21 My mouth shall speak the praise of the Lord; and let all flesh give thanks unto his holy name for ever and ever. 20 The Lord preserveth all Psalm 147. Laudate Dominum. Ps. 146. Lauda, anima mea.. PRAISE the Lord, O my soul while I live, will I praise the Lord; yea, as long as I have any being, I will sing praises unto my God. 2 O put not your trust in princes, nor in any child of man; for there is no help in them. 3 For when the breath of man goeth forth, he shall turn again to his earth, and then all his thoughts perish. a good thing to sing PRAISE the Lord; for it praises unto our God; yea, a joyful and pleasant thing it is to be thankful. 2 The Lord doth build up Jerusalem, and gather together the outcasts of Israel. 3 He healeth those that are broken in heart, and giveth medicine to heal their sickness. 4 He telleth the number of the stars, and calleth them all by their names. 5 Great is our Lord, and great is his power; yea, and his wisdom is infinite. 6 The Lord setteth up the meek, and bringeth the ungodly down to the ground. 7 O sing unto the Lord with thanksgiving; sing praises upon the harp unto our God; 4 Blessed is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help and whose hope is in the Lord his 8 Who covereth the heaven God with clouds, and prepareth rain 5 Who made heaven and for the earth; and maketh the earth, the sea and all that there-grass to grow upon the mounin is; who keepeth his promise tains, and herb for the use of for ever: men. 6 Who helpeth them to right 9 Who giveth fodder unto that suffer wrong; who feedeth the cattle, and feedeth the the hungry. young ravens that call upon The Lord looseth men out him. chains, and their nobles with | links of iron. 3 Praise him in the sound of the trumpet; praise him upon the lute and harp. 4 Praise him in the cymbals and dances: praise him upon the strings and pipe. 9 That they may be avenged of them; as it is written, Such honour have all his saints. Ps. 150. Laudate Dominum. PRAISE God in his holiness; praise him in the fir-tuned cymbals; praise him up. on the loud cymbals. mament of his power. 2 Praise him in his noble acts; praise him according to his excellent greatness. 5 Praise him upon the well 6 Let every thing that hath breath praise the Lord,.. THE END OF THE PSALTER. ARTICLES OF RELIGION, As established by the Bishops, the Clergy, and Laity of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America, in Convention, on the twelfth day of September, in the year of our Lord 1801. Art. I. Of Faith in the Holy Trinity. THERE is but one living and true God, everlasting, without body, parts, or passions; of infinite power, wisdom, and goodness; the Maker and Preserver of all things both visible and invisible. And in unity of this Godhead, there be three persons, of one substance, power, and eternity; the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost. Art. II. Of the Word, or Son of God, which was made very Man. The Son, which is the Word of the Father, begotten from everlasting of the Father, the very and eternal God, of one substance with the Father, took Man's nature in the womb of the blessed Virgin, of her substance: so that two whole and perfect Natures, that is to say, the Godhead and Manhood, were joined together in one Person, never to be divided, whereof is one Christ, very God, and very Man; who truly suffered, was crucified, dead, and buried, to reconcile his Father to us, and to be a sacrifice, not only for original guilt, but also for actual sins of men. Art. III. Of the going down of Christ into Hell. As Christ died for us, and was buried; so also is it to be believed, that he went down into hell. Art. IV. Of the Resurrection of Christ. Christ did truly rise again from death, and took again his body, with flesh, bones, and all things appertaining to the per fection of Man's nature, wherewith he ascended into Heaven, and there sitteth, until he return to judge all men at the last day. Art. V. Of the Holy Ghost. The Holy Ghost, proceeding from the Father and the Son, is of one Substance, Majesty, and Glory, with the Father and the Son, very and eternal God. Art. VI. Of the Sufficiency of the Holy Scriptures for Salvation. Holy Scripture containeth all things necessary to Salvation: so that whatsoever is not read therein, nor may be proved thereby, is not to be required of any man, that it should be believed as an article of the Faith, or be thought requisite or necessary to Salvation. In the name of the Holy Scripture we do understand those Canonical Books of the Old and New Testament, of whose Authority was never any doubt in the Church. Of the Names and Number of the Canonical Books. Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numeri, Deuteronomium, Joshue, Judges, Ruth, The First Book of Samuel, The Second Book of Samuel, the First Book of Kings, The Second Book of Kings, The First Book of Chronicles, The Second Book of Chronicles, The First Book of Esdras, The Second Book of Esdras, the Book of Hester, The Book of Job, The Psalms, The Proverbs, Ecclesiastes or Preacher, Cantica or Songs of Solomon. Four Prophets the greater, Twelve Prophets the less. Art. VIII. Of the Creeds. The Nicene Creed, and that which is commonly called the Apostles's Creed, ought thoroughly to be received and believed: for they may be proved by most certain warrants of ho Art. IX. Of Original or Birth- And the other Books (as Hierome saith) the Church dothly Scripture. for example of life and inSon of manners; but yet doth it not apply them to establish any doctrine; such are these following: Original Sin standeth not in the following of Adam, (as the Pelagians do vainly talk;) but The Third Book of Esdras, it is the fault and corruption of The Fourth Book of Esdras, the nature of every man, that The Book of Tobias, The Book naturally is engendered of the of Judith, The rest of the Book offspring of Adum, whereby of Hester, The Book of Wis-man is very far gone from oridom, Jesus the Son of Sirach, giual righteousness, and is of Baruch the Prophet, The Song his own nature inclined to evil, of the three Children, the Sto- so that the flesh lusteth always ry of Susanna, Of Bel and the contrary to the Spirit; and Dragon, The Prayer of Manas- therefore in every person born ses, The First Book of Macca- into this world, it deserveth bees, the Second Book of Mac- God's wrath and damnation. cabees. And this infection of nature All the Books of the New doth remain, yea, in them that Testament, as they are com-are regenerated; whereby the monly received, we do receive lust of the flesh,called in Greek, and account them Canonical. φρόνημα σαρκα which some Art. VII. Of the Old Testado expound the Wisdom, some Sensuality, some the Affection, some the Desire of the Flesh, is not subject to the Law of God. And although there is no condemnation for them that believe and are baptized; yet the Apostle doth confess, that concupiscence and Just hath of itself the nature of sin. ment. The Old Testament is not contrary to the New; for both in the Old and New Testament everlasting life is offered to mankind by Christ, who is the only Mediator between God and Man, being both God and Man. Wherefore they are not to be heard, which feign, that Art. X. Of Free Will. the Old Fathers did look only The condition of man after for transitory Promises. Al- the fall of Adam, is such, that he though the law given from God cannot turn and prepare himby Moses, as touching Ceremo-self, by his own natural strength nies and Rites, do not bind and good works, to faith, and Christian men, nor the Civil calling upon God: wherefore Precepts thereof ought of ne- we have no power to do good cessity to be received in any works pleasant and acceptable Commonwealth; yet notwith-to God, without the grace of standing, no Christian man God by Christ preventing us, whatsoever is free from the that we may have a good will, obedience of the Command-and working with us, when we ments which are called moral. Thave that good will. |