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shall no man living be justified. Ps. | thou those who are penitent; Accora. exliii. 2.

If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us; but if we confess our sins, GOD is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 1 John i. 8, 9.

Then the Minister shall say,

DEARLY beloved brethren, the Scripture moveth us in sundry places, to acknowledge and confess our manifold sins and wickedness, and that we should not dissemble nor cloak them before the face of ALMIGHTY GOD, our heavenly Father, but confess them with an humble, lowly, penitent, and obedient heart; to the end that we may obtain forgiveness of the same, by his infinite goodness and mercy. And although we ought, at all times, humbly to acknowledge our sins before GOD; yet ought we chiefly so to do, when we assemble and meet together, to render thanks for the great benefits that we have received at his hands, to set forth his inost worthy praise, to hear his most holy word, and to ask those things which are requisite and necessary, as well for the body as the soul. Wherefore, I and beseech you, as many as pray are here present, to accompany me, with a pure heart and humble voice, unto the throne of the heavenly grace, saying

A General Confession, to be said by the whole

Congregation after the Minister, all kneeling. ALMIGHTY and most merciful

We

Father; We have erred and strayed from thy ways like lost sheep. We have followed too much the devices and desires of our own hearts. have offended against thy holy laws. We have left undone those things which we ought to have done; And we have done those things which we ought not to have done: And there is no health in us. But thou, O LORD, have mercy upon us, miserable of fenders. Spare thou those, O GOD, who confess their faults. Restore

ing to thy promises declared unto mankind, in CHRIST JESUS Our Lord. And grant, O most merciful Father, for his sake; That we may hereafter live a godly, righteous, and sober life; To the glory of thy holy name. Amen.

The Declaration of Absolution, or Remission of Sins; to be made by the Priest alone, standing; the People still kneeling.

ALMIGHTY GOD, the Father of our Lord JESUS CHRIST, who desireth not the death of a sinner, but rather that he may turn from his wickedness and live, 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 those who truly repent, and unfeignedly believe his holy Gospel. Wherefore, let us 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.

The People shall answer here, and at the end of every Prayer, Amen.

TOr this.

ALMIGHTY GOD, our heavenly Father, who, of his great mercy, hath promised forgiveness of sins to all those who, with hearty repentance and true faith, turn unto him; have mercy upon you, pardon and deliver strengthen you in all goodness, and you from all your sins, confirm and bring you to everlasting life, through JESUS CHRIST our Lord. Amer.

Then the Minister shall kneel, and say the Lord's Prayer; the People still kneeling, and repeating it with him, both here, and wherecoever else it is used in Divine Service.

QUR Father, who art in heaven, Hallowed be thy Name; Thy king. dom come; Thy will be done on earth, as it is in heaven; Give us this day our daily bread; And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those

who trespass against us; And lead us the LORD; for he cometh to judge the not into temptation; But deliver us earth. from evil for thine is the Kingdom, and the Power, and the Glory, for ever and ever. Amen.

Then likewise he shall say,
O LORD, open thou our lips;
Ans. And our mouth shall show
forth thy praise.

¶ Here, all standing up, the Minister shall say,

Glory be to the FATHER, and to the SON, and to the HOLY GHOST;

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

Min. Praise уе the LORD.

With righteousness shall he judge the world, and the people with equity.

Or this..

Bonum est confiteri. Ps. xcii.

IT is a good thing to give thanks unto the LORD, and to sing praises unto thy name. O Most Highest ;

To tell of thy loving kindness early in the morning, and of thy truth in the night season;

and upon the lute; upon a loud inUpon an instrument of ten strings, strument, and upon the harp.

For thou, LORD, hast made me glad through thy works; and I will rejoice

Ans. The LORD's name be praised. in giving praise for the operations of

Then shall follow a Portion of the Psalms, as they are appointed, or one of the Selections, as they are set forth by this Church, with the Doxology, as in the Morning Service. Then shall be read the first Lesson, according to the Table or Calendar; after which shall be said or sung the following Psalm, except when it is read in the ordinary course of the Psalms, on the nineteenth day of the month.

Cantate Domino. Ps. xcviii.

O SING unto the LORD a new song; for he hath done marvellous things.

With his own right hand, and with his holy arm, hath he gotten himself the victory.

thy hands.

Then a Lesson of the New Testament, as it is appointed: And after that, shall be sung or said this Fsalm, except on the twelfth day of the month.

Deus misereatur. Ps. lxvii.

GOD be merciful unto us and bless us, and show us the light of his countenance, and be merciful unto us.

That thy way may be known upon earth, thy saving health among all nations.

Let the people praise thee, O GOD; yea, let all the people praise thee.

O let the nations rejoice and be glad; for thou shalt judge the folk righteously, and govern the nations

The LORD declared his salvation. his righteousness hath he openly showed in the sight of the Heathen. He hath remembered his mercy and upon earth. truth toward the house of Israel; and ali the ends of the world have seen the salvation of our GOD.

Show yourselves joyful unto the LORD, all ye lands; sing, rejoice, and give thanks.

Praise the LORD upon the harp; sing to the harp with a psalm of thanksgiving.

With trumpets also and shawms, O show yourselves joyful before the LORD the King.

Let the sea make a noise and all that therein is, the round world and they that dwell therein.

Let the floods clap their hands, and let the hills be joyful together before

Let the people praise thee, O GOD; yea, let all the people praise thee.

Then shall the earth bring forth her increase; and GOD, even our own GOD, shall give us his blessing.

GOD shall bless us; and all the ends of the world shall fear him.

Or this.

Benedic Anima mea. Ps. ciii. PRAISE the LORD, O my soul, and all that is within me, praise his holy name.

Praise the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits;

Who forgiveth all thy sin, and healeth all thine infirmities;

O praise the LORD, ye Angels of his, ye that excel in strength; ye that fulfil his commandment, and hearken unto the voice of his word.

Who saveth thy life from destruc- GHOST of the Virgin Mary, and was tion, and crowneth thee with mercy made man, and was crucified also for and loving kindness. us under Pontius Pilate. He suffered and was buried, and the third day he rose again, according to the Scriptures, and ascended into heaven, and sitteth on the right hand of the Father; and he shall come again, with glory, to judge both the quick and the dead; whose kingdom shall have no end.

O praise the LORD, all ye his hosts; ye servants of his that do his pleasure.

O speak good of the LORD, all ye works of his, in all places of his dominion. Praise thou the LORD, O my soul.

And I believe in the HOLY GHOST, the Lord and giver of life, who proceedeth from the FATHER and the SON; who with the FATHER and the Then shall be said the Apostles' Creed, by the SON together is worshipped and gloMinister and the People, standing: And any rified, who spake by the prophets. Churches may omit the words, He descended And I believe one catholic and aposinto hell, or may, instead of them, use the words, He went into the place of departed spi-tolic Church. I acknowledge one rits, which are considered as words of the same baptism for the remission of sins; and and the life of the world to come. I look for the resurrrection of the dead, Amen.

meaning in the Creed.

I BELIEVE in GOD the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth: And in JESUS CHRIST his only Son our Lord; Who was conceived by the HOLY GHOST, Burn of the Virgin Mary, Suffered under Pontius Pilate, Was crucified, dead, and buried; He descended into hell; The third day he rose from the dead; He ascended into heaven, And sitteth on the right hand of God the Father Almighty; From thence he shall come to judge the quick and the dead.

I believe in the HOLY GHOST; The holy catholic Church; The communion of saints; The forgiveness of sins; The resurrection of the body, And the life everlasting. Amen.

¶ Or this.

I BELIEVE in one GOD, the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth, and of all things visible and invisible:

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O GOD, from whom all holy desires, all good counsels, and all just works do proceed; give unto thy ser vants that peace, which the world cannot give; that our hearts may be set to obey thy commandments, and also that by thee, we, being defended And in one Lord JESUS CHRIST, from the fear of our enemies, may the only-begotten Son of GOD, begot-pass our time in rest and quietness, ten of his Father before all worlds; through the merits of JESUS CHRIST GOD of GOD, Light of Light, very our Saviour. Amen. GOD of very GOD, begotten, not made, being of one substance with the FATHER, by whom all things were made; who for us men, and for our salvation, came down from heaven, and was incarnate by the HOLY

A Collect for Aid against Perils. O LORD, our heavenly Father, by whose almighty power we have been preserved this day; by thy great mercy defend us from all perils and dangers of this night, for the love of

A Prayer for the President of the United

States, and all in Civil Authority.

thy only Son our Saviour JESUS afflicted or distressed in mind, body, CHRIST. Amen. or estate; that it may please thee to comfort and relieve them, according to their several necessities; giving them patience under their sufferings, and a happy issue out of all their afflictions: And this we beg for JESUS CHRIST's sake. Amen.

O LORD, our heavenly Father, the high and mighty Ruler of the universe, who dost from thy throne behold all the dwellers upon earth; most heartily we beseech thee, with TA General Thanksgiving. thy favor to behold and bless thy serALMIGHTY GOD, Father of vant, The President of the United all mercies, we, thine unworthy serStates, and all others in authority; vants, do give thee most humble and and so replenish them with the grace hearty thanks for all thy goodness of thy holy Spirit, that they may and loving kindness to us, and to all always incline to thy will, and walk men. We bless thee for our creation, in thy way: Endue them plenteously preservation, and all the blessings of with heavenly gifts; grant them in this life; but, above all, for thine ineshealth and prosperity long to live; tinable love in the redemption of the and finally, after this life, to attain world by our Lord JESUS CHRIST; everlasting joy and felicity, through for the means of grace, and for the

JESUS CHRIST our Lord. Amen.

A Prayer for the Clergy and People.

hope of glory. And, we beseech thee, give us that due sense of all thy merALMIGHTY and everlasting cies, that our hearts may be unfeignGOD, from whom cometh every good edly thankful, and that we may show and perfect gift, send down upon our forth thy praise, not only with our Bishops and other Clergy, and upon lips, but in our lives; by giving up the Congregations committed to their ourselves to thy service, and by walkcharge, the healthful spirit of thy ing before thee in holiness and rightgrace; and, that they may truly please cousness all our days, through JESUS hee, pour upon them the continual CHRIST our Lord; to whom, with dew of thy blessing: Grant this, Othee and the HOLY GHOST, be all LORD, for the honor of our Advo- honor and glory, world without end. cate and Mediator JESUS CHRIST. Amen.

Amen.

A Prayer for all Conditions of Men.

A Prayer of St. Chrysostom. ALMIGHTY GOD, who hast

O GOD, the Creator and Pre-given us grace at this time, with one server of all mankind, we humbly accord to make our common supplicabeseech thee for all sorts and conditions unto thee; and dost promise that tions of men, that thou wouldest be when two or three are gathered topleased to make thy ways known unto gether in thy name, thou wilt grant them, thy saving health unto all na- their requests; fulfil now, O LORD, tions. More especially we pray for the desires and petitions of thy serthy holy Church universal, that it vants, as may be most expedient for may be so guided and governed by them; granting us in this world thy good Spirit, that all who profess knowledge of thy truth, and in the and call themselves Christians, may world to come life everlasting. Amen. be led into the way of truth, and hold 2 Cor. xiii. 14. the faith in unity of spirit, in the bond of peace, and in righteousness of life. Finally, we commend to thy Fatherly goodness, all those who are any ways

THE grace of our Lord JESUS CHRIST, and the love of GOD, and the fellowship of the HOLY GHOST, be with us all evermore. Amen.

Here endeth the order of Evening Prayer.

THE LITANY,

OR GENERAL SUPPLICATION, TO BE USED AFTER MORNING SERVICE, ON SUNDAYS, WEDNESDAYS, AND FRIDAYS.

O GOD, the FATHER of Heaven; have mercy upon us miserable sin

ners.

O GOD, the FATHER of Heaven; have mercy upon us miserable sin

ners.

O GOD, the SON, Redeemer of the world; have mercy upon us misera

ble sinners.

O GOD the SON, Redeemer of the world; have mercy upon us miserable sinners.

O GOD the HOLY GHOST, proceeding from the FATHER and the SON; have mercy upon us miserable sinners.

From all inordinate and sinful affections; and from all the deceits of the world, the flesh, and the devil; Good LORD, deliver us.

From lightning and tempest; from plague, pestilence, and famine; from battle and murder, and from sudden death;

Good LORD, deliver us.

From all sedition, privy conspiracy, and rebellion; from all false doctrine, heresy, and schism; from hardness of heart, and contempt of thy Word and Commandment;

Good LORD, deliver us. By the mystery of thy holy IncarO GOD the HOLY GHOST, pro-nation; by thy holy Nativity_and ceeding from the FATHER and the Circumcision; by thy Baptism, Fast SON; have mercy upon us miserable ing, and Temptation;

sinners.

O holy, blessed, and glorious TRINITY, three persons and one GOD; have mercy upon us miserable sin

ners.

O holy, blessed, and glorious TRINITY, three persons and one GOD; have mercy upon us miscrable sin

ners.

Remember not, LORD, our offences, nor the offences of our fore-fathers; neither take thou vengeance of our sins: spare us, good LORD, spare thy people, whom thou hast redeemed with thy most precious blood, and be not angry with us for ever:

Spare us, good LORD.

From all evil and mischief; from sin; from the crafts and assaults of the devil; from thy wrath, and from everlasting damnation;

Good LORD, deliver us.

By thine Agony and bloody Sweat; by thy Cross and Passion; by thy precious Death and Burial; by thy glorious Resurrection and Ascension, and by the coming of the HOLY GHOST;

Good LORD, deliver us.

In all time of our tribulation; in all time of our prosperity; in the hour of death, and in the day of judg ment;

Good LORD, deliver us.

We sinners do beseech thee to hear us, O LORD GOD; and that it may please thee to rule and govern thy holy Church universal in the right

way;

We beseech thee to hear us, good LORD.

That it may please thee to bless and preserve all Christian Rulers and magistrates; giving them grace truth;

Good LORD, deliver us. From all blindness of heart; from pride, vain-glory, and hypocrisy; to execute justice, and to maintain frem envy, hatred, and malice, and all uncharitableness;

Good LORD, deliver us.

We beseech thee to hear us, good LORD.

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