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world, and they that dwell Let the people praise thee, O God: yea, let all the people

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Let the floods clap their praise thee. hands, and let the hills be joyful together before the Lord: for he cometh to judge the earth.

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Then fhall the earth bring forth her increase and God, even our own God, shall give us his bleffing.

God fhall blefs us and all the ends of the world fhall fear

him.

Glory be to the Father, &c. As it was in the, &c. Te-Then shall be faid or fung the Apostles Creed, by the Minifter and the People, ftanding.

With righteousness fhall he judge the world: and the people with equity. Glory be to the Father, &c. As it was in the, Then a Leffon of the New ftament, as it is appointed: And after that, Nunc dimittis (or the Song of Simeon) in English, as followeth. Nunc dimittis. Š. Luke 2. 29. Lfervant depart in peace: Ord, now letteft thou thy according to thy word. For mine eyes have feen: thy falvation,

Which thou haft prepared before the face of all people; To be a light to lighten the Gentiles: and to be the glory of thy people Ifrael.

Glory be to the Father, &c.
As it was in the, &c.
Or else this Pfalm, except it
be on the Twelfth Day of the

Month.

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Believe in God the Father Almighty, Maker of Heaven and Earth:

And in Jefus Chrift his only Son our Lord; Who was conceived by the Holy Ghoft,Born of the Virgin Mary, Suffered under Pontius Pilate, Was crucified, dead, and buried, He defcended into Hell; The third day he rofe again from the dead, He afcended into Heaven, And fitteth on the right hand of God the Father Almighty; From thence he fhall come to judge the quick and the dead.

I believe in the Holy Ghoft; The holy Catholick Church; The Communion of Saints; The forgiveners of fins, The

refurrection of the body, And the life everlasting. Amen.

And after that, thefe Prayers following, all devoutly kneeling, the Minister first pronouncing with a loud voice, The Lord be with you. Anfw. And with thy fpirit. Minifter. Let us pray. ; Lord, have mercy upon us. Chrift, have mercy upon us. Lord, have mercy upon us.

Then

Then the Minifter, Clerks and
People hall Jay the Lords
Prayer with a loud voice.

Ur Father, which art in

Heaven, Hallowed be thy

Laft Collects shall be daily said
at Evening Prayer without
alteration.

The fecond Collect at Evening
Prayer.

God, from whom all holy

Name. Thy Kingdom come. defires, all good counfels, Thy will be done in Earth, As and all juft works do proceed; it is in Heaven. Give us this Give unto thy fervants that day our daily bread. And for- peace which the world cannot give us our trefpaffes, As we give, that both our hearts may forgive them that trefpafs a- be fet to obey thy commandgainst us. And lead us not into temptation; But deliver us from evil. Amen.

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Anfw. And mercifully hear us when we call upon thee. Prieft. Endue thy minifter: with righteousness.

Anfw And make thy chosen people joyful.

Prieft. O Lord, fave thy people.

ments, and alfo that by thee
we being defended from the
fear of our enemies, may pafs
our time in reft and quietness,
through the merits of Jesus
Chrift our Saviour. Amen.
The third Collect for Aid a
gainst all perils.
LIghten our darkness, we be

feech thee, O Lord, and by thy great mercy defend us from all perils and dangers of this night, for the love of thy c ly Son our Saviour Jefus Carift. Amen.

In Quires and Places where they fing, here followeth the Anthem.

Answ. And bless thine inhe-A Prayer for the Kings Majefty.

ritance.

Prieft. Give peace in our

time, O Lord.

Other, high and mighty, Lord, our heavenly Fa King of kings, Lord of lords, the only Ruler of princes, who doft from thy throne behold all the dwellers upon earth; Moft heartily we beseech thee with thy favour to behold our most gracious Sovereign Lord King GEORGE,and fo replenish him Then fhall follow three Collets, with the grace of thy Holy Spi The first of the Day; The fe- rit, that he may alway incline cond for Peace; The third for to thy will, and walk in thy Aid against all perils,as here way: Endue him plenteously after followeth which two with heavenly gifts, grant him

Anfw. Because there is none other that fighteth for us, but only thou, O God.

Prieft. O God, make clean our hearts within us. Anfw. And take not thy Ho ly Spirit from us.

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in health and wealth long to ted to their charge, the healthlive, ftrengthen him that he ful Spirit of thy grace; and may vanquish and overcome that they may truly pleate thee, all his enemies, and finally pour upon them the continual after this life, he may attain dew of thy blefling. Grant this, everlasting joy and felicity, O Lord, for the honour of our through Jefus Chrift our Lord. Advocate and Mediator Jefus Chrift. Amen.

Amen.

A Prayer for the Royal Family.

given us grace at this

A Prayer of St. Chryfoftom. Atain of all goodness, we time with one accord to make Lmighty God, the foun. A mighty God, who haft humbly befeech thee to blefs our common fupplications unhis Royal Highness GEORGE to thee, and doft promise, that Prince of Wales, the Princefs, when two or three are gatherand their Iffue, and all the ed together in thy Name, thou Royal Family Endue them wilt grant their requests; Fulwith thy Holy Spirit; enrich fil now, O Lord, the defires them with thy heavenly grace; and petitions of thy fervants,. profper them with all happi- as may be moft expedient for nefs and bring them to thine them; granting us in this world. everlafting kingdom, through knowledge of thy truth, and in Jefus Chrift our Lord. Amen. the world to come life everlaft A Prayer for the Clergy and ing. Amen. 2 Cor. 13. 14. He grace of our Lord Jefus

People.

Almighty and one workeft Chrift, and the love o

God, great marvels; Send down up- God, and the fellowship of the on our Bishops and Curates, Holy Ghoft be with us all everand all Congregations commit- more. Amen.

Here endeth the Order of Evening Prayer throughout the Year.

At Morning Prayer..

Upon thefe Feafts; Chriftmas-day, the Epiphany, Saint Matthias, Eafter-day, Afcenfion-day, Whitfunday, Saint John Baptift, Saint James, Saint Bartholomew, Saint Matthew, Saint Simon and Saint Jude, Saint Andrew, and upon Tri nity-Sunday, shall be fung or faid at Morning Prayer, instead of the Apostles Creed, this Confeffion of our Chriftian Faith, commonly called the Creed of Saint Athanafius, by the Minifter and People standing.

Quicunque vult.

Which Faith, except every Hofoever will be faved: one do keep whole and undebefore all things it is filed: without doubt he fhall neceffary that he hold pe neverlastingly.

the Catholick Faith,

lis. And the Catholick Faith is

to

this: That we worship one For like as we are compelled God in Trinity, and Trinity by the Chriftian verity: in Unity; acknowledge every Perfon by Neither confounding the himself to be God and Lord Perfons nor dividing the So are we forbidden by the Catholick Religion to fay, There be three Gods, or three Lords.

Substance.

For there is one Perfon of the Father,another of the Son: and another of the Holy Ghoft. But the Godhead of the Father, of the Son,and of the Holy Ghoft, is all one: the Glory equal, the Majefty co-eternal. but begotten.

The Father is made of none:. neither created, nor begotten., The Son is of the Father a-lone: not made, nor created,

Such as the Father is, fuch The Holy Ghost is of the is the Son and fuch is the Father, and of the Son; nɛiHoly Ghoft. ther made, nor created, nor be gotten, but proceeding.

The Father uncreate, the Son uncreate and the Holy Ghoft uncreate.

So there is one Father, not. three Fathers; one Son, not The Father incomprehenfi- three Sons: one Holy Ghost,. ble, the Son incomprehenfible: not three Holy Ghofts. and the Holy Ghost incompre henfible.

The Father eternal, the Son eternal and the Holy Ghoft eternal.

And yet they are not three eternals but one eternal.

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As alfo there are not three incomprehenfibles, nor three uncreated: but one uncreated, and one incomprehenfible.

And in this Trinity none is afore, or after other: none is greater, or less than another ;

But the whole three Perfons are co-eternal together and co-equal.

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So that in all things, as is a forefaid: the Unity in Trinity, and the Trinity in Unity is to be worshipped.

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He therefore that will be faSo likewife the Father is Al- ved muft thus think of the mighty, the Son Almighty: Trinity.

and the Holy Ghoft Almighty. Furthermore, it is neceffary And yet they are not three to everlafting falvation that Almighties but one Almigh- he alfo believe rightly the Incarnation of our Lord Jefus Chrift.

ty.
So the Father is God, the
Son is God and the Holy
Ghoft is God.

And yet they are not three
Gods: but one God.

So likewife the Father is Lord, the Son Lord: and the Holy Ghoft Lord;

yet not three Lords:

And yet but one Lord.

For the right Faith is, that we believe and confefs: that our Lord Jefus Chrift, the Son of God, is God and man;

God of the Subftance of the Father, begotten before the worlds: and man of the fubftance of his Mother, born in the world; Perfe&

Perfect God, and perfect He afcended into heaven, he Man: of a reafonable foul, and fitteth on the right hand of the human flesh fubfifting; Father, God Almighty: from

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Equal to the Father, as whence he fhall come to judge touching his Godhead and the quick and the dead. inferior to the Father, as touch- At whofe coming all men ing his Manhood. fhall rise again with their boWho although he be God dies and fhall give account and Man: yet he is not two, for their own works. but one Chrift; And they that have done One; not by converfion of good, fhall go into life everthe Godhead into flesh but lafting and they that have by taking of the Manhood into done evil, into everlasting God;

fire.

One altogether; not by con- This is the Catholick Faith: fufion of Substance: but by which except a man believe unity of Perfon. faithfully, he cannot be faved. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son: and to the Holy

For as the reasonable fonl and flesh is one Man: fo God

and Man is one Chrift.

Ghoft;

Who fuffered for our falvaAs it was in the begintion: defcended into hell, rofe ning, is now, and ever shall again the third day from the be: world without end. A dead.

men.

Here followeth the Litany, or General Supplication, to be fung or faid after Morning Prayer, upon Sundays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, and at other times, when it shall be commanded by the Ordinary.

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God the Father of ceeding from the Father and the heaven have mercy Son: have mercy upon us miupon us miferable fin- ferable finners.

ners.

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O holy, bleffed and glorious

O God the Father of heaven: Trinity, three perfons, and have mercy upon us miferable finners.

O God the Son, Redeemer of the world have mercy upon us miferable finners.

one God: have mercy upon

us miferable finners.

O holy, bleffed and glorious Trinity, three perfons, and one God: have mercy upon us mi

O God the Son, Redeemer of ferable finners. the world have mercy upon us miferable finners.

O God the Holy Ghoft, proceeding from the Father and the Son have mercy upon us miferable finners.

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O God the Holy Ghoff, pro

Remember not, Lord, our offences, nor the offences of our fore-fathers, neither take thou vengeance of our fins: fpare us, good Lord, fpare thy people whom thou haft redeemed with thy most precious blood,

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