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death of a finner, 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 Remiffion of their fins. He pardoneth and absolveth all those who truly repent, and unfeignedly believe his holy Gospel. Wherefore, let us befeech 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 bere, and at the end of every Prayer, Amen.

Or this.

the People still kneeling, and repeating it with him, both here, and wherefoever else it is used in Divine Service.

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UR Father, who art in Heaven, Hallowed be thy Name; Thy Kingdom 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 not into temptation; But deliver us from evil: For thine is the Kingdom, and the Power, and the Glory, for ever and ever, Amen.

Then likewise be shall fay,
O Lord, open thou our lips;
Anfw. And our mouth shall
show forth thy praise.

Here, all standing up, the
Minifter shall Jay,
Glory be to the Father,

A Lmighty God, our Hea- Holy Ghoft

and to the Son, and to the Father, who, of hisgreat mercy, hath promised ginning, is now, and ever shall Anfw. As it was in the beForgiveness of Sins to all those be, world without end. who, with hearty Repentance and true Faith, turn unto him; have mercy upon you, pardon and deliver you from all your fins, confirm and strengthen you in all goodness, and bring you to everlasting life, through Jesus Chrift our Lord. Amen. Then the Minister shall kneel, and say the Lord's Prayer;

Minist. Praise ye the Lord. praised. Anfw. The Lord's name be

Then shall be faid or fung the following ANTHEM; except on those days for which other Anthems are appointed; and except also, when it is used in the course of the Pfalms, on the nineteenth day of the month.

Venite,

Venite, exultemus Domino. Come, let us sing unto the Lord, let us heartily rejoice in the strength of our falvation.

Let us come before his prefence with thanksgiving, and show ourselves glad in him with pfalms.

For the Lord is a great God; and a great kingabove all gods.

In his hand are all the corners of the earth; and the ftrength of the hills is his also. The fea 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 pafture, and the sheep of his hand. O worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness; let the whole earth standin aweofhim. For he cometh, for he cometh to judge the earth; and with righteousness to judge the world, and the people with his truth.

Then shall follow a PORTION of the Pfalms, as they are appointed, or one of the Selections of Pfalms set forth by this Church: and at the end of every Pfalm, and likewise at the end of the Venite, Benedicite, Jubilate, Benedictus, Cantate Domino, Bonumest

confiteri, Deus misereatur,
Benedic Anima mea-May
be faid or fung, the GLORIA
PATRI; and, at the end of the
whole Portion, or Selection
of Psalms for the day-shall
be faid or fung, the GLORIA
PATRI, or else the GLORIA
IN EXCELSIS, as followeth :
Gloria in Excelfis.
Lory be to God on high,

and on earth peace, good will towards men. We praise thee, we blefs thee, we worship thee, we glorify thee, we give thanks tothee for thy great glory, O Lord God, heavenly King, God the Father Almighty.

O Lord, the only begotten Son, Jesus Christ; O Lord God, Lamb of God, Son of the Father, that takest away the sins of the world, have mercy upon us. away the fins of the world, have mercy upon us. Thou that takest away the sins of the world, receive our prayer. Thou that fittest at the right hand of God the Father, have mercy upon us.

Thou that takest

For Thou only art holy; Thou only art the Lord; Thou only, O Christ, with the Holy Ghost, art most high in the glory of God the Father. Amen. Then shall be read the First Leffon, according to the Table or Calendar; after which shall be faid or fung the following Hymn.

Note,

Note, That before every Lesson, the Minister shall Jay, Here beginneth fuch a Chapter, or Verse of such a Chapter, of fuch a Book : And after every Lesson, Here endeth the First, or the Second Leffon.

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All the earth doth worship thee, the Father everlasting. To thee all Angels cry aloud; the Heavens, and all the Powers therein.

To thee Cherubim and Seraphim, continually do cry, Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord God of Sabaoth.

Heaven and Earth are full of the Majesty of thy Glory. The glorious company of the Apostles praise thee. The goodly fellowship of the Prophets praise thee. The noble army of Martyrs praise thee.

The holy Church, throughout all the world, doth acknowledge thee,

The Father, of an infinite Majesty;

Thine adorable, true, and only Son;

Also the Holy Ghost, the Comforter.

Thou art the King of Glo

ry, O Chrift.

Thou art the everlasting Son of the Father.

When thou tookest upon thee to deliver man, thou didst humble thyself to be born of a Virgin.

When thou hadst overcome the sharpness of death, thou didst open the Kingdom of Heaven to all believers.

Thousittest at the right hand of God, in the Glory of the Father.

We believe that thou shalt come, to be our Judge.

We therefore pray thee, help thy servants, whom thou hast redeemed with thy precious blood.

Make them to be numbered with thy faints, in glory everlasting

O Lord, fave thy people, and bless thine heritage. Govern them, and lift them up forever.

Day by day we magnify thee; And we worship thy name, ever, world without end. Vouchsafe, O Lord, to keep us this day without fin. O Lord, have mercy upon us, have mercy upon us. O Lord, let thy mercy beupon us; as our trust is in thee. O Lord, in thee have I trusted; let me never be confounded.

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Or this Canticle. Benedicite, omnia opera Domini. All ye works of the Lord, bless ye the Lord; praise him, and magnify him for ever. O ye Angels of the Lord, bless ye the Lord; praise him, and magnify him for ever.

O ye heavens, bless ye the Lord; praise him, and magnify him for ever.

O ye waters that be above the Firmament, bless ye the Lord; praise him, and magnify him for ever.

O all ye powers of the Lord, bless ye the Lord; praise him, and magnify him for ever.

O ye Sun and Moon, bless ye the Lord; praise him, and magnify him for ever.

O ye Stars of Heaven, bless ye the Lord; praise him, and magnify him for ever.

O ye Showers and Dew, bless ye the Lord; praise him, and magnify him for ever.

O ye Winds of God, bless ye the Lord; praise him, and magnify him for ever.

O ye Fire and Heat, bless ye the Lord; praise him, and magnify him for ever.

O ye Winter and Summer, bless ye the Lord; praise him, and magnify him for ever.

O ye Dews and Frosts, bless ye the Lord; praise him, and magnify him for ever.

Oye Frost and Cold, bless ye the Lord; praise him, and magnify him for ever.

O ye Ice and Snow, bless ye the Lord; praise him, and magnify him for ever.

O ye Nights and Days, bless ye the Lord; praise him, and magnify him for ever.

O ye Light and Darkness, bless ye the Lord; praise him, and magnify him for ever.

Oye Lightnings and Clouds, bless ye the Lord; praise him, and magnify him for ever.

O let the Earth bless the Lord; yea, let it praise him, and magnify him for ever.

O ye Mountains and Hills, bless ye the Lord; praise him, and magnify him for ever.

O all ye green Things upon Earth, bless ye the Lord; praife him, and magnify him forever.

O ye Wells, bless ye the Lord; praise him, and magnify him for ever.

O ye Seas and Floods, bless ye the Lord; praise him, and magnify him for ever.

O ye Whales, and all that move in the Waters, bless ye the Lord; praise him, and magnify him for ever.

O all ye Fowls of the Air, bless ye the Lord; praise him, and magnify him for ever.

O all ye Beasts and Cattle, bless ye the Lord; praise him, and magnify him for ever.

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O ye Children of Men, bless ye the Lord; praise him, and ☐ magnify him for ever.

O let Ifrael bless the Lord; praise him, and magnify him for ever.

O ye Priests of the Lord, bless ye the Lord; praise him, and magnify him for ever. O ye Servants of the Lord, bless ye the Lord; praise him, and magnify him for ever.

O ye Spirits and Souls of the righteous, bless ye the Lord; praise him, and magnify him for ever.

O ye holy and humble Men of heart, bless ye the Lord; praise him, and magnify him

for ever.

thankful unto him, and speak good of his Name.

For the Lord is gracious, his mercy is everlasting; and his truth endureth from generation to generation.

Or this Hymn.

Benedictus. St. Luke i. 68. Leffed be the Lord God of hath visited and redeemed his people, And hath raised up a mightysalvation for us, in the house of his fervant David;

B Ifrael, for he

As he spake by the mouth of his holy Prophets, which

have been since the world

began;

That we should be saved from our enemies, and from the hand of all that hate us.

Then shall be read, in like manner, the Second Lesson, taken out of the New Tefta-Then shall be said the Apof

ment, according to the Table or Calendar; and after that, the following Pfalm.

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tles Creed by the Minister and the People, standing : And any Churches may omit the words, He defcended into Hell, or may, instead of them, use the words, Hewent into the place of departed Spirits, which are confidered as words of the same meaning in the Greed.

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, Born of the Virgin Mary,

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