SUNDAY.

At Matins.

Before Matins are said silently: the LORD'S PRAYER, the ANGELICAL SALUTATION, and the APOSTLES' CREED.

Then is said aloud:

V. O LORD, open Thou my lips: R. And my mouth shall shew forth Thy praise.

. O GOD, make speed to save us : R. O LORD, make haste to help us. V. Glory be to the FATHER, and to the SON and to the HOLY GHOST;

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

For he is the LORD our GOD: and we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand.

Choir. Let us worship the LORD,
Who made us.

Off. 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.

Choir. Who made us.

Off. 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.

Choir. Let us worship the LORD,
Who made us.

Off. 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.

Choir. Who made us.

Off. Let us worship the LORD, Who made us.

The following Hymn is said after the Octave of the Epiphany till the first Sunday in Lent exclusive, [and from the first Sunday in October till Advent].

HYMN.-Primo die, quo Trinitas.

ON

N this the day that saw the earth
From utter darkness first have birth ;-
The day its Maker rose again

And vanquish'd death, and burst our chain :
Away with sleep and slothful ease!
We raise our hearts and bend our knees,
And early seek the LORD of all,
According to the Prophet's call.

That He may grant us that we crave;
May stretch His strong right arm to save;
And purging out each sinful stain,
Restore us to our home again.
Assembled here this holy day,
This holiest hour we raise the lay;
And O that He to Whom we sing
May now reward our offering!
O FATHER of unclouded light!

We pray Thee, kneeling in Thy sight,
From all defilement to be freed,
And every sinful act and deed:
That this our body's mortal frame
May know no sin, and fear no shame,
Whereby the fires of hell may rise
To torture us in fiercer wise.

We therefore, SAVIOUR, cry to Thee
To wash out our iniquity:
And give us of Thy boundless grace
The blessings of the heavenly place.
That we, thence exil'd by our sin,
Hereafter may be welcom'd in:
That blessed time awaiting now,
With hymns of glory here we bow.

O FATHER, that we ask be done,
Through JESUS CHRIST, Thine only Son,
Who, with the HOLY GHOST and Thee,
Shall live and reign eternally. Amen.

The following Hymn is said on Sundays and ferias when the Office is of the Common, from the Octave of Corpus Christi till Advent Sunday, [or till the Sunday which is nearest the Kalends of October].

HYMN.-Nocte surgentes.

ISE we, and pray we, in the nightly

Rwatches,

Making sweet Psalms our meditation ever: GOD with our voice, and with our heart's affections,

Blessing and praising.

ever

Worship and Glory. Amen.

Invitatories and Hymn for Advent. First and Second weeks in Adv. Inv. The King, the LORD that is to come: O come let us worship.

Third and Fourth weeks in Adv. Inv. The LORD is now near O come let us worship. And this is said daily till the Vigil of the Nativity, exclusive.

HYMN.-Verbum supernum prodiens.

TBegotten, ere the days of time,

10 earth descending, Word sublime,

Who cam'st a Child, the world to aid,
As years their downward course displayed:
Each breast be lightened from above,
Each heart be kindled with Thy love;
That we, who hear Thy call to-day,
At length may cast earth's joys away.
That so,-when Thou, our Judge, art nigh,
All secret deeds of men to try,

Shall mete to sin pangs rightly won,
To just men joys for deeds well done,-

Thy servants may not be enchain'd
By punishment their guilt has gain'd:
But with the blessed evermore
May serve and love Thee, and adore.

To Him Who comes the world to free,
TO GOD the SON, all glory be:
TO GOD the FATHER, as is meet,
To GOD, the blessed PARACLETE.

Amen.

Inv. and Hymn, from First to Third Sunday in Lent.

Inv. Be it not vain that ye haste to rise up early, and so late take rest: for the LORD hath promised the Crown unto them that watch.

HYMN.-Ex more docti mystico.

HE fast, as taught by holy lore, We keep in solemn course once more: The fast to all men known, and bound In forty days of yearly round.

The law and seers that were of old

In divers ways this Lent foretold,

HYMN.-Rex sempiterne Cœlitum.

TERNAL King of Heaven, Whose Word

In after ages sanctified.

More sparing therefore let us make
The words we speak, the food we take,
Our sleep and mirth,-and closer barred
Be every sense in holy guard.
In prayer together let us fall,
And cry for mercy, one and all,
And weep before the Judge's feet,
And His avenging wrath entreat.
Thy grace have we offended sore
By sins, O GOD, which we deplore,
But pour upon us from on high,
O pardoning One, Thy clemency!
Remember Thou, though frail we be,
That yet Thine handiwork are we;
Nor let the honour of Thy Name
Be by another put to shame.

Forgive the sin that we have wrought;
Increase the good that we have sought:
That we at length, our wanderings o'er,
May please Thee here and evermore.
Grant, O Thou Blessed TRINITY,
Grant, O Essential UNITY,
That this our fast of forty days

May work our profit and Thy praise! Amen.

Inv. and Hymn from Third Sunday in Lent till Passion Sunday.

Inv. In Thy hands, O LORD, * are all the corners of the earth.

HYMN.-Clarum decus jejunii.
HE shining glory of the fast

THE

O'er earth from heaven gleameth wide, Which, by His time of hunger past,

CHRIST, Source of all things, sanctified.

Thus Moses unto GoD was dear,

And giver of the law became;

Elijah thus, through airy sphere,
Soared upward on his car of flame.

Thus Daniel, safe in lions' den,
Saw mysteries before his view;
Thus praise amongst the sons of men
John won, the Bridegroom's friend most

true.

Vouchsafe, O GOD, that we may seek
Their road of abstinence to go,
Give strength unto our nature weak,
And spiritual joys bestow.

This, FATHER, through Thine only SON
And loving SPIRIT, we implore,
Whom, Threefold Godhead, yet but One,
We laud and worship evermore. Amen.

Inv. and Hymn in Paschal time. Inv. The LORD is risen indeed : Alleluia.

Before the ages Thou art LORD,

In Thine Eternal FATHER's breast.
Thou, when earth's dawning sun began
To chase the chaos shades away,
In Thine own Image madest man,

And didst inspire the senseless clay.
But Satan's craft and Satan's wile
Could mar that work so very good:
And Eden's wood must man beguile,
That GOD may reign from off the wood.
O born of Mary's virgin womb,
First-fruits of Death's dark womb to be,
Thou bidst us waken from the tomb,
And rise to light and life with Thee.
Eternal Shepherd of the sheep,

The stone lies heavy on the well; The clear baptismal spring lies deep, Come Thou and feed Thine Israel! Redeemer of the sons of men,

Thon hungest dying on the rood, That Thou mightst pay the price again Of our salvation in Thy Blood.

O JESU, SAVIOUR, lead us in

With Thee in safety to abide; And call us from the grave of sin,

To rise with Thee this Easter-tide. Amen.

IN THE FIRST NOCTURN. ADVENT. Ant. Behold, a King. THROUGH THE YEAR. Ant. Serve the LORD in fear.

EASTER-TIDE. Ant. (under which one Ant. all the Psalms of the Nocturn are said), Alleluia.

Ps. i. Beatus vir, qui non abiit.

2 Many one there be that say of my soul: There is no help for him in his GOD.

3 But thou, O LORD, art my defender thou art my worship, and the lifter up of my head.

4 I did call upon the LORD with my voice and he heard me out of his holy hill.

5 I laid me down and slept, and

rage together: and why do the

people imagine a vain thing?

2 The kings of the earth stand up, and the rulers take counsel together: against the LORD, and against his Anointed.

3 Let us break their bonds asunder: and cast away their cords from us.

4 He that dwelleth in heaven shall laugh them to scorn: the LORD shall

have them in derision.

5 Then shall he speak unto them in his wrath and vex them in his sore displeasure.

6 Yet have I set my King: upon my holy hill of Sion.

7 I will preach the law whereof the LORD hath said unto me: Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee.

8 Desire of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance and the utmost parts of the earth for thy possession.

9 Thou shalt bruise them with a rod of iron and break them in pieces like a potter's vessel.

10 Be wise now therefore, O ye kings: be learned, ye that are judges of the earth.

11 Serve the LORD in fear rejoice unto him with reverence.

and

Ps. vi. Domine, ne in furore. LORD, rebuke me not in thine indignation neither chasten me in thy displeasure.

2 Have mercy upon me, O LORD, for I am weak: O LORD, heal me, for my bones are vexed.

3 My soul also is sore troubled : but, LORD, how long wilt thou punish me?

4 Turn thee, O LORD, and deliver my soul O save me for thy mercy's sake.

5 For in death no man remembereth thee: and who will give thee thanks in the pit ?

6 I am weary of my groaning every night wash I my bed and water my couch with my tears.

7 My beauty is gone for very trouble and worn away because of all mine enemies.

8 Away from me, all ye that work vanity for the LORD hath heard the voice of my weeping.

9 The LORD hath heard my petition: the LORD will receive my prayer. 10 All mine enemies shall be confounded, and sore vexed: they shall be turned back, and put to shame suddenly.

ADVENT. Ant. Behold, a King shall come with great power: to save the nations. Alleluia.

me;

2 Lest he devour my soul, like a lion, and tear it in pieces: while there is none to help.

3 O LORD my GOD, if I have done any such thing or if there be any wickedness in my hands;

4 If I have rewarded evil unto him that dealt friendly with me yea, I have delivered him that without any cause is mine enemy;

5 Then let mine enemy persecute my soul, and take me yea, let him tread my life down upon the earth, and lay mine honour in the dust.

6 Stand up, O LORD, in thy wrath, and lift up thyself, because of the indignation of mine enemies arise up for me in the judgment that thou hast commanded.

7 And so shall the congregation of the people come about thee for their sakes therefore lift up thyself again.

8 The LORD shall judge the people; give sentence with me, O LORD: ac

cording to my righteousness, and according to the innocency that is in

me.

9 O let the wickedness of the ungodly come to an end but guide thou the just.

10 For the righteous GOD: trieth the very hearts and reins.

11 My help cometh of GOD : who preserveth them that are true of heart.

12 GOD is a righteous Judge, strong, and patient and GOD is provoked every day.

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13 If a man will not turn, he will whet his sword: he hath bent his

bow, and made it ready.

14 He hath prepared for him the instruments of death: he ordaineth his arrows against the persecutors.

15 Behold, he travaileth with mischief he hath conceived sorrow, and brought forth ungodliness.

16 He hath graven and digged up a pit and is fallen himself into the destruction that he made for other.

17 For his travail shall come upon his own head and his wickedness shall fall on his own pate.

18 I will give thanks unto the LORD, according to his righteousness and I will praise the Name of the LORD most High.

Ps. viii. Domine, Dominus noster.

LORD our Governour, how excellent is thy Name in all the world: thou that hast set thy glory above the heavens!

2 Out of the mouth of very babes and sucklings hast thou ordained strength, because of thine enemies : that thou mightest still the enemy, and the avenger.

3 For I will consider thy heavens, even the works of thy fingers: the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained.

4 What is man, that thou art mindful of him and the son of man, that thou visitest him?