Benedicite. Also the Holy Ghost, the Comforter. Thou art the king of glory, O Christ. Thou art the everlasting Son of the Father. When thou tookest upon thee to deliver man, thou didst not abhor the virgin's womb. When thou hadst overcomed1 the sharpness of death, thou didst open the Kingdom of heaven to all believers. Thou sittest on 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 Saints, in glory everlasting. : O Lord save thy people and bless thine heritage. And we worship thy name, ever world without end. O Lord, in thee have I trusted let me never be confounded. Or this Canticle, Benedicite omnia opera Domini Domino. O ALL the3 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 ye1 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. [1 Grafton and 1596, ouercome.] [1596, at.] 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. 0 ye dews and frosts, bless ye the Lord : praise him and magnify him for ever. O ye 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. O ye 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 the earth, bless ye the Lord: praise him and magnify him for ever. 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. O ye children of men, bless ye the Lord: praise him and magnify him for ever. Benedictus. O let Israel bless the Lord : praise him and magnify him for ever. 0 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. O Ananias, Azarias, and Misael, bless ye the Lord : praise him and magnify him for ever. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son. &c. ¶ And after the second lesson shall be used and said Benedictus, in English, as followeth : Blessed be the Lord God of Israel: for he hath visited and redeemed his people. And hath raised up a mighty salvation for us: in the house of his servant David. 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 hands of all that hate us. To perform thy1 mercy promised to our forefathers: and to remember his holy covenant; To perform the oath which he sware to our forefather Abraham that he would give us. : That we being delivered out of the hands of our enemies : might serve him without fear, : In holiness and righteousness before him all the days of our life. And thou Child shalt be called the Prophet of the Highest: for thou shalt go before the face of the Lord, to prepare his ways. To give knowledge of salvation unto his people for the remission of their sins. Through the tender mercy of our God: whereby the dayspring from an high hath visited us. [ Misprint for, the.] [Grafton, on.] To give light to them that sit in darkness, and in the shadow of death: and to guide our feet into the way of peace. 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. Amen. Or else this Psalm. Psal. c. O be joyful in the Lord (all ye lands:) serve the Lord Jubilate deo. with gladness, and come before his presence with a song. Be ye sure that the Lord he is God: it is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture. O go your way into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise be 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. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son. &c. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen. ¶ Then shall be said the Creed, by the minister and the people standing. I BELIEVE in God the Father Almighty, maker of heaven and earth. And in Jesus Christ his only Son our Lord. Which was conceived by the Holy Ghost, Born of the virgin Mary. Suffered under Ponce Pilate, was crucified, dead and buried, He descended into hell. The third day he rose1 again from the dead. He ascended into heaven, and sitteth on the right hand of God the Father Almighty. From thence shall he come to judge the quick and the dead. Holy Ghost. The holy Catholic Church. of Saints. I believe in the The forgiveness of sins. The resurrection of the body. And the life everlasting. Amen. [Grafton, Or the .c. Psalme. Jubilate. Grafton has nothing in the margin here: it is uncertain whether he has elsewhere, as the book is slightly damaged. 1596, Or this C. Psalme. Jubilate Deo. Jubilate Deo, also in the margin.] [Grafton, arose.] [Grafton and 1596, he shall.] And after that, these prayers following, as well at Evening prayer as at Morning prayer: all devoutly kneeling. The Minister first pronouncing with a loud voice. The Lord be with you. Answer. And with thy spirit. 1 The Minister. Let us pray. Lord have mercy upon us. Christ have mercy upon us. Lord have mercy upon us. Then the Minister, Clerks and people, shall say the Lord's prayer, in English, with a loud voice. ¶ Our Father which art 2. &c. Then the Minister standing up, shall say. O Lord shew thy mercy upon us: Answer. Priest 3. Answer. And grant us thy salvation. O Lord save the Queen: And mercifully hear us, when we call upon thee. Priest. Endue thy ministers with righteousness: Answer. Priest. Answer. And make thy chosen people joyful. O Lord save thy people: And bless thine inheritance. Priest. Give peace in our time O Lord: Answer. Because there is none other that fighteth for us, but only thou O God. Priest. O God make clean our hearts within us: Then shall follow three Collects, The first of the day, which shall be the same that is appointed at the Communion. The second for peace. The third for grace to live well. And the two last Collects shall never alter, but daily be said at Morning prayer throughout all the year, as followeth. The Second Collect for Peace. O GOD, which art author of peace, and lover of concord, in knowledge of whom standeth our eternal life, whose service is perfect freedom: defend us thy humble servants in all assaults of our enemies, that we, surely trusting in thy defence, [ Grafton has not, The.] [art, not in Grafton. And so elsewhere.] 1578, Minister. So, also, in the next four instances.] |