Olet Esrael bless the Lord : praise Him and magnify CHAP. Him for ever. O ye Priests of the Lord, bless ye the Lord : praise Him and magnify Him for ever. Oye 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. Oye holy and humble men of heart, bless ye the Lord: praise Him and magnify Him for ever. O Ananias, Azarias and Misae, bless ye the Lord : praise Him and magnify Him for ever. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Poly Ghost. As it was in the beginning, is now, &c. And after the second Lesson shall be used and said (V) Bene dictus in English as followeth. IIL Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, &c. Benedictus. 69 Glory be to the Father and to the Son, &c. Or else this Psalm. O be joyful in the Lord (all ye lands,) &c. Psalm c. As it was in the beginning, is now, &c. 1 B. of Edw. VI. Then shall be said daily throughout the year the prayers following, as well at evensong as at matins, all devoutly kneeling. Lord have mercy upon us. The Common Prayer. w Then shall be said [Scotch Liturgy, "or sung"] the Creed by the priest and the people standing. L'ESTRANGE. H 1 B. of Edw. VI. Jubilate 1 B. of СНАР. III. 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 Pontius Pilate, was crucified, dead, and buried, He descended into hell, the third day He rose 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. 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. And after that these prayers following, as well at evening prayer as at morning prayer: all devoutly kneeling, the priest first pronouncing with a loud voice. Then the priest, clerks, and people shall say the Lord's Our Father which art in heaven, &c. 1 B. of Edw. VI. Answer. Then the priest standing up shall say. O Lord shew Thy mercy upon us. And mercifully hear us when we call upon Thee. Priest. Endue Thy ministers with righteousness. AA Because there is none other that fighteth for us, but only Thou O God. Priest. O God make clean our hearts within us. Answer. And take not Thy holy Spirit from us. Then shall follow [1 B. of Edw. VI. "daily"] 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. [1 B. of Edw. VI., "the priest standing up and saying, Let us pray," then the collect for the day.] The second Collect, for Peace. O God, which art the 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, may not fear the power of any adversaries, through the might of Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. The third Collect, for Grace. O Lord our heavenly Father, Almighty and everlasting God, which hast safely brought us to the beginning of this day, defend us in the same with Thy mighty power, and grant that this day we fall into no sin, neither run into any kind of danger, but that all our doings may be ordered by Thy CHAP. CHAP. gobernance, to do always that is righteous in Thy sight, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. [Scotch Liturgy, "After this collect ended followeth the litany, and if the litany be not appointed to be said or sung that morning, then shall be next said the prayer of the king's majesty, with the rest of the prayers following, at the end of the litany, and the benediction."] 71 ANNOTATIONS UPON A CHAPTER III. III. (A) Morning and evening prayer agreeable to the Jewish and Christian CHAP. practice. The three hours of prayer in the temple. The six of private devotion. (B) Where morning and evening prayer are to be said. Why the place left arbitrary to the bishop. (C) What meant by "chancels shall stand as they have done." (D) Ornaments in cathedrals. (E) The surplice defended and primitive practice set down. (F) A discourse concerning the translations of the Bible, where the obstacle was, that our liturgy was not reformed in this particular. (G) To begin with confession ancient. (H) What meant by the word 'alone' in the rubric of absolution. (I) The Lord's Prayer why pronounced in a loud voice. (K) The primitive practice concerning Amen. (L) The versicles and responds, canonical Scripture, approved by Bucer. (M) The original of the doxology, its antiquity. (N) Hallelujah, at what times to be used. (0) The invitatory what, and why devised. (P) The number of lessons in the Romish Church. Our manner of reading them most conformable to antiquity. The contents of the chapters, of what use. (Q) The primitive custom before every lesson. (R) The benefit of mixing psalms or hymns with lessons. (S) Te Deum, how ancient. (T) Benedicite ancient. (V) Benedictus and other hymns vindicated, used by the Dutch Church. (W) The Creed anciently no part of the liturgy; how employed; why called the Apostles'. The Catholic Church a phrase as ancient as Ignatius. Reason why so called. The variety of symbols whence derived; why the Creed pronounced standing. (X)‘The Lord be with you,' whence derived. Difference betwixt it and 'Peace be to you.' (Y) 'Let us pray,' an ancient formula. (Z)' Lord have mercy upon us,' &c., called the lesser litany. (AA) 'O Lord, shew Thy mercy upon us,' &c., are canonical Scripture. (BB) Collects, why so called. Morning and evening prayer.] Prayer ought to be made as oft as occasion requireth; as there is daily occasion, so there must be daily prayer. Our daily sins exact a daily confession; our daily wants teach us, as our Saviour prescribed us, to say, "Give us this day our daily bread;" the Lord's mercies are 66 new every morning," so should our prayers and thanksgivings be; new in practice, though the same in form. |