¶ Here, all standing up, the Minister shall say, Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost; Answer. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen. Minister. Praise ye the Lord. Answer. The Lord's Name be praised. Then shall be said or sung 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 Psalms, on the nineteenth day of the month. 0 Venite, exultemus Domino. COME, let us sing unto the LORD: let us heartily rejoice in the strength of our salvation. Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving and show ourselves glad in him with psalms. : For the LORD is a great God and a great King above all gods. In his hand are all the corners of the earth and the strength of the hills is his also. The sea 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 pasture, and the sheep of his hand. O worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness let the whole earth stand in awe of him. 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 PSALMS, as they are appointed, or one of the Selections of Psalms. And at the end of every Psalm, and likewise at the end of the Venite, Benedicite, Benedictus, Jubilate, may be, and at the end of the whole Portion, or Selec tion from the Psalter, shall be sung or said the Gloria Patri: YLORY be to the Father, and to the Son: and Gr to the Holy Ghost As it was in the beginning, is shall be world without end. At the end of the whole Portion of the Psalms or Selection from the Psalter, the Gloria in excelsis may be sung or said instead of the Gloria Patri. ¶ Then shall be read the FIRST LESSON, according to the Table or Calendar. After which shall be said or sung the following Hymn. Note, That before every Lesson, the Minister shall say, Here be ginneth such a Chapter [or Verse of such a Chapter] of such a Book; and after every Lesson, Here endeth the First [or the Sec ond] Lesson. Te Deum laudamus. Wthee to be the Lord. E praise thee, O God: we acknowledge 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 Glory: O Christ. 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. Thou sittest 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 Saints: in glory everlasting. O Lord, save thy people and bless thine heritage. Govern them and lift them up for ever. And we worship thy Name: ever, world without end. Vouchsafe, O Lord: to keep us this day without sin. O Lord, have mercy upon us: have mercy upon us. O Lord, let thy mercy be upon us: as our trust is in thee. O Lord, in thee have I trusted : let me never be confounded. 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. ye Sun and Moon, bless ye the Lord: praise him, and magnify him for ever. Oye 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. 0 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. O ye Frost and Cold, bless ye the Lord praise him, and magnify him for ever. Oye 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. Oye 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. Ŏ 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. O let Israel 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. Then shall be read, in like manner, the SECOND LESSON, taken out of the New Testament, according to the Table or Calendar. And after that shall be sung or said the Hymn following: but Note, That, save on the Sundays in Advent, the latter portion thereof may be omitted. LESSED be the Lord God of Israel: for he BLESSED be 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 hand of all that hate us. To perform the mercy promised to our forefathers and to remember his holy cove nant; To perform the oath which he sware to our forefather Abraham : that he would give us; That we being delivered out of the hand 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; |