Tuesday after Sunday next before Advent
EVENING
Lord's Prayer and Preces
Our Father, whichwho art in heaven, Hallowed be thy Name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done inon earth, as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive them thatthose 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.
O Lord, open thou our lips.
And our mouth shall show forth thy praise.
O God, make speed to save us.
O Lord, make haste to help us.
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.
Praise ye the Lord.
The Lord's Name be praised.
Ps. 119:73-80.
| Thy hands have made me and fashioned me: O give me understanding, that I may learn thy commandments. |
| They that fear thee will be glad when they see me; because I have put my trust in thy word. |
| I know, O Lord, that thy judgements are right, and that thou of very faithfulness hast caused me to be troubled. |
| O let thy merciful kindness be my comfort, according to thy word unto thy servant. |
| O let thy loving mercies come unto me, that I may live; for thy law is my delight. |
| Let the proud be confounded, for they go wickedly about to destroy me; but I will be occupied in thy commandments. |
| Let such as fear thee, and have known thy testimonies, be turned unto me. |
| O let my heart be sound in thy statutes, that I be not ashamed. |
| 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. |
Ps. 119:81-88.
| My soul hath longed for thy salvation, and I have a good hope because of thy word. |
| Mine eyes long sore for thy word; saying, O when wilt thou comfort me? |
| For I am become like a bottle in the smoke; yet do I not forget thy statutes. |
| How many are the days of thy servant? when wilt thou be avenged of them that persecute me? |
| The proud have digged pits for me, which are not after thy law. |
| All thy commandments are true: they persecute me falsely; O be thou my help. |
| They had almost made an end of me upon earth; but I forsook not thy commandments. |
| O quicken me after thy lovingkindness; and so shall I keep the testimonies of thy mouth. |
| 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. |
Ps. 119:89-96.
| O Lord, thy word endureth for ever in heaven. |
| Thy truth also remaineth from one generation to another; thou hast laid the foundation of the earth, and it abideth. |
| They continue this day according to thine ordinance; for all things serve thee. |
| If my delight had not been in thy law, I should have perished in my trouble. |
| I will never forget thy commandments; for with them thou hast quickened me. |
| I am thine, O save me; for I have sought thy commandments. |
| The ungodly laid wait for me to destroy me; but I will consider thy testimonies. |
| I see that all things come to an end; but thy commandment is exceeding broad. |
| 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. |
Ps. 119:97-104.
| Lord, what love have I unto thy law! all the day long is my study in it. |
| Thou through thy commandments hast made me wiser than mine enemies; for they are ever with me. |
| I have more understanding than my teachers; for thy testimonies are my study. |
| I am wiser than the aged; because I keep thy commandments. |
| I have refrained my feet from every evil way, that I may keep thy word. |
| I have not shrunk from thy judgements; for thou teachest me. |
| O how sweet are thy words unto my throat; yea, sweeter than honey unto my mouth. |
| Through thy commandments I get understanding: therefore I hate all evil ways. |
| 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. |
First Lesson✤
| Now will I sing to my wellbeloved a song of my beloved touching his vineyard. My wellbeloved hath a vineyard in a very fruitful hill: |
| And he fenced it, and gathered out the stones thereof, and planted it with the choicest vine, and built a tower in the midst of it, and also made a winepress therein: and he looked that it should bring forth grapes, and it brought forth wild grapes. |
| And now, O inhabitants of Jerusalem, and men of Judah, judge, I pray you, betwixt me and my vineyard. |
| What could have been done more to my vineyard, that I have not done in it? wherefore, when I looked that it should bring forth grapes, brought it forth wild grapes? |
| And now go to; I will tell you what I will do to my vineyard: I will take away the hedge thereof, and it shall be eaten up; and break down the wall thereof, and it shall be trodden down: |
| And I will lay it waste: it shall not be pruned, nor digged; but there shall come up briers and thorns: I will also command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it. |
| For the vineyard of the Lord of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah his pleasant plant: and he looked for judgment, but behold oppression; for righteousness, but behold a cry. |
| Woe unto them that join house to house, that lay field to field, till there be no place, that they may be placed alone in the midst of the earth! |
| In mine ears said the Lord of hosts, Of a truth many houses shall be desolate, even great and fair, without inhabitant. |
| Yea, ten acres of vineyard shall yield one bath, and the seed of an homer shall yield an ephah. |
| Woe unto them that rise up early in the morning, that they may follow strong drink; that continue until night, till wine inflame them! |
| And the harp, and the viol, the tabret, and pipe, and wine, are in their feasts: but they regard not the work of the Lord, neither consider the operation of his hands. |
| Therefore my people are gone into captivity, because they have no knowledge: and their honourable men are famished, and their multitude dried up with thirst. |
| Therefore hell hath enlarged herself, and opened her mouth without measure: and their glory, and their multitude, and their pomp, and he that rejoiceth, shall descend into it. |
| And the mean man shall be brought down, and the mighty man shall be humbled, and the eyes of the lofty shall be humbled: |
| But the Lord of hosts shall be exalted in judgment, and God that is holy shall be sanctified in righteousness. |
| Then shall the lambs feed after their manner, and the waste places of the fat ones shall strangers eat. |
| Woe unto them that draw iniquity with cords of vanity, and sin as it were with a cart rope: |
| That say, Let him make speed, and hasten his work, that we may see it: and let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel draw nigh and come, that we may know it! |
| Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter! |
| Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight! |
| Woe unto them that are mighty to drink wine, and men of strength to mingle strong drink: |
| Which justify the wicked for reward, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him! |
| Therefore as the fire devoureth the stubble, and the flame consumeth the chaff, so their root shall be as rottenness, and their blossom shall go up as dust: because they have cast away the law of the Lord of hosts, and despised the word of the Holy One of Israel. |
| Therefore is the anger of the Lord kindled against his people, and he hath stretched forth his hand against them, and hath smitten them: and the hills did tremble, and their carcases were torn in the midst of the streets. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still. |
| And he will lift up an ensign to the nations from far, and will hiss unto them from the end of the earth: and, behold, they shall come with speed swiftly: |
| None shall be weary nor stumble among them; none shall slumber nor sleep; neither shall the girdle of their loins be loosed, nor the latchet of their shoes be broken: |
| Whose arrows are sharp, and all their bows bent, their horses' hoofs shall be counted like flint, and their wheels like a whirlwind: |
| Their roaring shall be like a lion, they shall roar like young lions: yea, they shall roar, and lay hold of the prey, and shall carry it away safe, and none shall deliver it. |
| And in that day they shall roar against them like the roaring of the sea: and if one look unto the land, behold darkness and sorrow, and the light is darkened in the heavens thereof. |
MAGNIFICATFirst Canticle
My soul doth magnify the Lord, and my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour.
For he hath regarded the lowliness of his handmaiden.
For behold, from henceforth
all generations shall call me blessed.
For he that is mighty hath magnified me;
and holy is his Name.
And his mercy is on them that fear him
throughout all generations.
He hath showed strength with his arm;
he hath scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts.
He hath put down the mighty from their seat,
and hath exalted the humble and meek.
He hath filled the hungry with good things;
and the rich he hath sent empty away.
He remembering his mercy, hath holpen his servant Israel;
as he promised to our forefathers, Abraham and his seed, for ever.
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.
Second Lesson✤
| God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets, |
| Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds; |
| Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high; |
| Being made so much better than the angels, as he hath by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they. |
| For unto which of the angels said he at any time, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee? And again, I will be to him a Father, and he shall be to me a Son? |
| And again, when he bringeth in the firstbegotten into the world, he saith, And let all the angels of God worship him. |
| And of the angels he saith, Who maketh his angels spirits, and his ministers a flame of fire. |
| But unto the Son he saith, Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: a sceptre of righteousness is the sceptre of thy kingdom. |
| Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated iniquity; therefore God, even thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows. |
| And, Thou, Lord, in the beginning hast laid the foundation of the earth; and the heavens are the works of thine hands: |
| They shall perish; but thou remainest; and they all shall wax old as doth a garment; |
| And as a vesture shalt thou fold them up, and they shall be changed: but thou art the same, and thy years shall not fail. |
| But to which of the angels said he at any time, Sit on my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool? |
| Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to minister for them who shall be heirs of salvation? |
NUNC DIMITTISSecond Canticle
Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace, according to thy word.
For mine eyes have seen thy salvation,
Which thou hast prepared before the face of all people;
To be a light to lighten the Gentiles, and to be the glory of thy people Israel.
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.
Collect of the Day
Stir up, we beseech thee, O Lord, the wills of thy faithful people; that they, plenteously bringing forth the fruit of good works, may of thee be plenteously rewarded, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Collect for Peace
O God, from whom all holy desires, all good counsels, and all just works do proceed; Give unto thy servants that peace which the world cannot give; that both our hearts may be set to obey thy commandments, and also that by thee we being defended from the fear of our enemies, may pass our time in rest and quietness, through the merits of Jesus Christ our Saviour. Amen.
Collect for Aid Against All Perils
Lighten our darkness, we beseech thee, O Lord; and by thy great mercy defend us from all perils and dangers of this night, for the love of thy only Son, our Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen.
