Wednesday after Septuagesima
MORNING
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. 95.
| O 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 shew 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. |
| Today 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. 19.
| The heavens declare the glory of God, and the firmament sheweth his handiwork. |
| One day telleth another, and one night certifieth another. |
| There is neither speech nor language, but their voices are heard among them. |
| Their sound is gone out into all lands, and their words into the ends of the world. |
| In them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun; which cometh forth as a bridegroom out of his chamber, and rejoiceth as a giant to run his course. |
| It goeth forth from the uttermost part of the heaven, and runneth about unto the end of it again; and there is nothing hid from the heat thereof. |
| The law of the Lord is an undefiled law, converting the soul; the testimony of the Lord is sure, and giveth wisdom unto the simple. |
| The statutes of the Lord are right, and rejoice the heart; the commandment of the Lord is pure, and giveth light unto the eyes. |
| The fear of the Lord is clean, and endureth for ever; the judgements of the Lord are true, and righteous altogether. |
| More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than much fine gold; sweeter also than honey, and the honeycomb. |
| Moreover, by them is thy servant taught, and in keeping of them there is great reward. |
| Who can tell how oft he offendeth? O cleanse thou me from my secret faults. |
| Keep thy servant also from presumptuous sins, lest they get the dominion over me; so shall I be undefiled, and innocent from the great offence. |
| Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be alway acceptable in thy sight, |
| O Lord, my strength, and my redeemer. |
| 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. 20.
| The Lord hear thee in the day of trouble; the Name of the God of Jacob defend thee; |
| Send thee help from the sanctuary, and strengthen thee out of Sion; |
| Remember all thy offerings, and accept thy burnt sacrifice; |
| Grant thee thy heart's desire, and fulfil all thy mind. |
| We will rejoice in thy salvation, and triumph in the Name of the Lord our God: the Lord perform all thy petitions. |
| Now know I that the Lord helpeth his Anointed, and will hear him from his holy heaven, even with the wholesome strength of his right hand. |
| Some put their trust in chariots, and some in horses; but we will remember the Name of the Lord our God. |
| They are brought down, and fallen; but we are risen, and stand upright. |
| Save, Lord, and hear us, O King of heaven, when we call upon thee. |
| 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. 21.
| The King shall rejoice in thy strength, O Lord; exceeding glad shall he be of thy salvation. |
| Thou hast given him his heart's desire, and hast not denied him the request of his lips. |
| For thou shalt prevent him with the blessings of goodness, and shalt set a crown of pure gold upon his head. |
| He asked life of thee, and thou gavest him a long life, even for ever and ever. |
| His honour is great in thy salvation; glory and great worship shalt thou lay upon him. |
| For thou shalt give him everlasting felicity, and make him glad with the joy of thy countenance. |
| And why? because the King putteth his trust in the Lord; and in the mercy of the most Highest he shall not miscarry. |
| All thine enemies shall feel thine hand; thy right hand shall find out them that hate thee. |
| Thou shalt make them like a fiery oven in time of thy wrath: the Lord shall destroy them in his displeasure, and the fire shall consume them. |
| Their fruit shalt thou root out of the earth, and their seed from among the children of men. |
| For they intended mischief against thee, and imagined such a device as they are not able to perform. |
| Therefore shalt thou put them to flight, and the strings of thy bow shalt thou make ready against the face of them. |
| Be thou exalted, Lord, in thine own strength; so will we sing, and praise thy power. |
| 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✤
| And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, |
| Speak unto the children of Israel, that they turn and encamp before Pi-hahiroth, between Migdol and the sea, over against Baal-zephon: before it shall ye encamp by the sea. |
| For Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel, They are entangled in the land, the wilderness hath shut them in. |
| And I will harden Pharaoh's heart, that he shall follow after them; and I will be honoured upon Pharaoh, and upon all his host; that the Egyptians may know that I am the Lord. And they did so. |
| And it was told the king of Egypt that the people fled: and the heart of Pharaoh and of his servants was turned against the people, and they said, Why have we done this, that we have let Israel go from serving us? |
| And he made ready his chariot, and took his people with him: |
| And he took six hundred chosen chariots, and all the chariots of Egypt, and captains over every one of them. |
| And the Lord hardened the heart of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and he pursued after the children of Israel: and the children of Israel went out with an high hand. |
| But the Egyptians pursued after them, all the horses and chariots of Pharaoh, and his horsemen, and his army, and overtook them encamping by the sea, beside Pi-hahiroth, before Baal-zephon. |
| And when Pharaoh drew nigh, the children of Israel lifted up their eyes, and, behold, the Egyptians marched after them; and they were sore afraid: and the children of Israel cried out unto the Lord. |
| And they said unto Moses, Because there were no graves in Egypt, hast thou taken us away to die in the wilderness? wherefore hast thou dealt thus with us, to carry us forth out of Egypt? |
| Is not this the word that we did tell thee in Egypt, saying, Let us alone, that we may serve the Egyptians? For it had been better for us to serve the Egyptians, than that we should die in the wilderness. |
| And Moses said unto the people, Fear ye not, stand still, and see the salvation of the Lord, which he will shew to you to day: for the Egyptians whom ye have seen to day, ye shall see them again no more for ever. |
| The Lord shall fight for you, and ye shall hold your peace. |
| And the Lord said unto Moses, Wherefore criest thou unto me? speak unto the children of Israel, that they go forward: |
| But lift thou up thy rod, and stretch out thine hand over the sea, and divide it: and the children of Israel shall go on dry ground through the midst of the sea. |
| And I, behold, I will harden the hearts of the Egyptians, and they shall follow them: and I will get me honour upon Pharaoh, and upon all his host, upon his chariots, and upon his horsemen. |
| And the Egyptians shall know that I am the Lord, when I have gotten me honour upon Pharaoh, upon his chariots, and upon his horsemen. |
| And the angel of God, which went before the camp of Israel, removed and went behind them; and the pillar of the cloud went from before their face, and stood behind them: |
| And it came between the camp of the Egyptians and the camp of Israel; and it was a cloud and darkness to them, but it gave light by night to these: so that the one came not near the other all the night. |
| And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and the Lord caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all that night, and made the sea dry land, and the waters were divided. |
| And the children of Israel went into the midst of the sea upon the dry ground: and the waters were a wall unto them on their right hand, and on their left. |
| And the Egyptians pursued, and went in after them to the midst of the sea, even all Pharaoh's horses, his chariots, and his horsemen. |
| And it came to pass, that in the morning watch the Lord looked unto the host of the Egyptians through the pillar of fire and of the cloud, and troubled the host of the Egyptians, |
| And took off their chariot wheels, that they drave them heavily: so that the Egyptians said, Let us flee from the face of Israel; for the Lord fighteth for them against the Egyptians. |
| And the Lord said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand over the sea, that the waters may come again upon the Egyptians, upon their chariots, and upon their horsemen. |
| And Moses stretched forth his hand over the sea, and the sea returned to his strength when the morning appeared; and the Egyptians fled against it; and the Lord overthrew the Egyptians in the midst of the sea. |
| And the waters returned, and covered the chariots, and the horsemen, and all the host of Pharaoh that came into the sea after them; there remained not so much as one of them. |
| But the children of Israel walked upon dry land in the midst of the sea; and the waters were a wall unto them on their right hand, and on their left. |
| Thus the Lord saved Israel that day out of the hand of the Egyptians; and Israel saw the Egyptians dead upon the sea shore. |
| And Israel saw that great work which the Lord did upon the Egyptians: and the people feared the Lord, and believed the Lord, and his servant Moses. |
BENEDICITE, OMNIA OPERA DOMINIFirst Canticle
O 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.
O ye Sun and Moon, bless ye the Lord:
praise him, and magnify him for ever.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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, and to the Holy Ghost;
As it was in the beginning,
is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.
Second Lesson✤
| And he began again to teach by the sea side: and there was gathered unto him a great multitude, so that he entered into a ship, and sat in the sea; and the whole multitude was by the sea on the land. |
| And he taught them many things by parables, and said unto them in his doctrine, |
| Hearken; Behold, there went out a sower to sow: |
| And it came to pass, as he sowed, some fell by the way side, and the fowls of the air came and devoured it up. |
| And some fell on stony ground, where it had not much earth; and immediately it sprang up, because it had no depth of earth: |
| But when the sun was up, it was scorched; and because it had no root, it withered away. |
| And some fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up, and choked it, and it yielded no fruit. |
| And other fell on good ground, and did yield fruit that sprang up and increased; and brought forth, some thirty, and some sixty, and some an hundred. |
| And he said unto them, He that hath ears to hear, let him hear. |
| And when he was alone, they that were about him with the twelve asked of him the parable. |
| And he said unto them, Unto you it is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God: but unto them that are without, all these things are done in parables: |
| That seeing they may see, and not perceive; and hearing they may hear, and not understand; lest at any time they should be converted, and their sins should be forgiven them. |
| And he said unto them, Know ye not this parable? and how then will ye know all parables? |
| The sower soweth the word. |
| And these are they by the way side, where the word is sown; but when they have heard, Satan cometh immediately, and taketh away the word that was sown in their hearts. |
| And these are they likewise which are sown on stony ground; who, when they have heard the word, immediately receive it with gladness; |
| And have no root in themselves, and so endure but for a time: afterward, when affliction or persecution ariseth for the word's sake, immediately they are offended. |
| And these are they which are sown among thorns; such as hear the word, |
| And the cares of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other things entering in, choke the word, and it becometh unfruitful. |
| And these are they which are sown on good ground; such as hear the word, and receive it, and bring forth fruit, some thirtyfold, some sixty, and some an hundred. |
| And he said unto them, Is a candle brought to be put under a bushel, or under a bed? and not to be set on a candlestick? |
| For there is nothing hid, which shall not be manifested; neither was any thing kept secret, but that it should come abroad. |
| If any man have ears to hear, let him hear. |
| And he said unto them, Take heed what ye hear: with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you: and unto you that hear shall more be given. |
| For he that hath, to him shall be given: and he that hath not, from him shall be taken even that which he hath. |
| And he said, So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed into the ground; |
| And should sleep, and rise night and day, and the seed should spring and grow up, he knoweth not how. |
| For the earth bringeth forth fruit of herself; first the blade, then the ear, after that the full corn in the ear. |
| But when the fruit is brought forth, immediately he putteth in the sickle, because the harvest is come. |
| And he said, Whereunto shall we liken the kingdom of God? or with what comparison shall we compare it? |
| It is like a grain of mustard seed, which, when it is sown in the earth, is less than all the seeds that be in the earth: |
| But when it is sown, it groweth up, and becometh greater than all herbs, and shooteth out great branches; so that the fowls of the air may lodge under the shadow of it. |
| And with many such parables spake he the word unto them, as they were able to hear it. |
| But without a parable spake he not unto them: and when they were alone, he expounded all things to his disciples. |
| And the same day, when the even was come, he saith unto them, Let us pass over unto the other side. |
| And when they had sent away the multitude, they took him even as he was in the ship. And there were also with him other little ships. |
| And there arose a great storm of wind, and the waves beat into the ship, so that it was now full. |
| And he was in the hinder part of the ship, asleep on a pillow: and they awake him, and say unto him, Master, carest thou not that we perish? |
| And he arose, and rebuked the wind, and said unto the sea, Peace, be still. And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm. |
| And he said unto them, Why are ye so fearful? how is it that ye have no faith? |
| And they feared exceedingly, and said one to another, What manner of man is this, that even the wind and the sea obey him? |
BENEDICTUSSecond Canticle
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 hand of all that hate us:
To perform the 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 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;
To give knowledge of salvation unto his people
for the remission of their sins,
Through the tender mercy of our God;
whereby the Day-spring from on high hath visited us;
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.
Collect of the Day
O Lord, we beseech thee favourably to hear the prayers of thy people; that we, who are justly punished for our offences, may be mercifully delivered by thy goodness, for the glory of thy Name, through Jesus Christ our Saviour, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Ghost, ever, one God, world without end. Amen.
Collect for Peace
O God, who 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.
Collect for Grace
O Lord our heavenly Father, Almighty and everlasting God, who 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 governance, to do always that isdoings, being ordered by thy governance, may be righteous in thy sight, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
