Saint James the Apostle
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✤
| A slothful man is compared to a filthy stone, and every one will hiss him out to his disgrace. |
| A slothful man is compared to the filth of a dunghill: every man that takes it up will shake his hand. |
| An evilnurtured son is the dishonour of his father that begat him: and a foolish daughter is born to his loss. |
| A wise daughter shall bring an inheritance to her husband: but she that liveth dishonestly is her father's heaviness. |
| She that is bold dishonoureth both her father and her husband, but they both shall despise her. |
| A tale out of season is as musick in mourning: but stripes and correction of wisdom are never out of time. |
| Whoso teacheth a fool is as one that glueth a potsherd together, and as he that waketh one from a sound sleep. |
| He that telleth a tale to a fool speaketh to one in a slumber: when he hath told his tale, he will say, What is the matter? |
| If children live honestly, and have wherewithal, they shall cover the baseness of their parents. |
| But children, being haughty, through disdain and want of nurture do stain the nobility of their kindred. |
| Weep for the dead, for he hath lost the light: and weep for the fool, for he wanteth understanding: make little weeping for the dead, for he is at rest: but the life of the fool is worse than death. |
| Seven days do men mourn for him that is dead; but for a fool and an ungodly man all the days of his life. |
| Talk not much with a fool, and go not to him that hath no understanding: beware of him, lest thou have trouble, and thou shalt never be defiled with his fooleries: depart from him, and thou shalt find rest, and never be disquieted with madness. |
| What is heavier than lead? and what is the name thereof, but a fool? |
| Sand, and salt, and a mass of iron, is easier to bear, than a man without understanding. |
| As timber girt and bound together in a building cannot be loosed with shaking: so the heart that is stablished by advised counsel shall fear at no time. |
| A heart settled upon a thought of understanding is as a fair plaistering on the wall of a gallery. |
| Pales set on an high place will never stand against the wind: so a fearful heart in the imagination of a fool cannot stand against any fear. |
| He that pricketh the eye will make tears to fall: and he that pricketh the heart maketh it to shew her knowledge. |
| Whoso casteth a stone at the birds frayeth them away: and he that upbraideth his friend breaketh friendship. |
| Though thou drewest a sword at thy friend, yet despair not: for there may be a returning to favour. |
| If thou hast opened thy mouth against thy friend, fear not; for there may be a reconciliation: except for upbraiding, or pride, or disclosing of secrets, or a treacherous wound: for for these things every friend will depart. |
| Be faithful to thy neighbour in his poverty, that thou mayest rejoice in his prosperity: abide stedfast unto him in the time of his trouble, that thou mayest be heir with him in his heritage: for a mean estate is not always to be contemned: nor the rich that is foolish to be had in admiration. |
| As the vapour and smoke of a furnace goeth before the fire; so reviling before blood. |
| I will not be ashamed to defend a friend; neither will I hide myself from him. |
| And if any evil happen unto me by him, every one that heareth it will beware of him. |
| Who shall set a watch before my mouth, and a seal of wisdom upon my lips, that I fall not suddenly by them, and that my tongue destroy me not? |
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✤
| I charge thee therefore before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the quick and the dead at his appearing and his kingdom; |
| Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine. |
| For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears; |
| And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables. |
| But watch thou in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, make full proof of thy ministry. |
| For I am now ready to be offered, and the time of my departure is at hand. |
| I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith: |
| Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing. |
| Do thy diligence to come shortly unto me: |
| For Demas hath forsaken me, having loved this present world, and is departed unto Thessalonica; Crescens to Galatia, Titus unto Dalmatia. |
| Only Luke is with me. Take Mark, and bring him with thee: for he is profitable to me for the ministry. |
| And Tychicus have I sent to Ephesus. |
| The cloke that I left at Troas with Carpus, when thou comest, bring with thee, and the books, but especially the parchments. |
| Alexander the coppersmith did me much evil: the Lord reward him according to his works: |
| Of whom be thou ware also; for he hath greatly withstood our words. |
| At my first answer no man stood with me, but all men forsook me: I pray God that it may not be laid to their charge. |
| Notwithstanding the Lord stood with me, and strengthened me; that by me the preaching might be fully known, and that all the Gentiles might hear: and I was delivered out of the mouth of the lion. |
| And the Lord shall deliver me from every evil work, and will preserve me unto his heavenly kingdom: to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen. |
| Salute Prisca and Aquila, and the household of Onesiphorus. |
| Erastus abode at Corinth: but Trophimus have I left at Miletum sick. |
| Do thy diligence to come before winter. Eubulus greeteth thee, and Pudens, and Linus, and Claudia, and all the brethren. |
| The Lord Jesus Christ be with thy spirit. Grace be with you. Amen. |
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
Grant, O merciful God, that as thine holy Apostle Saint James, leaving his father and all that he had, without delay was obedient unto the calling of thy Son Jesus Christ, and followed him; so we, forsaking all worldly and carnal affections, may be evermore ready to follow thy holy commandments, 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.
