Dearly beloved brethren, the Scripture moveth us in sundry places to acknowledge and confess our manifold sins and wickedness; and that we should not dissemble nor cloak them before the face of Almighty God our heavenly Father; but confess them with an humble, lowly, penitent, and obedient heart; to the end that we may obtain forgiveness of the same, by his infinite goodness and mercy. And although we ought at all times humbly to acknowledge our sins before God; yet ought we most chiefly so to do, when we assemble and meet together, to render thanks for the great benefits that we have received at his hands, to set forth his most worthy praise, to hear his most holy Word, and to ask those things which are requisite and necessary as well for the body as the soul. Wherefore I pray and beseech you, as many as are here present, to accompany me with a pure heart, and humble voice, unto the throne of the heavenly grace, saying after me:
Almighty and most merciful Father, We have erred and strayed from thy ways like lost sheep: We have followed too much the devices and desires of our own hearts: We have offended against thy holy laws: We have left undone those things which we ought to have done; And we have done those things which we ought not to have done; And there is no health in us. But thou, O Lord, have mercy upon us, miserable offenders: Spare thou themthose, O God, whichwho confess their faults: Restore thou them thatthose who are penitent; According to thy promises declared unto mankind in Christ Jesu our Lord. And grant, O most merciful Father, for his sake, That we may hereafter live a godly, righteous, and sober life, To the glory of thy holy Name. Amen.
Almighty God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who desireth not the death of a sinner, but rather that he may turn from his wickedness and live; and hath given power and commandment to his Ministers, to declare and pronounce to his people, being penitent, the absolution and remission of their sins: He pardoneth and absolveth all them thatthose who truly repent, and unfeignedly believe his holy Gospel. Wherefore let us beseech him to grant us true repentance, and his Holy Spirit; that those things may please him which we do at this present, and that the rest of our life hereafter may be pure and holy; so that at the last we may come to his eternal joy, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
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, the power, and the glory, for ever and ever. Amen.
1 | I will love thee, O Lord, my strength; the Lord is my stony rock, and my defence: * my Saviour, my God, and my might, in whom I will trust, my buckler, the horn also of my salvation, and my refuge. |
2 | I will call upon the Lord, which is worthy to be praised; * so shall I be safe from mine enemies. |
3 | The sorrows of death compassed me, * and the overflowings of ungodliness made me afraid. |
4 | The pains of hell came about me; * the snares of death overtook me. |
5 | In my trouble I will call upon the Lord, * and complain unto my God. |
6 | So shall he hear my voice out of his holy temple; * and my complaint shall come before him, it shall enter even into his ears. |
7 | The earth trembled and quaked; * the very foundations also of the hills shook, and were removed, because he was wroth. |
8 | There went a smoke out in his presence, * and a consuming fire out of his mouth, so that coals were kindled at it. |
9 | He bowed the heavens also, and came down, * and it was dark under his feet. |
10 | He rode upon the cherubins, and did fly; * he came flying upon the wings of the wind. |
11 | He made darkness his secret place: * his pavilion round about him, with dark water and thick clouds to cover him. |
12 | At the brightness of his presence his clouds removed; * hailstones, and coals of fire. |
13 | The Lord also thundered out of heaven, and the Highest gave his thunder; * hailstones, and coals of fire. |
14 | He sent out his arrows, and scattered them; * he cast forth lightnings, and destroyed them. |
15 | The springs of waters were seen, and the foundations of the round world were discovered, at thy chiding, O Lord; * at the blasting of the breath of thy displeasure. |
16 | He shall send down from on high to fetch me, * and shall take me out of many waters. |
17 | He shall deliver me from my strongest enemy, and from them which hate me; * for they are too mighty for me. |
18 | They prevented me in the day of my trouble, * but the Lord was my upholder. |
19 | He brought me forth also into a place of liberty; * he brought me forth, even because he had a favour unto me. |
20 | The Lord shall reward me after my righteous dealing; * according to the cleanness of my hands shall he recompense me. |
21 | Because I have kept the ways of the Lord, * and have not forsaken my God, as the wicked doth. |
22 | For I have an eye unto all his laws, * and will not cast out his commandments from me. |
23 | I was also uncorrupt before him, * and eschewed mine own wickedness. |
24 | Therefore shall the Lord reward me after my righteous dealing, * and according unto the cleanness of my hands in his eyesight. |
25 | With the holy thou shalt be holy, * and with a perfect man thou shalt be perfect. |
26 | With the clean thou shalt be clean, * and with the froward thou shalt learn frowardness. |
27 | For thou shalt save the people that are in adversity, * and shalt bring down the high looks of the proud. |
28 | Thou also shalt light my candle; * the Lord my God shall make my darkness to be light. |
29 | For in thee I shall discomfit an host of men, * and with the help of my God I shall leap over the wall. |
30 | The way of God is an undefiled way: * the word of the Lord also is tried in the fire; he is the defender of all them that put their trust in him. |
31 | For who is God, but the Lord? * or who hath any strength, except our God? |
32 | It is God, that girdeth me with strength of war, * and maketh my way perfect. |
33 | He maketh my feet like harts' feet, * and setteth me up on high. |
34 | He teacheth mine hands to fight, * and mine arms shall break even a bow of steel. |
35 | Thou hast given me the defence of thy salvation; * thy right hand also shall hold me up, and thy loving correction shall make me great. |
36 | Thou shalt make room enough under me for to go, * that my footsteps shall not slide. |
37 | I will follow upon mine enemies, and overtake them; * neither will I turn again till I have destroyed them. |
38 | I will smite them, that they shall not be able to stand, * but fall under my feet. |
39 | Thou hast girded me with strength unto the battle; * thou shalt throw down mine enemies under me. |
40 | Thou hast made mine enemies also to turn their backs upon me, * and I shall destroy them that hate me. |
41 | They shall cry, but there shall be none to help them; * yea, even unto the Lord shall they cry, but he shall not hear them. |
42 | I will beat them as small as the dust before the wind; * I will cast them out as the clay in the streets. |
43 | Thou shalt deliver me from the strivings of the people, * and thou shalt make me the head of the heathen. |
44 | A people whom I have not known * shall serve me. |
45 | As soon as they hear of me, they shall obey me; * but the strange children shall dissemble with me. |
46 | The strange children shall fail, * and be afraid out of their prisons. |
47 | The Lord liveth, and blessed be my strong helper, * and praised be the God of my salvation; |
48 | Even the God that seeth that I be avenged, * and subdueth the people unto me. |
49 | It is he that delivereth me from my cruel enemies, and setteth me up above mine adversaries: * thou shalt rid me from the wicked man. |
50 | For this cause will I give thanks unto thee, O Lord, among the Gentiles, * and sing praises unto thy Name. |
51 | Great prosperity giveth he unto his King, * and sheweth lovingkindness unto David his Anointed, and unto his seed for evermore. |
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. |
1 | There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil. |
2 | And there were born unto him seven sons and three daughters. |
3 | His substance also was seven thousand sheep, and three thousand camels, and five hundred yoke of oxen, and five hundred she asses, and a very great household; so that this man was the greatest of all the men of the east. |
4 | And his sons went and feasted in their houses, every one his day; and sent and called for their three sisters to eat and to drink with them. |
5 | And it was so, when the days of their feasting were gone about, that Job sent and sanctified them, and rose up early in the morning, and offered burnt offerings according to the number of them all: for Job said, It may be that my sons have sinned, and cursed God in their hearts. Thus did Job continually. |
6 | Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord, and Satan came also among them. |
7 | And the Lord said unto Satan, Whence comest thou? Then Satan answered the Lord, and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it. |
8 | And the Lord said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil? |
9 | Then Satan answered the Lord, and said, Doth Job fear God for nought? |
10 | Hast not thou made an hedge about him, and about his house, and about all that he hath on every side? thou hast blessed the work of his hands, and his substance is increased in the land. |
11 | But put forth thine hand now, and touch all that he hath, and he will curse thee to thy face. |
12 | And the Lord said unto Satan, Behold, all that he hath is in thy power; only upon himself put not forth thine hand. So Satan went forth from the presence of the Lord. |
13 | And there was a day when his sons and his daughters were eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother's house: |
14 | And there came a messenger unto Job, and said, The oxen were plowing, and the asses feeding beside them: |
15 | And the Sabeans fell upon them, and took them away; yea, they have slain the servants with the edge of the sword; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee. |
16 | While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, The fire of God is fallen from heaven, and hath burned up the sheep, and the servants, and consumed them; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee. |
17 | While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, The Chaldeans made out three bands, and fell upon the camels, and have carried them away, yea, and slain the servants with the edge of the sword; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee. |
18 | While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, Thy sons and thy daughters were eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother's house: |
19 | And, behold, there came a great wind from the wilderness, and smote the four corners of the house, and it fell upon the young men, and they are dead; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee. |
20 | Then Job arose, and rent his mantle, and shaved his head, and fell down upon the ground, and worshipped, |
21 | And said, Naked came I out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I return thither: the Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord. |
22 | In all this Job sinned not, nor charged God foolishly. |
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. |
1 | Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, unto the church of God which is at Corinth, with all the saints which are in all Achaia: |
2 | Grace be to you and peace from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ. |
3 | Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort; |
4 | Who comforteth us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort them which are in any trouble, by the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God. |
5 | For as the sufferings of Christ abound in us, so our consolation also aboundeth by Christ. |
6 | And whether we be afflicted, it is for your consolation and salvation, which is effectual in the enduring of the same sufferings which we also suffer: or whether we be comforted, it is for your consolation and salvation. |
7 | And our hope of you is stedfast, knowing, that as ye are partakers of the sufferings, so shall ye be also of the consolation. |
8 | For we would not, brethren, have you ignorant of our trouble which came to us in Asia, that we were pressed out of measure, above strength, insomuch that we despaired even of life: |
9 | But we had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God which raiseth the dead: |
10 | Who delivered us from so great a death, and doth deliver: in whom we trust that he will yet deliver us; |
11 | Ye also helping together by prayer for us, that for the gift bestowed upon us by the means of many persons thanks may be given by many on our behalf. |
12 | For our rejoicing is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and godly sincerity, not with fleshly wisdom, but by the grace of God, we have had our conversation in the world, and more abundantly to you-ward. |
13 | For we write none other things unto you, than what ye read or acknowledge; and I trust ye shall acknowledge even to the end; |
14 | As also ye have acknowledged us in part, that we are your rejoicing, even as ye also are ours in the day of the Lord Jesus. |
15 | And in this confidence I was minded to come unto you before, that ye might have a second benefit; |
16 | And to pass by you into Macedonia, and to come again out of Macedonia unto you, and of you to be brought on my way toward Judæa. |
17 | When I therefore was thus minded, did I use lightness? or the things that I purpose, do I purpose according to the flesh, that with me there should be yea yea, and nay nay? |
18 | But as God is true, our word toward you was not yea and nay. |
19 | For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, who was preached among you by us, even by me and Silvanus and Timotheus, was not yea and nay, but in him was yea. |
20 | For all the promises of God in him are yea, and in him Amen, unto the glory of God by us. |
21 | Now he which stablisheth us with you in Christ, and hath anointed us, is God; |
22 | Who hath also sealed us, and given the earnest of the Spirit in our hearts. |
23 | Moreover I call God for a record upon my soul, that to spare you I came not as yet unto Corinth. |
24 | Not for that we have dominion over your faith, but are helpers of your joy: for by faith ye stand. |
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. |
I believe in God the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth:
And in Jesus Christ his only Son our Lord; Who 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 he shall 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.
The Lord be with you:
And with thy spirit.
Let us pray.
Lord, have mercy upon us.
Christ, have mercy upon us.
Lord, have mercy upon us.
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. Amen.
O Lord, show thy mercy upon us;
And grant us thy salvation.
O Lord, save the State;
And mercifully hear us, when we call upon thee.
Endue thy Ministers with righteousness;
And make thy chosen people joyful.
O Lord, save thy people;
And bless thine inheritance.
Give peace in our time, O Lord;
Because there is none other that fighteth for us, but only thou, O God.
O God, make clean our hearts within us;
And take not thy Holy Spirit from us.
Almighty and everlasting God, who hast given unto us thy servants grace, by the confession of a true faith, to acknowledge the glory of the eternal Trinity, and in the power of the Divine Majesty to worship the Unity; We beseech thee, that thou wouldest keep us stedfast in this faith, and evermore defend us from all adversities; who livest and reignest, one God, world without end. Amen.
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.
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.
O Lord our Governor, whose glory is in all the world; We commend this nation to thy merciful care, that being guided by thy Providence, we may dwell secure in thy peace. Grant to [—, and to] all in Authority, wisdom and strength to know and to do thy will. Fill them with the love of truth and righteousness; and make them ever mindful of their calling to serve this people in thy fear; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Ghost, one God, world without end. Amen.
Almighty and everlasting God, who alone workest great marvels; Send down upon our Bishops, and Curates, and all Congregations committed to their charge, the healthful Spirit of thy grace; and that they may truly please thee, pour upon them the continual dew of thy blessing: Grant this, O Lord, for the honour of our Advocate and Mediator Jesus Christ. Amen.
Almighty God our heavenly Father, who hast purchased to thyself an universal Church by the precious blood of thy dear Son; Mercifully look upon the same, and at this time so guide and govern the minds of thy servants the Bishops and Pastors of thy flock, that they may lay hands suddenly on no man, but faithfully and wisely make choice of fit persons to serve in the sacred Ministry of thy Church: And to those which shall be ordained to any holy Function, give thy grace and heavenly benediction, that both by their life and doctrine they may set forth thy glory, and set forward the salvation of all men, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Most gracious God, we humbly beseech thee, as for this nation in general, so especially for the Legislature at this time assembled: That thou wouldest be pleased to direct and prosper all their consultations to the advancement of thy glory, the good of thy Church, the safety, honour, and welfare of thy people; that all things may be so ordered and settled by their endeavours, upon the best and surest foundations, that peace and happiness, truth and justice, religion and piety may be established among us for all generations. These and all other necessaries, for them, for us, and thy whole Church, we humbly beg in the Name and Mediation of Jesus Christ our most blessed Lord and Saviour. Amen.
O God, the Creator and Preserver of all mankind, we humbly beseech thee for all sorts and conditions of men, that thou wouldest be pleased to make thy ways known unto them, thy saving health unto all Nations. More especially we pray for the good estate of the Catholic Church; that it may be so guided and governed by thy good Spirit, that all who profess and call themselves Christians, may be led into the way of truth, and hold the faith in unity of spirit, in the bond of peace, and in righteousness of life. Finally, we commend to thy fatherly goodness, all those who are any ways afflicted or distressed in mind, body, or estate; that it may please thee to comfort and relieve them according to their several necessities, giving them patience under their sufferings, and a happy issue out of all their afflictions: And this we beg for Jesus Christ his sake. Amen.
Almighty God, who hast given us grace at this time with one accord to make our common supplications unto thee; and dost promise that when two or three are gathered together in thy Name, thou wilt grant their requests; Fulfil now, O Lord, the desires and petitions of thy servants, as may be most expedient for them; granting us in this world knowledge of thy truth, and in the world to come life everlasting. Amen.
The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Ghost, be with us all evermore. Amen.