as if vindicating to the body of Christians that sacramental power, (whatever may be its degree,) which might have seemed inconsistent with the special stress laid by Romanism on Sacerdotal gifts. An Absolution occurs in each Nocturn between the Psalms and Lessons: a short Benediction is pronounced before the reading of each of the latter, being first asked for by the Reader. § 2. SERVICE FOR SUNDAY, JUNE 21, 1801. Fourth Sunday after Pentecost. 1. MATIN SERVICE. O LORD, open Thou my lips. And my mouth shall shew forth Thy praise. O God, make speed to save me. O Lord, make haste to help me. Glory be, &c. Amen. Praise ye the Lord. (Hallelujah.) (a) Invitatory. Let us worship the Lord our Maker. Let us worship, &c. Psalm 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. Let us worship the Lord our Maker. : 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. Our Maker. 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 pas. ture, and the sheep of his hand. Let us worship the Lord our Maker. To-day 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. Our Maker. 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. Let us worship the Lord our Maker. As it was in the beginning, &c. Amen. Let us worship the Lord our Maker. (b.) Hymn. Let us arise, and watch by night, And meditate always; [Nocte Surgentes.] And chant, as in our Maker's sight, So, singing with the Saints in bliss, Life everlasting after this, And heaven for earthly pain. Grant it to us, O Father, Son, Psalm 1. (1) Blessed is the man that hath not walked in the coun. sel of the ungodly, nor stood in the way of sinners; and hath not sat in the seat of the scornful; But his delight is in the law of the Lord and in his law will he exercise himself day and night. And he shall be like a tree planted by the water-side: that will bring forth his fruit in due season. His leaf also shall not wither: and look, whatsoever he doeth, it shall prosper. As for the ungodly, it is not so with them: but they are like the chaff, which the wind scattereth away from the face of the earth. Therefore the ungodly shall not be able to stand in the judg ment: neither the sinners in the congregation of the righteous. But the Lord knoweth the way of the righteous and the way of the ungodly shall perish. Glory be, &c. Psalm 2. (2) Why do the heathen so furiously rage together: and why do the people imagine a vain thing? The kings of the earth stand up, and the rulers take counsel together against the Lord, and against his Anointed. Let us break their bonds asunder: and cast away their cords from us. He that dwelleth in heaven shall laugh them to scorn: the Lord shall have them in derision. Then shall he speak unto them in his wrath and vex them in his sore displeasure. Yet have I set my King: upon my holy hill of Sion. I will preach the law, whereof the Lord hath said unto me; Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee. Desire of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance and the utmost parts of the earth for thy possession. : Thou shalt bruise them with a rod of iron and break them in pieces like a potter's vessel. Be wise now therefore, O ye kings: be learned, ye that are judges of the earth. Serve the Lord in fear; and rejoice unto him with reverence. Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and so ye perish from the right way if his wrath be kindled, (yea, but a little) blessed are all they that put their trust in him. Glory be, &c. Psalm 3. (3) Lord, how are they increased that trouble me: many are they that rise against me. Many one there be that say of my soul: There is no help for him in his God. But thou, O Lord, art my defender: thou art my worship, and the lifter up of my head. I did call upon the Lord with my voice: and he heard me out of his holy hill. I laid me down and slept, and rose up again: for the Lord sustained me. I will not be afraid for ten thousands of the people: that have set themselves against me round about. Up, Lord, and help me, O my God: for thou smitest all mine enemies upon the cheek-bone; thou hast broken the teeth of the ungodly. Salvation belongeth unto the Lord: and thy blessing is upon thy people. Glory be, &c, Psalm 6. (4) O Lord, rebuke me not in thine indignation; neither chasten me in thy displeasure. Have mercy upon me, O Lord, for I am weak; O Lord, heal me, for my bones are vexed. My soul also is sore troubled: but, Lord, how long wilt thou punish me! Turn thee, O Lord, and deliver my soul: O save me for thy mercies' sake. For in death no man remembereth thee: and who will give thee thanks in the pit. I am weary of my groaning; every night wash I my bed: and water my couch with my tears. My beauty is gone for very trouble: and worn away because of all mine enemies. : Away from me, all ye that work vanity for the Lord hath heard the voice of my weeping. The Lord hath heard my petition; the Lord will receive my prayer. All mine enemies shall be confounded, and sore vexed: they shall be turned back, and put to shame suddenly. Glory be, &c. (c.) Antiphon. Serve the Lord in fear, and rejoice unto him with rev erence. (d.) Antiphon. God is a righteous judge. Psalm 7. (5) O Lord my God, in thee have I put my trust: save me from all them that persecute me, and deliver me Lest he devour my soul like a lion, and tear it in pieces: while there is none to help. O Lord my God, if I have done any such thing: or if there be any wickedness in my hands; If I have rewarded evil unto him that dealt friendly with me : yea, I have delivered him that without any cause is mine enemy; Then let mine enemy persecute my soul, and take me yea, let him tread my life down upon the earth, and lay mine honour in the dust. Stand up, O Lord, in thy wrath, and lift up thyself, because of the indignation of mine enemies: arise up for me in the judgment that thou hast commanded. And so shall the congregation of the people come about thee: for their sakes therefore lift up thyself again. The Lord shall judge the people; give sentence with me, O Lord: according to my righteousness, and according to the innocency that is in me. O let the wickedness of the ungodly come to an end: but guide thou the just. For the righteous God; trieth the very hearts and reins. My help cometh of God: who preserveth them that are true of heart. God is a righteous judge, strong and patient: and God is provoked every day. If a man will not turn, he will whet his sword: he hath bent his bow, and made it ready. He hath prepared for him the instruments of death: he ordaineth his arrows against the persecutors. Behold, he travelleth with mischief: he hath conceived sorrow, and brought forth ungodliness. He hath graven and digged up a pit and is fallen himself into the destruction that he made for other. For his travail shall come upon his own head: and his wicked, ness shall fall on his own pate. I will give thanks uuto the Lord, according to his righteousness; and I will praise the name of the Lord most High. Glory be, &c. Psalm 8. (6) O Lord our Governor, how excellent is thy Name in all the world thou that hast set thy glory above the heavens! Out of the mouth of very babes and sucklings hast thou ordained strength, because of thine enemies: that thou mightest still the enemy, and the avenger. For I will consider thy heavens, even the works of thy fingers : the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained. What is man, that thou art mindful of him: and the son of man, that thou visitest him? Thou madest him lower than the angels; to crown him with glory and worship. Thou makest him to have dominion of the works of thy hands: and thou hast put all things in subjection under his feet; All sheep and oxen; yea, and the beasts of the field; The fowls of the air, and the fishes of the sea: and whatsoever walketh through the paths of the seas. O Lord our Governor world! Glory be, &c. : how excellent is thy Name in all the Psalms 9 & 10. (7) I will give thanks unto thee, O Lord, with my whole heart I will speak of all thy marvellous works. I will be glad and rejoice in thee: yea, my songs will I make of thy name, O thou most Highest. While mine enemies are driven back: they shall fall and perish at thy presence. For thou hast maintained my right and my cause: thou art set in the throne that judgest right. Thou hast rebuked the heathen, and destroyed the ungodly: thou hast put out their name for ever and ever. O thou enemy, destructions are come to a perpetual end: even as the cities which thou hast destroyed; their memorial is perished with them. But the Lord shall endure for ever: he hath also prepared his seat for judgment. For he shall judge the world in righteousness: and minister true judgment unto the people. The Lord also will be a defence for the oppressed: even a refuge in due time of trouble. And they that know thy Name will put their trust in thee; for thou, Lord, hast never failed them that seek thee. O praise the Lord which dwelleth in Sion: shew the people of his doings. For when he maketh inquisition for blood, he remembereth them: and forgetteth not the complaint of the poor. Have mercy upon me, O Lord; consider the trouble which I suffer of them that hate me: thou that liftest me up from the gates of death. That I may show all thy praises within the ports of the daughter of Sion: I will rejoice in thy salvation. The heathen are sunk down in the pit that they made: in the same net which they hid privily, is their foot taken. The Lord is known to execute judgment: the ungodly is trapped in the work of his own hands. The wicked shall be turned into hell: and all the people that forget God. For the poor shall not alway be forgotten: the patient abiding of the meek shall not perish for ever. Up, Lord, and let not man have the upper hand: let the heathen be judged in thy sight. Put them in fear, O Lord: that the heathen may know them. selves to be but men. |