been since the world began. Rom. viii. 19. For the earnest expectation of the creature, waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God. Isai. xxxiv. 4. And all the host of heaven shall be dissolved, and the heavens shall be rolled together as a scroll: and all their host shall fall down, as the leaf falleth from off the vine, and as a falling fig from the fig-tree. Isai. Ixv. 17. For, behold, I create new heavens, and a new earth; and the former shall not be remembered, nor come into mind. Isai. Ixvi. 22. For as the new heavens and the new earth, which I will make, shall remain before me, saith the Lord, so shall your seed and your name remain. Rev. xxi. 1. And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven, and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea. From the Book of Common Prayer. MORNING PRAYER. Absolution. 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 ;.... Te Deum. When thou hadst overcome the sharpness of death thou didst open the kingdom of heaven to all believers. Thou sittest at the right hand of God in the glory of the Father. We believe that thou shalt come to be our Judge. Apostles' Creed. I believe.......in Jesus Christ his only Son our Lord; who......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 resurrection of the body;•••••• LITANY.......Spare us, good Lord, spare thy people, whom thou hast redeemed with thy most precious blood, and be not angry with us for ever. From all evil and mischief, from sin, from the crafts and assaults of the devil, from thy wrath, and from everlasting damnation, Good Lord, deliver us. In all time of our tribulation; in all time of our wealth; in the hour of death, and in the day of Judgment. Good Lord, deliver us. COLLECT for the first Sunday in Advent. Almighty God give us grace that we may cast away the works of darkness, and put upon us the armour of light, now in the time of this mortal life, in which thy Son Jesus Christ came to visit us in great humility; that in the last day when he shall come again in his glorious majesty, to judge both the quick and dead, we may rise to the life immortal, through him who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Ghost, now and ever. For the third Sunday in Advent. O Lord Jesu Christ, who at thy first coming didst send thy messenger to prepare thy way before thee; Grant that the ministers and stewards of thy mysteries, may likewise so prepare and make ready thy way, by turning the hearts of the disobedient to the wisdom of the just: that at thy second coming to judge the world, we may be found an acceptable people in thy sight, who livest and reignest with the Father and the Holy Spirit, ever one God, world without end. For the sixth Sunday after the Epiphany. O God, whose blessed Son was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil, and make us the sons of God, and heirs of eternal life; Grant us, we beseech thee, that having this that when he shall appear again with pure; power and great glory we may be made like unto him in his eternal and glorious kingdom;. . . . For the Sunday next before Easter. Almighty and everlasting God, who of thy tender mercy towards mankind, hast sent thy Son our Saviour Jesus Christ, to take upon him our flesh, and to suffer death upon the cross, that all mankind should follow the example of his great humility; mercifully grant that we may both follow the example of his patience, and also be made partakers of his resurrection; ...... For Easter Even. Grant, O Lord, that as we are baptized into the death of thy blessed Son our Saviour Jesus Christ; so by continual mortifying our corrupt affections, we may be buried with him, and that through the grave and gate of death, we may pass to our joyful resurrection, for his merits who died, and was buried, and rose again for us, thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord. COMMUNION. Nicene Creed. I believe.... in our Lord Jesus Christ......who......sitteth on the right hand of the Father; and......shall come again with glory to judge both the quick and the dead; whose kingdom shall have no end. .And I look for the resurrection of the dead;...... VISITATION OF THE SICK. BURIAL OF THE DEAD. From the Thirty-nine Articles. ARTICLE IV. Of the Resurrection of Christ. Christ did truly rise again from death, and took again his body, with flesh, bones, and all things appertaining to the perfection of man's nature, wherewith he ascended into heaven, and there sitteth, until he return to judge all men at the last day. ARTICLE XXII. Of Purgatory. The Romish doctrine concerning purgatory, pardons, worshipping and adoration, as well of images as of reliques, and also invocation of saints, is a fond thing, vainly invented, and grounded upon no warranty of Scripture, but rather repugnant to the Word of God. |