1786 Proposed Book of Common Prayer: morning Prayer & Litany · 1786 Proposed Book of Common Prayer: Preface

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	1786 Proposed U. S. Book of Common Prayer

The O R D E R for
Daily MORNING
PRAYER.
¶ The Minister shall begin the MORNING
PRAYER by reading, with an audible voice, some of the following
sentences of scripture.
T
H E Lord is in his holy temple; let all the earth keep silence
before him. Hab. ii. 20.
From the rising of the sun even unto the going down
of the same, my name shall be great among the Gentiles; and in every place
incense shall be offered unto my name and a pure offering; for my name
shall be great among the heathen, saith the Lord of Hosts. Mal.
i. 11.
When the wicked man turneth away from his wickedness
that he hath committed, and doeth that which is lawful and right, he shall
save his soul alive. Ezek. xviii. 27.
I acknowledge my transgressions and my sin is ever
before me. Psal. ii. 3.
Hide thy face from my sins, and blot out all mine iniquities.
Psal. li. 9.
The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken
and contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise. Psal. li. 17.
Rend your hearts, and not your garments, and turn unto
the Lord your God; for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and
of great kindness, and repenteth him of the evil. Joel ii. 13.
To the Lord our God belong mercies and forgivenesses,
though we have rebelled against him: neither have we obeyed the voice
of the Lord our God, to walk in his laws which he set before us. Dan.
ix. 9, 10.
O Lord, correct me, but with judgment: not in thine
anger, lest thou bring me to nothing. Jer. x. 24. Psal.
vi. 1.
Repent ye; for the kingdom of heaven is at hand. St.
Mat. iii. 2.
I will arise, and go to my father; and will say unto
him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee, and am no
more worthy to be called thy son. St. Luke xv. 18, 19.
Enter not into judgment with thy servant, O Lord, for
in thy sight shall no man living be justified. Psal. cxliii. 2.
If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves,
and the truth is not in us: But if we confess our sins, he is faithful
and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousess.
1 St. John i. 8, 9.
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 cloke 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 might 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 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 bear 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:
¶ A general Confession, to be said by
the whole Congregation; after the Minister, all kneeling.
ALmighty
and most merciful Father, We have erred and strayed like from thy ways
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 those O God; who confess
their faults: Restore thou those who are penitent; According to thy promises
declared unto mankind in Christ Jesus 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.
¶ A Declaration concerning the Forgiveness
of Sins; to be made by the Minister alone, standing; the People still
kneeling.
ALmighty
God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, 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 those 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.
¶ The People answer here, and at the
end of all other Prayers, Amen.
¶ Then the Minister shall kneel and
say the Lord's Prayer with an audible voice; the People also kneeling,
and repeating it with them, both here, and wheresoever else it is used
in Divine Service.
OUr Father,
who art in Heaven, hallowed be thy Name; Thy Kingdom come: Thy will be
done in Earth, As it is in Heaven: Give us this day our daily bread: and
forgive us our trespasses, As we forgive those 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.
¶ Then likewise he shall say,
O Lord, open thou our lips;
Answ. And our mouth shall shew forth thy praise.
Minister. O God, make speed to save us.
Answ. O Lord, make haste to help us.
¶ Here all standing up,
the Minister shall say,
Glory be to the Father, and to the
Son: and to the Holy Ghost;
Answ. As it was in the beginning, is now, and
ever shall be: world without end. Amen.
Minister. Praise ye the Lord.
Answ. The Lord's Name be praised.
¶ Then shall he said or sung, this Psalm
following: Except on Easter Day, upon which another Anthem is appointed.
Psal. 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 show 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.
¶ Then shall follow the Psalms in order
as announced, and instead of saying the Gloria Patri at the end of each
Psalm, let it be said only at the end of the whole portion of Psalms;
or, in the place thereof, let the following Anthem be said or sung:
GLory
be to God on high, and in earth peace, good will towards men. We praise
thee, we bless thee, we worship thee, we glorify thee, we give thanks
to thee for thy great glory, O Lord God, heavenly king, God the Father
Almighty.
O Lord, the only begotten Son Jesus Christ; O Lord
God, Lamb of God, who hath taken away the sins of the world, and now sittest
at the right hand of God the Father, have mercy upon us.
For thou only art holy, thou only art the Lord thou
only, O Christ, with the Holy Ghost art most high in the glory of God
the Father. Amen.
¶ Then shall
be read the first Lesson, according to the Table or Kalendar; after which
shall be said or sung the following Hymn.
¶ Note, That before every Lesson the
Minister shall say; Here beginneth such a Chapter, or Verse of such
a Chapter of such a Book: And after every Lesson, Here endeth the
First, or the Second Lesson.
WE praise
thee, O God: we acknowledge thee to be the Lord.
All the earth doth worship thee: the Father everlasting.
To thee all Angels cry aloud: the Heavens, and all
the Powers therein.
To thee Cherubim, and Seraphim: continually do cry,
Holy, Holy, Holy: Lord God of Sabaoth.
Heaven and Earth are full of the Majesty: of thy Glory.
The glorious company of the Apostles: praise thee.
The goodly fellowship of the Prophets: praise thee.
The noble army of Martyrs: praise thee.
The holy Church throughout all the world: doth acknowledge
thee.
The Father: of an infinite Majesty;
Thine adorable, true: and only Son;
Also the Holy Ghost: the Comforter,
Thou art the King of Glory: O Christ.
Thou art the everlasting Son: of the Father.
When thou tookest upon thee to deliver man: thou didst
humble thyself to be born of a pure Virgin.
When thou hast 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.
We therefore pray thee, help thy servants: whom thou
hast redeemed with thy precious blood.
Make them to be numbered with thy saints: in Glory
everlasting.
O Lord, save thy people: and bless thine heritage.
Govern them: and lift them up for ever.
Day by day: we magnify thee;
And we worship thy Name: ever world without end.
Vouchsafe, O Lord: to keep us this day without sin.
O Lord, have mercy upon us: have mercy upon us.
O Lord, let thy mercy be upon us: as our trust is in
thee.
¶ Then shall be read in like manner
the Second Lesson, taken out, of the New Testament. And after that, the
Hymn following.
St. Luke: 1, 68.
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 hands 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 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 he 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 Dayspring
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.
¶ Or this.
Psal. 100.
O Be joyful
in the Lord, all ye lands: serve the Lord with gladness, and come before
his presence with a song.
Be ye sure that the Lord he is God; it is he that hath
made us, and not we ourselves : we are his people, and the sheep of his
pasture.
O go your way into his gates with thanksgiving, and
into his courts with Praise: be thankful unto him, and speak good of his
Name.
For the Lord is gracious, his mercy is everlasting:
and his truth endureth from generation to generation.
¶ Then shall
be said the Apostles Creed by the Minister and the People, standing.
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;
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 Catholick Church; The Communion
of Saints; The forgiveness of Sins The resurrection of of the body, And
the life everlasting Amen.
¶ And after that, these Prayers following,
all devoutly kneeling; the Minister first pronouncing,
Minister. The Lord be with you.
Answ. And with thy spirit.
¶ Minister. Let us pray.
O Lord, shew thy mercy upon us;
Answ. And grant us thy salvation
Minister. O Lord: bless and preserve these United
States;
Answ. And mercifully hear us, when we call upon
thee.
Minister. Endue thy Ministers with righteousness;
Answ. And make thy people joyful.
Minster. O God, make clean our hearts within
us;
Answ. And take not thy Holy spirit from us.
¶ A 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.
¶ A 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, by thy governance be righteous
in thy sight through Jesus Christ, our Lord Amen.
¶ The LITANY, or
GENERAL SUPPLICATION, to be used at Morning Service, and at other times
as the Minister shall think fit.
O God
the Father of heaven: have mercy upon us miserable sinners.
O God the Father of heaven: have mercy upon us miserable
sinners.
O God the Son, Redeemer of the world: have mercy upon
us miserable sinners.
O God the Son, Redeemer of the world: have mercy
upon us miserable sinners.
O God the Holy Ghost, proceeding from the father, and
the Son: have mercy us miserable sinners.
O God the Holy Ghost, proceeding from the Father,
and the Son: have mercy upon us miserable sinners.
O holy, blessed and glorious Trinity, three persons,
and one God: have mercy upon us miserable sinners.
O holy, blessed, and glorious Trinity, three persons,
and one God: have mercy upon us miserable sinners.
Remember not, Lord, our offences, nor the offences
of our forefathers; neither take thou vengeance of our sins: spare us,
good Lord, spare thy people, whom thou hast redeemed with thy most precious
blood, and be not angry with us for ever.
Spare us, good Lord.
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.
From all blindness of heart; from
pride, vain-glory, and hypocrisy; from envy, hatred, and malice, and all
uncharitableness;
Good Lord, deliver us.
From fornication, and all other deadly
sin; and from all the deceits of the world, the flesh, and the devil;
Good Lord, deliver us.
From lightning and tempest; from plague,
pestilence, and famine; from battle, and murder, and from sudden death;
Good Lord, deliver us.
From all sedition, privy conspiracy,
and rebellion; from all false doctrine; heresy and schism from hardness
of heart, and contempt of thy Word and Commandment;
Good Lord, deliver us.
By the mystery of thy holy Incarnation;
by thy holy Nativity and Circumcision; by thy Baptism, Fasting and Temptation;
Good Lord, deliver us.
By thine Agony and bloody Sweat; by
thy Cross and Passion; by thy precious Death and Burial; by thy glorious
Resurrection and Ascension; and by the coming of the holy Ghost;
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.
We sinners do beseech thee to hear
us, O Lord God, and that it may please thee to rule and govern thy holy
Church universal in the right way;
We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord.
That it may please thee to endue the
Congress of these United States, and all others in authority, legislative,
judicial and executive, with grace, wisdom and understanding; to execute
justice, and to maintain truth;
We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord.
That it may please thee to illuminate
all Bishops, and other Pastors, with true knowledge and understanding
of thy Word, and that both by their preaching and living they may set
it forth and shew it accordingly;
We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord.
That it may please thee to bless and keep all thy
people;
We beseech, thee to hear us, good Lord.
That it may please thee to give to
all Nations unity, peace, and concord;
We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord.
That it may please thee to give us
an heart to love and dread thee, and diligently to live after thy commandments;
We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord.
That it may please thee to give to
all thy people increase of grace, to hear meekly thy Word, and to receive
it with pure affection, and to bring forth the fruits of the Spirit;
We beseech thee to hear us, good lord.
That it may please thee to bring into
the way of truth all such as have erred, and are deceived;
We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord.
That it may please thee to strengthen
such as do stand, and to comfort and help the weak hearted, and to raise
up those who fall, and finally to beat down Satan under our feet;
We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord.
That it may please thee succour, help,
and comfort all who are in danger, necessity, and tribulation;
We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord.
That it may please thee to preserve
all who travel by land or by water, all women in childbirth, all sick
persons, and young children, and to shew thy pity upon all prisoners and
captives,
We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord.
That it may please thee to defend,
and provide for, the fatherless children, and widows, and all who are
desolate and oppressed
We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord.
That it may please thee to have mercy upon all men;
We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord.
That it may please thee to forgive
our enemies, persecutors, and slanderers, and to turn their hearts;
We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord.
That it may please thee to give and preserve to our use,
the kindly fruits, of the earth, so as in due time we may enjoy them;
We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord.
That it may please thee to give us
true repentance, to forgive us all our sins, negligences, and ignorances,
and to endue us with the grace of thy Holy Spirit to amend our lives according
to thy holy Word;
We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord.
Son of God: we beseech thee to hear us.
Son of God: we beseech thee to hear us.
O Lamb of God who takest away the sins of the world;
Grant us thy peace.
O Christ, hear us.
O Christ, hear us.
Lord, have mercy upon us, and deal not with us according
to our sins.
Neither reward us according to our iniquities.
O
God, merciful Father, who despisest not the sighing of a contrite heart,
nor the desire of such as are sorrowful; Mercifully assist our prayers
which we make before thee in all our troubles and adversities whensoever
they oppress us; and graciously hear us, that those evils, which the craft
and subtilty of the devil or man worketh against us, may, by thy good
providence, be brought to nought; that we thy servants, being hurt by
no persecutions, may evermore give thanks unto thee in thy holy Church,
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
O Lord, arise, help us, an deliver us for thy Name's
sake.
O God,
we have heard with our ears, and our fathers have declared unto us, the
noble works that thou didst in their days, and in the old time before
them.
O Lord, arise, help us, and deliver us, for thine
Honour.
From our enemies defend us, O Christ.
Graciously look upon our afflictions.
Pitifully behold the sorrows of our hearts.
Mercifully forgive the sins of thy people.
Favourably with mercy hear our prayers.
O Son, of David, have mercy upon us.
Both now and ever vouchsafe to hear us, O Christ.
Graciously hear us, O Christ; graciously hear us,
O Lord Christ.
O Lord, let thy mercy be shewed upon us.
As we do put our trust in thee.
WE humbly
beseech thee, O Father, mercifully to look upon our infirmities; and for
the glory of thy Name, turn from us all those evils that we most justly
have deserved; and grant that in all our troubles we may put our whole
trust and confidence in thy mercy, and evermore, serve thee in holiness
and pureness of living, to thy honour and glory, through our only Mediator
and Advocate Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Here endeth the LITANY.
¶ A General Thanksgiving.
ALmighty
God, Father of all mercies we thine unworthy servants do give thee most
humble and hearty thanks for all thy goodness and loving kindness to us,
and to all men: [*particularly to those,
who desire now to offer up their praises and thanksgivings for thy late
mercies vouchsafed unto them.] We bless thee for our creation, preservation
and all the blessings of this life; but above all, for thine inestimable
love in the redemption of the world by our Lord Jesus Christ; for the
means of grace, and for the hope of glory. And we beseech thee, give us
that due sense of all thy mercies that our hearts may be, unfeignedly
thankful, and that we may shew forth thy praise, not only with our lips,
but in our lives; by giving up ourselves to thy service, and by walking
before thee in holiness and righteousness all our days, through Jesus
Christ our Lord; to whom with thee and the Holy Ghost, be all honour and
glory, world without end. Amen.
¶ A Prayer of St. Chrysostom.
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.
2 Cor. 13. 14.
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.
Here endeth the Morning Prayer.

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