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	This, the Gloria Patri, is sometimes printed
AN ORDRE	out at length, sometimes abbreviated, wherever it appears, variously in
FOR MATTYNS DAYLY THROUGH THE YERE.	different printings.
The
Priest beeyng in the quier [choir],
shall begynne with a loude voyce the Lordes prayer, called the
Pater noster.
OURE
father, whiche arte in heaven, hallowed by thy name. Thy kyngdom come.
Thy wyll be done in earth as it is in heaven. Geve us this daye oure dayly
bread. And forgeve us oure trespasses, as we forgeve them that trespasse
agaynst us. And leade us not into temptacion. But deliver us from evell.
Amen.
Then
lykewyse he shall saye,
O Lorde, open thou
my lippes.
Aunswere.
And my mouthe shall shewe forth thy prayse.
Priest.
O God, make spede to save me.
Aunswere.
O Lorde make haste to helpe me.
Priest.
Glory be to the father, and to the sonne, and to the
holye ghost. As it was in the begynning, is now, and ever shalbe, world
without ende. Amen.
Prayse ye the Lorde.
And
from Easter to Trinitie Sondaye,
	First page of Matins, from
Alleluya.	the 1549 Book of Common Prayer
Then shalbe saied
or song without any Invitatori this Psalme, Venite	[Psalm
exultemus, etc. in Englishe, as foloweth:	95]
Psal. xcv.
O COME lette us
syng unto the Lorde : lette us hartely rejoyce in the strengthe of oure
salvacion.
Let us come before his presence with thankesgeving
: and shewe ourselfe glad in hym with Psalmes.
For the Lord is a great God : and a great kyng above
all goddes.
In his hande are all the corners of the yearth : and
the strength of the hylles is his also.
The sea is his, and he made it : and, his handes prepared
the drye lande.
O come, let us worship and fall downe : and kneele
before the Lorde oure maker.
For he is (the Lord) oure God : and we are the people
of his pasture, and the shepe of his handes.
To daye, yf ye wyll heare his voyce, harden not your
hartes as in the provocacion, and as in the daie of temptacion in the
wildernes.
When your fathers tempted me : proved me, and sawe
my workes.
Fourtye yeares long was I greved with this generacion,
and sayed : it is a people that do erre in their hartes : for they have
not knowen my wayes.
Unto whom I sware in my wrath : that they shoulde not
entre into my rest.
Glory be to the father, and to the sonne : and to the
holy ghost. As it was in the beginnyng, is nowe, and ever shalbe: worlde
without end. Amen.
Then
shal folow certaine Psalmes in ordre as they been appointed in a table
made for ye purpose, except there be propre Psalmes appointed for
that day. And at the ende of every Psalme throughout the yeare, and lykewyse
in the ende of Benedictus, Benedicite, Magnificat, and Nunc
Dimittis shalbe repeated.
Glory
be to the father and to the sonne, &c.
Then
shalbe read ii. lessons distinctely with a loude voice, that the people
maye heare. The fyrst of the olde testament, the second of the newe. Like
as they be appoynted by the Kalender, excepte there be propre lessons
assigned for that daye: The ministre that readeth the lesson, standing
and turnyng hym so as he maye beste be hearde of all suche as be present.
And before every lesson, the minister shall saye thus.
The fyrste, seconde, iii. or iiii. Chapter of Genesis,
or Exodus, Matthewe, Marke, or other lyke as is appoynted in the
Kalender. And in the ende of euery Chapter, he shall saye.
¶
Here endeth suche a Chapter of suche a booke.
And
(to thende the people may the better heare) in such places where they
doe syng, there shall the lessons be songe in a playne tune after the
maner of distincte readyng: and lykewyse the Epistle and Gospell.
After the fyrste lesson shall folowe Te Deum laudamus
in Englishe, dayly throughout the yeare, excepte in Lente, all the
which tyme in the place of Te Deum shalbe used Benedicite
omnia Opera Domini Domino, in Englyshe as foloweth:
	* full of in
Te Deum Laudamus.	some printings
We praise the, O God, we knowlage
thee to be the Lorde.
All the earth doeth wurship thee, the father everlastyng.
To thee al Angels cry aloud, the heavens and all the powers
therin.
To thee Cherubin, and Seraphin continually doe crye.
Holy, holy, holy, Lorde God of Sabaoth.
Heaven and earth are replenyshed with* the majestie of thy
glory,
The
gloryous company of the Apostles, praise thee.
The goodly felowshyp of the Prophetes, praise thee.
The noble armie of Martyrs, praise thee.
The holy churche throughout all the worlde doeth knowlage
thee.
The father of an infinite majestie.
Thy honourable, true, and onely sonne.
	* Also the Holy Ghost,
The holy gost also beeying the coumforter.*	the comforter in some printings
Thou
art the kyng of glory, O Christe.
Thou art the everlastyng sonne of the father.
Whan thou tookest upon thee to delyver manne, thou
dyddest not abhorre the virgins wombe.
Whan thou haddest overcomed the sharpenesse of death,
thou diddest open the kyngdome of heaven to all belevers.
Thou sittest on the ryght hande of God, in the glory
of the father.
We beleve that thou shalt come to be our judge.
We therfore praye thee, helpe thy servauntes, whom
thou haste redemed with thy precious bloud.
Make them to be noumbred with thy sainctes, in glory
everlastyng.
O Lorde, save thy people: and blesse thyne heritage.
Governe them, and lift them up for ever.
Day by day we magnifie thee.
And we wurship thy name ever world without ende.
Vouchsafe, O Lorde, to kepe us this daye without synne.
O Lorde, have mercy upon us : have mercy upon us.
O Lorde, let thy mercy lighten upon us : as our trust
is in thee.
O Lorde, in thee have I trusted : let me never be confounded.
Benedicite
omnia opera domini domino.
O
ALL ye workes of the Lorde, speake good of the Lorde :
prayse hym, and set hym up for ever.
O ye Angels of the Lorde, speake good of the Lorde
: prayse hym, and set hym up for ever.
O ye heavens, speake good of the Lorde: prayse hym,
and set him up for ever.
O ye waters that be above the fyrmamente, speake good
of the Lorde : prayse hym, and set hym up for ever.
O all ye powers of the Lord, speake good of the Lord
: prayse hym, and set hym up for ever.
O ye Sonne and Moone, speake good of the Lorde : prayse
him, and set him up for ever.
O ye sterres of heaven, speake good of the lorde :
prayse him, and set him up for ever.
O ye showers, and dewe, speake good of the lord : praise
him, and set him up for ever.
O ye windes of God, speake good of the Lord : praise
him, and set him up for ever.
O ye fier and heate, prayse ye the Lorde : praise him,
and set him up for ever.
O ye winter and summer, speake good of the Lorde :
praise him and set him up for ever.
O ye dewes and frostes, speake good of the Lord : praise
him, and set him up for ever.
O ye frost and colde, speake good of the Lorde : prayse
him, and set him up for ever.
O ye yse and snowe, speake good of the Lorde : prayse
him, and set him up for ever.
O ye nyghtes and dayes, speake good of the Lorde :
prayse him, and set him up for ever.
O ye light and darkenes, speake good of the Lorde :
prayse him, and set him up for ever.
O ye lighteninges and cloudes, speake good of the Lord
:
prayse him, and set him up for ever.
O let the yearthe speake good of the Lord : yea, let
it prayse him, and set him up for ever.
O ye mountaynes and hilles, speake good of the Lord
: prayse him, and set him up for ever.
O all ye greene thynges upon the earth, speake good
of the Lorde : praise him, and set him up for ever.
O ye welles, speake good of the Lorde : praise him,
and set him up for ever.
O ye seas, and floudes; speake good of the Lord : praise
him, and set him up for ever.
O ye whales, and all that move in the waters, speake
good of the Lorde : prayse hym, and set hym up for ever.
O all ye foules of the ayre, speake good of the lorde
: prayse him, and set him up for ever.
O all ye beastes, and catell, speake ye good of the
Lord : prayse him, and set him up for ever.
O ye children of men, speake good of the lorde : prayse
him, and set him up for ever.
O let Israel speake good of the lorde : prayse him,
and set him up for ever.
O ye priestes of the Lord, speake good of the Lorde
: prayse him, and set him up for ever.
O ye servauntes of the Lord, speake good of the Lord
: prayse him, and set him up for ever.
O ye spirites and soules of the righteous, speake good
of the Lorde : prayse him, and set him up for ever.
O ye holy and humble men of heart, speake ye good of
the Lorde : prayse ye him, and set him up for ever.
O Ananias, Azarias, and Misael, speake ye good of the
Lorde : prayse ye him, and set him up for ever.
Glory be to the father, and to the sonne: and to the
holy gost. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shalbe : worlde
without ende. Amen.
And
after the seconde lesson, throughout the whole yere, shalbe used Benedictus
dominus deus Israel, etc. in Englishe as followeth:
Benedictus.	Some printings have for the title:
Luc. i
BLESSED	The Song of Zachary; Benedictus: and Thanksgiving for the performance of
be the lorde God of Israel : for he hath visited and redemed his people.	God's promises.
And hath lyfted up an home of salvacyon to us : in
the house of his servaunt David.
As he spake by the mouth of his holy Prophetes : which
hath bene syns the world began.
That we shoulde be saved from our enemies : and from
the handes of all that hate us.
To perfourme the mercy promised to our fathers : and
to remember his holy covenaunt.
To perfourme the othe [oath]
whiche he sware to our father Abraham : that he would geve us.
That we being delivered out of the handes of our enemies
might serve him without feare,
In holynesse and ryghteousnes before him all the dayes
of our lyfe.
And thou childe, shalte bee called the prophete of
the highest: for thou shalte goe hefore the face of the Lord, to prepare
his wayes.
To geve knowledge of salvacion unto his people : for
the remission of their sinnes.
Through the tender mercie of our god : whereby the
dayespryng from an hygh hath visited us;
To geve lighte to them that sitte in darkenes, and
in the shadowe of death : and to guide our fete into the way of peace.
Glory be to the father, &c.
As it was in the beginnyng, &c.
Then shalbe said dailye through the yere the praiers folowing,
as well at evensong as at Matins, all devoutely kneelyng.
Lorde
have mercie upon us. Christe have mercie upon us. Lorde, have mercie upon
us.
Then
the minister shal say the Crede and the
Lordes praier in englishe, with a loude voice, &c.
Answere.
But deliver us from eivill. Amen.
Priest.
O Lorde, shewe thy mercie upon us.
Answere.
And graunt us thy salvacion.
Prieste.
O Lorde save the kyng.
Answere.
And mercifully heare us when we cal upon thee.
Prieste.
Indue thy ministers with righteousness.
Answere.
And make thy chosen people joyfull.
Prieste.
O Lorde, save thy people.
Answere.
And blesse thyne inheritaunce.
Prieste.
Geve peace in oure time, O Lorde.
Answere.
Because there is none other that fyghteth for us, but only thou, O God.
Prieste.
O God, make cleane our hartes within us.
Answere.
And take not thyne holye spirite from us.
Prieste.
The lorde be with you.
Answere.
And with thy spirite.
Then shall dayly folowe three Collectes. The firste
of the day, which shalbe the same that is appointed at the Communion.
The seconde for peace. The thirde for grace to lyve wel. And the two laste
Collectes shall never alter, but dailye bee saide at Matins throughout
at the yere as foloweth. The priest standyng up, and saiyng,
Let
us praye.
¶
Then the Collect of the daie.
¶
The second Collect: for peace.
O
GOD, which art author of peace, and lover of concorde, in knowledge of
whome standeth oure eternall life, whose service is perfect fredome: defende
us, thy humble servautes, in al assaultes of our enemies, that wee surely
trustyng in thy defence, maye not feare the power of any adversaries:
through the myght of Jesu Christ our lorde. Amen.
The
thyrde Collecte: for grace.
O
LORDE oure heavenly father, almightye and everlivyng God, whiche haste
safelye brought us to the beginning of this day: defend us in the same
with thy mighty power; and graunt that this daye wee fall into no synne,
neyther runne into any kinde of daunger, but that al our doinges may be
ordered by thy governaunce, to do alwaies that is righteous in thy sight:
through Jesus Christe our lorde. Amen.

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