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THE
ORDRE WHERE MORNING AND EVENING PRAYER
SHALBE
USED AND SAYDE.
¶ The Morning and Evening praier shalbe used in the accustomed
place of the churche, chapel, or Chauncell, except it shalbe otherwise
determined by the ordinary of the place: and the chauncels shall remain,
as they have done in tymes past.
And
here is to be noted, that the Minister at the time of the communion, and
at all other tymes in hys ministracion, shall use suche ornamentes in
the church, as wer in use by aucthoritie of parliament in the second yere
of the reygne of king Edward the .VI. according to the acte of
parliament set in the beginning of thys booke.
¶
AN ORDRE FOR MORNING
PRAYER
DAYLY THROUGHOUT THE YERE.
At the beginning both of Morning Prayer, and lykewyse of Evening Prayer,
the Minister shall reade with a lowde voyce, some one of these sentences
of the Scriptures that folowe. And then he shall say that, which is written
after the said sentences.
AT	Ezek.
what tyme soever a synner doth repent him of his sin from the bottome	xviii.
of hys harte; I wil put al his wickednes out of my remembraunce sayeth
the Lord.
	Psalm
I do know mine awne wickednes, and my syne is alwaies against me.	li.
	Psalm
Turne thy face awaye from our sinnes (O lorde) and blotte out all our	li.
offences.
	Psalm
A sorowful spirite is a sacrifice to God: despise not (O Lorde)	li.
humble and contrite hartes.
	Joel
Rende your hartes, and not your garmentes, and turne to the Lorde your	ii.
God, because he is gentle and mercyful, he is pacient and of muche mercie,
and such a one that is sory for your afflictions.
	Daniel
To the, O Lorde God belongeth mercies and forgevenes: for we have gone	ix.
away from the, and have not harkened to thy voice, whereby we myght walcke
in thy lawes, whiche thou hast appoincted for us.
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	Jere.
Correct us, O Lorde, and yet in thy judgement, not in thy furie, least	ii
we shoulde be consumed and brought to nothyng.
	Math.
Amende your lives, for the kyngdome of God is at hande.	iii.
	Luke
I will go to my father, and say to him, father, I have sinned against	xv.
heaven, and againste the, I am no more worthy to be called thy sonne.
	Psal.cxlii.
Entre not in to judgement wyth thy servaunts, O Lorde, for no fleshe is
rightous in thy sight.
If we saye that we have no synne, we deceyve ourselves, and there is no
truthe in us.
	1 John i.
DERELY	* "acknowledge"
beloved Brethren, the Scripture moveth us in sondry places, to acknowledge	from late 1500's
and confesse our manifolde sinnes and wickednes, and that we should not
dissemble nor cloke them before the face of almighty God our heavenly
father, but confesse them with an humble, lowly, penitent and obedient
harte to the ende that we may obtaine forgevenes of the same by his infinite
goodnesse and mercie. And although we ought at all tymes humbly to knowledge*
our synnes before God, yet ought we moste chiefly so to doe, when we assemble
and mete toguether, to rendre thankes for the greate benefites that we
have received at his handes, to sette furth his moste worthie praise,
to heare his moste holye worde, and to aske those thynges whiche be requisite
and necessarie, aswel for the bodye as the soule. wherfore I praye and
beseche you, as many as be here presente, to accompany me wyth a pure
harte and humble voice, unto the throne of the heauenly grace, saying
after me.
A	"made"
generall confession, to be saide* of the whole congregacion after the	in 1604
minister, knelyng.
ALMIGHTIE
and most merciful father, we have erred and straied from thy waies,
lyke lost shepee we have folowed to much the devises and desires of our
owne hartes. We have offended against thy holy lawes: We have left undone
those thinges whiche we ought to have done, and we have done those thinges
which we ought not to have done, and there is no health in us, but thou,
O Lorde, have mercy upon us miserable offendours. Spare thou them O God,
whiche confesse their faultes. Restore thou them that be penitent, accordyng
to thy promises declared unto mankynde, in Christe Jesu our Lorde. And
graunt, O most merciful father, for his sake, that we may hereafter lyve
a godly, ryghtuous, and sobre life, to the glory of thy holy name. Amen.
The	*
absolution[, or remission of sins,]* to be pronounced by	added in 1604
the Minister alone.
ALMIGHTY
God, the father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which de sireth not the deathe
of a sinner, but rather that he maye turne from his wickednesse and lyve:
and hath geven power and commaundement to hys Ministers, to declare and
pronounce to his people beyng penitent, the absolution and remission of
their synnes: he pardoneth and absolveth all them which truly repent,
and unfeinedly beleve his holy gospel. Wherefore we beseche him to graunt
us true repentaunce and hys holy spirite, that those thynges may please
hym, whych we doe at thys present, and that the rest of our life hereafter
may be pure and holy so that at the last we may come to his eternall ioye,
through Jesus Christe our lorde.
The
people shal aunswere.
Amen.
Then
shall the Minister heginne the Lordes Prayer wyth a loude voice.
OUR
Father, whiche arte in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy kyngdom come.
Thy will be done in earth as it is in heaven. Geve us this day our dayly
breade. And forgeve us our trespasses, as we forgeve them that trespasse
against us. And lead us not into temptacion. But deliver us from evil.
Amene.
Then
likewise he shall saye.
O Lord, open thou our lippes.
Aunswere.	*
And our mouthe shall shewe furth thy prayse.	Replaced by "&c."
	in 1604.
Prieste. O God, make spede to save us.
Aunswere. Lord, make haste to helpe us.
Prieste. Glory be to the father, and to the
sonne [: and to the holye Ghoste]*.
As it was in the beginning, [is nowe and ever shalbe:
worlde without ende. Amen.]*
Praise ye the Lorde.
Then
shalbe sayde or song, this Psalme folowyng.	Venite
O	exultemus domino. 95
COME let us syng unto the lord: let us hartely rejoyce in the strength	"ourselves"
of our salvacion.	from late 1500's
Let us come before his presence wyth thankesgevinge:
and shewe oureselfe* gladde in hym wyth Psalmes.
For the Lorde is a great god: and a greate Kynge, above
all goddes:
In his hand are al the corners of the earth: and the
strength of the hilles is his also.
The Sea is his, and he made it and his handes prepared
the drie lande.
O come, let us worshippe and fal doune: and knele before
the lorde our maker.
For he is the Lord our god: and we are the people of
his pasture, and the shepe of his handes.
To day if ye wyl heare his voyce, harden not your hartes:
as in the provocacion, and as in the daie of temptacion in the wildernesse.
When your fathers tempted me : proved me, and sawe
my workes.
Fortie yere long was I greved with this generacion,
and saide: it is a people that doe erre in their hartes: for they have
not knowen my wayes.
Unto whom I sware in my wrath that the shoulde not
enter into my rest.
Glory be to the father, and to the sonne: &c.
As it was in the beginning, is now, &c.
	1604:
Then shal folowe certeyn Psalmes in order, as they bene appoincted in
a table made for that pourpose, excepte there be proper Psalmes appointed	"Glory be to the
for that day, and at thend of everye Psalme throughout the yere, and likewise	Father, &c. As it was in the, &c."
in thende of Benedictus, Benedicite, Magnificat, and Nunc Dimittis,
shal be repeated.
Glory be to the father, and to the sonne, &c.
Then shalbe redde two lessons distinctly with a loude voyce, that the
people may heare. The first of the olde Testament, the seconde of the
newe, Lyke as they he appointed by the Kalender, except there be proper
Lessons, assigned for that daye: the Minister that readeth the Lesson,
standyng and turning him so as he may best be heard of all such as be
present, And before every lesson, the Minister thai saye thus. The fyrst,
second, thyrd, or fourth chapiter of Genesis or Exodus, Mathewe,
Marke, or other like, as is appoincted in the Kalender, And in thend
of everye chapiter, he shal saye,
¶
Here endeth such a Chapiter of suche a Booke.
And (to the ende the people maye the better heare) in suche places where
they do synge, there shall the lessons be songe in a plaine tune after
the maner of distinct readinge: and likewise the Epystle and gospell.
After the firste lesson
shall folowe, Te
deum laudamus in Englyshe dayly throughe the whole yere.
Te
Deum.	Musical
	colon added to each line in late 1500's.
We prayse the, O God, we knoweledge the to be the Lorde
All the earth doth worship the, the Father everlastynge.
To the al Aungels crye aloude, the heavens and all
the powers therein.
To thee Cherubin, and Seraphin, continually do crye.
Holy, holy, holy, Lorde God of Sabaoth.
Heaven and earth are ful of the majestye of thy glory.
The glorious company of the Apostles prayse the.
The goodly felowship of the Prophetes prayse the.
The noble armye of Martyrs, prayse the.
The holye Churche through out al the worlde dothe knowledge
[acknowledge] the.
The father of an infinite Majestye.
Thy honourable true, and onely sonne.
Also the holy ghost the comforter.
Thou art the kyng of glory, O Christe.
Thou arte the everlastynge sonne of the father.
When thou tokest upon the to deliver man, thou diddest
not abhore the virgins wombe.
When thou haddeste overcome the sharpnes of death thou
diddest open the kyngdome of heaven to al belevers.
Thou syttest on the ryght hand of God, in the glorye
of the father.
We beleve that thou shalt come to be our judge. We
therefore pray the, helpe thy servants whom thou hast redemed wyth thy
precious bloude.
Make them to be numbred with thy saintes, in glorye
everlasting.
O Lord save thy people: and blesse thine heritage.
Govern theme and lifte them up for ever.
Day by day we magnifye the.
And we worshyp thy name ever world without ende.
Vouchsafe, O Lorde, to kepe us thys daye withoute synne.
O Lorde, have mercy upon us, have mercie upon us.
O Lorde, let thy mercy lyghten upon us : as our
trust is in the.
O Lorde, in the have I trusted : let me never be confounded.
Or	*
this canticle, Benedicite omnia opera Domini domino.	Replaced by "&c."
O ALL	in 1604.
ye worckes of the Lorde, blesse ye the Lorde : praise him, and magnify
him for ever.
O ye Aungels of the Lord, blesse ye the Lorde :
praise ye him, and magnifye him for ever.
O ye heavens, blesse ye the Lorde : prayse him,
and rnagnifye him for ever.
O ye waters that be above the firmamente, blesse
ye the Lorde: prayse him, and magnifye him for ever.
O all ye powers of the lord, blesse ye the Lorde
: prayse hyrn, and magnifie him for ever.
O ye Sonne, and Mone, blesse ye the Lorde : prayse
hym, and magnifie him for ever.
O ye starres of heaven, blesse ye the Lorde : praise
him, and magnifie him for ever.
O ye showers, and dewe, blesse ye the Lorde : prayse
him, and magnifie him for ever.
O ye windes of God, blesse ye the Lorde : prayse
him, and magnifye him for ever.
O ye fyre and heate, blesse ye the Lord : praise
him, and magnifie him for ever.
O ye Winter and Sommer, blesse ye the Lorde : praise
him, and magnifye him for ever.
O ye dewes and frostes, blesse ye the Lorde : praise
him, and magnifie him for ever.
O ye froste and cold, blesse ye the Lorde : praise
him, and magnifie him for ever.
O ye Ice and Snowe, blesse ye the Lorde : praise him,
and magnifie him for ever.
O ye nightes and daies, blesse ye the Lord : praise
him, and magnifie him for ever.
O ye light and darknes, blesse ye the Lorde : prayse
him, and magnifie him for ever.
O ye lyghtenynges and cloudes, blesse ye the Lorde
: prayse him, and magnifie him for ever.
O let the earth blesse the Lorde : yea, let it praise
hyrn, and magnifie hyrn for ever.
O ye mountaynes and hills : blesse ye the Lorde, prayse
hym, and magnifie hym for ever.
O al ye grene thynges upon the earthe, blesse ye the
Lord praise him, and magnifie hym for ever.
O ye welles, blesse ye the Lorde : praise him, and
magnyfie hym for ever.
O ye Seas, and fluddes, blesse ye the Lorde : praise
hym, and magnifie hym for ever.
O ye whales, and all that move in the waters, blesse
ye the Lorde : prayse him, and magnifie him for ever.
O all ye foules of the aire, blesse ye the lord,
praise him, and magnifie him for ever.
O all ye beastes, and cattell, blesse ye the Lorde
: praise him, and magnifye him for ever.
O ye children of men blesse ye the Lord : praise him,
and magnifye him for ever.
O let Israel blesse the Lorde : praise him, and magnify
him for ever.
O ye prestes of the lord, blesse ye the Lord : prayse
hym, and magnifye him for ever.
O ye servauntes of the Lord, blesse ye the Lord : prayse
him, and magnifye him for ever.
O ye sprites and soules of the righteous, blesse ye
the Lord: prayse him, and magnify him for ever.
O ye holy and humble men of herte blesse ye the Lord
: praise him, and magnifye him for ever.
O Ananias, Azarias, and Misael, blesse ye the lord
: prayse him, and magnifye him for ever.
Glory be to the father, and to the Sonne [: and to
the holye Ghoste]*.
As it was in the begynninge, is nowe, [and ever, etc]*.
And after the second lesson shalbe used and sayde Benedictus, in Englyshe,	Benedictus.
as foloweth,
BLESSED
be the Lord God of Israell : for he hath visited and redemed his people;	*
	Replaced by "&c."
And hath raised up a mighty salvacion for us : in the	in 1604.
house of hys servaunt David;
As he spake bi the mouth of his holy prophetes : which
have benne sence the worlde began;
That we should be saved from our enemyes : and from
the handes of al that hate us;
To performe the mercy promised to our forfathers :
and to remember his holy covenant;
To perfourme the othe whiche he sware to our forefather
Abraham : that he would geve us ;
That we beyng delivred out of the handes of oure enemies
: might serve him withoute feare
In holynesse and ryghtuousnesse before hym : all the
dayes of our lyfe.
And thou Chylde, shalt be called the Prophete of the
hyghest for thou shalt go before the face of the Lorde to prepare hys
wayes;
To geve knowledge of salvacion unto hys people: for
the remission of theyr synnes,
Through the tender mercie of our God : whereby the
day spring from on hyghe, hath visited us;
To geve light to them that sitte in darckenes, and
in the shadowe of death : and to guyde our feete into the waye of peace.
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 wythout ende. Amen.]*
Or
this Psalme.	Jubilate
O	Deo.
be joyfull in the Lorde (al ye landes:) serve the Lorde wyth gladnes,
and come before hys presence wyth a song.
Be ye sure that the Lord he is God : it is he that
hath made us, and not we ourselves; we are hys people, and the shepe of
his pasture.
O go your way into his gates wyth thankesgeving, and
into his courtes wyth prayse : be thanckefull unto hym, and speake good
of hys name.
For the Lorde is gracious, his mercy is everlastyng
: and his truth endureth from generacion to generacyon.
Glory be to the Father, &c. As it was in the, &c.
Amen.
Then
shal be sayd the Crede, by the Minister and the people, standyng.
I
BELEVE in God the father almightie maker of heaven and earth. And in Jesus
Christ hys onely sonne our Lorde, which was conceived by the holy ghoste,
borne of the Virgen Mary. Suffred under Ponce Pylate, was crucified dead
and buried, he descended into Helle. The thirde daye he rose agayn from
the deade. He ascended into heaven, and sitteth on the ryghte hande of
God the Father almightie. From thence he shall come to judge the quicke
and the deade. I beleve in the holy Ghoste. The holy Catholique Churche.
The communion of sainctes. The forgevenesse of sinnes. The resurrection
of the body. And the life everlasting. Amen.
And after that, these prayers folowyng, aswell at Evenyng praier as at
Mornyng prayer: al devoutlye knelyng. The Minister firste pronouncinge
with a loude voyce.
The Lorde be with you.
Answer. And with thy
spirite.
Minister. Let us praie.
Lorde have mercy upon us.
Christ have mercy upon us.
Lorde have mercy upon us.
Then
the Minister, Clarkes, and people; shall saye the Lordes praier in Englyshe,
with a loud voice.
Oure
father Which, &c.
Then
the Minister; standing up shal say.
O lorde, shewe thy mercy upon us.
Aunswere. And graunte
us thy salvacion.
Prieste. O Lorde
save the Queene.
Aunswere. And mercifully
here us when we call upon the.
Prieste. Endue thy ministers
with rightuousnes.
Aunswere. And make thy
chosen people joyful.
Prieste. O Lorde save
thy people.
Aunswere. And blesse
thyne enheritaunce.
Prieste. Geve peace in
our tyme, O Lorde.
Aunswere. Because there
is none other that fyghteth for us, but onely thou, O God.
Prieste. O God make clene
our hartes with in us.
Aunswere. And take not
thy holy spirite from us.
Then
shal folowe three Collectes. The firste of the daye, whiche shall be the
same that is appoincted at the Communion, The seconde for peace, The thirde
for Grace to live wel. And the two leaste Collectes shal never altre,
but dayly be sayde at Mornyng praier, throughoute al the yere, foloweth.
¶
The seconde Collecte for Peace.
O
GOD, whiche art authour of peace, and lover of concord, in knowledge of
whom standeth our eternal lyfe, whose service is perfect fredom; defend
us thy humble servaunts in al assaultes of our enemies that we surely
trusting in thy defence, may not feare the power of any adversaries :
through the might of Jesu Christ our lord, Amen.
The
thirde Collecte for Grace.
O
LORDE our heavenly father, almightie and everlastyng God, whiche hast
safely broughte us to the begynnyng of thys day: defende us in the same
wyth thy myghtye power, and graunte that this daie we fall into no synne,
nether rune into any kinde of daunger: but that al our doinges may be
ordred by thy governaunce, to doe alwayes that is rightuous in thy sighte:
through Jesus Christe our Lorde. Amen.

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