O ye Priests of the Lord, bless ye the Lord;
Praise him, and magnify him for ever.

O ye Servants of the Lord, bless ye the Lord;

Praise him, and magnify him for ever.

O ye Spirits and Souls of the Righteous, bless ye the

Lord;

Praise him, and magnify him for ever.

O ye holy and humble Men of Heart, bless ye the Lord; Praise him, and magnify him for ever.

Then shall be read, in like manner, the second Lesson, taken out of the New Testament, according to the Table or Calendar.

And after that, shall be sung or said, the Hymn following: but Note, That, save on the Sundays in Advent, the latter portion thereof may be omitted.

Benedictus. St. Luke i. 68.

LESSED be the Lord God of Israel;

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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 hand 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 he 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 be called the Prophet of the Highest,

For thou shalt go before the face of the Lord to pre

pare his ways;

Ihr Priester des Herrn, lobet den Herrn,
Preiset und rühmet ihn ewiglich.

Ihr Knechte des Herrn, lobet den Herrn,
Preiset und rühmet ihn ewiglich.

Ihr Geister und Seelen der Gerechten, lobet den Herrn,
Preiset und rühmet ihn ewiglich.

Ihr Heiligen, so elend und betrübt sind, lobet den Herrn,
Preiset und rühmet ihn ewiglich.

¶ Alsdann wird in gleicher Weise, der Tabelle oder dem Kalender gemäß, die zweite Lektion, nämlich aus dem Neuen Testamente, vorgelesen.

¶ Und darnach soll der folgende Chorgesang gesungen oder gesprochen werden; doch mag, außer an den Advents-Sonntagen, der zweite Theil desselben ausgelassen werden.

Benedictus. Luc. 1, 68.

elobet sei der Herr, der Gott Israel,
Denn er hat besucht und erlöset sein Volk;
Und hat uns aufgerichtet ein Horn des Heils
In dem Hause seines Dieners David,
Als er vor Zeiten geredet hat

Durch den Mund seiner heiligen Propheten:
Daß er uns errettete von unsern Feinden
Und von der Hand aller, die uns hassen;

Und die Barmherzigkeit erzeigte unsern Vätern,

Und gedächte an seinen heiligen Bund,

Und an den Eid, den er geschworen hat unserm Vater Abraham,

Uns zu geben:

Daß wir, erlöset aus der Hand unsrer Feinde,

Ihm dieneten ohne Furcht unser Leben lang,

In Heiligkeit und Gerechtigkeit,

Die ihm gefällig ist.

Und Du Kindlein wirst ein Prophet des Höchsten heißen;

Du wirst vor dem Herrn hergehen, daß Du seinen Weg bereitest,

To give knowledge of salvation unto his people,
For the remission of their sins.

Through the tender mercy of our God,

Whereby the day-spring 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.

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. And any Churches may, instead of the words, He descended into hell, use the words, He went into the place of departed spirits, which are considered as words of the same meaning in the Creed.

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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; He descended into hell, 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.

Uud Erkenntniß des Heils gebest seinem Volk,
Die da ist in Vergebung ihrer Sünden ;

Durch die herzliche Barmherzigkeit unsers Gottes,

Durch welche uns besucht hat der Aufgang aus der Höhe, Auf daß er erscheine denen, die da sizen in Finsterniß und Schatten des Todes,

Und richte unsere Füße auf den Weg des Friedens.

auchzet dem Herrn, alle Welt,
Dienet dem Herrn mit Freuden,
Kommt vor sein Angesicht mit Frohlocken.
Erkennet, daß der Herr Gott ist.

Er hat uns gemacht, und nicht wir selbst,
Zu seinem Volk und zu Schafen seiner Weide.
Gehet zu seinen Thoren ein mit Danken,

Zu seinen Vorhöfen mit Loben;

Danket ihm, lobet seinen Namen.

Denn der Herr ist freundlich, und seine Gnade währet ewig, Und seine Wahrheit für und für.

¶ Dann soll das Apostolische Glaubensbekenntniß von dem Geistlichen und der Gemeinde stehend gesprochen werden. In Kirchen, wo es ge= wünscht wird, mag man anstatt der Worte „Niedergefahren zur Höllen“ die Worte „Niedergefahren zum Orte der abgeschiedenen Seelen" ge= brauchen, welche im Glaubensbekenntniß als gleichbedeutend angesehen werden.

Ich glaube an Gott den Vater Allmächtigen, Schöpfer

Himmels und der Erden.

Und an Jesum Christum, Seinen cingeborenen Sohn, unsern Herrn; der empfangen ist von dem Heiligen Geiste, geboren von der Jungfrau Maria; gelitten unter Pontio Pilato, gekreuziget, gestorben und begraben; niedergefahren zur Höllen; am dritten Tage wieder auferstanden von den Todten, aufgefahren gen Himmel, sizet zur Rechten Gottes, des Allmächtigen Vaters; von dannen er kommen wird, zu richten die Lebendigen und die Todten.

I believe in the Holy Ghost; The holy Catholic Church; The Communion of Saints; The Forgiveness of sins; The Resurrection of the body; And the Life everlasting. AMEN.

TOr this.

BELIEVE in one God the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth, And of all things visible and invisible:

And in one Lord Jesus Christ, the only-begotten Son of God, Begotten of his Father before all worlds, God of God, Light of Light, very God of very God, Begotten, not made, Being of one substance with the Father, By whom all things were made: Who for us men, and for our salvation came down from heaven, And was incarnate by the Holy Ghost of the Virgin Mary, And was made man, And was crucified also for us under Pontius Pilate. He suffered and was buried, And the third day he rose again according to the Scriptures, And ascended into heaven, And sitteth on the right hand of the Father. And he shall come again with glory to judge both the quick and the dead: Whose kingdom shall have no end.

And I believe in the Holy Ghost, the Lord and Giver of Life, Who proceedeth from the Father and the Son, Who with the Father and the Son together is worshipped and glorified, Who spake by the Prophets. And I believe one Catholic and Apostolic Church. I acknowledge one Baptism for the remission of sins, And I look for the Resurrection of the dead, And the Life of the world to come. AMEN.

And after that, these Prayers following, all devoutly kneeling; the Minister first pronouncing,

The Lord be with you.

Answer. And with thy spirit.

Minister. Let us pray.

O Lord, show thy mercy upon us.