Wash me throughly from my wickedness: and cleanfe me from my fin. For I acknowledge my faults: and my fin is ever before me. Against thee only have I finned, and done this evil in thy fight: that thou mighteft be juftified in tions: then fhall they offer young bullocks upon thine altar. Glory be to the Father, &c. thy faving, and clear when thou OUR Father, which art in art judged. Behold, I was fhapen in wickedness and in fin hath my mother conceived me. But lo, thou requireft truth in the inward parts and halt make me to understand wifdom fecretly. Thou shalt purge me with hyffop; and I fhall be clean: thou fhalt wath me, and I fhall be whiter than fnow. Thou shalt make me hear of joy and gladnefs: that the bones, which thou haft broken, may rejoice. Turn thy face from my fins: and put out all my mifdeeds. Make me a clean heart, O God: and renew a right fpirit within me. Caft me not away from thy prefence and take not thy Holy Spirit from me. O give me the comfort of thy help again and ftablith me with thy free Spirit. : Then fhall I teach thy ways unto the wicked: and finners hall be converted unto thee. Deliver me from blood-guiltinefs, O God, thou that art the God of my health: and my tongue thall fing of thy righteoufnefs. Thou halt open my lips, o Lord and my mouth fhall fhew thy praife. For thou defireft no facrifice, elfe would I give it thee : but thou delighteft not in burntofferings. The facrifice of God is a troubled fpirit: a broken and contrite heart, O God, halt thou not.defpife. O be favourable and gracious unto Sion: build thou the walls of Jerufalem. Then thalt thou be pleafed with the facrifice ofrighteoufness,with the burnt-offerings and obla 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 trefpaffes, as we forgive them that trefpafs against us; And lead us not into temptation, But deliver us from evil. Amen. Minifter. O Lord, fave thy fervants; Anjw. That put their truft in thee. from above; Minifter. Send unto them help Anfw. And evermore mightily defend them. Minister. Help us, O God our Saviour; Antw. And for the glory of thy us finners, for thy Name's fake. Name deliver us; be merciful to Minifter. O Lord, hear our prayer; Anf. And let our cry come unto thee. Minifter. Let us pray. LORD, we beseech thee, and fpare all thofe who confets mercifully hear our prayers, whofe confciences by fin are their fins unto thee; that they, accufed, by thy merciful pardon may be abfolved, through Chrift our Lord. Amen. MOST mighty God, and merciful Father, who haft compaffion upon all men, and hateft nothing that thou haft made, whowouldeft not the death of a finner, but that he fhould rather turn from his fin, and be faved; Mercifully forgive us our trefpaffes; receive and comfort us, who are grieved and wearied with the burden of our fins. Thy property is always to have mer cy; to thee only it appertaineth to forgive fins. Spare us there fore, good Lord, fpare thy peo- praying: For thou art a merel. ple, whom thou haft redeemed; ful God, full of compatiion, enter not into judgement with thy fervants, who are vile earth, and miferable finners; but fo turn thine anger from us, who meekly acknowledge our vilenefs, and truly repent us of our faults; and fo make hafte to help us in this world, that we may ever live with thee in the world to come, through Jefus Christ our Lord. Amen. Then fhall the People fav this that and fo fhall we be turned. Be favourable, O Lord, be favourable to thy people, who turn to thee in weeping, fafting, and long-fuffering, and of great pity. Thou fparefi when we deferve punithment, and in thy wrath thinkeft upon mercy. Spare thy people, good Lord, fpare them; and let not thine heritage be brought to confufion. Hear us, O Lord, for thy mercy is great; and after the multitude of thy mercies look upon us, through the merits and mediation of thy bleffed Son, Jefus Chrift our Lord. Amen. THE PSALTER, OR PSALMS OF DAVID, POINTED AS THEY ARE TO BE SUNG OR SAID IN CHURCHES. THE FIRST DAY.. 4 His leaf alfo fhall not wither: and look, whatfoever he doeth, it all profper. 5 As for the ungodly, it is not fo with them; but they are like the chaff, which the wind feattereth away from the face of the earth. 6 Therefore the ungodly thall not be able to fiand in the judgement: neither the finners in the congregation of the righteous. 7 But the Lord knoweth the way of the righteous: and the way of the ungodly thall perish. P. . Quare fremuerunt gentes? HY do the heathen fo furi oufly rage together and why do the people imagine a vain thing? 2 The kings of the earth ftand up, and the rulers take counfel together against the Lord, and against his Anointed. 3 Let us break their bonds afunder and caft away their cords from us. 4 He that dwelleth in heaven fhall laugh them to fcorn: the Lord fhall have them in derilion. 5 Then thall he speak unto them in his wrath and vex them in his fore difpleasure. 6 Yet have I fet my King upon my holy bill of Sion. 7 I will preach the law, whereof the Lord hath faid unto me; Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee. 8 Defire of me, and I fhall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance and the utmoft parts of the earth for thy poffeffion. 9 Thou shalt bruife them with a rod of iron: and break them in pieces like a potter's veffel. 10 Be wife now therefore, O ye,kings: be learned, ye that are judges of the earth. 11 Serve the Lord in fear and rejoice unto him with reverence. 12 Kifs the Son, left he be angry, and fo ye perifh from the right way if his wrath be kindied, (yea, but a little) bieffed are all they that put their tuft in him. P. iii. Domine, quid multiplicati? ORD, how are they increafed that trouble me many are they that rife againft me. 2 Many one there be that fay of my foul: There is no help for him in his God: 3 But thou, O Lord, art my defender: thou art my worthip, and the lifter up of my head. 4 I did call upon the Lord with my voice: and he heard me out of his holy hill. 5 I laid me down and flept, and rofe up again: for the Lord fuftained me. : 6 I will not be afraid for ten thousands of the people that have fet themfeives against me round about. 7 Up, Lord, and help me, O my God for thou fmleft all mine enemies upon the cheekbone; thou haft broken the teeth of the ungodly. 8 Salvation belongeth unto the Lord and thy bleffing is upon thy people. : Pf. iv. Cum invocarem. H of my righteoufnefs : thou haft fet me at liberty when I was in trouble; have mercy upon me, and hearken unto my prayer. 20 ye fons of men, how long will ye blafpheme mine honour: and have fuch pleasure in vanity, and feek after leafing? 3 Know this alfo, that the Lord hath chofen to himself the man that is godly: when I call upon the Lord, he will hear me. 4 Stand in awe, and fin not: commune with your own heart, and in your chamber, and be still. 5 Offer the facrifice of righteoufnels: and put your truft in the Lord. 6 There be many that fay : Who will fhew us any good? 7 Lord, lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon us. 8 Thou haft put gladness in my heart: fince the time that their corn, and wine, and oil increased. 9 I will lay me down in peace, and take my reft: for it is thou, Lord, only, that makeft ne dwell in fafety. P Pl. V. Verba mea auribus. ONDER my words, O Lord: confider my meditation. 2 O hearken thou unto the voice of my calling, my King, and my God for unto thee will I make my prayer. 3 My voice' fhalt thou hear betimes, O Lord: early in the morning will I direct my prayer unto thee; and will look up. 4 For thou art the God that haft no pleasure in wickednefs: neither hall anyevildwell with thee. 5 Such as be foolith fhall not ftand in thy fight for thou bateft all them that work vanity. 6 Thou shalt destroy them that fpeak leafing the Lord will abhor both the blood-thirty and deceitful man. 7 But as for me, I will come into thine houfe, even upon the multitude of thy mercy: and in thy fear will I worthip toward thy holy temple. 8 Lead me, O Lord, in tv righteoufnels, because of m EVENING PRAYER. Pfalm vi. Domine, ne in furore. LORD, rebuke me not in thine indignation: neither haften me in thy difpleasure. 2 Have mercy upon me, O Lord, for I am weak: O Lord, cal me, for my bones are veted. 3 My foui allo is fore troubled: but, Lord, how long wilt thou punith me? 4 Turn thee, O Lord, and deliver my foul: O fave me for thy mercies fake. 5 For in death no man remembereth thee and who will give hce thanks in the pit? 6 I am weary of my groaning; every night wath 1 my bed and water my couch with my tears. 7 My beauty is gone for very trouble; and worn away becaufe of all mine enemies. 8 Away from me, all ye that work vanity for the Lord hath yard the voice of my weeping. - 9 The Lord hath heard my petition: the Lord will receive ay prayer. 10 All mine enemies thall be confounded, and fore vexed: abey thall be turned back, and yut to shame fuddenly. Pf. vii. Domine, Deus meus. LORD my God, in thee о have I put my trust fave me from all them that perfecute me, and deliver me; 2 Left he devour my foul like a lion, and tear it in pieces: while there is none to help. 30 Lord my God, if I have done any fuch thing or if there be any wickednefs in my hands; 4 If I have rewarded evil unto him that dealt friendly with me yea, I have delivered him that without any caufe is mine. enemy; 5 Then let mine enemy perfecute my foul, and take me : yea, let him tread my life down upon the earth, and lay mine. honour in the duft, 6 Stand up, O Lord, in thy wrath, and lift up thyfelf, because of the indignation of mine ene mies arife up for me in the judgement that thou haft com manded. 7 And fo fhall the congregation of the people come about thee: for their fakes therefore lift up thyfelf again. 8 The Lord fhall judge the people; give fentence with me, O Lord: according to my righte oufnefs, and according to the innocency that is in me. 90 let the wickedness of the ungodly come to an end but guide thou the juft. 10 For the righteous God: trieth the very hearts and reins. 11 My help cometh of God: who preferveth them that are true of heart. 12 God is a righteous Judge, ftrong and patient and God is provoked every day. 13 If a man will not turn; he will whet his word: he hath bent his bow, and made it ready. 14 He hath prepared for him the inftruments of death, he ordineth his arrows against the perfecutors: . 15 Behold, he, travaileth with. mifchief: he hath conceived forrow, and brought forth ungodlinefs. 16 He hath graven and digged ap a pit and is fallen hintelf into the deftruction that he made for other. 17 For his travail fhall come upon his own head and his wickedness thall fall pate. his own 18 will give thanks unto the Lord, according to his righteou nefs: and 1 will praife the Name of the Lord mot High. Pf. viii. Domine, Dominus nofter. LORD our Governor, how the world: thou that haft fet thy glory above the heavens! 2 Out of the mouth of very babes and fucklings haft thou or dained ftrength, becaufe of thine enemies that thou mightest fill the enemy and the avenger. 3 For I will confider thy heavens, even the works of thy fingers the moon and the ftars. which thou haft ordained. 4 What is man, that thou art mindful of him: and the Son of man, that thou vifiteft him? 5 Thou madeft him lower than the angels to crown him with glory and worship. 6 Thou makefl' him to have dominion of the works of thy hands and thou haft put all things in fubjection under his feet; 4 For thou haft maintained my right, and my caufe: thou art fet in the throne that judget right. 5 Thou haft rebuked the hea, then, and deftroyed the ungodly: thou haft put out theirname for ever and ever... 60 thou enemy, deftructions are come to a perpetual end: deftroyed; their memorial is even as the cites which thou haft perithed with them. hall endure for ever he hath alfo prepared his feat for judgement. For he thall judge the world in righteoufnefs and minifier true judgement unto the people. 9 The Lord alfo will Be a defence for the oppreffed even a refuge in due time of trouble. 10 And they that know thy Name will put their truft in thee: for theu, Lord, haft gever failed them that feek thee. 11 O praife the Lord, which dwelleth in Sioh: thew the people of his doings.. 12 For when he maketh inquifition for blood, he remem bereth them and forgetteth not the complaint of the poor." 13 Have mercy upon me, o Lord; confider the trouble which I-fuffer of them that hate me : thou that lifteft me up from the gates of death; 14 That I may fhew all thy praifes within the ports of the daughter of Sion: I will rejoice in thy falvation. 15 The heathen are funk down in the pit that they made in the fame.uet which they hid privily is their foot taken. 16 The Lord is known to execute judgement: the ungodly is trapped in the work of his ow hands. The wicked shall be turned into hell and alf the people that forget God. 18 For the poor fhall not alway be forgotten the patient abiding of the meek thall not peria for ever. 19 Up, Lord, and let not man have the upper hand let the heathen be judged in thy ght. |