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.
 

    I do know mine awne wickednes, and my syne is alwaies against me.

Psalm li.

DERELY beloved Brethren, the Scripture moveth us in sondry places, to acknowledge 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 generall confession, to be saide* of the whole congregacion after the 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 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.

* Replaced by "&c." in 1604.

Then shalbe sayde or song, this Psalme folowyng.

O COME let us syng unto the lord: let us hartely rejoyce in the strength of our salvacion.
    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.
 

Venite exultemus domino. 95

"ourselves" from late 1500's

    Then shal folowe certeyn Psalmes in order, as they bene appoincted in a table made for that pourpose, excepte there be proper Psalmes appointed for that day, and at thend of everye Psalme throughout the yere, and likewise 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.

    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.
 

Musical colon added to each line in late 1500's.

Or this canticle, Benedicite omnia opera Domini domino.

* Replaced by "&c." in 1604.

Benedictus.

BLESSED be the Lord God of Israell : for he hath visited and redemed his people;
    And hath raised up a mighty salvacion for us : in the 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.]*
 

* Replaced by "&c." in 1604.

Or this Psalme.

O 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.
 

Jubilate Deo.

    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.