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6 For though the Lord be high, yet hath he respect unto the lowly, as for the proud, he beholdeth them afar off

7 Though I walk in the midst of trouble, yet shalt thou refresh me, thou shalt stretch forth thy hand upon the fu riousness of mine enemies, and thy right band shall save me.

& The Lord shall make good his loving kindness toward me; yea, thy mercy, Lord, endureth for ever; despise not then the works of thine own hands.

The twenty-ninth Day.
MORNING PRAYER
Psalm 139. Domine, probasti.
LORD, thou hast searched me out,

and known me; thou knowest my down-sitting, and mine up-rising; thou understandest my thoughts long before. 2 Thou art about my path, and about my bed; and spiest out all my ways. 3 For lo, there is not a word in my tongue, but thou, O Lord, knowest it altogether.

4 Thou hast fashioned me behind and before, and laid thine hand upon me.

5 Such knowledge is too wonderful and excellent for me; I cannot attain unto it. 6 Whither shall I go then from thy Spirit, or whither shall I go then from thy presence?

7 If I climb up into heaven, thou art there; if I go down to hell, thou art there also.

8 If I take the wings of the morning, and remain in the uttermost parts of the

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12 For my reins are thine; thou hast covered me in my mother's womb.

13 I will give thanks unto thee, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are thy works, and that my soul knoweth right well.

14 My bones are not hid from thee, though I be made secretly, and fashioned

beneath in the earth.

15 Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being imperfect; and in thy book were all my members written;

16 Which day by day were fashioned, when as yet there was none of them.

17 How dear are thy counsels unto me, O God; O how great is the sum of them!

18 If I tell them, they are more in number than the sand; when I wake up, I am present with thee.

19 Wilt thou not slay the wicked, O God? Depart from me, ye blood-thirsty

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20 For they speak unrighteously against thee; and thine enemies take thy name in vain

21 Do not I hate them, O Lord, that hate thee? and am not I grieved with those that rise up against thee?

22 Yea, I hate them right sore; even as though they were mine enemies.

23 Try me, O God, and seek the ground of my heart; prove me, and ex. amine my thoughts.

24 Look well if there be any way of wickedness in me; and lead me in the way everlasting.

Psalm 140. Eripe me, Domine.

DELIVER me, O Lord, from the evil man; and preserve me from the wicked man;

2 Who imagine mischief in their hearts, and stir up strife all the day long.

3 They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent; adder's poison is under their lips.

4 Keep me, O Lord, from the hands of the ungodly; preserve me from the wicked men, who are purposed to over throw my goings.

5 The proud have laid a snare for me, and spread a net abroad with cords;

yea, and set traps in my way.

6 I said unto the Lord, Thou art my God hear the voice of my prayers, O

Lord.

7 O Lord God, thou strength of my health; thou hast covered my head in the day of battle.

8 Let not the ungodly have his desire, O Lord; let not his mischievous imagination prosper, lest they be too proud

9 Let the mischief of their own lips fall upon the head of them that compass me about.

10 Let hot burning coals fall upon them; let them be cast into the fire. and into the pit, that they never rise up again.

11 A man full of words shall not pros. per upon the earth: evil shall hunt the wicked person, to overthrow him.

12 Sure I am that the Lord will avenge the poor, and maintain the cause of the helpless.

13 The righteous also shall give thanks unto thy name; and the just shall con. tinue in thy sight.

Psalm 141. Domine, clamari.
ORD, I cali upon thee; haste thee

unto me, and consider my voice, when I cry unto thee.

2 Let my prayer he set forth in thy sight as the incense; and let the lifting up of my hands be an evening sacrifice.

3 Set a watch. O Lord, before my mouth, and keep the door of my lips. 4 0 let not mine heart be inclined to any evil thing; let me not be occupied in ungodly works with the men that work wickedness, lest I eat of such things as please them.

5 Let the righteous rather smite me friendly, and reprove me.

6 But let not their precious balms break my head; yea, I will pray yet against their wickedness.

7 Let their judges be overthrown in the stony places, that they may hear my words; for they are sweet.

8 Our bones lie scattered before the pit, like as when one breaketh and heweth wood upon the earth.

9 But mine eyes look unto thee, O Lord God; in thee is my trust; O cast not out my soul.

10 Keep me from the snare that they have laid for me, and from the traps of the wicked doers.

11 Let the ungodly fall into their own nets together, and let me ever escape

them.

EVENING PRAYER.

Psalm 142. l'oce mea ad Dominum. CRIED unto the Lord with my voice: yea, even unto the Lord did I make my supplication.

21 poured out my complaints before him, and showed him of my trouble

3 When my spirit was in heaviness, thou knowest my path; in the way wherein I walked, have they privily laid a snare for me.

4 I looked also upon my right hand, and saw there was no man that would know me.

51 had no place to flee unto, and no man cared for my soul.

6 I cried unto thee, O Lord, and said, Thou art my hope, and my portion in the land of the living.

7 Consider my complaint; for I am brought very low.

8 O deliver me from my persecutors, for they are too strong for me.

9 Bring my soul out of prison, that I may give thanks unto thy name; which thing if thou wilt grant me, then shall the righteous resort unto my company.

Psalm 143. Domine, exaudi.

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9 Deliver me, O Lord, from mine ene. mies; for I flee unto thee to hide me.

10 Teach me to do the thing that pleas eth thee for thou art my God: let thy loving Spirit lead me forth into the land of righteousness.

11 Quicken me, O Lord, for thy name's sake; and for thy righteousness sake bring my soul out of trouble.

12 And of thy goodness slay mine enemies, and destroy all them that vex my soul; for I am thy servant.

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3 Lord, what is man, that thou hast such respect unto him? or the son of man, that thou so regardest him?

4 Man is like a thing of nought; his time passeth away like a shadow.

5 Bow thy heavens, O Lord, and come down touch the mountains, and they shall smoke.

6 Cast forth thy lightning, and tear them; shot out thine arrows, and consume ther

7 Send down thine hand from above; deliver me, and take me out of the great waters, from the hand of strange chil dren;

8 Whose mouth talketh of vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of wick. edness.

9 I will sing a new song unto thee, O God; and sing praises unto thee upon a ten-stringed lute.

10 Thou hast given victory unto kings. and hast delivered David, thy servant, from the peril of the sword.

11 Save me, and deliver me from the hand of strange children, whose mouth talketh of vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of iniquity;

12 That our sons may grow up as the young plants, and that our daughters may be as the polished corners of the temple;

13 That our garners may be full and plenteous with all manner of store; that our sheep may bring forth thousands, and ten thousands in our streets:

14 That our oxen may be strong to laour; that there be no decay, no leag

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3 Great is the Lord, and marvellous, worthy to be praised; there is no end of his greatness.

4 One generation shall praise thy works unto another, and declare thy power.

5 As for me. I will be talking of thy worship, thy glory, thy praise, and wondrous works;

6 So that men shall speak of the might of thy marvellous acts; and I will also tell of thy greatness.

7 The memorial of thine abundant kindness shall be showed; and men shall sing of thy righteousness.

8 The Lord is gracious and merciful; long-suffering, and of great goodness. 9 The Lord is loving unto every man, and his mercy is over all his works. 10 All thy works praise thee, O Lord; an thy saints give thanks unto thee. 11 They show the glory of thy king dom, and talk of thy power;

12 That thy power, the glory, and mightiness of thy kingdot. might be

known unto men.

13 Thy kingdom is an everlasting kingdom. and thy dominion endureth throughout all ages.

14 The Lordp.olaeth all such as fall, and lifteth up all those that are down.

15 The eyes of all wait upon thee, O Lord; and thou givest them their meat in due season.

16 Thou ope.rest thine hand, and fillest all things living with plenteousness. 17 The Lord is righteous in all his ways, and holy in all his works.

18 The Lord is nigh unto all them that call upon him; yea, all such as call upon him faithfully

19 He will fulfil the desire of them that fear him; he also will hear their cry, and will help them.

20 The Lord preserveth all them that love him, but scattereth abroad all the ungodly

21 My mouth shall speak the praise of the Lord and let all flesh give thanks unto his holy name for ever and ever.

Psalm 146 Lauda, anima mea.
RAISE the Lord, O my soul while

Lord; yea, long as I have any being, I will sing praises unto my God.

2 O put not your trust in princes, nor

in any child of man; for there is no help in them.

3 For when the breath of man goeth forth, he shall turn again to his earth, and then all his thoughts perish.

4 Blessed is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help; and whose hope is in the Lord his God;

5 Who made heaven and earth, the sea and all that therein is; who keepeth his promise for ever;

6 Who helpeth them to right that suffer wrong; who feedeth the hungry. 7 The Lord looseth men out of prison, the Lord giveth sight to the blind

8 The Lord helpeth them that are fall en: The Lord careth for the righteous. 9 The Lord careth for the stranger; he defendeth the fatherless and widow as for the way of the ungodly, he turneth it upside down.

10 The Lord thy God, O Sion, shall be King for evermore, and throughout all generations.

EVENING PRAYER. Psalm 147. Laudate Dominum. PRAISE the Lord; for it is a good thing to sing praises unto our God; yea, a joyful and pleasant thing it is to be thankful.

2 The Lord doth build up Jerusalem, and gather together the outcasts of Israel. 3 He healeth those that are broken in heart, and giveth medicine to heal their sickness.

4 He telleth the number of the stars, and calleth them all by their names.

5 Great is our Lord, and great is his power; yea, and his wisdom is infinite. 6 The Lord setteth up the meek, and bringeth the ungodly down to the ground.

70 sing unto the Lord with thanks. giving sing praises upon the harp unte our God;

8 Who covereth the heaven with clouds, and prepareth rain for the earth; and maketh the grass to grow upon the mountains, and herb for the use of men. 9 Who giveth fodder unto the cattle, and feedeth the young ravens that call upon him.

10 He hath no pleasure in the strength of an horse; neither delighteth he in any man's legs.

11 But the Lord's delight is in them that fear him, and put their trust in his mercy.

12 Praise the Lord, O Jerusalem; praise thy God, O Sion;

13 For he hath made fast the bars of thy gates, and hath blessed thy children within thee.

14 He maketh peace in thy borders, and filleth thee with flour of wheat.

15 He sendeth forth his commandment upon earth, and his word runneth very swiftly.

16 He giveth snow like wool, and scattereth the hoar frost like ashes.

17 He casteth forth his ice like morsels; who is able to abide his frost ?

18 He sundeth out his word, and melteth them; he bloweth with his wind, and the waters flow.

ple: all his saints shall praise him; even the children of Israel, even the people that serveth him.

Psalm 149. Cantate Domino.

SING unto the Lord a new song:

He showeth his werd unto Jacob, Ost the congregation of saints praise

his statutes and ordinances unto Israel. 20 He hath not dealt so with any nation; neither have the heathen know. ledge of his laws.

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Psalm 148 Laudate Dominum.

PRAISE the Lord of heaven, praise him in the height.

2 Praise him, all ye angels of his; praise him, all his hosts.

3 Praise him, sun and moon; praise him, all ye stars and light.

4 Praise him, all ye heavens, and ye waters that are above the heavens.

5 Let them praise the name of the Lord; for he spake the word, and they were made, he commanded, and they

were created.

6 He hath made them fast for ever and ever; he hath given them a law, which shall not be broken.

7 Praise the Lord upon earth, ye dragons, and all deeps;

8 Fire and hail, snow and vapours, wind and storm, fulfilling his word;

9 Mountains and all hills; fruitful trees and all cedars;

10 Beasts and all cattle; worms and feathered fowls;

11 Kings of the earth and all people; princes and all judges of the world;

12 Young men and maidens, old men and children, praise the name of the Lord; for his name only is excellent, and his praise above heaven and earth.

13 He shall exalt the horn of his peo

him.

2 Let Israel rejoice in him that made him, and let the children of Sion be joyful in their King.

3 Let them praise his name in the dance; let them sing praises unto him with tabret and harp.

4 For the Lord hath pleasure in his people, and helpeth the meek-hearted. 5 Let the saints be joyful with glory; let them rejoice in their beds.

6 Let the praises of God be in their mouth, and a two-edged sword in their hands

7 To be avenged of the heathen, and to rebuke the people;

8 To bind their kings in chains, and their nobles with links of iron.

9 That they may be avenged of them; as it is written, Such honour have all his saints.

Psalm 150. Laudate Dominum.

praise him its the firmament of hi PRAISE God in his holiness;

power.

? Praise him in his noble acts; praise him according to his excellent greatness. 3 Praise him in the sound of the trumpet; praise him upon the lute and harp. 4 Praise him in the cymbals and danc es; praise him upon the strings and pipe. 5 Praise him upon the well-tuned cymbals; praise him upon the loud cymbals. 6 Let every thing that hath breath praise the Lord.

THE END OF THE PSALTER.

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ARTICLES OF RELIGION,

As established by the Bishops, the Clergy, and Laity of the Protestant Episcopa
Church in the United States of America, in Convention, on the twelfth Day of
September, in the Year of our Lord 1801.

THE

Art. 1 Of Faith in the Holy Trinity. HERE is but one living and true God, everlasting, without body. parts or passions of infinite power, wisdom, and goodness: the Maker and Preserver of all things both visible and invisible And in unity of this Godhead, there be three persons, of one substance. power. and eternity: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost

Art 11 Of the Word, or Son of God.

which was made very Man.

The Son, which is the Word of the Father, begotten from everlasting of the Father, the very and eternal God. of one substance with the Father, took Man's nature in the womb of the blessed Virgin, o her substance so that two whole and perfect Natures, that is to say, the Godhead and Manhood. were joined to gether in one Person, never to be divi Hed. whereof is one Christ. very God, and very Man: who truly suffered. was crucified, dead, and buried. to reconcile his Father to us, and u be a sacrifice. not only for original guilt, but also for actual sins of men

Art. III. Of the going down of Christ into Hell

As Christ died for us, and was buried; so also is it to be believed, that he went down into hell

Art. IV Of the Resurrection of Christ

Christ did truly rise again from death. and took again his body, with flesh, bones, and all things appertaining to the perfection of Man's nature. where with he ascended into heaven, and there sitteth, until ne return to judge all men at the last day

Art. V. Of the Holy Ghost.
The Holy Ghost, proceeding from the
Father and the Son, is of one substance,
Majesty, and Glory, with the Father and
the Son, very and Lernal God.

Art. VI. Of the Sufficiency of the Holy
Scriptures for Salvation.

Holy Scripture containeth all things necessary to Salvation so that whatso ever is not read therein, nor may be proved thereby, is not to be required of any man, that it should be believed as an article of the Faith, or be thought requisite or necessary to Salvation. In the name of the Holy Scripture we do understand those Canonical Books of the Old and New Testament, of whose Au

thority was never any doubt in the
Church.

Of the Names and Number of the

Canonical Books.

Genesis, Exodus, Leriticus, umeri,
Deuteronomium, Joshue, Judges, Ruth,
The First Book of Samuel, The Second
Book of Samuel, The First Book of
Kings, The Second Book of Kings. The
Firs Book of Chronicles The Second
Book of Chronic es. The First Book of
Esdras, The Second Book of Esdras, The
Book of Hester. The Book of Joh. The
Psalms. The Proverbs, Ecclesiastes or
Preacher. Cantica or Songs of Solomon,
Four Prophets the greater. Twelve Pro-
phets the less

And the other Books (as Hierome saith)
the Church doth read for example of life
and instruction of manners but yet
doth it not apply them to establish any
doctrine such are these following

The Third Book of Esdrus, The Fourth
Book of Esdras, The Book of Tobias,
The Book of Judith. The rest of the
Book of Hester. The Book of Wisdom,
Jesus the Son of Sirach, Baruch the Pro-
phet. The Song of the three Children,
The Story of Susanna. Of Bel and the
Dragon, The Prayer of Manasses, The
First Book of Maccabees, The Second
Book of Maccabees.

All the Books of the New Testament,
as they are commonly received, we do
receive and account them Canonical.

Art. VII. Of the Old Testament.
The Old Testament is not contrary to
the New for both in the Old and New
Testament everlasting life is offered to
mankind by Christ, who is the only Me-
diator between God and Man, being both
God and Man. Wherefore they are not
to be heard, which feign, that the Old
Fathers did look only for transitory
Promises. Although the Law given from
God by Moses, as touching Ceremonies
and Rites, do not bind Christian men,
nor the Civil Precepts thereof ought of
necessity to be received in any Common
wealth yet notwithstanding, no Chris.
tian man whatsoever is free from the
obedience of the Commandments which
are called moral.

Art VIII. Of the Creeds.
The Nicene Creed, and that which is
commonly called the Apostles' Creed,
ought thoroughly to be received and be
lieved for they may be proved by most
certain warrants of Holy Scripture.

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