Then the Minister spall kneel, and say the Lord's Prayer with an audible Voice; the People also kneeling, and repeating it with him, both here, and wherefoever else it is used in Divine Service. I. 5 UR Father, 2. which art in Heaven; 3. Hallowed be thy Name. 4. Thy Kingdom come. Thy will be done in Earth, As it is in Heaven. 6. Give us this day our daily bread. 7. And forgive us our trefpasses, as we forgive them that trespass against us. 8. And PARAPHRASE. to prevent us from relapsing into a sinful state, but that our souls, which formerly have been defiled with many vices, may shine with that purity and holiness which the gospel requires. So that, when we quit this tranfitory life, we may enter into the joy of the Father, thro' the merits of Jesus Chrift, our ever blessed Redeemer. 1. We have recourse to thee, O God, who, by the great work of creation, art the father of us and all mankind, but art, in a more particular manner, the father of us christians by adoption. Rom. viii. 15. 2. Offering up our petitions unto thee, the great God of heaven and earth, whose throne and peculiar place of refidence is in the empyreum or heaven of heavens. Ifa, lxvi. 1. Matt. v. 39. 3. It is our defire, and we will exert our utmost efforts, that thy name, (Exod. xx. 7.) and whatsoever has any connection with thee, may be held facred and preferved from any manner of contempt, and moreover be honoured with distinguishing marks of respect and adoration. 4. We also ardently with for the time when thy glorious kingdom, which cannot be inherited by flesh and blood, shall commence, (1 Cor. AV. 20.) and into which the elect are to be received. Matt. xxv. 34, 5. 5. We pray thee, O Lord, to hasten thy kingdom of grace, introductory to thy kingdom of glory hereafter, that all our irregular passions and fonfual affections, being subdued by thee our king and governor, we may be numbered amongst those blessed, who are poor in spirit, and to whom thy dear Son our redeemer has appropriated the kingdom of heaven. We pray farther, that we chriftians here upon earth may discharge our duty to God, and conform ourselves to his will, made known to us by the preaching of the gospel, with as much readiness and punctuality as the angels in heaven perform it. Pf. ciii. 21. Matt. xviii. 10. 6. We petition thee farther to supply us with our daily sustenance, (1 Tim. vi. 8.) not only with bread, but with cloaths and all the other necessaries of life, in such proportion as thou shalt judge proper. 7. Intreating thee to pardon our fins, as well great as small, both of which render us obnoxious to divine justice, as we, on our part, profess to have freely forgiven all those who have offended against us, knowing that we cannot otherwise hope for the mercy of God. Matt. vi. 15. ! lead us not into temptation; 9. But deliver us from evil : 10. For thine is the Kingdom, And the Power, And the Glory, For ever and ever. Amen. Then likewise he shall say, O Lord, open thou our lips, Anfw. And our mouth shall shew forth thy praife. Anfw. O Lord, make hafte to help us. PARAPHRASE. 8. We request of thee, that thou wouldst be pleased to preserve us from any trong temptation, which we may not have strength to overcome, (Matt. xxvi. 40.) for the immediate government of thy kingdom of grace in this wicked and perverse generation. Let not any trying temptation be laid in our way, in this, too apt to be biased and corrupt, state of feeble nature; give us not over into the enemy's hand; forsake us not in our spiritual conflict; guide us in the way of thy commandments; and grant that, thro' Christ, we may be conquerors, not conquered by the worldly and glittering allurements to fin; or if we fall into temptations, afford us such a potent assistance of thy grace, as may enable us to get the better of them. 2 Cor. xii. 9. 9. But rescue us from every evil to which human nature is obnoxious, as well from the dominion of fin, (Eph. ii. 1. Heb. x. 12.) as that of calamities, and that from evil occasioned by the malice of evil spirits. Job, i. 6, 8. Rev. xii. 8. 10. These blessings, we trust, thou wilt not with-hold from us; thy divine perfections giving us encouragement to expect them from thee : for thine is the empire and fupreme command over all things, and thy unlimited power no being can refift; (1 Chron. xxix. 10. Jud. 25.) thou art invested with infinite power, and nothing can oppose thee; (Job, xxxviii. 11. P/al. lxv. 7.) and thy own glory is displayed in making thy creatures happy. Jud. 25. Eph. i. 6. Prieft. Do thou, O God, who hast bestowed upon us the gift of utterance, (Exod. iv. 11. Prov. x. 32.) by thy Holy Spirit, affift us in our devotions. Answer. And then we shall speak forth thy praise, as we are in duty bound. Pruft. Delay not to afford us thy assistance, in promoting all things neceffary for our falvation. Answer. And be not backward in fupplying us with whatever may help us forward in that most important of all cur concerns. D Prieft. Here all standing up, the Priest shall fay. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son: and to the Holy Ghost; Answ. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be: world without end. Amen. Prieft. Praise ye the Lord. Anfw. The Lord's Name be praised. Then shall be faid or fung this Psalm following; except on Eater-day, upon which another Anthem is appointed: And on the Nineteenth Day of every Month it is not to be read bere, but in the ordinary Course of the Pfalms. I. Venite, exultemus Domino. Pfal. xcv. Come, let us fing unto the Lord: let us heartily rejoice in the strength of our salvation. 2. Let us come before his prefence with thanksgiving: and shew ourselves glad in him with psalms. 3. For the Lord is a great God: and a great King above all gods. 4. In his hand are all the corners of the earth: and the strength of the hills is his also. 5. The fea is his, and he made it: and his hands prepared the dry land. PARAPHRASE. Prieft. All glory be ascribed to God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Ghost. Answer. They have existed in glory from all eternity, ftill continue to exist, and will exist for ever. Amen. Prieft. Sing an hallelujah unto the Lord. Answer. Hallelujah. 1. Come, let us exert ourselves in singing forth the praises of the Lord, let us make a jubilee before our God and our blessed Redeemer. 2. Let us present ourselves before the ark, the special place where he manifests his Divine Prefence, with giving of thanks: and rejoice before him with psalmody. 3. For Jehovah our God, is not an imaginary being, like the gods of the heathens, but the Creator of the universe, the only true God. 4. The darkest corners and the lowest caverns of the earth were at first made by him, and still remain at his disposal: he has a right and sovereignty over the most lofty mountains, mountains that are of fuch a prodigions height that they tife those who attempt to afcend them. 6. O come, let us worship, and fall down: and kneel before the Lord our Maker. 7. For he is the Lord our God: and we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand. 8. To day if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts: as in the provocation, and as in the day of temptation in the wilderness; 9. When your fathers tempted me: proved me, and faw my works. 10. Forty years long was I grieved with this generation, and faid: It is a people that do err in their hearts, for they have not known my ways: 11. Unto whom I sware in my wrath: that they should not enter into my rest. PARAPHRASE. 5. Our God is the same great Being, who, by the like virtue of creation, has a right both to ocean and dry land, throughout their whole extent. 6. In order to animate us still farther to the worship of this only great and true God, let us confider him as the Creator of the whole human race, and upon that account, let us prostrate ourselves before him with the utmoit fervour of devotion. 7. But it is more particularly incumbent upon us, the feed of Abraham, to praise him, as he has singled us out for his peculiar people, taking the fame care of us that a shepherd does of his flock. 8. But then we should not flatter ourselves that God will be our God, and that we shall be his chofen people, if in this our day we neglect to litten to his voice, (Numb. xix. 22.) and obey his laws, but exasperate him by our perverseness and disobedience, as our forefathers did in times paft, at Maffab and Meribah. Exod. xvii. 2. 7. 9. When the Jews your ancestors, in ages past had a mind (as God Almighty speaks (Exod. xvii. 2.) to tempt me and prove me, how far my Almighty Power extended, and to put me upon unnecessary miracles, in order to gratify their vain curiofity; tho' they had been abundantly convinced of my Omnipotence by the wonders which I performed upon their account in the land of Egypt. 10. During the space of forty years (Numb. xiv. 23.) was I vexed with the perverseness of this untoward generation; which drew from me this folemn declaration, I the Lord God, have faid this is an evil congregation, (Numb. xiv. 27.) that have an heart entirely alienated from me, and that never duly attended to those great works which I did for them. 11. Which ungrateful behaviour so highly incenfed me, that I declared with an oath, that they should never enter into the land of Canaan, the place D3 Glory be to the Father, and to the Son and to the Holy Ghost; As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be: world without end. Amen. Then shall follow the Pfalms in Order as they are appointed. And at the End : Anfw. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be: world without end. Amen.... Then shall be read distinctly with an audible Voice the First Lesson, taken out of the Old Testament, as is appointed in the Calendar (except there be proper Lessons affigned for that day) He that readeth, so standing, and turning himself, as he may best be beard of all fuch as are present. And after that shall be faid or fang in English, the Hymn called Te Deum laudamus, daily throughout the Year. Note, That before every Lesson, the Minister shall say, Here beginneth. such a Chapter, or verfe of fuch a Chapter of such a Book: And after every Leffon, Here endeth the First, or, the Second Lesson. I. W Te Deum laudamus... E praise thee, O God: we acknowledge thee to be the Lord. 2. All the earth doth worship thee: the Father everlasting. PARAPHRASE place of their resting after their long wanderings. This oath you will find in Numbers, xiv. 23. As I live, your carcasses shall fall in this wilderness: furely they shall not see the land which I sware to their forefathers. 1. We the congregation of thy faithful people, here assembled, do praise thee, O great God, and acknowledge thee to be the Father, Lord, and preferver of heaven and earth. 2. For furely we christians are in duty bound to praise thee, fince all the nations of the earth acknowledge thee to be the eternal Father and Creator of the universe; and, notwithstanding the ignorance and fuperftition in which they are plunged, agree in paying thee some fort of homage. |