nity, and their right hand is a might of thy marvellous acts; and right hand of wickedness. I will also tell of thy greatness. 9 I will sing a new song unto 7 The memorial of thine abunthee, O God; and sing praises dant kindness shall be showed; unto thee upon a ten-stringed lute. and men shall sing of thy righte 10 Thou hast given victory un-ousness. to kings, and hast delivered Da- 8 The Lord is gracious and vid, thy servant, from the peril merciful; long-suffering, and of of the sword. great goodness. 11 Save me, and deliver me 9 The Lord is loving unto evefrom the hand of strange chil-ry man; and his mercy is over all dren, whose mouth talketh of his works. vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of iniquity; O 10 All thy works praise thee, Lord; and thy saints give thanks unto thee. 11 They show the glory of thy 12 That our sons may grow up as the young plants, and that our daughters may be as the polished kingdom, and talk of thy power: corners of the temple; 12 That thy power, thy glory, 13' That our garners may be and mightiness of thy kingdom, full and plenteous with all man-might be known unto men. ner of store; that our sheep may 13 Thy kingdom is an everlastbring forth thousands, and ten ing kingdom, and thy dominion thousands in our streets; endureth throughout all ages. 14 That our oxen my be strong! 14 The Lord upholdeth all such to labour; that there be no de- as fall, and lifteth up all those that cay, no leading into captivity, are down. and no complaining in our streets. 15 The eyes of all wait upon 15 Happy are the people that thee, O Lord; and thou givest are in such a case; yea, blessed them their meat in due season. are the people who have the Lord for their God. Psalm 145. Exaltabo te, Deus. 2 Every day will I give thanks unto thee, and praise thy name for ever and ever. 16 Thou openest 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. 3 Great is the Lord, and mar- 19 He will fulfil the desire of vellous, worthy to be praised; them that fear him; he also will there is no end of his greatness. hear their cry, and will help them. 4 One generation shall praise 20 The Lord preserveth all thy works unto another, and de-them that love him; but scatterclare thy power. eth abroad all the ungodly. 5 As for me, I will be talking 21 My mouth shall speak the of thy worship, thy glory, thy praise of the Lord; and let all praise, and wondrous works; Besh give thanks unto his holy 6 So that men shall speak of the name for ever and ever. Psalm 146. Lauda, anima mea. 14 He telleth the number of the PRAISE the Lord, O my soul: stars, and calleth them all by while I live, will I praise the their names. Lord; yea, as long as I have any 5 Great is our Lord, and great being, I will sing praises unto my is his power; yea, and his wisGod. dom is infinite. 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 6 The Lord setteth up the meek, and bringeth the ungodly down to the ground. 70 sing unto the Lord with goeth forth, he shall turn again to thanksgiving; sing praises upon his earth, and then all his thoughts the harp unto our God; perish. 8 Who covereth the heaven 4 Blessed is he that hath the with clouds, and prepareth rain God of Jacob for his help; and for the earth; and maketh the whose hope is in the Lord his God; grass to grow upon the mountains, 5 Who made heaven and earth, and herb for the use of men. the sea and all that therein is; 9 Who giveth fodder unto the who keepeth his promise for ever; cattle, and feedeth the young ra6 Who helpeth them to right vens that call upon him. that suffer wrong; who feedeth 10 He hath no pleasure in the the hungry. strength of an horse; neither delighteth he in any man's legs. 7 The Lord looseth men out of prison; the Lord giveth sight to the blind. 8 The Lord helpeth them that are fallen; the Lord careth for the righteous. 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 9 The Lord careth for the stranger; he defendeth the fa- bars of thy gates, and hath blesstherless and widow. as for the ed thy children within thee. 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. 14 He maketh peace in thy bor. ders, 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, Praise the Lord; for it is a and scattereth the hoar frost like good thing to sing praises ashes. unto our God; yea, a joyful and 17 He casteth forth his ice like pleasant thing it is to be thankful. morsels; who is able to abide his 2 The Lord doth build up Je-frost? rusalem, and gather together the 18 He sendeth out his word, outcasts of Israel. and melteth them; he bloweth 3 He healeth those that are with his wind, and the waters broken in heart, and giveth me-flow. dicine to heal their sickness. 19 He showeth his word ante Jacob, his statutes and ordinances Psalm 149. Cantate Domino. unto Israel. O Sing unto the Lord a new 20 He hath not dealt so with song; let the congregation of any nation; neither have the hea-saints praise him. then knowledge of his laws. 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 host. 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 Junto him with tabret and harp. 3 Praise him, sun and moon ; 4 For the Lord hath pleasure praise him, all ye stars and light in his people, and helpeth the 4 Praise him, all ye heavens, meek-hearted. and ye waters that are above the 5 Let the saints be joyful with glory; let them rejoice in their heavens. 5 Let them praise the name of beds. the Lord; for he spake the word, 6 Let the praises of God be and they were made; he com-in their mouth, and a two-edged manded, and they were created. sword in their hands. 6 He hath made them fast for 7 To be avenged of the heathen, ever and ever; he hath given and to rebuke the people; them a law, which shall not be broken. 7 Praise the Lord upon earth, ye dragons, and all deeps; 8 To bind their kings in chains, and their nobles with links of iron. 9 That they may be avenged 3 Fire and hail, snow and va-of them; as it is written, Such pours, wind and storm, fulfilling honour have all his saints. his word; 9 Mountains and all hills; fruitfull trees, and all cedars; 10 Beasts and all cattle; worms of and feathered fowls; Psalm 150. Laudate Dominum. Praise God in his holiness; praise him in the firmament his power. 2 Praise him in his noble acts; praise him according to his excel 11 Kings of the earth and all people; princes and all judges of lent greatness. the world; 3 Praise him in the sound of 12 Young men and maidens, the trumpet; praise him upon old men and children, praise the the lute and harp. name of the Lord; for his name 4 Praise him in the cymbals only is excellent, and his praise and dances; praise him upon the above heaven and earth. strings and pipe. 13 He shall exalt the horn of 5 Praise him upon the wellhis people: all his saints shall tuned cymbals; praise him upon praise him; even the children of the loud cymbals. Israel, even the people that serv- 6 Let every thing that hath eth him. breath praise the Lord. The end of the Psalter. As established by the Bishops, the Clergy, and Laity of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America, in Convention, on the twelfth Day of September, in the Year of our Lord 1801. THE Art. I. Of Faith in the Holy Trinity. understand those Canonical Books of THERE is but one living and true the Old and New Testament, of whose God, everlasting, without body, authority was never any doubt in the parts, or passions; of infinite power, Church. wisdom, and goodness; the Maker and ¶ Of the Names and Number of the Preserver of all things both visible and Canonical Books. invisible. And in unity of this Godhead, Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numeri, there be three persons, of one substance, Deuteronomium, Joshue, Judges, Ruth, power, and eternity; the Father, the The First Book of Samuel, The Second Son, and the Holy Ghost. Book of Samuel, The First Book of Art. II. Of the Word, or Son of God, Kings, the Second Book of Kings, The which was made very Man. First Book of Chronicles, The Second The Son, which is the Word of the Book of Chronicles, The First Book of Father, begotten from everlasting of the Esdras, The Second Book of Esdras, Father, the very and eternal God, of The Book of Hester, The Book of Job, one substance with the Father, took The Psalms, The Proverbs, Ecclesiastes Man's nature in the womb of the blessed or Preacher, Cantica or Songs of SoloVirgin, of her substance: so that two mon, Four Prophets the greater, Twelve whole and perfect Natures, that is to Prophets the less. say, the Godhead and Manhood, were And the other Books (as Hierome saith) joined together in one Person, never to the Church doth read for example of be divided, whereof is one Christ, very life and instruction of manners; but yet God, and very Man; who truly suffered, doth it not apply them to establish any was crucified, dead, and buried, to re-doctrine; such are these following: concile his Father to us, and to be a The Third Book of Esdras, The Fourth sacrifice, not only for original guilt, but Book of Esdras, The Book of Tobias, also for actual sins of men. 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, wherewith he ascended into Heaven, and there sitteth, until he return to judge all men at the last day. The Book of Judith, The rest of the Book of Hester, The Book of Wisdom, Jesus the Son of Sirach, Baruch the Prophet, 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 Se cond 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 Art. V. Of the Holy Ghost. Testament everlasting life is offered to The Holy Ghost, proceeding from the mankind by Christ, who is the only MeFather and the Son, is of one Substance, diator between God and Man, being Majesty, and Glory, with the Father both God and Man. Wherefore they and the Son, very and eternal God. are not to be heard, which feign, that Art. VI. Of the Sufficiency of the Holy the Old Fathers did look only for transiScriptures for Salvation. tory Promises. Although the Law given Holy Scripture containeth all things from God by Moses, as touching Cerenecessary to salvation: so that whatso-monies and Rites, do not bind Christian ever is not read therein, nor may be men, nor the Civil Precepts thereof proved thereby, is not to be required of ought of necessity to be received in any any man, that it should be believed as Commonwealth; yet notwithstanding, an Article of the Faith, or be thought no Christian man whatsoever is free requisite or necessary to Salvation. In from the obedience of the Commandthe name of the Holy Scripture we dolments which are called moral. Art. XIII. Of Works before Justification. Art. VIII. Of the Creeds. The Nicene Creed, and that which is commonly called the Apostle's Creed, Works done before the grace of ought thoroughly to be received and be-Christ, and the inspiration of his Spirit, lieved: for they may be proved by most are not pleasant to God, forasmuch as certain warrants of holy Scripture. they spring not of faith in Jesus Christ, Art. IX. Of Original or Birth-Sin. neither do they make men meet to re Original Sin standeth not in the fol-ceive grace, or (as the School-Authors lowing of Adam (as the Pelagians do say) deserve grace of congruity: yea vainly talk;) but it is the fault and cor- rather, for that they are not done as ruption of the nature of every man, that God hath willed and commanded them naturally is engendered of the offspring to be done, we doubt not but they have of Adam, whereby man is very far gone the nature of sin. from original righteousness, and is of Art. XIV. Of Works of Supererogation, his own nature inclined to evil, so that Voluntary Works, besides over and the flesh lusteth always contrary to the above God's Commandments, which Spirit; and therefore in every person they call Works of Supererogation, canborn into this world, it deserveth God's not be taught without arrogancy and wrath and damnation. And this infec-impiety. For by them men do declare, tion of nature doth remain, yea, in them That they do not only render unto God that are regenerated; whereby the lust as much as they are bound to do, but of the flesh, called in Greek, górna that they do more for his sake than of agnos, which some do expound the bounden duty is required: Whereas Wisdom, some Sensuality, some the Af-Christ saith plainly, When ye have done fection, some the Desire of the Flesh, all that are commanded to you, say, We is not subject to the Law of God. And are unprofitable servants. although there is no condemnation for Art. XV. Of Christ alone without Sin. them that believe and are baptized; Christ in the truth of our nature, was yet the Apostle doth confess, that con-made like unto us in all things, sin only cupiscence and lust hath of itself the except, from which he was clearly void, nature of sin. both in his flesh, and in his spirit. He Art. X. Of Free-Will. came to be a Lamb without spot, who The condition of man, after the fall of by sacrifice of himself once made, should Adam, is such, that he cannot turn and take away the sins of the world; and prepare himself, by his own natural sin (as St. John saith) was not in him. strength and good works, to faith, and But all we the rest (although baptized calling upon God: wherefore we have and born again in Christ) yet offend in no power to do good works pleasant many things; and if we say we have no and acceptable to God, without the grace sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth of God by Christ preventing us, that we is not in us. may have a good will, and working with Art. XVI. Of Sin after Baptism. us, when we have that good will. Not every deadly sin, willingly comArt. XI. Of the Justification of Man.mitted after Baptism, is sin against the We are accounted righteous before Holy Ghost, and unpardonable. WhereGod, only for the Merit of our Lord fore the grant of repentance is not to be and Saviour Jesus Christ by Faith; and denied to such as fall into sin after Bapnot for our own Works or Deservings. tism. After we have received the Holy Wherefore, that we are justified by Ghost, we may depart from grace giv Faith only, is a most wholesome doc-en, and fall into sin, and by the grace trine, and very full of comfort, as more of God (we may) arise again, and largely is expressed in the Homily of amend our lives. And therefore they Justification. are to be condemned, which say, they can no more sin as long as they live here, or deny the place of forgiveness to such as truly repent. Art. XII. Of Good Works. Albeit that good Works, which are the Fruits of Faith, and follow after Justification, cannot put away our sins, Art. XVII. Of Predestination and and endure the severity of God's JudgElection. ment; yet are they pleasing and ac- Predestination to life is the everlastceptable to God in Christ, and do spring ing purpose of God, whereby (before out necessarily of a true and lively Faith; the foundations of the world were laid) insomuch that by them a lively Faith he hath constantly decreed, by his counmay be as evidently known, as a tree sel, secret to us, to deliver from curse discerned by the fruit. land damnation, those whom he bath 27* |