his Apoftles. At hour of None, our Lord Jesus Chrift cryed and gave out his foul by deth; the fame hour a knight opened our Lord's fide with a spear, and smote through his herte, whereout came water to our baptifm, and blode to our redemption.a And on Easter Day He appeared the fame hour to S. Peter. At Evenfong-time, our Lord Jefus Chrift, on Shere Thursday, fupped with his Apostles and ordained the holy Sacrament of his holy body and blode. The fame houre, on Good Friday, He was taken down from the cross; and on Easter day, the fame houre, He met with two of his difciples, going toward Emmaus, and made Himfelf known to them in breaking of bread.d At Complyn time, our Lord Jesus Christ, on Shere Thurfday, at even, prayed, and sweat blood. The fame hour, on Good Friday, He was buried. And on Easter-day, the fame hour, He appeared to his difciples, gathered together in a close place, for fear of the Jews, and faid to them "Peace be to you."f Thus may ye fee that not without good reasons, these hours are set and ordained to be specially occupied to the service and praising of our Lord God, rather than other hours on the day.] ORISONS FOR THE HOURS. [AT MATINS. O Lord, who grieved with their afflictions, didst lead thy people out of the darkness of Egypt, and vouchsafe to deliver them by the hand of thy fervant: do Thou grant alfo unto us thy servants, that delivered from the darkness of this world, we may be allowed to enter into that reft which Thou hast promised to our fathers, through our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen.g O Lord God, who haft caufed me to arrive at this fecond hour, through the darkness of the night: preserve me this day in every hour and moment of time, and through thy mercy cause me ever to continue without hurt, through our Lord Jesus Chrift. Our Father. Hail Mary. AT LAUDS. O Lord, who with the three children in the furnace, did'st vouchsafe to be present in the fourth place: to whom it is most easy to temper the nature of fires, and to extinguish the fierceness of flames : extend this thy fame power to protect us and to deliver our fouls, who livest and reignest with the Father, in the unity of The Holy Ghost, God, world without end. Amen. Matthew xxvii. a John xix. AT PRIME. O Lord God, who hast caused us to arrive at the beginning of this day, preserve us in the same, by thy power: and grant that in this day we fall into no fin, nor run into any danger, but may all our fayings tend, our thoughts and words be directed to do what is righteous in thy fight, through Jefus Chrift. Amen. Our Father. AT THE THIRD HOUR. O Lord Jesus Christ, who at the third hour of the day, waft led forth to the pain of the Cross for the falvation of the world: I suppliantly befeech Thee to blot out mine offences: and may I deferve to obtain forgiveness with Thee for my past sins, and watch strictly against all future tranfgreffions, who with The Father and The Holy Ghost livest and reigneft God, world without end. Amen.h O Lord, Father Almighty, we humbly entreat the glory of Thy Majesty, that as at the third hour Thou didst strengthen thine apostles by the divine visitation of Thy Spirit: fo by his coming, Thou would'st vouchfafe to illumine and keep our hearts, through our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen. AT THE SIXTH HOUR. O Lord Jesus Christ, who when for the redemption of the world, Thou didst at the fixth hour afcend the tree of the Cross, the whole world was d Luke xxiv. b Matthew xxvi. e Luke xxii. • Matthew xxvii. John xv. 8 From Galba, A. xviii. MSS. Cott. Lib. Brit. Mus., the Pfalter of Athelstan. Of these Orifons, those which have “Hail Mary," at the end, are taken from the "Horæ ad ufum Sar." and the "Enchiridion ;" the others from Galba, A. xviii., as above mentioned. h Galba, A. xviii. AT THE HOUR OF VESPERS. I thank Thee, O Lord Almighty God, who haft permitted me through the course of this day to reach this Vefper hour, and I humbly beseech Thee, that the lifting up of my hands to Thee, may be in thy fight an acceptable evening sacrifice, through our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen. Our Father. Hail Mary. O Lord, who haft wrought out our salvation in the midst of the earth, with whom the darkness is not dark, but the night is as clear as the day; lighten our darkness, we beseech Thee, O Lord, so that paffing a peaceful and quiet night, in the morning hours we may rise again to thy praises, through our Lord Jesus Chrift. Amen. Enlighten our night, we entreat Thee, Almighty Lord, and cause us thy servants ever to fleep from their fins: so that awake to the virtues of the angels, and safe from every evil, we may by thy help be worthy to attain to the clear day through our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen. AT THE HOUR OF COMPLINE. O Lord God, the Ruler and Protector of all men, who haft divided the light from the darkness: I beseech Thee with the prayer of faith, that through the darkness of the coming night, thy right hand may protect me, and that I may rife again with joy in the light of the morning, through our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen. Our Father. ORISON OF S. AUGUSTINE, IN THE NIGHT. O God our Father, who dost exhort us to pray, and who dost grant what we ask, if only when we ask we live a better life: hear me who am trembling in this darkness, and stretch out thy right hand unto me: hold forth thy light before me: recall me from my error, and Thou being my guide, may I be restored to myself and to 'Thee, through Jesus Chrift. Amen. Our Father. ORISONS BEFORE THE [When thou entereft into the church say thus : O Lord, in the multitude of thy mercy I will enter into thy house. I will worship at thy holy temple, and I will confefs Thy Name. O Lord, lead me forth in thy righteousness, because of mine enemies: direct my way before thy face. O Lord, open Thou my mouth to bless Thy Holy Name: purify my heart from all vain, perverse, and empty thoughts: illumine my understanding, inflame my affections: that I may be enabled worthily, Galba, A. xviii. MSS. Cott. Lib. attentively, and devoutly to recite this Office, and deserve to be heard before the face of Thy Divine Majesty, through our Lord Jesus Chrift, Thy Son, who with Thee liveth and reigneth in the Unity of The Holy Ghost, God, world without end. Amen. A devout Prayer before saying the Divine Office. O Father of Mercies, deeply and truly do I know how much rather it would become me, a miferable and unworthy finner, to cast myself proftrate before Thee, and with crying and tears, to entreat pardon of my fins, than to praise Thee with unclean lips. Nevertheless trufting in thy most tender goodness and great loving-kindness, and thy power, which Thou hast revealed to all mortals: I defire from the bottom of my heart to give Thee praise; befeeching the bowels of thy fatherly compaffion, not to despise me, an unclean worm, a dead dog, a corrupt carcafe, O Lord, my God, through Chrift our Lord. Amen.] (ORISONS BEFORE PSALMODY. [Vouchsafe, O Almighty Lord God, to accept these facred verses, which I an unworthy finner, me to pure penitence, through Chrift our Lord. Amen. Orifon of the Venerable Beda. Grant, I entreat Thee, Almighty and Merciful God, that speaking with understanding and good will, and in plainness, I may deferve to be heard by Thee; for I need thy help in all things; so that by the gift of thy grace, I may be enabled not unworthily to fing the words of Thy Majefty, through our Lord Jesus Christ.j O Liberator of fouls, Redeemer of the world, Jesus Christ, The Lord, King Eternal and Immortal : I fupplicate and beseech thine infinite goodness, that of thy great mercy by the Pfalms, which I unworthy and a finner, fing before Thee, Thou wouldest free my foul from fin, turn my heart from every evil way, from all wicked and perfidious thoughts, release my foul from the flavery of Sin, drive far away carnal concupifcence, loofe from every snare of Satan and his wicked ministers visible and invisible, who seek after my foul: protect me from these and all other evils, Almighty Lord. Amen.]k me defire to fing in honour of Thy Name: for myself a T THE FORM OF BIDDING miferable finner, and for all my misdeeds, actions, fayings, thoughts, iniquities, lufts, for all my neglects great and small: that they may profit to my eternal life, by helping my walk, and turning THE BEDES.1 LET us make our prayers to God, befeeching his mercy for all Holy From Tib., C. vi. MSS. Cott. f. 30; and Spelman's Anglo-Saxon Pfalter. * Galba, A. xviii., MSS. Cott. f. 177, Athelstan's Pfalter. From the Sarum Proceffional, Rothom. 1555, and Maskell's Mon. Rit., III. 343. According to the Salisbury Ritual, the Bidding Prayer was given out every Sunday and Festival (except the fixth day after Christmas Day and S. Silvester's Day if it be Sunday, and except on Palm Sunday) at the sprinkling of Holy Water, going in proceffion by the South fide of the Choir to the Western fide of the Rood loft, and ftanding before it. In Parish Churches, there was no proceffion, but it was given out from some altar or pulpit. The Pfalm "De Profundis," ," "Out of the depths," and the Prayer "Absolve we beseech Thee," were always faid before the Cross. The Rubric is as follows: "Then let the proceffion go in this order; let a Minifter precede, carrying his wand in his hand, making way for the proceffion; then a Boy, in a furplice, with blessed water; then the reft of the Ministers, according to the aforesaid order; then the Boys and Clerks of the second form, according to the order in which they are placed in the Chapter, without changing their vestments; and let the proceffion go out at the North door of the presbytery and make a circuit round it. Let the Bishop, if present, carry his Mitre and Staff. In the end of the proceffion let the Prieft, whether the Bishop be present or no, go forward with the Boy carrying the blessed water, and as he goes sprinkle each altar. Then coming to the Southern fide by the fonts ("per fontes"), let them proceed to the Cross; the Priest with his aforesaid Minifter standing in the midft, in their order, jo that the Boy carrying the water and the Acolyte stand on the step before the Cross." The form here given was used on all Sundays which were not Doubles, throughout the whole year, with any Antiphons and Orifons which might be peculiar to the Sunday. C Church, that God keep it in good eftate: especially the Church of England, our Mother Church, this church, and all other in Christendom: for the Archbishops and Bishops, and especially for our Bishop N., that God him keep in his holy service: for the Dean (or Rector,) and all other minifters that serve this church: for the Holy Land, that God deliver it out of the hands of the heathen: for the peace of the church and of the earth, for our Sovereign Lady the Queen, and all her children, and all that have this land to govern: and for the welfare of N. and N., and all this church's friends: for our brethren and fisters, and all our parishioners, with all that any good do to this church and foundation, and for all true Christian people. Deus mifereatur. Ps. lxvi. GOD be merciful unto us and bless us : and shew the light of his countenance upon us, and be merciful unto us; That we may know thy way upon earth: thy saving health among all nations. Let the people give thanks to Thee, O God: yea let all the people give thanks to Thee. and Let the nations rejoice and be glad, for Thou doft judge the folk with equity govern the nations upon earth. : Let the people give thanks to Thee, O God, let all the people give thanks to Thee: the earth hath given her increase. May God, even our God, bless us; may God bless us: and all the ends of the world fear Him. 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. Lord, have mercy. Chrift, have mercy. Lord, have mercy. OUR Father (fecretly). And lead us not into temptation, But deliver us from evil. Amen. O Lord, show thy mercy upon us. Let thy Priefts be clothed with right cousness; And let thy Saints rejoice. And hear us in the day that we call upon Thee. Give falvation unto thy people. Govern them and lift them up for ever. Let there be peace in thy strength, O Lord; And plenteousness within thy towers. GOD, who through the grace of Thy Holy Spirit, dost pour the gifts of charity into the hearts of thy faithful people: grant to thy fervants and handmaidens, for whom we befeech thy clemency, health, both of mind and body: that they may love Thee with their whole ftrength, and with entire fatisfaction may perform those things which are pleasing unto Thee: and grant us thy peace in our time, through Chrift Lord. Amen. our LET us pray for the fouls of N. and N., Archbishops, Bishops, Clergy, Benefactors, &c., who have ferved this church, or done any good thereto, or to this foundation: and for all fouls whose bones reftin this church and churchyard, and all those that have given to this church or foundation, rents, vestments or other goods, whereby God is better worshipped in this church, and the minifter thereof better fustained; for all our brethren and fifters' fouls, all our parishioners' fouls, and for all the fouls that have done any good to this church, and for all Chriftian fouls. Ps. CXXX. De Profundis. If Thou, Lord, wilt mark iniquity: O For with Thee there is propitiation: and because of thy law I have waited for Thee, O Lord. My foul hath endured in his word: my foul hath trusted in The Lord. From the morning watch even to the | night: let Ifrael trust in The Lord. For with The Lord is mercy: and with Him is plenteous redemption. And He shall redeem Ifrael: from all his iniquities. Glory be to the Father. OUR Father (fecretly). And lead us not into temptation, Deliver their fouls, O Lord. breath among thy faints and elect, through our Lord, Jesus Christ. Amen. May they reft in peace. Amen. BENEDICTIONS. [To be faid in a low tone at Matins, throughout the year, by the Priest, fitting, (except at the first, fourth, and seventh,) before each and every Lesson, the clerk first saying Jube Domine benedicere, O Lord bid a blessing; or, Lord, bid him bless. On Christmas day, however, the last three Benedictions are faid ftanding."] MAY God The Father, who created all things out of nothing, bless me; may The Son of God keep ine, who with his own blood restored loft man. May The Holy Spirit illuminate me: the infufion of whose loving confolation may it ever comfort me. May The Moft Holy Trinity deliver me from all evil, preserve and confirm me in every good work, and lead me to eternal life. Amen. I believe to fee the good things of the Lord Jesus Christ, hear my prayer, fulfil my defire to my good, and Lord; In the land of the living. A BSOLVE, we befeech Thee, O Lord, the fouls of thy servants and handmaidens, our relations, our neighbours, our friends, our benefactors, as well as the fouls of all the faithful departed, from all the chains of their fins, that in the glory of the refurrection they may be raised up to life and See THE COMMON FORMS. the praise of Thy Holy Name. Amen. [OTHER BENEDICTIONS FROM THE OFFICE OF THE TIME AND OF THE SAINTS, always prefaced by Jube Domine benedicere, Lord bid him bless, or, O Lord, bid a blessing, and ending with Amen.] ■ “Then cometh the Reader and asketh leave of God Almighty, and help of your prayer that she may read to our Lord's worship, and say the Jube, &c., 'Lord, bid me say well; as if she said, Lord, give me leave, and bid me fay or read, for elfe I dare not prefume to open my mouth to these holy words; and give me ftrength and grace, to read and say well, and so well that Thou be pleased, and the reader be edified, and my foul unhurt.' And though these words be said principally to God, yet they are said also to her that giveth the bleffing, which therein occupieth God's ftead, that she should in His Name bless and give her leave to read; for blessing is underhanded, giving of leave: wherefore she faith Jube, Sc., that is, Lord, bid her bleffe.". - From the Myrroure. |