The Fourteenth Day

Morning

A Shorter Form for Morning Prayer

After the reading of a brief portion of Holy Scripture, let the Head of the House-hold, or some other member of the family, lead those present, all kneeling, in saying the Lord's Prayer.

OUR Father, who art in heaven, Hallowed be Thy Name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done. On earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread, And forgive us our trespasses, As we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, But deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever and ever. Amen.

HAIL Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou amongst women and blessed is the Fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now, and in the hour of our death. Amen.

O LORD, our heavenly Father, Almighty and everlasting God, who hast safely brought us to the beginning of this day; Defend us in the same with thy mighty power; and grant that this day we fall into no sin, neither run into any kind of danger; but that all our doings, being ordered by thy governance, may be righteous in thy sight; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Here may be added any special Prayers.

THE grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Ghost, be with us all evermore. Amen.

Morning Prayer

The Master or Mistress having called together as many of the Family as can conveniently be present, let one of them, or any other who may be appointed, say as followeth, all kneeling, and repeating with him the Lord's Prayer.

Here may follow the Collect for the day.

Acknowledgement of God's Mercy and Preservation, especially through the Night past.

ALMIGHTY and everlasting God, in whom we live and move and have our being; We, thy needy creatures, render thee our humble praises, for thy preservation of us from the beginning of our lives to this day, and especially for having delivered us from the dangers of the past night. For these thy mercies, we bless and magnify thy glorious Name; humbly beseeching thee to accept this our morning sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving; for his sake who lay down in the grave, and rose again for us, thy Son our Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen.

Dedication of Soul and Body to God's Service, with a Resolution to be growing daily in Goodness.

AND since it is of thy mercy, O gracious Father, that another day is added to our lives; We here dedicate both our souls and bodies to thee and thy service, in a sober, righteous, and godly life: in which resolution, do thou, O merciful God, confirm and strengthen us; that, as we grow in age, we may grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen.

Prayer for Grace to enable us to perform that Resolution.

BUT, O God, who knowest the weakness and corruption of our nature, and the manifold temptations which we daily meet with; We humbly beseech thee to have compassion on our infirmities, and to give us the constant assistance of thy Holy Spirit; that we may be effectually restrained from sin, and incited to our duty. Imprint upon our hearts such a dread of thy judgements, and such a grateful sense of thy goodness to us, as may make us both afraid and ashamed to offend thee. And, above all, keep in our minds a lively remembrance of that great day, in which we must give a strict account of our thoughts, words, and actions to him whom thou hast appointed the Judge of quick and dead, thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

For Grace to guide and keep us the following Day, and for God's Blessing on the business of the Same.

IN particular, we implore thy grace and protection for the ensuing day. Keep us temperate in all things, and diligent in our serveral callings. Grant us patience under our afflictions. Give us grace to be just and upright in all our dealings; quiet and peaceable; full of compassion; and ready to do good to all men, according to our abilities and opportunities. Direct us in all our ways. Defend us from all dangers and adversities; and be graciously pleased to take us, and all who are dear to us, under thy fatherly care and protection. These things, and whatever else thou shalt see to be neccessary and convenient to us, we humbly beg, through the merits and mediation of thy Son Jesus Christ, our Lord and Saviour. Amen.

THE Grace + of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Ghost, be with us all evermore. Amen.

Morning Psalms

Psalm 71 In te, Domine, speravi.

IN thee, O LORD, have I put my trust; let me never be put to confusion, * but rid me and deliver me in thy righteousness; incline thine ear unto me, and save me.

²Be thou my stronghold, whereunto I may alway resort: * thou hast promised to help me, for thou art my house of defence, and my castle.

³Deliver me, O my God, out of the hand of the ungodly, * out of the hand of the unrighteous and cruel man.

⁴For thou, O Lord GOD, art the thing that I long for: * thou art my hope, even from my youth.

⁵Through thee have I been holden up ever since I was born: * thou art he that took me out of my mother's womb: my praise shall be alway of thee.

⁶I am become as it were a monster unto many, * but my sure trust is in thee.

⁷O let my mouth be filled with thy praise, * that I may sing of thy glory and honour all the day long.

⁸Cast me not away in the time of age; * forsake me not when my strength faileth me.

⁹For mine enemies speak against me; * and they that lay wait for my soul take their counsel together, saying,

¹⁰God hath forsaken him; * persecute him, and take him, for there is none to deliver him.

¹¹Go not far from me, O God; * my God, haste thee to help me.

¹²Let them be confounded and perish that are against my soul; * let them be covered with shame and dishonour that seek to do me evil.

¹³As for me, I will patiently abide alway, * and will praise thee more and more.

¹⁴My mouth shall daily speak of thy righteousness and salvation; * for I know no end thereof.

¹⁵I will go forth in the strength of the Lord GOD, * and will make mention of thy righteousness only.

¹⁶Thou, O God, hast taught me from my youth up until now; * therefore will I tell of thy wondrous works.

¹⁷Forsake me not, O God, in mine old age, when I am gray-headed, * until I have showed thy strength unto this generation, and thy power to all them that are yet for to come.

¹⁸Thy righteousness, O God, is very high, * and great things are they that thou hast done: O God, who is like unto thee!

¹⁹O what great troubles and adversities hast thou showed me ! and yet didst thou turn and refresh me; * yea, and broughtest me from the deep of the earth again.

²⁰Thou hast brought me to great honour, * and comforted me on every side:

²¹Therefore will I praise thee, and thy faithfulness, O God, playing upon an instrument of music: * unto thee will I sing upon the harp, O thou Holy One of Israel.

²²My lips will be glad when I sing unto thee; * and so will my soul whom thou hast delivered.

²³My tongue also shall talk of thy righteousness all the day long; * for they are confounded and brought unto shame that seek to do me evil.

Psalm 72 Deus, judicium.

GIVE the King thy judgments, O God, * and thy righteousness unto the King's son.

²Then shall he judge thy people according unto right, * and defend the poor.

³The mountains also shall bring peace, * and the little hills righteousness unto the people.

⁴He shall keep the simple folk by their right, * defend the children of the poor, and punish the wrong doer.

⁵They shall fear thee, as long as the sun and moon endureth, * from one generation to another.

⁶He shall come down like the rain upon the mown grass, * even as the drops that water the earth.

⁷In his time shall the righteous flourish; * yea, and abundance of peace, so long as the moon endureth.

⁸His dominion shall be also from the one sea to the other, * and from the River3 unto the world's end.

⁹They that dwell in the wilderness shall kneel before him; * his enemies shall lick the dust.

¹⁰The kings of Tarshish4 and of the isles shall give presents; * the kings of Arabia and Saba shall bring gifts.

¹¹All kings shall fall down before him; * all nations shall do him service.

¹²For he shall deliver the poor when he crieth; * the needy also, and him that hath no helper.

¹³He shall be favourable to the simple and needy, * and shall preserve the souls of the poor.

¹⁴He shall deliver their souls from falsehood and wrong; * and dear shall their blood be in his sight.

¹⁵He shall live, and unto him shall be given of the gold of Arabia; * prayer shall be made ever unto him, and daily shall he be praised.

¹⁶There shall be an heap of corn in the earth, high upon the hills ; the fruit thereof shall shake like Lebanon: * and they of the city shall flourish like grass upon the earth.

¹⁷His Name shall endure for ever; his Name shall remain under the sun among4 the posterities, which shall be blessed in5 him; * and all the nations6 shall praise him.

¹⁸Blessed be the Lord God, even the God of Israel, * which only doeth wondrous things;

¹⁹And blessed be the Name of his majesty for ever: * and all the earth shall be filled with his majesty. Amen, Amen.

Midday

The Angelus

℣.The Angel of the LORD announced unto Mary,

℟.And she conceived by the Holy Ghost.

℣.Behold the handmaid of the LORD.

℟.Be it unto me according to thy word.

℣.And the Word was made flesh.

℟.And dwelt among us.

℣.Pray for us, O Holy Mother of God.

℟.That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.

Let us Pray.

WE beseech thee, O Lord, pour thy grace into our hearts: that, as we have known the incarnation of thy Son Jesus Christ by the message of an angel, so by his cross and passion + we may be brought unto the glory of his resurrection. Through the same Christ our Lord. Amen.

Evening

A Shorter Form for Evening Prayer

After the reading of a brief portion of Holy Scripture, let the Head of the House-hold, or some other member of the family, lead those present, all kneeling, in saying the Lord's Prayer.

LIGHTEN our darkness, we beseech thee, O Lord; and by thy great mercy defend us from all perils and dangers of this night; for the love of thy only Son, our Saviour, Jesus Christ. Amen.

Here may be added any special Prayers.

THE Lord + bless us and keep us. The Lord make his face to shine upon us, and be gracious unto us. The Lord lift up his countenance upon us, and give us peace, this night and evermore. Amen.

Evening Prayer

The Family being together, a little before bed-time, let the Master our Mistress, or any other who may be appointed, say as followeth, all kneeling, and repeating with him the Lord's Prayer.

Here may follow the Collect for the day.

* Here let him who reads make a short pause, that every one may secretly confess the sins and failings of that day.

Confession of Sins, with a Prayer for Contrition and Pardon.

MOST merciful God, who art of purer eyes than to behold iniquity, and hast promised forgiveness to all those who confess and forsake their sins; We come before thee in an humble sense of our own unworthiness, acknowledging our manifold transgressions of they righteous laws.* But, O gracious Father, who desirest not the death of a sinner, look upon us, we beseech thee, in mercy, and forgive us all our transgressions. Make us deeply sensible of the great evil of them; and work in us an hearty contrition; that we may obtain forgiveness at thy hands, who art ever ready to receive humble and penitent sinners; for the sake of thy Son Jesus Christ, our only Saviour and Redeemer. Amen.

Prayer for Grace to reform and grow Better.

AND lest, through our own fraility, or the temptations which encompass us, we be drawn again into sin, vouchsafe us, we beseech thee, the direction and assistance of thy Holy Spirit. Reform whatever is amiss in the temper and disposition of our souls; that no unclean thoughts, unlawful designs, or inordinate desires, may rest there. Purge our hearts from envy, hatred, and malice; that we may never suffer the sun to go down upon our wrath; but may always go to our rest in peace, charity, and good-will, with a conscience void of offence towards thee, and towards men; that so we may be preserved pure and blameless, unto the coming of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen.

The Intercession.

AND accept, O Lord, our intercessions for all mankind. Let the light of thy Gospel shine upon all nations; and may as many as have received it, live as becomes it. Be gracious unto thy Church; and grant that every member of the same, in his vocation and ministry, may serve thee faithfully. Bless all in authority over us; and so rule their hearts and strengthen their hands, that they may punish wickedness and vice, and maintain thy true religion and virtue. Send down thy blessings, temporal and spiritual, upon all our relations, friends, and neighbours. Reward all who have done us good, and pardon all those who have done or wish us evil, and give them repentance and better minds. Be merciful to all who are in any trouble; and do thou, the God of pity, administer to them according to their several necessities; for his sake who went about doing good, thy Son our Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen.

The Thanksgiving.

TO our prayers, O Lord, we join our unfeigned thanks, for all thy mercies; for our being, our reason, and all other endowments and faculties of soul and body; for our health, friends, food, and raiment, and all the other comforts and conveniences of life. Above all, we adore thy mercy in sending thy only Son into the world, to redeem us from sin and eternal death, and in giving us the knowledge and sense of our duty towards thee. We bless thee for thy patience with us, notwithstanding our many and great provocations; for all the directions, assistances, and comforts of thy Holy Spirit; for thy continual care and watchful providence over us through the whole course of our lives; and particularly for the mercies and benefits of the past day; beseeching thee to continue these thy blessings to us, and to give us grace to show our thankfulness in a sincere obedience to his laws, through whose merits and intercession we received them all, thy Son our Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen.

Prayer for God's Protection through the Night following.

IN particular, we beseech thee to continue thy gracious protection to us this night. Defend us from all dangers and mischiefs, and from the fear of them; that we may enjoy such refreshing sleep as may fit us for the duties of the coming day. And grant us grace always to live in such a state that we may never be afraid to die; so that, living and dying, we may be thine, through the merits and satisfaction of thy Son Christ Jesus, in whose Name we offer up these our imperfect prayers. Amen.

THE Grace + of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Ghost, be with us all evermore. Amen.

On Sundays, and on other days when it may be convenient, it will be proper to begin with a Chapter, or part of a Chapter, from the New Testament.

Evening Psalms

Psalm 73 Quam bonus Israel!

TRULY God is loving unto Israel: * even unto such as are of a clean heart.

²Nevertheless, my feet were almost gone, * my treadings had well-nigh slipt.

³And why? I was grieved at the wicked: * I do also see the ungodly in such prosperity.

⁴For they are in no peril of death; * but are lusty and strong.

⁵They come in no misfortune like other folk; * neither are they plagued like other men.

⁶And this is the cause that they are so holden with pride, * and cruelty covereth them as a garment.

⁷Their eyes swell with fatness, * and they do even what they lust.

⁸They corrupt other, and speak of wicked blasphemy; * their talking is against the Most1 High.

⁹For they stretch forth their mouth unto the heaven, * and their tongue goeth through the world.

¹⁰Therefore fall the people unto them, * and thereout suck they no small advantage.

¹¹Tush, say they, how should God perceive it? * is there knowledge in the Most High?

¹²Lo, these are the ungodly, * these prosper in the world, and these have riches in possession:

¹³And I said, Then have I cleansed my heart in vain, * and washed my2 hands in innocency.

¹⁴All the day long have I been punished, * and chastened every morning.

¹⁵Yea, and I had almost said even as they; * but lo, then I should have condemned the generation of thy children.

¹⁶Then thought I to understand this; * but it was too hard for me,

¹⁷Until I went into the sanctuary of God: * then understood I the end of these men;

¹⁸Namely, how thou dost set them in slippery places, * and castest them down, and destroyest them.

¹⁹O how suddenly do they consume, * perish, and come to a fearful end!

²⁰Yea, even like as a dream when one awaketh; * so shalt thou make their image to vanish out of the city.

²¹Thus my heart was grieved, * and it went even through my reins.

²²So foolish was I, and ignorant, * even as it were a beast before thee.

²³Nevertheless, I am alway by thee; * for thou hast holden me by my right hand.

²⁴Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel, * and after that receive me with glory.

²⁵Whom have I in heaven but thee? * and there is none upon earth that I desire in comparison of thee.

²⁶My flesh and my heart faileth; * but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever.

²⁷For lo, they that forsake thee shall perish; * thou hast destroyed all them that are unfaithful unto thee.

²⁸But it is good for me to hold me fast by God, to put my trust in the Lord GOD, * and to speak of all thy works in the gates of the daughter of Sion.

Psalm 74 Ut quid, Deus?

O God, wherefore art thou absent from us so long? * why is thy wrath so hot against the sheep of thy pasture?

²O think upon thy congregation, * whom thou hast purchased, and redeemed of old.

³Think upon the tribe of thine inheritance, * and Mount Sion, wherein thou hast dwelt.

⁴Lift up thy feet, that thou mayest utterly destroy every enemy, * which hath done evil in thy sanctuary.

⁵Thine adversaries roar in the midst of thy congregations, * and set up their banners for tokens.

⁶He that hewed timber afore out of the thick trees, * was known to bring it to an excellent work.

⁷But now they break down all the carved work thereof * with axes and hammers.

⁸They have set fire upon thy holy places, * and have defiled the dwelling-place of thy Name, even unto the ground.

⁹Yea, they said in their hearts, Let us make havoc of them altogether: * thus have they burnt up all the houses of God in the land.

¹⁰We see not our tokens; there is not one prophet more; * no, not one is there among us, that understandeth any more.

¹¹O God, how long shall the adversary do this dishonour? * shall the enemy blaspheme thy Name for ever?

¹²Why withdrawest thou thy hand? * why pluckest thou not thy right hand out of thy bosom to consume the enemy?

¹³For God is my King of old; * the help that is done upon earth, he doeth it himself.

¹⁴Thou didst divide the sea through thy power; * thou brakest the heads of the dragons in the waters.

¹⁵Thou smotest the heads of leviathan in pieces, * and gavest him to be meat for the people of the wilderness.

¹⁶Thou broughtest out fountains and waters out of the hard rocks; * thou driedst up mighty waters.

¹⁷The day is thine, and the night is thine; * thou hast prepared the light and the sun.

¹⁸Thou hast set all the borders of the earth; * thou hast made summer and winter.

¹⁹Remember this, O LORD, how the enemy hath rebuked; * and how the foolish people hath blasphemed thy Name.

²⁰O deliver not the soul of thy turtle-dove unto the multitude of the enemies; * and forget not the congregation of the poor for ever.

²¹Look upon the covenant; * for all the earth is full of darkness and cruel habitations.

²²O let not the simple go away ashamed; * but let the poor and needy give praise unto thy Name.

²³Arise, O God, maintain thine own cause; * remember how the foolish man blasphemeth thee daily.

²⁴Forget not the voice of thine enemies: * the presumption of them that hate thee increaseth ever more and more.