yea, I exercise myself in the works, 6 Cast forth thy lightning, and of thy hands. tear them; shoot out thine arrows,

6 I stretch. forth my hands unto and consume them. thee; my soul gaspeth unto thee as a thirsty land.

7 Hear me, O Lord, and that Soon; for my spirit waxeth faint hide not thy face from me, lest be like unto them that go down into the pit.

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

1 8 Whose mouth talketh of vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of wickedness.

8 O let me hear thy loving-kindness betimes in the morning; for in thee is my trust: show thou me the way that I should walk in; for 1 lift up my soul unto thee.

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

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

11 Save me, and deliver me from 10 Teach me to do the thing that the hand of strange children, whese pleaseth thee; for thou art my God: mouth talketh of vanity, and their let thy loving Spirit lead me forthright hand is a right hand of iniquity; into the land of righteousness. 12 That our sons may grow up

11 Quicken me, O Lord, for thy as the young plants, and that our name's sake; and for thy righteous-daughters may be as the polished ness' sake bring my soul out of corners of the temple;

trouble.

13 That our garners may be full

12 And of thy goodness slay mine and plenteous with all manner of enemies, and destroy all them that store; that our sheep may bring vex my soul; for I am thy servant. forth thousands, and ten thousands in our streets;

The thirtieth Day.
MORNING PRAYER.

14 That our oxen may be strong to labour; that there be no decay, complaining in our streets. no leading into captivity, and no

Psalm 144. Benedictus Dominus. BLE LESSED be the Lord, my 15 Happy are the people that strength, who teacheth my are in such a case; yea, blessed are hands to war, and my fingers to the people who have the Lord for fight. their God.

2 My hope and my fortress, my castle and deliverer, my defender, in whom I trust; who subdueth my people that is under me.

3 Lord, what 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 naught; his time passeth away like a shadow. 5 Bow thy heavens, O Lord, and come down; touch the mountains, and they shall smoke.

Psalm 145. Exaltabo te, Deus. Will magnify thee, O God, my King; and I will praise thy name for ever and ever.

2 Every day will I give thanks unto thee, and praise thy name for ever and ever.

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 Ithy power.

5 As for me, I will be talking of Psalm 146. Lauda, anima mea, thy worship, thy glory, thy praise, DRAISE the Lord, O my soul: while I live, wiil I praise the

and wondrous works;

6 So that men shall speak of the Lord; yea, as long as I have any might of thy marvellous acts; and being, I will sing praises unto my I will also tell of thy greatness.

7 The memorial of thine abun

God.

20 put not your trust in princes, dant kindness shall be showed, and nor in any child of man; for there men shall sing of thy righteousness. is no help in them.

3 For when the breath of man

8 The Lord is gracious and merciful; long-suffering, and of great goeth forth, he shall turn again to goodness. This earth, and then all his thoughts

9 The Lord is loving unto every perish. man, and his mercy is over all his works.

10 All thy works praise thee, O Lord; and thy saints give thanks unto thee.

11 They show the glory of thy kingdom, and talk of thy power; 12 That thy power, thy glory, and mightiness of thy kingdom, might be known unto men.

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 beipeth them to right that suffer wrong; who feedeth the hungry.

7 The Lord looseth men out of 13 Thy kingdom is an everlasting prison; the Lord giveth sight to kingdom, and thy dominion endu- the blind.

reth throughout all ages.

8 The Lord helpeth them that 14 The Lord upholdeth all such are fallen; the Lord careth for the as fall, and lifteth up all those that righteous.

are down.

The Lord careth for the stran15 The eyes of all wait uponger; he defendeth the fatherless thee, O Lord; and thou givest them and widow; as for the way of the their meat in due season. ungodly, he turneth it upside down. 16 Thou openest thine hand, and 10 The Lord thy God, O Sion, filiest all things living with plente-shall be King for evermore, and throughout all generations.

ousness.

17 The Lord is righteous in all his ways, and holy in all his works.

EVENING PRAYER.

18 The Lord is nigh unto all them Psalm 147. Laudate Dominum, that call upon him; yea, all such as call upon him faithfully.

10

.

Praise the Lord; for it is a good thing to sing praises unto

19 He will fulfil the desire of our God; yea, a joyful and pleathem that fear him; he also will sant thing it is to be thankful. hear their cry, and will help them. 2 The Lord doth build up Je20 The Lord preserveth all them rusalem, and gather together the that love him; but scattereth abroad outcasts of Israel. all the ungodly.

.

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 thanksgiving; sing praises upon the Aarp unto 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.

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

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 hea vens.

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

9 Who giveth fodder unto the cattle, and feedeth the young ravens ye dragons, and all deeps; that call upon him.

8- Fire and hail, snow and vapours, wind and storm, fulfilling

10 He hath no pleasure in the strength of an horse; neither de- his word; lighteth he in any man's legs.

9 Mountains and all bills; fruit

11 But the Lord's delight is in ful trees and all cedars; 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 male fast the bars of thy gates, and hath blessed thy children within thee.

10 Beasts and all cattle; worms and feathered fowls;

11 Kings of the earth and all peo ple; princes and all judges of the world;

12 Young men and maidens, old men and children, praise the name 14 He maketh peace in thy bor-of the Lord; for his name only is ders, and filleth thee with flour of excellent, and his praise above lieawheat. ven and earth.

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

19 He showeth his word unto Jacob, his statutes and ordinances unto Israel.

20 He hath not dealt so with any nation; neither have the heathen knowledge of his laws.

Psalm 148. Laulute Dominum.

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

13 He shall exalt the horn of his people: 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; let the congregation of saints praise 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 2 Praise him in his noble acts, sword in their hands.

praise him according to his excel. 7 To be avenged of the heathen, lent greatness. and tu rebuke the people;

3 Praise him in the sound of the 8 To bind their kings in chains, trumpet; praise him upon the lute and their nobles with links of iron. and harjo.

9 That they may be avenged of 4 Praise him in the cymbals and them; as it is written, Such ho-dances; praise 'him upon the nour have all his saints.

strings and pipe. Psalm 150. Laudate Dominum. ed cymbals; praise him upon the

5 Praise him upon the well-tunO

Praise God in his holiness ; loud cymbals.
praise him in the firmament 6 Let every thing that hath

breath praise the Lord.

of his power.

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.

Of the Names and Number of the
Canonical Books.

Art. I. Of Faith in the Holy Trinity. T HERE is but one living and true God, everlasting, without body, parts, or Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numeri, passions; of infinite power, wisdom, and Deuteronomium, Joshue, Judges, Ruth, goodness; the Maker and Preserver of all The First Book of Samuel, The Second things both visible and invisible. And in Book of Samuel,The First Bookof Kings, unity of this Godhead, there be three per-The Second Book of Kings, The First sons, of one substance, power, and eternity Book of Chronicles, The Second Book of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost. Chronicles, The First Book of Esdras, All 11. Of the Word, or Son of God, The Second Book of Esdras, The Book which was made very man. of Hester, The Book of Job, The The Son, which is the Word of the Fa-Psalms, The Proverbs, Ecclesiastes or ther, begotten from everlasting of the Fa- Preacher, Cantica or Songs of Solomon, ther, the very and eternal God, of one Four Prophets the greater, Twelve Prosubstance with the Father, took Man's na-phets the less.

ture in the womb of the blessed Virgin, of And the other Books (as Hierome saith) her substance: so that two whole and per- the Church doth read for example of life fect Natures, that is to say, the Godhead and instruction of manners; but yet doth and Manhood, were joined together in one it not apply them to establish a any doctrine; Person, never to be divided, whereof is such are these following. one Christ, very God, and very Man; who truly suffered, was crucified, dead, and buried, to reconcile his Father to us, and to he a sacrifice, not only for original guil, 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; 50 also is it to be believed, that he went down

anto hell.

Art. IV. Of the Resurrection of Christ.
Christ did truly rise again from death,
and took again his body, with flesh, hones,
and all things appertaining to the perfection
of Man's nature, wherewith he ascende:
into Heaven, and there sitteth, until he re-
turn 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 eternal God.

Art. VI. Of the Sufficiency of the Holy

The Third Book of Esdras, The Fourth Book of Esdras, The Book of Tobias, The Book of Judith, The rest of the Book of Hester, The Book of Wiston, 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 Manasscs, 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 Testameni everlasting life is offered to mankind by Christ, who is the only Medictor between God and Man, being both Ged and Man. Wherefore they are not to he heard, which feign, that the Old Fathers did look only for transitory Promises. AlScriptures for Salvation. hough the Law given from God by MoHoly Scripture containeth ail things ne-ses, as touching Ceremonies and Rites, do cessary to Salvation: so that whatsoever is not bind Christian men, nor the Civil Prenot read therein, nor may be proved there. cepts thereof ought of necessity to be reby, is not to be required of any man, that ceived in any Commonwealth; yet notit should be believed as an article of the withstanding, no Christian man whatsoever Faith, or he thought requisite or necessary is fee from the obedience of the Com to Salvation. In the name of the Holy mandments which are called moral. Scripture we do understand those Canenical Books of the Old and New Testament, of whose Authority was never any doubt in zhe Church,

Art. VIII. Of the Creeds. The Nicene Creed, and that which is commonly called the Apostle's Creed, ought thoroughly to be received and be