enter into the courts of the Lord: my heart and my flesh rejoice in the living God.

3 Yea, the sparrow hath found her an house, and the swallow a nest where she may lay her young: even thy altars, O Lord of hosts, my King and my God.

4 Blessed are they that dwell in thy house they will be always praising thee. 5 Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee in whose heart are thy ways,

6 Who going through the vale of misery use it for a well: and the pools are filled with water.

7 They will go from strength to strength: and unto the God of gods appeareth every one of them in Sion.

8 O Lord God of hosts, hear my prayer: hearken, O God of Jacob.

9 Behold, O God our defender and look upon the face of thine Anointed.

10 For one day in thy courts: is better than a thousand.

11 I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God: than to dwell in the tents of ungodliness.

12 For the Lord God is a light and

defence; the Lord will give grace and worship, and no good thing shall he withhold from them that live a godly life.

13 O Lord God of hosts: blessed is the man that putteth his trust in thee.

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.

Let us pray.

ALMIGHTY and everlasting God, heavenly Father, we give thee humble thanks, that thou vouchsafest to call us to the knowledge of thy grace, and faith in thy Gospel; to receive us for thine own children by adoption, and to make us heirs through hope of thy everlasting kingdom. But chiefly are we bound on this day to praise thee for the glorious Resurrection of thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord; who by his death hath destroyed death, and by his rising to life again hath restored to us everlasting life. And as we do most heartily and devoutly adore thy name for this thine infi

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nite goodness already vouchsafed to us, so do we most humbly beseech thee to continue thy grace and favour towards us, by disposing us to make a right use and improvement of all thy mercies; that we may not only worthily esteem them in our hearts, but show forth a due sense of them in our lives, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

ETERNAL God, mighty in power, and of majesty incomprehensible, whom the Heaven of Heavens cannot contain, much less the walls of temples made with hands; but who yet hast been graciously pleased to promise thy especial presence wherever two or three of thy faithful servants shall assemble in thy name; regard, O Lord, our supplications this day in thy Holy Church, and accept our imperfect services. Let thy Spirit be with us in the performance of all our duties; in confession of sin, to affect our hearts with godly sorrow; in prayer, to quicken our devotion; in praises, to heighten our gratitude and love. Grant that our minds may be entirely raised from the thoughts of this world to the consideration

of the next; and that we may join in the worship of thy Church with such steadfastness of faith, with such seriousness, affection, and devotion of mind, that thou mayest accept our bounden duty and service; and vouchsafe to give whatever in thine infinite wisdom thou shalt see to be most expedient for us. Bless to us also the reading and preaching of thy word, and sow in our hearts the seed of eternal life; that whatsoever in the Holy Scriptures we shall profitably learn, we may indeed fulfil the same, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

LORD Jesu Christ, who at thy first coming didst send thy messenger to prepare thy way before thee; Grant that the ministers and stewards of thy mysteries may likewise so prepare and make ready thy way, by turning the hearts of the disobedient to the wisdom of the just; that at thy second coming to judge the world, we may be found an acceptable people in thy sight, who livest and reignest with the Father and the Holy Ghost, ever one God, world without end. Amen.

ALMIGHTY LMIGHTY and everlasting God, by whose Spirit the whole body of the Church is governed and sanctified; receive our supplications and prayers, which we offer before thee for all estates of men in thy Holy Church; that every member of the same, in his vocation and ministry, may truly and godly serve thee. Make, we beseech thee, all Bishops and Pastors diligently to preach thy Holy Word, and the people obediently to follow the same, that they may receive the crown of everlasting glory, through Jesus Christ our Saviour. Amen.

B LESSED Lord, who hast caused all holy Scriptures to be written for our learning; Grant that we may in such wise hear them, read, mark, learn, and inwardly digest them, that by patience, and comfort of thy Holy Word, we may embrace and ever hold fast. the blessed hope of everlasting life, which thou hast given us in our Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen.

OUR Father, which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come.