bless ye the Lord : praise him, and magnify him for ever. O ye Wells, bless ye the Lord : praise him, and magnify him for ever. O ye Seas, and Floods, bless ye the Lord: praise him, and magnify him for ever. O ye Whales, and all that move in the Waters, bless ye the Lord : praise him, and magnify him for ever. Ŏ all ye Fowls of the Air, bless ye the Lord praise him, and magnify him for ever. O all ye Beasts, and Cattle, bless ye the Lord : praise him, and magnify him for ever. O ye Children of Men, bless ye the Lord : praise him, and magnify him for ever. O let Israel bless the Lord: praise him, and magnify him for ever. O ye Priests of the Lord, bless ye the Lord : praise him, and magnify him for ever. O ye Servants of the Lord, bless ye the Lord : praise him, and magnify him for ever. O ye Spirits and Souls of the Righteous, bless ye the Lord praise him, and magnify him for ever. O ye holy and humble Men of heart, bless ye the Lord praise him, and magnify him for ever. O Ananias, Azarias, and Misael, bless ye the Lord praise him, and magnify him for ever. 2. 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. Then shall be read in like manner the Second Lesson, taken out of the New Testament. And after that, the Hymn following; except when that shall happen to be read in the Chapter for the Day, or for the Gospel on St. John Baptist's Day. BENEDICTUS. St. Luke i. 68. BLESSED LESSED be the Lord God of Israel : for he hath visited, and redeemed his people; And hath raised up a mighty salvation for us in the house of his servant David; As he spake by the mouth of his holy Prophets which have been since the world began; : : That we should be saved from our enemies and from the hands of all that hate us; To perform the mercy promised to our forefathers and to remember his holy covenant; : To perform the oath which he sware to our forefather Abraham that he would give us ; That we being delivered out of the hand of our enemies might serve him without fear; : In holiness and righteousness before him: all the days of our life. 2. This was according to the ancient rule of the Egyption &chur in the fifth century - Cassian. Institut: Canob: 2.6._ 1. This hymen to be chiefly used whenever the part of the "good tidings of the second lesson. me more re particularly the subject This is the tory of Zacharias at the circumsicion of his son John the Baptist. – |