5. 1. 2. 3. THE LITANY." Here followeth the LITANY, or GENERAL SUPPLICATION, to be sung or said after Morning Prayer upon Sundays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, and at other times when it shall be commanded by the Ordinary. 09 : GOD the Father, of heaven have mercy upon us miserable sinners. O God the Father, of heaven have mercy upon us miserable sinners. O God the Son, Redeemer of the world : have mercy upon us miserable sinners. O God the Son, Redeemer of the world : have mercy upon us miserable sinners. O God the Holy Ghost, proceeding from the Father and the Son have mercy upon us miserable sinners. O God the Holy Ghost, proceeding from the Father and the Son have mercy upon us miserable sinners. O holy, blessed, and glorious Trinity, three Persons and one God: have mercy upon us miserable sinners. O holy, blessed, and glorious Trinity, three Persons and one God: have mercy upon us miserable sinners. Remember not, Lord, our offences, nor the offences of our forefathers; neither take thou vengeance of our sins spare us, good στις J. So it was used by the ancient heathers." "Modra de nou onsider χρυσεως δε παι Λιτανεύειν. Τ. "Φίλως λιτανεύειν τοχής MyTIV CUμpexoxo do." Hesiod. Theog: The 57th Ps: may be called Davids Litany. - Such also was that appointed by God, Jost 2.17. like ours. out The form in which Litanies are now used, in that requesti to by the priest, & responses by the people, it is very ancient. J. Basil tetts us that they were read in the church of Sts: : Casarea : and Ambrose has a foun of Litary very misech about the rear 400 they began to be used in Processim the people walking barefoot. In the year boo, Gregor of the all the litanies extant, composed the famous seven-fold Litany, wh has been a pattem wer since to all the Western Churches; and be wh ours comes nearer than the fuccent Roman Missal, wherein is interpolated the in: : vocation of Saints . _ Processions were afterwards done away with: and having been in use before them, now survive them. In the to book of Idw : the Litary was placed was placed between the Communim Office & of Baftium, & appointed only upon Wednesdays and Fridays: that is: there were no directions. for Sundays, except that it might be omitted whom laste, Trinit & Whit- Sundays. _ be the 2nd book however it was ordured for Sundays also. The time of the day for wrig it was formerly after home prayer, before the Communion_ and a bill owry the reasy of it was directect to be tottest, to warn the people that the communium was about to commenc one of the family of wery houssholder within for a mile was The Posture of the Minister is not directect in the Rubric, but is now quided by the direction in the thoug. Peayer; 2. By the Royal Rejunctions of Edw: & Eliz : still in force, in the midst of the church, at a low desk befort the Chancel Fron ancienty called the falled Stool. 3. all Litanies begin with Kugle Edsyour. _ The people repent there few sentences for themselves, and afterwards the Priest alone sets forth their wants, to who they must assent. 4. Both the Easter & Westem Churches begin their Litanies with like deprecations of evil, being paraptions upon the petition 1 from Wil" "Deliver us 5. This word has been used in many different se -senses by unci. but writty. At first it was applied in general wall prayers and supplications whether public or private. Thus Eusebius speaks of Constantine's curtom of reting whis teat before a battle and there propitiating and with litaines, Enerygions have MITαLS. In the 4th Centing, the ur was more especials applied to solemn offices who were perform 2. Not as distinguished from venial (for home are it in their own nature) but those who David calls "pre : :sumptions" more heious & cry z than others. 3. These words were added at the last review. _ In the two books of K. Edw: af the "prinz conspiracy" followed "from the tyranny of the M: of Rome, and all his detestable enor: : mities. Lord, spare thy people, whom thou hast redeemed with thy most precious blood, and be not angry with us for ever. Spare us, good Lord. From all evil and mischief; from sin, from the crafts and assaults of the devil; from thy wrath, and from everlasting damnation, Good Lord, deliver us. From all blindness of heart; from pride, / vain-glory, and hypocrisy; from envy, hatred, and malice, and all uncharitableness, Good Lord, deliver us. From fornication, and all other deadly 2. sin; and from all the deceits of the world, the flesh, and the devil, Good Lord, deliver us. From lightning and tempest; from plague, pestilence, and famine; from battle and murder, and from sudden death, Good Lord, deliver us. From all sedition, privy conspiracy, and rebellion; from all false doctrine, heresy, 3. and schism; from hardness of heart, and contempt of thy Word and Commandment, Good Lord, deliver us. By the mystery of thy holy Incarnation ; by thy holy Nativity and Circumcision; by thy Baptism, Fasting, and Temptation, Good Lord, deliver us. By thine Agony and bloody Sweat; by thy Cross and Passion; by thy precious Death and Burial; by thy glorious Resurrection and Ascension; and by the coming of the Holy Ghost, Good Lord, deliver us. In all time of our tribulation; in all time of our wealth; in the hour of death, and in the day of judgement, Good Lord, deliver us. We sinners do beseech thee to hear us, O Lord God; and that it may please thee to rule and govern thy holy Church universal in the right way; We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. That it may please thee to keep and strengthen in the true worshipping of thee, in righteousness and holiness of life, thy Servant VICTORIA, our most gracious Queen and Governour; We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. That it may please thee to rule her heart in thy faith, fear, and love, and that she may evermore have affiance in thee, and ever seek thy honour and glory; We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. That it may please thee to be her defender and keeper, giving her the victory over all her enemies; We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. That it may please thee to bless and pre |
