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HOLY WEDNESDAY.

MORNING PRAYER.

All standing, the head of the family (or the priest or deacon, if present) says:

. O Lord, open Thou our lips.

Ry. And our mouth shall shew forth Thy praise.

. O God, make speed to save us. R. O Lord, make haste to help us. . Glory be to the Father, &c.

Ry. As it was, &c.

Then he says the following Psalm:

PART OF PSALM 109, v. 1.

Lord unto mine enemies and to those that speak evil against my

HOLD not Thy tongue, O God soul.

:

of my praise for the mouth of the ungodly, yea, the mouth of the deceitful is opened upon me.

For the love that I had unto them, lo, they take now my contrary part but I give myself unto prayer.

Thus have they rewarded me evil for good and hatred for my good will.

Set Thou an ungodly man to be ruler over him : and let Satan stand at his right hand.

When sentence is given upon him, let him be condemned and let his prayer be turned into sin. Let his days be few another take his office.

and let

Let his children be fatherless : and his wife a widow.

His delight was in cursing, and it shall happen unto him he loved not blessing, therefore shall it be far from him.

But deal Thou with me, O Lord God, according unto Thy name: for sweet is Thy mercy.

O deliver me, for I am helpless and poor : and my heart is wounded within me.

I became also a reproach unto them they that looked upon me shaked their heads.

Help me, O Lord my God: 0 save me according to Thy mercy;

And they shall know, how that this is Thy hand and that Thou, Lord, hast done it.

:

Though they curse, yet bless Thou and let them be confounded that rise up against me; but let Thy servant rejoice.

As for me, I will give great thanks unto the Lord with my mouth and praise Him among the multitude;

For He shall stand at the right hand of the poor to save his soul Let it thus happen from the from unrighteous judges.

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Then he says,

MAY the reading of the Holy Word (or Holy Gospel) be

unto us salvation and protection. Amen.

Then he reads the short chapter following:

From the Holy Gospel according

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OW the feast of unleavened

called the Passover. And the chief
priests and scribes sought how they
might kill Jesus; for they feared
the people.
Then entered Satan

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of the number of the twelve.
he went his way, and communed
with the chief priests and captains,

And they were glad, and covenanted to give him money. And he promised, and sought opportunity to betray Him unto them in the abinto Judas surnamed Iscariot, being sence of the multitude.

Then he says,

. But Thou, O Lord, have mercy upon us.
Ry. And make us to fear and praise Thy name.
V. O Lord, cleanse Thou us from our sins.
Ry. And from all our enemies defend us.

Then all kneeling, say the usual Litany, Confession, &c. (page
87), to the end of the Wednesday and Friday Morning
Prayers, adding after the Lord's Prayer the following
Collect:

Collect for Holy Wednesday.

CHRIST, God over all blessed for ever, who didst endure

to be treacherously betrayed by wicked Judas, who didst adjudge him the punishment of his guilt, but didst also award the penitent thief the reward of his confession; grant us, we beseech Thee, the effects of Thy mercy, that as in Thy passion Thou gavest to each different retribution according to their deserts so Thou wouldst take from us our old errors, and grant us the grace of Thy resurrection; who livest and reignest with the Father and the Holy Ghost, world without end.

Amen.

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1 St. Luke xxii. 1.

HOLY WEDNESDAY.

EVENING PRAYER.

All standing, the head of the family (or the priest or deacon, if present) says:

. Turn Thou us, O God our Saviour.

Ry. And let Thine anger cease from us.
. O God, make speed to save us.
R. O Lord, make haste to help us.
. Glory be to the Father, &c.

WHY

Ry. As it

was, &c.

Then he says the following Psalm :

PSALM 52. boastest thou thyself, thou tyrant that thou canst do mischief;

root thee out of the land of the living.

The righteous also shall see this, and fear and shall laugh him to

Whereas the goodness of God: scorn; endureth yet daily?

:

Lo, this is the man that took not Thy tongue imagineth wicked-God for his strength : but trusted ness and with lies thou cuttest unto the multitude of his riches, like a sharp razor. and strengthened himself in his wickedness.

Thou hast loved unrighteousness more than goodness and to talk of lies more than righteousness.

Thou hast loved to speak all words that may do hurt : 0 thou false tongue.

Therefore shall God destroy thee for ever he shall take thee, and pluck thee out of thy dwelling, and

As for me, I am like a green olive-tree in the house of God: my trust is in the tender mercy of God for ever and ever.

I will always give thanks unto Thee for that Thou hast done : and I will hope in Thy name, for Thy saints like it well.

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unto us salvation and protection. Amen.

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Then he reads the short chapter following:

From the Holy Gospel according

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to St. Luke.

HEN took they Jesus, and led Him, and brought Him into the high priest's house. And Peter followed afar off. And when they had kindled a fire in the midst of the hall, and were set down together, Peter sat down among them. But a certain maid beheld him as he sat by the fire, and earnestly looked upon him, and said, This man was also with Him. And he denied Him, saying, Woman, I know Him not. And after a little

while another saw him, and said,

And Peter

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Thou art also of them. said, Man, I am not. the space of one hour after another confidently affirmed, saying, Of a truth this fellow also was with Him: for he is a Galilæan. And Peter said, Man, I know not what thou sayest. And immediately, while he yet spake, the cock crew. And the Lord turned, and looked upon Peter. And Peter remembered the word of the Lord, how He had said unto Him, Before the cock crow, thou shalt deny Me thrice. And Peter went out, and wept bitterly. Then he says,

. But Thou, O Lord, have mercy upon us. Ry. And make us to fear and praise Thy name. . O Lord, cleanse Thou us from our sins. Ry. And from all our enemies defend us.

Then all kneeling, say the usual Litany, Confession, &c. (page 103), to the end of the Wednesday and Friday Evening Prayers, adding after the Lord's Prayer the following Collect:

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Collect for Holy Wednesday.

CHRIST, God over all blessed for ever, who didst endure to be treacherously betrayed by wicked Judas, who didst adjudge him the punishment of his guilt, but didst also award the penitent thief the reward of his confession; grant us, we beseech Thee, the effects of Thy mercy, that as in Thy passion Thou gavest to each different retribution according to their deserts, so Thou wouldst take from us our old errors, and grant us the grace of Thy resurrection; who livest and reignest with the Father and the Holy Ghost, world without end. Amen.

1 St. Luke xxii 54.

MAUNDAY THURSDAY.

MORNING PRAYER.

All standing, the head of the family (or the priest or deacon, if present) says:

. O Lord, open Thou our lips.

Ry. And our mouth shall shew forth Thy praise.

. O God, make speed to save us

R. O Lord, make haste to help us.

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. Glory be to the Father, &c.

Ry. As it was, &c.

Then he says the following Psalm:

PSALM 64.

[EAR my voice, O God, in my prayer preserve my life from fear of the enemy.

Hide me from the gathering together of the froward: and from the insurrection of wicked doers.

Who have whet their tongue like a sword and shoot out their arrows, even bitter words;

That they may privily shoot at him that is perfect suddenly do they hit him, and fear not.

They encourage themselves in mischief and commune among themselves how they may lay snares, and say, that no man shall see them.

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They imagine wickedness, and practise it that they keep secret among themselves, every man in the deep of his heart.

But God shall suddenly shoot at them with a swift arrow that they shall be wounded.

Yea, their own tongues shall make them fall insomuch that whoso seeth them shall laugh them to scorn.

And all men that see it shall say, This hath God done : for they shall perceive that it is His work.

The righteous shall rejoice in the Lord, and put his trust in Him: and all they that are true of heart shall be glad.

Then all say,

BELIEVE in God, &c.

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