Sacrifice and meat-offering thou wouldest not have : but mine ears hast thou opened. Burnt-offerings and sacrifice for sin hast thou not required then said I, Lo, I : come, In the volume of the book it is written of me, that I should fulfil thy will, O my God: I am content to do it; yea thy law is within my heart. I have declared thy righteousness in the great congregation : lo, I will not refrain my lips, O Lord, and that thou knowest. I have not hid thy righteousness within my heart : my talk hath been of thy truth, and of thy salvation. I have not kept back thy loving mercy and truth : from the great congregation. Withdraw not thou thy mercy from me, O Lord : let thy loving-kindness and thy truth alway preserve me. For innumerable troubles are come about me; my sins have taken such hold upon me that I am not able to look up yea, they are moo in number than the hairs of my head, and my heart hath failed me. O Lord, let it be thy pleasure to deliver me: make haste, O Lord, to help me. Let them be ashamed, and confounded together, that seek after my soul to destroy it : let them be driven backward, and put to rebuke, that wish me evil. Let them be desolate, and rewarded with shame that say unto me: Fie upon thee, fie upon thee. Let all those that seek thee be joyful and glad in thee and let such as love thy salvation say alway, The Lord be praised. As for me, I am poor and needy but the Lord careth for me. Thou art my helper and redeemer : make no long tarrying, ( my God. : 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. Or else this Psalm. Memento Domine David. Psal. cxxxii. Lord, remember David: and all his trouble; How he sware unto the Lord and vowed a vow unto the Almighty God of Jacob; I will not come within the tabernacle of my house: nor climb up into my bed; : I will not suffer mine eyes to sleep, nor mine eyelids to slumber neither the temples of my head to take any rest; Until I find out a place for the temple of the Lord : an habitation for the mighty God of Jacob. Lo, we heard of the same at Ephrata: and found it in the wood. We will : go into his tabernacle and fall low on our knees before his footstool. Arise, O Lord, into thy resting-place: thou, and the ark of thy strength. Let thy priests be clothed with righteousness and let thy saints sing with joyfulness. For thy servant David's sake : turn not away the presence of thine Anointed. The Lord hath made a faithful oath unto David: and he shall not shrink from it ; Of the fruit of thy body: shall I set upon thy seat. If thy children will keep my covenant, and my testimonies that I shall learn them: their children also shall sit upon thy seat for evermore. For the Lord hath chosen Sion to be an habitation for himself: he hath longed for her. This shall be my rest for ever: here will I dwell, for I have a delight therein. I will bless her victuals with increase: and will satisfy her poor with bread. I will deck her priests with health and her saints shall rejoice and sing. There shall I make the horn of David to flourish : I have ordained a lantern for mine Anointed. As for his enemies, I shall clothe them with shame : but upon himself shall his crown flourish. : 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. Or else this Psalm. Laudate Nomen Domini. Psal. cxxxv. O praise the Lord, laud ye the Name of the Lord praise it, O ye servants of the Lord; Ye that stand in the house of the Lord: in the courts of the house of our God. O praise the Lord, for the Lord is gracions: O sing praises unto his Name, for it is lovely. For why the Lord hath chosen Jacob unto himself : and Israel for his own possession. For I know that the Lord is great and that our Lord is above all gods. : Whatsoever the Lord pleased, that did he in heaven, and in earth and in the sea, and in all deep places. He bringeth forth the clouds from the ends of the world and sendeth forth lightnings with the rain, bringing the winds out of his treasures. He smote the first-born of Egypt: both of man and beast. He hath sent tokens and wonders into the midst of thee, O thou land of Egypt: upon Pharao, and all his servants. He smote divers nations and slew mighty kings; Sehon king of the Amorites, and Og the king of Basan and all the kingdoms of Canaan ; · : And gave their land to be an heritage even an heritage unto Israel his people. Thy Name, O Lord, endureth for ever: so doth thy memorial, O Lord, from one generation to another. For the Lord will avenge his people : and be gracious unto his servants. As for the images of the heathen, they are but silver and gold the work of men's hands. : They have mouths, and speak not: eyes have they, but they see not. They have ears, and yet they hear not : neither is there any breath in their mouths. : They that make them are like unto them and so are all they that put their trust in them. Praise the Lord, ye house of Israel: Praise the Lord, ye house of Aaron. Praise the Lord, ye house of Levy: ye that fear the Lord, praise the Lord. Praised be the Lord out of Sion: who dwelleth at Jerusalem. 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 for the Epistle this out of the xx. Chapiter of the Actes of the Apostles. FROM Mileto Paul sent messengers to Ephesus, and called the elders of the congregation: which when they were come to him, he said unto them, Ye know that from the first day that I came into Asia, after what manner I have been with you at all seasons, serving the Lord with all humbleness of mind, and with many tears, and temptations, which happened unto me by the layings await of the Jews: because I would keep back nothing that was profitable unto you, but to shew you and teach you openly throughout every house; witnessing both to the Jews, and also to the Grekes, the repentance that is toward God, and the faith which is toward our Lord Jesus. And now behold, I go bound in the Spirit unto Jerusalem, not knowing the things that shall come on me there; but that the Holy Ghost witnesseth in every city, saying that bands and trouble abide me. But none of these things move me, neither is my life dear unto myself, that I might fulfil my course with joy, and the ministration of the word, which I have received of the Lord Jesu, to testify the gospel of the grace of God. And now, behold, I am sure that henceforth ye all (through whom I have gone preaching the kingdom of God) shall see my face no more. Wherefore I take you to record this day, that I am pure from the blood of all men. For I have spared no labour, but have shewed you all the counsel of God. Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, among whom the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to rule the Congregation of God, which he hath purchased with his Blood. For I am sure of this, that after my departing, shall grievous wolves enter in among you, not sparing the flock. Moreover of your own selves shall men arise, speaking perverse things, to draw disciples after them. Therefore awake, and remember, that by the space of three years I ceased not to warn every one of you night and day with tears. And now, brethren, I commend you to God, and to the word of his grace, which is able to build farther, and to give you an inheritance among all them which are sanctified. I have desired no man's silver, gold, or vesture. Yea, you yourselves know that these hands have ministered unto my necessities, and to them that were with me. I have shewed you all things, how that so labouring ye ought to receive the weak, and to |