dissemble nor cloak them before the face of Almighty God our heavenly Father; but confess them with an humble, lowly, penitent, and obedient heart; to the end that we may obtain forgiveness of the same, by his infinite goodness and mercy. And although we ought, at all times, humbly to acknowledge our sins before God; yet ought we chiefly so to do, when we assemble and meet together to render thanks for the great benefits that we have received at his hands, to set forth his most worthy praise, to hear his most holy Word, and to ask those things which are requisite and necessary, as well for the body as the soul. Wherefore I pray and beseech you, as many as are here present, to accompany me with a pure heart, and humble voice, unto the throne of the heavenly grace, saying A General Confession. To be said by the whole Congregation, after the Minister, all kneeling. ALMIGHTY and most merciful Father; We have erred, and strayed from thy ways like lost sheep. We have followed too much the devices and desires of our own hearts. We have offended against thy holy laws. We have left undone those things which we ought to have done; And we have done those things which we ought not to have done; And there is no health in us. But thou, O Lord, have mercy upon us, miserable offenders. Spare thou those, O God, who confess their faults. Restore thou those who are penitent; According to thy promises declared unto mankind in Christ Jesus our Lord. And grant, O most merciful Father, for his sake; That we may hereafter live a godly, righteous, and sober life, To the glory of thy holy Name. Amen. The Declaration of Absolution, or Remission of Sins. ¶ To be made by the Priest alone, standing; the People still kneeling. LMIGHTY God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who desireth not the death of a sinner, but rather that he may turn from his wickedness and live, hath given power, and commandment, to his Ministers, to declare and pronounce to his people, being penitent, the Absolution and Remission of their sins. He pardoneth and absolveth all those who truly repent, and unfeignedly believe his holy Gospel. Wherefore let us beseech him to grant us true repentance, and his Holy Spirit, that those things may please him which we do at this present; and that the rest of our life hereafter may be pure and holy; so that at the last we may come to his eternal joy; through Jesus Christ our Lord. THE The People shall answer here, and at the end of every Prayer, Amen. Or this. HE Almighty and merciful Father grant you true repentance, Absolution and Remission of all your sins, amendment of life, and the grace and consolation of his Holy Spirit; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. ¶Then the Minister shall kneel, and say the Lord's Prayer; the People still kneeling, and repeating it with him, both here, and wheresoever else it is used in Divine Service. UR Father, who art in heaven, Hallowed be thy Name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done on earth, As it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, As we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation; But deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, And the power, and the glory, For ever and ever. Amen. Then likewise he shall say, O Lord, open thou our lips. Answer. And our mouth shall show forth thy praise. ¶ Here, all standing up, the Minister shall say, Glory be to the Father, and to the Son: and to the Holy Ghost; Answer. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be: world without end. Amen. Minister. Praise ye the Lord. Answer. The Lord's Name be praised. Then shall be sung or said this Psalm following; except on the days for which Proper Anthems are appointed; except also, on Ash Wednesday, the six days next before Easter, and when it is used in the course of the Psalms, on the nineteenth day of the month. ¶ But Note, That, save on the Sundays in Lent, the latter portion of the Venite may be omitted. Venite, exultemus Domino. Psalm xcv. COME, let us sing unto the LORD: let us heartily rejoice in the strength of our salvation. Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving : and show ourselves glad in him with psalms. For the LORD is a great God and a great King above all gods. : In his hand are all the corners of the earth and the strength of the hills is his also. The sea is his, and he made it and his hands prepared the dry land. O come, let us worship and fall down and kneel before the LORD our Maker. : For he is the Lord our God and we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand. To-day if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts as in the provocation, and as in the day of temptation in the wilderness; When your fathers tempted me saw my works. proved me, and Forty years long was I grieved with this generation, and said: It is a people that do err in their hearts, for they have not known my ways: Unto whom I sware in my wrath: that they should not enter into my rest. ¶ Then shall follow a Portion of the Psalms, or one of the Selections of Psalms, as they are appointed. And at the end of every Psalm, and likewise at the end of the Venite, Benedictus es, Domine, Benedicite, Benedictus, Jubilate, De profundis, may be, and at the end of the whole Portion or Selection from the Psalter, shall be sung or said the Gloria Patri. 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. At the end of the whole Portion of the Psalms or Selection from the Psalter, the Gloria in excelsis may be sung or said, instead of the Gloria Patri. Then shall be read the First Lesson, according to the Table or Calendar. Note, That before every Lesson, the Minister, or he that readeth, shall say, Here beginneth such a Chapter, or Verse of such a Chapter, of such a Book: and after every Lesson, Here endeth the First, or the Second Lesson. Te Deum laudamus. WE praise thee, O God: we acknowledge thee to Lord. All the earth doth worship thee: the Father everlasting. To thee, all Angels cry aloud: the Heavens, and all the Powers therein. To thee, Cherubim and Seraphim: continually do cry, Holy, Holy, Holy: Lord God of Sabaoth; Heaven and earth are full of the Majesty of thy Glory. The glorious company of the Apostles: praise thee. The goodly fellowship of the Prophets praise thee. The noble army of Martyrs: praise thee. The holy Church throughout all the world: doth acknowledge thee; The Father of an infinite Majesty ; Thou art the King of Glory : O Christ. Thou art the everlasting Son: of the Father. When thou tookest upon thee to deliver man : thou didst humble thyself to be born of a Virgin. When thou hadst overcome the sharpness of death: thou didst open the Kingdom of Heaven to all believers. Thou sittest at the right hand of God in the Glory of the Father. We believe that thou shalt come to be our Judge. We therefore pray thee, help thy servants: whom thou hast redeemed with thy precious blood. Make them to be numbered with thy Saints: in glory everlasting. sin. O Lord, save thy people and bless thine heritage. Govern them and lift them up for ever. : Day by day we magnify thee; And we worship thy Name: ever, world without end. Vouchsafe, O Lord to keep us this day without O Lord, have mercy upon us : have mercy upon us. O Lord, let thy mercy be upon us as our trust is in thee. 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