naming of the first person, and a longer one after that, and the fecond; as thus Glory be' to the Father" and to the So`n" and to the Holy Ghòft" As it was in the beginning" i's' now" and ever sha`ll be' world without end """ Praise yè' the Lord" The Lord's name bè praised —' Thus far I have been minute in my obfervations, because it will fave me the trouble of commenting upon fimilar faults, when they occur in the reft of the fervice; and as those which are most generally committed throughout, have been laid open in the courfe of this difcuffion, I fhall content myself hereafter, with reading and marking the remainder of the usual service, in a proper way; and fhall referve my comments only for fuch paffages as are most difficult, or in which the most glaring faults are committed. For a difcuffion throughout throughout equally minute, would run these discourses to an unreafonable length. O come' let us fing unto the Lord " let us heartily rejoice in the ftrength of our falvation '' Let us come before his prefence with thanksgiving" and fhew ourselves gla`d in him' with psalms For the Lord' is a great God" and a great King' above all Gods "" In hi's hand' are all the corners of the earth" and the strength of the hills' is hi`s. alfo "" The sea is hi`s' and hè made it' and hi`s hands prepared the dry land"" Ō 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 hi`s pasture' and the sheep of hi's hand"! To To-day' if you will hear his voice 'hàrden not your hearts' as in the provocàtion in the day of temptation in the wilderness " When your fathers tempted me' pròved me' and saw my works Forty years long' was I grièved with this generation" and faid' it is a people that do er'r in their hearts' for they have not known my ways" Unto whom I fwàre in my wràth' that they shoul'd not enter into my reft" Glory be to the Father" and to the So`n" and to the Holy Ghòft" As it wa's' in the beginning" is' nòw" and ever shall be world without end", Amen "! › Next follows the Te Deum. We práife thee God" we acknow 'ledge thee to be the Lord"" All the earth' doth worship thee' the Father everlasting "" To To thee all àngels cry aloud" the heavens' and all the powers therein "" To thee' Cherubin and Seraphin continually do cry' Hōly" Hōly" 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 hōly Church' thro'out all the world' doth acknowledge thee 1 The Father' of an infinite majefty!" Thou 1 Thou art the everlasting Son of the Father When thou tookest upon thee to deli`ver man' thou didst not abhor the virgin's womb" When thou hadft overco`me the sharpnefs of death" thou didst open the kingdom of heaven' to all believers "" Thou fittest at the right hand of Go'd' in the glory of the Father We believe that thou fhalt co`me to be our ju`dge" We therefore pray thee' help thy fervants' whom thou haft redeemed' with thy precious blood" Make them to be numbered with thy faints' in glory everlasting". Ŏ Lord' fave thy people' and bless thine heritage" Govern them and lift them up for ever" Dãy |