moved and the righteous fhall be had in everlasting remembrance.

He will not be afraid of any evil tidings: for his heart ftandeth faft, and believeth in the LORD.

His heart is established, and will not fhrink: until he fee his defire upon his enemies.

He hath difperfed abroad,

and given to the poor and his righteousness remaineth for ever; his horn fhall be exalted with honour.

The ungodly fhall fee it, and it shall grieve him: he fhall gnash with his teeth and confume away; the defire of the ungodly shall perish.

Glory be, &c.

Antiphon.-Praise the LORD, O my foul and all that is within me praise His holy Name. LORD, have mercy upon me:

Heal my foul, for I have finned against Thee. O think upon Thy congregation:

Whom Thou haft purchased and redeemed
of old.

Wilt thou not turn again and quicken us:
That Thy people may rejoice in Thee.
O LORD, fhew Thy mercy upon us :
And grant us Thy falvation.

LORD, hear our prayer :

And let our cry come unto Thee.

Antiphon.

Let my prayer be fet forth in Thy fight as the incenfe: and let the lifting up of my hands be an evening facrifice.

Then shall a short space be kept for Mental Prayer.

O LORD our heavenly FATHER, almighty and

everliving God, by whose providence both the day and the night are governed; vouchsafe, we befeech Thee, as Thou haft this day preferved us by Thy goodness, so ftill this night to fhadow us under the bleffed wing of Thy moft mighty protection, and to cover us with Thy heavenly mercy, that neither the princes of darkness may have any power over us, nor the works of darknefs overwhelm us, but that we, being armed with Thy defence, may be preferved from all adverfities that may hurt the body, and from all wicked thoughts which may affault and defile the foul; through JESUS CHRIST Our LORD. Amen.

O Thou that art the Light eternal, and the Sun of righteousness, evermore arifing and never going down, giving life, and food, and gladness unto all things; mercifully vouchfafe to fhine upon us, and caft Thy bleffed beams upon the darkness of our understandings, and the black mists of our fins and errors; for Thy only merits, Who art alone our Saviour, JESUS CHRIST. Amen.

O everlasting GOD, Who haft ordained and conftituted the fervices of angels and men in a wonderful order, look mercifully upon us this night, and grant, that as Thy holy angels alway do Thee fervice in heaven, fo by Thy appointment they may fuccour and defend us on earth; through JESUS CHRIST Our LORD. Amen.

Praise ye the LORD.

The LORD'S Name be praised, from the rifing up of the fun unto the going down thereof.

Brethren, be fober, be vigilant, because your adversary the devil walketh about as a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour; whom refist stedfaft in the faith.

But Thou, O LORD, have mercy upon us.
Our FATHER, &c.

O Almighty FATHER, LORD of heaven and earth, I confefs to Thee all the fecret and manifeft fins which I have this day committed in thought, word, or deed, through my fault, through my own fault, through my moft grievous fault, efpecially [here use a form of self-examination]. Wherefore I fupplicate pardon from Thee, the juft and merciful GOD, and grace that I may fin

no more.

The Almighty God pity me, pardon and abfolve me from all my fins, voluntary or involuntary, in word or deed, in knowledge or ignorance, by night or by day, in mind or intent, and bring me fafe to everlasting life. Amen.

The Almighty and merciful God grant to us pardon, abfolution, and remiffion of all our fins. Amen.

O GOD, make speed to fave us :
O LORD, make hafte to help us
Glory be to the FATHER, &c.

HYMN. Te lucis ante-terminum.
Before the ending of the day,
Creator of the world, we pray

That, with Thy wonted favour, Thou
Wouldft be our guard and keeper now.

From all ill dreams defend our eyes,
From nightly fears and fantafies;
Tread under foot our ghostly foe,
That no pollution we may know.

O FATHER, that we ask be done,
Through JESUS CHRIST, Thine only Son;
Who, with the HOLY GHOST and Thee,
Shall live and reign eternally. Amen.

PSALM 91. Qui habitat.

Whofo dwelleth under the defence of the Moft High; fhall abide under the fhadow of the Almighty.

I will fay unto the LORD, Thou art my hope, and my ftrong hold my GoD, in Him will I truft.

For He shall deliver thee from the fnare of the hunter; and from the noisome pestilence.

He fhall defend thee under His wings, and thou shalt be fafe under His feathers: His faithfulnefs and truth fhall be thy fhield and buckler.

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Thou shalt not be afraid for any terror by night: nor for the arrow that flieth by day;

For the peftilence that walketh in darkness: nor for

plague come nigh thy dwell-will deliver him, and bring

Lift up your hands in the fanctuary: and praise the LORD.

The LORD that made heaven and earth: give thee bleffing out of Zion. Glory be, &c.

Have mercy upon me, O LORD:

and hearken unto my prayer.

I believe in GOD the FATHER ALMIGHTY, &c.