7 Send down thine hand from above deliver me, and take me out of the great was ters, from the hand of strange children; 8 Whofe mouth talketh of vanity and their right hand is a right hand of wickedness. 9 I will fing a new fong unto thee, O God: and fing praifes unto thee upon a ten-ftringed lute. 10 Thou haft given victory unto kings and haft delivered David thy fervant from the pe. ril of the fword. II Save me, and deliver me from the hand of strange children whofe mouth talketh of vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of iniquity. 12 That our fons may grow up as the young plants and that our daughters may be as the polished corners of the temple. 13 That our garners may be full and plenteous with all manner of tore that our sheep may bring forth thousands and ten thoufands in our ftreets. : 5 As for me, I will be talking of thy worship: thy glory, thy praife, and wondrous works; 6 So that men shall speak of the might of thy marvellous acts and I will alfo tell of thy greatnefs. 7 The memorial of thine abundant kindness shall be shewed and men fhall fing of thy righteousness. 8 The Lord is gracious and merciful: long-fuffering, and of great goodness. 9 The Lord is loving unto every man and his mercy is over all his works. 10 All thy works praise thee, O Lord and thy faints give. thanks unto thee. 11 They fhew the glory of thy kingdom and talk of thy power; 12 That thy power, thy glory and mightiness of thy kingdom might be known unto men. 13 Thy kingdom is an everlafting kingdom and thy dominion endureth throughout all ages. 14 The Lord upholdeth all fuch as fall and lifteth up all those that are down. 15 The eyes of all wait upon thee, O Lord and thou giveft them their meat in due feafon. 16 Thou openeft thine hand; and filleft all things living with plenteousness. 17 The Lord is righteous in all his ways: and holy in all his works. 18 The Lord is nigh unto all them that call upon him: yea, all fuch as call upon him faithfully. 19 He will fulfil the defire of them that fear him he alfo will hear their cry, and will help them, 20 The M 6 20 The Lord preferveth all them that love him but fcattereth abroad all the ungodly. 21 My mouth fhall fpeak the praife of the Lord and let all Beth give thanks unto his holy Name for ever and ever. PSAL. 146. Lauda, anima mea. RAISE the Lord, O my foul; while I live will I praife the Lord yea, as long as I have any being I will fing praises unto my God. PR 2 O put not your truft in princes, nor in any child of man : for there is no help in them. 3 For when the breath of man geeth forth, he fhall turn again to his earth: and then all his thoughts perish. 4 Bleffed is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help and whofe hope is in the Lord his God; 5 Who made heaven and earth, the fea, and all that therein is who keepeth his promife for ever; 6 Who helpeth them to right that fuffer wrong: who feedeth the hungry. 7 The Lord loofeth men out of prifon: the Lord giveth fight to the blind. 8 The Lord helpeth them that are fallen: the Lord careth for the righteous. 9 The Lord careth for the ftrangers; he defendeth the fatherlefs and widow: as for the way of the ungodly, he turneth it upfide down. 10 The Lord thy God, O Sion, fhall be King for evermore: and throughout all generations. EVENING PRAYER. PSAL. 147. Laudate Dominum. Praise the Lord; for it is a good thing to fing praifes unto our God; yea, a joyful and pleasant thing it is to be thankful. 2 The Lord doth build up Jerufalem: and gather together the out-cafts of Ifrael. 3 He healeth thofe that are broken in heart and giveth medicine to heal their fickness. 4 He telleth the number of the ftars and calleth them all by their names. 5 Great is our Lord, and great is his power: yea, and his wifdom is infinite. 6 The Lord fetteth up the meek and bringeth the ungodly down to the ground. 7 Ofing unto the Lord with thanksgiving: fing praises upen the harp unto our God; 8 Who covereth the heaven with clouds, and prepareth rain for the earth and maketh the grafs to grow upon the moun tains, and herb for the use of men; 9 Who giveth fodder unto the cattle and feedeth the young ravens that call upon him. 10 He hath no pleasure in the ftrength of an horse: neither delighteth he in any man's legs. 11 But the Lord's delight is in them that fear him: and put their truft in his mercy. 12 Praise the Lord, O Jerufalem: praise thy God, O Sion. 13 For he hath made faft the bars of thy gates: and hath bleffed thy children within thee. 14 He maketh peace in thy borders and filleth thee with the flour of wheat. 15 He fendeth forth his com mandment upon earth and his word runneth very fwiftly. 16 He giveth fnow like wool: and feattereth the hoar-froft like ashes. 17 He cafteth forth his ice like morfels: who is able to a bide his frost ? 18 He fendeth out his word, and melteth them: he bloweth with his wind, and the waters flow. 19 He fheweth his word unto Jacob his ftatutes and ordinances unto Ifrael. 20 He hath not dealt fo with any nation neither have the heathen knowledge of his laws. PSAL. 148. Laudate Dominum. Praise the Lord of heaven: praife him in the height. 2 Praise him, all ye angels of his praise him all his hoft. 3 Praife him, fun and moon : praise him, all ye ftars and light. 4 Praise him, all ye heavens : and ye waters that are above the heavens. Let them praife the Name of the Lord: for he spake the word, and they were made; he commanded, and they were created. 6 He hath made them faft for ever and ever he hath given them a law which fhall not be broken. 7 Praise the Lord upon earth: ye dragons, and all deeps; 8 Fire and hail, fnow and vapours; wind and storm fulfilling his word; 9 Mountains and all hills: fruitful trees and all cedars; 10 Beafts and all cattle: worms and feathered fowls; 11 Kings of the earth and all people princes and all judges of the world; 12 Young men and maidens, old men and children, praife the Name of the Lord for his Name only is excellent, and his praise above heaven and earth. : 13 He fhall exalt the horn of his people; all his Saints fhall praife him even the children, of Ifrael, even the people that ferveth him. PSAL. 149. Cantate Domine. Sing unto the Lord a non fong: let the congregation of faints praise him. 2. Let Ifrael rejoice in him that made him : and let the children of Sion be joyful in their king. 3 Let them praise his Name in the dance let them fing praifes unto him with tabret and harp. 4 For the Lord hath pleasure in his people and helpeth the meek-hearted. 5 Let the faints be joyful with glory: let them rejoice in their beds. 6 Let the praises of God be in their mouth and a twoedged sword in their hands; 7 To be avenged of the heathen: and to rebuke the people; 8 To bind their kings in chains and their nobles with links of iron. 9 That they may be avenged of them, as it is written: Such honour have all his faints. PSAL.150. Laudate Dominum. Praife God in his holinefs: praise him in the firmament of his power. 2 Praise him in his noble acts: praife him according to his excellent greatness. 3 Praise him in the found of the trumpet: praise him upon the lute and harp. 4 Praife him in the cymbals and dances: praise him upon the ftrings and pipe. 5 Praise him upon the welltuned cymbals : praise him upon the loud cymbals. 6 Let every thing that hath breath: praife the Lord.. The End of the Pfalms. Forms ¶ The Morning and Evening Service to be ufed daily at Sea, shall be the fame which is appointed in the Book of Common Prayer. Thefe two following Prayers are lift up the waves of the fea, and to be alfo ufed in His Majesty's who ftillett the rage thereof; We thy creatures, but miferable finNavy every day. ners, do in this our great diftrefs cry unto thee for help: Save, Lord, or elfe we perish. We confefs, when we have been fafe, and feen all things quiet about us, we have forgot thee our God, and refufed to hearken to the ftill voice of thy word, and to obey thy commandments: But now we fee how terrible thou art in ali thy works of wonder; the great God to be feared above all: And therefore we adore thy Divine Majefty, acknowledging thy power, and imploring thy goodnefs. Help, Lord, and fave us, for thy mercies fake in Jefus Chrift thy Son our Lord. Amen. Eternal Lord God, who alone fpreadeft out the heavens, and ruleft the raging of the Sea; who haft compaf fed the waters with bounds, until day and night come to an end; Be pleafed to receive into thy Almighty and most gracious protection, the perfons of us thy fervants, and the Fleet in which we serve. Preferve us from the dangers of the fea, and from the violence of the enemy; that we may be a fafeguard unto our moft gracious Sovereign Lord King GEORGE, and his kingdoms, and a fecurity for fuch as pafs on the feas upon their lawful occafions: that the inhabitants of our Or this. fland may in peace and quiet-Moft glorious and gracious nefs ferve thee our God: and that we may return in fafety to enjoy the bieffings of the land, with the fruits of our labours; and with a thankful remembrance of thy mercies, to praife and glorify thy holy Name, through Jefus Christ our Lord. Amen. The Collect. PRevent us, O Lord, in all our doings with thy moft gracious favour, and further us with thy continual help; that in all our works begun, continued and ended in thee, we may glorify thy holy Name, and finally by thy mercy obtain everlafting life, through Jefus Christ our Lord. Amen. Prayers to be used in Storms at Moft powerful and glorious Lord God, at whofe command the winds blow and Lord God, who dwelleft in heaven, but beholdest all things below; Look down we beseech thee, and hear us, calling out of the depth of mifery, and out of the jaws of this death, which is ready now to fwallow us up: Save, Lord, or else we perish. The living, the living shall praise thee. O fend thy word of command to rebuke the raging winds, and the roaring fea; that we being de livered from this diftrefs may The Prayer to be faid before a Fight and and therefore we make our addrefs to thy divine Majefty in this our neceffity, that thou wouldeft take the caufe into thine own hand, and judge between us, and our enemies. Stir up thy ftrength, O Lord, and come and help us; for thou giveft not alway the battle to the strong, but canft fave by many or by few. O let not our fins now cry against us for vengeance; but hear us thy poor fervants begging mercy, and imploring thy help, and that thou wouldest be a defence unto us against the face of the enemy. Make it appear that thou art our Saviour and mighty Deliverer, through Jefus Christ our Lord. Amen. Short Prayers for fingle Perfons, that cannot meet to join in Prayer with others, by reafon of the Fight, or Storm. General Prayers. Lfinners, and fave us, for thy mercies fake. Thou art the great God, that haft made, and ruleft all things: O deliver us for thy Name's fake. Thou art the great God, to be feared above all: O fave us, that we may praise thee. Special Prayers with respect to the TH Enemy. HOU, O Lord, art juft and powerful: O defend our cause against the face of the enemy. O God thou art a ftrong tower of defence to all that flee unto thee: O fave us from the violence of the enemy. O Lord of hofts, fight for us; that we may glorify thee. O fuffer us not to fink under the weight of our fins, or the violence of the enemy. O Lord, arise, help us, and deliver us for thy Name's fake, Short prayers in respect of a Storm. THOU, O Lord, that stilleft the raging of the Sea; hear, hear us, and fave us, that we perish not. O bleffed Saviour, that didft fave thy discipleęs ready to perifh in a ftorm, hear us, and fave us, we beseech thee. Lord, have mercy upon us, God the Father, God the Son, God the Holy Ghoft, have mercy upon us, fave us now and ever more. Amen. OUR UR Father which art in, Name; Thy kingdom come; heaven, Hallowed be thy Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven: Give us this day our daily bread; and forgive us our trefpaffes, as we forgive. and lead us not into temptathem that trefpass against us; For thine is the kingdom, and tion, But deliver us from evil; the power, and the glory, for ever and ever. Amen. When there fhall be imminent danger, as many as can be Spared from neceffary Service in the fkip, fhall be called together, and make an bumble confeffion of their fins to God: In which every one ought feriously to reflect upon thofe particular fins of which bis confcience. fball accufe bim; faying as followeth A1 The Confeffion. Lmighty God, Father of our Lord Jefus Chrift, Maker of all things, Judge of all men; we acknowledge and bewail our manifold fins and wickedness, Which we from time to time moft grievously have committed, By thought, word. # |