42 O quam gloriosum est regnum in quo cum Christo gaudent omnes sancti! Amicti stolis albis Agnum sequuntur quocunque ierit. 43 BIRD, VITTORIA. When to the Temple Mary went, and brought the Holy Child, Him did the aged Simeon see, as it had been revealed. He took up JESUS in his arms, and blessing GOD, he said: In peace I now depart, my Saviour having seen, The Hope of Israel, the Light of men. Help now Thy servants, gracious Lord, that we may ever be As once the faithful Simeon was, rejoicing but in Thee; 44 ECCARD. I CORINTHIANS XV. 20. Alleluia. Christus surrexit a mortuis primitiæ dormientium. 21. Alleluia. Quoniam per hominem mors, et per hominem resurrectio mortuorum. 22. Alleluia. Et sicut in Adam omnes moriuntur, ita et in Christo omnes vivificabuntur. ROMANS iv. 25; 1 COR. v. 8. Mortuus est propter delicta nostra, et resurrexit propter justificationem nostram; itaque epulemur in azymis sinceritatis et veritatis. Alleluia. English Version. I CORINTHIANS XV. 20. Alleluia. CHRIST is risen from the dead, the first fruits of them that are asleep. 21. Alleluia. Since by man came death, also came by man the resurrection of the dead. 22. Alleluia. For as in Adam all die, so also in CHRIST shall all be made alive. ROMANS iv. 25; 1 COR. v. 8. CHRIST was delivered up for our offences, and He was raised again for our justification; let us then keep the feast with purity and with truth. Alleluia. ANERIO. 45 Arise, O ye servants of God, ye who watch in His courts, to serve our God and laud His Name, singing praise to Him night and day. O praise ye His Name evermore. 46 SWEELINCк. O LORD GOD, to Thee be praise evermore. And Thy glory shall be told to the ends of all the earth, while we sing unceasingly the great deeds which Thou hast wrought. SWEELINCK. 47 PSALM Ixxxvi. 1. Bow Thine ear, O LORD, and hear: let Thine anger cease from us. ISAIAH Ixiv. 10. Sion, Thy Sion, is wasted and brought low! Jerusalem is wasted quite: desolate and void. Another Version. PSALM 1xxxvi. 1. Bow Thine ear, O LORD, and hear me: for I am poor and in misery. 3, 6. O LORD, be merciful unto me: give ear unto my prayer, and ponder the voice of my humble desires, 8, 9. Among the Gods there is none like Thee. All nations shall come and worship Thee, O LORD, and glorify Thy Name. 10. For Thou art great, and dost wondrous things: Thou art GOD alone. Another Version. ISAIAH Ixiv. 9. Be not wroth very sore, O LORD, neither remember iniquity for ever: see, we beseech Thee, we are Thy people. 10. Zion is a wilderness, Jerusalem a desolation. 11. Our holy and our beautiful house is burnt up with fire. 12. Wilt Thou refrain Thyself, O LORD, for these things? wilt Thou hold Thy peace, and afflict us very sore? BIRD, 48 ST. JOHN xiv. 18. I will not leave you comfortless, I will come again to you, (xvi. 22) and your heart shall rejoice. Hallelujah. BIRD. 49 O LORD, turn Thy wrath away from us, for Thy mercy's sake; call to mind no more, O our God, our former sins and wickedness; look down with Thy merciful eyes, and see we be Thy people and Thy pasture-sheep. BIRD. 50 PSALM 1xxxi. 1. Sing joyfully unto God our strength; sing loud unto the GOD of Jacob. 2. Take the song, and bring forth the timbrel, the pleasant harp, and the viol. 3. Blow the trumpet in the new moon, even in the time appointed, and at our feast-day. 4. For this is a statute for Israel, and a law of the GOD of Jacob. BIRD. 51 PSALM Ixxxi. 1. Sing we inerrily unto GOD our strength: make a cheerful noise unto the GOD of Jacob. 2. Take the psalm, bring hither the tabret: the merry harp with the lute. 1. ' 3. Blow up the trumpet in the new moon: even in the time appointed, and upon our solemn feast-day. 4. For this was made a statute for Israel: and a law of the God of Jacob. (Hallelujah. Amen.] BATTEN, BLOW, CHILD, KELWAY... 52 CROTCH, TINNEY, VV. 1-3. [Hallelujah. Amen.] 53 COLLECT For the Third Sunday after the Epiphany. Almighty and everlasting God, mercifully look upon our infirmities: and in all our dangers and necessities stretch forth Thy right hand to help and defend us, through JESUS CHRIST our LORD. Amen. 54 GIBBONS. ST. LUKE ii. 10. Behold, I bring you glad tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. 11. That unto us a Child is born, unto us a Son is given, a Saviour, Which is CHRIST the Lord. 14. Glory be to God on high, and on earth peace, goodwill toward men. 55 GIBBONS. PSALM xxxix. 6. Behold, Thou hast made my days as it were a span long; and mine age is even as nothing in respect of Thee; and verily every man living is altogether vanity. 7. For man walketh in a vain shadow, and disquieteth himself in vain: he heapeth up riches, and cannot tell who shall gather them. 8. And now, Lord, what is my hope? truly my hope is even in Thee. 13. Hear my prayer, O LORD, and with Thine ears consider my calling; hold not Thy peace at my tears. 14. For I am a stranger with Thee, and a sojourner, as all my fathers were. 15. O spare me a little, that I may recover my strength, before I go hence, and be no more seen. 56 GIBBONS. PSALM CXxviii. 1. Blessed are all they that fear the LORD, and walk in His ways. 2. For thou shalt eat the labours of thine hands; O well is thee, and happy shalt thou be. 3. Thy wife shall be as the fruitful vine upon the walls of thine house. 4. Thy children like the olive-branches, round about thy table. 5. Lo, thus shall the man be blessed that feareth the LORD. 6. The LORD [thy GOD] from out of Sion shall so bless thee, that thou shalt see Jerusalem in prosperity all thy life long. 7. Yea, thou shalt see thy children's children, and peace shall be upon Israel. Glory be to the Father, &c. 57 CROFT, W. HAYES, VV. 1-7. [Amen.] GIBBONS. 58 ELVEY, vv. I (Blessed are they), 2 (2nd part). 59 E. G. MONK, vv. 1-5. 60 PURCELL, vv. 1-4, 6, 7, 2, 5. Hallelujah. 61 Glorious and Powerful GOD, we understand Thy dwelling is on High Above the starry sky. Thou dwell'st not in stone temples made with hand; To dwell is Thy delight, Near hand, though out of sight. We give of Thine own hand, Thy acceptation Is very life and blood, To all actions good. Whenever here or hence our supplication, From pure and with unfeigned hearts, to Thee ascends, Be present with Thy grace, Shew us Thy loving face. Oh! down on us full show'rs of mercy send, Dry up all our sin's streams. Arise, O LORD, and come into Thy rest. Founder and Foundation Of endless habitation. Amen. GIBBONS. C |