name like unto the name of the great men that are in the earth, and have caused thee to rest from all thine enemies. And. Glory. And. The lessons for the third Nocturn of the Second Sunday after Trinity are set down at the end of the Proper of the Seasons in order, with those of the other Sundays, from this time forth till Advent. Ry. vii. I have sinned above the number of the sands of the sea; my transgressions are multiplied, and I am not worthy to behold and see the height of heaven for the multitude of mine iniquities: for I have provoked Thy wrath, * and done evil before Thee. y. For I acknowledge my faults and my sin is ever before me: against Thee only have I sinned. And. Ry. viii. Two Seraphim cried one to the other: * Holy, Holy, Holy, LORD GOD of hosts: * the whole earth is full of His glory. y. For there are three that bear record in heaven, the FATHER, the WORD, and the HOLY GHOST, and these three are one. Holy. Glory. The whole. This R. is said after the 8th Lesson on Sunday, till Advent. But on Wednesday and Saturday, till the 1st Sunday in August, when the RyRy. are used from the 3rd Nocturn of Sunday, in its place is said the 2nd R. of the following Monday; and in place of the 3rd, the 3rd of the same Monday. MONDAY. Of the 1st book of Samuel. Lesson I. Chap. x. AND Samuel called the people to gether unto the LORD to Mizpeh; and said unto the children of Israel, Thus saith the LORD GOD of Israel, I brought up Israel out of Egypt, and delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of all kingdoms, and of them that oppressed you: and ye have this day rejected your God, who himself saved you out of all your adversities and your tribu |lations; and ye have said unto him, Now Nay, but set a king over us. therefore present yourselves before the LORD by your tribes, and by your thousands. Ry. Remember Thy covenant, O LORD, and say to the angel that destroyeth, Stay now thine hand, that the earth be not made desolate, nor every living soul be destroyed. y. Even I it is that have sinned, and done evil indeed: but as for these sheep, what have they done? let Thy wrath, I pray Thee, O LORD, be turned away from Thy people. That. Lesson II. ND when Samuel had caused all the tribes of Israel to come near, A1 the tribe of Benjamin was taken. When he had caused the tribe of Benjamin to come near by their families, the family of Matri was taken, and Saul the son of Kish was taken: and when they sought him he could not be found. Therefore they enquired of the LORD further, if the man should yet come thither. And the LORD answered, Behold, he hath hid himself among the stuff. And they ran and fetched him thence: and when he stood among the people, he was higher than any of the people from his shoulders and upward. And Samuel said to all the people, See ye him whom the LORD hath chosen, that there is none like him among all the people? And all the people shouted, and said, GoD save the king. Ry. Thou hast heard, O LORD, the prayer of Thy servant. that he should * bless build a temple to Thy Name: and sanctify this house for ever, O LORD GOD of Israel. Y. O LORD, Who keepest covenant and mercy with Thy servants that walk before Thee with their whole heart. Bless. Lesson III. 'THEN Samuel told the people the manner of the kingdom, and wrote it in a book, and laid it up before the LORD. And Samuel sent all the people away, every man to his house. And Saul also went home to Gibeah; and there went with him a band of men, whose hearts GoD had touched. But the children of Belial said, How shall this man save us? And they despised him, and brought him no presents. But he held his peace. Ry. Hearken, O LORD, to the cry and to the prayer which Thy servant prayeth before Thee to-day, that Thine eyes may be open, and Thine ears attent* toward this house night and day. y. Look down, O LORD, from Thy holy habitation, from heaven. Glory. Toward. AN TUESDAY. Of the 1st Book of Samuel. Lesson I. Chap. xii. ND Samuel said unto all Israel, Behold, I have hearkened unto your voice in all that ye said unto me, and have made a king over you. And now, behold, the king walketh before you and I am old and grayheaded; and, behold, my sons are with you: and I have walked before you from my childhood unto this day. Behold, here I am witness against me before the LORD, and before his anointed: whose ox have I taken? or whose ass have I taken? or whom have I de frauded? whom have I oppressed? or of whose hand have I received any bribe to blind mine eyes therewith? and I will restore it you. And they said, Thou hast not defrauded us, nor oppressed us, neither hast thou taken ought of any man's hand. And he said unto them, The LORD is witness against you, and his anointed is witness this day, that ye have not found ought in my hand. And they answered, He is witness. Ry. LORD if Thy people. p. xxxiv. Lesson II. Egypt. Now therefore stand still, that I may reason with you before the LORD of all the righteous acts of the LORD, which he did to you and to your fathers. When Jacob was come into Egypt, and your fathers cried unto the LORD, then the LORD sent Moses and Aaron, which brought forth your fathers out of Egypt, and made them dwell in this place. And when they forgat the LORD their God, he sold them into the hand of Sisera, captain of the host of Hazor, and into the hand of the Philistines, and into the hand of the king of Moab, and they fought against them. Ry. And it came to pass. p. xxxv. AND they cried unto the LORD, and said, We have sinned, because we have forsaken the LORD, and have served Baalim and Ashtaroth: but now deliver us out of the hand of our enemies, and we will serve thee. And the LORD sent Jerubbaal, and Bedan, and Jephthah, and Samuel, and delivered you out of the hand of your enemies on every side, and ye dwelled safe. And when ye saw that Nahash the king of the children of Ammon came against you, ye said unto me, Nay; but a king shall reign over us : when the LORD your God was your king. Now therefore behold the king whom ye have chosen, and whom you have desired! and, behold, the LORD hath set a king over you. If ye will fear the LORD, and serve him, and obey his voice, and not rebel against the commandment of the LORD, then shall both ye and also the king that reigneth over you continue following the LORD your God. Ry. I took thee. p. xxvii. WEDNESDAY. Of the 1st Book of Samuel. Lesson I. Chap. xiii. AND Samuel said unto the people, SAUL reigned one year; and when is the LORD that advanced Moses and Aaron, and that brought your fathers up out of the land of he had reigned two years over Israel, Saul chose him three thousand men of Israel; whereof two thousand were with Saul in Michmash and in | Saul said, Because I saw that the mount Beth-el, and a thousand were people were scattered from me, and with Jonathan in Gibeah of Benjamin: that thou camest not within the days and the rest of the people he sent appointed, and that the Philistines every man to his tent. And Jonathan gathered themselves together at Michsmote the garrison of the Philistines mash; therefore said I, The Philisthat was in Geba, and the Philistines tines will come down now upon me to heard of it. And Saul blew the Gilgal, and I have not made supplicatrumpet throughout all the land, tion unto the LORD: I forced myself saying, Let the. Hebrews hear. And therefore, and offered a burnt offering. all Israel heard say that Saul had And Samuel said to Saul, Thou hast smitten a garrison of the Philistines, done foolishly: thou hast not kept and that Israel also was had in the commandment of the LORD thy abomination with the Philistines. GOD, which he commanded thee: for And the people were called together now would the LORD have established after Saul to Gilgal. thy kingdom upon Israel for ever. But now thy kingdom shall not continue: the LORD hath sought him a man after his own heart, and the Ry. I have sinned. p. xxviii. Lesson II. AND the Philistines gathered themselves together to fight with Israel, thirty thousand chariots, and six thousand horsemen, and people as the sand which is on the sea shore in multitude and they came up, and pitched in Michmash, eastward from Beth-aven. When the men of Israel saw that they were in a strait, (for the people were distressed,) then the people did hide themselves in caves, and in thickets, and in rocks, and in high places, and in pits. And some of the Hebrews went over Jordan to the land of Gad and Gilead. As for Saul, he was yet in Gilgal, and all the people followed him trembling. And he tarried seven days, according to the set time that Samuel had appointed but Samuel came not to Gilgal; and the people were scattered from him. Ry. Thou hast heard. p. xxviii. Lesson III. AND Saul said, Bring hither a burnt LORD hath commanded him to be captain over his people, because thou hast not kept that which the LORD commanded thee. Ry. Hearken, O LORD. p. xxix. AN THURSDAY. Of the 1st Book of Samuel. Lesson I, Chap. xiv. ND Jonathan said to the young .man that bare his armour, Come, and let us go over unto the garrison of these uncircumcised: it may be that the LORD will work for us for there is no restraint to the LORD to save by many or by few. And his armourbearer said unto him, Do all that is in thine heart: turn thee; behold, I am with thee according to thy heart. Then said Jonathan, Behold, we will pass over unto these men, and we will discover ourselves unto them. If they say thus unto us, Tarry until we come to you; then we will stand still in our place, and will not go up unto them. But if they say thus, Come up unto_us; then we will go up: for the LORD hath delivered them into our hand: and this shall be a sign unto us. And both of them discovered themselves unto the garrison of the Philistines: and the Philistines said, 2 Behold, the Hebrews come forth out | fellow, and there was a very great of the holes where they had hid them- discomfiture. selves. Ry. Prepare. p. xxvi. Lesson II. AND the men of the garrison an swered Jonathan and his armour Ry. The LORD that. p. xxvii. FRIDAY. Of the 1st Book of Samuel. Lesson I. Chap. xv. SAMUEL also said unto Saul, The bearer, and said, Come up to us, and LORD sent me to anoint thee to we will show you a thing. And Jonathan said unto his armourbearer, now therefore hearken unto the voice be king over his people, over Israel: Come up after me: for the LORD hath of the words of the LORD. Thus saith delivered them into the hand of Israel. the LORD of hosts, I remember that And Jonathan climbed up upon his which Amalek did to Israel, how he hands and upon his feet, and his laid wait for him in the way, when armourbearer after him: and they he came up from Egypt. Now go and fell before Jonathan; and his armour-smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all bearer slew after him. And that that they have, and spare them not; first slaughter, which Jonathan and but slay both man and woman, infant his armourbearer made, was about and suckling, ox and sheep, camel twenty men, within as it were an half acre of land, which a yoke of oxen might plow. And there was trembling in the host, in the field, and among all the people: the garrison, and the spoilers, they also trembled, and the earth quaked: so it was a very great trembling. Ry. God is the hearer. p. xxvi. Lesson III. AND the watchmen of Saul in Gibeah of Benjamin looked; and, behold, the multitude melted away, and they went on beating down one another. Then said Saul unto the people that were with him, Number now, and see who is gone from us. And when they had numbered, behold, Jonathan and his armourbearer were not there. And Saul said unto Ahiah, Bring hither the ark of GOD. For the ark of GOD was at that time with the children of Israel. And it came to pass, while Saul talked unto the priest, that the noise that was in the host of the Philistines went on and increased: and Saul said unto the priest, Withdraw thine hand. And Saul and all the people that were with him assembled themselves, and they came to the battle: and, behold, every man's sword was against his and ass. Ry. Saul hath slain. p. xxvii. AND Saul gathered the people to gether, and numbered them in Telaim, two hundred thousand footmen, and ten thousand men of Judah. And Saul came to a city of Amalek, and laid wait in the valley. And Saul said unto the Kenites, Go, depart, get you down from among the BUT Saul and the people spared Agag, and the best of the sheep, and of the oxen, and of the fatlings, and the lambs, and all that was good, and would not utterly destroy them: but everything that was vile and refuse, that they destroyed utterly. |
