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Title: The book of common prayer, and administration of the sacraments, and other rites and ceremonies of the church, according to the use of the Protestant Episcopal church in the United States of America:
Year: 1803 (1800s)
Authors: Episcopal Church. Book of common prayer
Subjects: Episcopal Church
Publisher: New York, Printed by George Forman, for William Durell
Contributing Library: New York Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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piscopal Church in the ignited States of America, in Convention, this thirteenth duy of October, in the year of our Lordone thousand seven hundred and eighty nine ; This translation of the Wlcole Book of Fsabnsinto Metre zvithHymns, is set forth, and ulloued to be sung in all Congregationsof the said Church, before and after Morning and Evening Fray^er ; and also before and after Sermons, at the disoetion of theMinister. And it shall be the duty of every Minister of any Church, eitherby standing directions, or from time to time, to appoint the Por-tions of Psalms which are to he sung. And further, it shall he the duty of every Minister, with stickassistance as he can obtain from persons skilled in music, to giveorder concerning the tunes to be sung, at any time, in his Church :And, especially, it shall be his duty, to suppress all light and un-seemly music ; and all indecency and irreverence in the perform-ance ; by which, vain and ungodly persons prqfane the service ofifte Sanctuary.
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THE rSALMS OF D.V\1D, JN METRE, P S A L M r. 1 TT OW blest is he, who neer consentsX X by ill advice to walk, Nor stands in sinners ways, nor sitswhere men profanely talk ; 2 But makes the perfect law of God his busness and delight ;Devoutly reads therein by day,and meditates by night. 3 Like some fair tree, which, fed by streams, with timely fruit does bend,He still shall flourish, and successall hi? designs attend- 4 Ungodly men, and their attempts, no lasting root shall find ; Untimely blasted, and dispersd like chaff before the wind. 5 Their guilt shall strike the wicked duniL- before their Judges face :No formal hypocrite shnll thenamong the saints have place. 6 For God approves the juat mans ways j to happiness they tend :But sinners, and the paths they tread,shall both in ruin end. PSALM IL 1 TTTTITH restless and ungovernd rarr, V V why doth the heathen storm ?Why in such rash attempts engage,as they can neer perform.? 2 The great in council and in might their various forces br

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