Benedictus, or Jubilate Deo


And after the second Lesson shall be used and said Benedictus, in English, as followeth.

BLESSED be the Lord God of Israel: for he hath visited and redeemed his people;
And hath raised up a mighty salvation for us: in the house of his servaunt David;
As he spake by the mouth of his holy Prophets: which have been since the world began;
That wee should be saved from our enemies: and from the hands of all that hate us;
To performe the mercie promised to our forefathers: and to remember his holy Covenant;
To performe the oath which hee sware to our forefather Abraham: that he would give us;
That we being delivred out of the hands of our enemies: might serve him without feare
In holinesse and righteousnesse before him all the dayes of our life.
An thou Child, shalt be called the Prophet of the highest: for thou shalt goe before the face of the Lord to prepare his wayes;
To give knowledge of salvation unto his people: for the remission of their synnes,
Through the tender mercie of our God: whereby the day spring from on high, hath visited us;
To give light to them that sit in darckenesse, and in the shadow of death: and to guide our feete into the way of peace.
Glory be to the Father, and to the Sonne: and to the holy Ghost.
As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be: world without end. Amen

Or this C. Psalme. Jubilate Deo.

O BE joyfull in the Lord, all yee lands: serve the Lord with gladnesse, and come before his presence with a song.
Bee yee sure that the Lord hee is God: it is hee that hath made us, and not we ourselves; we are his people, and the sheepe of his pasture.
O go your way into his gates with thankesgiving, and into his Courts with praise: bee thankefull unto him, and speake good of his Name.
For the Lord is gracious, his mercie is everlasting: and his trueth endureth from generation to generation.

Glory be to the Father, and to the Sonne: &c.
As it was in the beginning, is now, &c. Amen