And the Catholick Faith is this: That we worship one God in Trinity, and Tri-ni-ty in Unity; Neither con-founding the Persons: No'r di-viding the Substance. For there is one Person of the Father, another of the Son: And another of the Ho-ly Ghost. But the Godhead of the Father, of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost, is all one: The Glory equal, the Majes-ty co-e-ternal. Such as the Father is, such is the Son: And such is the Ho-ly Ghost. The Father uncreate, the Son un-create: And the Holy Ghost un-cre-ate. The Father incomprehensible, the Son in-com-pre-hensible : And the Holy Ghost in-com-pre-hensible. The Father eternal, the Son e-ternal: And the Ho-ly Ghost e-ternal. And yet they are not three e-ternals: But one e-ternal. As also there are not three incomprehensibles, nor three un-cre-ated: But one uncreated, and one in-com-pre-hensible. So likewise the Father is Almighty, the Son Al-mighty : And yet they are not three Al-mighties : But one Al-mighty. So the Father is God, the Son is God: And the Ho-ly Ghost is God. And yet they are not three Gods: But one God. So likewise the Father is Lord, the Son Lord: And the Ho-ly Ghost Lord. And yet not three Lords: But one Lord. For like as we are compelled by the Christ-ian verity: To acknowledge every Person by himself to be God and Lord; So are we forbidden by the Catholick Re-ligion : To say, There be three Gods, or three Lords. The Father is made of none: Neither cre-a-ted, nor be-gotten. The Son is of the Father a-lone: Not made, nor cre-a-ted, but be-gotten. The Holy Ghost is of the Father and of the Son: Neither made, nor created, nor be-got-ten, but pro-ceeding. So there is one Father, not three Fathers; one Son, not three Sons: One Holy Ghost, not three Ho-ly Ghosts. And in this Trinity none is afore, or aft-er other : None is greater, or less than an-other; But the whole three Persons are co-e-ternal to-gether : So that in all things, as is-a-fore-said: The Unity in Trinity, and the Trinity in Unity is to be worshipped. He therefore that will be saved: Must thus think of the Trinity. Furthermore, it is necessary to ever-lasting sal-vation : That he also believe rightly the Incarnation of our Lord Je-sus Christ. For the right Faith is, that we believe and con-fess: That our Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of God, is God and Man; God, of the Substance of the Father, begotten be-fore the worlds: And Man, of the Substance of his Mother, born in the world; Of a reasonable soul and hu-man flesh sub-sisting ; And inferior to the Father, as touching his Manhood. Yet he is not two, but one Christ; One; not by conversion of the Godhead in-to flesh : One altogether; not by con-fusion of Substance: For as the reasonable soul and flesh is one man : Who suffered for our sal-vation: Descended into hell, rose again the third day from the dead. He ascended into heaven, he sitteth on the right hand of the Father, God Al-mighty : From whence he shall come to judge the quick and the dead. At whose coming all men shall rise again with their bodies: And shall give ac-count for their own works. And they that have done good shall go into life ever-lasting : And they that have done evil into ev-er-last-ing fire. This is the Catho-lick Faith: Which except a man believe faithfully, he cannot be saved. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son: And to the Ho-ly Ghost; As it was in the beginning, is now, and ev-er shall be : A-men. EVENING PRAYER. MAGNIFICAT. St. Luke, i. My soul doth magnath rejoiced in God my Saviour. Y magni-fy the Lord: For he hath re-garded: The lowli-ness of his hand-maiden. All gene-rations shall call me blessed. For he that is mighty hath magni-fied me : And ho-ly is his Name. And his mercy is on them that fear him : Through-out all ge-ne-rations. He hath shewed strength with his arm : He hath scattered the proud in the imagi-na-tion of their hearts. He hath put down the mighty from their seat: And hath ex-alted the humble and meek. He hath filled the hungry with good things: And the rich he hath sent empty a-way. He remembering his mercy hath holpen his ser-vant Israel : As he promised to our forefathers, Abraham and his seed, for ever. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son: And to the Ho-ly Ghost; As it was in the beginning, is now, and ev-er shall be: A-men. CANTATE DOMINO. Psalm xcviii. SING unto the Lord a new song: For he hath done marvel-lous things. With his own right hand, and with his ho-ly arm : The Lord declared his sal-vation: His righteousness hath he openly shewed in the sight of the heathen. He hath remembered his mercy and truth toward the house of Israel: And all the ends of the world have seen the sal-va-tion of our God. Shew yourselves joyful unto the Lord, all ye lands: Praise the Lord up-on the harp : Sing to the harp with a psalm of thanks-giving. O shew yourselves joyful be-fore the Lord the King. Let the floods clap their hands, and let the hills be joyful together be-fore the Lord: For he cometh to judge the earth. With righteousness shall he judge the world: And the peo-ple with equity. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son: And to the Ho-ly Ghost; As it was in the beginning, is now, and ev-er shall be: World with-out end. A-men. NUNC DIMITTIS. St. Luke, ii. 29. ORD, now lettest thou thy servant de-part in peace: Ac-cord-ing to thy word. For mine eyes have seen : Thysal-vation, Which thou hast pre-pared: Before the face of all people; To be a light to lighten the Gentiles: And to be the glory of thy peo-ple Israel. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son: And to the Ho-ly Ghost; As it was in the beginning, is now, and ev-er shall be : DEUS MISEREATUR. Psalm lxvii. GOD be merciful unto us, and bless us : And shew us the light of his countenance, and be mer-ci-ful un-to-us: earth: That thy way may be known up-on For thou shalt judge the folk righteously, and govern the na-tions up-on earth. Let the people praise thee, O God: Yea, let all the peo-ple praise thee. Then shall the earth bring forth her increase: And God, even our own God, shall give us his blessing. God shall bless us : And all the ends of the world shall fear him. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son: And to the Ho-ly Ghost; As it was in the beginning, is now, and ev-er shall be: A-men. |