The Book of Common Prayer & the Psalms of David (1848)

S$160.00

The Book of Common Prayer & the Psalms of David (1848)

S$160.00

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, together with The Psalter, or Psalms of David
Publisher: Sumner & Goodman, Hartford, 1848.
Condition: Hardcover, decorative leather. Full leather, raised bands to spine, gilt to all edges, slight rubbing to cover. Significant foxing to text, but not so much as to render it illegible. A small book, app 6″ by 4″.

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Title: The Book of Common Prayer
Publisher: Oxford University Press, 1859
Condition: Hardcover, decorative leather. Age-appropriate wear, hinges cracked, firmly bound. White stain on front board. Internally clean. Pocket sized.

Full 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 United Church of England and Ireland: together with the Psalter, or Psalms of David, pointed as they are to be sung or said in Churches; and the form and manner of making, ordaining, and consecrating of bishops, priests, and deacons.

About the book (from wikipedia):

A Book of Common Prayer, first published in 1549, is used in churches inside and outside the Anglican Communion in over 50 different countries and in over 150 different languages.

Traditional English Lutheran, Methodist and Presbyterian prayer books have borrowed from the Book of Common Prayer and the marriage and burial rites have found their way into those of other denominations and into the English language. Like the Authorized King James Bible and the works of Shakespeare, many words and phrases from the Book of Common Prayer have entered common parlance.

The first prayer book to include the complete forms of service for daily and Sunday worship in English. It contained Morning Prayer, Evening Prayer, the Litany, and Holy Communion and also the occasional services in full: the orders for Baptism, Confirmation, Marriage, ‘prayers to be said with the sick’ and a Funeral service. It also set out in full the “propers” (that is the parts of the service which varied week by week or, at times, daily throughout the Church’s Year): the collects and the epistle and gospel readings for the Sunday Communion Service. Old Testament and New Testament readings for daily prayer were specified in tabular format as were the Psalms; and canticles, mostly biblical, that were provided to be said or sung between the readings.

Psalm 26

Of David.

1 Vindicate me, Lord,
for I have led a blameless life;
I have trusted in the Lord
and have not faltered.
2 Test me, Lord, and try me,
examine my heart and my mind;
3 for I have always been mindful of your unfailing love
and have lived in reliance on your faithfulness.

4 I do not sit with the deceitful,
nor do I associate with hypocrites.
5 I abhor the assembly of evildoers
and refuse to sit with the wicked.
6 I wash my hands in innocence,
and go about your altar, Lord,
7 proclaiming aloud your praise
and telling of all your wonderful deeds.

8 Lord, I love the house where you live,
the place where your glory dwells.
9 Do not take away my soul along with sinners,
my life with those who are bloodthirsty,
10 in whose hands are wicked schemes,
whose right hands are full of bribes.
11 I lead a blameless life;
deliver me and be merciful to me.

12 My feet stand on level ground;
in the great congregation I will praise the Lord.