_The Responsor._ 'Cause by the couenant of Thy crosse Thou hast sau'd at once the whole World's losse. _The Prayer._ O Lord Iesv-Christ, Son of the liuing God! interpose, I pray Thee, Thine Own pretious death, Thy crosse and passion, betwixt my soul and Thy 185 iudgment, now and in the hour of my death. And vouchsafe to graunt vnto me Thy grace and mercy; vnto all quick and dead, remission and rest; to Thy Church, peace and concord; to vs sinners, life and glory euerlasting. Who liuest and reignest 190 with the Father, in the vnity of the Holy Ghost, one God, world without end. Amen. EVENSONG. _The Versicle._ Lord, by Thy sweet and sauing sign! _The Responsor._ Defend vs from our foes and Thine. _V._ Thou shalt open my lips, O Lord! 195 _R._ And my mouth shall shew forth Thy praise. _V._ O God, make speed to save me! _R._ O Lord, make hast to help me! _V._ Glory be to, &c. _R._ As it was in the, &c. 200 THE HYMN. But there were rocks would not relent at this: Lo, for their own hearts, they rend His; Their deadly hate liues still, and hath A wild reserve of wanton wrath; Superfluous spear! But there's a heart stands by 205 Will look no wounds be lost, no deaths shall dy. Gather now thy Greif's ripe fruit, great mother-maid! Then sitt thee down, and sing thine eu'nsong in the sad tree's shade. _The Antiphona._ O sad, sweet tree! Wofull and ioyfull we 210 Both weep and sing in shade of thee. When the dear nailes did lock And graft into thy gracious stock The hope, the health, The worth, the wealth 215 Of all the ransom'd World, thou hadst the power (In that propitious hour) To poise each pretious limb, And proue how light the World was, when it weighd with Him. Wide maist thou spred 220 Thine armes, and with thy bright and blissfull head O'relook all Libanus. Thy lofty crown The King Himself is, thou His humble throne, Where yeilding and yet conquering He Prou'd a new path of patient victory: 225 When wondring Death by death was slain, And our Captiuity His captiue ta'ne. _The Versicle._ Lo, we adore Thee, Dread LAMB! and bow thus low before Thee. _The Responsor._ 'Cause by the couenant of Thy crosse 230 Thou hast sau'd the World from certain losse. _The Prayer._ O Lord Iesv-Christ, Son of the liuing, &c. COMPLINE. _The Versicle._ Lord, by Thy sweet and sauing sign! _The Responsor._