και βαλέσι της σεφάνες αυ. τῶν ἐνώπιον * θρόνο, λέγοντες, άξιθ εἶ Κύριε λαβῶν ἢ δόξαν, και * π. μω, καὶ ἢ διύαμιν, ὅτι σὺ ἔκτισας τα πάντα, καὶ διὰ τὸ θέλημά σε εἰπὶ, καὶ ἐκύπησαν. V. 13, 14. Καὶ πᾶν κτίσμα ὅ όξιν ἐν τῷ ἐρανῷ, καὶ ἐν τῇ γῇ καὶ ὑποκάτω ἡ γῆς, καὶ τη θαλάσσης, ἃ ότι, και τα ἐν αὐτοῖς πάντα ήκεσα λέγοντας, τῷ καθημβύω όλ * θρόνο, καὶ τῷ ἀρνίῳ ή Ευλογία, καὶ ἡ τιμὴ, καὶ ἡ δόξα, καὶ τὸ κράθ, εἰς τοὺς αἰῶ νας 7 αἰώνων. καὶ τὰ τέσερα ζῶα ἔλεγον, ἀμω· καὶ δι εἰκοσιτέσαρες πρεσβύτεροι έπεσαν, και προσεκύνησαν ζῶντι εἰς τοῦ αἰῶνας ε X..6. αἰώνων. Ωμοσεν ἄγγελΘ· ἐν τῷ ζῶν, εἰς τοῦ αἰῶνας * αἰώνων, ὃς ἔκλισε “ έρχ νὰν καὶ τὰ ἐν αὐτῷ, και γω καὶ τὰ ἐν αὐτῇ, * * θάλασαν καὶ τὰ μὲν αὐτῇ, ὅτι χρόνθ ἐκ ἔσαι ἔτι. before the throne, faying, Thou art worthy, Ο Lord, to receive glory, and hol nour, and power, for thou haft created all things, and for thy pleafure they are and were created. And every creature which is in heaven, and on earth, and under the earth, and fuch as are in the fea, and all that are in them heard I faying, Blefing and Honour, and Glory, and Power be unto him that fitteth upon the Throne, and unto the Lamb, for ever and ever. And the four living Creatures faid, Amen. And the four and twenty Elders fell down, and worfhipped him that liveth for ever and ever. The Angel fware by him that liveth for ever and ever, who created heaven and the things that therein are, and the earth and the things that there in are, and the sea and the things which are therein, that there should be time no longer. And there were great voices in heaven, faying, the kingdoms of the world are become the kingdoms of our Lord and of his Chrift, and he Mall reign for e ver and ever. καὶ * # κόσμε * Κυρία ἡμῶν καὶ * Χεις αυτό, καὶ βασιλάσε εἰς τοῦ αἰῶνας 7 αιώνων. καὶ οἱ εἴκοσι και τέωαρες πρεσβύτεροι, οἱ ἐνώπιον Θεῖ καθήμθμοι ἐπὶ τὸς πρόνες αυτῶν, ἔπεσαν ἐπὶ τὰ πρόσωπα αυτῶν, καὶ προστ. κύνησαν τῷ Θεῷ, λέγοντες, Ευχαρις μή σοι, Κύριε ὃ Θεὸς, ὁ παντοκράτως, ὁ ὤν, αὶ ὁ ἦν, καὶ ὁ ἐρχόμμΘ, ὅτι εἴληφας * δύναμίν σε ἢ μεγάλην, καὶ ἐβασίλευσας. Λέγοντα ἐν φωνῇ μεγάλη, φοβήθηκε * Θεόν, και δότε καὶ αὐτῷ δόξαν, ὅτι ἦλθεν ἡ ὥρα κρίσεως αυτό προσκυνήσατε τῷ ποιήσαντι τὲς ἐρανὸς, καὶ ἢ γω, καὶ θάλασσαν, καὶ πηγὰς ὑδάτων. Kai adrow w♪lu Mw σεις, όλα * Θεό, και * δι * αρνία, λέγοντες, μεγάλα καὶ θαυμας τὰ ἔργα συ, Κύριε ὁ Θεὸς, ὁ παοκράτωρ· δίκαιαι, και ἀληθιναὶ αἱ ὁδοί σε, ὁ βασιλώς ἢ ἁγίων. τίς μη φοβηθῇ σε, Κύριε, καὶ δοξάσῃ τὸ ὄνομά σε; ὅτι μόνῳ ὅσιθ, ὅτι πάλλα τὰ ἔθνη ἥξεσι καὶ προ σκυνήσεσιν ἐνώπιον συ, ὅτι τα δικαιώματά σε έφανε ρεύθησαν And the four and twenty Elders, which fat before God on their feats, fell upon their faces, and worthipped God, faying,we give thee thanks, O Lord God Almighty, which art, and waft, and haft taken to thee thy art to come, because thou great power, and haft Feigned. Saying with a loud voice, XIV. 7. Fear God, and give glory to him, for the hour of his judgment is come; and worfhip him that made heaven, and earth, and the fea, and the foun tains of waters. And they fing the fong xv. 3, 4 of Mofes, the fervant of God, and the fong of the Lamb, faying, Great and marvellous are thy works, Lord God Almighty ; juft and true are thy ways, thou King of Saints. Wh fhall not fear thee, Ο Lord, and glorifie thy name? for all Nations fall come for thou only art holy, and worship before thee, for thy judgments are made manifeft. Καλ XIX. I. Καὶ μὲ ταῦτα ήκεσα ὡς φωνία» ὄχλος πολλά μεγάλων ἐν τω έρανῷ, λέγονπ ἀλ. Ζηλεία, ἡ σωτηρία, καὶ ἡ δόξα, καὶ ἡ τιμὴ, καὶ ἡ δύναμις. κυρίῳ τῷ Θεῷ ἡμῶν. Το 4, 5. 6. Καὶ ἔπεσον οἱ πρεσβύτε ροι οἱ εἴκοσι καὶ τέασαρες, καὶ τὰ τέσταρα ζῶς, καὶ προσεκύνησαν τῷ Θεῷ, τῷ καθημένῳ ἐπὶ τὸ θρόνκ, λέγοντες, ἀμὴν, αλληλεία. καὶ φωνὴ ἐκ τὸ θρόνο ξ. ἦλθε, λέγεσα, αινείτε * Θεὸν ὑμῶν πάντες οι δι λοι αὐτό, καὶ οἱ φοβέμενοι αὐτὸν, καὶ οἱ μικροὶ, κ} οἱ μεγάλοι. καὶ ήκεσα ως Φωνίων ὄχλε πολλδ, καὶ ὡς φων ὑδάτων πολλῶν, κ G ὡς φωνίων βροντῶν ἰσχυρῶν, λεγόντων, ἀλληλεία, ὅτι ἐβασίλευσε Κύριθ, ὁ Θεός ὁ παντοκράτωρ. And after these things I heard a voice of much people in heaven, faying, Alleluia, falvation, and glory, and honour, and power unto the Lord our God. And the four and twenty Elders, and the four living Creatures fell down and worhipped God that fat on the Throne, faying, Amen, Alleluia. And a voice came out of the Throne, faying, Praife our God all ye his fervants, and ye that fear him, both fmall and great. And I heard as it were the voice of a great multitude, and as the voice the voice of mighty thunof many waters, and as for the Lord God Omnidrings, faying, Alleluia, potent reigneth. And I fell at his feet to worfhip him : and he faid unto me, fee thou do it not: I am thy fel low fervant, and of thy brethren that have the testimony of Jefus ; Worfhip God. See XXII. 9. Obferve what we have deliver'd to you, worfhipping God after a new manwer, through Chrift. Ο παντεπόπλης Θεός, και δεασότης πνευμάτων, SeaÓTHS 7 Avdμátov, xy Kvec maons ougxos, ΚύειΘ πάσης σαρκὸς, • inλežáμ Kvetov 1. Now God, the Infpe- Clem. Ep. Eter of all things, the S58. p. Mafter of Spirits, and 179, 189. the Lord of all Flefh, who hath chofen our Lord Jefus Chrift, and us by him to be his peculiar people, grant to every Soul of Man that calleth upon his glorious and hoFaith, Fear, 1y Name, Peace, Long-fuffering, Patience, Temperance, Holinefs and Sobriety, unto all well-pleafing in his fight, through our High Priest and Protector Jeafus Chrift; by whom be Glory, and Majefty, and Power, and Honour unto him now, and for evermore. Amen. · Ιησέν Χειςόν, καὶ ἡμᾶς δ' auto eis adv sesorov, dan πάση ψυχῇ ἐπικεκλημένη τὸ μεγαλοπρεπὲς καὶ ἅγιον ὄνομα αὐτό, πίςιν, φόβον, cieńle, portu, pane θυμίαν, εγκράτειαν, άγvelav, operire, eis cvapeshot to ovoran auτα διὰ ἀρχιερέως και προςάτε ἡμῶν Ἰησδ Χρις. δὲ ξ αὐτῷ δόξα, και μεγα Si auto dokα, & vea Awoorn, xpátC, nun, νῦν, καὶ πάνας του απ vu, nai eis návlas ῶνας 7 αἰώνων· ἀμήν. Δοξάζωσι “ μόνον Θεὸν, eva nai daneway, Η μονογενές Χρις Δηλέμῳ ὑμῖν Θεὸν παντοκράτορα ἕνα μόνον υπάρ. XHV Tap dy ẵm ἔσν. καὶ αὐτὸν μόνον σέCav xai Twoxшev, da Lo Xers Hugis pãv, čo tập navajíw mvd мать May glorifie the only, Conftitut. the one, and the true God, Apoft. L. by Chrift his only begot-Il.C. 56. ten. See L. IV. C. 5. P. p. 260. 294. L. V. C. 15. p. 320. L. VI. C. 9. p. 338. We declare unto you, L. VI, C. that there is only one God 14. p. Almighty, befides whom 343. there is no other ; and that you must worship and adore him alone, through Jefus Chrift our Lord, in the moft Holy Spirit. See L. VII. C. 38. p. 378. C. 43. p. 380, 381. N. B. N. B. The admirable Forms of Prayer and Praise, directed to the Father, both in the Jewish and Gentile Liturgies of the feventh and eighth Books of the Apoftolical Conftitutions, are fo numerous, full, clear and emphatical in this Point, that inftead of tranfcribing any in particular, Í muft carneftly beg the Chriftian Reader to perufe thofe wonderful Forms of Devotion ; and to remember that they are not the Doctrine or Practice of any one private Perfon only, but the publick Liturgies of the Jewish and Gentile Chriftian Churches in the very firft Ages of the Gofpel; as I have prov'd in my Effay on thofe Conftitutions; nay feem to have been drawn up according to the Direction and Appointment of Chrift; and, at the lowest, to be of Apoftolical Compofition. And certainly, if intrinsick Arguments for the Divine Inspiration of any Book can be depended on, thefe Liturgies must not be esteem'd of bare Humane Compofure. Learned Men have, to be fure, a great deal to anfwer for, when, under very ill-grounded No tions of Forgery or Interpolation, they have, in effect, lock'd up fuch ineftimable Treasures from the Chriftian Church: In Comparison of which, I look upon all our modern Books of Piety and Devotion as inconfiderable. All this will probably be thought very ftrange and extravagant; but before I be condemn'd, I muft befeech the devout Reader, who is able, to judge for himfelf; and to peruse those Liturgies a few times over with an Impartial and a Chriftian Spirit; and then I fhall not be afraid of his Cenfores on this Occafion. |