Invasion, or of the Noon-day Devil

O Lord, art my hope ; thou hast made the Most High thy refuge. There shall no evil come to thee : nor shall the scourge come near thy dwelling. For he hath given his angels charge over thee ; to keep thee in all thy ways. In their hands they shall bear thee up ; lest thou dash thy foot against a stone. Thou shalt walk upon the asp and the ba- silisk ; thou shalt trample upon the lion and the dragon. Because he hath hoped in me, I will deli- THE COMPLIN. 367 yer him : I will protect him, because he hath kpown my name. He shall cry to me, and I will hear him ; I am with him in his trouble ; I will deliver him, and I will glorify him. I will fill him with length of days ; and I will show him my salvation. Glory, &c. psalm cxxxiii. Ecce nunc benedicite. Behold now bless ye the Lord, all ye servants of the Lord. Who stand in the house of the Lord, in the courts of the house of our God. In the nights lift up your hands to the holy places, and Dless ye the Lord. May the Lord out of Sion bless thee, he that made heaven and earth. Glory, &c. Anth. Have mercy on me, O Lord, and hear my prayer. THE HYMN. Before the closing of the day, Creator, we thee humbly pray, That for thy wonted mercy’s sake, Thou us under protection take. May nothing in our minds excite Vain dreams and phantoms of the night ; Our enemies repress, that so Our bodies no uncleanness know. In this, most gracious Father, hear With Christ, thy equal Son, our prayer, Who with the Holy Ghost, and thee, Doth live and reign eternally. Amen