walk in thy way: bless all the royal family: send down upon our bishops and curates, and all congregations committed to their care, the healthful spirit of thy grace, and, that they may truly please thee, pour upon them the continual dew of thy blessing. Grant this, O Lord, for the honor of our Advocate and Mediator, Jesus Christ. VI. Litany. O God, the Father, of heaven; have mercy upon us, miserable sinners. O God the Son, Redeemer of the world; have mercy upon us, miserable sinners. O God the Holy Ghost, proceeding from the Father and the Son; have mercy upon us, miserable sinners. Remember not, Lord, our iniquities, nor the iniquities of our forefathers, neither take thou vengeance of our sins: spare us, good Lord; spare thy people whom thou hast redeemed with thy most precious blood, and be not angry with us for ever. From all evil and mischief, from sin, from thy wrath, and from everlasting damnation; from all blindness of heart, from pride, vain glory, and hypocrisy; from envy, hatred, and malice, and all uncharitableness; from all the deceits of the world, the flesh, and the devil; from hardness of heart, and contempt of thy word and commandment; in all time of our tribulation, in all time of our wealth, in the hour of death, and in the day of judgment, Good Lord, deliver us. We sinners do beseech thee to hear us, O Lord God; and that it may please thee to give us an heart to love and dread thee, and diligently to live after thy commandments: give us true repentance, forgive us all our sins, negligences, and ignorances, and endue us with the grace of thy Holy Spirit, to amend our lives according to thy holy word. That it may please thee to rule and govern thy holy church universal in the right way; to keep and strengthen in the true worshipping of thee, in righteousness and holiness of life, thy servant George, our king; illuminate all bishops, priests, and deacons with true knowledge and understanding of thy word; succour, help, and comfort all that are in danger, necessity, and tribulation; forgive our enemies, persecutors, and slanderers, and turn their hearts; bring into the way of truth all such as have erred and are deceived; strengthen such as stand, comfort and help the weak hearted, and raise up them that fall ; and finally, give to all thy people increase of grace, to hear meekly thy word, to receive it with pure affection, and to bring forth the fruits of the Spirit. O God, merciful Father, that despisest not the sighing of a contrite heart, nor the desire of such as be sorrowful, mercifully assist our prayers that we make before thee in all our troubles and adversities whensoever they oppress us; and graciously hear us, that those evils which the craft and subtlety of the devil or man worketh against us, be brought to nought, and by the providence of thy goodness they may be dispersed into thy hand we commend our spirits this night; of thy bountiful goodness keep us, we beseech thee, from all things that may hurt us; Collect for 20th Sunday after Trinity. that we, being ready both in body and soul, may cheerfully accomplish those things that thou wouldest have done; through Jesus Christ our Lord. VII. Prayers at the end of the Bible. CONFESSION AND PRAYER FOR PARDON. O Lord God, Father everlasting, and full of pity, we acknowledge and confess that we are not worthy to lift up our eyes to heaven, much less to present ourselves before thy Majesty, if we consider our own deservings: for our consciences accuse us, and our sins do witness against us; and we know that thou art an upright judge who punishest the faults of such as transgress thy commandments. Yet, most merciful Father, we fly to thy sovereign bounty as our only stay and refuge, beseeching thee not to call to remembrance our manifold sins and wickedness, whereby we continually provoke thy wrath and indignation against us; nor our negligence in neither worthily esteeming, nor expressing in our lives the sweet comfort of thy Gospel revealed to us, but to accept the obedience and death of thy Son Jesus Christ, who by offering his body once for all, hath made a full satisfaction for our sins. Have mercy, therefore, upon us, O Lord, and forgive us our offences, teach us by thy Holy Spirit rightly to weigh them, and earnestly repent us for the same. For the impenitent will not praise thee, nor call upon thy name; but the repenting heart, the sorrowful mind, the conscience oppressed, hungering and thirsting for thy grace, shall ever set forth thy praise and glory. O Lord, though we are but worms and dust, yet Thou art our Creator, and we the work of thy hands; thou art our Father, and we thy children; thou art our Shepherd, and we thy flock; thou art our Redeemer, and we thy people, whom thou hast bought; thou art our God, and we thine inheritance. Correct us not, therefore, O Lord, in thine anger, nor punish us according to our deserts; turn and deliver our souls; O save us for thy mercies' sake in Christ Jesus our Saviour. FOR PROTECTION. O dear Father, forasmuch as it hath pleased thee to make the night for man to rest in, as thou hast ordained the day for work; grant that we may so take our bodily rest, that our souls may continually watch for the time when our Lord Jesus Christ shall appear for our deliverance out of this mortal life; that we, not being overcome by danger or any temptation, may fully set our minds upon thee, love thee, fear thee, and rest in thee. Let not our sleep be excessive after the desires of the flesh, but sufficient to strengthen our weak nature, that we may be the better disposed to live in all godly conversation to the glory of thy most holy name and the profit of our brethren; through Jesus Christ our Lord and Saviour. FOR THE WHOLE ESTATE OF CHRIST'S CHURCH. Almighty God, and most merciful Father, forasmuch as by thy holy apostle we are exhorted to make supplication for all men; we pray not only for our selves here present, but beseech thee also to bring back all them that are yet ignorant, from the miserable captivity of blindness and error to the pure understanding and knowledge of thy heavenly truth, that we all with one consent may worship thee, our only God and Saviour. Moreover, since the hearts of all rulers are in thy hand, let thy fatherly favor so preserve them, and thy Holy Spirit so govern their hearts, that thy religion may be purely maintained, manners reformed, and sin punished; and that all pastors and ministers, to whom thou hast committed thy dispensation of thy holy word and charge of thy chosen people, may both in their life and doctrine be found faithful, setting before their eyes only thy glory. And since we are all members of the mystical body of Jesus Christ, we make our requests to thee, O heavenly Father, for all such as are afflicted with any kind of cross or tribulation; and though they be utterly destitute of man's aid, let thy sweet comfort never depart from them; give them patience and constancy till thou send them full deliverance out of all their troubles; through Jesus Christ our Lord, in whose name we make our humble petitions unto thee as he hath taught us. THE END. 'LONDON: Printed by A. & R. Spottiswoode, |
