or ; For Pardon and Grace. away our offences, we be ALMIGHTY GOD, his reat D seech Thee, O LORD, accord of mercy hath promised forgiveness of sins to all them that with hearty repentance and true faith turn unto Him; Have mercy upon you; pardon and deliver you from all your sins; confirm and strengthen you in all goodness; and bring_you to everlasting life; through JESUS CHRIST Our LORD. Amen. (Com munion Service.) MOST merciful GOD, Who, according to the multitude of Thy mercies, dost so put away the sins of those who truly repent, that Thou rememberest them no more; Open Thine eye of mercy upon this Thy servant, who most earnestly desireth pardon and forgiveness. Renew in him, most loving FATHER, whatsoever hath been decayed by the fraud and malice of ing to Thy great mercy. Cleanse us and wash us whiter than snow from our sins, wherein we have done evil in Thy sight. Our humble and contrite hearts despise not Thou, O LORD, but renew within us Thine Holy Spirit; that we may be enabled to tell of Thy praise, and being strengthened and confirmed by Thy free Spirit, the Comforter, we may at length attain to the heavenly Jerusalem; through JESUS CHRIST our LORD. Amen. (The Primer.) De Profundis. OUT of the deep of the heart we call unto Thee, O LORD, to deliver us from the deep of our sins. For with Thee, the only true God, is propitiation, and our atonement. Mark not, then, our iniquities, who been redeemed by Thy precious hope in Thy mercy, and who have Blood, O LORD our GOD. Amen. (The Primer.) GOD, Whose nature and pro the devil, or by his own carnalperty is ever to have mercy, &c. will and frailness; preserve and continue this sick member in the unity of the Church; consider his contrition, accept his tears, assuage his pain, as shall seem to Thee most expedient for him. And forasmuch as he putteth his full trust only in Thy mercy, impute not unto him his former sins, but strengthen him with Thy blessed Spirit; and, when Thou art pleased to take him hence, take him unto Thy favour; through the merits of Thy most dearly beloved Son, JESUS CHRIST our LORD. Amen. (Visitation of the Sick.) (Occasional Prayers.) ALMIGHTY and everlasting GOD, Who art always more ready to hear than we to pray, and art wont to give, &c. (Coll. xii. Trin.) SAVIOUR of the world, Who by Thy Cross, &c. (Visitation of the Sick.) THE Almighty GoD, Who is a most strong tower, &c. (Visitation of the Sick.) UNTO God's gracious mercy and protection we commit, &c. (Visitation of the Sick.) E. Repentance.—iii. Consolation for the Penitent. came not to call the ii. 17. 2. Though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow. Isa. i. 18. 3. The sacrifice of GOD is a troubled spirit; a broken and contrite heart, O GOD, shalt Thou not despise. Psalm li. 17. 4. I, even I, am He that blotteth out thy transgressions for Mine own sake, and will not remember thy sins. Isa. xliii. 25. 1. Psa. cxliii.-Hear my prayer. 2. Psa. li.-Have mercy upon me. 3. Ps. vi.-O Lord, rebuke me not. 4. Psalm cxxx.-Out of the deep. The Lesson.* Ry. Be merciful unto my sin, for it is great. y. Look upon my adversity and misery; Ry. And forgive me all my sin. . O deliver me, for I am helpless and poor; Ry. And my heart is wounded within me. . O cast me not away from Thy presence; Ry. And take not Thy Holy Spirit from me. GOD, Whose nature and property is ever to have mercy and to forgive; Receive our humble petitions; and though we be tied, &c. (Occasional Prayers.) Let us humbly confess our sins to LMIGHTY and most merciful 1. St. Matt. xi. 28-30.-Come unto A FATHER, we have erred and me; or, St. John iii. 13–17.—GOD SO loved the world. 2. St. Luke xv. 11-24. -The Prodigal Son; or, St. Luke vii. 36-50. The woman who was a sinner; or, Isa. lv. 1-11.-Ho, every one that thirsteth. 3. St. John viii. 1-11.-The woman taken in adultery; or, Isa. lxi. 1-3. | -The Spirit of the LORD GOD. 4. St. Luke xv. 1-7.-The lost sheep; or, Joel ii. 12-14.-Rend your heart. The LORD be with thee. Let us pray. LORD, have mercy, &c. . For Thy Name's sake, O LORD, * Vide Appendix No. IV., "On Sensible Sorrow for Sin; or, No. V., " The Triumph of God's Mercy." strayed from Thy ways, &c. (General Confession.) or; ALMIGHTY GOD, Father of our LORD JESUS CHRIST, Maker of all things, Judge, &c. (Communion Service.) For Mercy. LMIGHTY GOD, in Whose clean; Have mercy upon us Thine unworthy servants; remember not, LORD, our iniquities; spare us, good LORD; spare Thy people whom Thou hast redeemed; that we, who of our wilfulness have offended Thee, may of Thy mercy be pardoned; for the sake of JESUS CHRIST our SAVIOUR. Amen. For Pardon and Help. LORD, rebuke us not in Thy fiery anger, neither condemn us for ever with the lost. We ac knowledge our faults, and pray for pardon. The remembrance of our sins is heavy upon us; our soul is distressed; there is no health in our flesh. Forsake us not, O LORD our GOD; withdraw not Thy grace from us; but haste Thee to help us, O GOD of our salvation, for the glory of Thy Name; through JESUS CHRIST Our LORD. Amen. (The (Primer. For a Sense of Forgiveness. HID IDE not, O LORD, as in anger, the face of Thy mercy from us who repent; nor enter Thou into judgment with us, O LORD, in Whose sight no man living shall be justified; but quickly hear and help us, who hope in Thee alone, and lift up our souls to the fountain of Thy grace. Bring, we pray Thee, our souls out of trouble; let us hear Thy loving-kindness betimes in the morning; and show Thou us Thy way, that, walking rightly in it, We may finally attain to our hea. venly home; for Thy Name's sake, which is JESUS. Amen. (The Primer.) REMEMBER not, O LORD GOD, our old sins, but have mercy upon us, and that soon; for we are come to great misery. Help us, O GOD of our salvation, for the glory of Thy Name; O deliver us and be merciful unto our sins for Thy Name's sake. Let not the wicked "Where is now their God?" say, So we, that are Thy people, and the sheep of Thy pasture, shall give Thee thanks for ever; and will alWays be showing forth Thy praise from generation to generation; to Whom be honour and glory, world without end. Amen. (The Primer.) MOST merciful God, who ac cording to the multitude of Thy mercies dost so put away the sins of them that, &c. (Visitation of the Sick.) LMIGHTY and everlasting ALL, Who at always more ready to hear than we to pray, and art wont, &c. (Coll. xii. Trin.) LORD, we beseech Thee, mercifully hear our prayers, and spare all those who confess, &c. (Commination.) MOST mighty God and mer ciful FATHER, Who hast compassion upon all men, and hatest nothing that, &c. (Commination.) II. Faith. i. Faith in God as our Father. "I BELIEVE IN GOD THE FATHER ALMIGHTY, MAKER OF HEAVEN AND EARTH." IKE as a father pitieth his own children, even so is the LORD merciful unto them that fear him. Psalm ciii. 13. 2. God so loved the world that He gave His only-begotten Son, to the end that all that believe in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life. St. John iii. 16. 3. Ye are all the children of GOD by faith in CHRIST JESUS. Gal. iii. 26. 1. Ps. cxxi.—I will lift mine eyes. P8. xxvii.-The LORD my Light. 2. Ps. xxiii.-The LORD is my Shepherd. Ps. viii. O LORD our Governor. 3. Psalm ciii.-Praise the LORD. Ry. Make no long tarrying, O my GOD. For Trust in our Heavenly Father. BLESSED SAVIOUR, Who in that great heaviness of Thy soul which Thou sustainedst before Thy passion, didst fall down upon Thy face in prayer unto Thy heavenly Father; Give us grace and the aid of Thy Holy Spirit, that we likewise, in all heaviness of mind and troubles of this world, may seek evermore, by most humble |