O Thou who knowest each man and his petition, each house, and its need, deliver, O LORD, this city, and all the country in which we sojourn, End the schisms of the Churches, vouchsafe to us, O LORD, our God. all spirits and all flesh which we have remembered, and which we have not. And the close of our life, LORD, LORD, direct in peace, Christianly, acceptably, and, should it please Thee, painlessly, gathering us together under the feet of Thine elect, when Thou wilt and how Thou wilt, only without shame and sins. The brightness of the LORD our God be upon us, prosper Thou the work of our hands upon us, O prosper Thou our handy work. Be, LORD, within me to strengthen me, without me to guard me, over me to shelter me, beneath me to stablish me, before me to guide me, after me to forward me, round about me to secure me. (5) Praise. Blessed art Thou, LORD, GOD of Israel, our FATHER, from everlasting to everlasting. is the greatness and the power, for Thou rulest over all in heaven and on earth. At Thy face every king is troubled, Thine, O LORD, is the kingdom and the supremacy over all, and over all rule. With Thee is wealth, and glory is from Thy countenance; Thou rulest over all, O LORD, the Ruler of all rule; and in Thine hand is strength and power, And now, LORD, we confess to Thee, and we praise Thy glorious Name. Introduction. THE FIFTH DAY. We are satisfied with Thy mercy, O LORD, in the morning. Blessed art Thou, O LORD, who broughtest forth from the water and whales, and winged fowl. Be Thou exalted, O GOD, above the heavens, Turn us from all our ungodlinesses, and let them not be to us for punishments. I have sinned, I have committed iniquity, I have done wickedly, from Thy precepts, and Thy judgments. To Thee, O LORD, righteousness, and to me confusion of face, in our despicableness, wherewith Thou hast despised us. LORD, to us confusion of face, and to our rulers who have sinned against Thee. let then Thine anger and Thy fury be turned away, upon Thy servant. O my God, incline Thine ear and hear, O LORD hear, O LORD forgive, O LORD hearken and do; defer not for Thine own sake, O my GoD, for Thy servant is called by Thy Name. LORD, let Thy mercy rejoice against Thy judgment If I say I have no sin, I deceive myself, but I confess my sins many and grievous, I have an Advocate with Thee to Thee, who is also for the whole world. Is His mercy clean gone for ever? and is His promise come utterly to an end for evermore? Hath God forgotten to be gracious? and will He shut up His loving kindness in displeasure? but I will remember the years of the right hand (2) Prayer for grace. [Give me grace] to put aside every weight, and the sin that doth so easily beset us; all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, lust of the flesh, of the eyes, every motion of flesh and spirit that I have a portion in the kingdom of heaven ; to be meek, that I inherit the earth; to hunger and thirst for righteousness, that I be filled; to be pitiful, that I be pitied; to be pure in heart, that I see GOD; to be a peace-maker that I be called the son of GOD; to be prepared for persecutions and revilings (3) Profession. I, coming to GOD, believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of them I know that my Redeemer liveth, that He is CHRIST, the SON of the Living GOD, |