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GOD, the Creator and Preserver of all mankind, we humbly beseech thee for all sorts and conditions of men, that thou wouldest be pleased to make thy ways known unto them, thy saving health unto all nations. More especially we pray for the good estate of the Catholic Church, that it may be so guided and governed by thy good Spirit that all who profess and call themselves Christians may be led into the way of truth, and hold the faith in unity of spirit, in the bond of peace, and in righteousness of life. Finally, we commend to thy Fatherly goodness all those who are any ways afflicted or distressed in mind, body or estate; [*especially those for whom our prayers are desired,] that it may please thee to comfort and relieve them according to their several necessities, giving them patience under their sufferings, and a happy issue out of all their afflictions: and this we beg in the name of Jesus Christ. Amen.

4 General Thanksgiving

This bo said when any desire Prayers of the Congregation.

LMIGHTY God, Father of all mercies, we thine unworthy servants do give thee most humble and hearty thanks for all thy goodness and loving kindness to us, and to all men; [particularly to those who

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desire now to offer up their praises and thanksgivings for thy late mercies vouchsafed unto them.] We bless thee for our creation, preservation,

and all the

blessings of this life; but above all, for thine inestimable love in the redemption of the world by our Lord Jesus Christ; for the means of grace, and for the hope of glory. And, we beseech thee, give us that due sense of all thy mercies, that our hearts may be unfeignedly thankful, and that we may show forth thy praise, not only with our lips but in our lives, by giving up ourselves to thy service, and by walking before thee in holiness and righteousness all our days; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Collect for Acceptance: and Submission to the Divine Well, LMIGHTY God, merciful, just, and true:

we thy humble worshippers have adored, praised, and magnified thy glorious name. We beseech thee to grant during this mortal life what is good for us, be it, or be it not asked of thee in our prayers; and avert from us what is, or may be evil, thongh we should at any time pray for it. O Father, thy will be done in our existence, in our prosperity and adversity, in our joys and sorrows, and in our passing away in thy good time from earth to our heavenly home. Amen.

2nd Cor. xii, 14.

HE grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and

the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit, be with you all. Amen.

Herc endeth the Third Order of Borriry Frayer.

MORNING PRAYER.

FOURTH ORDER.

The

At The Englaning of Morning Prayer the Mallber shall rend the folloding Sealerves from the Scriptures. Minister and Congregation standing.

F ye, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more shall your Father, in Heaven, give good things to them that ask him? Matt. vii. 11.

Take with you words, and turn unto the Lord; say unto him, take away all iniquity, and receive us graciously, so will we render the calves of our lips. Hosea xiv. 2.

This is the confidence that we have towards God, that if we ask anything according to his will he heareth us: and if we know that he hear us, whatever we ask we know that we have the petitions we desired of him. 1 John V. 14-15.

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EARLY beloved brethren, it is meet and right that we should enter the House of our God with reverential feeling, and with penitent and contrite hearts. We are gathered together, therefore, to offer our adorations and thanksgivings to the ever blessed God; to celebrate his glorious perfections; to praise him according to his excellent greatness; to magnify him for all his wonderful works; and, above all, for his great goodness and loving kindness to the children of men, And, seeing

that he is merciful and long suffering, and ever ready to pardon and accept all who turn to him with a true heart, let us draw nigh to him, and with united hearts and voices make confession of our sins; saying:

A General Confession, to be said of the schole Congregation, kneeling.

ways like lost sheep.

LMIGHTY and most merciful Father, we have erred and strayed from thy We have followed too much the devices and desires of our own hearts. We have offended against thy Holy Laws. We have left undone those things which we ought to have done, And we have done those things which we ought not to have done. But thou, O Lord, have mercy upon us. Spare thou them, O God, who confess their faults. Restore thou them that are penitent, according to thy promises declared unto mankind in Christ Jesus our Lord. And grant, O most merciful Father, that we may hereafter live a godly, righteous, and sober life, to the glory of thy Holy Name. Amen.

The people shall answer here and at the end of all other Prayers, AMEN.

The Absolution; or Remission of Sins. LMIGHTY God, thou art ever the same,

and thy willingness to absolve all those who truly confess their sins and forsake them, 18 unchanged. Turn us away, O God, from all evil and error, and let us be glad in the light of thy truth and the love of holiness, that we, being guided by thy spirit, may evermore walk before thee in newness of heart,

and in the spirit and obedience of thy son, Amen.

Jesus Christ.

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Collect for the living : qud i. n. mar.

LMIGHTY God, in thy wisdom thou hast

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prepared for us frail and perishable bodies in which to spend our days upon the Earth and in thy good time thou wilt say to "Return, ye children of men." O Father, it is in thee we live, move, and have our Being and with thee do live the spirits of those who have left us in thy faith, fear, and love. Thou art not the God of the dead, but of the living, for all live unto thee. are the departed who rest from their labours; who through faith and patience are now inheriting the promises-whose works have followed them. Mercifully grant that we, with those who have entered into rest, may have our perfect consummation of bliss in thine everlasting glory, with Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Blessed

Commendatory Frayer from the Apostolic Constitutions, Adapted. Used in the 3rd Century.

GOD the God of Spirits and of all flesh, with whom no one can compare: and who art above all need: who givest the sun to govern the day and the moon and stars to govern the night: Look down upon us with thy favour and receive our morning thanksgivings, and have mercy upon us; for we have not spread forth our hands to any strange god. We have not chosen any new god among us,