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We beseech thee to hear us, good LORD.

That it may please thee to give and preserve to our use the kindly fruits of the earth, so that in due time we may enjoy them;

We beseech thee to hear us, good LORD.

That it may please thee to give us true repentance, to

daily bread; And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us; And lead us not into temptation; But deliver us from evil. Amen. Min. O LORD, deal not with us according to our sins.

Ans. Neither reward us according to our iniquities. Let us pray.

O GOD, merciful Father,

forgive us all our sins, negli- who despisest not the sighing

gences, and ignorances, and to endue us with the grace of thy holy Spirit, to amend our lives according to thy holy Word;

We beseech thee to hear us, good LORD.

SON of GOD, we beseech thee to hear us.

SON of GOD, we beseech thee

to hear us.

O Lamb of GOD, who takest away the sins of the world; Grant us thy peace.

O Lamb of GOD, who takest away the sins of the world;

Have mercy upon us.

¶ The Minister may, at his discretion, omit all that follows, to the Prayer, "We humbly

beseech thee, O Father," &c.

[O CHRIST, hear us.
O CHRIST, hear us.
LORD, have mercy upon us.
LORD, have mercy upon us.
CHRIST, have mercy upon us.
CHRIST, have mercy upon us.
LORD, have mercy upon us.
LORD, have mercy upon us.

J Then shall the Minister, and the People
with him, say the Lord's Prayer.

OUR Father, who art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name; Thy Kingdom come; Thy Will be done on earth, as it is in heaven; Give us this day our

of a contrite heart, nor the mercifully assist our prayers desire of such as are sorrowful; which we make before thee in whensoever they oppress us; all our troubles and adversities, and graciously hear us, that those evils which the craft and

subtilty of the devil or man worketh against us, may, by thy good providence, be brought to naught; that we, thy servants, being hurt by no persecutions, may evermore give thanks unto thee in thy holy Church, through JESUS CHRIST Our Lord.

O LORD, arise, help us, and deliver us, for thy name's sake.

O GOD, we have heard with our ears, and our fathers have declared unto us, the noble works that thou didst in their days, and in the old time before them.

O LORD, arise, help us, and deliver us, for thine honour.

Glory be to the FATHER, and to the SON, and to the HOLY GHOST;

Ans. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen. From our enemies defend us, O CHRIST.

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Graciously look upon afflictions. With pity behold the rows of our hearts. Mercifully forgive the sins of thy people.

Favourably with mercy hear our prayers.

O`Son of David, have mercy upon us.

our lings 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 righteousmer-ness all our days, through JESUS CHRIST Our Lord; to whom, with thee and the HOLY GHOST, be all honour and glory, world without end. Amen.

Both now and ever, vouchsafe to hear us, O CHRIST. Graciously hear us, O CHRIST; graciously hear us, O Lord CHRIST.

Min. O LORD, let thy cy be showed upon us; Ans. As we do put our trust in thee.]

Let us pray.

WE humbly beseech thee, O Father, mercifully to look upon our infirmities; and, for the glory of thy name, turn from us all those evils that we most justly have deserved; and grant that, in all our troubles, we may put our whole trust and confidence in thy mercy; and evermore serve thee in holiness and pureness of living, to thy honour and glory, through our only Mediator and Advocate, JESUS CHRIST our Lord. Amen.

A Prayer of St. Chrysostom. ALMIGHTY GOD, who hast given us grace at this time, with one accord to make our

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supplications unto thee; and dost promise that when two or three are gathered together in thy name, thou wilt grant their requests; fulfil now, O LORD, the desires and petitions of thy servants, as may be most expedient for them; granting us in this world knowledge of thy truth, and in the world to come life everlasting. Amen.

2 Cor. xiii. 14.

TA General Thanksgiving, ALMIGHTY 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. We bless thee for our creation, preservation, and all the bless-evermore. Here endeth the Litany,

THE grace of our Lor JESUS CHRIST, and the love of GOD, and the fellowship of the HOLY GHOST, be with us all Amen.

UPON SEVERAL OCCASIONS,

TO BE USED BEFORE THE TWO FINAL PRAYERS OF MORNING AND EVENING SERVICE.

PRAYERS.

¶ A Prayer for Congress, to be used during their

Session.

hast afflicted us: And we pray thee to send us such seasonable

weather, that the earth may, in due time, yield her increase, for our use and benefit; and give us grace, that we may learn, by thy punishments, to amend our lives, and for thy clemency to give thee thanks and praise, through JESUS CHRIST Our Lord.

Amen.

In Time of Dearth and Famine.

MOST gracious GoD, we humbly beseech thee, as for the People of these United States in general, so especially for their Senate and Representatives in Congress assembled; that thou wouldest be pleased to direct and prosper all their consultations, to the advancement of thy glory, the good of thy Church, the safety, honour, and welfare of thy people; that all things may be so ordered and settled by their endeavours, upon the best and surest foundations, that peace and happiness, truth and justice, religion and piety, may be established among us for all generations These, and all other necessaries for them, for us, and thy whole Church, we humbly bag in the name and mediation of JESUS CHRIST, our most bless-ness, be mercifully turned into ed Lord and Saviour. Amen.

For Rain.

whose gift it is that the rain O GOD, heavenly Father, doth fall, and the earth bring forth her increase; behold, we beseech thee, the afflictions of of the earth by thy heavenly thy people; increase the fruits benediction; and grant that the scarcity and dearth, which we sins, may, through thy goodnow most justly suffer for our

plenty, for the love of JESUS CHRIST Our Lord; to whom, with thee and the HOLY GHOST, be all honour and glory, now and for ever. Amen.

O GOD, heavenly Father, who by thy Son JESUS CHRIST, hast promised to all those who seek ¶ In Time of War and Tumults. thy kingdom and the righteous- O ALMIGHTY GOD, the suness thereof, all things necessary preme Governor of all things, to their bodily sustenance; send whose power no creature is able us, we beseech thee, in this our to resist, to whom it belongeth necessity, such moderate rain justly to punish sinners, and to and showers, that we may receive be merciful to those who truly the fruits of the earth to our com-repent; save and deliver us, we fort, and to thy honour, through JESUS CHRIST our Lord. Amen.

For Fair Weather.

ALMIGHTY and most merciful Father, we humbly beseech thee, of thy great goodness, to restrain those immoderate rains, wherewith, for our sins, thou

humbly beseech thee, from the hands of our enemies; that we, being armed with thy defence, may be preserved evermore from all perils, to glorify thee, who art the only giver of all victory, through the merits of thy Son, JESUS CHRIST our Lord. Amen.

For those who are to be admitted into Holy Or

ders, to be used in the Weeks preceding the stated Times of Ordination.

great sickness and mortality, in the midst of thy judgment, O LORD, remember mercy. Have

and withdraw from us the grievous sickness with which we are afflicted. May this thy fatherly correction have its due influence upon us, by leading us to con、 sider how frail and uncertain our life is; that we may apply our hearts unto that heavenly wisdom, which in the end will bring us to everlasting life, through JESUS CHRIST our Lord. Amen.

ALMIGHTY GOD, our heavenly Father, who hast pur-pity upon us miserable sinners, chased to thyself an universal Church, by the precious blood of thy dear Son; mercifully look upon the same, and at this time so guide and govern the minds of thy servants, the Bishops and Pastors of thy flock, that they may lay hands suddenly on no man, but faithfully and wisely make choice of fit persons, to serve in the sacred ministry of thy Church. And, to those who shall be ordained to any holy function, give thy grace and heavenly benediction; that both by their life and doctrine they may show forth thy glory, and set forward the salvation of all men, through JESUS CHRIST Our Lord. Amen,

Or this.

ALMIGHTY GOD, the giver of all good gifts, who of thy divine providence hast appointed divers orders in thy Church; give thy grace, we humbly beseech thee, to all those who are to be called to any office and administration in the same; and so replenish them with the truth of thy doctrine, and endue them with innocency of life, that they may faithfully serve before thee, to the glory of thy great name, and the benefit of thy holy Church, through JESUS CHRIST Our Lord. Amen.

For a Sick Person.

O FATHER of mercies, and GoD of all comfort, our only help in time of need; look down from heaven, we humbly beseech thee, behold, visit, and relieve thy sick servant, for whom our prayers are desired. Look upon him with the eyes of thy mercy; comfort him with a sense of thy goodness; preserve him from the temptations of the enemy; give him patience under his affliction; and, in thy good time, restore him to health, and enable him to lead the residue of his life in thy fear, and to thy glory: Or else give him grace so to take thy visitation, that, after this painful life ended, he may dwell with thee in life everlasting, through JESUS CHRIST Our Lord. Amen.

For a Sick Child.

ALMIGHTY GOD, and merciful Father, to whom alone beIn Time of great Sickness and Mortality. long the issues of life and death; O ALMIGHTY GOD, the look down from heaven, we Lord of life and death, of sick-humbly beseech thee, with the ness and health; regard our sup- eyes of mercy, upon the sick plications, we humbly beseech child for whom our prayers are thee; and, as thou hast thought desired. Deliver him, O LORD, fit to visit us for our sins within thy good appointed time,

from his bodily pain, and visit him with thy salvation; that if it should be thy good pleasure to prolong his days here on earth, he may live to thee, and be an instrument of thy glory, by serving thee faithfully, and doing good in his generation: Or else receive him into those heavenly habitations, where the souls of those who sleep in the Lord JESUS enjoy perpetual rest and felicity. Grant this, O LORD, for the love of thy Son, our Saviour, JESUS CHRIST. Amen.

For a Person, or Persons, going to Sea. O ETERNAL GOD, who alone spreadest out the heavens, and rulest the raging of the sea; we commend to thy Almighty protection, thy servant, for whose preservation on the great deep our prayers are desired. Guard him, we beseech thee, from the dangers of the sea, from sickness, from the violence of enemies, and from every evil to which he may be exposed. Conduct him in safety to the haven where he would be, with a grateful sense of thy mercies, through JESUS CHRIST Lord. Amen.

For a Person under Affliction.

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O MERCIFUL GOD, and Heavenly Father, who hast taught us, in thy holy Word, that thou dost not willingly afflict or grieve the children of men; look with pity, we beseech thee, upon the sorrows of thy servant, for whom our prayers are desired. In thy wisdom thou hast seen fit to visit him with trouble, and to bring distress upon him. Remember him, O LORD, in mercy; sanctify thy fatherly correction to him; en

due his soul with patience under his affliction, and with resignation to thy blessed will; comfort him with a sense of thy goodness; lift up thy countenance upon him, and give him peace, through JESUS CHRIST our Lord. Amen. For Malefactors, after Condemnation. Or else the

Prayer in the Visitation of Prisoners, beginning, "Ó Father of Mercies," &c., may be used.

O MOST gracious and merciful God, we earnestly beseech thee to have pity and compassion upon those persons recommended to our prayers, who now lie under the sentence of the law, and are appointed to die. Visit them, O LORD, with thy mercy and salvation; convince them of the miserable condition they are in, by their sins and wickedness; and let thy powerful grace produce in them such a godly sorrow, and sincere repentance, as thou wilt be pleased to accept. Give them a strong and lively faith in thy Son, our blessed Saviour, and make it effectual to the salvation of their souls. LORD, in judgment remember mercy; and whatever sufferings they are to endure in this world, yet deliver them, O God, from the bitter pains of eternal death. Pardon their sins, and save their souls, for the sake and merits of thy dear Son, our blessed Saviour and Redeemer. Amen. A Prayer to be used at the Meetings of Convention.

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ALMIGHTY and everlasting GoD, who, by thy HOLY SPIRIT didst preside in the councils of the blessed Apostles, and hast promised, through thy Son JESUS CHRIST, to be with thy Church to the end of the world; we beseech thee to be present with the council of thy Church here assembled in thy name and

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