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Lord our God. Psalm cxxxix. 1, 2. O Lord, thou hast searched me, and known me. Thou knowest my down-sitting and mine up-rising; thou understandest my thoughts afar off. Psalm xciv. 9, 10. He that planted the ear, shall he not hear? He that formed the eye, shall he not see? He that chastiseth the heatben, shall not he correct? He that teacheth man knowledge, shall not he know? Rom. xi. 33. O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out. Dan. ii. 20. Daniel answered and said, Blessed be the name of God for ever and ever; for wisdom and might are his. Psalm civ, 24. O Lord, how manifold are thy works! in wisdom hast thou made them all. Ephes. i. 8, 9. Wherein he hath abounded toward us in all wisdom and prudence; having made known unto us the mystery of his will.

SECTION IX.

Psalm Ixii. 11. God hath spoken once; twice have I heard this, that power belongeth unto God. Gen. xvii. 1. The Lord appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I um the Almighty God. Rev. xii. 6. Alleluia; for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth. Matt. xix. 26. With God all things are possible. 1 Chron. xxix. 12. Both riches and honour come of thee, and thou reignest over all; and in thine hand is power and might, and in thine hand it is to make great, and to give strength unto all. Jer. x. 12. He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by his wisdom, and hath stretched out the heavens by his discretion. Heb. i. 3. Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right of the Majesty on high

SECTION X.

2 Cor. xi. 31. The God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which is blessed for evermore. Rom. i. 25. Who

changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever, Amen.

SECTION XI.

Josh. xxiv. 19. Ye cannot serve the Lord: for he is an holy God; he is a jealous God; he will not forgive your transgressions nor your sins. Psalm cxlv. 17. The Lord is righteous in all his ways, and holy in all his works. Isaiah vi. 3. Holy, Holy, Holy is the Lord of hosts; the whole earth is full of his glory. 1 John iii. 3. And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as He is pure. Hab. i. 13. Thou art of purer eyes than to behold evil, and canst not look on iniquity. 1 John i. 5. God is light, and in him is no darkness at all. Psalm lxxi. 22. I will also praise thee with the psaltery, even thy truth, O my God; unto thee will I sing with the harp, O thou holy One of Israel.

SECTION XII.

Psalm lii. 1. Why boastest thou thyself in mischief, O mighty man? the goodness of God endureth continually. Zech. ix. 17. For how great is his goodness, and how great is his beauty! Psalm xxi. 3. For thou preventest him with the blessings of goodness. Psalm xxxiii. 5. He loveth righteousness and judgment: the earth is full of the goodness of the Lord. James i. 17. Every good gift, and every perfect gift, is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning. Exod. xxxiv. 6. And the Lord passed by before him, and proclaimed, The Lord, the Lord God, merciful and gracious, long-suffering, and abundant in goodness and truth. Exod. xxxiii. 19. And he said, I will make all my goodness pass before thee, and I will proclaim the name of the Lord before thee; and will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will shew mercy on whom I will shew mercy. Rom. iii. 24, Being justified freely by

his grace through the redemption that is in Jesus Christ. Psalm ixii. 12. Also unto thee, O Lord, belongeth mercy : for thou renderest to every man according to his work. James ii. 13. For he shall have judgement without mercy, that hath shewed no mercy, and mercy rejoiceth against judgement. Psalm ciii. 13. Like as a Father pitieth his children, so the Lord pitieth them that fear him. James v. 11. Ye have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord; that the Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy. Psalm cxlv. 16, 17. Thou openest thine hand, and satisfiest the desire of every living thing. The Lord is righteous in all his ways, and holy in all his works. Psalm cxxx. 4. But there is forgiveness with thee, that thou mayest be feared. Luke xxiii. 34. Then said Jesus, Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do.

SECTION XIII.,

Isaiah xlv. 21. There is no God else beside me; a just God, and a Saviour: there is none beside me. Psalm lxxxix. 14. Justice and judgment are the habitation of thy throne mercy and truth shall go before thy face. Jer. ix. 24. But let him that glorieth, glory in this, that he understandeth and knoweth me, that I am the Lord which exercise loving-kindness, judgement, and righteousness, in the earth; for in these things I delight, saith the Lord. Deut. xxxii. 4. He is the Rock, his work is perfect; for all his ways are judgement, a God of truth and without iniquity, just and right is he.

SECTION XIV.

Psalm cxlvi. 6. Which made heaven and earth, the sea and all that therein is; which keepeth truth for ever. Titus i. 2. In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began. Isaiah xxv. 1. O Lord, thou art my God; I will exalt thec, I will praise thy name:

faithfulness and truth. Heb. x. 23. Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering; for he is faithful that promised. Joshua xxi. 45. There failed not aught of any good thing which the Lord had spoken unto the house of Israel; all came to pass.

SECTION XV.

1 Chron. xxix. 11. Thine, O Lord, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty: for all that is in the heaven and in the earth is thine; thine is the kingdom, O Lord, and thou art exalted as head above all. Exod. xv. 11. Who is like unto thee, O Lord, among the gods? who is like thee glorious in holiness, fearful in praises, doing wonders? John xvii. 5. And now, O Father, glorify thou me with thine own self, with the glory which I had with thee before the world was. ́Aets vii. 2. And he said Men, brethren, and fathers hearken; The God of glory appeared unto our father Abraham when he was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Charran. Isaiah xliii. 7. Even every one that is called by my name: for I have created him for my glory, I have formed him ; yea I have made him. 1 Tim. iii. 16. And without controversy, great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory.

From the Book of Common Praper.

MORNING PRAYER.

Second Collect, for

Peace. O God, who art the Author of Peace and lover of concord, in knowledge of whom standeth our eternal life.....

Prayer for the Royal Family. Almighty God, the fountain of all goodness......

Prayer for the Clergy and People. Almighty and everlasting God, who alone workest great marvels.....

The Second Collect at EVENING PRAYER. O God, from whom all holy desires, all good counsels, and all just works do proceed :

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THE CREED OF ST. ATHANASIUS.

PRAYER in the Time of War and Tumults. O Almighty God, King of all kings, and Governor of all things, whose power no creature is able to resist, to whom it belongeth justly to punish sinners, and to be merciful to them that truly repent;......

PRAYER in the Ember Weeks. Almighty God, the giver of all good gifts......

PRAYER for all Conditions of Men. O God, the Creator and Preserver of all Mankind.

PRAYER. O God, whose nature and property

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