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pass against us; and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: for thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever and

ever.

Almighty and everlasting God, by whose spirit the whole body of the Church is governed and sanctified; receive our supplications and prayers, which we offer before thee for all estates of men in thy holy Church, that every member of the same, in his vocation and ministry, may truly and godly serve thee, through our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.

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Blessed Lord, who hast called Christian Princes to the defence of thy Faith, and hast made it their duty to promote the spiritual welfare, together with the temporal interest of their people; we acknowledge with humble and thankful

hearts thy great goodness to us, in setting thy servant our most gracious King over this Church and Nation. Give him, we beseech thee, all those heavenly graces that are requisite for so high a trust. Let the work of thee his God prosper in his hand. Let his eyes behold the success of his designs for the service of thy true Religion established among us; and make him a blessed instrument of protecting and advancing thy Truth, wherever it is persecuted and oppressed. Let Hypocrisy and Profaneness, Superstition and Idolatry, fly before his face. Let not Heresies and false Doctrines disturb the peace of the Church, nor schisms and causeless Divisions weaken it; but grant us to be of one heart and one mind in serving thee our God,

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and obeying him according to thy will.

Grant, we beseech thee, Almighty God, that the words which we have heard this day with our outward ears, may, through thy grace, be so grafted inwardly in our hearts, that they may bring forth in us, the fruit of good living, to the honour and praise of thy Name, through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Now unto God and our Father be glory for ever and ever. Amen.

MONDAY MORNING.

O God, thou art greatly to be feared in the assembly of the saints; and to be had in reverence of all them that are round about thee. O Lord God of hosts, who is like unto thee? Thy faithfulness, most mighty Lord, is on every side. The heavens are thine, the earth also is thine; as for the world, and the fulness thereof, thou hast founded them. Thou hast a mighty arm : strong is thy hand, and high is thy right hand. Justice and judgment are the establishment of thy throne : mercy and truth shall go before thy face. Blessed are the people that know the joyful sound of the Gospel:

they shall walk, O Lord, in the light of thy countenance.

We bless and praise thy holy Name for the great and undeserved favours which thou hast bestowed upon us, especially for having defended and protected us during the past night, and raised us up from our beds in health and safety.-Give us, we beseech thee, true repentance. Forgive us all our sins, negligences, and ignorances. Remember, O Lord, thy tender mercies and thy loving kindnesses; for they have been ever of old. Remember not the sins of our youth, nor the transgressions of our riper years: according to thy mercy remember thou us, for thy goodness sake, O Lord.-Merciful Father, that despisest not the sighing of a contrite heart, nor the desire of such as be sorrowful; mercifully

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