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32 That it may please thee to forgive our enemies, perfecutors, and flanderers, and to turn their hearts; pri

We befeech thee to hear us, good Lord.

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33 That it may please thee to give and preferve to our use the kindly fruits of the earth, fo as in due time we may enjoy them ;

We beseech thee to bear us, good Lord.

34 That it may please thee to give us true repentance, to forgive us all our fins, negligences, 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: the takeft away the fins of the world
Grant us thy peace.

O Lamb of God: that takeft away the fins of the world;
Have mercy upon us.

O Chrift, hear us.

O Chrift, hear us.

Lord, have mercy upon us.
Lord, have mercy upon us.
Christ, have mercy upon us.
Chrift, have mercy upon us.
Lord, have mercy upon us.
Lord, have mercy upon us.

Paraphrase on the Litany.

32 As we fincerely forgive (according to Christ Jefus' Commandment and Example) all that have injured, or wished us evil, either with refpect to our Perfons, Fortunes, or Reputation; fo we humbly befeech thee, O Lord, to pardon and forgive them alfo. 33 O giver of all good gifts fend down thy Bleffing upon the Fruits of the Earth, that they may grow up to perfection; and that we may receive them in due feafon to our nourishment, and thy glory.

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34 Infpire us O Lord,with fuch a godly forrow for Sin, as will work in us a Repentance not to be repented of; pardon and forgive all our paft Tranfgreffions of thy Law, whether owing to perverfenefs, inconfideration, or want of inftruction; afford us fuch help by thy Holy Spirit, as will enable us to reform our lives after the rule of thy Commandments.

O Jefus, Son of God intercede for us that our Prayers may be accepted.

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Then fhall the Priest, and the People with him, Jay the Lords Prayer.
UR Father, which art in Heaven; Hallowed be thy Name.
Thy Father,
kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is
in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our
trefpaffes, as we forgive them that trespass against us. And lead
us not into temptation; But deliver us from evil. Amen.

Prieft. O Lord, deal not with us after our fins.
Anfw. Neither reward us after our iniquities.

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Let us Pray.

God merciful Father, that despisest not the fighing of a con→ trite heart, nor the defire of fuch as be forrowful; mercifully affift our prayers that we make before thee in all our troubles and adverfities, whenfoever they opprefs us; and graciously hear us, that thofe evils, which the craft and fubtilty of the devil or man worketh against us, be brought to nought, and by the providence of thy goodness they may be difperfed, that we thy fervants, being hurt by no perfecutions, may evermore give thanks unto thee in thy holy Church, through Jefus Chrift our Lord. O Lord, arife, help us, and deliver us for thy Names fake.

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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, arife, help, and deliver us for thine Honour.

Glory be to the Father, &c..

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Anfw. As it was in the beginning, &c
From our enemies defend us, O Chrift.
Graciously look upon our afflictions.

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Pitifully behold the forrows of our hearts.
Mercifully forgive the fins of thy people.
Favourably with mercy hear our prayers.
O Son of David, have mercy upon us.

Both now and ever vouchfafe to hear us, O Chrift.
Graciously hear us, O Chrift; graciously bear us, O Lord Christ.
Prieft. O Lord, let thy mercy be shewed upon us,

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Anfw. As we do put our truft in thee.

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Let us Pray.

E humbly befeech thee, O Father, mercifully to look upon our infirmities; and for the glory of thy Name, turn from us all thofe evils that we most righteously have deferved; and grant, that in all our troubles we may put our whole truft and confidence in thy mercy, and evermore ferve thee in holiness and pureness of

Paraphrafe on the Litany.

Our Forefathers have informed us, O God, of the Miracles which thou wroughtest in their favour as well as in antient Times long before them.

Raife up, therefore, thy ftrength, we beseech thee, and come and help us for the fake of thy glory.All glory and praife, &c.

O Saviour of the World protect us from our Enemies.

Relieve our diftreffes.

Pity our complaints.

Hear us, O Chrift, both now and in all our neceffities.

O Christ, the Lord of Life, mercifully hear our
Prayers.
Lord grant us thy protection--for thou art our only
hope and dependence.
Let us pray.

O merciful Father, we meekly beseech thee to have pity upon our Infirmities; and for the fake of that glory which is fo juftly thy due, fave us from that pu

Pardon the Tranfgreffions of those who turn to thee nifhment which our Sins have deserved; and teach us, penitently.

Lend a gracious Ear to our petitions.

We address thee in the language of blind Bartimeus
Son of David have mercy upon us.

under all our Afflictions, to rely firmly on thy goodnefs, and to dedicate our lives to thy fervice in all godlinefs, to the praise of thy Name, through the interceffion of Jefus Christ our Lord.

living, to thy honour and glory, through our only Mediator and Advocate, Jefus Christ our Lord. Amen.

A Prayer of St. Chryfoftom.

Almighty God, who haft given us grace at this time with

one accord, to make our common fupplications unto thee, and doft promise, that when two or three are gathered together in thy Name, thou wilt grant their requests; Fulfil now, O Lord, the defires and petitions of thy fervants, 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.

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2 Cor. 13. 14.

HE grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Ghoft, be with us all evermore. Amen.

PRAYERS and THANKSGIVING S upon feveral Occafions, to be used before the two final Prayers of the Litany or Morning and Evening Prayer.

For Rain.

God heavenly Father, who by thy Son Jefus Christ hast promised to all them that feck thy kingdom, and the righteousness thereof, all things neceffary to their bodily fuftenance; Send us we beseech thee, in this our neceffity, fuch moderate

Paraphrafe on the Prayer of St. Chryfoftom. Moft mighty God, who haft difpofed us at this Time publickly to offer up our united petitions to thee and haft promised by thy Son that even when a few are aflembled together for thy Worship, thou wilt look favourably upon them; graciously perform our requests, O Lord, we beseech thee as thou shalt fee beit for us; giving us a firm Faith in, and fubmiffion to thy Word in this World, and eternal Happiness in that which is to come.

Paraphrafe on the Blefing

The ineftimable benefits which Chrift Jefus has purchafed for us and the unspeakable love of God the

Father which he has fhewed to us in our creation, prefervation, and redemption-and the comfortable affiftance of the Holy Spirit by which we are fanctified, be with us all for ever.

Paraphrafe on the Prayer for Rain.

O God, our Father in Heaven, who haft promised by Jefus Christ that they who, by doing their duty, purfue the Happiness of another life, fhall have all neceffary provision for this; we beseech thee to fend us, in our prefent need fuch kindly Rain that the Earth may yield her Fruits for our fupport, and thereby increase. in us a thankful obedience to thee our Benefastor, through Jefus Chrift.

rain and showers, that we may receive the fruits of the earth to our comfort, and to thy honour, through Jefus Christ our Lord, Amen.

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Thanksgiving for Rain.

God our heavenly Father, who by thy gracious Providence doft caufe the former and latter Rain, to defcend upon the earth, that it may bring forth fruit for the use of man; We give thee humble thanks that it hath pleased thee in our great neceffity to send us at the last a joyful rain upon thine inheritance, and to refresh it when it was dry, to the great comfort of us thy unworthy fervants, and to the glory of thy holy Name, through thy mercies in Jefus Chrift our Lord. Amen.

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For fair Weather.

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Almighty L Lord God, who for the fin of man didst once drown all the World, except eight Perfons, and afterwards of thy great mercy didft promise never to destroy it fo again; We humbly befeech thee, that although we for our iniquities have worthily deferved a plague of rain, and waters, yet upon our true repentance thou wilt send us fuch weather, as that we may receive the fruits of the earth in due season, and learn both by thy punishment to amend our lives, and for thy clemency to give thee praise and glory, through Jesus Christ our Lord.

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In the Time of War and Tumults.

Almighty God, King of all Kings, and Governor of all
Things, whofe power no Creature is able to resist, to whom

Paraphrafe on the Thanksgiving for Rain.

O gracious God, who, by thy Providence givest Rain from Heaven, and fruitful feafons; with grateful Hearts we blefs thee for the needful fupply which thou haft lately afforded us; whereby the Earth is refreshed, and enabled to bring forth Food for our Nourishment, and to excite in us a lively fenfe of thy goodness toward us through Jefus Chrift.

Paraphrafe on the Prayer for fair Weather.

O most mighty God, who for Sin didft once destroy

all mankind by a Flood, except the Family of Noah, and didft promise never again to inflict the fame punishment; though we confefs our Iniquities have justly provoked thee to fend upon us the fame Judgment; yet we beseech thee mercifully to regard our penitence, and grant us fuch favourable Weather, that the Earth may reasonably afford us her Fruits; and that thy chaitifement may infpire us with obedience, and thy mercy with thankfulnefs, through Jefus Chrift.

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