Christ, have mercy upon us. Christ, have mercy upon us. Lord, have mercy upon us. Lord, have mercy upon us. The Minister may omit what follows, to the Prayer, "We humbly beseech Thee," &c. OUR Father, which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy Name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, As it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, As we forgive them that trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation; But deliver us from evil. Amen. Minister. O Lord, deal not with us after our sins. Answer. Neither reward us after our iniquities. 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; Answer. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be world without end. Amen. From our enemies defend us, O Christ. Graciously look upon our afflictions. Pitifully behold the sorsows of our hearts. Mercifully forgive the sins. of thy people. Favourably with mercy hear our prayers. 0 Son of David, have mercy upon us. Both now and ever vouchsafe to hear us, O Christ. Graciously hear us, 0 Christ; graciously hear us, O Lord Christ. Minister. O Lord, let thy mercy be shewed upon us; Answer. 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 righteously have deserved; and grant, that in all our troubles PRAYERS AND GENERAL THANKSGIVING. To be used before the two final Prayers of the Litany, or of Morning and Evening Prayer. their Session. A Prayer for the High Court of all other necessaries, for Parliament, to be read during them, for us, and thy whole Church, we humbly beg in the Name and Mediation of Jesus Christ our most blessed Lord and Saviour. Amen. MOST gracious God, we gracious God, we humbly beseech thee, as for this Kingdom in general, so especially for the High Court of Parliament, under our most gracious Queen at this time 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 our Sovereign, and her Dominions; 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 ali generations. These and A Collect or Prayer for all Conditions of men, to be used at such times when the Litany is not ap pointed to be said.. GOD, the Creator and Preserver of, all mankind, we humbly beseech thee for all sorts and conditions of men; that thou wouldest 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 Catholick Church; that it may be so guided and governed by thy good Spirit, that all who profess and call them selves 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; 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 for Jesus Christ his sake. Amen. 4 General Thanksgiving, to be said by the People with the Minister. goodness and loving-kindness to us, and to all men; 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 shew 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 ALMIGHTY God, Father Christ our Lord, to whom of all mercies, we thine unworthy servants do give thee most humble and hearty thanks for all thy with thee and the Holy Ghost be all honour and glory, world without end. Amen. PRAYERS AND THANKSGIVINGS, To be used as occasion may require after the foregoing Prayers PRAYERS. For Rain. GOD, heavenly Father, who by thy Son Jesus Christ hast promised to all them that seek thy kingdom, and the righteousness thereof, all things necessary to their bodily sustenance; Send us, we beseech thee, in this our necessity, such C moderate rain and showers, that we may receive the fruits of the earth to our comfort, and to thy honour; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. For fair Weather. ALMIGHTY Lord God, who for the sin of man didst once drown all the world, except eight persons, and afterwards of thy great mercy didst promise never to destroy it so again; We humbly beseech thee, that although we for our iniquities have worthily deserved a plague of rain and waters, yet upon our true repent ance thou wilt send us such weather, as that we may receive the fruits of the earth in due season; and learn both by thy chastening to amend our lives, and for thy clemency to give thee praise and glory: through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. In the time of Dearth and O GOD, merciful Father, who, in the time of Elisha the prophet, didst suddenly in Samaria turn great scarcity and dearth into plenty and cheapness; Have mercy upon us, that we, who are now for our sins afflicted with like adversity, may likewise find a seasonable relief: Increase the fruits of the earth by thy heavenly benediction; and grant that we, receiving thy bountiful liberality, may use the same to thy glory, the relief of those that are needy, and our own comfort; through through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. To be used at Sea. 0 ETERNAL Lord God, who alone spreadest out the heavens, and rulest the raging of the sea; who sea; who hast compassed the waters with bounds until day and night come to an end; Be pleased to receive into thy Almighty and most gracious protection the persons of us thy servants, and the ship in which we sail. Preserve us from the dangers of the Deep: and grant that we may return in safety to enjoy the blessings of the land, with the fruits of our labours, and with a thankful remembrance of thy mercies to praise and glorify thy holy Name; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 0 In the time of War and Tumults, ALMIGHTY God, King of all kings, and Governour 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; Save and deliver us, we humbly beseech thee, from the hands of our enemies; abate their pride, asswage their malice, and confound their devices; 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 only Son, Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. In the time of any common Plague or Sickness. ALMIGHTY God, who in thy wrath didst send plague upon thine own people in the wilderness, a for their obstinate rebellion against Moses and Aaron; and also, in the time of king David, didst slay with the plague of Pestilence threescore and ten thousand, and yet remembering thy mercy didst save the rest; Have pity upon us miserable sinners, who now are visited with great sickness and mortality; that like as thou didst then accept of an atonement, and didst command the destroying Angel to cease from punishing, so it may now please thee to withdraw fro.n us this plague and grievous sickness; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. For those that are to be admitted into Holy Orders, to be said on the Sunday next preceding the ordination. all men; through Jesus For a Person under Afliction. only help in time of need; thy goodness; preserve him from the temptations of the enemy; give him patience under his affliction; grant hand, this trial may be sancthat, under thy chastening tified to him, that he leading the residue of his life in thy faith and fear, may finally reach the land of everlasting life; for Jesus Christ's sake. For a Person Travelling. ALMIGHTY God, our Amen. ETERNAL God, who rulest the raging of the sea; and without whose knowledge and permission even a sparrow cannot fall to the ground; We commend to thy Almighty protection, thy servant, for whose preservation on the great deep [or by land] our prayers are desired. Guard him, we beseech thee, from all dangers to which he may be exposed. May thy presence and blessing be with him; and conduct him in safety to the place where he would be, with a grateful sense of thy mercies; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. |