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He is our God, even the God of whom cometh salvation: God is the Lord, by whom we have escaped death.

Thou, Lord, hast made us glad through the
operation of thy hands: and we will triumph
in thy praise.

Blessed be the Lord God: even the Lord
God, who only doeth wondrous things;

And blessed be the Name of his Majesty
for ever: and let every one of us say, Amen,
Amen.

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son and to the Holy Ghost;

As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be world without end. Amen.

Collects of Thanksgiving.

MOST blessed and glorious Lord God, who art of infinite goodness and mercy; We, thy poor creatures, whom thou hast made and preserved, holding our souls in life, and now rescuing us out of the jaws of death, humbly present ourselves again before thy Divine Majesty, to offer a sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving, for that thou heardest us when we called in our trouble, and didst not cast out our prayer, which we made before thee in our great distress: even when we gave all for lost, our ship, our goods, our lives, then didst thou mercifully look upon us, and wonderfully command a deliverance; for which we, now being in safety, do give all praise and glory to thy holy Name; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

¶ Or this.

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S. B. MOST mighty and gracious good God, thy B. A. mercy is over all thy works, but in special manner hath been extended towards us, whom thou hast so powerfully and wonderfully defended. Thou hast showed us terrible things, and wonders in the deep, that we might see how powerful and gracious a God thou art; how able and ready to help those who trust in thee. Thou hast showed us how both winds and seas obey thy command; that we may learn, even from them, hereafter to obey thy voice, and to do thy will. We therefore bless and glorify thy Name, for this thy mercy in 280 saving us, when we were ready to perish. And, we beseech thee, make us as truly sensible now of thy mercy, as we were then of the danger; And give us hearts always ready to express our thankfulness, not only by words, but also by our lives, in being more obedient to thy holy commandments. Continue, we beseech thee, this thy goodness to us; that we, whom thou hast saved, may serve thee in holiness and righteousness all the days of our life; through Jesus Christ our Lord and Saviour. Amen.

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THANKSGIVING AFTER VICTORY.
A Psalm or Hymn of Praise and Thanksgiving.
F the Lord had not been on our side, now
may we say if the Lord himself had not
been on our side, when men rose up against

IF

us;

They had swallowed us up quick when they 333 were so wrathfully displeased at us.

Yea, the waters had drowned us, and the stream had gone over our soul: the deep waters of the proud had gone over our soul.

But praised be the Lord: who hath not given us over as a prey unto them.

S. B.

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The Lord hath wrought: a mighty salvation B. A. for us.

We got not this by our own sword, neither was it our own arm that saved us: but thy right hand, and thine arm, and the light of thy countenance, because thou hadst a favour

unto us.

The Lord hath appeared for us: the Lord hath covered our heads, and made us to stand in the day of battle.

The Lord hath appeared for us: the Lord hath overthrown our enemies, and dashed in pieces those that rose up against us.

Therefore not unto us, O Lord, not unto us: but unto thy Name be given the glory.

The Lord hath done great things for us: the Lord hath done great things for us, for which we rejoice.

Our help standeth in the Name of the Lord: who hath made heaven and earth.

Blessed be the Name of the Lord: from this time forth for evermore.

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son: and to the Holy Ghost;

As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever
shall be: world without end. Amen.

¶ After this Hymn may be sung or said the
Te Deum.

Thea this Collect.

O
ALMIGHTY God, the Sovereign Com-
mander of all the world, in whose hand
is power and might, which none is able to
withstand; We bless and magnify thy great
and glorious Name for this happy Victory, the
whole glory whereof we do ascribe to thee, who
art the only giver of Victory. And, we beseech
thee, give us grace to improve this great mercy

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S. B. to thy glory, the advancement of thy Gospel, | B. A. the honour of our country, and, as much as in us lieth, to the good of all mankind. And, we beseech thee, give us such a sense of this great mercy, as may engage us to a true thankfulness, such as may appear in our lives by a humble, holy, and obedient walking before thee all our days; through Jesus Christ our Lord; to whom, with thee and the Holy Spirit, as for all thy mercies, so in particular for this Victory and Deliverance, be all glory and honour, world without end. Amen.

2 Cor. xiii. 14.

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

(g) Append to the Forms the following
rubric:-

¶ At the Burial of their Dead at Sea, the Burial
Office elsewhere appointed in this Book may
be used; but Note, That, in such case, the
Sentence of Committal shall be pronounced
in the form set forth at the end of the said
Office.

RESOLUTION XXIII.

Resolved: That the following changes be made in the Office for

THE VISITATION OF PRISONERS,

and that the proposed alterations be made
known to the several Dioceses, in order
that they may be severally adopted in
the next General Convention, in accordance

S. B. with the provisions of Article VIII of the B. A. Constitution.

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(a) Change the wording of the second rubric, so that it will read as follows:

And when notice is given to the Minister, that 334
a Prisoner is confined for some crime, he shall
visit him; and when he cometh into the place
where the Prisoner is, he shall say as follow-
eth, or else pass directly to the Exhortation.

(b) Omit the words Minister and Answer
from before the Versicles that follow the
Lord's Prayer: so that the Versicles will
be printed as follows:-

O Lord, show thy mercy upon us;
And grant us thy salvation.

Turn thy face from our sins;

And blot out all our iniquities.

Send us help from thy holy place;

For thine indignation lieth hard upon us.
O Lord, hear our prayer;

And let the sighing of the prisoners come be-
fore thee.

(c) For The Collect after the Versicles, substitute The Collect, "O God, whose nature and property," &c., and place the latter [together with the Prayer, "O God, who sparest when we deserve punishment"] after the Psalm Miserere, the two to be preceded by the following rubric:

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Here the Minister, as he shall see convenient, 336
may read certain or all these Prayers follow-
ing, the Prayer for all Conditions of Men,
or any other Prayer which he shall judge

proper.