The Prayer of a Penitent.

ETERNAL God, most merciful Father, Who hast revealed Thyself to mankind in Christ Jesus, full of pity and compassion, merciful and gracious, long suffering, and abundant in goodness and truth, keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity, transgression, and sin; Be pleased to show forth these Thy admirable mercies upon Thy servant, whom Thou hast made to put his trust in Thee. I know, O God, that I am vile and polluted in Thy sight: but I must come into Thy presence or I die. Thou canst not behold any unclean thing, and yet, unless Thou lookest upon me, I shall perish miserably and eternally. O look upon me with a gracious eye; cleanse my soul with the blood of the holy Lamb: that being purified in that holy stream my sins may lose their foulness, and I may become white as snow: then shall the leprous man be admitted to Thy sanctuary, and stand before the throne of grace, humble and full of sorrow for my fault, and full of hope of Thy mercy and pardon, through Jesus Christ. Amen. (208)

A Prayer for Temperance.

LMIGHTY God, Who givest to all life, and breath, and all things, and bringest forth food out of the earth for the use of man and wine to strengthen his heart; Keep me ever in mind that this world, with all the glory of it, fadeth, and the fashion thereof passeth away; and grant that I may so use the fruits of the ground which Thou givest me, and all other Thy temporal blessings wherewith Thou crownest the year, that I abuse them not to the satisfying of my wanton and inordinate appetites; but may evermore serve Thee in Christian temperance and sobriety, as it becometh him who, living on earth, hath his conversation in heaven, that at

the last I may be admitted into Thy heavenly kingdom, where I shall never hunger nor thirst again, being satisfied with the plenteousness of Thy house, and filled with the abundance of Thy pleasures for evermore. Grant this, O heavenly Father, for Jesus Christ's sake, our Lord. Amen. (209)

A Prayer on the Anniversary of Birth. ALMIGHTY God, the Father and Maker of all things, by Whose blessed goodness I was fearfully and wonderfully made, and unto Whose blessed providence I have been left ever since I was born: I praise and magnify Thy glorious Name for this Thy great goodness towards me: most humbly beseeching Thee that I may be taught to number my days and to apply my heart unto wisdom; that I may know to what end I was born, and had both body and life given me, even to serve Thee, the living God; that I may bewail my sinful years past, and spend the rest of my time here in a godly, righteous, and sober life; that as I have now finished. years of my life here in Thy favour, so I may continue and finish the remainder of my days in Thy fear; and that, as Thou didst upon this day place me on the earth to live here a little while, so Thou mayst at the last day take me to Thy kingdom in heaven, there to live with Thee for ever, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. (210)

A Prayer on the Anniversary of Baptism. LORD, heavenly Father, Almighty and everlasting God, Who of Thine infinite goodness towards me when I was born in sin, and was no other than an heir of everlasting wrath, didst vouchsafe that I should as upon this day be born again of water and of the Holy Ghost in the blessed laver of Baptism, being thereby made

a member of Christ, and an heir of eternal life; For this Thine inestimable favour, I do here gratefully commemorate that happy day, renewing in Thy sight, and in the sight of Thy holy angels, those sacred vows of faith and obedience which were then made in my name; most humbly beseeching Thee, of Thy great mercy, to pardon me all former breaches of my solemn promise, and to endow me so with the assistance of Thy Holy Spirit, that henceforth, holding fast the faith as it is in Jesus, I may walk in newness of life, worthy of that blessed estate whereunto Thou hast called me: and, keeping myself unspotted of the world, the flesh, and the devil, I may daily die unto sin, for which cause I was baptized into the death of Christ; and as I had my part then in the first regeneration, so I may at the last day have part in the second and great regeneration of the world, to live and reign with Thee for ever, through the merits of Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

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All standing.

In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and

of the Holy Ghost. Amen.

O come let us sing unto the Lord.

Answer. Let us heartily rejoice in the strength of our salvation.

Let us come before His presence with thanksgiving.

Answer. And show ourselves glad in Him with psalms.

PSALM CXLVIII.

Laudate Dominum.

PRAISE the Lord of heaven: praise Him in the height.

Praise Him, all ye angels of His praise Him, all His host.

Praise Him, sun and moon: praise Him, all ye stars and light.

Praise Him, all ye heavens and ye waters that are above the heavens.

Let them praise the Name of the Lord for He spake the word, and they were made; He commanded, and they were created.

He hath made them fast for ever and ever: He hath given them a law which shall not be broken.

Praise the Lord upon earth ye dragons, and all deeps;

Fire and hail, snow and vapours

storm, fulfilling His word;

wind and

Mountains and all hills: fruitful trees and all

cedars;

Beasts and all cattle : worms and feathered fowls;

Kings of the earth and all people princes and all judges of the world;

Young men and maidens, old men and children, praise the Name of the Lord for His Name only is excellent, and His praise above heaven and earth.

He shall exalt the horn of His people; all His saints shall praise Him: even the children of Israel, even the people that serveth Him.

PSALM CXLIX.

Cantate Domino.

SING unto the Lord a new song: let the congregation of saints praise Him.

Let Israel rejoice in Him that made Him : and let the children of Sion be joyful in their King.

Let them praise His Name in the dance : let them sing praises unto Him with tabret and harp.

For the Lord hath pleasure in His people : and helpeth the meek-hearted.

Let the saints be joyful with glory let them rejoice in their beds.

Let the praises of God be in their mouth : and a two-edged sword in their hands;

To be avenged of the heathen and to rebuke the people;

To bind their kings in chains and their nobles with links of iron.

That they may be avenged of them, as it is written Such honour have all His saints.

PSALM CL.

Laudate Dominum.

PRAISE God in His holiness: praise Him in the firmament of His power.

Praise Him in His noble acts: praise Him according to His excellent greatness.