our offences, may be mercifully relieved by thy grace, and being daily renewed thereby to true repentance and faith, may walk before thee in all godly circumspection and peaceful confidence, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Or this,

O ALMIGHTY God, lift upon our souls the bright beams of thy mercy, that we may be comforted and refreshed in those daily duties, to which in thy good providence thou mayest call us. Let a confident trust in thy never-failing love be so joined with hearty repentance for our sins and misdeeds, that we may neither be cast down into despondency by a sense of our unworthiness, nor lifted up into presumptuousness by the expectation of thy bountiful grace. We ask this for the sake of Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Our Father, &c.

DOXOLOGY AND THANKSGIVING.

Unto the Lamb which was slain, and hath redeemed us out of all nations of the earth,

Be glory for ever and ever.

Unto him who died for us once, that we might die unto sin,

Be glory for ever and ever.

Unto him who arose from the grave, and ascended into heaven to prepare a place for us, that where he is, we may be also

Be glory for ever and ever.

Unto him, who will come again, with the Father, and the Holy Ghost,

Be glory for ever and ever.

CONCLUDING COLLECT.

O GOD, who madest all things by thy Son Jesus Christ, and hast redeemed us when fallen from thy image and love, by his most precious blood, grant us by the inspiration of thy Holy Spirit, truly to love thee, and daily to follow after that holiness, without which no man can see thee, through the same Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Or this,

O EVER blessed God and Father, whose will all creatures do, cheerfully or of constraint, grant us grace with ready minds and a free heart, to submit ourselves under thy hand this day, and to glorify thy name by steadfast obedience to all thy holy commandments, through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Amen.

May grace, mercy, and peace, be with us, and with all the Israel of God, this day and evermore. Amen.

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WEDNESDAY EVENING.

THUS saith the High and Lofty One, that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy; I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones. Isaiah Ivii. 15.

Have I any pleasure at all that the wicked should die? saith the Lord God; and not that he should return from his ways and live.

xviii. 23.

Ezekiel

If abide in me, ye words abide in you, and my ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you. John xv. 7.

Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, then have we confidence towards God. And whatsoever we ask, we receive of him, because we keep his commandments, and do those things that are pleasing in his sight. 1 John iii. 21, 22.

M. The Lord be with you.
A. And with thy Spirit.

Or,

M. Lift up your hearts.

A. We lift them up unto the Lord.

PSALM XVII.

PRAISE, WITH COMMENDATION OF A CONTRITE SPIRIT.

1. Praise ye the Lord. O give thanks unto the Lord, for he is good; for his mercy endureth for

ever.

2. Who can utter the mighty acts of the Lord ? Who can shew forth all his praise?

3. Blessed are they that keep judgment, and he that doeth righteousness at all times.

4. Remember me, O Lord, with the favour that thou bearest unto thy people; O visit me with thy salvation. cvi. 1, 2, 3, 4.

5. O Lord, open thou my lips, and my mouth shall shew forth thy praise.

6. For thou desirest not sacrifice, else would I give it thou delightest not in burnt-offering.

7. The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise. li. 15, 16, 17.

8. Thou tellest my wanderings: put my tears into thy bottle; are they not in thy book? Ivi. 8.

9. I acknowledged my sin unto thee, and mine iniquity have I not hid. I said I will confess my trangressions unto the Lord; and thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin. xxxii. 5.

10. I called upon the name of the Lord; O Lord, I beseech thee, deliver my soul.

11. The Lord preserveth the simple; I was brought low, and he helped me.

12. Return unto thy rest, O my soul; for the Lord hath dealt bountifully with thee. cxvi. 4, 6, 7.

13. They that sow in tears shall reap in joy.

14. He that goeth forth, and weepeth, bearing precious seed, shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him. cxxvi. 5, 6.

Glory be, &c.
As it was, &c.

PSALM XVIII.

PRAYER FOR THE CHURCH, WITH PRAISE FOR PAST MERCIES.

1. Do good in thy good pleasure unto Zion: build thou the walls of Jerusalem. li. 18.

2. For thy mercy is great above the heavens ; and thy truth reacheth unto the clouds. cviii. 4.

3. Thou, O God, didst send a plentiful rain, whereby thou didst confirm thine inheritance, when it was weary.

4. Thy congregation hath dwelt therein: thou, O God, hast prepared of thy goodness for the poor. lxviii. 9, 10.

5. Pray for the peace of Jerusalem; they shall prosper that love thee.

6. Peace be within thy walls, and plenteousness within thy palaces.

7. For my brethren and companions' sake, I will now say, peace be within thee.