O reserve for me the gentleness
of Thy Compassion,

Thou Who hast so long held suspended the sword of Thy vengeance.

Blot out the number of my crimes, renew the multitude of Thy compassions. However unclean I am, Thou canst cleanse me; however blind, Thou canst enlighten me; however sick, Thou canst heal me;

yea, though dead, Thou canst raise me. Of what kind soever I am, be it good or bad, I am ever Thine.

If Thou cast me out, who shall take me in? If Thou disregard me, who shall look on me? More canst Thou remit, than I commit; more canst Thou spare, than I offend. Let not hurtful pleasures overcome me; at the least let not any perverse habit overwhelm me;

From evil and unlawful desires; from vain, hurtful, impure imaginations; from the illusions of evil spirits; from pollutions of soul and of body; Good Lord, deliver me.

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MORNING PRAYER.

INTRODUCTION.

THOU that hearest the prayer, unto Thee shall all flesh come. At evening, morning, and at noonday,

will I pray, and that instantly,

and Thou shalt hear my voice.

My voice shalt Thou hear betimes, O Lord: early in the morning

will I direct my prayer unto Thee, and will look up.

Let my prayer be set forth

in Thy sight as the incense.

I have remembered Thee in my bed, and thought upon Thee when I was waking, because Thou hast been my Helper.

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Commendation.

YIELD Thee thanks, Almighty Lord, everlasting God,

for that Thou hast vouchsafed

to preserve me this night,
not according to my deserts,
but according to Thy holy Compassion.
Grant unto me, O Lord,

so to pass this day in Thy holy service,
that the submission of my obedience
may be acceptable unto Thee.

I lift up my heart with my hands to the Lord in the Heavens.

Behold, even as the eyes of servants
look unto the hand of their masters,
and as the eyes of a maiden

unto the hand of her mistress,

even so our eyes wait upon the Lord our God, until He have mercy upon us.

Look Thou upon me, and be merciful unto me,
as Thou usest to do unto those
that love Thy Name.

Give Thy Angels charge over me,
to keep me in all my ways.

Shew me Thy ways, O Lord, and teach me
Thy paths.

Order my steps in Thy word,

and so shall no wickedness have dominion

over me.

Hold Thou up my goings in Thy paths,
that my footsteps slip not.

Put into my mouth speech that is honest
and well chosen,

that my words and looks,

and my gestures, and all my works, may be pleasing unto all men that see and hear me;

that I may find grace in all my speeches and

requests.

Confession.

THOU Lover of men,

Thou that art very pitiful : the Father of mercies,

that art rich in mercy to all that call upon Thee, I have sinned against Heaven and in Thy sight, and am no more worthy to be called Thy son, nor to be made one of Thy hired servants, no, not the lowest.

But I repent; woe is me! I repent;
help Thou mine impenitence;
and if there be any comfort of love,
by Thy bowels and mercies,

by the multitude, by the riches, of Thy grace, by Thy abundant mercy,

by the great love wherewith Thou hast loved us, be merciful to me a sinner,

be merciful to me of all sinners the greatest, the most wretched.

Deep calleth unto deep,

the deep of our misery, unto the deep of Thy Compassion;