from a reprobate mind,

from contempt of Thy threatenings,
from the sin unto death,

and from the sin against the Holy Ghost, have mercy upon us, and deliver us, O Lord!

That I be not parched among the chaff and tares, nor grieve among those that are on the left hand, nor be withered by the tempest,

nor lament in the fire that is never quenched, nor be condemned to the flames, nor suffer shame in Gehenna,

nor waste away among the overflowings of Belial, nor weep in the chains of darkness, nor gnash my teeth in the banishment of the reprobate ;

being miserable, thrice miserable,

with the fiends in darkness beneath in the abyss, which even Satan himself dreadeth

and abhorreth.

On the one hand

is the vision of God:

On the other

the turning away of His face.

It is hard to be separated from the Saints; harder to be severed from God.

It is a thing full of shame to be bound
and cast out:

full of woe to be cast into the fire;

full of sadness to call and not to be heard; full of bitterness to ask unpitied

for a drop of water, and not to gain it.
Deliver me from all evil and misfortune,
from men of reprobate minds,
from Ashur, Jeroboam, Rehoboam,
from the valley of Achor,

from the evil spirit of the men of Shechem, from every stumbling-block, grief, infamy, from a deceitful tongue, perverse lips, snares, from all enemies, visible, invisible,

corporeal, spiritual,

from vices and sins, lusts and temptations,
from the attacks of evil spirits,
from the spirit of fornication,
from the desire of vain glory,
from all uncleanness of soul and body,

from anger and ill-will,
from polluted thoughts,

from blindness of heart.

O Thou, Who didst once say to Thy destroying

Angel,

"It is enough; stay now Thine hand."

Hear me in my prayers and vows,

my straits and perils,

my infirmities and necessities,

my temptations and tribulations.

Drive back the concupiscence of gluttony,

give the virtue of abstinence;
chase away the spirit of fornication,
give the love of chastity;
extinguish the lust of the world,
give poverty of spirit;
restrain headstrong anger,
kindle in me the spirit of gentleness;
remove the sorrow of this world,
increase spiritual joy;

drive away boastfulness of mind,
bestow compunction of heart.

Give strength of Faith, security of Hope, the safeguard of Salvation.

Give contempt of the world.

Give me a place among those that shall enter into joy,

into the joy that is full,

into the joy that no man taketh away;
grant that I may have a portion
on the Right Hand,

in tranquillity,

in a place of verdure, of dew, in Paradise, in a land of refreshment, in Abraham's bosom, in the Tabernacles of the Saints;

that being on the Right Hand of God,
I may be made happy in His Rest,
rejoice in His Honour,

keep holy-day in His Eternity,

be glorified by Him that is thrice Holy,
be blessed among His Angels,

enjoy pleasure in His Light,
amidst the Psalms that are above,
and the Songs of Heaven.

Give me the girdle, the helmet, the breast-plate, the shield, the sandals, the sword, above all things prayer.

Grant unto me the power and opportunity of well-doing,

that before the day of my decease I may have

wrought

at least somewhat, whose good fruit may remain; that I may behold Thy presence in righteousness,

and be satisfied with glory.

O Thou that didst add fifteen years
to the life of Hezekiah,

grant to me such a space of life;
at least a sufficient space

wherein I may be able to bewail my sins;
and, with Thy other blessings, send
that which is above every gift, a holy end;
a good and holy end of life,

a glorious and joyful Resurrection.

Bless our victuals with increase from the fruits of the earth and its fulness;

make peace in our borders; fill us with the flour of wheat;

satisfy our poor with bread;

make fast the bars of our gates; bless our children within us;

clothe our enemies with confusion; grant us seasonableness of weather; bestow on us the fruits of the earth; repel carnal desires;

restore health to the weak, to the fallen grant restoration:

to voyagers and travellers grant a prosperous journey and a port of safety;

to the afflicted joy; to the oppressed ease; to the captives liberty;

to all, health of mind,

soundness of body.