to be reverenced and hallowed of all,

but of some more than others,

and of me more than any.

Yet have I not done so, nor attempted thereto what in me lay.

Woe is me! that I have not; I confess it openly.

I grieve from my heart, mind, soul, spirit. Suppliant I ask for pardon, suppliant for grace,

That henceforward I may so speak, act, live, that Thy Name by me may be hallowed, and O that it might by others through me!

(2) Thy kingdom, the end of my wishes,

that I may come to it in the state of glory, let it come to me in the state of Grace. In Thy earthly kingdom, by Thy Grace, let me so perform something,

as that I may attain to a place in Thy heavenly kingdom,

though the lowest beneath the feet of Thy

Saints.

(3) Let the will of the flesh and of the man depart from me;

let Thy Holy, just, and gracious will be done in the earth, and by the earth,

which I am,

as it is in heaven.

(4) Give us what pertaineth to health, peace, and sufficiency,

give us Angels' bread unto Life Eternal.

(5) Forgive me my debts, my huge sum of debts, my foul backslidings, my frequent relapses, my daily wallowings.

To Thee, O Lord, belongeth righteousness, and to me confusion of face.

I have destroyed myself.

If Thou, Lord, wert extreme to mark what
is done amiss,

O Lord, who may abide it?
But with Thee there is mercy,

with God redemption;

with God is plenteous redemption from sin; and He shall deliver from all iniquities; deliver me, Lord, from mine;

deliver my soul from the nethermost hell.
Deep crieth unto deep,

that it may deliver from the deep, Other things also there be which I feel less, but which be not less grievous,

perchance more grievous, concerning which I ask for enlightenment, that I may be able to confess them.

(6) And lead me not, nor suffer me to be led, nor suffer me to enter into temptation,

mindful of my weakness, and pitying it,
and of my so often proved infirmity.

(7) But deliver me from evil :

evil in myself, in the flesh,

and its deceitfulness;

evil in the devil, and his suggestions,
evils in the punishments which most
righteously and justly I have deserved;
evils of the life to come,

there spare me: here, O Lord, burn,
here cut me, here wound me;
evils of the present life,

,here also spare me;

the evils of this world, and its accidents;

the evils of the disease wherewith I struggle; the evils of the business in which I am

entangled ;

evils past, present, and to come;

from all these deliver, O Lord,

and preserve me, Thy servant, for evermore, even though the last among the last.

I beseech Thee, O Lord, according
to all Thy mercy,

let Thy most righteous indignation
be turned from me;

for most grievously, and often,
most often and grievously,

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have I sinned against Thee; and especially forgive my latest and freshest sins against Thee.

Let Thine anger be turned away from me, from my parents, my brothers and sisters, from my Bishop,

from my household, my relations, friends, neighbourhood, country,

and from all Christian people:

Amen.

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PRAYER BEFORE PREACHING.

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PEN Thou mine eyes, that I may see

the wondrous things of Thy law.

Take away, O Lord, the veil from my heart, while I read the Scriptures.

Blessed art Thou, O Lord; teach me Thy statutes. O Thou Word of the Father, give me Thy Word. Touch Thou my heart; enlighten the eyes of my understanding.

Open Thou my lips, and fill them with Thy praise.
Be Thou, Lord, in my heart and in my mouth;
In my mouth, that I may rightly and worthily
set forth Thy Oracles,

by the sanctifying power of Thy
Most Holy Spirit.

O Thou, that Coal of double nature,
which touching the lips of the Prophet,
didst purify him from sin,

touch Thou my lips who am a sinner,
set me free from every stain,

and make me fit to set forth Thy Oracles.