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OUR Father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name; Thy kingdom come; Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven; Give us day by day our daily bread; and forgive us our trefpaffes, as we forgive them that trespass against us: And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil; for thine is the kingdom, the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.

MORNING

MORNING PRAYER.

SEVENTH SERVICE.

¶This Service to be introduced with the following Sentences by the Minifter; the People rifing up.

WHO is like unto the Lord our God, who dwelleth on high, and yet humbleth himself to behold the things that are in heaven and on earth?

Thus faith 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 fpirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite

ones.

Truft

Truft in the Lord at all times, ye people, pour out your hearts before him, for God is our refuge.

The Introductory Prayer; the People kneeling.

O THOU, who heareft prayer, who

searchest the heart, and who must be worfhipped in fpirit and in truth; we would enter upon the folemnities of devotion, with a deep fenfe of our unworthinefs, with juft views of thy perfections, and the end of religious homage. May we contemplate and adore the glories of thy nature with profound veneration and facred joy; may we present our thanksgivings with lively gratitude, confefs our fins with contrite fpirits, and fupplicate thy pardon with unfeigned charity to all mankind, and holy purposes of amendment. Enable us to hear thy word with understanding and obedient hearts; and may we implore thy future bleffing under a just sense of our dependance

dependance on thy providence, with ftedfaft reliance on thy wifdom and goodness, with chearful refignation to thy will, and a fupreme defire of thy favour, as our greateft good for time and eternity.

We offer up our prayers and praises as the difciples of Jefus Chrift, thy well-beloved fon; by whom the whole family upon earth may come with confidence unto thee, the father of all, to obtain mercy, and find grace to help, in time of need.

People.

May the words of our mouths and the meditations of our hearts be acceptable in thy fight, O Lord, our strength and our redeemer.

Then let the Minister and People, standing, alternately recite the following Pfalm.

Minister.

BLESS the Lord, O our souls, and all that is within us bless his holy name.

People.

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