ing of thy word, and to be examples for their imitation in conversation and living. Reader and Congregation. We beseech Thee to hear us, good Lord. Reader. May it please Thee to endue the Lords of the council and all the nobility of this kingdom with thy especial grace. Grant unto them faith and humility, charity and fortitude, justice and loyalty. Let not their souls perish through the great snares of power and wealth. Bestow upon them that wisdom from above, by which themselves and others may be protected from the devices of the wicked; and grant unto them a good understanding in all the general interests of their monarch and her people. Reader and Congregation. We beseech Thee to hear us, good Lord. Reader. May it please Thee to bestow every earthly and heavenly blessing upon our magistrates, and to grant them success in all their pious endeavours to promote the public good. Protect them from all open assault and tumult, and from secret injuries of every sort. Let them be kept, through thy grace, from all corrupt practices and bribery; let them decide with impartiality upon every cause which is brought before them; let them fearlessly uphold the execution of the laws, and let them defend and support innocent persons and thy true religion, to the utmost of their power. Reader and Congregation. We beseech Thee to hear us, good Lord. Reader. May it please Thee to bestow thy divine grace upon the commonalty of this kingdom, and to grant that it may ever be in a state of temporal comfort and prosperity. Protect it from all wicked assaults upon its faith, its liberties or its tranquillity. We profess ourselves christians, may we obey Thee as such and do thou own us as thy people and the sheep of thy past ure. Reader and Congregation. We beseech Thee to hear us, good Lord. Reader. May it please Thee to grant that a regard for the general good may so prevail over the bad passions of individuals, that wars and fightings may cease, and that all nations may be united within themselves, may be at peace with each other and maintain friendly treaties and intercourse with those around them. Reader and Congregation. We beseech Thee to hear us, good Lord. Intercessions for spiritual blessings on persons of every description. Reader. Take from each of us, we beseech Thee, O Lord, the heart of stone and give unto us the heart of flesh, pure, feeling, and easily entreated. Grant that through thy grace, we may delight in contemplating thy great goodness and mercy, that we may entertain a solemn apprehension of thy sacred majesty, thy power and thy justice. Let our love towards Thee cause us dili |