Collect for the Acceptance of our Prayers.

O LORD, we beseech thee mercifully to receive the prayers of thy people which call upon thee; and grant that they may both perceive and know what things they ought to do, and also may have grace and power faithfully to fulfil the same; through Jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen.a

The Lord be with you.
Ans. And with thy spirit.

Let us pray.

OUR Father, which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy Name. Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done in earth, As it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, As we forgive them that trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation; But deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever and ever. Amen.

O Lord, open thou our lips.

Ans. And our mouth shall shew forth

thy praise.

O God, make speed to save us.

Ans. O Lord, make haste to help us. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son: and to the Holy Ghost;

As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be: world without end. Amen. Praise ye the Lord.

Ans. The Lord's Name be praised.
Collect of the day.

Collect for God's merciful Guidance.

O God, the protector of all that trust in thee, without whom nothing is strong, nothing is holy; Increase and multiply upon us thy mercy that thou being our Ruler and Guide, we may so pass through things temporal, that we finally lose not the things eternal grant this, O heavenly Father, for Jesus Christ's sake our Lord. Amen."

For the mortifying of our corrupt Affec

tions.

GRANT, O Lord, that as we are baptized

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into the death of thy blessed Son, our Saviour Jesus Christ, so by continually mortifying our corrupt affections we may be buried with him; and that through the grave, and gate of death, we may pass to our joyful resurrection; for his merits who died, and was buried, and rose again for us, thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

A Prayer for the King's Majesty. ALMIGHTY GOD, whose kingdom is everlasting, and power infinite; Have mercy upon the whole Church; and so rule the heart of thy chosen Servant, WILLIAM, our King and Governour, that he (knowing whose minister he is) may above all things seek thy honour and glory: and that we and 'all his subjects (duly considering whose authority he hath) may faithfully serve, honour, and humbly obey him, in thee and for thee, according to thy blessed Word and ordinance; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who with thee and the Holy Ghost liveth and reigneth, ever one God, world without end. Amen...

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For the Clergy and People.

Most merciful Father, We beseech thee to send upon thy servants, the Ministers of thy Church, thy heavenly blessing; that they may be clothed with righteousness, and that thy Word, spoken by their mouths, may have such success, that it may never be spoken in vain. Grant also that thy people may have grace to hear and receive what thy Ministers shall deliver out of thy most holy Word, or agreeable to the same, as the means of their salvation: that in all our words and deeds we may seek thy glory and the increase of thy kingdom; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

For every Member of the Church.

GRANT, O merciful God, that whosoever is dedicated to thee by the office and ministry of thy Church in thy holy Baptism, may lead the rest of his life according to that beginning. Amen.

Grant that all carnal affections may die

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in him, and that all things belonging to the Spirit may live and grow in him. Amen. Grant that he may have power and strength to have victory, and to triumph, against the devil, the world, and the flesh. Amen.

Grant that he may also be endued with heavenly virtues, and everlastingly rewarded, through thy mercy, O blessed Lord God, who dost live and govern all things, world without end. Amen.

Thanksgiving for being called to the
Knowledge of God.

ALMIGHTY and everlasting God, heavenly. Father, we give thee humble thanks that thou hast vouchsafed to call us to the knowledge of thy grace, and faith in thee; Increase this knowledge, and confirm this faith in us evermore. Give thy holy Spirit to all that are baptized in thy Name, that they being born again, and being made heirs of everlasting salvation, through our Lord Jesus Christ, may continue thy servants and attain thy promise; through the same our Lord Jesus Christ thy Son,