ness and righteousness all the days of our life, according to the gospel of Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

¶A Hymn of praise and thanksgiving after a dangerous tempest.

COME, let us give thanks unto the LORD; for he is gracious, and his mercy endureth for ever.

Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised; let the redeemed of the LORD say this, whom he hath delivered from the merciless rage of the sea.

The LORD is gracious, and full of compas sion; slow to anger, and of great mercy.

He hath not dealt with us according to our sins; neither rewarded us according to our iniquities.

But as the heaven is high above the earth, so great hath been his merey towards us. We found trouble and heaviness; we were even at death's door.

The waters of the sea had well nigh covered us; the proud waters had well nigh gone over our soul.

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The sea roared; and the stormy wind liftup the waves thereof.

We were carried up as it were to heaven, and then down again into the deep our soul melted within us, because of trouble.

Then cried we unto thee, O LORD; and thou didst deliver us out of our distress.

Blessed be thy name who didst not despise

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the prayer of thy servants; but didst hear our cry, and hast saved us.

Thou didst send forth thy commandment ; and the windy storm ceased, and was turned into a calm.

O let us therefore praise the LORD for his goodness: and declare the wonders that he hath done, and still doeth, for the children of

men.

Praised be the LORD daily; even the God that helpeth us, and poureth his benefits upon

us.

He is our God, even the God of whom cometh salvation: God is the LORD, by whom we have escaped death.

Thou, LORD, hast made us glad through the operation of thy hands; and we will triumph in thy praise.

Blessed be the LORD God; even the LORD God who only doeth wondrous things:

And blessed be the name of his Majesty for ever; and let every one of us say Amen,

Amen.

After victory or deliverance from an enemy. ¶A Psalm or Hymn of praise and thanksgiving after victory.

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F the LORD had not been on our side, now may we say; if the LORD himself had not been on our side, when men rose up against

us;

They had swallowed us up alive, when they were so greatly enraged at us.

Yea, the waters had drowned us, and the

stream had gone over our soul; the deep wa ters of the proud had gone over our soul. But praised be the LORD, who hath not given us over as a prey unto them.

The LORD hath wrought a mighty salvation for us.

We gat not this by our own sword, neither was it our own arm that saved us; but thy right-hand, and thine arm, and the light of thy countenance, because thou hadst a favour unto us.

The LORD hath appeared for us; the LORD hath covered our heads, and made us to stand in the day of battle:

The LORD hath appeared for us; the LORD hath overthrown our enemies, and dashed in pieces those that rose up against us. Therefore not unto us, O LORD, not unto us; but unto thy name be given the glory.

The LORD hath done great things; the LORD hath done great things for us, for which we rejoice.

Our help standeth in the name of the LORD, who hath made heaven and earth..

Blessed be the name of the LORD from this time forth for evermore. Amen.

T Then this Collect..

ALMIGHTY God, the supreme governor of the world, in whose hand is power and might, which none is able to withstand; we bless and magnify thy great and glorious name for this happy victory, the whole glory whereof we ascribe to thee, who art the only

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giver of victory. And we beseech thee, give us grace to improve this great mercy to thy glory, the advancement of thy gospel, the honour of our sovereign, and, as much as in us lieth, to the good of all mankind. And we beseech thee, give us such a sense of this great mercy, as may engage us to a true thankfulness, such as may appear in our lives, by a humble, holy, and obedient walking before thee all our days, according to the gospel of Jesus Christ our Lord; through whom be ascribed unto thee for all thy mercies, and in particular for this victory and deliverance, all glory, honour, and praise, O Father almighty, world without end. Amen.

The LORD bless us and keep us may he be gracious unto us, and give us peace now and for evermore. Numb. vi. 24, 25, 26.

At the burial of the dead at sea,

The foregoing office, for the burial of the dead, may be used, only instead of these words, [we therefore commit his body to the ground, earth to earth, ashes to ashes, dust to dust,] say,

We therefore commit his body to the deep, till the sea shall give up the dead that are in it; in sure and certain hope that there' shall be a resurrection to eternal life, of all those who die in the fear and love of God, through our Lord Jesus Christ; who shall change our vile body, that it may be like unto his glorious body, according to the mighty working whereby he is able to subdue all things to himself.

PRAYERS

PRAYERS AND THANKSGIVINGS.

¶ Prayers and Thanksgivings upon several occasions, to be used before the two final prayers of morning and evening prayer.

PRAYERS.

¶ For rain.

GOD, our heavenly Father, who by thy Son Jesus Christ hast promised to all them that seek thy kingdom and the righteousness thereof, all things necessary to their bodily sustenance; send us, we beseech thee, in this our necessity, such moderate rain and showers, that we may receive the fruits of the earth to our comfort and relief; and grant that we may shew forth our thankfulness to thee by a sincere obedience to thy holy laws, which thou hast taught us by Christ our Lord. Amen.

¶ For fair weather.

ALMIGHTY LORD God, who for the sin of man didst once drown all the world except eight persons, and afterward of thy great mercy didst promise never to destroy it so again; we humbly beseech thee, that, although we for our iniquities have deserved a plague of rain and waters, yet, upon our true repentance, thou wilt send us such weather as that we may receive the fruits of the earth in due season, and learn by thy punishment to amend