My soul breaketh out for the very fervent desire that it hath alway unto Thy judgments.

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Thou hast rebuked the proud and cursed are they that do err from Thy commandments.

Ŏ turn from me shame and rebuke: for I have kept Thy testimonies.

Princes also did sit and speak against me : but Thy servant is occupied in Thy statutes. For Thy testimonies are my delight counsellors.

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My soul cleaveth to the dust : O quicken Thou me, according to Thy word.

I have acknowledged my ways, and Thou heardest me: O teach me Thy statutes.

Make me to understand the way of Thy commandments: and so shall I talk of Thy wondrous works.

My soul melteth away for very heaviness: comfort Thou me according unto Thy word. Take from me the way of lying Thou me to make much of Thy law.

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I have chosen the way of truth: and Thy judgments have I laid before me.

I have stuck unto Thy testimonies: O Lord, confound me not.

I will run the way of Thy commandments : when Thou hast set my heart at liberty.

An Act of Faith.

I BELIEVE in Thee, THE FATHER: Behold, then, if Thou be a Father, and we be children, like as a father pitieth his children, so pity Thou us, O Lord.

I believe in Thee, THE LORD.

Behold, then, if Thou be Lord, and we be servants, our eyes wait upon Thee, our Lord, until Thou have mercy upon us.

I believe that, although we were neither children nor servants, but only dogs, we might yet be allowed to eat of the crumbs which fall from Thy table.

I believe that CHRIST is the LAMB OF GOD. O Lamb of God, that takest away the sins of the world, take away mine also.

I believe that Jesus Christ came into the world to save sinners:

Thou, Who camest to save sinners, save me also, the first and the chief of sinners.

I believe that Christ came to save that which was lost:

Thou, Who camest to save that which was lost, suffer not that to be lost, which Thou hast saved.

I believe that the HOLY GHOST is the Lord and Giver of Life.

Thou, Who hast given me a living soul, grant that I may not receive my soul in vain.

I believe that the Spirit imparteth grace in His holy mysteries:

Grant that I receive not His grace, nor the hope of His blessed Sacraments, in vain.

I believe that the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groans which cannot be uttered:

Of that His intercession, and of those His unutterable groans, make me partaker, O Lord.

OUR fathers trusted in Thee; they trusted, and Thou didst deliver them.

They cried unto Thee, and were delivered; they trusted in Thee, and were not confounded.

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As in the old time Thou didst deliver our fathers, so likewise deliver us, O Lord, who put our trust in Thee.

LORD Jesu Christ, Who as on this day didst overcome death, and by rising again didst open unto us the gate of everlasting life: Give us grace, we beseech Thee, to die more and more unto sin, and to rise again unto righteousness; continually mortifying all our evil and corrupt affections, and daily proceeding in all virtue and godliness of living. Make us to remember that our bodies and souls, which Thou hast redeemed, are not our own, but Thine. Put away from us the leaven of malice and wickedness: and enable us to serve Thee in sincerity and truth; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Final Prayers.

LIGHTEN our darkness, we beseech Thee, O Lord; and by Thy great mercy defend us from all perils and dangers of this night; for the love of Thy only Son, our Saviour, Jesus Christ. Amen.

OUR
UR 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, The power, and the glory, For ever and ever. Amen.

THE grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Amen.

Ghost, be with us all evermore.

MONDAY EVENING.

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OBEDIENCE.

EAR God, and keep His commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.

PSALM 106. N. V. ver. . 1, 3, 4, 5.

O render thanks to GOD above,
The Fountain of eternal love;
Whose mercy firm through ages past
Has stood, and shall for ever last.
Happy are they, and only they,
Who from Thy judgments never stray:
Who know what's right, nor only so,
But always practise what they know.
Extend to me that favour, Lord,
Thou to Thy chosen dost afford:
When Thou return'st to set them free,
Let Thy salvation visit me.

O may I worthy prove to see
Thy saints in full prosperity;
That I the joyful choir may join,

And count Thy people's triumph mine.

The Lesson.-Matt. vii. 17. &c.

E VERY good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit. A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit. Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire. Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them. Not every one that saith unto Me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of My Father which is in heaven. Many will say to Me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Thy Name? and in Thy Name have cast out devils? and in Thy Name done many wonderful works? And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from Me, ye that work iniquity. Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of Mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock and the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not for it was founded upon a rock. And every one that heareth these sayings of Mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand: and the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell and great was the fall of it.

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Psalm cxix.

EACH me, O Lord, the way of Thy statutes: and I shall keep it unto the end.

Give me understanding, and I shall keep Thy law: yea, I shall keep it with my whole heart.