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| O God the Father of heaven: | ||
| have mercy upon us miserable sinners. | ||
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O God the Father of heaven: | |
| have mercy upon us miserable sinners. | ||
| O God the Son, Redeemer of the world: | ||
| have mercy upon us miserable sinners. | ||
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O God the Son, Redeemer of the world: | |
| have mercy upon us miserable sinners. | ||
| O God the Holy Ghost, proceeding from the Father and the Son: | ||
| have mercy upon us miserable sinners. | ||
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O God the Holy Ghost, | |
| proceeding from the Father and the Son: | ||
| have mercy upon us miserable sinners. | ||
| O holy, blessed, and glorious Trinity, three Persons and one God: | ||
| have mercy upon us miserable sinners. | ||
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O holy, blessed, and glorious Trinity, | |
| three Persons and one God: | ||
| have mercy upon us miserable sinners. | ||
| Remember not, Lord, our offences, | ||
| nor the offences of our forefathers; | ||
| neither take thou vengeance of our sins: | ||
| spare us, good Lord, spare thy people, | ||
| whom thou hast redeemed with thy most precious blood, | ||
| and be not angry with us for ever. | ||
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Spare us, good Lord. | |
| From all evil and mischief; | ||
| from sin, from the crafts and assaults of the devil; | ||
| from thy wrath, and from everlasting damnation, | ||
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good Lord, deliver us. | |
| From all blindness of heart; | ||
| from pride, vain-glory, and hypocrisy; | ||
| from envy, hatred, and malice, and all uncharitableness, | ||
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good Lord, deliver us. | |
| From fornication, and all other deadly sin; | ||
| and from all the deceits of the world, the flesh, and the devil, | ||
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good Lord, deliver us. | |
| From lightning and tempest; | ||
| from plague, pestilence, and famine; | ||
| from battle and murder, and from sudden death, | ||
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good Lord, deliver us. | |
| From all sedition, privy conspiracy, and rebellion; | ||
| from all false doctrine, heresy, and schism; | ||
| from hardness of heart, | ||
| and contempt of thy Word and Commandment, | ||
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good Lord, deliver us. | |
| By the mystery of thy holy Incarnation; | ||
| by thy holy Nativity and Circumcision; | ||
| by thy Baptism, Fasting, and Temptation, | ||
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good Lord, deliver us. | |
| By thine Agony and bloody Sweat; | ||
| by thy Cross and Passion; | ||
| by thy precious Death and Burial; | ||
| by thy glorious Resurrection and Ascension; | ||
| and by the coming of the Holy Ghost, | ||
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good Lord, deliver us. | |
| In all time of our tribulation; in all time of our wealth; | ||
| in the hour of death, and in the day of judgement, | ||
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good Lord, deliver us. | |
| We sinners do beseech thee to hear us, O Lord God; | ||
| and that it may please thee to rule and govern | ||
| thy holy Church universal in the right way, | ||
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we beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. | |
| That it may please thee to keep and strengthen | ||
| in the true worshipping of thee, | ||
| in righteousness and holiness of life, | ||
| thy Servant Elizabeth, our most gracious Queen and Governor, | ||
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we beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. | |
| That it may please thee to rule her heart in thy faith, fear, and love, | ||
| and that she may evermore have affiance in thee, | ||
| and ever seek thy honour and glory, | ||
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we beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. | |
| That it may please thee to be her defender and keeper, | ||
| giving her the victory over all her enemies, | ||
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we beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. | |
| That it may please thee to bless and preserve | ||
| Elizabeth the Queen Mother, | ||
| Philip Duke of Edinburgh, Charles Prince of Wales, | ||
| and all the Royal Family, | ||
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we beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. | |
| That it may please thee to illuminate | ||
| all Bishops, Priests, and Deacons, | ||
| with true knowledge and understanding of thy Word; | ||
| and that both by their preaching and living | ||
| they may set it forth and shew it accordingly, | ||
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we beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. | |
| That it may please thee to endue the Lords of the Council, | ||
| and all the Nobility,† | ||
| with grace, wisdom, and understanding, | ||
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we beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. | |
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or the High Court of Parliament and all the Ministers of the Crown | |
| That it may please thee to bless and keep the Magistrates, | ||
| giving them grace to execute justice, and to maintain truth, | ||
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we beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. | |
| That it may please thee to bless and keep all thy people, | ||
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we beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. | |
| That it may please thee to give to all nations | ||
| unity, peace, and concord, | ||
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we beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. | |
| That it may please thee to give us an heart to love and dread thee, | ||
| and diligently to live after thy commandments, | ||
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we beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. | |
| That it may please thee to give to all thy people increase of grace, | ||
| to hear meekly thy Word, and to receive it with pure affection, | ||
| and to bring forth the fruits of the Spirit, | ||
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we beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. | |
| That it may please thee to bring into the way of truth | ||
| all such as have erred, and are deceived, | ||
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we beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. | |
| That it may please thee to strengthen such as do stand; | ||
| and to comfort and help the weak-hearted; | ||
| and to raise up them that fall; | ||
| and finally to beat down Satan under our feet, | ||
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we beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. | |
| That it may please thee to succour, help, and comfort | ||
| all that are in danger, necessity, and tribulation, | ||
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we beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. | |
| That it may please thee to preserve all that travel | ||
| by land or by water, † | ||
| all women labouring of child, all sick persons, and young children; | ||
| and to shew thy pity upon all prisoners and captives, | ||
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we beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. | |
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or by land or air or water | |
| That it may please thee to defend, and provide for, | ||
| the fatherless children, and widows, | ||
| and all that are desolate and oppressed, | ||
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we beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. | |
| That it may please thee to have mercy upon all men, | ||
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we beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. | |
| That it may please thee to forgive our enemies, | ||
| persecutors, and slanderers, | ||
| and to turn their hearts, | ||
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we beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. | |
| That it may please thee to give and preserve to our use | ||
| the kindly fruits of the earth, | ||
| so as in due time we may enjoy them, | ||
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we beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. | |
| That it may please thee to give us true repentance; | ||
| to forgive us all our sins, negligences, and ignorances; | ||
| and to endue us with the grace of thy Holy Spirit, | ||
| to amend our lives according to thy holy Word, | ||
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we beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. | |
| Son of God: we beseech thee to hear us. | ||
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Son of God: we beseech thee to hear us. | |
| O Lamb of God: that takest away the sins of the world, | ||
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grant us thy peace. | |
| O Lamb of God: that takest away the sins of the world, | ||
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have mercy upon us. | |
| O Christ, hear us. | ||
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O Christ, hear us. | |
| Lord, have mercy upon us. | ||
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Lord, have mercy upon us. | |
| Christ, have mercy upon us. | ||
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Christ, have mercy upon us. | |
| Lord, have mercy upon us. | ||
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Lord, have mercy upon us. | |
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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. | ||
| Amen. | ||
| O Lord, deal not with us after our sins. | ||
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Neither reward us after our iniquities. | |
| Let us pray. | ||
| O God, merciful Father, | ||
| that despisest not the sighing of a contrite heart, | ||
| nor the desire of such as be sorrowful: | ||
| mercifully assist our prayers that we make before thee | ||
| in all our troubles and adversities, whensoever they oppress us; | ||
| and graciously hear us, that those evils, | ||
| which the craft and subtilty of the devil or man worketh against us, be brought to nought, | ||
| and by the providence of thy goodness they may be dispersed; | ||
| that we thy servants, being hurt by no persecutions, | ||
| may evermore give thanks unto thee in thy holy Church; | ||
| through Jesus Christ our Lord. | ||
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O Lord, arise, help us, and deliver us for thy Name's sake. | |
| O God, we have heard with our ears, | ||
| and our fathers have declared unto us, | ||
| the noble works that thou didst in their days, | ||
| and in the old time before them. | ||
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O Lord, arise, help us, and deliver us for thine honour. | |
| Glory be to the Father, and to the Son | ||
| and to the Holy Ghost; | ||
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as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be | |
| world without end. Amen. | ||
| From our enemies defend us, O Christ. | ||
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Graciously look upon our afflictions. | |
| Pitifully behold the sorrows of our hearts. | ||
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Mercifully forgive the sins of thy people. | |
| Favourably with mercy hear our prayers. | ||
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O Son of David, have mercy upon us. | |
| Both now and ever vouchsafe to hear us, O Christ. | ||
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Graciously hear us, O Christ; | |
| graciously hear us, O Lord Christ. | ||
| O Lord, let thy mercy be shewed upon us; | ||
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as we do put our trust in thee. | |
| Let us pray. | ||
| We humbly beseech thee, O Father, | ||
| mercifully to look upon our infirmities; | ||
| and for the glory of thy Name | ||
| turn from us all those evils that we most righteously have deserved; | ||
| and grant that in all our troubles | ||
| we may put our whole trust and confidence in thy mercy, | ||
| and evermore serve thee in holiness and pureness of living, | ||
| to thy honour and glory; | ||
| through our only Mediator and Advocate, | ||
| Jesus Christ our Lord. | ||
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Amen. | |
| Almighty God, | ||
| who hast given us grace at this time | ||
| with one accord to make our common supplications unto thee; | ||
| and dost promise | ||
| that when two or three are gathered together in thy Name | ||
| thou wilt grant their requests: | ||
| fulfil now, O Lord, the desires and petitions of thy servants, | ||
| as may be most expedient for them; | ||
| granting us in this world knowledge of thy truth, | ||
| and in the world to come life everlasting. | ||
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Amen. | |
| The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, | ||
| and the love of God, | ||
| and the fellowship of the Holy Ghost, | ||
| be with us all evermore. | ||
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Amen. | |
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2 Corinthians 13.13
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