Wednesday Evening.

ALMIGHTY God, the fountain of all wisdom, who knowest our necessities before we ask, and our ignorance in asking; We beseech thee to have compassion upon our infirmities; and those things, which for our unworthiness we dare not, and for our blindness we cannot ask, vouchsafe to give us, for the worthiness of thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.a

We acknowledge our transgressions, and our sins are ever before us:"

Ans. Hide thy face from our sins, and blot out all our iniquities.

Cleanse thou thy servants from their secret faults:

Ans. And let not sin have dominion

over us.

a Communion Service. b Ps. li. 3. c Ps. li. 9.

In all our ways may we acknowledge thee:

Ans. And do thou graciously direct our steps.

O THOU who didst send down thy most holy Spirit on thy disciples, take not, O Lord, that holy Spirit from us; but daily renew it in us who call upon thee, for Jesus Christ's sake. Amen.a

Be pleased, O Lord, to deliver us; Ans. O Lord, make haste to help us. Shew thy marvellous loving-kindness unto us;

Ans. Thou that savest them that put their trust in thee.f

Be thou, Lord, our keeper;"

Ans. Preserve thou us from all evil.1

GOD, who knowest us to be set in the midst of so many and great dangers, that

d Chrysost. Lit.
8 Ps. cxxi. 5.

e Ps. xl. 13.

f Ps. xvii. 7.

h Ibid. 7.

by reason of the frailty of our nature we cannot always stand upright; Grant to us such strength and protection, as may support us in all dangers, and carry us through all temptations; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.i

O ALMIGHTY God, who out of the mouths of babes and sucklings hast ordained strength, mortify and kill all vices. in us, and so strengthen us by thy grace, that by the innocency of our lives, and constancy of our faith even unto death, we may glorify thy holy Name; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.k

ALMIGHTY God, who seest that we have no power of ourselves to help ourselves; Keep us both outwardly in our bodies, and inwardly in our souls; that we may be defended from all adversities which may

i Fourth Sunday after the Epiphany.
The Innocents' Day.

happen to the body, and from all evil thoughts which may assault and hurt the soul; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.1

O Lord, let thy ways be known upon earth:

Ans. Thy saving health among all nations.

Let the people praise thee, O God; Ans. Let all the people praise thee.TM Upon those that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death,

Ans. Let thy light arise and shine, O Lord.

The tempted, the faint-hearted, the sick, and the prisoner; the orphan, the widow, and the stranger;

Ans. Succour and comfort, O Lord.

MERCIFUL Lord, we beseech thee to cast thy bright beams of light upon thy

1 Second Sunday in Lent.

m Ps. lxvii.

Church, that it may walk in the light of thy truth, and at length attain to the light of everlasting life; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

ALMIGHTY God, Father of all mercies, we, thine unworthy servants, bless and praise thy holy Name for all thy goodness and loving-kindness vouchsafed unto us, this day. We thank thee for blessings, temporal and spiritual, known and unknown; for the measure of health bestowed upon our bodies, and for the grace thou hast given to strengthen and refresh our souls. We acknowledge ourselves unworthy of the least of these thy mercies: and we beseech thee graciously to accept this our tribute of praise and thanksgiving, through the alone merits of Jesus Christ, our most blessed Saviour and Redeemer. Amen.

O GOD, whose nature and property is ever to have mercy and to forgive, receive

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