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.

Almighty God, unto whom all hearts are open, all desires known, and from whom no secrets are hid cleanse the thoughts of our hearts by the inspiration of thy Holy Spirit, that we may per. fectly love thee, and worthily magnify thy holy name, through Jesus Christ our Lord,

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

Almighty and everlasting God, who hatest nothing that thou hast made, and dost forgive the sins of all those who are penitent; create and make in us new and contrite hearts, that we, worthily lamenting our sins, and acknowledging our wretchedness, may obtain of thec, the God of all mercy, perfect remission and forgiveness, through Jesus Christ our Lord.

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

Grant, O Lord, unto all those who are admitted unto Christ's religion, that they may avoid those things that are contrary to their profession, and follow all such things as are agreeable to the same; may thy grace always prevent and follow them, and make them continually to be given to all good works. Stir up, we beseech thee, O Lord, the wills of thy faithful people; that they, plenteously bringing forth the fruit of good works, may by thee be plenteously rewarded, through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Almighty and everlasting God, give unto us the increase of faith, hope, and charity; and, that we may obtain that which thou dost promise, make us to love that which thou dost command ; and because the frailty of man, without thee cannot but fall, keep us ever by thy help from all things hurtful, and lead us to all things profitable to our salvation.

O God, the protector of all who 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.

O God, who hast prepared for those that love

thee, such good things as pass man's understanding; pour into our hearts such love towards thee, that we, loving thee above all things, may obtain thy promises which exceed all that we can desire ; grant to us, we, beseech thee, the spirit to think and do always such things as are right; that we who cannot do any thing that is good without thee, may by thee be enabled to live according to thy will, through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Almighty God, who hast promised to hear the petitions of those who ask in thy Son's name; we beseech thee mercifully to incline tine ears to us who have now made our prayers and supplications unto thee; and grant that those things which we have faithfully asked according to thy will, may effectually be obtained; to the relief of our necessity, and to the setting forth of thy glory, through Jesus Christ our Lord, to whom, with thee and the Holy Ghost, be glory everlasting. Amen.

PRAYER XXII.

FROM THE BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER.

Morning or Evening.

Almighty and everlasting God, who art always more ready to hear than we to pray, and art wont to give more than either we desire or deserve; pour down upon us the abundance of thy mercy, forgiving us those things whereof our conscience

is afraid, and giving us those good things which we are not worthy to ask but through the merits and mediation of Jesus Christ, thy Son, our Lord.

O God, who declarest thy almighty power chiefly in showing mercy and pity, mercifully grant unto us such a measure of thy grace, that we, running the way of thy commandments, may obtain thy gracious promises, and be made partakers of thy heavenly treasure, through Jesus Christ our Lord.

O almighty God, who alone canst order the unruly wills and affections of sinful men; grant unto thy people, that they may love the thing which thou commandest, and desire that which thou dost promise; that so, among the sundry and manifold changes of the world, our hearts may surely there be fixed where true joys are to be found, through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Almighty God, who, through thine only begotten Son, Jesus Christ, hast overcome death, and opened unto us the gate of everlasting life, we humbly beseech thee that, as by thy special grace preventing us, thou dost put into our minds good desires, so, by thy continual help, we may bring the same to good effect, through Jesus Christ.

O Lord, who hast taught us that all our doings without clarity are nothing worth; send thy Holy

Ghost, and pour into our hearts that most excellent gift of charity, the very bond of peace and all virtues; without which, whoever liveth is counted dead before thee. Grant this for thine only Son Jesus Christ's sake.

O Lord, we beseech thee mercifully to receive the prayers of thy people that 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.

Grant, we beseech thee, Almighty God, that like as we do believe thy only begotten Son Jesus Christ to have ascended into the heavens; so we may also in heart and mind thither ascend, and with him continually dwell, who liveth and reign-.. eth with thee and the Holy Ghost, world without end.

O everlasting God, who hast ordained and consti uted the services of men and angels in a wonderful order; mercifully grant that as thy holy angels always do thee service in heaven; so, by thy appointment, they may succour and defend us on earth, through Jesus Christ.

O Almighty God, who hast knit together thine elect in one communion and fellowship, in the mystical body of thy Son Christ our Lord; grant us grace so to follow thy blessed saints in all virtu