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And I said, Now have I begun; this is the change of the right hand of the Most High.

Remember not our former iniquities; let thy mercies speedily prevent us, for we are become exceeding poor.

Help us, O God, our Saviour, and for the glory of thy name, O Lord, deliver us; and be merciful unto our sins for thy name's sake.

But we that are thy people, and the sheep of thy pasture, will give thanks unto thee for ever.

We will shew forth thy praise unto generation and genera. tion.

Glory be, &c.

Ant. Remember not.

Lord have mercy.

Christ have mercy.
Lord have mercy.

Our Father (in secret).

. And lead us not into temptation. R. But deliver us from evil.

y. The Lord buildeth up Jerusalem.

Ry. He will gather together the dispersed of Israel. . He hath remembered his mercy.

R. And his truth toward the house of Israel.

V. Convert us, O Lord God of hosts.

R. And shew thy face, and we shall be saved.

. Convert us, O Lord, and we shall be converted.

Ry. Renew our days, as from the beginning.

. O Lord, hear my prayer.

Ry. And let my cry come unto thee.

Let us pray.

O God, who, building thy Church with infinite wisdom, didst hew out seven pillars, instituting the seven sacraments of the new law, whereby the souls of thy faithful are cleansed from sin, strengthened for combat, and trained unto life eternal; look graciously upon our beloved country, sinking under the want of so many heavenly blessings; that, the springs of this sevenfold grace being opened, she may draw waters with joy out of the fountains of the Saviour. Who liveth and reigneth with thee, world without end. Amen.

Then are said the prayers at the end.

Saturday.

Ant. Remember not.

From Psalm lxxxviii.

The mercies of the Lord I will sing for ever.

I will shew forth thy truth with my mouth to generation and generation.

For thou hast said: Mercy shall be built up for ever in the heavens; thy truth shall be stablished in them.

I have made a covenant with mine elect, I have sworn unto David my servant: Thy seed will I stablish for ever. But if his children forsake my law, and walk not in my judgments,

I will visit their iniquities with a rod, and their sins with stripes.

But my mercy I will not utterly take from him: neither will I suffer my truth to fail.

But thou hast rejected and despised, thou hast been angry with thine Anointed.

Thou hast overthrown the covenant of thy servant, thou hast profaned his sanctuary on the earth.

Thou hast broken down all his hedges, thou hast turned his stronghold into fear.

Thou hast set up the right hand of them that oppress him, thou hast made all his enemies to rejoice.

Where are thy ancient mercies, O Lord; as thou swarest unto David in thy truth?

Be mindful, O Lord, of the reproach of thy servants (which I have borne in my bosom) of many nations.

Blessed be the Lord for evermore; so be it, and so be it. Glory be, &c.

Ant. Remember not.

Lord have mercy.

Christ have mercy.

Lord have mercy.

Our Father (in secret).

. Lead us not into temptation.

Ry. But deliver us from evil.

y. When the Lord turned again the captivity of Sion.

R. We became like men that are comforted.

y. The Lord hath done great things for us.

B. We are become very joyful.

. Convert us, O Lord God of hosts.

Ry. And shew thy face, and we shall be saved.

. Convert us, O Lord, and we shall be converted. Ry. Renew our days, as from the beginning.

. O Lord, hear my prayer.

Ry. And let my cry come unto thee.

Let us pray

O most loving Lord Jesus, who, hanging on the cross, didst commend us all, in the person of thy disciple John, to thy most sweet Mother, that we might find in her our refuge, our solace, and our hope; look graciously upon our beloved country, bereaved of so powerful a patronage; that, acknowledging once more the dignity of this most holy Virgin, it may honour and venerate her with all affection of devotion, and own her as Queen and Mother. May her sweet name be lisped by little ones, and linger on the lips of the aged and the dying ;-may it be invoked by the afflicted, and hymned by the joyful, that this Star of the Sea being their protection and their guide, all may come to the harbour of eternal salvation. Who livest and reignest world without end.

Amen.

Then are said the following prayers.

To beg the Prayers of the Saints.

O merciful God, let the glorious intercession of thy saints assist us; particularly the most blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of thy only-begotten Son, and thy holy Apostles, Peter and Paul, to whose patronage we humbly recommend our most beloved country. Be mindful of our fathers, Gregory, Bishop of the holy city, and Augustine, who delivered to us inviolate the faith of the holy Roman Church. Remember our holy martyrs, who shed their blood for Christ; but especially thy most glorious Bishop, Thomas. Remember all those holy confessors, bishops, and kings, all those monks and hermits, all those holy virgins and widows, who made this once the Island of Saints, illustrious by their glorious merits and virtues. Let not their memory perish from before thee, O Lord, but let their supplication enter daily into thy sight; and do thou, who didst so often spare thy sinful people for the sake of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, now also, moved by the prayers of our fathers reigning with thee,

have mercy upon us, save thy people, and bless thine inheritance; and suffer not those souls to perish, which thy Son hath redeemed with his most precious blood. Who liveth and reigneth with thee world without end. Amen.

For all Wanderers from the Truth.

O God, who hast given thy only-begotten Son as a sacrifice of propitiation for the salvation of the world, that, being lifted up from the earth, he might draw the hearts of all men to himself; and who willest not that any should perish, but earnestly desirest that all should be saved; we humbly beseech thee, that, through the wounds and most precious blood of that same thy beloved Son, thou wouldst graciously look upon all men, in all parts of the world, whom the subtlety of error hath deceived, or the darkness of ignorance hath blinded, and lead them back into the way of truth and salvation. Remember, O Lord, that they are thy creatures: despise not, therefore, the work of thy hands. Regard the tears of thy Church, the spouse of thy Son; hear the groans of thy servants; and grant that all heresies and schisms being done away, we may enjoy perpetual peace and concord. Grant that all nations, joined to thee in unity of faith and perfect charity, under the government of Peter, may be brought to the pastures of eternal life; and let there be through the whole world one fold and one shepherd. So be it, so be it. Through the same Christ our Lord. Amen.

A Prayer for Guidance into Truth.'

God of all goodness, almighty and eternal, Father of mercies, and Saviour of mankind; implore thee, by thy sovereign goodness, to enlighten my mind and to touch my heart, that, by means of true faith, hope, and charity, I may live and die in the true religion of Jesus Christ. I confidently believe that, as there is but one God, there can be but one faith, one religion, one only path to salvation, and that every other path opposed thereto can lead but to perdition. This path, O my

1 Composed by F. Thayer, a minister of the Anglican Church, when he was yet in doubt and uncertainty, and in the use of which he ob tained for himself the gift of faith.

God, I anxiously seek after, that I may follow it, and be saved. Therefore I protest before thy Divine Majesty, and I swear by all thy Divine attributes, that I will follow the religion which thou shalt reveal to me as the true one, and will abandon, at whatever cost, that wherein I shall have discovered errors and falsehood. I confess that I do not deserve this favour for the greatness of my sins, for which I am truly penitent, seeing they offend a God who is so good, so holy, and so worthy of love; but what I deserve not, I hope to obtain from thine infinite mercy; and I beseech thee to grant it unto me through the merits of that precious blood, which was shed for us sinners by thine only Son, Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth and reigneth, &c. Amen.

The Form of reconciling a Convert, and of absolving him from Ercommunication.

The priest, sitting before the middle of the altar, with his back to the altar, addresses the convert kneeling in front of him.

Then, kneeling before the middle of the altar, he says, alternately with the assistants, the Veni Creator Spiritus, p. 701.

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