fasting, and prayer. For thou art a merciful God, Full of compaffion, Long-suffering, and of great pity. Thou sparest when we deserve punishment, and in thy wrath thinkest upon mercy. Spare thy people; good Lord, spare them, and let not thine heritage be brought to confufion. Hear us, O Lord, for thy mercy is great, and after the multitude of thy mercies look upon us, through the merits and mediation of thy blessed Son Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Then shall the Priest say this Prayer. God, whose nature and property is ever to have mercy and to forgive: Receive our humble petitions; and seeing we are tied and bound with the chain of our fins, O let the pitifulness of thy great mercy loose us, for the honour of Jesus Chrift our Mediatour and Advocate. Amen.

Then shall the Priest fay,

Son of God, we beseech thee to hear us.

Anfw. Son of God, we beseech thee to hear us.
Pr. O Lamb of God, that takest away the fins of

the world;

Anfw. Grant us thy peace.

Pr. O Lamb of God, that takest away the fine of

the world;

Anfw. Have mercy upon us.
Pr. O Christ, hear us.
Anfw. O Christ, hear us.
Pr. Lord, have mercy upon us.
Anfw. Lord, have mercy upon us.
Pr. Christ, have mercy upon us.
Anfw. Christ, have mercy upon us.
Pr. Lord, have mercy upon us.
Anfw. Lord, have mercy upon us.

Then

Then shall the Priest, and the Congregation with bim, Say the Lord's prayer.

UR Father, who art in heaven; Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done on 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 the evil one. Amen.

Pr. O Lord, deal not with us after our fins.
Anfw. Neither reward us after our iniquities.

Prieft.

God, merciful Father, who despisest not the fighing of a contrite heart, nor the defire of fuch as are forrowful: Mercifully assist our prayers, which we make before thee in all our troubles and adversities, whensoever they oppress us; and gracioufly hear us, that those evils which the craft and fubtilty of the devil or man worketh against us, may be brought to nought, and by the providence of thy goodness may be dispersed, that we thy servants being hurt by no perfecutions, may evermore give thanks unto thee in thy holy church, through Jesus Chrift our Lord. Amen.

Pr. O Lord, arise, help us, and deliver us for thy name's fake. Anfw. O Lord, arife, help us, and deliver us for thine honour.

Pr. From our enemies defend us, O Christ.
Anfw. Gracioufly look upon our afflictions.
Pr. Pitifully behold the sorrows of our hearts.
Anfw. Mercifully forgive the fins of thy people.

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Pr. Favourably with mercy hear our prayers. Anfw. O Son of David, have mercy upon us. Pr. Both now and ever vouchsafe to hear us, Chrift.

Anfw. Gracioufly hear us, O Christ, gracioufly hear us, O Lord Chrift.

Pr. O Lord, let thy mercy be shewed upon us; Anfw. As we do put our trust in thee.

Prieft.

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 blessed mediatour and advocate Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Then shall follow the Collect, Confeffion, and Abso

lution.

The Collect, to be used on Wednesdays, and on Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday in Holy-week and the week before.

A Lmighty God, we beseech thee gracioufly to behold this thy family, for which our Lord Jesus Christ was contented to be betrayed, and given up into the hands of wicked men, and to fuffer death upon the cross, who now liveth and reigneth with Thee and the Holy Ghost, ever one God world without end. Amen..

The

The Confeffion and Abfolution, to be used on Wednesdays (except in Holy-week) and on Monday, Tuefday, and Thursday, in the Week before Holy-week.

The Confeffion, to be said by the Priest and all the Congregation.

Most mighty God and merciful Father, who haft compassion upon all men, and hatest nothing that thou hast made; who wouldest not the death of a finner, but that he should rather turn from his fin and be saved: Mercifully forgive us our trespasses; receive and comfort us, who are grieved and wearied with the burden of our fins: Thy property is always to have mercy; to thee only it appertaineth to forgive fins. Spare us therefore, good Lord, spare thy people, whom thou haft redeemed with thy dear Son's most precious blood; enter not into judgment with thy servants, who are vile earth and miferable sinners; but graciously turn thine anger from us, who meekly acknowledge our vileness, and truly repent us of our faults; and so make haste to help us in this world, that we may ever live with thee in the world to come, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Here the Deacon shall stand up, and turning to the Penitents shall fay, Depart ye Penitents; and when they are gone out, he shall kneel down again.

Then the Priest shall stand up and say the following prayer of Absolution, the People reverently bowing their heads.

Lord, we beseech thee, mercifully hear our prayers, and spare these thy servants who confess their fins unto thee; that as their confciences

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by by fin are accused, so by thy merciful pardon they may be abfolved, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

The Collect, to be used on Fridays and on Easter Eve. A Lmighty and everlasting God, who of thy ten

der love towards mankind hast sent thy Son our Saviour Jesus Christ, to take upon him our flesh, and to fuffer death upon the cross, that all mankind should follow the example of his great humility: Mercifully grant, that we may both follow the example of his patience, and also be made partakers of his refurrection, through the same Jesus Chrift our Lord. Amen.

The Confession and Abfolution, to be used on Fridays, except in Holy-week.

The Confeffion, to be faid by the Priest and all the Congregation.

A Lmighty and most merciful Father, We have erred and strayed from thy ways like lost sheep. We have followed too much the devices and defires of our own hearts. We have offended against thy holy laws. We have left undone those things which we ought to have done; And we have done those things which we ought not to have done; And there is no health in us. But thou, O Lord, have mercy upon us miferable offenders. Spare thou them, O God, who confess their faults. Restore thou them that are penitent, according to thy promises declared unto mankind in Christ Jesu our Lord. And grant, O most merciful Father, for his fake; That we may hereafter live a godly, righteous, and fober life, To he glory of thy holy name. Amen,

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