Spare me, good Lord, spare me, and give not up thy servant to reproach and ruin. Be merciful, O Lord, be merciful; cease from thine anger, I beseech thee, good Lord.

Who is a God like unto thee, that pardonest iniquity, and passest by the transgression of thy people? Thou retainest not thy anger for ever, because thou delightest in mercy.

Turn again then, and have compassion upon me; do thou subdue all mine iniquities and blot out all my sins.

Behold me, Lord, an unworthy sinner; but, do thou, by the blood of thy covenant, by the fountain opened for sin and for uncleanness, wash me thoroughly from my wickedness; and cleanse me from my sins. By thy agony and bloody sweat; by thy head crowned with thorns, and smitten with fists and staves; by thine eyes full of tears, and thine ears pierced with slanders and revilings; by thy face miserably defiled with spittle; by thy mouth moistened with vinegar and gall; by thy neck bending under the weight of the cross; by thy back torn and furrowed with scourges; by thy loud and bitter cry, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? by thy heart wounded with a soldier's spear; by the water and blood streaming from that wound; by thy body broken, and thy blood shed, for me; by the saving and significant memorials of thy love and sufferings; forgive, O Lord, the offence of thy servant, and cover all my sins.

O show me thy mercy, good Lord, and grant me thy salvation.

Mortify and subdue all vices in me; and grant

O God, that as thy blessed Son did die for me, I may die unto sin, and rising again unto righteousness, may partake finally in the resurrection to glory, through the same thy Son Jesus Christ. Amen.

An Act of Intercession, from the ancient Liturgy of the Church of Jerusalem.

AND now, O Lord Jesus Christ, in full faith and trust in thy life-giving passion, salutary cross, death, burial and resurrection from the dead on the third day, thy ascension into heaven, and sitting at the right hand of the Father, and looking for thy second glorious and terrible Advent, when thou shalt come again with glory to judge the quick and the dead, and shall render to every one according to his works; we, wretched and miserable sinners, do beseech thee, that thou wouldst not deal with us after our sins, nor reward us after our iniquities; but according to thy clemency and ineffable love to mankind overlooking and blotting out the hand writing that is against us, thy servants, wouldest grant us thy heavenly and eternal good things; for thy people and thine inheritance make their supplications unto thee: Have mercy upon us, O Lord God, Almighty Father, have mercy upon us, according to thy great mercy, and send down thy Holy Spirit upon us all, through the appointed means and channels of grace in thy Church, for the sanctification of soul and body, for bringing forth the fruit of good works, for remission of sins, and for life everlasting.

We supplicate and entreat thee, O Lord, for tny Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church throughout the whole world: Do thou now also, O Lord, plentifully furnish her with the rich gifts of thy Holy Spirit. Look down upon her in her captivity; O visit her once more with thy salvation; and bring her out to serve thee in the beauty of holiness.

Remember, O Lord, the holy Bishops in thy Church, (especially thy servant our Bishop) endow them with wisdom, and fill them with the Holy Ghost, that they may rightly divide and uprightly walk in the word of truth.

Remember, O Lord, according to the multitude of thy mercies and compassions, all the Presbyters and Deacons who compass thy holy Altar; grant to those an unblameable Presbyterate, and preserve these unspotted, modest, and humble in their ministry.

Remember, O Lord, all civil rulers; incline their hearts to be favourable to thy Church, that in their tranquillity we may lead a quiet and peaceable life, in all godliness and honesty.

Remember, O Lord, this city, diocess, and congregation, parish, and every city and coun try, with all the faithful that dwell in them; preserve them in peace and safety.

Remember, O Lord, our Christian brethren that travel by sea or by land, or are in foreign countries; that are in chains or imprisonment; that are in captivity, or banishment, or in hard slavery.

Remember, O Lord, those that are sick, or diseased, and make haste to heal and deliver them.

Remember, O Lord, every Christian soul under affliction or calamity, and all who stand in need of thy divine mercy and help.

Remember, also, the conversion of them that be in error.

Remember all, O Lord, for good; have mercy upon all, O Lord; be reconciled to us all; settle the flocks of thy people in peace; remove all scandals; make wars to cease; put a stop to the violence of heresies; heal the schisms of the Churches; and grant us thy peace and love, O God our Saviour, and the hope of all the ends of the earth.

Remember, O Lord, to grant us temperate weather, moderate showers, pleasant dews, and plenty of the fruits of the earth; and to bless the whole circle of the year with thy goodness; for the eyes of all hope in thee, and thou givest them food in due season; thou openest thine hand, and fillest every living creature with thy gracious bounty.

Remember, O Lord, all who bring forth fruit, and do good works in thy holy churches, and who are mindful of the poor, the widows, orphans, strangers, and indigent persons, and all who desire to be remembered in our prayers.

And grant that we may all find mercy and favour with all thy saints, who, from the beginning of the world, have pleased thee in their several generations, patriarchs, prophets, apostles, martyrs, and every just spirit made perfect in the faith of thy Christ, from righteous Abel even unto this day; do thou give them and us rest in the region of the living, in the bosoms of our holy fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, whence

sorrow, grief, and lamentation are banished away, where the light of thy countenance visits and shines continually; and vouchsafe to bring them and us to the full enjoyment of thy heavenly kingdom: And dispose the end of our lives, O Lord, in peace, that they may be Christian, well pleasing to thee, and free from sin; that so, with that innumerable company before the throne, we may sing praises evermore to thy glorious name, O Jesus, our Saviour, our Lord and our God, in the unity of the Father and the Holy Spirit. Amen. Hallelujah.

Our Father, &c.

SATURDAY MORNING.

¶Use the Prayers for every Morning, and then add,

O Lord be gracious unto us, for we have waited for thee. Be thou our strength every morning, and our salvation in the time of trouble.

Blessed art thou, my God, and my Saviour, who wast content to lie this day in the bowels of the earth, and be like to them who sleep in the grave, and pass out of remembrance; while thy soul went to the place of departed spirits.

Give to me, Lord, and to all who are baptized into thy death, grace, so to mortify our corrupt affections, that we may effectually be buried with thee; and finally, through the grave and gate of death, may by thy merits, pass to our joyful resurrection. Amen.