We sinners do beseech Thee to hear us, O Lord God; and that it may please Thee to rule and govern Thy holy Church universal in the right way;

We beseech Thee to hear us, good Lord.

That it may please Thee to keep and strengthen in the true worshipping of Thee, in righteousness and holiness of life, Thy Servant VICTORIA, our most gracious Queen and Governour;

We beseech Thee to hear us, good Lord.

That it may please Thee to illuminate all Bishops, Priests, and Deacons, with true knowledge and understanding of Thy Word; and that both by their preaching and living they may set it forth, and shew it accordingly;

We beseech Thee to hear us, good Lord,

That it may please Thee to give us true repentance; to forgive us all our sins, negligences, and ignorances; and to endue us with the grace of Thy Holy Spirit to amend our lives according to Thy holy Word;

We beseech Thee to hear us, good Lord.

Let us pray.

GOD, merciful Father, that despisest not the sigh

sorrowful; Mercifully assist our prayers that we make before Thee in all our troubles and adversities, whensoever they oppress us; and graciously hear us, that those evils, which the craft and subtilty of the devil or man worketh against us, be brought to nought; and by the providence of Thy goodness they may be dispersed; that we Thy servants, being hurt by no persecutions, may evermore give thanks unto Thee in Thy holy Church; through Jesus Christ our Lord.

O Lord, arise, help us, and deliver us for Thy Name's sake.

GOD, we have heard with our ears, and our fathers have declared unto us, the noble works that Thou didst in their days, and in the old time before them. O Lord, arise, help us, and deliver us for Thine honour Our Father, &c.

The grace of our Lord, &c.

Thursday Morning.

Let us pray.

Lord, have mercy upon us.

Christ, have mercy upon us.
Lord, have mercy upon us.

The General Confession (see Monday Morning, p. 408).
Or this.

ALMIGHTY Father, we confess before Thee our many and grievous offences; we acknowledge that we have sinned in thought, word, and deed; have mercy upon us, have mercy upon us after Thy great goodness; forgive us all our sins, blot out all our offences, and write down our names in the Book of Life never to be blotted out from thence. Grant this for the sake of Thy blessed Son Who bore our sins on the tree, and receive and accept us in this our confession of sin before Thy throne and mercy seat for the merits of the same Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Collect for Peace.

GOD, Who art the Author of peace and Lover of concord, in knowledge of Whom standeth our eternal life, Whose service is perfect freedom; Defend us Thy humble servants in all assaults of our enemies; that we, surely trusting in Thy defence, may not fear the power of any adversaries, through the might of Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Memorial of the Ascension:

GRANT, we beseech thee, Almighty God, that like as we do believe Thy only-begotten Son our Lord 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 reigneth with Thee and the Holy Ghost, one God, world without end.

Amen.

Or this.

GRANT, we beseech Thee, Almighty Father, that our

minds may frequently rise to that place whither the glorious Author of our Salvation hath already entered in; grant that our hearts may be drawn upwards and our affections set on things above where Christ sitteth at Thy right hand, that in the end we may come to that place whither we reach forward by faith, and so be for ever with the Lord, even with Thee and Thy dear Son and Holy Spirit, Who art one God, world without end. Amen.

Intercession.

LMIGHTY and eternal God, bless Thy whole Church, in this land. Bless the Bishops, Priests, and Deacons, who minister in it, the Queen and all in authority, our country and our home. Send us the blessings of peace and a good harvest, and so lift up our minds that we may always bless and praise Thee in Thy Holy Church for Jesus Christ's sake. Amen.

(Here may be introduced the Collect and Special Prayers.) Our Father, &c.

O Lord, shew Thy mercy upon us.

And grant us Thy salvation.

Give peace in our time, O Lord.

Because there is none other that fighteth for us, but only Thou, O God.

O God, make clean our hearts within us.
And take not Thy holy Spirit from us.

The grace of our Lord, &c.

Let us pray.

Lord, have mercy upon us.
Christ, have mercy upon us.
Lord, have mercy upon us.

(For Litany, see Wednesday Morning, p. 412.) The General Confession (see Monday Morning, p. 408).

Intercession.

LMIGHTY God, we beseech Thee graciously to beChrist was contented to be betrayed, and given up into the hands of wicked men, and to suffer death upon the Cross, Who now liveth and reigneth with Thee and the Holy Ghost, ever one God, world without end. Amen.

LMIGHTY and everlasting God, by Whose Spirit the

fied; Receive our supplications and prayers, which we offer before Thee for all estates of men in Thy holy Church, that every member of the same, in his vocation and ministry, may truly and godly serve Thee; through our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen.

Or this.

ALMIGHTY and everlasting God, pour down, we beseech Thee, the dew of Thy blessing upon all that makes for the welfare of Thy holy universal Church. Bless the efforts which are being made to send the light of Thy truth to those that know Thee not, who still sit in darkness. Hasten the time when the heathen shall fear Thy Name, and all the kings of the earth Thy Majesty. Have mercy upon Thy ancient people the Jews, and grant that they may be received into the kingdom of Thy grace, and be partakers of Thine everlasting inheritance, that we all may finally meet in Thine eternal Kingdom; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Memorial of the Passion.

BLESSED Jesus, Who didst pour out Thy Blood upon the Cross that Thou mightest draw all men unto Thee; Draw us nearer and nearer to Thyself; mortify and kill in us all things that are contrary to Thy Will, that the world may be crucified unto us, and we unto the world, that in every time of weakness and danger we may be preserved from falling. Blessed Saviour, by Thy Cross and Passion, by Thy Death and Burial, save us, we humbly beseech Thee, for Thine infinite mercy's sake, Who livest and reignest with the Father and the Holy Ghost, ever one God, world without end. Amen.

(Here may be introduced the Collect for the Day, and Special Prayers.)

Commendation.

ORD, we commend ourselves, our bodies, souls, and

and every day we may be preserved from all evil, and serve Thee with a quiet mind. Amen.

Our Father, &c.

O Lord, deal not with us after our sins:
Neither reward us after our iniquities.

Thou art the great God that hast made and rulest all things:

O deliver us for Thy Name's sake.

Thou art the great God to be feared above all:

O save us, that we may praise Thee.

The grace of our Lord, &c.