4. Lord have mercy upon us. Christ have mercy upon us. Lord have mercy upon us. Then the Minister, Clerks, and People shall say the Lord's Prayer with a loud voice. UR Father, which art in heaven; Hallowed be thy Name. Thy kingdom come. • Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive them that trefpāfs against us. And lead us not into temptation; but deliver us from evil. Amen. See the Paraphrafe on the Lord's Prayer, Page 8, 9. 1. O Lord, shew thy mercy upon us. • Answ. 2. And grant us thy falvation. Priest. 3. O Lord save the King. Answ. 4. And mercifully hear us, when we call upon thee. Prieft. 5. Endue thy Ministers with righteousness. Answ. 6. And make thy chofen people joyful. Priest. 7. O Lord, fave thy people. Priest. 9. Give peace in our time, O Lord. PARAPHRASE. 4. Lord have mercy upon us: Lord shew mercy unto us, by granting us the remission of our fins. Christ be merciful to us, &c. Min. 1. We pray thee, O God, in the words of the Pfalmift, to thew thy mercy upon us. People. 2. And grant us thy salvation, that our fouls may enjoy everlafting glory and bliss in the heavenly mansions. Min. 3. O Lord preferve our fovereign lord the king. People. 4. And when we call upon thee for his preservation, hear us with mercy. Min. 5. Let those who serve at thy altar be clothed with righteousness. People. 6. And let thy peculiar people rejoice and fing. Min. 7. O Lord be gracious to the laity now assembled here. People. 8. And bless thine inheritance. Min. 9. O God, we, after the example of good princes in ages paft, intreat thee to bless the present age with peace. People. ILLUSTRATED AND EXPLAINED. 47 Answ. 10. Because there is none other that fighteth for us, but only thou, O God. Prieft. 11. O God, make clean our hearts within us. Then shall follow Three Collects; the First of the Day; the Second for Peace; the Third for Aid against all Perils, as hereafter followeth: Which twe laft Collets shall be daily said at Evening Prayer without Alteration. 0 The Second Collect at Evening Prayer. God, from whom all holy defires, all good counsels, and all just works do proceed; Give unto thy servants that peace which the world cannot give; that both our hearts may be fet to obey thy commandments, and also that by thee we being defended from the fear of our enemies, may pass our time in rest and quietness, through the merits of Jesus Christ our Saviour. Amen. PARAPHRASE. 1 People. 10. For we are unable to procure it by our own arm, it is thou alone that art our defender, and we cannot hope for fuch a bleffing, except from thee. Min. 11. Let us, in the words of the royal Pfalmist, beseech Goi to make us clean hearts. Pfal. li. People. 12. And to renew a right spirit in us. ibid. Parapbrafe on the Second COLLECT at Evening Prayer. my O God, from whose grace does spring every thing good and virtuous, fince, without thy assistance, we cannot form a holy defire, we are beholden to thee to prepare our hearts, when we yield to any prudent counfel, or for any virtuous purpose or resolution; and if we do any good action we must depend upon thy aid who workest in us to will and to do. We beseech thee to give us that blessing which our gracious Lord and Saviour has bequeathed to his faithful fervants, in these terms, peace I leave unto you, not fuch as the world giveth, give I unto you." (Τσόπ. κίν. 27.) O grant us this blessed peace of mind here promised, which we cannot hope to obtain except by doing our duty and walking according to thy commandments, there being no peace to the wicked: (Ijarab xlviii. 12.) beseeching thee, if it be thy good pleasure, to afford us alfo external peace, and to place us in a state of security and freedom from any fear of our enemies; that we may go through this tranfitory life in a ftate of tranquillity, and have leisure to prepare ourselves for a better ffate. And this we beg for the fake of the merits of our Saviour and the fatisfaction made by him. Amen. O Lord, L The Third Collect for Aid against all Perils. IGHTEN our darkness, we befeech thee, O Lord; and by thy great mercy defend us from all perils and dangers of this night, for the love of thy only Son our Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen. In Choirs and Places where they fing, here followeth the Anthem. Ο Lord our heavenly Father, high and mighty, King of kings, Lord of lords, the only Ruler of princes, who dost from thy throne behold all the dwellers upon earth; Most heartily we beseech thee with thy favour to behold our most gracious Sovereign Lord King GEORGE; and so replenish him with the grace of thy Holy Spirit, that he may alway incline to thy will, and walk in thy way: Endue him plenteously with heavenly gifts, grant him in health and wealth long to live, strengthen him, that he may vanquish and overcome all his enemies; and finally after this life, he may attain everlasting joy and felicity, through Jesus Chrift our Lord. Amen. PARAPHRASE. On the COLLECT for Aid against all Perils. O Lord, we, in the words of the royal Pfalmist, intreat thee to enlighten our darkness; and whereas we shall foon be overshadowed by the darkness of the night, let the light of thy countenance shine upon us, which will be more beneficial to us than that of the fan; we beseech thee likewife, thro' thy tender mercy to all thy creatures, and more especially to thy faithful fervants, that thou wouldest vouchsafe to defend us from all the dangers with which the night is often attended; from fire and thieves, from bodily disorders, and sudden death, from all impure thoughts and terrifying dreams; and that thou wouldest preserve tus in health and fafety till the next morning; and we are encouraged to hope for this favour, by the love which thou bearest to thy only Son who is a conftant interceffor for mankind. Amen. Paraphrafe on the PRAYER for the King's Majesty. O Lord, who dost condescend to permit us to call thee by the name of Father, tho thou art so far raised above us, and tho' heaven and the Heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; thou who art King of kings, and Lord of lords, whose providence extends to the meanelt inhabitants of the earth, but dost watch, in a more particular manner, over those whom thou hast raised to royal dignity. We earnestly intreat thee to watch A Prayer for the Royal Family. Almighty God, the fountain of all goodnes beseech we hum our gracious Queen CHARLOTTE, his Royal Highness GEORGE Prince of Wales, and all the Royal Family: Endue them with thy Holy Spirit; enrich them with thy heavenly grace; profper them with aid happiness; and bring them to thine everlasting Kingdom, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.. A Prayer for the Clergy and People. Almighty and everlasting God, who alone workest great marvels; Send down upon our Bishops and ARAPHRASE. in a more particular manner over the person of George our king. We befcech thee to fill him with thy Holy Spirit, that his heart being in thy hand, thou mayeft incline him, to discharge the duty of his exalted station, in such a manner as may be agreeable to thy heavenly, will, and conformable to the holy law which thou hast ordained. Pour upon him the fpirit of wisdom and understanding, endue him with counsel and might, and all other gins and graces which thou shalt judge requifite for him, either as a monarch or a christian; grant him length of days, health of body, and fuccess in all his enterprises. Be thou a faving strength to thine anointed, that he may be thereby enabled to overcome his enemies abroad, by victorious arms, and to baffle the wicked attempts of his adversaries at home. And finally, that after having led a holy and happy life in this world, he may enjoy everlasting happiness in the life to come ; and this we beg for the fake of our blessed Saviour Jefus Christ. Amen. Paraphrase on the PRAYER for the Royal Family. O thou omnipotent God, who art the fource of life, and the inexhauftible fountain of goodness, from which proceed all the blessings of this life; we beseech thee to bless our gracious queen Charlotte, his royal highness George prince of Wales, and all the other branches of the royal family, who by the laws of this kingdom are in their turns entitled to facceed to the government of this nation when thou shalt think proper : fanctify them by thy Holy Spirit, pour upon them the riches of thy grace, and favour them with thy choicest blessings; that their happinets in this world may be as great as the condition of human nature admits of; and when thou art pleased to call them to the next, confer upon them a crown of glory in the everlasting kingdom of our God. Amen. Paraphrafe on the PRAYER for the Clergy and People. O alt powerful and everlasting God, whose influence alone is able to produce those wonderful effects in the souls of men, which are frequently Curates, and all Congregations committed to their charge, the healthful Spirit of thy grace; and that they may truly please thee, pour upon them the continual dew of thy bleffing. Grant this, O Lord, for the honour of our Advocate and Mediator Jesus Chrift. Amen. A A Prayer of St. Chryfoftom. Lmighty God, who hast given us grace at this time with one accord, to make our common fupplications unto thee, and dost premise, that when two or three are gathered together in thy Name, thou wilt grant their requests; Fulfil now, O Lord, the defires and petitions of thy servants, as may be most expedient for them; granting us in this world knowledge of thy truth, and in the world to come life everlasting. Amen. PARAPHRASE. to be discovered in the ministry of the preachers of thy gospel, through the operation of thy grace, confpiring with their endeavours: we beseech thee to confer thy faving grace upon all the bishops and inferior clergy of thy church, and alfo upon the several congregations whose souls are committed to their care, and that their labours may be productive of fruits which may prove pleasing in thy fight; we beg of thee, that thy blessing, like a conftant dropping of a kindly dew upon the grafs, may tend to give an increase to what they plant and water, by enforcing the precepts of the gospel, and discharging the other duties of the minifterial office. And this we intreat thee to grant for the honour of Chrift Jefus, whose honour is greatly promoted by the increase of his church and the falvation of fouls. Amen. Paraphraje on the PRAYER of St Chryfoftom. All-powerful God, to whose grace and favour we are indebted for this opportunity of addressing ourselves unto thee in the public fervice of the church, and who, in thy holy word, haft promised that, where two or thice are gathered together in thy name, thou art in the midst of them, and that what they agree to pray for, shall, by thee, be granted unto them. We therefore with a firm reliance upon the gracious promife which thou hast been pleased to make unto thy church, humbly address ourselves to the throne of thy grace, intreating thee to grant all we have prayed for, as far as thou, in thy heavenly wisdom, shalt judge expedient: at the fame time defiring thee to afford us all necessary knowledge in the truths of religion, whillt we remain in this world, and to bestow upon us everlafling life when we pass to the other. Amen. My |