HOLY, Holy, Holy, Lord God Almighty, who is like unto Thee, glorious in holiness? The heavens are not pure in thy sight: and Thou chargest thy angels with folly. How then shall we come into thy presence, who are a seed of evil doers, transgressors from the womb, shapen in iniquity, and conceived in sin? Our transgressions are multiplied before Thee, and testify against us.

We humble ourselves in thy sight for all our iniquities, and particularly for those which we have committed during the past week. We are sorry and ashamed that we have had thy glory so little before our eyes. We have sinned against Thee, our neighbour, and ourselves. By leaving undone what Thou hast commanded, and by doing that which Thou hast forbidden, we have broken thy law, in thought, and word, and deed.

If Thou, Lord, art extreme to mark what we have done amiss, O Lord, who may abide? Lay not, we pray Thee, our sins to our charge; but wash them away in the fountain which Thou hast opened for sin and for uncleanness.

O God, the Father of heaven, have mercy upon us, miserable sinners.

O God, the Son, Redeemer of the world, have mercy upon us miserable sinners.

O God, the Holy Ghost, proceeding from the Father and the Son, have mercy upon us, miserable sinners.

O Holy, Blessed, and Glorious Trinity, Three Persons, and One God, have mercy upon us miserable sinners.

And while we pray Thee to pardon the sins which we have most grievously committed against thy divine Majesty, be pleased, O Thou God of Holiness, to give us grace and strength to subdue them. Righteous Father! renew us after thy likeness, in righteousness and true holiness. Make us holy as Thou art holy, and pure as Thou art pure. O God, make clean our hearts within us, and take not thy Holy Spirit from us.

And, seeing that life is short and uncertain, and that every week brings us nearer to the end of all things, enable us to lay aside every weight, and the sin that doth so easily beset us; and to run with patience the race that is set before us, looking unto Jesus, the Author and Finisher of our Faith. : J

O Thou, who alone canst order the unruly wills and affections of sinful men, grant unto us, that we may love the thing which Thou commandest, and desire that which Thou dost promise; that so, among the sundry and manifold changes of the world, our hearts may surely there be fixed where true joys are to be found..

Keep us, we beseech Thee, this night, under the protection of thy good providence, i

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Prepare us, both in body and soul, for the holy duties of the approaching Sabbath. Grant that, as Thou didst rest on the seventh day, after the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them, and didst sanctify and bless it, so we may rest from the work of our hands, and from all our earthly cares, to keep the Sabbath of Thee our God, both in thy house of prayer, and also in our dwelling.

Almighty and everlasting God, who alone workest great marvels, send down upon our Bishops and 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 blessing.

Preserve thy Church in the unity of the Spirit, and in the bond of peace; and overrule its unhappy divisions to the glory of thy name. As Thou hast knit together thine elect in one communion and fellowship in the mystical body of thy Son Jesus Christ, our Lord, grant us grace so to follow thy blessed saints in all virtuous and godly living, that we may come, at the last, to those unspeakable glories, which Thou hast prepared for them that unfeignedly love Thee.

Remember, with the favor which Thou bearest unto thy people, our friends and relations; especially those who remember us in their prayers, and those who desire our prayers for them. And be pleased to hear our petitions for each other.

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Finally, we beseech Thee to give unto all men those things which are requisite and necessary as well for the body as the soul.

Favourably regard, O heavenly Father, this our evening sacrifice: and answer us, we beseech Thee, in these, and all our prayers, which we have made before Thee during the week, pardoning what hath been sinful in us, receiving the glory of all that hath been pleasing in thy sight, and graciously accepting us, and our imperfect service, at the hands of Jesus Christ; to whom, with Thee, and the Holy Ghost, be all honor and glory, world without end.

bless us, &c.

Our Father, &c. The Lord