(3) Profession.

rightly to divide, rightly to walk,
to edify,

with one accord, with one mouth,
to glorify GOD;

and if ought otherwise,

to walk in the same rule

as far as we have attained;

to maintain order, decency and stedfastness.

Godhead, paternal love, power,
providence :

salvation, anointing, adoption,

lordship;

conception, birth, passion, cross, death, burial, descent, resurrection, ascent,

sitting, return, judgment;

Breath and Holiness,

calling from the Universal, hallowing in the Universal, communion of saints, and of saintly things',

resurrection,

life eternal.

(4) Intercession.

Hosanna on the earth 2.
Remember, O LORD,

to crown the year with Thy goodness;
for the eyes of all look towards Thee,
and Thou givest their food in due season.
Thou openest Thine hand,

and fillest all things living with plenteousness,
And on us, O LORD, vouchsafe

the blessings of heaven and the dew above,

2 Continuation of the supplication broken by "Profession." Vide p. 192, edit. 1675.

blessings of fountains and the deep beneath,

courses of sun, conjunctions of moons,

summits of eastern mountains, of the everlasting hills,
fulness of the earth and of produce thereof,
good seasons, wholesome weather,

full crops, plenteous fruits,
health of body, peaceful times,
mild government, kind laws,
wise councils, equal judgments,

loyal obedience, vigorous justice, fertility in resources, fruitfulness in begetting, ease in bearing, happiness in offspring,

careful nurture, sound training,

That our sons may grow up as the

young plants.

our daughters as the polished corners of the temple,

(5) Praise.

that our garners may be full and plenteous
with all manner of store,

that our sheep may bring forth thousands
and ten thousands in our streets :

that there be no decay,

no leading into captivity

and no complaining in our streets.

'Thou, O LORD, art praised in Sion,

and unto Thee shall the vow be performed in Jerusalem. Thou art worthy, O LORD our God,

the HOLY ONE

to receive glory, and honour, and power.

Thou that hearest the prayer,

unto Thee shall all flesh come,
my flesh shall come.

My misdeeds prevail against me,
O be Thou merciful unto our sins;
that I may come and give thanks
with all Thy works,

and bless Thee with Thy holy ones.

1. Vide p. 172, edit. 1675.

O LORD, Open Thou my lips,

and my mouth shall show forth Thy praise. My soul doth praise the LORD,

for the goodness He hath done
to the whole creation,

and to the whole race of man;

for Thy mercies towards myself,
soul, body, and estate,

gifts of grace, nature, and fortune;
for all benefits received,

for all successes, now or heretofore,
for any good thing done;

for health, credit, competency,

safety, gentle estate, quiet.

Thou hast not cut off as a weaver my life,

nor from day even to night made an end of me. He hath vouchsafed me life and breath

until this hour,

from childhood, youth, and hitherto
even unto age.

He holdeth our soul in life

and suffereth not our feet to slip;

rescuing me from perils, sicknesses,
poverty, bondage,

public shame, evil chances;
keeping me from perishing in my sins,
fully waiting my conversion,
leaving in me return into my heart,
remembrance of my latter end,

shame, horror, grief,

for my past sins;

fuller and larger, larger and fuller,
more and still more, O my LORD,
storing me with good hope
of their remission,

through repentance and its works,

in the power of the thrice-holy Keys,

and the mysteries in Thy Church.

Wherefore day by day

for these Thy benefits towards me,
which I remember,-

wherefore also for others very many
which I have let slip

from their number, from my forgetfulness,-
for those which I wished, knew and asked,
and those I asked not, knew not, wished not,—
I confess and give thanks to Thee,

I bless and praise Thee, as is fit, and every day
pray with my whole soul,

I

and with my whole mind I pray.

Glory be to Thee, O LORD, glory to Thee; glory to Thee, and glory to Thine All-holy Name, for all Thy Divine perfections in them; for Thine incomprehensible and unimaginable goodness, and thy pity towards sinners

and unworthy men,

and towards me of all sinners

far the most unworthy.

Yea, O LORD,

through this, and through the rest,

glory to Thee, and praise, and blessing, and thanksgiving,

with the voices and concert of voices

of Angels and of men,

of all Thy saints in heaven,

and all Thy creatures in heaven or earth,
and of me, beneath their feet,
unworthy and wretched sinner,
Thy abject creature,

now, in this day and hour,

and every day till my last breath,

and till the end of the world,

and for ages upon ages.

THE FOURTH DAY.

Introduction. I have thought upon Thee, O LORD, when I was waking,

for Thou hast been my helper.

Blessed art Thou, O LORD,

who madest the two Lights, Sun and Moon, greater and lesser,

and the stars

for light, for signs, for seasons,
spring, summer, autumn, winter,
days, weeks, months, years,
to rule over day night.

(1) Con- Behold, Thou art angry, for we have sinned.

fession.

We are all as an unclean thing

and all our righteousnesses

as filthy rags.

We all do fade as a leaf,

and our iniquities, like the wind,

have taken us away.

But now, O LORD, Thou art our Father,
we are clay, Thy handiwork all.
Be not wroth very sore,
nor remember iniquity for ever,
behold, see, we beseech Thee,

we are all Thy people.

O LORD, though our iniquities testify against us,

do Thou it for Thy Name's sake;
for our backslidings are many,
we have sinned against Thee.