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for Thou hast done right,
but I have done wickedly.

And now, LORD, what is my hope?
Truly my hope is even in Thee,
if hope of salvation remain to me,
if Thy loving-kindness cover
the multitude of my iniquities.
O remember, what my substance is,
the work of Thine hands,
the likeness of Thy countenance,
the cost of Thy blood,

a name from Thy Name,
a sheep of Thy pasture,

a son of the covenant,

Despise not Thou the work of Thine own hands.
Hast Thou made for nought

Thine own image and likeness?
for nought, if Thou destroy it.
And what profit is there in my blood?
Mine enemies will rejoice;
May they never rejoice, O LORD!
Grant not to them my destruction.
Look upon the face of Thine Anointed,
and in the Blood of Thy covenant,

the propitiation for the sins of the whole world, LORD, be propitious unto me, a sinner; even unto me, O LORD, of sinners

chief, chiefest and greatest,

For Thy Name's sake be merciful unto my sin, for it is great it exceeds.

For Thy Name's sake, that Name, beside which, none other under heaven is given among men,

whereby we must be saved,

the SPIRIT Himself helping our infirmities,

and making intercession for us,

with plaints unutterable,

for the tender yearnings of the FATHER,
the bloody wounds of the Son,
the unutterable plaints of the SPIRIT,
give ear, O LORD, have mercy, O Lord,
O LORD, hearken and do;

defer not, for Thine own sake,
O my GOD.

For me, I forget not my sins,

they are ever before me;

I remember them in the bitterness of my soul;
I am anxious about them;

I turn away and groan,
I have indignation and revenge
and wrath against myself.
I despise and bruise my own self,
that my penitence, LORD, O LORD,
is not deeper, is not fuller;
help Thou mine impenitence.
And more, and still more,
pierce Thou, rend, crush my heart;
and remit, forgive, pardon

what things are grief to me,

and offence of heart.

Cleanse Thou me from secret faults,

and keep Thy servant also from presumptuous sins. Magnify Thy mercies towards the wretched sinner; and in season, LORD, say to me,

Be of good cheer; thy sins are forgiven thee;
My grace is sufficient for thee.

Say unto my soul, I am thy salvation.
Why art thou so heavy, O my soul?
and why art thou so disquieted within thee?
Return unto thy rest, O my soul,

for the LORD hath rewarded thee.

O LORD, rebuke me not in Thine indignation, neither chasten me in Thy displeasure.

I said, I will confess my sins unto the LORD, and so Thou forgavest the wickedness of my sin. LORD, Thou knowest all my desire,

and my groaning is not hid from Thee.
Have mercy upon me, O GOD,

after Thy great goodness,

according to the multitude of Thy mercies
do away mine offences.

Thou shalt arise, and have mercy on me, O LORD,
for it is time that Thou have mercy upon me,
yea, the time is come.

If Thou, O LORD, shouldest mark iniquities,
O LORD, who shall stand?

Enter not into judgment with Thy servant, O LORD,
for in Thy sight shall no man living be justified.

(2) Prayer for

grace.

My hands will I lift up

unto Thy commandments which I have loved.
Open Thou mine eyes that I may see,
incline my heart that I may desire,
order my steps that I may follow,
the way of Thy commandments.
O LORD GOD, be Thou to me a GOD,
and beside Thee none else,

none else, nought else with Thee. Vouchsafe to me, to worship Thee and serve Thee in truth of spirit,

in reverence of body,

in blessing of lips

in private and in public;

to pay honour to them that have the rule over me,

by obedience and submission;

to show affection to my own, by carefulness and providence;

to overcome evil with good;

to possess my vessel in sanctification and honour; to have my converse without covetousness, content with what I have;

to speak the truth in love;
to be desirous not to lust,
not to lust passionately,

not to go after lusts.

(The Hedge of 1. To bruise the serpent's head.

the Law. i. e.

precautions.) 2.

(3) Profession.

3.

To remember my latter end.

Gen. iii. 15.

Deut. xxvii. 29.

To cut off opportunities. 2 Cor. xi. 12.

4. To be sober. 1 Pet. v. 8.

5. Not to sit idle. Matt. xx. 6.

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7. To cleave to the good. Rom. xii. 9.

8. To make a covenant with the eyes. Job xxxi. 1.
9. To bring my body into subjection. 1 Cor. ix. 27.
10. To give myself unto prayer. 1 Cor. vii. 5.
11. To betake myself to penitence. 2 Pet. iii. 3.
Hedge up my way with thorns,
that I find not the path

for following vanity.

Hold Thou me in with bit and bridle,
lest I fall from Thee.

O LORD compel me to come in to Thee.

I believe, O LORD,

in Thee, Father, Word, Spirit, One GOD;
that by Thy fatherly love and power

all things were created ;—

that by Thy goodness and love to man
all things have been begun anew
in Thy Word,

Who for us men and for our salvation,
was made flesh,

was conceived and born,
suffered and was crucified,

died and was buried, descended and rose again,

ascended and sat down,

will return and will repay ;

that by the shining-forth and working
of Thy Holy Spirit,

hath been called out of the whole world
a peculiar people into a polity,

in belief of the truth

and sanctity of living :that in it we are partakers of the communion of saints and forgiveness of sins

in this world,

that in it we are waiting

for resurrection of the flesh
and life everlasting

in the world to come.

This most holy faith

which was once delivered to the saints
I believe, O LORD;

help Thou mine unbelief,

and vouchsafe to me

to love the FATHER for His fatherly love, to reverence the ALMIGHTY for His power, as a faithful CREATOR, to commit my soul to Him in well doing;

vouchsafe to me to partake

from JESUS of salvation,

from CHRIST of anointing,

from the ONLY-BEGOTTEN of adoption;

to worship the LORD

for His conception in faith,

for His birth in humility,

for His sufferings in patience and hatred of sin; for His cross to crucify beginnings,

for His death to mortify the flesh,

for His burial to bury evil thoughts in good works, for His descent to meditate upon hell,

for His resurrection upon newness of life,

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