Our fathers hoped in Thee, they trusted in Thee, and Thou didst deliver them. They called upon Thee and were holpen, they put their trust in Thee, and were not confounded. As Thou didst our fathers in the generations of old, so also deliver us, O LORD, who trust in Thee. (4) Intercession. O Heavenly KING, confirm our faithful kings, stablish the faith, soften the nations, pacify the world, guard well this holy retreat, and receive us in orthodox faith and repentance, as a kind and loving Lord. (5) Praise. Now unto Him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us, to Him be glory in the Church in CHRIST unto all generations world without end. Amen. Blessed, and praised, and celebrated, and magnified, and exalted, and glorified, and hallowed, be Thy Name, O LORD, its record, and its memory, and every memorial of it; for the all-honourable senate of the Patriarchs, the all-glorious college of the Apostles, the all-illustrious army of the Martyrs, the assembly of Doctors, the Ascetics, the beauty of Virgins, for Infants the delight of the world,— for all the nations shall come and worship before Thee, for Thy judgments are made manifest. Praise our Gor, all ye His servants, both small and great. for the LORD GOD Omnipotent reigneth; let us be glad and rejoice, and give honour to Him. Behold the tabernacle of God is with men, and He will dwell with them; and they shall be His people, and God Himself shall be with them, DEPRECATIONS. 1. O LORD', Thou knowest, and canst, and willest the good of my soul. Miserable man am I; I neither know, nor can, nor, as I ought, Thou, O LORD, I beseech Thee, in Thine ineffable affection, so order concerning me, and so dispose, as Thou knowest to be most pleasing to Thee, and most good for me. [Thine is] goodness, grace; love, kindness; benignity, gentleness, consideration; forbearance, long suffering; much pity, great pity; mercies, multitude of mercies, yearnings of mercies; kind yearnings, deep yearnings; in passing over, in overlooking, in disregarding; many seasons, many years; not correspondently, in wrath remembering mercy, repenting of the evil, 1 Vide p. 92, edit. 1675. compensating doubly, to be reconciled, 2. LITANY 1. FATHER, the Creator, SON, the Redeemer, SPIRIT, the Regenerator, whom Thou hast created, redeemed, regenerated. nor the sins of my forefathers; neither take vengeance for our sins, theirs, nor mine. and, among Thy people, Thy servant, and be not angry with us to the full. 1 Page 180, edit. 1675. 2 Thus in St. Gregory's Sacramentary.-" Præsta, quæsumus, omnipotens Deus, ut animam famuli, &c.....in congregatione justorum æternæ beatitudinis jubeas esse consortem. Per Dominum, &c." "Præsta, &c. ut animam, &c. ab angelis lucis susceptam in præparata habitacula deduci facias beatorum. Per Dominum, &c." Suscipe, Domine, preces nostras, pro anima famuli tui.... ut si quæ ei maculæ de terrenis contagiis adhæserunt, remissionis tuæ remedio deleantur." For similar language in the second century vide Ussher as quoted in Tract 72. 66 |