...those ancient collects which, through God's good providence, have been preserved for our use, — " О God, who knowest us to be set in the midst of so many...our nature we cannot always stand upright ; grant," &c. " О Lord, we beseech thee to keep thy Church, that they who do lean only upon the hope of thy...

...is soon 12 LINES ON THE DEATH OF AN INFANT. moved to pity, when we bring this complaint before him, that " by reason of the frailty of our nature we cannot always stand upright." 2. But it becomes us not for ever to lie down, bemoaning our sad weakness. We must vigorously betake...

...to " leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness." (Prov. ii. 13.) And though, by reason of the frailty of our nature, we cannot always stand upright, yet blessed are those who, by the assistance of divine grace, so resist the many temptations of the...

...The Fourth Sunday after the Efiifihany, The Collect. OGOD, who knowest us to be set in the midst oi so many and great dangers, that by reason of the frailty...our nature we cannot always stand upright ; grant to us such strength and protection, as may support us in all dangers, and carry us through all temptations,...

...servant was healed in the self-same hour. The fourth Sunday after the Epiphany. The Collect. OGod, who knowest us to be set in the midst of so many and...our nature we cannot always stand upright; grant to us such strength and protection, as may support us in all dangers, and carry us through all temptations,...

...troubles, and for the purpose of exciting confidence in the prayer which we afterwards offer. " God knoweth us to be set in the midst " of so many and great dangers, that we cannot " always stand upright." That our spiritual dangers are " many and " great," is too evident...

...omitted, which relate to this nice and delicate subject (z). In one collect (a), however, we pray thus : " O God ! who knowest us to be set in the midst of so...our nature we cannot always stand upright ; grant to us such strength and protection, as may support us in all dangers, and carry us through all temptations...

...The necessity intended is then not that of compulsion. ' O God, who knowest us ' to be in the aaidst of so many and great dangers, ' that by reason of...of our nature, we cannot ' always stand upright.'* " Ye cannot do the things " that ye would."3 Here a necessity of coming short at least of sinless obedience,...

...servant was healed in the self-same hour. The fourth Sunday after the Epiphany. The Collect. OGod, who knowest us to be set in the midst of so many and...our nature we cannot always stand upright ; Grant to us such strength and protection, as may support us in all dangers, and carry us through all temptations...

...always so prevent and follow us, as to make us continually to be given to all good Works. And thou, O God ! who knowest us to be set in the Midst of so...great Dangers, that by reason of the Frailty of our Natures we cannot always stand upright ; grant to us such Strength and Protection as may support us...