THE LITANY, OR GENERAL SUPPLICATION. To be used in each Church as often as once a month. Minister. GOD, the Father of heaven; have mercy upon us miserable sinners. People. O God, the Father of heaven; have mercy upon us miserable sinners. Minister. Remember not, Lord, our offences, nor the offences of our forefathers; neither take thou vengeance of our sins: spare us, good Lord, spare thy people, and be not angry with us forever. People. Spare us, good Lord. Minister. From all blindness of heart; from pride, vainglory, and hypocrisy; from envy, hatred, and malice, and all uncharitableness; People. Good Lord, deliver us. Minister. From all inordinate and sinful affections; and from all the deceits of the world, the flesh, and the devil; People. Good Lord, deliver us. Minister. From lightning and tempest; from plague, pestilence, and famine; from battle and murder, and from sudden death; People. Good Lord, deliver us. Minister. From all sedition, privy conspiracy, and rebellion; from all false doctrine, heresy, and schism; from hardness of heart, and contempt of thy word and commandment; People. Good Lord, deliver us. Minister. By the mystery of Christ's holy incarnation; by his holy nativity; by his baptism, fasting, and temptation; People. Good Lord, deliver us. Minister. By his Agony and bloody Sweat; by his Cross and Passion; by his precious death and burial; by his glorious resurrection and ascension; and by the coming of the Holy Ghost; People. Good Lord, deliver us. Minister. In all time of our tribulation; in all time of our prosperity; and in the hour of death; People. Good Lord, deliver us. Minister. We sinners do beseech thee to hear us, Lord God; and that it may please thee to rule and govern thy holy Church universal; in the right way; People. We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. Minister. That it may please thee to bless and preserve all Christian rulers and magistrates; giving them grace to execute justice, and to maintain truth; People. We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. Minister. That it may please thee to illuminate all Christian ministers, with true knowledge and understanding of thy word; and that both by their preaching and living they may set it forth, and show it accordingly; People. We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. Minister. That it may please thee to bless and keep all thy people; People. We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. Minister. That it may please thee to give all nations unity, peace, and concord; People. We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. Minister. That it may please thee to give us a heart to love and fear thee, and diligently to live after thy commandments; People. We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. Minister. That it may please thee to give to all thy people increase of grace to hear meekly thy word, and to receive it with pure affection, and to bring forth the fruits of the Spirit; People. We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. Minister. That it may please thee to bring into the way of truth, all such as have erred, and are deceived; People. We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. Minister. That it may please thee to strengthen such as do stand, and to comfort and help the weak-hearted, and to raise up those who fall, and finally to beat down Satan under our feet; People. We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. Minister. That it may please thee to succor, help, and comfort all who are in danger, necessity, and tribulation; People. We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. Minister. That it may please thee to preserve all who travel by land or by water, all sick persons, and young children, and to show thy pity upon all prisoners and captives; People. We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. Minister. That it may please thee to defend, and provide for, the fatherless children, and widows, and all who are desolate and oppressed; People. We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. Minister. That it may please thee to have mercy upon all men; People. We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. Minister. That it may please thee to forgive our enemies, persecutors, and slanderers, and to turn their hearts; People. We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. Minister. That it may please thee to give and preserve to our use the kindly fruits of the earth, so that in due time we may enjoy them; People. We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. Minister. That it may please thee to give us true repentance, to forgive us all our sins, and to endue us with the grace of the Holy Spirit, to amend our lives according to thy holy word; People. We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. Minister. O God, we beseech thee to hear us. People. O God, we beseech thee to hear us. People. O Lord, grant us thy peace. Minister. O Lord, have mercy upon us as we do put our trust in thee. Let us pray. WE humbly beseech thee, O Father, mercifully to look upon our infirmities; and, for the glory of thy name, turn from us all those evils that we most justly have deserved; and grant, that in all our troubles we may put our whole trust and confidence in thy mercy, and evermore serve thee in holiness and pureness of living, to thy honor and glory; through our only Mediator and Advocate, Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. Here may follow the General Thanksgiving, and the Prayer of St. Chrysostom. BENEDICTION. THE HE grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Ghost, be with us all evermore. Amen. A SELECTION OF PSALMS. First Day, A. M. PSALM I. LESSED is the man that walketh not in the counsel of BLESSE the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful. But his delight is in the law of the Lord; and in his law doth he meditate day and night. And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper. The ungodly are not so: but are like the chaff which the wind doth drive away. Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous. For the Lord knoweth the way of the righteous, but the way of the ungodly shall perish. HE First Day, P. M. PSALM XCI. E that dwelleth in the secret place of the Most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. I will say of the Lord, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I trust. Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, and from the noisome pestilence. He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt thou trust: his truth shall be thy shield and buckler. |