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giving, that by his birth, and by his sacrifice, all who serve thee faithfully are raised from death into life, and made heirs of thy kingdom. We therefore magnify thy name, and adore thy mercy. Let all the angels extol thy glory and thy goodness! Let the sons of men proclaim thy great praise, and say, Glory be to God in the highest, on earth peace, good will towards men!

JESUS! Son of God! we bless thee that thou madest thyself man to redeem us; and we beseech thee to make us truly sensible of the efficacy of this redemption. Thou, who art the Son of the blessed God, the joy and glory of mankind, the Lamb of God which takest away the sins of the world, have mercy upon us. Thou, who wast upon earth, subject to infirmity as we are; who didst lay down thy life, and having taken it up again, art returned into the bosom and into the glory of thy Father in heaven, where thou sittest at his right hand, where the angels are subject unto thee, and where thou art preparing for us eternal habitations, favourably hear our prayers and receive our praises. Thou, who didst come to destroy the works of Satan, turn us from our iniquities. Thou, who wast born and didst live in lowliness, renouncing the pleasures and glory of the world, and submitting thyself even to the death of the cross, grant that we may despise the vanities and the deceitful riches of this mortal life, and may aspire only to that heavenly glory, and those everlasting treasures, which thou hast pur

chased for us. As thou hast so loved us, may we in like manner love thee, with all our heart, and may nothing ever separate us from thy love.

O GOD! we believe that thy dear Son was born to raise us to life eternal. Make us rightly to comprehend that, having this faith and this hope, we ought to purify ourselves, even as he is pure. Enable us worthily to celebrate thy praise, and to rejoice in the expectation of the glory to be revealed in us. And when this mighty Saviour shall again appear, with power and glory, for the sake of those who await his coming unto salvation, may we be made like unto him in thy kingdom, where he liveth, adored and glorified, through all eternity. Amen.

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For the First Day of the Year.

ETERNAL and Almighty God! we humble ourselves in thy presence, to dedicate unto thee the beginning of this year, by adoration, prayer and praise. We bow down before thy Supreme Majesty, and acknowledge, with gratitude, the manifold blessings which thou hast freely bestowed upon us, through the whole course of our lives. We thank thee, that having preserved us to the present time, thou hast permitted us to enter upon a new year.

THOU hast not ceased, O most gracious God! to vouchsafe to us the abundance of thy loving-kind

ness.

But thou hast especially enriched us with thy spiritual blessings, by keeping in the midst of us the light of thy Gospel. Thou hast invited us to repentance, through thy mighty help, through thy great goodness, and through the warnings of thy word and of thy Spirit; and hast mercifully granted unto all of us favourable opportunities to grow in grace, and to attain unto salvation. Receive, O God! our praises and our thanksgivings; and, notwithstanding our unworthiness, for the love of Jesus Christ, take not away from us thy protection and thy favour.

O LORD! we would devote ourselves to thee, at the beginning of this year, desiring to employ it better than we have done the years which are past; and to this end, we ask thy grace and thy blessing.

AND, since this day warns us, O merciful God! that our years pass away, give us grace seriously to consider that our end draweth nigh. Teach us so to discern the vanity of this life, that we may have an understanding heart; that we may aspire to that better life, when days, and months, and years, shall be counted no more forever; and that whilst we continue in the flesh, we may live no longer according to the desires thereof, but according to thy will. And grant, O God! that when our years shall come to an end, and the day of our death shall arrive, we may depart in thy peace, and in the hope of life everlasting. Favourably hear us, and receive our

thanksgivings and supplications; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

For Palm Sunday.

LESSED Lord! who of thy tender mercy to

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wards mankind, didst offer thyself upon the cross, a sacrifice for sin; grant that, through thy grace, we may offer unto thee our souls and bodies a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to thee, which is our reasonable service.

LORD Jesus! who didst enter into the city of Jerusalem amidst the acclamations and praises of the multitude and of thy disciples; who spread their garments in the way, and accompanied thee bearing in their hands branches of palm trees; give us grace to prepare thy way by all manner of good works, to bear before thee the fruits of righteousness, and to rejoice without ceasing in thy salvation. O Lord! who wast well pleased to be praised by the children in the temple, crying aloud, Hosannah to the Son of David! grant that, by imitating their innocence and simplicity, we may celebrate thy praises acceptably. And when thou shalt descend from heaven, at the last day, may we enter with thee into the heavenly Jerusalem, into the temple of thy glory, to praise thee and to bless thee forever. Amen.

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For the Day of the Crucifixion.

LMIGHTY God! we beseech thee to look fa

vourably upon thy people, for whom our Lord Jesus Christ was willing to be delivered into the hands of wicked men, and to suffer death upon the cross. Grant that, as thy blessed Son shed his blood an atonement for our sins, we may thereby obtain pardon through thy mercy; and that thus we may draw near unto thee with a true heart, in full assurance of faith, and be enabled to serve thee, the living God; through the same Jesus Christ, our Lord.

O GRACIOUS and merciful God! who hast created all men, and hatest nothing which thou hast made; we offer unto thee our humble and fervent prayers for the ignorant and unbelieving. May it please thee especially, in thy great mercy, to look upon the children of Israel, once thy chosen people, now rejected because of unbelief, but not forever; and who still belong to thine election, for the sake of their fathers. Graciously hear the supplications of thy Church for their conversion, and remove from their hearts the veil of spiritual blindness and unbelief. O Lord Jesus! who didst come to save the lost sheep of the house of Israel; compassionate Redeemer! who didst pray for those who crucified thee; have pity on thine ancient people who still reject thee. Convert and bring back the remnant of Jacob; to the end that, looking upon him whom they pierced, all Israel, according to thy promises, may be

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