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ALMIGHTY God! we implore thy great mercy in favour of the heathen. Give them the light of thy Gospel, that forsaking their unbelief, they may know and serve thee, the living and true God, and Jesus Christ whom thou hast sent. Turn all Mahometans and Infidels from the error of their ways. O Lord Jesus Christ! the Great Shepherd of the flock, and Redeemer of the world, who didst lay down thy life for the salvation of all men; bring home thy sheep which are not as yet in thy fold; to the end that there may be but one fold and one Shepherd; and that the fulness of the nations having come into thy Church, every mouth may praise thee, and every tongue acknowledge thee to be Lord, to the glory of God, the Father.

FAVOURABLY hear us, O Lord! O Lamb of God! who takest away the sins of the world, have mercy upon us, and receive our supplications and praises; thou, who reignest with the Father and the Holy Ghost, One God, blessed forever. Amen.

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For the Day of the Resurrection.

GOD! we thank thee for the privilege of commemorating, this day, the fulfilment of the work of our redemption. We bless thee for thy mercy towards mankind, in yielding to the death of the cross thy well beloved Son, in whom was no sin; who was delivered up for our trangressions, and suf

fered for our iniquities; who gave his life an offering for sin, and who rose from the dead on the third day, as the great Shepherd of the flock.

CHRIST, our Passover, hath been sacrificed for us; Christ is risen from the dead; he hath conquered death, and liveth for ever and ever. The Stone which the builders rejected, hath become the head of the corner. This is the Lord's doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes. This is the day which the Lord hath made. Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who, according to his abundant mercy, hath begotten us again unto a lively hope, by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead; to an inheritance incorruptible and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for us. Accept, O Almighty God! the sacrifice of praise. and thanksgiving which thy servants offer unto thee, on this day of the resurrection of their Redeemer.

O LORD! who hast opened unto us the way to a better life, by this resurrection of thy blessed Son; give us grace, that being risen with Christ, we may seek those things which are above, and not those which are on earth. May we live no more to ourselves, but to him who to the end that, in the may be partakers of the resurrection of the just; that our mortal bodies may put on immortality, and that we may be found worthy to obtain the happiness of the world to come, and life eternal; through

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the same Jesus Christ, who liveth and reigneth with thee, God blessed and glorified for ever. Amen.

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For the Day of the Ascension.

LORD God Almighty! we would now, especial

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ly, rejoice in thy holy presence, and bless thee for the ascension of Jesus Christ, our Saviour, who was taken up from earth into heaven. After thy Son had humbled himself, even to the death of the cross, thou didst highly exalt him, and him a name which is above every name. crowned him with glory and honour. put all things under his feet, and hast made him to sit at the right hand of the Majesty on high.

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O LORD Jesus Christ! thou hast entered into heaven. Prince of Peace! the everlasting gates have opened unto thee. Thy kingdom is an everlasting kingdom. Thou art the King of Glory. Thou art supreme in power, both in heaven and on earth. Thou art ascended to thy Father and our Father, to thy God and our God. Thou livest and reignest for ever and ever; and thou art able to save to the uttermost them who come unto God by thee. Thou hast entered into heaven as our forerunner. It is thy pleasure, that where thou art, there we should also be; and we believe that thou wilt come again, in like manner as thy Apostles saw thee ascend into heaven. We rejoice in thy triumph and

thy glory. We beseech thee to make us partakers of the fruits of thine ascension, and to send down upon us from on high, thy Holy Spirit. Through thy death and ascension, thou hast opened heaven unto us. Suffer us not, by our ingratitude and our sins, to close it against us. Dispose us to seek the things which are above, where thou sittest at the right hand of God; and by holy meditations and fervent desires, to raise our affections towards heaven, thy dwelling-place.

O LORD Jesus Christ! who didst promise to thy disciples, before thine ascension, that thou wouldst. be with them, even unto the end of the world; dwell with us according to thy promise, whilst we are in this body deprived of thy presence; to the end that, on the day of judgment, the day of thy last coming, we may hear with joy the voice of the Archangel; that when raised from the dead, we may be taken up to meet thee in the air; and may come to the heavenly Jerusalem, to the assembly of the first born, and of the just made perfect, to thee, the mediator of the new covenant, and to God, thy Father and our Father; to whom belong glory and blessing, for ever and ever. Amen.

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For the Day of Pentecost.

LMIGHTY God, Eternal Father! we praise thee and thank thee for all thy benefits, and, especially, for those which we commemorate at this

time. We bless thee that thou hast redeemed us by thy Son, and that, after having exalted him to thy right hand, thou didst send down thy Holy Spirit upon the Apostles, and afterwards upon thy whole Church. May it please thee, O Lord! graciously to receive our thanksgivings and our praises for a gift so precious. Make us more and more sensible, of the efficacy of the blood which thy Son hath shed for us, and of the all-prevailing power of the Holy Spirit; to the end, that we may persevere in the holy calling wherewith thou hast honoured us, and that we may glorify thee all the days of our lives.

SPIRIT of Light and of Truth! lead us into all truth, enlighten our understandings, and dispel more and more the darkness thereof. Spirit of Prayer and of Supplication! teach us to pray as we ought, and create in us such holy desires as we cannot express. Spirit of Power! sustain us always by thine influence, be with us in temptations, direct us by thy grace without ceasing, and lead us continually unto well doing. Spirit of Holiness! sanctify our understandings and our hearts, purify our affections, and prepare us to do our duty, each in the vocation to which he is called. Spirit of Consolation! dwell with us always, comfort us in affliction, fill us at all times with joy unspeakable and full of glory. Spirit of Peace! give us gentle and charitable dispositions towards one another; give us that peace which the world can neither give nor take away.

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