earth with such moderate rain and showers, that we may receive the kindly fruits thereof in due season.

Crown the year, O LORD, with Thy goodness, and let Thy clouds drop fatness. Open Thy hand upon us, and fill us with such a measure of plenteousness as to Thy heavenly wisdom shall seem best, that out of the fulness of a thankful heart, our mouths may be opened to sing praises unto Thee for Thy great and undeserved mercies vouchsafed unto us in Thy dear Son JESUS CHRIST our Lord.

For Fair Weather.

We Thy poor servants do most humbly beseech Thee, that although we for our great unthankfulness to Thee for all Thy benefits, our former abuse of Thy good creatures, and other our manifold sins and iniquities, have worthily deserved to be deprived of the remainder of the fruits of the earth, by the long continuance of the late sad and unseasonable weather, that yet it would please Thee, in the first place, to give us true repentance for our sins, and then, upon our repentance, to send us such comfortable and kindly weather whereby we may receive the fruits of the earth in due season; and learn, both by this punishment to amend our lives, and for Thy undeserved mercies to give Thee praise and glory, through JESUS CHRIST.

II. COLLECTS.

For Grace.

I.

Lighten, we beseech Thee, O LORD, the darkness of our hearts and understandings. And though we be tied and bound by the chains of our sins, yet let the pitifulness of Thy great mercy loose us ;

That we may perceive and know the things that we ought to do, and may also have grace and power faithfully to fulfil the same, through JESUS CHRIST our Lord. Amen.

II.

O God, the strength of all them that put their trust in Thee, we beseech Thee mercifully to accept our prayers, whensoever we call upon Thee.

And because the weakness of our corrupt nature is such that we are not able, as of ourselves, to think a good thought, much less to do any good work, without Thee; grant us, we pray Thee, the help of Thy grace, that by keeping Thy holy commandments we may please Thee both in will and deed, and be made partakers of Thy gracious promises, through JESUS CHRIST Our Lord. Amen.

III.

Almighty and Merciful God, of whose only gift it is that Thy faithful people do unto Thee true and acceptable service; we pray Thee to prevent us with Thy good grace, and to follow us with Thy good blessing, in all our ways; that being continually given to good works, and running to Thy heavenly promises by true repentance and a lively faith, we may finally, by Thy mercy, attain the same, through the merits of our Lord and Saviour JESUS CHRIST. Amen.

IV.

O Almighty GoD, our heavenly Father, to whose sight all hearts are open and manifest, and from whose eyes no secret things are hid, cleanse the thoughts of our hearts, we humbly beseech Thee, by the operation of Thy Holy Spirit, and sanctify us throughout in our whole souls and bodies, that we may perfectly love Thee with our hearts, and glorify Thy holy Name

in our lives and conversations; and finally, by Thy mercy, obtain everlasting life, through JESUS CHRIST our Lord. Amen.

Prayer for Fair Weather.

O Almighty God, who art able, when it pleaseth Thee, to turn a fruitful land into barrenness for the wickedness of them that dwell therein, and didst once, for the sin of man, bring a flood upon the ungodly world to drown it, but yet didst afterwards, of Thy great mercy, promise never to destroy it so again, we humbly beseech Thee, that although we for our unfruitfulness in Thy service have worthily deserved that the fruits which, by Thy goodness, the earth hath brought forth plenteously, should be destroyed and made unserviceable to us by this Thy plague of immoderate rain and waters; yet upon our true repentance Thou wouldest send us such a blessed change of weather, whereby we may reap the fruits of the earth in their kindly seasons; and learn both by this Thy just punishment to amend our sinful lives, and for Thy undeserved mercy to give Thee praise and glory, through JESUS CHRIST Our Lord. Amen.

Thanksgiving for the same.

O Almighty GOD, who hast abundantly manifested Thy power over the creatures, and given us a taste of Thy displeasure against an unworthy and sinful nation by the long continuance of Thy late plague of unseasonable weather; but hast been pleased of late so far to hear the prayers and to take compassion on the distresses of Thy poor servants, as to give us hopes of a more kindly season, for the gathering in of the remainder of the fruits of the earth; we desire to bless Thy holy Name for this Thy great goodness towards us. And we most humbly beseech Thee to grant, that duly considering Thy power both in punishing and comforting us after Thine own

pleasure, we may learn both to be humbled under Thy fatherly corrections unto unfeigned repentance and amendment of life, and to express the true thankfulness of our hearts for Thine undeserved mercies by our cheerful and constant obedience to Thy most holy Commandments; through JESUS CHRIST Our Lord. Amen.

COLLECTS ADVENTUAL.

I.

Almighty GOD, our Heavenly Father, whose only begotten Son JESUS CHRIST, laying aside His glory, came down from heaven to visit us, miserable sinners, in great humility, and took upon Him the form of a servant, to redeem us who lay in darkness and in the shadow of death from the bondage of sin and Satan; Give us grace, we humbly beseech Thee, so to follow the example of His humility here upon earth, that when He shall come again in His glorious majesty to judge both the quick and the dead, we may by Thy mercy be made partakers of His eternal glory in the kingdom of heaven; through Him who liveth and reigneth with Thee and the HOLY GHOST, ever one GOD, world without end. Amen.

II.

Almighty GOD, which hast given us Thine only begotten Son JESUS CHRIST to undergo the burden of our sins, to take upon Him our nature and the infirmities thereof, yet without sin, and as at this time to be born of a pure Virgin; Grant that we being regenerate, and made Thy children by adoption and grace, may daily be renewed by Thy HOLY SPIRIT, through the same our Lord JESUS CHRIST, who with Thee and the same HOLY SPIRIT liveth and reigneth one GOD, ever world without end. Amen.

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III.

O Eternal and Most Glorious LORD GOD, whose dwelling is in the highest heavens, in the light that no man can approach unto; and [who] yet of Thine infinite goodness and love to mankind didst send Thine Eternal Word out of Thine own bosom to be the light of the world, to enlighten those that sat in darkness, and in the shadow of death, and, by destroying the devil and all his works of darkness, to bring life and immortality to light;

Give us grace, we beseech Thee, to cast away the unprofitable works of darkness, and to put upon us the whole armour of light, now in the time of this mortal life; that, having fought the good fight of faith, and finished our course here with patience and comfort, we may at the last great day rise unto life immortal, and receive that everlasting crown of glory which is laid up for all those that continue steadfast in Thy faith, fear, and love, through JESUS CHRIST our Lord, who with Thee and the HOLY GHOST liveth and reigneth, now and for ever. Amen.

COLLECTS QUADRAGESIMAL.

I.

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III.

O Almighty and Everlasting GOD, who out of Thy tender love to the sons of men, didst send Thine only begotten Son