V. And lead us not into temptation.
R. But deliver us from evil.

Pfalm 69. Deus in adjutorium.

The Subject of this Pfalm, and almoft the very Words, are the fame with that of the 39th, to Title of which the Reader is referred, page 177.

NCLINE unto my aid, O God; O Lord, make hafte to help me.

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Let them be confounded and afhamed, who feek my foul.

Let them be turned backward and blush for fhame who defires evils to me.

Let them be turned away forthwith, blushing for fhame, who fay to me, well, well.

Let all that feek thee, rejoice and be glad ; and let fuch as love thy falvation, fay always, Our Lord be magnified.

me.

But I am needy and poor: O God help

Thou art my Helper and my Deliverer; O Lord, be not flack.

Glory be to the Father, &c. V. Save thy fervants. R. Trufting in thee, O my God, V. Be unto us, O Lord, a tower of ftrength. R. From the face of the enemy. V. Let not the enemy prevail against us. R. Nor the fon of iniquity have power to hurt us. V. Lord, deal not according to our fins. R. Nor reward us according to our iniquities.

V. Let us pray for our chief bishop N. R. Our Lord preferve him, and give him life, and make him bleffed on earth, and deliver him not to the will of his enemies. V. Let us pray for our benefactors.

R. O Lord, for thy name's fake, vouchfafe to reward with eternal life, all those of whom we have received good.

V. Let us pray for the faithful departed. R. Give them, O Lord, eternal rest; and let thy light shine upon them for ever. V. May they reft in peace. R. Amen. V. For our abfent brethren.

R. O my God, fave thy fervants trusting in thee. V. Send them help, O Lord, from thy Sanctuary. R. And out of Sion protect them.

V. Lord, hear my prayer.

R. And let my cry come to thee.

Let us Pray.

God, whofe property it is always to have mercy, and to fpare, receive our petition, that we, and all thy fervants, who are bound by the chain of Sin, may, by the compaffion of thy goodness, mercifully be abfolved.

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EAR, we beseech thee, O Lord, the prayers of thy fuppliants, and pardon the fins of them that confefs to thee; that of thy bounty thou may'ft give us pardon and peace.

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UT of thy clemency, O I ord, fhew thy unfpeakable mercy to us; that X

thou may'ft both acquit us of all our fins, and deliver us from the punifhments we deferve for them.

God, who by fin art offended, and by penance pacified: mercifully regard the prayers of thy people, who make fupplication to thee; and turn away the Scourges of thy anger, which we deferve for our fins.

Almighty and eternal God, have mercy on thy fervant N. our chief Bishop, and direct him according to thy clemency in the way of everlafting falvation; that by thy he defire fuch things as are agreegrace may able to thy will, and perform them with all his strength.

God, from whom are all holy deftres, righteous counfels, and juft works: give to thy fervants that peace which the world cannot give that both our hearts may be dipoted to keep thy commandments, and the fear of enemies taken away, the times by thy protection may be peaceable.

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NFLAME, O Lord, our reins and hearts, with the fire of thy holy fpirit; that we may ferve thee with a chafte body, and pleafe thee with a clean heart.

God, the creator and redeemer of all the faithful, give to the fouls of thy fervants the remiffion of all their fins: That by pious fupplications, they may obtain the pardon they ever wifhed for.

PR

REVENT, we beseech thee, O Lord, our actions by thy holy inspiration, and

carry them on by thy gracious affistance; that every prayer and work of ours may begin always from thee, and by thee be happily

ended.

Almighty and eternal God, who hait

dominion over the living and the dead; and art merciful to all thofe whom thou foreknoweft fhall be thine by faith and good works; we humbly befeech thee, that they, for whom we have purposed to offer our prayers, whether this prefent world ftill retains them in the flesh, or the next world has received them out of their bodies, may, by the interceffion of thy faints, and the clemency of thy goodneis, obtain pardon, and full remiffion of all their fins: Through our Lord Jefus Chrift thy Son, who liveth, &c. R. Amen.

V. Lord, hear my prayer?

R. And let my Cry come to thee.

V. Our almighty and merciful Lord, graciously hear us. R. Amen.

V. May the fouls of the faithful, thro' the mercy of God, reft in peace, R. Amen.

PRAYERS and COLLECTS, to be faid after the LITANIES, according to the Diverfity of Times

The Litanies are to be faid unto the Pfalm Incling unto my
Aid, &c. as before, page 288. Then the verse.
Said, Lord, have mercy on me. R. Heal
my foul, because I have finned against

thee. V. Turn to us, O Lord, without delay. R. And be not inexorable to thy fervants. V. Let thy mercy, O Lord, be upon us. R. As we have hoped in thee. V. Let thy priests be cloathed with Juftice. R. And let thy faints rejoice. V. Lord fave the King. R. and hear us on the day we fhall call upon thee.

V. Save thy people, O Lord, and bless thy inheritance. R. And govern them, and bless them for ever. V. Be mindful of thy congregation. R. Which thou haft poffeffed from the beginning.

V. May peace be in thy forces.

R. And abundance in thy towers.

V. Let us pray for the faithful departed... R. Give them, O Lord, eternal reft; and let thy light fhine upon them for ever. V. May they reft in peace. R. Amen. V. For our abfent brethren.

R. Save thy fervants, O my God, trusting in thee.

V. For the afflicted and captives. R. Deliver them, O God of Ifrael, out of all their tribulations. V. Send them help, O Lord, from thy fanctuary. R. And from Sion pro

tect them.

V. Lord hear my prayer.

R. And let my cry come to thee.

Pfalm 78. Deus venerunt gentes.

Some Interpreters think that by this Pfalm, is meant the cruel Perfecution, which the Jews fuffered under Antiochus aud bis Succeffors. according to what is cited in the Hite