to whom be glory and greatness,

strength and authority,

both now and for all ages. Amen.

(5.) PRAISE.

O Lord, my Lord,

for my being, life, reason,
for nurture, protection, guidance,

for education, civil rights, religion,
for Thy gifts of grace, nature, fortune,
for redemption, regeneration, catechising,
for my call, recall, yea, many calls besides;
for Thy forbearance, long-suffering,
long long-suffering

to me-ward,

many seasons, many years, up to this time; for all good things received, successes granted me, good things done;

for the use of things present,

for Thy promise, and my hope

of the enjoyment of good things to come;
for my parents honest and good,

teachers kind,

benefactors never to be forgotten,

religious intimates congenial,

hearers thoughtful,

friends sincere,

domestics faithful,

for all who have advantaged me by writings, homilies, converse, prayers, patterns, rebukes, injuries; for all these, and all others which I know, which I know not, open, hidden,

remembered, forgotten,

done when I wished, when I wished not,

I confess to Thee and will confess,
I bless Thee and will bless,

I give thanks to Thee and will give thanks,
all the days of my life.

Who am I, or what is my father's house,
that Thou shouldest look upon a dead dog,
the like of me

?

what reward shall I give unto the Lord for all the benefits which He hath done unto me?

What thanks can I recompense unto God, for all he hath spared and borne with me until now? Holy, Holy, Holy,

worthy art Thou,

O Lord and our God, the Holy One,

oracles of prophets, music of psalms, · instruction of proverbs, experience of histories, worship of sacrifices.

Blessed art Thou, O Lord,

for Thy great and precious promise
on this day

concerning the Life-giving Seed,

and for its fulfilment in fulness of the times on this day.

Blessed art Thou, O Lord,

for the holy Passion
of this day.

O by Thy salutary sufferings

on this day,

save us, O Lord.

(1.) CONFESSION.

I have withstood Thee, Lord,

but I return to Thee;

for I have fallen by mine iniquity.

But I take with me words,

and I return unto Thee and say,

take away all iniquity and receive us graciously, so will we render the calves of our lips.