heavily against Thee;

alas, alas, woe is me! for my misery. I repent, O me! I repent, spare me, O Lord, I repent, O me, I repent,

help Thou my impenitence. Be appeased, spare me, O Lord; be appeased, have mercy on me;

I said, Lord, have mercy upon me, heal my soul, for I have sinned against Thee. Have mercy upon me, O Lord,

after Thy great goodness,

according to the multitude of Thy mercies
do away mine offences.

Remit the guilt,

heal the wound,

blot out the stains,

clear away the shame,

rescue from the tyranny,

and make me not a public example.
O bring Thou me out of my trouble.
cleanse Thou me from secret faults,

keep back Thy servant also from presumptuous sins, My wanderings of mind

and idle talking

lay not to my charge.

Remove the dark and muddy flood
of foul and wicked thoughts.

O Lord,

I have destroyed myself;

whatever I have done amiss, pardon mercifully.

Deal not with us after our sins,

neither reward us after our iniquities. Look mercifully upon our infirmities; and for the glory of thy All-holy Name, turn from us all those ills and miseries, which by our sins, and by us through them, are most righteously and worthily deserved.

3. COMMENDATION.

To my weariness, O Lord,
vouchsafe Thou rest,

to my exhaustion

renew Thou strength.

Lighten mine eyes that I sleep not in death.
Deliver me from the terror by night,
the pestilence that walketh in darkness.
Supply me with healthy sleep,

and to pass through this night without fear.
O Keeper of Israel,

who neither slumberest nor sleepest,

ORD

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Visit me

reveal to

If not

guard me this night from all evil,

guard my soul, O Lord.

Visit me with the visitation of Thine own, reveal to me wisdom in the visions of the night. If not, for I am not worthy, not worthy, at least, O loving Lord,

yea,

let

let sleep be to me a breathing time
as from toil, so from sin.
Yea, O Lord,

nor let me in my dreams imagine

what may anger Thee,

what may defile me.

Let not my loins be filled with illusions,
my reins chasten me in the night season,
yet without grievous terror.

Preserve me from the black sleep of sin;
all earthly and evil thoughts
put to sleep within me.
Grant to me light sleep,
rid of all imaginations
fleshly and satanical.

Lord, Thou knowest

how sleepless are my unseen foes,
and how feeble my wretched flesh,
who madest me;

shelter me with the wing of Thy pity;
awaken me at the fitting time,
the time of prayer;

and give me to seek Thee early,
for Thy glory, and for Thy service.

Here use the form of Intercession, No. 3.

Into Thy hands, O Lord, I commend myself, my spirit, soul, and body:

Thou didst make, and didst redeem them; and together with me, all my friends and all that belongs to me.

Thou hast vouchsafed them to me, Lord, in Thy goodness.

Guard my lying down and my rising up,
from henceforth and for ever.

Let me remember Thee on my bed,
and search out my spirit;

let me wake up and be present with Thee; let me lay down in peace, and take my rest; for it is Thou, Lord, only

that makest me dwell in safety.

Course of

Prayers for the Week.

THE FIRST DAY.

INTRODUCTION.

Through the tender mercies of our God the day-spring from on high hath visited us. Glory be to Thee, O Lord, glory to Thee. Creator of the light,

and Enlightener of the world,-
of the visible light,

the Sun's ray, a flame of fire,
day and night,

evening and morning,-
of the light invisible,
the revelation of God,
writings of the Law,
oracles of Prophets,

music of Psalms,

instruction of Proverbs,

experience of Histories,