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 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. 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 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, to my exhaustion renew Thou strength. Lighten mine eyes that I sleep not in death. and to pass through this night without fear. who neither slumberest nor sleepest, ORD guar 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 nor let me in my dreams imagine what may anger Thee, what may defile me. Let not my loins be filled with illusions, Preserve me from the black sleep of sin; Lord, Thou knowest how sleepless are my unseen foes, shelter me with the wing of Thy pity; and give me to seek Thee early, 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, Let me remember Thee on my bed, 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,- the Sun's ray, a flame of fire, evening and morning,- music of Psalms, instruction of Proverbs, experience of Histories, |