Thou who willest us to make return

to our benefactors,

remember, Lord, for good,

all from whom I have received good;

keep them alive that they may be blessed upon earth, and deliver them not

into the will of their enemies.

Thou 'who hast noted

the man who neglects his own, as worse
than an infidel,

remember in Thy good pleasure

all those in my household.
Peace be to my house,

the Son of peace upon all in it.

Thou who wouldest that our righteousness exceed
the righteousness of sinners,

grant me, Lord, to love those who love me,
my own friend, and my father's friend,
and my friend's children,

never to forsake.

Thou who wouldest that we overcome
evil with good,

and pray for those who persecute us,
have pity on mine enemies, Lord,
as on myself;

and lead them together with me

to Thy heavenly kingdom.

Thou who grantest the prayers of Thy servants one for another,

remember, Lord, for good,

and pity all those

who remember me in their prayers,

or whom I have promised to remember in mine. Thou who acceptest diligence in every good work, remember, Lord, as if they prayed to Thee, those who for any good reason

give not time to prayer.

Arise, and have mercy

on those who are in the last necessity,

for it is time that Thou hast mercy upon them,

yea the time is come.

Have

mercy on them, O Lord,

as on me also, when in extremities.

Remember, Lord,

infants, children, the grown, the young,
the middle aged, the old,

hungry, thirsty, naked, sick,

prisoners, foreigners, friendless, unburied,

all in extreme age and weakness,

possessed with devils, and tempted to suicide,

troubled by unclean spirits,

the hopeless, the sick in soul or body, the weak-hearted,
all in prison and chains, all under sentence of death ;
orphans, widows, foreigners, travellers, voyagers,
women with child, women who give suck,
all in bitter servitude, or mines, or galleys,
or in loneliness.

Thou, Lord, shalt save both man and beast,
how excellent is Thy mercy, O God!
And the children of men shall put their trust
under the shadow of Thy wings.

The Lord bless us, and keep us,

and shew the light of His countenance upon us, And be merciful unto us,

The Lord lift up His countenance upon us,
And give us peace!

I commend to Thee, O Lord,

my soul, and my body, ' my mind, and my thoughts, my prayers, and my vows, my senses, and my limbs, my words, and my works, my life, and my death; my brothers, and my sisters,

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and their children;

my friends, my benefactors, my well wishers, those who have a claim on me;

my kindred, and my neighbors,
my country, and all Christendom.
I commend to Thee, Lord,
my impulses, and my startings,
my intentions, and my attempts,
my going out, and my coming in,
my sitting down, and my rising up.

(5.) PRAISE.

Up with our hearts;

we lift them to the Lord.

O how very meet, and right, and fitting, and due, in all, and for all,

at all times, places, manners,

in every season, every spot,
everywhere, always, altogether,
to remember Thee, to worship Thee,
to confess to Thee, to praise Thee,
to bless Thee, to hymn Thee,
To give thanks to Thee,

Maker, nourisher, guardian, governor,

preserver, worker, perfecter of all,

Lord and Father,

King and God,

fountain of life and immortality,
treasure of everlasting goods.
Whom the heavens hymn,

and the heaven of heavens,
the Angels and all the heavenly powers,
one to other crying continually,―
and we the while, weak and unworthy,
under their feet,—

Holy, Holy, Holy,
Lord the God of Hosts;

full is the whole heaven,

and the whole earth,

of the majesty of Thy glory. Blessed be the glory of the Lord out of His place,

for His Godhead, His mysteriousness, His height, His sovereignty, His almightiness, His eternity, His providence.

The Lord is my strength, my stony rock, and my defence,

my deliverer, my succour, my buckler,

the horn also of my salvation and my refuge.