A LMIGHTY and everlasting God, by whose Spirit the whole body of the Church is governed and sanctified; Receive our supplications and prayers, which we offer before thee for all estates of men in thy holy 2 Church, that every member of the same, in his vocation and ministry, may truly and godly serve thee may truly and 'godly serve thee, through our Lord and Saviour Jesus through our Lord Jesus Christ.* Christ. Amen. 5 MERCIFUL a that thou hast made, nor wouldest the death of a sinner, but rather that he should be converted and live; Have mercy upon all Jews, Turks, Infidels, and Hereticks, and take from them all ignorance, hardness of heart, and contempt of thy Word; and so fetch them home, blessed Lord, to thy flock, that they may be saved among the remnant of the true Israelites, and be made one fold under one shepherd, Jesu Christ our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with | Lord, who liveth and reigneth, &c. thee and the Holy Spirit, one God, world without end. Amen. I reigneth with thee and the Holy Ghost, now and for ever. 2 Congregation [1604] 3 worthily [S. L.] Amen. [S. L.] A LMIGHTY and everlasting God, by whose Spirit the whole body of the Church is governed and sanctified; Receive our supplications and prayers which we offer before thee for all estates of men in thy holy Congregation, that every member of the same, in his vocation and ministry, may truly and godly serve thee, through our Lord Jesus Christ. ME ERCIFUL God, who hast made all men, and hatest nothing that thou hast made, nor wouldest the death of a sinner, but rather that he should be converted and live; Have mercy upon all Jews, Turks, Infidels, and Hereticks, and take from them all ignorance, hardness of heart, and contempt of thy Word; and so fetch them home, blessed Lord, to thy flock, that they may be saved among the remnant of the true Israelites, and be made one fold under one shepherd, Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth and reigneth, &c. 1662 1604 S. L. EASTER EVEN. The Collect. GRANT, O Lord, that as we are baptized into the death of thy blessed Son our Saviour Jesus Christ, so by continual mortifying our corrupt affections we may be buried with him; and that through the grave and gate of death, we may pass to our joyful resurrection; for his merits, who died, and was buried, and rose again for us, thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. EASTER EVEN. The Collect. MOST gracious God, look upon us in mercy, and grant that as we are baptized into the death of thy Son our Saviour Jesus Christ; so by our true and hearty repentance all our sins may be buried with him, and we not fear the grave; that as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of thee, O Father, so we also may walk in newness of life, but our sins never be able to rise in judgment against us, and that for the merit of Jesus Christ that died, was buried, and rose again for us, Amen. [S. L.] The Epistle. 1 Pet. 3, 17. T is better (if the will of God be so), &c. I' unto him. ......... subdued LMIGHTY God, who through thine only begotten Son Jesus Christ hast overcome death, and opened unto us the gate of everlasting life; We humbly beseech thee, that, as by thy special grace preventing us thou dost put into our minds good desires, so by thy continual help we may bring the same to good effect: through Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth and reigneth our Lord, who liveth, &c. |