HIS is the record of John, &c. THIS is the record of Johnd THIS tizing. ......... where John was bap baptize. ......... where did Amen. [S. L.] L Verba mea auribus. Psalm v. The Collect. ORD, raise up, we pray thee, thy power, and come among us, and with great might succour us; that whereas through our sins and wickedness we be sore let and hindered, thy bountiful grace and mercy, through the satisfaction of thy Son our Lord, may speedily deliver us; to whom with thee and the Holy Ghost be honour and glory, world without end. Amen. ALMIGHTY God, which hast given us thy only begotten Son to take our nature upon him, and this day to be born of a pure Virgin; Grant that we being regenerate, and made thy children by adoption and grace, may daily be renewed by thy Holy Spirit; through the same our Lord Jesus Christ, who liveth and Lord Jesus Christ, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy reigneth, &c. Ghost, now and ever. Amen. GRANT, O Lord, that in all Your sufferings here upon earth for the testimony of thy truth, we may stedfastly look up to heaven, and by faith behold the glory that shall be revealed; and, being filled with the Holy Ghost, may learn to love and bless our persecutors by the example of thy first Martyr Saint Stephen, who prayed for his murderers to thee, O blessed Jesus, who standest at the right hand of God to succour all those that suffer for thee, our only mediator and Advocate. Amen. G The Collect. to love our enemies, by the example of thy Martyr S. Stephen, who prayed for his persecutors, to thee which 'livest, &c. ' livest and reignest, &c. [S. L.] |