a stop to the violence of heresies; heal the schisms of the Churches; and grant us thy peace and love, Ú God, our Saviour, and the hope of all the ends of the earth.

Remember, O Lord, to grant us temperate weather, moderate showers, pleasant dews, and plenty of the fruits of the earth; and to bless the whole circle of the year with thy goodness; for the eyes of all hope in thee, and thou givest them food in due season; thou openest thine hand, and fillest every living creature with thy gracious bounty.

Remember, O Lord, all who bring forth fruit, and do good works in thy holy Churches, and who are mindful of the poor, the widows, orphans, strangers, and indigent per

sons,

son's, and all who desire to be remembered in our prayers.

And grant that we may all find mercy and favour with all thy saints, who, from the beginning of the world, have pleased thee in their several generations, Patriarchs, Prophets, Apostles, Martyrs, and every just Spirit made perfect in the faith of thy Christ, from righteous Abel éven unto this day; do thou give them and us rest in the region of the living, in the bosoms of our holy Fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, whence sorrow, grief, and lamentation are banished away, where the light of thy countenance visits and shines continually; and vouchsafe to bring them and us to the full enjoyment of thy heavenly king

dom:

be

dom: And dispose the end of our lives, O Lord, in peace, that they may be Christian, well pleasing to thee, and free from sin; that so, with that innumerable company, fore the throne, we may sing praises evermore to thy glorious name, O Jesu, our Saviour, our Lord, and our God, in the unity of the Father and the Holy Spirit. Amen. Hallelujah.

An

An ACT of PRAISE.

GLORY to thee, gracious and mer

ciful God, who, when miserable man had, by transgressing thy Commandments, forfeited thy favour, and utterly lost himself; didst not disdain, nor forsake him, in this forlorn condition; but by many admirable methods, didst visit and pity him.

As a compassionate and tender Father, sustaining him with thy greatest and most comfortable promise, that the seed of the woman should break the serpent's head: Opening a door of faith and of re

pentance; and, in the fulness of time, sending out of thy boson thy Christ, the Son of thy love, to take upon him the seed of Abraham; that, by his spotless and holy life, he might fulfil the obedience of the law; and, by the sacrifice of his death, might take away the curse and sting of death; and, after having thus given himself a ransom for the whole world, might, by his resurrection, restore that world to life.

O infinitely wise and good God, who has left no expedient untried, for bringing lapsed mankind back again to happiness; and making them partakers of thy divine nature, and everlasting glory.

O thou, who hast borne such ample testimony to the truth of thy Son's