That it may please thee to succour, help, and comfort all that are in danger, necessity, and tribulation;

We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord.

That it may please thee to preserve all that travel by land or by water, all women labouring of child, all sick persons especially those * This to be said for whom our when any desire the prayers are de- Prayers of the Congregation. sired] and young children, and to shew thy pity upon all prisoners and captives; We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord.

That it may please thee to defend and provide for the fatherless children, and widows, and all that are desolate and oppressed;

We beseech thee to bear us, good Lord.

That it may please thee to have mercy upon all men;

We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord.

That it may please thee to forgive our enemies, persecutors, and slanderers, and to turn their hearts;

We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord.

That it may please thee to give and preserve to our use the kindly fruits of the earth, so as in due time we may enjoy them;

We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord.

That it may please thee to give us true repentance, to forgive us all our sins, negligences, and ignorances, and to endue us with the grace of thy Holy Spirit, to amend our lives according to thy holy Word;

We beseech thee to hear us, good

Lord.

Son of God: we beseech thee to hear us.

Son of God: we beseech thee to hear us.

O Lamb of God: that takest away the sins of the world; Grant us thy peace.

O Lamb of God: that takest
away the sins of the world;
Have mercy upon us.
O Christ, hear us.

O Christ, bear us.
Lord, have mercy upon us.
Lord, have mercy upon us.
Christ, have mercy upon us.
Christ, have mercy upon us.
Lord, have mercy upon us.
Lord, have mercy upon us.

Then shall the Priest, and the People with him, say the Lord's Prayer.

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He ascended into heaven; he sitteth on the right hand of the Father, God Almighty: from whence he shall come to judge the quick and the dead.

At whose coming all men shall rise again with their bodies: and shall give account for their own works.

And they that have done good, shall go into life everlasting: and

(i) "Cannot be saved." The Prelates, who in 1689 were commissioned to review and correct the Liturgy, of whom Abp. Tillotson was one, prepared a Rubric, in which one Part was, that the Articles of this Creed "ought to be received and " believed, as being agreeable to the "Holy Scriptures," but that "the con"demning clauses were to be understood " as relating to those only who obsti"nately denied the substance of the " Christian Faith." Anon. 54, 55. Dr. Waterland says, "he inclines to the "moderate opinion of those who think the "author of this Creed does not here lay "the stress upon every little nicety of "explication before given, but upon the " main doctrine of a co-equaland co-eternal "Trinity." Wat. Crit. Hist.c.10. Should he not have added also, " and of the in"carnation, &c. of Jesus Christ," there being no " other name given under hea

ven, whereby men can obtain remission " of their sins, and hope for everlasting " life." According to Mark xvi. 16. "He " that believeth, and is baptised, shall be "saved: but he that believeth not, shall " be damned." So John iii. 18, "He "that believeth on him (i. e. Jesus "Christ) is not condemned: but he that " believeth not, is condemned already, "because he hath not believed in the "name of the only begotten Son of "God." Bp. Tomline says, "Great

" objections have been made to the "clauses which denounce eternal dam

" nation against those who do not be"lieve the Faith, as here stated: and it " certainly is to be lamented, that assertions of so peremptory a nature, un" explained and unqualified, should have

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sons, in whose name we are commanded "to be baptised, to the incarnation of "Christ, and to a future judgment. "These are the doctrines of the Atha"nasian Creed: and therefore it would "follow, that a belief in the doctrines" (meaning probably the general doctrines) "of the Athanasian Creed is "essential to salvation. He adds, however, afterwards, " but since the gospel " no where informs us, what degree of error will exclude from eternal happiness, I am ready to acknowledge, that my judgment, notwithstanding the authority of of form former times, our Church " would have acted more wisely, and more consistently with its general prin

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ciples of mildness and toleration, if it " had not adopted the damnatory clauses " of the Athanasian Creed. Though I firmly believe that the doctrines of this " Creed are all founded in Scripture, I "cannot but conceive it to be both un

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God the Father of heaven : have mercy upon us miserable sinners.

O God the Father of heaven : have mercy upon us miserable sin

ners.

O God the Son, Redeemer of the world: have mercy upon us miserable sinners.

O God the Son, Redeemer of the world : have mercy upon us miserable sinners.

O God the Holy Ghost, proceeding from the Father and the Son: have mercy upon us miserable sinners.

O God the Holy Ghost, proceeding from the Father and the Son : bave mercy upon us miserable sin

ners.

O holy, blessed, and glorious Trinity, three Persons and one God: have mercy upon us miserable sinners.

O holy, blessed, and glorious Trinity, three Persons and one God: have mercy upon us miser able sinners.

Remember not, Lord, our offences, nor the offences of our forefathers; neither take thou vengeance of our sins: Spare us, good Lord, spare thy people, whom thou hast redeemed with

thy most precious blood, and be not angry with us for ever. Spare us, good Lord.

From all evil and mischief; from sin, from the crafts and assaults of the devil; from thy wrath, and from everlasting damnation,

Good Lord, deliver us. From all blindness of heart; from pride, vain glory, and hypocrisy; from envy, hatred, and malice, and all uncharitableness,

Good Lord, deliver us.

From fornication, and all other deadly sin; and from all the deceits of the world, the flesh, and the devil,

Good Lord, deliver us. From lightning and tempest; from plague, pestilence, and fa. mine; from battle and murder, and from sudden death,

Good Lord, deliver us.

From all sedition, privy conspiracy, and rebellion; from all false doctrine, heresy, and schism; from hardness of heart, and contempt of thy Word and Commandment,

Good Lord, deliver us. By the mystery of thy holy Incarnation; by thy holy Nativity Charlotte, their Royal Highnesses George Prince of Wales, the Princess of Wales, and all the Royal Family;

Good Lord, deliver us.

In all time of our tribulation; in all time of our wealth; in the hour of death, and in the day of judgement,

Good Lord, deliver us. We sinners do beseech thee to hear us, O Lord God; and that it may please thee to rule and govern thy holy Church universal in the right way;

We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord.

That it may please thee to keep and strengthen in the true worshipping of thee, in righteousness and holiness of life thy servant GEORGE, our most gracious King and Governor;

We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord.

That it may please thee to rule his heart in thy faith, fear, and love; and that he may evermore have affiance in thee, and ever seek thy honour and glory;

We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord.

That it may please thee to be his defender and keeper, giving him the victory over all his enemies;

We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. That it may please thee to bless

(a) "Agony and bloody sweat." This was just before he was betrayed, when he had been praying to God to remove that cup from him; and, "being in an

We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord.

That it may please thee to illuminate all Bishops, Priests, and Deacons, with true knowledge and understanding of thy Word; and that both by their preaching and living they may set it forth, and shew it accordingly;

We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord.

That it may please thee to endue the Lords of the Council, and all the Nobility, with grace, wisdom, and understanding;

We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord.

That it may please thee to bless and keep the Magistrates; giving them grace to execute justice, and to maintain truth;

We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. That it may please thee to bless and keep all thy people;

We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord.

That it may please thee to give to all nations, unity, peace, and concord;

We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord.

That it may please thee to give us an heart to love and dread thee, and diligently to live after thy commandments;

We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord.

That it may please thee to forgive our enemies, persecutors, and slanderers, and to turn their hearts;

We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord.

That it may please thee to give and preserve to our use the kindly fruits of the earth, so as in due time we may enjoy them;

We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord.

That it may please thee to give us true repentance, to forgive us all our sins, negligences, and ignorances, and to endue us with the grace of thy Holy Spirit, to amend our lives according to thy holy Word;

We beseech thee to hear us, good

Lord.

Son of God: we beseech thee to hear us.

Son of God: we beseech thee to bear us.

O Lamb of God: that takest away the sins of the world; Grant us thy peace.

O Lamb of God: that takest away the sins of the world; Have mercy upon us. O Christ, hear us. O Christ, hear us. Lord, have mercy upon us. Lord, have mercy upon us. Christ, have mercy upon us. Christ, have mercy upon us. Lord, have mercy upon us. Lord, have mercy upon us.

Then shall the Priest, and the People with bim, say the Lord's Prayer.

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