more ready to follow Thy holy commandments, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

SAINT MATTHIAS.

ALMIGHTY God, who into the place of the traitor Judas didst choose Thy faithful servant Matthias to be of the number of the twelve apostles, grant that Thy Church, being always preserved from false leaders, may be ordered and guided by faithful and true pastors, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

SAINT PETER.

ALMIGHTY God, who by Thy Son Jesus Christ didst give to Thy apostle Saint Peter many excellent gifts, and commandedst him earnestly to feed Thy flock, make, we beseech Thee, all pastors diligently to preach Thy holy Word, and the people obediently to follow the same, that they may receive the crown of everlasting glory, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

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SAINT THOMAS THE APOSTLE.

LMIGHTY and everliving God, who for the greater confirmation of the faith, didst suffer Thy holy apostle Thomas to be doubtful in Thy Son's resurrection, grant us so perfectly and without all doubt, to believe in Thy Son Jesus Christ, that our faith in Thy sight may never be reproved. Hear us, O Lord, through the same Jesus Christ, to whom, with Thee and the Holy Ghost, be all honor and glory, now and for evermore. Amen.

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SAINT STEPHEN.

RANT, O Lord, that in all our sufferings here upon earth, for the testimony of Thy truth, we may steadfastly 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 succor all those who suffer for Thee, our only Mediator and Advocate. Amen.

THE CONVERSION OF SAINT PAUL.

GOD, who, through the preaching of the blessed apostle Saint
Paul hast caused the light of the gospel to shine throughout

the world, grant, we beseech Thee, that we, having his wonderful conversion in remembrance, may show forth our thankfulness unto Thee for the same, by following the holy doctrine which he taught, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

SAINT MICHAEL AND ALL ANGELS.

EVERLASTING God, who hast ordained and constituted the services of angels and men in a wonderful order, mercifully grant, that as Thy holy angels always do Thee service in heaven, so, by Thy appointment, they may succor and defend us on earth, through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Amen.

SAINT BARNABAS THE APOSTLÉ.

LORD God Almighty, who didst endue Thy holy apostle Barnabas with singular gifts of the Holy Ghost, leave us not, we beseech Thee, destitute of Thy manifold gifts, nor yet of grace to use them always to Thy honor and glory, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

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THE WAY, THE TRUTH, AND THE LIFE.

LMIGHTY God, whom truly to know is everlasting blessedness, grant us so perfectly to know Thy Son Jesus Christ to be the Way, the Truth, and the Life, that believing from the heart in His divine truth, we may steadfastly walk in the way that leadeth to eternal life, through the same Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY OF MAN.

LMIGHTY God, we beseech Thee graciously to behold this

to be betrayed, and given up into the hands of wicked men, and to suffer death upon the cross, who now liveth and reigneth with Thee and the Holy Ghost, ever one God, world without end. Amen.

FOR ALL ESTATES IN THE CHURCH.

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 Church, that every member of the same, in his Vocation and ministry, may truly and godly serve Thee, through our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen.

FOR THOSE IN ERROR.

MERCIFUL God, who hast made all men, and hatest nothing that Thou hast made, nor desirest the death of a sinner, but rather that he should be converted and live, have mercy upon all those who are out of Thy fold, 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 with Thee and the Holy Spirit, one God, world without end. Amen.

ON THE FIRST COMMANDMENT.

LORD Almighty, Three Persons and one God, blessed for ever, teach us devoutly to adore Thine awful majesty. Enlighten our understandings, sanctify our affections, and strengthen our faith, that we may see Thee, and love Thee, and trust Thee, according to Thy will. Thou hast made Thyself known unto us at sundry times and in divers manners, by the Law, the Prophets, and the Gospel, as our Creator, Redeemer, and Sanctifier. Grant us grace, we beseech Thee, to live in the perpetual sense of our continued obligations to Thee, and of our entire dependence upon Thee. Enable us to retain Thee ever in our knowledge; and give us not over to a reprobate mind: but so reveal Thyself to us, by Thy blessed Spirit, that, in all our thoughts, and words, and actions, we may glorify Thee our God, through Jesus Christ our blessed Redeemer. Amen.

ON THE SECOND COMMANDMENT.

LORD God Almighty, who hast described Thyself as a jealous God, not willing to give Thine honor to another, teach us to worship Thee with a pure and holy service. Enable us always to remember that Thou art a Spirit, and that Thou requirest them who worship Thee to worship Thee in spirit and in truth. Enable us always to remember that Thou art love: and that Thou requirest the affections of the creatures whom Thou hast made. Grant to us, O Lord, we beseech Thee, such a measure of Thy grace, that we may never mock Thee by the mere forms of worship, while our hearts are far from Thee: but may we live in prayer, and bear about with us continually an awful sense of Thy presence; and whether we eat, or

drink, or whatever we do, may we do all to Thy glory, through Jesus Christ our Saviour. Amen.

ON THE THIRD COMMANDMENT.

LORD Almighty, help us to approach Thee with the deepest reverence; and in prayer, and praise, and thanksgiving, to feel the solemn obligation of calling upon Thy name. Grant that we may not mock Thee by taking it in vain by a cold and formal lipservice; but enable us by Thy grace to pray with the spirit and with the understanding; that so our sacrifice may be accepted, and our supplications be hallowed before Thee. Teach us also with watchfulness and anxiety to avoid every approach to levity and profaneness in our daily course of life; and habitually to cultivate truth, and purity, and sober-mindedness in our conversation. Enable us to keep our hearts diligently; and thus to keep our tongues from lying and slandering, from irreverent talking, from foolish jesting, and from blasphemy. All which we ask through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

ON THE FOURTH COMMANDMENT.

LORD Almighty, who, on the Sabbath, didst rest from Thy labors, and didst command us to keep one day in seven holy, in remembrance thereof for ever, give us grace without doubting to hallow the Lord's Day always before Thee. Teach us to devote the day, not grudgingly, or of necessity, to Thy service, but cheerfully, and happily; and enable us by Thy Holy Spirit to feel, that while it is a blessing to our wearied bodies, it is also a privilege to our immortal souls. May the frame of our minds be on this day always more and more conformed to Thy will; and thus growing into the image of our Lord, and feeling an increasing delight in Thy service, and throwing off the chains of sin and of Satan, may we rise to the full liberty of the children of God; and be fitted, Sabbath after Sabbath, as we advance in age, for the enjoyment of an eternal Sabbath in Thy presence in heaven; which blessings we ask in the name of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen.

ON THE FIFTH COMMANDMENT.

LORD Almighty, teach us to reverence Thee above all things, as our Father who art in heaven; and, in obedience to Thy will, to discharge all the duties which Thou hast required of us, to

our rulers and magistrates, to our spiritual pastors and our personal and family connections. Grant that we may always honor and obey all who are placed over us by Thy good providence; and may pray for them continually, through the merits and intercession of Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

ON THE SIXTH COMMANDMENT.

LORD, who hast taught us, that he who hateth his brother without a cause is a murderer; that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him; and that love is the fulfilling of the law;-enable us by Thy grace to govern our hearts and regulate our tempers according to the perfect rule of charity. May we follow the spirit of our blessed Master, who, when He was reviled, reviled not again; and who taught us, after His example, to love our enemies; to bless them that persecute us, and to overcome evil with good. May the grace of Thy Holy Spirit watch over us for good; and teach us, in the brotherhood of Christ, to love all Thy creatures for His sake, to whom with Thee, O Father, we would render homage forever. Amen.

ON THE SEVENTH COMMANDMENT.

LORD GOD Almighty, who hast taught us, that without holiness no man shall see Thee, and hast commanded us to be holy as Thou art holy, enable us, being renewed and sanctified by Thy grace, to serve Thee in body, soul, and spirit. Teach us to make a covenant with our eyes, that they look not on any thing which may lead us to evil, and with our imaginations that they abstain from every thought of sin. Grant us grace to avoid every thing which is displeasing to Thy holy nature; and to crucify the flesh with its affections and lusts. Enable us to keep under our bodies, and to bring them into subjection; may our hearts be a fit habitation for Thy Spirit, whom, with Thee and the blessed Redeemer, we would glorify for ever. Amen.

ON THE EIGHTH COMMANDMENT.

LORD GOD, from whom alone proceed all the good things which we enjoy, who hast determined the bounds of our habitation, and hast allotted to each of us such a share of Thy gifts as Thou seest best for us, grant us, we beseech Thee, to receive our