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Who didst give him sight when he was three days fasting and praying, | Acts ix. |
Who, when we have done penance, no more rememberest any of our sins, | Ezech. xviii. |
Gracious and merciful God, who art patient, and rich in mercy, and ready to repent of the evil, | Joel ii. |
V.
Be favourable, O Lord, and spare us. |
From all evil, Deliver us, O Lord. |
From all sin, Deliver us, O Lord. |
From a sudden and unhappy death, Deliver us, O Lord. |
By thy baptism and holy fasting, Deliver us, O Lord. |
By thy labours and sorrows, Deliver us, O Lord. |
By thy blood which thou hast shed for the remission of our sins, Deliver us, O Lord, |
In the day of tribulation and distress, and of thy dreadful judgment, Deliver us, O Lord. |
VI.
We sinners. Beseech thee, hear us. |
That thou wouldst vouchsafe to bring us to true penance, We beseech thee, hear us. |
That we may judge ourselves, and so escape thy judgment, |
That, while there is time, we may bring forth fruit worthy of penance, |
That, as we have yielded our members to serve uncleanness and iniquity, to iniquity; so now we may yield them to serve justice, to sanctification, |
That we may never again give place to the devil, or let the sun go down upon our anger, |
That denying iniquity and worldly desires, we may live soberly, justly, and godly, |
That we may chastise our bodies, and bring them into subjection, |
That sin may not reign in our mortal body, |
That we may not yield our members as the instruments of iniquity, |
That we may not love the world, nor the things which are in the world, |