V. Lord, hear my prayer. Amen. PRAYERS to be faid in the Beginning of the CONGREGATION. C NOME, Holy Ghoft, replenish the hearts of thy faithful, and kindle in them the fire of thy love. Lord have mercy on us. Chrift have mercy on us. Lord have mercy on us. Our Father. V. Be mindful of thy congregation.: R. Which thou haft poffeffed from the Beginning. V. Lord hear my prayer. R. And let my cry come to thee. Let us Pray. IRECT our minds, we beseech thee, O D'Lord, with thy heavenly light; that we may difcern fuch councils as are juft, and have ftrength to put them in execution: Through Christ our Lord. L At the End of the Congregation. ORD have mercy on us. Lord have mercy on us. Our Father. V. And lead us not into temptation. R. But deliver us from evil. V. Confirm O God, what thou haft wrought in us. R. From thy holy temple, which is in Jerufalem. V. Lord hear my prayer. R. And let my cry come to thee. Let us Pray. RANT us, we beseech thee, O Lord, the help of thy grace; that what by thy direction we know is to be done, we may accomplish by thy affiftance: Through Chrift. V. Vouchfafe to render eternal life to our benefactors living and dead. R. Amen. PRAYERS to beg the Grace of the The Hymn, Veni Creator Spiritus, &c. as on Veni Sancte Spiritus. HINE, heavenly dove, defcend and dwell Within our breafts benighted cell; And thence the fhades of fin expel : Defcend, thou Father of the poor; Of gifts thou unexhausted ftore; Thy heavenly light our hearts implore, Thou only comfort of our breast, The happy foul's delightful gueft, And fweet refreshment of the bleft. In thee, when tir'd we find repofe; In heat a breeze that gently blows. And comfort in excess of woes. O fweetest flame thy beams impart, And penetrate our inmoft heart. With light and warmth in every part. In man, without thy Sovereign light, With grace our fcorching fires allay: Our ftubborn hearts with mildnets bend, Where love decays thy warmth extend; And fhew loft fheep their journey's end. Make all thy feven-fold fountains flow On those that truft in thee below: And in thofe ftreams thy felf bestow. Thyfelf the crown of all our pain, Our happy end and everlafting gain. Amen. V. Send forth thy fpirit, and they shall be created. R. And thou shalt renew the face of the earth. V. Lord, hear my prayer, R. And let my cry come to thee. Let us Pray. God, who by the inspiration of the Holy Ghost, didft inftruct the hearts of the faithful: Grant us in the fame spirit to difcern what is right, and enjoy his comfort for ever: Through our Lord. R. Amen. Another Prayer. God, to whom nothing is concealed, but every heart lies open, and every will does fpeak; purify our hearts by the infpiration of the Holy Ghoft; that we may be perfect in thy love, and whorthily fet forth thy praife: Through our Lord, and the fame Holy Ghost, &c. A Prayer for devout Friends. God, who by the Grace of the Holy Ghoft, didft infufe the gifts of charity into the hearts of the faithful: Grant to thy fervants, for whom we implore thy mercy, health of mind and body; that they may love thee with all their ftrength, and with love accomplish those things that are pleafing to thee: Through our Lord. A Prayer for our Enemies. God, the lover of peace and conserver of charity, give to all our enemies peace and true charity: Grant them remiffion of all their fins, and powerfully deliver us from their deceits: Through our Lord. A Prayer to repel wicked Thoughts. Almighty and moft merciful God, graciously have regard to our prayers; and deliver our hearts from the temptations of evil thoughts, that we may be made a worthy dwelling for the Holy Ghoft: Through our Lord. A Prayer for Charity. GOD, who makeft all things beneficial to thofe that love thee; infufe into our hearts an inviolable love of thy charity; that the defires we conceive by thy infpiration, may, by no temptation, be changed: Through our Lord. A Prayer for Patience. GOD, who haft confounded the pride of the old enemy, by the patience of thy only begotten fon; grant, we befeech thee, that we may often call to mind what he meekly fuffered for us, and, by his example, patiently endure all adverfities: Through our Lord. IN A Prayer for Continency. NFLAME, O Lord, our reins and hearts with the fire of thy holy fpirit; that we may ferve thee with a chafte body, and please thee with a clean heart: Through our Lord. A THANKSGIVING. HEE, Sovereign God, our grateful accents praife, our Lord. Then fay, V. Let us praise the Father, and the Son, with the Holy Ghoft. |