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	The Book of Common Prayer for Scotland (1637)

Here followeth the Letany to be
used after the third Collect at morning
prayer,
called the Collect for grace, upon Sundayes, Wednesdayes, and
Fridayes, and at other times, when it shall be commanded by the Ordinarie,
and without omission of any part of the other daily service of the Church
on those dayes.
O
GOD the Father of heaven : have mercy
upon us miserable sinners.
O God the Father of heaven : have mercy
upon us miserable sinners.
O God the Sonne Redeemer of the world : have
mercy upon us miserable sinners.
O God the Sonne Redeemer of the world :
have mercy upon us miserable sinners.
O God the holy Ghost proceeding from the Father and
the Sonne : have mercie upon us miserable sinners.
O God the holy Ghost, proceeding from the Father
and the Sonne : have mercy upon us miserable sinners.
O holy, blessed, and glorious Trinitie, three persons
and one God : have mercie upon us miserable sinners.
O holy, blessed, and glorious Trinitie, three
persons and one God : have mercy upon us miserable sinners.
Remember not, Lord, our offenses, nor the offenses
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 bloud, 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 blindnesse of heart, from pride, vain-glory,
and hypocrisie, from envie, hatred and malice, and all uncharitablenesse.
Good Lord
deliver us.
From fornication and all other deadly sinne,
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 famine, from battell and murder, and from sudden death.
Good Lord
deliver us.
From all sedition and privie conspiracy,
from all false doctrine and heresie, from hardnesse of heart, and contempt
of thy Word and Commandement.
Good Lord
deliver us.
By the mystery of thy holy Incarnation,
by thy holy Nativitie and Circumcision, by thy Baptisme, Fasting, and
Temptation.
Good Lord
deliver us.
By thine agonie and bloudy sweat, by thy
Crosse and Passion, by thy precious Death and Buriall, by thy glorious
Resurrection and Ascension, and by the coming of the holy Ghost.
Good Lord
deliver us.
In all time of our adversitie, in all time
of our prosperitie, in all time of tribulation, in the hour of death,
and in the day of judgment.
Good Lord
deliver us.
We sinners do beseech thee to heare us,
(O Lord God) and that it may please thee to rule and governe
thy holy Catholike Church universally 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 righteousnesse and holinesse of
life thy servant CHARLES our most gracious King and governour.
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 honor 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 blesse and preserve
our gracious Queen Mary, Prince Charles, and the rest of
the Royall issue.
We beseech
thee to hear us good Lord.
That it may please thee to illuminate all
Bishops, Presbyters, and Ministers of the Church, 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 Counsell, and all the Nobility, with grace, wisedome, and understanding.
We beseech
thee to hear us good Lord.
That it may please thee to blesse and keep
the Magistrates, giving them grace to execute Justice, and to maintaine
truth.
We beseech
thee to hear us good Lord.
That it may please thee to blesse and keep
all thy people.
We beseech
thee to hear us good Lord.
That it may please thee to give to all nations,
unitie, 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 Commandements.
We beseech
thee to hear us good Lord.
That it may please thee to give all thy
people increase of grace, to hear meekly thy Word, and to receive it
with pure affection, and to bring forth the fruits of the Spirit.
We beseech
thee to hear us good Lord.
That it may please thee to bring into the
way of truth, all such as have erred and are deceived.
We beseech
thee to hear us good Lord.
That it may please thee to strengthen such
as do stand, and to comfort and help the weak hearted, and to raise
them up that fall, and finally to beat down Satan under our feet.
We beseech
thee to hear us good Lord.
That it may please thee to succour, help,
and comfort all that be in danger, necessity, and tribulation.
We beseech
thee to hear us good Lord.
That it may please thee to preserve all
that travell by land or by water, all women labouring of
childe, all sick persons and young children, and to shew thy pitie upon
all prisoners and captives.
We beseech
thee to hear us good Lord.
That it may please thee to defend and provide
for the fatherlesse children and widows, and all that be desolate and
oppressed.
We beseech
thee to hear 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,
persecutours, 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 sinnes, 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.
Sonne of God : we beseech thee to hear us.
Sonne
of God : we beseech thee to hear us.
O Lambe of God, that takest away the sins
of the world:
Grant
us thy peace.
O Lambe of God, that takest away the sinnes
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.
OUr
Father which art in heaven, hallowed be thy Name. Thy kingdome come.
Thy will be done in earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily
bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive them that trespasse
against us. And leade us not into temptation : but deliver us from evil.
Amen.
Presbyter.
O Lord deal not with us after our sinnes.
Answer.
Neither reward us after our iniquities.
¶
Let us pray.
O
GOD mercifull Father, that despisest
not the sighing of a contrite heart, nor the desire of such as be sorrowful:
Mercifully assist our prayers that we make before thee, in all our troubles
and adversities, whensoever they oppresse us : and graciously hear us,
that those evils, which the craft and subtilty of the devil or man worketh
against us be brought to nought, and by the providence of thy goodness
they may be dispersed, that we thy servants being hurt by no persecutions,
may evermore give thanks unto thee in thy holy Church; through Jesu
Christ our Lord.
O Lord arise, help us, and deliver us, for thy
Names sake.
O
God, we have heard with our eares, and our fathers have declared unto
us, the noble works that thou didst in their dayes, and in the old time
before them.
O Lord arise, help us, and deliver us, for thine
honour.
Glory be to the Father, and to the Sonne : and to the holy Ghost.
As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall
be, world without end.
From
our enemies defend us, O Christ.
Graciously looke upon our afflictions.
Pitifully behold the sorrows of our heart.
Mercifully forgive the sinnes of thy people.
Favorably with mercy heare our prayers.
O Sonne of David have mercy upon us.
Both now and ever vouchsafe to heare us, O Christ.
Graciously heare us, O Christ, graciously heare
us,
O Lord Christ.
Presbyter.
O Lord let thy mercy be showed upon us.
Answer.
As we do put our trust in thee.
¶
Let us pray.
WEe
humbly beseech thee, O Father, mercifully to look upon our infirmities;
and for the glory of thy name's sake, turn from us all those evils that
we most justly have deserved : and grant that in all our troubles wee
may put our whole trust and confidence in thy mercy, and evermore serve
thee in holinesse and purenesse of living, to thy honour and glory;
through our onely Mediatour and Advocate, Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
¶
A Prayer for the King's Majesty
O
LORD our heavenly father, high and
mighty King of kings, Lord of lords, the only ruler of Princes, which
doest from thy throne behold all the dwellers upon earth, most heartily
we beseech thee with thy favour to behold our most gracious Soveraigne
Lord King Charles, and so replenish him with the grace of thy
holy Spirit, that he may allway incline to thy will, and walk in thy
way : indue him plenteously with heavenly gifts; grant him in health
and wealth long to live; strength him that he may vanquish
and overcome all his enemies; and finally after this life, he may attaine
everlasting joy and felicity, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
¶
A prayer for the Queene, Prince Charles, and the rest of the Royall
progeny
ALmighty
God, the fountain of all goodnesse, we humbly beseech thee to blesse
our gracious Queene Mary, Prince Charles, with the rest
of the Royall progeny : endue them with thy holy Spirit, enrich them
thy heavenly grace, prosper them with all happinesse, and bring them
to thine everlasting kingdome, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
¶ A Prayer for the holy Clergie
ALmighty
and everlasting GOD, who onely workest great and marvellous things,
send down upon our Bishops, Presbyters and Curates, and all Congregations
committed to their charge, the healthfull Spirit of thy grace; and that
they may truly please thee, poure upon them the continuall dew of thy
blessing : Grant this, O Lord, for the honour of our Advocate and Mediatour,
Jesus Christ. Amen.
¶
A Prayer to be said in the Ember weeks for those which are then
to be admitted into holy Orders : and is to be read every day of the
week, beginning on the Sunday before the day of Ordination.
ALmighty
God, the giver of all good gifts, who of thy divine providence hast
appointed divers Orders in thy Church, give thy grace, we humbly beseech
thee, to all those which are called to any office and administration
in the same : and so replenish them with the truth of thy doctrine and
innocency of life, that they may faithfully serve before thee, to the
glory of thy great Name, and the benefit of thy holy Church, through
Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
¶
A Prayer of Chrysostome.
ALmighty
God, which hast given us grace at this time with one accord to make
our common supplications unto thee, and doest promise that when two
or three be gathered together in thy Name, thou wilt grant their requests
: fulfill now, O Lord, the desires and petitions of us thy servants
as may be most expedient for us, granting us in this world knowledge
of thy truth, and in the world to come life everlasting. Amen.
2 Corinth. 13. 13
THE
grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship
of the holy Ghost, be with us all ever more. Amen.
For raine, if the time require.
O
God, heavenly Father, whose gift is that the raine doth fall, and the
earth is fruitfull, beasts increase, and fishes do multiply: Send
us we beseech thee in this our necessitie, such moderate raine
and showres, that we may receive the fruits of the earth to our
comfort, and to thy honour; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
¶
For faire Weather.
O
LORD GOD which for the sinne of
man didst once drown all the world, except eight persons, and afterward
of thy great mercy didst promise never to destroy it so again : We humbly
beseech thee, that although we for our iniquities have worthily deserved
this plague of raine and waters, yet upon our true repentance, thou
wilt send us such weather whereby we may receive the fruits of the earth
in due season, and learn both by thy punishment to amend our lives,
and for thy clemency to give thee praise and glory; through Jesus Christ
our Lord. Amen.
¶
In the Time of Dearth and Famine
O
GOD heavenly Father, which by thy
Sonne Jesus Christ hast promised to all them that seek thy kingdome,
and thy righteousnesse, all things necessary to their bodily substenance
: Behold we beseech thee, the afflictions of thy people, and grant that
the scarcitie and dearth (which we do now most justly suffer for our
iniquitie) may through thy goodnesse be mercifully turned into cheapnesse
and plentie; for the love of Jesu Christ our Lord, to whom with thee
and the holy Ghost be all honour and glory, world without end. Amen.
In
the time of Warre.
O
ALmighty GOD, King of all kings,
and governor of all things, whose power no creature is able to resist,
to whom it belongeth justly to punish sinners, and to be mercifull unto
them that truly repent : save and deliver us, we humbly beseech thee,
from the hands of our enemies, abate their pride, asswage their malice,
and defeat their devices, that we, being armed with thy defence, may
bee preserved evermore from all perils, to glorifie thee, which art
the onely giver of all victorie; through the merits of thy onely Sonne
Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
¶
In the time of any common plague or sickness
O
ALmighty
GOD, which in thy wrath in the time
of King David didst slay with the plague of pestilence threescore and
ten thousand, and yet remembering thy mercy didst save the rest: Have
pitie upon us miserable sinners, that now are visited with great sicknesse
and mortalitie, that like as thou didst then command thine Angel to
cease from punishing : so it may now please thee to withdraw from us
this plague and grievous sicknesse,; through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen
O
GOD, whose nature and propertie
is ever to have mercy, and to forgive, receive our humble petitions:
and though we be tied and bound with the chaine of our sinnes: yet let
the pitifulnesse of thy great mercie loose us, for Jesus Christ his
sake our Mediator and Advocate. Amen.
A thankesgiving for raine.
O
GOD our heavenly Father, who by thy
gracious providence dost cause the former and the latter raine to descend
upon the earth, that it may bring forth fruit for the use of man : we
give thee humble thanks, that it hath pleased thee, in our greatest
necessitie, to send us at the last a joyfull raine upon thine inheritance,
and to refresh it when it was dry, to the great comfort of us thy unworthy
servants, and to the glory of thy holy Name; through thy mercies in
Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
¶
A thankesgiving for faire Weather.
O
LORD GOD, who hast justly humbled
us by thy punishment of immoderate raine and waters, and in thy mercy
hast relieved and comforted our soules by this seasonable and blessed
change of weather : We praise and glorify thy holy Name for this thy
mercie, and will always declare thy loving kindnesse from generation
to generation; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
¶
A thankesgiving for plentie.
O
Most merciful Father, which of thy gracious goodnesse hast heard the
devout prayers of thy Church, and turned our dearth and scarcitie into
cheapnesse and plentie : We give thee humble thanks for this thy speciall
bounty; beseeching thee to continue this thy loving kindnesse unto us,
that our land may yeeld us her fruits of increase, to thy glory and
our comfort; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
¶
A thankesgiving for peace and victory.
O
Almighty GOD, which art a strong Tower
of defence unto thy servants against the face of their enemies : We
yield thee praise and thankesgiving for our deliverance from those great
and apparent dangers wherewith we were compassed : Wee acknowledge it
thy goodnesse that wee were not delivered over as a prey unto them;
beseeching thee still to continue such thy mercies towards us, that
all the world may know that thou art our Saviour and mighty deliverer;
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
¶
A thanksgiving for deliverance from the plague.
O
LORD GOD, which hast wounded us for
our sinnes, and consumed us for our transgressions, by thy late heavy
and dreadful visitation, and now in the midst of judgement remembering
mercie, hast redeemed our souls from the jawes of death : Wee offer
unto thy Fatherly goodness our selves, our souls and bodies, which thou
hast delivered, to be a living sacrifice unto thee, allwayes praising
and magnifying thy mercies in the midst of thy Church, through Jesus
Christ our Lord. Amen.
Or
this.
WE
humbly acknowledge before thee, (O most mercifull Father) that all the
punishments which are threatened in thy law might justly have fallen
upon us, by reason of our manifold transgressions and hardnesse of heart
: yet seeing it hath pleased thee of thy tender mercie, upon our weak
and unworthy humiliation, to asswage the noisome pestilence wherewith
we lately have been sore afflicted, and to restore the voice of joy
and health into our dwellings : We offer unto thy divine Majesty the
sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving, lauding and magnifying thy glorious
Name for such thy preservation and providence over us; through Jesus
Christ our Lord. Amen.

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