They had swallowed us up quick, when they were So wrathfully displeased at us. Yea, the waters had drowned us, and the stream had gone over our soul; the deep waters of the proud had gone over our soul. But praised be the Lord, who hath not given us over as a prey unto them. The Lord hath wrought a mighty salvation for us. We got not this by our own sword, neither was it our own arm that saved us; but thy right hand, and thine arm, and the light of thy countenance, because thou hadst a favour Therefore not unto us, O Lord, not unto us; but unto thy name be given the glory. The Lord hath done great things for us; the Lord hath done great things for us, for which we rejoice. Our help standeth in the name of the Lord, who hath made heaven and earth. Blessed be the name of the Lord, from this time forth for evermore. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost; As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen." After this Hymn, may be said the Te Deum. T Then this Collect. ALMIGHTY God, the Sovereign Commander of all the world, in whose hand is power and might, which none is able to withstand; we bless and magnify thy great and glorious name for this happy victory, the whole glory whereof we do ascribe to thee, who art the only giver of victory. And we beseech thee, give us grace to improve this great mercy to thy glory, the advancement of thy Gospel, the honour of our country, and, as much as in us lieth, to the good of all mankind. And, we beseech thee, give us such a sense of this great mercy, as may engage us to a true thankfulness, such as may appear in our lives, by an humble, holy, and obedient walking before thee all our days, through Jesus Christ our Lord; to whom, with thee, and the Holy Spirit, as for all thy mercies, so in particular for this victory and deliverance, be all glory and honour, world without end. Amen. 2 Cor. xiii. 14. THE grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Ghost, be with us all evermore. Amen. At the Burial of the Dead at Sea, the Office in the Common Prayer Book may be used; only instead of these words, We therefore commit his Body to the ground, earth to earth, &c. say, We therefore commit his Body to the deep, to be turned into corruption, looking for the Resurrection of the Body when the Sea shall give up her dead, and the life of the world to come, through our Lord Jesus Christ; who at his coming shall change our vile Body, that it may be like his glorious Body, according to the mighty working whereby he is able to subdue all things to himself. A FORM OF PRAYER FOR THE VISITATION OF PRISONERS. When Morning or Evening Prayer shall be read in any Prison, instead of the Psalm, O come let us sing, &c. shall be read the 130th Psalm; and the Minister shall insert, after the Collect for the Day, the Collect in the following service, O God, who sparest, &c. and at such times as the Litany is not read, he shall add the Prayer, O God, merciful Father, who despisest not, &e. And when Notice is given to the Minister, that a Prisoner is confined for some great or capital crime, he shall visit him; and when he cometh into the place where the Prisoner is, he shall say, kneeling down, REMEMBER not, Lord, our Ans. Spare us, good Lord. Ans. For thine indignation lieth hard upon us. Min. O Lord, hear our prayer; Ans. And let the sighing of the Prisoners come before thee. The Collect. GRANT we beseech thee, Almighty God, that we, who for our evil deeds do worthily deserve to be punish ed, by the comfort of thy grace may mercifully be relieved; through our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen. GOD, who sparest when we deserve punishment, and in thy wrath rememberest mercy we humbly beseech thee, of thy goodness to comfort and succour all those who are under reproach and misery OR Father, who art in in the house of bondage; cor Heaven, &c. rect them not in thine anger, Min. O Lord, show thy mer-neither chasten them in thy sore displeasure. Give them Ans. And grant us thy sal-a right understanding of them cy upon ns; vation. Min. Turn thy face from our sins; Ans. And blot out all our iniquities. Min. Send us help from thy holy place; selves, and of thy threats and promises; that they may ner ther cast away their confidence in thee, nor place it any where but in thee. Relieve the distressed, protect the innocent, and awaken the guilty and We exhort you therefore in the name of God, and of his It is your part and duty, there- dear Son Jesus Christ our fore, to humble yourself under Saviour, and as you tender the mighty hand of God, to ac- your own Salvation, to take knowledge the righteousness of good heed of these things in his judgments, and to endea-time, while the day of salvavour, that, by his grace, this tion lasteth; for the night present visitation may lead you cometh, when no man can to a sincere and hearty repen- work. While you have the tance. light, believe in the light, and The way and means thereto walk as children of the light, is, to examine your life and that you be not cast into outer conversation by the rule of darkness; that you may not God's commandments; and knock, when the door shall be whereinsoever you shall per- shut; and cry for mercy, when ceive yourself to have offended it is the time of justice. Now |