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|Who calledst Adam after his fall to the acknowledgment of his sin, and to repentance, Have mercy on us. || Gen. iii. |- |Who didst cast out from thy presence impious Cain, when he despaired of pardon. || Gen iv. |- |Who, by the ark, didst mercifully save Noe from the flood that destroyed the ungodly, || Gen vii. |- |Who didst bring out Lot from the midst of sinners, || Gen. xix. |- |Who, when the children of Israel cried to thee in their distress, didst deliver them from the cruel bondage of Pharao, || Ibid. |- |Who gavest the law to Moses in the mount, when he had fasted forty days, || Exod. xxxiv. |- |Who, at the prayer of Moses, forgavest the sins of thy trespassing people, || Exod. xxxii. |- |Who savedst Jonas when he cried to thee out of the whale’s belly, || Jonas ii. |- |Who sparedst the Ninivites when they fasted and did penance in sackcloth, || Jonas iii. |}
II.
| Who didst bring David, by Nathan, to acknowledge his sin, Have mercy on us. | 2 Kings xii. |
| Who didst remit the sin of David when he confessed it, and did penance in sackcloth, | Ibid. |
| Who gavest him the choice of three plagues for the sin of numbering the people, | 2 Kings xxiv. |
| Who didst spare Achab when humbled and penitent, | 3 Kings xxi. |
| Who didst hearken to Judith when she prayed in haircloth and ashes for the deliverance of the people, | Judith ix. |
| Who didst deliver Ezechias and his people from the army of the Assyrians, when they called upon thee with fasting, in sackcloth and ashes, | 4 Kings xix. |
| Who didst hearken to Manasses when penitent, and restoredst him to his kingdom, | 2 Par. xxxiii. |