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|God our protector, and our exceeding great reward, Have mercy on us, || Gen. xv. |- |One God, and Father of all, who art above all, and through all, and in us all, Have mercy on us, || Eph. iv. |- |Be favourable to us, Spare us, O holy Trinity. |- |Be favourable to us, Graciously hear us, O holy Trinity. |- |From all evil, || Deliver us, |- |From all pride, and haughtiness of mind, || O holy Trinity. |- |From gluttony, surfeiting, and all greediness, |- |From anger, envy, and all ill-will, |- |From all luxury and impurity, |- |From all sloth and unregulated sorrow, |- |By the immensity of thy power, |- |By the infinitude of thy wisdom, |- |By the abundance of thy goodness, |- |By the eternity of thy glory and majesty, |- |By the depth of thy knowledge and providence, |- |By the unspeakable greatness of thy love and mercy, |- |By the unfathomableness of thy justice and judgments, |- |In the day of judgment, ||We sinners, |- |That we may serve thee in holiness and justice all our days, || Beseech thee hear us. |- |That we may adore thee, our Lord God, and serve thee alone, |- |That we may never take thy holy name in vain, |- |That we may sanctify the feasts and holy days of the Church by pious and charitable works, |- |That we may render due honour, reverence, and obedience to pur parents, prelates, and superiors, and those who are to us in the place of parents, |- |That we may never, through anger, hatred, or envy, injure the life, character, or honour of another, |- |That we may hurt no one by damage, theft, or wrong of any kind, by force or fraud, |- |That we may keep our heart from impure affections, and unlawful desires of the flesh, |- |That we may never bear false witness, or speak a lie against our neighbour, |- |That we may not desire our neighbour’s goods, |- |That we may love thee our God, with our whole heart, and with our whole soul, and with our whole strength, |- |That we may love thee above all things, and our neighbour, for thy sake, as ourselves, |}

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