S AND THANKSGIVINGS

_Upon several occasions, to be used before the final Prayers of the
Litany, or of Morning and Evening Prayer_.

PRAYERS

_For Rain_.

O God, heavenly Father, who by thy Son Jesus Christ hast promised
to all them that seek thy kingdom, and the righteousness thereof,
all things necessary to their bodily sustenance: Send us, we
beseech thee, in this our necessity, such moderate rain and
showers, that we may receive the fruits of the earth to our
comfort, and to thy honour; through Jesus Christ our Lord. _Amen_.

_For fair Weather_.

O almighty Lord God, who for the sin 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 a plague
of rain and waters, yet upon our true repentance thou wilt send us
such weather, as that 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, whose gift it is that the rain doth fall,
the earth is fruitful, beasts increase, and fishes do multiply:
Behold, we beseech thee, the afflictions of thy people; and grant
that the scarcity and dearth, which we do now most justly suffer
for our iniquity, may through thy goodness be mercifully turned
into cheapness and plenty; for the love of Jesus Christ our Lord,
to whom with thee and the Holy Ghost be all honour and glory, now
and for ever. _Amen_.

_Or this_.

O God, merciful Father, who, in the time of Elisha the prophet,
didst suddenly in Samaria turn great scarcity and dearth into
plenty and cheapness: Have mercy upon us, that we, who are now
for our sins punished with like adversity, may likewise find a
seasonable relief: Increase the fruits of the earth by thy
heavenly benediction; and grant that we, receiving thy bountiful
liberality, may use the same to thy glory, the relief of those
that are needy, and our own comfort; through Jesus Christ our
Lord. _Amen_.

_In the time of War and Tumults_.

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 merciful to them that truly
repent: Save and deliver us, we humbly beseech thee, from