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amongst us: most humbly beseeching thee to grant to all of us grace,
that we may henceforth obediently walk in thy holy commandments;
and leading a quiet and peaceable life, in all godliness and
honesty, may continually offer unto thee our sacrifice of praise
and thanksgiving for these thy mercies towards us; through Jesus
Christ our Lord. _Amen_.

_For Deliverance from the Plague, or other common Sickness_.

O Lord God, who hast wounded us for our sins, and consumed us for
our transgressions, by thy late heavy and dreadful visitation; and
now, in the midst of judgement remembering mercy, hast redeemed
our souls from the jaws of death: We offer unto thy fatherly
goodness ourselves, our souls and bodies which thou hast delivered,
to be a living sacrifice unto thee, always 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 merciful Father, that all
the punishments which are threatened in thy law might justly have
fallen upon us, by reason of our manifold transgressions and
hardness of heart: Yet seeing it hath pleased thee of thy tender
mercy, upon our weak and unworthy humiliation, to assuage the
contagious sickness 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_.

| THE BIDDING PRAYER
|
|
| Let us pray for Christ's Holy Catholic Church throughout the
| world, especially for the Churches of Great Britain and Ireland;
| for all Christian Sovereigns, Princes and Governors, particularly
| our Sovereign Lord King _GEORGE_, over all estates of men in
| these his dominions supreme; for our gracious Queen _Mary_,
| for _Alexandra_ the Queen Mother, for _Edward_ Prince of Wales,
| and all the Royal Family; for the ministers of God's holy Word
| and Sacraments, especially for _N_. Bishop of this diocese and
| all he clergy of the same; for the great Council of the nation
| [now in Parliament assembled], for the Nobility, Judges, and
| Magistrates of the realm, * especially for the [Lord] Provost
| and Magistrates of this ancient [and royal] city [or burgh]:
| that all these in their several callings may serve truly and
| faithfully to the glory