Friday; Series 2
Morning
A LITANY.
REMEMBER NOT, O Lord, our offences; neither take Thou vengeance of our sins. Spare us, good Lord; spare Thy servants, whom Thou hast redeemed with Thy most precious blood, and be not angry with us forever.
Spare us, O Lord.
From the guilt and burden of our sins; from the stings and terrors of conscience; from the illusions and assaults of the enemy; and from the bitter pains of eternal death:
Deliver us, O Lord.
From all impatience under Thy chastisements; from dejection of spirit and distrust of Thy mercies; from the fear of death; and from the terrors of judgment:
Deliver us, O Lord.
By Thy manifold and great Mercies; by the allsufficient Merits of Thy blessed Son Jesus Christ; by His Agony and bloody Sweat; by His bitter Cross and Passion; by His glorious Resurrection and Ascension; by His continual Intercession for us at Thy right hand; and by the Graces and Comforts of the Holy Ghost:
Deliver us, O Lord.
In all the changes and trials of this mortal life; in all time of our tribulation, and in all time of our prosperity; in the hour of death, and in the day of judgment:
Deliver us, O Lord.
We wretched sinners do beseech Thee to hear us, O Lord God; and that it may please Thee to look upon us with the eye of Thy mercy, to give us a hearty faith and confidence in Thee, and in all our dangers and adversities to stretch forth the right hand of Thy majesty to help and defend us, and to keep us in perpetual peace and safety:
We beseech Thee to hear us, O Lord.
That it may please Thee to remember us with Thy favor, and to give us grace so to follow the good examples of Thy servants, who have departed this life in Thy faith and fear, that with them we may become partakers of Thy heavenly kingdom:
We beseech Thee to hear us, O Lord.
That it may please Thee to give us an entire resignation to Thy holy will; to wean our affection from things below; to fill us with ardent desires after heaven; and finally to make us partakers of all Thy blessings and promises in Christ Jesus:
We beseech Thee to hear us, O Lord.
That it may please Thee so to fill our souls with the peace and love of God, that when Thou shalt call us to walk through the valley and shadow of death, we may fear no evil, but fall gently asleep in Jesus, and awake up in the glory of Thy presence:
We beseech Thee to hear us, O Lord.
Son of God, we beseech Thee to hear us.
We beseech Thee to hear us, O Lord.
O Lamb of God, that takest away the sin of the world,
Have mercy upon us.
O Christ, hear us!
Lord have mercy upon us.
Christ have mercy upon us!
Lord have mercy upon us, and grant us Thy peace.
Evening
O GOD the Father, in heaven: have mercy upon us miserable sinners.
O God the Son, Redeemer of the world: have mercy upon us miserable sinners.
O God the Holy Ghost, proceeding from the Father and the Son: have mercy upon us miserable sinners.
O Holy, blessed and glorious Trinity, three persons and one God: have mercy upon us miserable sinners.
How shall we, Thy guilty and polluted creatures, venture to approach Thy footstool, or lift up our eyes to the place where Thy honor dwelleth? Righteousness belongeth unto Thee: but unto usshame and confusion of face, because we have rebelled against Thee. In us dwelleth no good thing. We are altogether laden with iniquity; our hands are not clean, neither is our heart pure. We are a seed of evil-doers, children that are corrupters; we have spoken frowardness; we have done wickedly; we have forgotten the God that made us; we have lightly esteemed the Rock of our salvation.
O our God, we confess with shame before Thee our great transgressions: but do Thou, O Lord, have mercy upon us miserable offenders, and be not angry with us forever. Thou hast invited us to come to Thee, O Heavenly Father, and hast made a way of access to Thy self through Jesus Christ our Mediator. Give us the spirit of adoption. Give us that holy confidence, which becomes those for whom Thou hast prepared that new and living way into Thy presence. We humbly plead Thy great and precious promises.
Merciful God, deal not with us as we have deserved; look not on us as we have sinned; behold, O God our shield, and look upon the face of Thine Anointed. Thy name and Thy memorial to all generations is, the Lord, the Lord God, merciful and gracious, forgiving iniquity, transgression, and sin.
Father of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, and ours in Him, pardon therefore, we beseech Thee, our manifold sins and offences, through Him who is our Advocate with Thee, and cause us to know the blessedness of the man whose transgressions are forgiven, whose sin is covered.
O Lord, open Thou our lips, and our mouths shall show forth Thy praise. Because Thou hast forgiven us our sins, enable us to bless Thee at all times.
And now, most gracious Father, Thou who hast so often delivered our eyes from tears, our feet from falling, and our souls from death, take us, we entreat Thee, under Thy watchful care this night; guard us from all evil and harm, and bring us to the light, and prepare us for the duties of the coming morrow; and we will praise Thee, the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, ever one God, world without end.
A Liturgy, or Order of Christian Worship Prepared and Published by the German Reformed Church in the United States of America (Philadelphia: Lindsay & Blakiston, 1857) pp. 328-331. Copyright Public Domain.