PRAYER FOR GRACE — PROFESSION

[Give me grace]
to put aside every weight,
and the sin that doth so easily beset us;
all filthiness
and superfluity of naughtiness,
lust?of the flesh, of the eyes,
pride of life,
every motion, of flesh and spirit
alienated from the will of Thy sanctity:
to be poor in spirit,
that I have a portion in the kingdom of
heaven;
to mourn, that I be comforted;
to be meek, that I inherit the earth;
to hunger and thirst for righteousness,
that I be filled;
to be pitiful, that I be pitied;
to be pure in heart, that I see God;
to be a peace?maker that I be called the
son of God;
to be prepared for persecutions and
revilings for righteousness' sake,
that my reward be in heaven,--
all this, grant to me, O Lord.

I, coming to God;
believe that He is,
and that He is a rewarder of them
that diligently seek Him.
I know that my Redeemer liveth,
that He is Christ, the Son of the Living
God,
that He is truly the Saviour of the world,
that He came into the world to save
sinners,
of whom I am chief.
Through the grace of Jesus Christ
we believe that we shall be saved
like as our fathers.
I know that my skin shall rise up upon
the earth,
which undergoeth these things.
I believe, to see the goodness of the Lord
in the land of the living.
Our heart shall rejoice in Him,
because we have hoped in His holy
Name,
in the Name of the Father,
of the Saviour, Mediator, Intercessor,
Redeemer,
of the two?fold Comforter,
under the figures of the Lamb and the
Dove.
Let Thy merciful kindness, O Lord,
be upon us,
like as we do put our trust in Thee.