V. Glory be to the Father, &c. R. As it was, &c. V. Save thy servants: R. Who put their trust in thee, my God. V. Be to us, O Lord, a tower of strength: R. Against the face of the enemy. V. Let not the enemy prevail against us: R. Nor the son of iniquity have power to hurt us. V. O Lord, deal not with us according to our sins: R. Nor reward us according to our iniquities. V. Let us pray for our chief Bishop [_N.N._] {156} R. May the Lord preserve him, and prolong his life, and make him happy on earth, and deliver him not up to the will of his enemies. V. Let us pray for our benefactors: R. Vouchsafe, O Lord, for thy name's sake, to render eternal life to all those who do us good. V. Let us pray for the faithful departed: R. Give them, O Lord, eternal rest: and let perpetual light shine unto them. V. May they rest in peace. R. Amen. V. For our absent brethren: R. Save thy servants, O my God, who put their trust in thee. V. Send them help, O Lord, from thy sanctuary; R. And from Sion protect them. V. O Lord, hear my prayer: R. And let my supplication come unto thee. V. May the Lord be with you: R. And with thy spirit. Let Us Pray. O God, whose property it is, always to have mercy and to spare, receive our petitions, that we and all thy servants, who are bound by the chain of sin, may, by the compassion of thy goodness, mercifully be absolved. Hear, we beseech thee, O Lord, the prayers of thy suppliants, and pardon our sins, who confess them to thee; that of thy bounty thou mayest grant us pardon and peace. Out of thy clemency, O Lord, show us thy unspeakable mercy; that so thou mayest both acquit us of our sins, and deliver us from the punishment we deserve for them. {157} O God, who by sin art offended, and by repentance pacified, mercifully regard the prayers of thy people who make supplication to thee, and turn away the scourges of thy anger, which we deserve for our sins. O almighty and eternal God, have mercy on thy servant (_N_.) our chief Bishop, and direct him, according to thy clemency, in the way of everlasting salvation, that by thy grace he may desire the things that are agreeable to thy will, and perform them with all his strength. O God, from whom are all holy desires, righteous counsels, and just works, give to thy servants that peace which the world cannot give; that our hearts being disposed to keep thy commandments, and the fear of enemies taken away, the times, by thy protection, may be peaceable. Inflame, O Lord, our reins and hearts with the fire of thy holy spirit, that we may serve thee with a chaste body, and please thee with a clean heart. O God, the Creator and Redeemer of all the faithful, give to the souls of thy servants departed the remission of all their sins, that by pious supplications they may obtain the pardon they have always desired.