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13 and 14 Prayers of Lancelot Andrewes
The Morning Office
Preparation
I bless you, Lord God.
You created the sky and the vast glory of the heavens,
the heavenly powers, angels and archangels,
the waters in the heavens for showers and rain.
The mists, vapours, dew and hail,
snow like wool, hoar-frost and hard ice,
clouds from the ends of the earth;
lightning, thunder, storms and winds from your storehouse,
the waters beneath the heavens, water to drink, water to wash in.
For all this I bless you, Creator God.^176
I have resisted you, Lord, but I turn back to you.
I have fallen by my sins, but I return to you.
Take away all my iniquity and receive me graciously,
then what my lips say will bear fruit in my life.
Turn again and have compassion, Lord. Subdue wrongdoing and
cast all my sins into the depths of the sea, according to your
truth and your mercy in Christ Jesus our Lord. Amen.^177