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15 and 16 Prayers of William Laud
The Morning Office
Preparation
Lord God, I give you heartfelt thanks.
Increase my thankfulness for the blessings both spiritual and
natural, which you have freely poured out from the riches of your
great mercy..... ., especially for the saving blessings you have given
through Jesus Christ. Let me live always to praise you and magnify
your glorious name.^202
Lord, increase your grace and first weaken, then cut off my
resistance, so I may see and confess, and hate and forsake, all my
sins and find mercy and salvation in the merits of my Saviour Jesus
Christ. Amen.^203
The Psalm(s)
Glory to the Father......
The Word of God
Lord God, you caused the Holy Scriptures to be written for our
learning. Help me attentively to hear, read, mark, learn, and inwardly
digest them, that by patience and encouragement, I may hold fast the
hope of everlasting life, which you have given in our Saviour Jesus
Christ. Amen.^204