FORMS OF PRAYER TO BE USED AT An Hymn of Praise and Thanksgiv- and ever shall be ing after a dangerous Tempest.

end. Amen.

thanks unto

the Lord, for he is gracious: and his mercy endureth for ever. Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised; let the redeemed of the Lord say so whom he hath deliver­ed from the merciless rage of the sea. The Lord is gracious and full of compassion slow to anger, and of great mercy.

He hath not dealt with us accord­ing to our sins: neither rewarded us according to our iniquities.

But as the heaven is high above the earth so great hath been his merey towards us.

We found trouble and heaviness we were even at death's door.

The waters of the sea had well­nigh covered us: the proud waters had well- nigh gone over our soul. The sea roared and the stormy wind lifted up the waves thereof.

We were carried up as it were to heaven, and then down again into the deep our soul melted within us, because of trouble;

Then cried we unto thee, O Lord: and thou didst deliver us out of our distress.

Blessed be thy Name, who didst not despise the prayer of thy ser­vants: but didst hear our cry, and hast saved us.

Thou didst send forth thy com­mandment and the windy storm ceased, and was turned into a calm.

O let us therefore praise the Lord for his goodness and declare the wonders that he hath done, and still doeth for the children of men.

Praised be the Lord daily: even the Lord that helpeth us, and pour­eth his benefits upon us.

He is our God, even the God of whom cometh salvation: God is the Lord by whom we have escaped death.

Thou, Lord, hast made us glad through the operation of thy hands and we will triumph in thy praise.

Blessed be the Lord God: even the Lord God, who only doeth won­drous things;

And blessed be the Name of his Majesty for ever and let every one of us say, Amen, Amen.

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son and to the Holy Ghost; As it was in the beginning, is now,

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HE grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Ghost, be with us all evermore. Amen.

After Victory or Deliverance from an Enemy.

A Psalm or Hymn of Praise and Thanks­giving after Victory.

IF the Lord had not been on our

side, may we say if the Lord himself had not been on our side, when men rose up against us;

They had swallowed us up quick: when they were so wrathfully dis­pleased at us.

Yea, the waters had drowned us, and the stream had gone over our soul the deep waters of the proud had gone over our soul.

But praised be the Lord who hath not given us over as a prey un­to them.

The Lord hath wrought: a mighty salvation for us.

We gat not this by our own sword, neither was it our own arm that saved us but thy right hand, and thine arm, and the light of thy coun­tenance, because thou hadst a favour unto us.

The Lord hath appeared for us: the Lord hath covered our heads, and made us to stand in the day of battle.

The Lord hath appeared for us: the Lord hath overthrown our ene­mies, and dashed in pieces those that rose up against us.

Therefore not unto us, O Lord, not unto us: but unto thy Name be given the glory.

The Lord hath done great things for us the Lord hath done great things for us, for which we rejoice.

Our help standeth in the Name of the Lord: who hath made heaven and earth.

Blessed be the Name of the Lord: from this time forth for evermore. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son and to the Holy Ghost;

As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be world without end. Amen.

After this Hymn may be sung the Te Deum.