1. St. John. 20. 23.

2. An admonition to implore the Holy Spirit, to enable us to perform these conditions.

MORNING AND EVENING PRAYER.

the death of a sinner, but rather that he may turn from his wickedness and live( 1); and hath given power, and commandment, to his Ministers, to declare and pronounce to his people, being penitent, the Absolution and Remission of their sins: He pardoneth and absolveth all them that truly repent, and un­feignedly believe his holy Gospel.( 2) Where­fore let us beseech him to grant us true re­pentance, and his holy Spirit, that those things may please him, which we do at this present; and that the rest of our life here­after may be pure, and holy; so that at the last we may come to his eternal joy; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

The people shall answer here, and at the end of all other prayers, Amen.( F)

T Then the Minister shall kneel, and say the Lord's Prayer( G) with an audible voice; the people also kneeling, and repeating it with him, both here, and wheresoever else it is used in Divine Service.

3. The Introduction.( 3) OUR Father, which art in Heaven,

4. Petitions relative to God.

( 4) Hallowed be thy Name. Thy king­dom come. Thy will be done in earth, As it

review of the Liturgy( 1661) Priest was inserted for Minister, to limit the reading of it to the office of Priest, who is directed to stand in token of his authority; the people kneeling in humble devotion.

F. Amen implies our assent and seal to that we have uttered. When in italicks, as at the end of the Collects,& c. it is said by the people alone, signifying" so be it, O Lord," as in the Prayers offered in our behalf by the Minister. The use of this word has prevailed in all ages, according to the records of Scrip­ture-" And all the people shall answer, and say, Amen."­Deut. 27. 15.

G. In King Edward's first book, the service began with the Lord's Prayer. In 1551, all that now precedes this Prayer was added as a preparation to the addressing the Almighty: for this