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Who didst give him sight when he was three days fasting and praying, Acts ix.
Who, when we have done penance, no more rememberest any of our sins, Ezech. xviii.
Gracious and merciful God, who art patient, and rich in mercy, and ready to repent of the evil, Joel ii.

V.

Be favourable, O Lord, and spare us.
From all evil, Deliver us, O Lord.
From all sin, Deliver us, O Lord.
From a sudden and unhappy death, Deliver us, O Lord.
By thy baptism and holy fasting, Deliver us, O Lord.
By thy labours and sorrows, Deliver us, O Lord.
By thy blood which thou hast shed for the remission of our sins, Deliver us, O Lord,
In the day of tribulation and distress, and of thy dreadful judgment, Deliver us, O Lord.

VI.

We sinners. Beseech thee, hear us.
That thou wouldst vouchsafe to bring us to true penance, We beseech thee, hear us.
That we may judge ourselves, and so escape thy judgment,
That, while there is time, we may bring forth fruit worthy of penance,
That, as we have yielded our members to serve uncleanness and iniquity, to iniquity; so now we may yield them to serve justice, to sanctification,
That we may never again give place to the devil, or let the sun go down upon our anger,
That denying iniquity and worldly desires, we may live soberly, justly, and godly,
That we may chastise our bodies, and bring them into subjection,
That sin may not reign in our mortal body,
That we may not yield our members as the instruments of iniquity,
That we may not love the world, nor the things which are in the world,
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