And mer - ci -ful-ly hear us • when we call up - on thee.

Priest.

Endue thy Ministers with righteousness:

Priest.

And make thy cho sen people joy-ful.

O Lord, save thy peo-ple: And bless thine in-her-it-ance.

Priest.

O God, make clean our hearts with-in us:

THE PLAINSONG OF THE RESPONSES ONLY, TO BE LEARNT BY HEART FOR USE WITH A PRAYER BOOK.

O God the Father,

of heaven: have mercy up

O God the Son, Redeemer of the World; have mer - cy up

O God the Holy Ghost, proceeding

from the Father and the Són: have mer-cy up

O Holy, blessed, and glorious Trinity,

Three Persons and one Gód: have mer - cy up

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1 For the Priest's part see any trustworthy edition of the Litany noted, e.g. The Preces and Suffrages noted, by A. H. BROWN (Crerar & Smith), or The Ferial Responses and Litany, by Dr. E. J. HOPKINS (Weekes & Co.). But where the words are the same for both, the Priest must follow the noting given here and marked with an asterisk.

Priest. Remember not, Lord, our offences, ..... And be not angry with us for ever :

Priest. From all evil and mischief; from sin; from the crafts and assaults of the devil; from thy wrath and from everlasting damnation,

[And the same Response to the next seven petitions.]

Priest. We sinners do beseech thee to hear us, O Lord God; and that it may please thee to rule and govern thy Holy Church universal in the right way;

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[And the same Response to all the next twenty petitions.]

Priest. Son of God, we beseech thee to hear us.

Son of God, we beseech thee to hear us.

Priest, (twice). O Lamb of God, that takest away the sins of the world;

Or, with TALLIS' harmonies.

* Priest and People the same, alternately. Or, with TALLIS' harmonies.

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Priest. O Lord, deal not with us after our sins.

Neither reward us after our in- í - qui-ties.

Priest. Let us pray. O God, Merciful Father,..... through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Priest. O God, we have heard with our ears, and our fathers have.. in the old time before them.

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help us, and
deliver us

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Priest. Glory be to the Father, &c.

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and ever shall be, world without end: A-mēn.

Priest. From our enemies defend us, O Christ.

Graciously look upon our af-flíc-tions.

Priest. Pitifully behold the sorrows of our hearts.

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Mercifully forgive the sins of thy péo-ple.

Priest. Favourably, with mercy, hear our prayers.

O Son of David, have mercy up - on us.

Priest. Both now and ever vouchsafe to hear us, O Christ.

Graciously hear us, O Christ; } O Lord Christ.

graciously hear us,

Priest. O Lord, let thy mercy be shewed upon us.

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As we do put our trust in thee.