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xvi. Upon the Sundays in Lent.
Hymn.
O merciful Creator, hear
Our Prayers to Thee devoutly bent,
Which we pour forth with many a Tear
In this most holy Fast of Lent.
Our Prayers to Thee devoutly bent,
Which we pour forth with many a Tear
In this most holy Fast of Lent.
Thou mildest Searcher of each Heart,
Who know'st the weakness of our Strength,
To us forgiving Grace impart,
Since we return to Thee at length.
Who know'st the weakness of our Strength,
To us forgiving Grace impart,
Since we return to Thee at length.
Much have we sinned to our Shame,
But spare us who our Sins confess;
And for the Glory of thy Name,
To our sick Souls afford Redress.
But spare us who our Sins confess;
And for the Glory of thy Name,
To our sick Souls afford Redress.
Grant that the Flesh may be so pin'd
By Means of outward Abstinence,
As that the sober watchful Mind
May fast from Spots of all Offence.
By Means of outward Abstinence,
As that the sober watchful Mind
May fast from Spots of all Offence.
Grant this, O blessed Trinity,
Pure Unity, to this incline,
That the Effects of Fasts may be
A grateful Recompence for Thine.
Pure Unity, to this incline,
That the Effects of Fasts may be
A grateful Recompence for Thine.
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