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Intercessory Prayers.

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O Lamb of God, that takest away the sin of the world;

Have mercy upon us.

O Lamb of God, that takest away the sin of the world;

Have mercy upon us.

O Lamb of God, that takest away the sin of the world;

Grant us Thy peace.

O Christ, hear us.

O Christ, hear us.

Lord, have mercy upon us.

Lord, have mercy upon us.

Christ, have mercy upon us.
Christ, have mercy upon us.

Lord, have mercy upon us.

Lord, have mercy upon us.
Amen.

The Lord's Prayer.

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The Litany for the Dying.

LORD, have mercy.

Lord, have mercy.
Christ, have mercy.

Christ, have mercy.
Lord, have mercy.

Lord, have mercy.

O God, the Father in heaven;
Have mercy upon him.

O God the Son, Redeemer of the

world;

Have mercy upon him.
O God, the Holy Ghost;
Have mercy upon him.
Be gracious unto him.
Spare him, good Lord.
Be gracious unto him.
Help him, good Lord.

From Thy wrath;
From an evil death;
From the pains of hell;

Intercessory Prayers.

From the power of the devil;
From all evil:

Good Lord, deliver him.

By Thy holy Nativity;

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By Thine Agony of Bloody Sweat;
By Hhy Cross and Passion;

By Thy Death and Burial; By Thy glorious Resurrection and Ascension;

By the Grac of the Holy Ghost, the Comforter:

Help him, good Lord.

In the hour of death;

And in the day of judgment:
Help him, good Lord.

We poor sinners do beseech Thee
To hear us, O Lord God.
That Thou wouldst spare him;
We beseech Thee to hear us,
good Lord.

Lord, have mercy.

Lord, have mercy.

Christ, have mercy. Christ, have mercy.

Lord, have mercy.

Lord, have mercy.
Amen.

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PART VI.

CONCLUSION.

ADDENDA.

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Luther's Daily Prayers.

HEAVENLY Father, I acknowledge, and Thou knowest and seest that in all things, wherever I go or stay, both inwardly and outwardly, in body and in soul, I have entirely merited the torments of hell. Thou knowest also, O Father, that in me there is no good thing; nay, not a hair upon my head is good: all, and in all, I rightly deserve to be in the depths of hell where is the very devil. Why should I multiply words? Yet, dear Father, I beseech Thee; though I be what I may, I pray Thee and

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