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These men fee the works of the Lord: and his wonders

in the deep.

For at his word the ftormy wind arifeth: which lifteth the waves thereof.

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They are carried up to the heaven, and down again to the deep their foul melteth away becaufe of the trouble.

They reel to and fro, and ftagger like a drunken man : and are at their wits end.

So when they cry unto the Lord in their trouble: he delivereth them out of their diftrefs.

For he maketh the ftorm to ceafe: fo that the waves thereof are ftill.

Then are they glad, because they are at reft: and fo he bringeth them unto the haven where they would be. O that men would therefore praise the Lord for his goodnefs and declare the wonders that he doth for the children

of men !

That they would exalt him alfo in the congregation of the people and praife him in the feat of the elders!

Who turneth the floods into a wilderness and drieth up the water-fprings.

A fruitful land maketh he barren: for the wickedness of them that dwell therein.

Again, he maketh the wilderness a ftanding water and water-fprings of a dry ground.

And there he fetteth the hungry that they may build them a city to dwell in :

That they may fow their land, and plant vineyards: to yield them fruits of increase.

He bleffeth them, fo that they multiply exceedingly and and fuffereth not their cattle to decreafe.

And again, when they are minifhed and brought low: through oppreffion, through any plague or trouble;

Though he fuffer them to be evil-entreated through tyrants and let them wander out of the way in the wilderness; Yet helpeth he the poor out of mifery: and maketh him houfholds like a flock of sheep.

The righteous will confider this, and rejoice: and the mouth of all wickednefs fhall be stopped.

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Whofo is wife, will ponder these things: and they fhall understand the loving kindness of the Lord.

'Glory be to the Father,&c.

As it was in the beginning, &c..

Collects of Thanksgiving.

Moft bleffed and glorious Lord God, who art of infinite goodness and mercy; We thy poor creatures, whom thou haft made and preferved, holding our fouls in life, and now reicuing us out of the jaws of death, humbly prefent ourselves again before thy divine Majetty, to offer a facrifice of praife and thanksgiving, for that thou heardeft us, when we called in our trouble, and didft not caft out our prayers, which we made before thee in our great diftrefs; even when we gave all for loft, our fhip, our goods, our lives, then didft thou. mercifully look upon us, and wonderfully command a deliverance; for which we now, being in fafety, do give all praise and glory to thy holy Name, through Jefus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Or this.

Moft mighty and gracious good God, thy mercy is over all thy works, but in fpecial manner hath been extended toward us, whom thou haft fo powerfully and wonderfully defended. Thou haft fhewed us terrible things, and wonders in the deep, that we might fee how powerful and gracious a God thou art; how able and ready to help them that truft in thee. Thou haft fhewed us how both winds and feas obey thy command, that we may learn even from them hereafter to obey thy voice, and to do thy will. We therefore blefs and glorify thy Name for this thy mercy in faving us, when we were ready to perish. And we befeech thee, make us as truly fenfible now of thy mercy, as we were then of the danger: And give us hearts always ready to express our thankfulness, not only by words, but alfo by our lives, in being more obedient to thy holy commandments. Continue, we beseech thee, this thy goodness to us, that we, whom thou haft faved, may ferve thee in holiness and righteoufnefs all the days of our life, through Jefus Chrift cur Lord and Saviour. Amen.

An Hymn of Praise and Thanksgiving after a dangerous Tempeft.

Come, let us give thack endure hoord, for he is gracious and his mercy endureth for ever.

Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised; let the redeemed of the Lord fay fo: whom he hath delivered from the merciless rage of the fea.

The Lord is gracious and full of compaffion: flow to anger, and of great mercy.

He hath not dealt with us according to our fins: neither rewarded us according to our iniquites.

But as the heaven is high above the earth: fo great hath been his mercy towards us.

We found trouble and heavinefs: we were even at deaths door.

The waters of the fea had well nigh covered us: the proud waters had well nigh gone over our foul.

The fea roared and the ftormy wind lifted up the waves thereof.

We were carried up as it were to heaven, and then down again into the deep : our foul melted within us because of trouble:

Then cried we unto thee, O Lord: and thou didst deliver us out of our diftrefs.

Bleffed be thy name, who didft not defpife the prayer of thy fervants: but didft hear our cry, and haft faved us. Thou didft fend forth thy commandment: and the windy ftorm ceased, and was turned into a calm.

O let us therefore praife the Lord for his goodness and declare the wonders that he hath done, and ftill doeth for the children of men!

Praised be the Lord daily even the Lord that helpeth us, and poureth his benefits upon us.

He is our God, even the God of whom cometh falvation: God is the Lord, by whom we have efcaped death.

Thou, Lord, haft made us glad through the operation of thy hands and we will triumph in thy praife.

Bleffed be the Lord God: even the Lord God who only doeth wonderous things;

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And bleffed be the name of his Majefty for ever: and let every one of us fay, Amen, Amen.

Glory be to the Father, &c.

As it was in the beginning, &c.

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2 Cor. 13. 14.

grace of our Lord Jefus Chrift, and the love of God, and the fellowsh p of the Holy Ghoft, be with us all now and evermore.

Amen.

After Victory or Deliverance from an

Enemy.

A Pfalm or Hymn of Praise and Thanksgiving after Victory. F the Lord had not been on our fide, now may we say: if the Lord himself had not been on our fide, when men rofe up against us;

They had fwallowed us up quick when they were so wrathfully displeased at us.

Yea, the waters had drowned us, and the stream had gone over our foul: the deep waters of the proud had gone over our foul.

But praised be the Lord: who hath not given us over as a prey unto them.

The Lord hath wrought a mighty falvation for us.

We gat not this by our own fword, neither was it our own arm that faved us: but thy right hand, and thine arm, and the light of thy countenance; because thou hadst a favour

unto us.

The Lord hath appeared for us: the Lord hath covered our heads, and made us to ftand in the day of battle.

The Lord hath appeared for us: the Lord hath overthrown our enemies, and dafhed in peices thofe that rofe up against us.

Threfore not unto us, O Lord, not unto us: but unto thy Name be given the Glory.

The Lord hath done great things for us: the Lord hath done great things for us, for which we rejoice.

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Our help ftandeth in the Name of the Lord: who hath made heaven and earth.

Bleffed be the Name of the Lord: from this time forth for evermore.

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son: and to the Holy Ghoft,

As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever fhall be : world without end. Amen

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After this Hymn may be fung the Te Deum.

Then this Collect.

Almighty God, the Sovereign Commander of all the world, in whofe hand is power and might, which none is able to withstand; We blefs and magnify thy great and glorious Name for this happy victory, the whole glory whereof we do afcribe to thee, who art the only giver of victory. And, we beseech thee, give us grace to improve this great mercy to thy glory, the advancement of thy Gofpel, the honour of our Sovereign, and, as much as in us lieth, to the good of all Mankind. And we beseech thee, give us fuch a fenfe of this great mercy, as may engage us to a true thankfulness, fuch as may appear in our lives, by an humble, holy, and obedient walking before thee all our days, through Jefus Christ our Lord; to whom, with thee, and the Holy Spirit, as for all thy mercies, fo in particular for this Victory and Deliverance, be all glory and honour world without end. Amen.

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2 Cor. 13. 14.

HE grace of our Lord Jefus Chrift, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Ghost, be with us all evermore. Amen.

At the Burial of their Dead at SEA.

The Office in the Common Prayer-Book may be used; only in ftead of these words (We therefore commit his body to the ground, earth to earth, c.) fay,

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E therefore commit his Body to the Deep, to be turned into Corruption, looking for the refurrection

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