Chapter VIII · PRAYER ON THE RELEASING FROM PROHIBITION.

O benign Lord, good and man-loving, who, for thy mercy’s sake, didst send thine only-begotten Son into the world that he might tear in pieces the accusation of offences against us, and burst the bonds of them that are bound by sin, and preach deliverance unto the captives; do thou thyself, O Master, by thy grace, deliver thy servant, name, from the bond that lieth upon him, and grant unto him that, in every time and place, he may without sin draw nigh with boldness unto thy majesty, and, in a pure conscience, entreat the rich mercy that is from thee.

For a merciful and man-loving God thou art, and to thee we ascribe glory, to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost, now and ever, and to ages of ages. Amen.