...those ancient collects which, through God's good providence, have been preserved for our use, — " О God, who knowest us to be set in the midst of so many...our nature we cannot always stand upright ; grant," &c. " О Lord, we beseech thee to keep thy Church, that they who do lean only upon the hope of thy...

...is soon 12 LINES ON THE DEATH OF AN INFANT. moved to pity, when we bring this complaint before him, that " by reason of the frailty of our nature we cannot always stand upright." 2. But it becomes us not for ever to lie down, bemoaning our sad weakness. We must vigorously betake...

...to " leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness." (Prov. ii. 13.) And though, by reason of the frailty of our nature, we cannot always stand upright, yet blessed are those who, by the assistance of divine grace, so resist the many temptations of the...

...troubles, and for the purpose of exciting confidence in the prayer which we afterwards offer. " God knoweth us to be set in the midst " of so many and great dangers, that we cannot " always stand upright." That our spiritual dangers are " many and " great," is too evident...

...The necessity intended is then not that of compulsion. ' O God, who knowest us ' to be in the aaidst of so many and great dangers, ' that by reason of...of our nature, we cannot ' always stand upright.'* " Ye cannot do the things " that ye would."3 Here a necessity of coming short at least of sinless obedience,...

...always so prevent and follow us, as to make us continually to be given to all good Works. And thou, O God ! who knowest us to be set in the Midst of so...great Dangers, that by reason of the Frailty of our Natures we cannot always stand upright ; grant to us such Strength and Protection as may support us...

...thee. And his servant was healed in the self-same hour FIFTH SUNDAY AFTER CHRISTMAS. The Collect. OGOD, who knowest us to be set in the midst of so many and great dangers, that by reason of the frailty of OUF nature we cannot always stand upright, grant to us such strength and protection as may support...

...xxxv. 13, to the end. TOL. i. F the the Sacramcntary of GREGORY. From 1549 to 1661, it was " God, which knowest us to be set in the midst " of so many and great dangers, that for man's frail" ness we cannot always stand uprightly ; grant to " us the health of body and soul,...

...those supplications, which are rendered unattainable only on the part of man, not God. We can avow " that by reason of the frailty of our nature, we cannot always stand upright,"(/) — and yet pray " that we may fall into no sin, neither run into any kind of danger,"^) — because...

...chapter stands against the day in the calendar. t The old Collect was this : 0 God, which knowest u» to be set in the midst of so many and great dangers, that for man's frailness we cannot always stand uprightly ; grant to tw the health of body and soul, that...