...prayer for regeneration was composed and introduced into the Liturgy in 1549. Almighty God, who hast given us thy only begotten Son to take our nature upon him, and as at * This alludes to the custom of princes, who, when they were going on an expedition, sent harbingers before...

...Holy Spirit," as given to us through the redemption and mediation of the Lamb of God. Grant, O Lord, ' that we, being regenerate, and made ' thy children by adoption and grace, may daily ( by renewed by the Holy Spirit, through Jesus ' Christ our Lord.' l When the side of the crucified...

...lusts, I may in all things obey thy blessed will. 14. Grant that I being regenerate and made thy child by adoption and grace, may daily be renewed by thy Holy Spirit, till I come to the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ, unto a perfect man. .- . . 15....

...Lord, or the Birth-day of Christ, commonly called Christmas-day. THE COLLECT. Almighty God, who hast given us thy only begotten Son to take our nature...daily be renewed by thy Holy Spirit ; through the same our Lord Jesus Christ, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the same Spirit, ever one God, world...

...liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Ghost, now and ever. CHRISTMAS DAY. ALMIGHTY God, who hast given us thy only begotten Son to take our nature...may daily be renewed by thy Holy Spirit, through the same our Lord Jesus Christ, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the same Spirit, ever one God, world...

...Son to take our nature upoo him, and as at this time to bs born of a pure Virgin ; Grant that we bemg regenerate, and made thy children by adoption and grace, may daily be renewed bv thy Holy Spirit ; through the s'arne our Lord Jesus Christ, who liveth and reigneth, with thee and...

...that blessed state whereunto Thou hast called me. Grant that I, being regenerate, and made Thy child by adoption and grace, may daily be renewed by Thy Holy Spirit, and may give all diligence to eschew those things that are contrary to my profession, and follow all...

...condition of purity and holiness necessary to their final admission into God's family in Heaven. " Grant that we being regenerate, and made thy children by adoption and grace, may daity l>e renewed by thy Holy Spirit." It remains then for Mr. Simeon to explain how, as a minister...

...adduced in page 154, the following selections from the Collects can only be pleaded by a believer, " grant that we being regenerate and made thy children...and grace, may daily be renewed by thy Holy Spirit;" 1 " mercifully grant that we which know thee now by faith, may after this life have the fruition of...

...you will join in the solemn service of the day, and return thanks to God, " who gave his onlybegotten Son to take our nature upon him, and, as at this time, to be born of a pure virgin." You will always remember, that it is the great use of a sound faith, that it furnishes the most effectual...