For our Sovereign

For our Sovereign

BLESSED Lord, Who hast called Christian Princes to the defence of Thy faith, and hast made it their duty to promote the spiritual welfare, together with the temporal interest of their people; we acknowledge with humble and thankful hearts Thy great goodness to us, in setting Thy Servant, our most gracious King, over this Church and Nation; give him, we beseech Thee, all those heavenly graces that are requisite for so high a trust. Let the work of Thee his God prosper in his hands; let his eyes behold the success of his designs for the service of Thy true Religion established amongst us, and make him a blessed instrument of protecting and advancing Thy Truth, whenever it is persecuted and oppressed; let hypocrisy and profaneness, superstitions and idolatry, fly before his face; let not heresies and false doctrines disturb the peace of the Church, nor schisms and causeless divisions weaken it; but grant us to be of one heart and one mind in serving Thee our God, and obeying him according to Thy will. And that these blessings may be continued to after-ages, let there never be one wanting in his house to succeed him in the government of this United Kingdom, that our posterity may see his children's children, and peace upon Israel; so we that are Thy people, and sheep of Thy pasture, shall give Thee thanks for ever, and will always be showing forth Thy praise from generation to generation; through Jesus Christ Thy Son our Lord. Amen.