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O Lord, Almighty God of our fathers, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, and of their righteous seed
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who hast made heaven and earth, with all the ornament thereof,
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who hast bound the sea by the word of Thy commandment, who hast shut up the deep, and sealed it by Thy fearsome and glorious name;
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whom all men fear, and tremble before Thy power;
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for the majesty of Thy glory cannot be borne, and Thine angry threatening toward sinners is unendurable,
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but Thy merciful promise is unmeasurable and unsearchable;
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for Thou art the Most High Lord, of great compassion, long-suffering, very merciful, and repentest of the evils of men Thou, O Lord, according to Thy great goodness, hast promised repentance and forgiveness to them that have sinned against Thee; and of Thine infinite mercies hast appointed repentance unto sinners, that they may be saved.
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Thou therefore, O Lord, that art the God of the just, hast not appointed repentance to the just, as to Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, who have not sinned against Thee; but Thou hast appointed repentance unto me that am a sinner;