By Precepts Taught of Ages Past (EN 2640)

EN 2640 By Precepts Taught of Ages Past

Joel.2.12

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By precepts taught of ages past,

Now let us keep again the fast,

Which, year by year, in order meet

Of forty days is made complete.

2

The law and seers that were of old

In divers ways this Lent foretold,

Which Christ Himself, the Lord and Guide

Of every season, sanctified.

3

More sparing therefore let us make

The words we speak, the food we take,

Deny ourselves in mirth and sleep,

In stricter watch our senses keep.

4

In prayer together let us fall,

And cry for mercy, one and all;

And weep before the Judge, and say,

O turn from us Thy wrath away.

5

Thy grace have we offended sore

By sins, O God, which we deplore;

Pour down upon us from above

The riches of Thy pardoning love.

6

Remember, Lord, though frail we be,

That yet Thine handiwork are we:

Nor let the honor of Thy Name

Be by another put to shame.

7

Forgive the ill that we have wrought,

Increase the good that we have sought;

That we at length, our wanderings o’er,

May please Thee now and evermore.

8

Blest Three in One, and One in Three,

Almighty God, we pray to Thee,

That Thou wouldst now vouchsafe to bless

Our fast with fruits of righteousness.

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