O Lord, we beseech thee favourably to hear the prayers of thy
people; that we, who are justly punished for our offences, may
be mercifully delivered by thy goodness, for the glory of thy
Name; through Jesus Christ our Saviour, who liveth and reigneth
with thee and the Holy Ghost, ever one God, world without end.
_Amen_.
THE EPISTLE. 1 Cor. ix. 24.
Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one
receiveth the prize? So run that ye may obtain. And every man
that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all things: now
they do it to obtain a corruptible crown, but we an incorruptible.
I therefore so run, not as uncertainly; so fight I, not as one
that beateth the air: but I keep under my body, and bring it into
subjection, lest that by any means, when I have preached to
others, I myself should be a castaway.