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Who calledst Adam after his fall to the acknowledgment of his sin, and to repentance, Have mercy on us.	Gen. iii.
Who didst cast out from thy presence impious Cain, when he despaired of pardon.	Gen iv.
Who, by the ark, didst mercifully save Noe from the flood that destroyed the ungodly,	Gen vii.
Who didst bring out Lot from the midst of sinners,	Gen. xix.
Who, when the children of Israel cried to thee in their distress, didst deliver them from the cruel bondage of Pharao,	Ibid.
Who gavest the law to Moses in the mount, when he had fasted forty days,	Exod. xxxiv.
Who, at the prayer of Moses, forgavest the sins of thy trespassing people,	Exod. xxxii.
Who savedst Jonas when he cried to thee out of the whale’s belly,	Jonas ii.
Who sparedst the Ninivites when they fasted and did penance in sackcloth,	Jonas iii.

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Who didst bring David, by Nathan, to acknowledge his sin, Have mercy on us.	2 Kings xii.
Who didst remit the sin of David when he confessed it, and did penance in sackcloth,	Ibid.
Who gavest him the choice of three plagues for the sin of numbering the people,	2 Kings xxiv.
Who didst spare Achab when humbled and penitent,	3 Kings xxi.
Who didst hearken to Judith when she prayed in haircloth and ashes for the deliverance of the people,	Judith ix.
Who didst deliver Ezechias and his people from the army of the Assyrians, when they called upon thee with fasting, in sackcloth and ashes,	4 Kings xix.
Who didst hearken to Manasses when penitent, and restoredst him to his kingdom,	2 Par. xxxiii.