speaks to the fact that at every point the prayers in the Prayer Book teach dependence on God for all ability to please him in any way and all ability to practice good works to his glory. You will not be perfect, but you will not even be able to start except in dependence on him for his grace and help. The Prayer Book thus becomes not simply a text for corporate devotion—as when local churches meet on Sunday—but also a text for personal devotion. The Prayer Book has been used as such from the sixteenth