starting the day the seventeenth-century way

the 1662 book of common prayer included the following prayer as a part of its morning prayer order. some things need no improving.

"O, LORD , our heavenly Father, Almighty and everlasting God, who hast safely brought us to the beginning of this day; Defend us in the same with thy mighty power; and grant that this day we fall into no sin, neither run into any kind of danger; but that all our doings may be ordered by thy governance, to do always that is righteous in thy sight; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen"