MANUAL OF DEVOTIONS;

In Three Parts.

PART I.

CONTAINING PRAYERS FOR FAMILIES AND

PRIVATE PERSONS.

PART II.

CONTAINING OFFICES-1. OF HUMILIATION. 2. FOR THE SICK.
3. FOR WOMEN WITH CHILD.

PART III.

CONSISTING of an offICE FOR THE HOLY COMMUNION; TO
WHICH ARE ADDED SOME OCCASIONAL PRAYERS.

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PREFACE.

THE glory of God, and the good of souls, have been the only inducements for publishing the following Devotions: it is hoped they will, in some measure, answer those ends, and assist the good Christian in the discharge of the great and important duty of prayer.

In the Devotions for private persons there are Morning and Evening Prayers for every day of the week, to which are added prayers for any intermediate time of the day. This was done without any intention of prescribing to any one; and was chiefly designed as a means to furnish the devout Christian with variety of proper petitions and expressions, wherein to lay open his wants before God; and that by making use of the prayers in such a method, as the whole may be gone over in some short space of time, he might be instructed

in, and reminded of, several important duties of a Christian life. But, after all, every one is left to his own discretion, to choose, add, omit, or alter, as he shall see fit: because, as the judgments and opinions of mankind are very different; so it can never be expected, that the same method or form of prayer should suit all persons; or even the same person at all times.

In the present composition no small pains have been taken, to make the whole as generally useful as can be well expected in a work of this nature; but as the best performances have imperfections, so this, to be sure, is not without them. However, it is hoped, there are none so great but what a Christian may overlook for the sake of that good, which is intended by it.

It is not pretended, that the following Prayers are all entirely new. There will be found among them several collections from other books; but those being such only as have been thought excellent in their kind, it was believed the whole would not be less acceptable for that reason. here particular acknowledgments ought to be made to the wise and pious author of "The great Duty of frequenting the Christian Sacrifice;" from whence,

And

with his leave, some prayers in the Office of Humiliation, and for the Communion, have been collected.

May God, of his great mercy, make these devotions serviceable to the ends for which they are designed; and may his good Spirit accompany the use of them, and enkindle in all our hearts such a pure and holy flame, as may never be extinguished by any lusts or passions; but being continually cherished and kept alive by ardent and devout prayers here, may hereafter break forth in praises and hallelujahs to God, and to the Lamb, for ever and ever. Amen.