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O heavenly Father, I beseech thee, by the merits and death of thy Son, to give me grace, to have thee always before my eyes; and with a holy fear seriously to consider the hour of my death, which is so uncertain; the shortness of my life, of which, alas! I have so unprofitably, for trifles, already lost so great a part; the day of judgment, which is so awful to the good, and so terrible to the wicked; and upon the infinite and eternal punishments which shall then be inflicted upon impenitent sinners.

And finally grant, O infinite Bounty! that I may never seek or find peace or pleasure in any thing without thyself; and that thy will may be the rule of my conduct and of all my actions in this world, and thou thyself my eternal bliss and happiness in that which is to

come.

II. O most gracious Saviour, keep me from presuming on my own sufficiency; from relying on my own actions, and on my own conduct. Grant that I may not trust in any thing, but in thee alone, and in thy allsufficient merits, that all my hope and all my

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A Prayer in Stormy and Tempestuous Wea-
ther; as great Thunder, Lightning, &c.
O GREAT and glorious God, who makest the
thunder, and causest the vapours to ascend
from the ends of the earth; thou sendest forth
thy commandment upon the earth, and thy
word runneth very swiftly; thou makest
lightnings for the rain, and bringest the wind
out of thy treasuries. Thou givest snow like
wool, thou scatterest the hoar-frost like ashes,
and casteth forth thy ice like morsels. Fire
and hail, snow and vapours, and the stormy
wind, fulfil thy word. How wonderful art
thou in thy works, and terrible in thy doings,
towards the children of men !

O deliver us from our just fears and uneasy apprehensions, and in mercy cause the threatening destruction to pass over us. Grant that the present storm may not be a messenger of thy judgment, and an executioner of thy wrath only, but a means to cool, and refresh, and cleanse the air, and make the earth fruitful. Oshut not thy merciful ear to our prayers, but save and deliver us for thy mercy's sake,

who now apply to thee in this time of our distress.

We know, O Lord, that thy judgments are just, and that our sins have deserved much greater punishments than those we now fear; for we have broken thy covenant, disobeyed thy commandments, and provoked thee to be angry with us; but we are heartily sorry for our offences, we repent and turn to thee; do thou, O God, increase our repentance; O let that full, perfect, and sufficient sacrifice, which thy beloved Son offered up upon the cross, atone and make satisfaction for our sins.

Suffer us not, O Lord, to forget thee: but awaken us out of all carnal security, and from the sleep of death and sin. Let not the impressions of thy power, which the noise and shaking of the impending storm hath made upon us, soon wear off. And since the dreadful commotions it occasions are now so terrible, help us to consider how much more astonishing it will be to see the heavens on fire, and the elements melt with fervent heat, and the earth, and the works that are therein, burnt up. Do thou so effectually touch our hearts and incline our wills by the powerful operations of thy Spirit, that no excuses may prevail with us to defer our preparations against that time,

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Let them deter us from every evil work, and make us effectually to consider, what manner of persons we ought to be in all holy conversation and godliness. Grant this, O God, for the sake of Jesus Christ, our only Mediator and Advocate. Amen.

A Prayer for Rain.

O GOD, who didst promise to give thy people rain in due season, if they should walk in thy statutes, and keep thy commandments, and do them, that the land might yield her increase, and the trees of the field their fruit; and by thy Son Jesus Christ hast promised, as an encouragement to all them who, in the first place, seek thy kingdom, and the righteousness requisite to bring us to the enjoyment thereof, all things necessary to their bodily sustenance; I beseech thee, in this time of our distress, to send us such moderate rain and showers, that we may receive the fruits of the earth in due I confess, O Lord, our unworthiness of this mercy, and that thou mightest justly

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