and make me sorrowfully concerned, that ever I should commit offences so great against the God so infinitely good: yea, make me so circumspect and full of care, to keep myself henceforth in thy fear and love; that I may never be so strange to thee as I have been; nor fall away from thee, and trespass upon thee, as I have done. O my God! let thy goodness lead me to such repentance. And help me so to break off my sins, and turn and cleave unto thy blessed self, that thou mayest have mercy upon me, and abundantly pardon all my abounding sins, through the infinite riches of thy grace and goodness, in the Son of thy love, my only Saviour, Jesus Christ. Amen.

A Prayer for Faith and Trust in God.

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ITHOUT faith, it is impossible to please thee, O God, and therefore I come to beg of thee that faith which is thy gift. Lord, help my unbelief, and increase my faith. Whatever thou hast revealed, let me take it upon the credit of thy word: and where I have thy promise, let me not stagger through unbelief: but fully persuade myself it shall be as thou hast said. O bless and enrich my soul, with such a holy, lively, and unfeigned faith, as may enlighten my mind, and purify my heart, and influence my whole life: such a faith as may enable me to receive Jesus Christ for my Saviour, and heartily give up myself to him for my Lord: so to be ruled and sanctified by him here in ́this life, that I may be for ever saved and glorified by him, in that life which is to come. O help me so to assent unto the truths, that I may also consent to the terms of the gospel: and work in me that effectual faith, which may work by love, and many

enable me to overcome the world and to live above it; looking at and for the great and glorious things of a better world; those unseen things that are

eternal.

In my greatest darkness and distress, O let me trust in the name of the Lord, and stay myself upon my God; committing my ways unto thee, and casting my burthen upon thee, who carest for us; yea, putting my trust in thee, though thou slay me ; trusting in thy almighty power to help and save; in thy tender inclinations to pity and relieve; and in the sure promises which thy love hath made, and which thy faithfulness will certainly make good unto all that wait and call upon thee, to remember thy word unto thy servants, upon which thou hast caused them to hope. And though I am not presently answered in the wishes of my heart, O let me tarry and wait patiently for the salvation of the Lord; and have my eyes upon the Lord God, till he have mercy on me. Yea, make me so sound and strong in the faith, that my faith may never fail; but that it may be found to praise, and honour, and glory in every time of trial, and at the great appearing of our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ. Amen.

A Prayer for Power to live by Faith upon Christ, and the Divine Promises.

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T is the command of my Saviour, that they who believe in God, should believe also in him, as our only Mediator with the Father; to whom none can come, but by him: neither is there salvation in any other; who counts it no robbery to be equal with God: Yea, who himself is over all, God, blessed for ever. But it is life eternal to know him: And none shall perish that believe in him. O the riches

of grace, and the wonders of divine mercy, that it should so be done to poor sinners. Blessed for ever be thy glorious name, O God of all grace, who of thy abundant mercy, hast provided such a wonderful remedy for our sinful misery; to save us through faith in him, where we could not be saved by any merits or performances of our own.

Great and holy Lord! in all that ever I do, I cannot but see the extreme need of a Saviour: and that I am undone without the free grace of God in Jesus Christ. And therefore I desire to go even out of myself, and to be found in him; not having my own righteousness, but that which is through the faith of him; and to sit down under the shadow of that blessed tree of life, which yields the richest fruits, most sweet to the taste of all sensible souls. O that Christ, who is the end of the law for righteousness to every one that believeth, may be the Lord my righteousness! that his righteousness may be imputed to me; And that with the heart I may believe unto righteousness: even so believe in Jesus Christ, that I may be justified by faith, and have peace with God through him.

The blessed Jesus, is my life and strength, my wisdom and riches, my health and joy, my glory, and my all there is no healing for my soul, but in his blood: no peace for my conscience, but in his reconciling me to God: no satisfaction to my mind, but in that most perfect atonement, which satisfies even the strictest. justice of heaven. O none but Christ; none but Christ! Without this all-sufficient Redeemer, I am a lost creature. I beseech thee, therefore, O Lord, whatever else I want, leave me not destitute of him; but give me Christ, or I die eternally. Though I confess myself most unworthy of him, and that I deserve to go for ever without

him because I have so wickedly despised him, and neglected his great salvation, and abused all his kindness and love; yet I dare not add this to all my other offences, to despair of that mercy of thine, O Lord, which in him thou art pleased to hold forth, even to the most sinful and unworthy. Seeing thou art in Christ Jesus, a God reconciling the world to thyself, and hast given him to be the propitiation for our sins; and he came to seek and to save even the lost, and to call sinners to repentance; and invites to him the labouring and heavy-laden ; yea, bids whoever is athirst to come, and take the water of life freely, without money, and without price and promises that such as come to him, he will in no wise cast out: To him therefore I look, and in him will I trust; and of thee, my gracious Father I beg for help to do it as I ought. O be thou pleased to shine into my heart with thy heavenly light, to reveal thy Son in me; and to shew me his all-sufficiency for me, and my own happy share and interest in him. Dear Lord! give me thy son to save me; and give me thy Spirit to draw me to him, and enable me to take hold of him, to rely upon him, and to believe in him, to the saving of my soul. O make me more acquainted with the way of saving sinners by Jesus Christ: and help me, for my own part, to acquiesce in it, and to submit to the righteousness of God.

Seeing thou, O God of all grace, justifiest sinners freely by thy grace, not for the worth of our works, but for the worthiness of thy Son, through the redemption that is in Jesus Christ, O may it be given unto me to believe on him, and to repose all my trust in him, that believing I may have life through his name. And may I still be fully persuaded in my mind, that he is the true Messias, and

the only Saviour of the world; and never distrust his power, or his love; nor be faithless, but believ ing that Christ is my Lord and my God, who loved me, and washed me from my sins in his own blood. And the God of hope fill me with all joy and peace in believing, that this may be all my solace, and my soul's rest, to lie at the feet of Jesus, to cast my burden upon the Lord, and to lean on the beloved of my soul, and upon the promises of God in Christ. Though there is nothing in me but pollution and disorder, O let me not keep off from my Saviour; but come to him at his call, and believe in the name of the Son of God to be made clean and whole. None can more need his help, Lord, than I do: 0 that it may not pass by me; but let the Saviour of the world be the Saviour of my soul; and let Christ abide with my spirit, and be ever at hand to do me good. O that my Redeemer may look with such an eye of favour upon me, and revive me with some token of his love, which is better than all the enjoyments and comforts of the world.

Help me, O thou great Author and Finisher of our faith, to pray in faith; believing that I shall receive the things which I ask in thy name. O my Lord, and my God! make me to know and to believe the love that thou hast to me; yea, that thou hast loved me with an everlasting love. And let it bear me up under all troubles, fortify me against all temptations, and quicken and enable me for the performance of all my duties, to know whom I have believed, and to know that the Lord Jesus Christ is my Strength and my Redeemer. O that Christ may dwell in my heart by faith; and that the life which I now live, may be by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me: in whom,

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