with comfortable rest; and to raise us up this morning, to magnify thy favour and loving-kindness towards us.

O Lord! We acknowledge that it is of thy mercy alone that we have not long since been cut off in the midst of the many great and crying sins which we have committed, as we have most justly deserved: but are still preserved to adore thy goodness; to confess our unworthiness; and to implore thy pardon and forgiveness.

Grant, we beseech thee, unto us, merciful Lord! such a due sense of thy patience and long-suffering towards us, as may lead us effectually to repentance: and give us grace so seriously to consider the shortness and uncertainty of our lives, that we may make haste, and not delay the time to keep thy commandments; nor any longer put off that great work upon which our eternal happiness depends.

And now that thou hast been pleased to bring us safely to the beginning of this day, vouchsafe, O Lord! to defend us in the same by thy mighty power; and grant that neither the examples or solicitations of wicked men, nor the distractions of our worldly affairs, nor the allurements of any sinful lusts and pleasures, may either hinder us in our duty, or draw us into the commission of any evil, contrary thereunto: but so strengthen us by thy Grace, and protect us by thy good Providence, that no temptations may come upon us, or none but such as thou wilt enable us to withstand and overcome.

To this end, keep us, we beseech thee, this day under a constant sense of thine all-seeing eye: make us seriously to consider, that thou our God art ever present with us; that thou beholdest all our actions,

bearest all our words, and that the very secrets of our hearts are not hid from thee: that thou notest in thy book whatsoever we think, speak, or do now; and wilt for all these things bring us to judgment, at the great and terrible day of thy appearing. O! let the hour of our death, and the day of thy judgment, the glories of heaven, and the torments of hell, be always so fresh in our remembrance, that they may keep us from offending; and make us continually careful so to live here, that we may be happy for ever.

And grant, O Lord! that we may not only be watchful against sin, but diligent to embrace all opportunities of doing thee service. Make us truly pious towards thee our God; just and charitable towards our neighbours; honest and upright in our several callings and employs; humble and modest, chaste and temperate, sober and orderly, in our whole lives and conversations; and ready to do all the good we can to all men, whether they be friends or enemies, according to thy command and example.

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On Sundays.

More particularly, we pray thee to bless us this day in the due observation of that holy rest, to which thou hast consecrated it. Fit and prepare our souls for thy service; and grant that we may come with pure hearts, and lift up holy hands before thee in thy church, without wrath or doubting. Let our prayers be acceptable in thy sight; and let thy Grace accompany our hearing, and reading of thy word; that with meek hearts, and due reverence we may

selves in it, attend to, and receive the same, and that we may bring forth the fruits thereof with not offend thanksgiving. O! grant us so to be. thee, have ourselves this day, that we may not offend thee, nor bring upon ourselves the remembrance of an evil conscience at night. But let all our thoughts, words, and actions be holy and innocent; useful and profitable, as becomes the servants of Christ: that so when the days of our short abode here shall be ended, we may depart in peace, and rest in hope, and finally be restored to the joys and glories of a blessed and happy resurrection; through the merits and mediation of thy dear Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.

In whose name, and for whose sake, we beseech thee graciously to accept our supplications and prayers, which we farther make before thee for the whole race of mankind: for those who are yet in darkness, and in the shadow of death; that the light of thy glorious Gospel may, in thy good time, shine upon them, and bring them to the acknowledgment and obedience of the truth.

Bless the holy catholic church: grant that all they that do confess thy holy name may agree in the truth of thy holy word; and live in unity and godly love.

Let the choicest of thy blessings rest upon that part of thy church of which we are members. Heal its breaches, enlarge its borders, and unite its divisions. Pour out upon all those who are in the communion of it, a spirit of zeal and piety; of peace and charity; of humility and obedience: and grant that we may all live agreeably to our holy profession; without scandal, and without reproach; that others

seeing our good works, may come in unto us, and glorify thee our Father which art in heaven.

over us.

Bless all Christian kings, princes, and governors; but especially him whom thou hast set in authority Preserve his person, and prosper his government and grant that we may lead quiet and peaceable lives under him, in all godliness and honesty.

Give a double portion of thy spirit to the bishops and pastors of thy church: endue them with wisdom and understanding from above; and enable them so faithfully to guide and to instruct thy people committed to their charge, that they may both save themselves, and those that hear them.

Comfort and support all those who are in any affliction or distress, whether of mind, body, or estate: heal the sick; support the weak; relieve the needy; and defend the oppressed: be a father to the fatherless, and plead the cause of the widow: and give unto them all a spirit of patience and resignation to thy Divine will, under their sufferings; and when thou seest fit, a happy issue out of all their troubles.

Be more especially gracious to all our relations and friends: return all the good they have done us, manifold in their bosoms; and grant them, O Lord, whatsoever thou knowest to be needful or expedient for them; the comforts of this life, and the everlasting happiness of the life which is to come.

And while we pray unto thee for others, give us, we beseech thee, O merciful God, a portion in all the good prayers which are any where offered up unto thee by any others on our behalf: and make both them and us partakers of the intercession of thy Son; that by his death and passion, we may attain to the

joys of a blessed and glorious resurrection, through the same Jesus Christ our Lord; to whom with thee and the Holy Ghost be honour and praise for ever and ever. Amen.

III.

And now, O Father of mercies, and God of all comfort, with these our supplications and prayers, which we have offered unto thy Divine Majesty, accept our morning sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving for all thy mercies and blessings which thou hast vouchsafed unto us. For our life, health, food, and raiment; for the continual protection of thy good Providence, by which we are kept from dangers; for the many gracious deliverances thou hast often afforded us out of such as have befallen us; and for that goodness of thine whereby thou hast sweetened and allayed those evils thou hast not seen fit wholly to remove. But above all we bless thy Holy Name, O God, for thine unspeakable love in the redemption of the world, by our Lord Jesus Christ, and for all those benefits we thereby enjoy, in order to our eternal happiness. For the light of thy Gospel, and the assistance of thy grace; for the comfortable promises of the forgiveness of our sins; and the time and opportunity of working out our salvation, which thou art pleased in thy great goodness still to continue to Grant, we beseech thee, most merciful Father, that we may shew forth thy praise not only with our lips, but in our lives, by giving up ourselves to thy service, and by walking before thee in holiness and righteousness all our days, through Jesus Christ our Lord; in his name, and in his words, in behalf of ourselves, and all our friends, and of all thy servants, we most humbly and heartily pray:

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