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 Ctbers in Preparation, 
 
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 We recommend to thy special protection and tender- 
 est care the kingdom in which we dwell. We entreat 
 thee to direct, sanctify, and govern the heart of our 
 sovereign. Bless the royal family, and all that are in 
 authority over us. 
 
 Take us this night, our God, under thy care. 
 Watch over us whilst we sleep ; if we wake in the night 
 season, may our meditation of thee he sweet, and our 
 souls he glad in the Lord. If we are spared to see the 
 light of the returning day, may we rise from our beds 
 to give all diligence to walk before thee well-p' easintr. 
 And unto the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, be ascribed 
 all glory and praise, dominion and 'power, now and for 
 ever. Amen. 
 
 A PKAYER TO BE USED BY A FAMILY WHEN VISITED 
 WITH SICKNESS. 
 
 O trou infinitely great and glorious God, who killest 
 and makest alive. Thou hringest down to the grave, 
 and bringest back again. Q'hou dost according to thy 
 will in the armies of heaven, and among the inhabitants 
 of the earth ; and none can stay thine hand, or say unto 
 thee, What dost thou? yet righteous art thou in all thy 
 ways, and holy in all thy works. Even when thou 
 afliictest, and causest trouble and heaviness to fall upon 
 us, it is that we may learn righteousness from thy judg- 
 ments, and receive profit from thy correction. 
 
 Wherefore, though thou hast visited us with sickness, 
 and art calling us to humiliation for our sins, yet we would 
 still speak good of thy name, and love and bless thee. 
 We desire at this season to remember all the past 
 mercies with which thou hast been pleased to bless us 
 and our household. God forbid that our present grief 
 should make us unmindful of the constant benefits we 
 have enjoyed. How long has each of our family lain 
 down and risen up, gone out and come in, in health, 
 strength, and peace? For these multiplied favours, 
 blessed, Lord, be thy good and holy name ; since the 
 smallest of thy benefits is more than wo deserve. 
 
 To us, on account of transgressions, thy wrath is 
 most justly due. Wherefore then should living men 
 
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 complain of punishment for their sin ? Shall we receive 
 so much good at the hand of the Lord, and shall we not 
 receive evil? In great compassion thou hast opened a 
 way of relief for us under every trouble, by directing 
 and encouraging us in all our afflictions to pour out our 
 complaints unto thee. We therefore, O Father of 
 mercies, make our supplications to thee, at this time. 
 O Lord, be not far from us. 
 
 In entire submission to thy most wise and holy will, 
 we most earnestly pray for that person whose sickness 
 fills us with so much concern. O let not the sickness 
 bo unto death, but be for the manifestation of thy grace 
 towards us all. And 0, thou great Physician, without 
 whom all others are of no value, do thou direct to the 
 most proper medicines, bless the art of healing, and in 
 due time restore thy servant to health and strength. 
 But if thou dost not see fit to spare thy servant, whom 
 we are now remembering before thee, O prepare every 
 one of this family, according to our several relations, for 
 the awful stroke. 
 
 And help us all, who are now in health, to improve 
 this loud and solemn call to prepare for our own sickness 
 and death. Let us not abuse our bodily strength to 
 encourage ourselves in sinful security and impenitence. 
 Grant that we may always be ready, by performing the 
 will of our Lord, that whensoever he shall come, we may 
 be found of him in peace and enter into his joy ; that 
 whenever our health is turned into sickness, and our 
 strength into weakness, we may not be cast down or 
 perplexed, but feel in our souls those supports and con- 
 solations, which the world cannot give, nor death itself 
 take away. 
 
 Hear us, Lord our God, in those our humble re- 
 quests, forgive us our sins, and accept our persons and 
 our services, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 
 
 PRAYER AFTER RECOVERY FROM SICKNESS. 
 
 Most gracious and merciful God! we have heard, wo 
 have seen, we have experienced thy love. Blessed, for 
 ever blessed be thy name, that instead of being known 
 to us by the judgments our sins have deserved, thou art 
 
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 sent life, and show forth the praise of Him who hath 
 called us out of darkness into marvellous light. 
 
 We beseech thee, that tho excellency of our know- 
 ledge of Christ may be evidenced to others, by our add- 
 ing day by day to our faith a noble Christian courage, 
 in defence of his truth, honour, and government— by a 
 constant victory over our corrupt affections — by a meek 
 and quiet spirit under all our trials, and by resignation 
 to the will of our heavenly Father. 
 
 Grant, Lord, that our knowledgo of the redemption 
 that is in Jesus may work effectually this day upon our 
 hearts. Let the Saviour's love to us bo the pattern of 
 ours to all that are round about us ; let it make us zeal- 
 ous to embrace all opportunities of ministering to the 
 happiness of one another. If we cannot assist the needy 
 by our alms, or protect the oppressed by our power, O ! 
 let us diligently exercise love, in abstaining from all 
 uncharitableness of speech ; let us look upon the failings 
 of others with pity, as if they were our own : make us 
 kind and tender-hearted, forbearing and forgiving all, 
 as thou, for Christ's sake, hast forgiven us. Banish 
 from our dwellings all variance, whisperings, heart- 
 burnings, and evil surniisings. Let peace and gentle- 
 ness, meekness and goodness, be exercised by all of us 
 one towards another. Thou, O God! that makcst men 
 to be of one mind that dwell together, inspire us with a 
 spirit of concord, and harmonize all our naturally selfish 
 tempers. let this benefit at least be found from our 
 family-devotion, that we may agree better together, and 
 live more in peace and quietness, than those who call 
 not upon thee. 
 
 Continue, we beseech thee, the blessing of health and 
 strength amongst us, and the favour of thy prosperous 
 providence ; but give us grace to be ready for a change, 
 as in a day, nay, in an hour, our prosperity may bo 
 turned by thee into deep affliction, our health into pining 
 sickness/our ease into tormenting pain, and our life into 
 death. Lord, establish us in Christ Jesus, and give 
 tho earnest of thy Spirit in our hearts, that, whatever 
 « are called to suffer, we may not bo afraid, but bear 
 ['oss cheerfully, 
 
 ifort and protect all our near relations and dear 
 
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 Lord, we know not what is in reserve for us in the 
 course of the year on which we have entered. But we 
 wait for thy salvation: and our hope is in thy word. 
 To thee we 'intrust all our interests. Into thy hand we 
 also commit our spirits, for thou hast redeemed us O 
 Lord God of truth. Fit us for the duties and trials that 
 may bo in reserve for us. And whether it be thy will 
 to call us hence this year, or to prolong our lives beyond 
 it may we equally be prepared for thy will— steadfast 
 and immoveable, abounding always in the work of the 
 
 L °Be very gracious to our friends. Enrich them with 
 the bounties of thy providence, and the gifts of thy grace. 
 Let thy cause and people prosper. . 
 
 And now, Lord, we leave thy throne trusting in thy 
 mercy blessing thee for past goodness, and supplicating 
 the continued aid of thy Holy Spirit. May the grace of 
 our Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the com- 
 munion of the Holy Ghost, be with us all. Amen. 
 
 PRAYER IN THE PROSPECT OF DEATH. 
 
 Tnou Supreme Ruler of the visible and invisible 
 WOT ld8 '—thou Sovereign of life and of death, of earth 
 and of heaven !— blessed be thy name. Once more do I 
 pour out my soul, my departing soul, unto thee, how 
 down thy gracious ear, God, and let my cry come up 
 before thee with acceptance ! 
 
 The hour is come when thou wilt separate me from 
 this world, with which I have been so long and so 
 familiarly acquainted, and lead me to another, as yet 
 unknown. Enable me, I beseech thee, to make the 
 exchange, as becomes a child of God, who knows, that, 
 through sovereign grace, it is his Father's good pleasure 
 to give him the kingdom. 
 
 1 acknowledge, Lord, the justice of that sentence 
 by which I am expiring; and own thy wisdom and 
 coodness, in appointing my journey through this gloomy 
 vale which is now before me. Help me to turn it into 
 the happy occasion of honouring thee, and I will bless 
 the panes by which thou art glorified, and this mortal 
 and sinful part of my nature is dissolved. 
 
 Gracious Father, I would not quit this earth without 
 
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 temporary interest in the blessings we call ovir own, and 
 destined, in we know not how short a time, to say to 
 corruption, "thou art my father," and to the worm, 
 "thou art my mother and my sister." 
 
 But while oppressed with a sense of our own weakness, 
 we rejoice that we are permitted to lay hold of thy 
 strength. In all generations thou hast been the dwell- 
 ing-place of thy people. Before the mountains were 
 brought forth, or ever thou hadst formed the earth, even 
 from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God. And we 
 rejoice to know that when these monuments of thy 
 power shall be dissolved, when the heavens shall vanish 
 like smoke, and the earth shall wax old like a garment, 
 thy salvation shall be for ever, and thy righteousness 
 shall not be abolished. 
 
 Blessed be thy name for Jesus Christ, in whom thy 
 perfections are pledged for the happiness of thy people. 
 Teach us to believe in him and help us to abide in him. 
 Satisfied that the world cannot be our portion, may we 
 avouch thee in him to be our God ; may wo take thee 
 to be our ruler, our guardian, and our guide ; and though 
 other lords may have had dominion over us, by thee 
 henceforward may we make mention of thy name. 
 
 We lament, O Lord, that so much of our time and 
 thoughts should have been alienated from thee, or 
 partially devoted to thee. 
 
 Let the New Year be a new epoch in our spiritual 
 history. Instead of consuming the season in levity, 
 may we employ it as the occasion of more serious 
 reflection on tho shortness, uncertainty, and the value of 
 time — may wo turn our thoughts to an eternal world, 
 and apply, with greater earnestness than before, to pre- 
 paration for the solemn changes that await us. "While 
 we enjoy thy goodness, and allow our affections to expand 
 to those who are united to us by the ties of nature or of 
 friendship, may our hearts not be overcharged with the 
 cares and the pleasures of this life. May we grow in 
 grace as we advance in years ; and as the last year and 
 day of life approach, may we be progressively attaining 
 to that state in which, with loins girded and lamps 
 burning, we shall bo ready to go forth to meet tho 
 bridegroom at his coming. 
 
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 friends. Sanctify to them their present circumstances 
 whatever they may he. Be their guide through life, 
 and at death give them admission into thy kingdom and 
 glory. 
 
 Promote, God, the peace and welfare of this our 
 country. Let thy servant, our most gracious sovereign 
 be continually guided by thy counsel, and reign over us 
 in righteousness. 
 
 Free and relieve all who are distressed or oppressed ; 
 regard their hearts, hear their sighs and make them see 
 their sin in their suffering, to humble themselves under 
 thy hand, and find that it is good for them to lie afflicted. 
 Bless our enemies ; do good to them that hate us ; and 
 ever enable us to return good-will for evil. 
 
 Accept our praises for our continued preservation by 
 thy goodness — for sleep upon our beds, for the return of 
 the day after the shades of darkness, for the use of our 
 reason, the comfort of this opportunity of worshipping 
 thy name, and, above all, for the light of life, the Sun of 
 Righteousness, Christ Jesus ; to whom, with thyself 
 and the Holy Ghost, one God over all, bo all honour 
 and praise for evermore. 
 
 Our Father which art in heaven, hallowed be thy 
 name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done on earth 
 as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. 
 And forgive us our trespasses, as wo forgive them that 
 trespass against us ; and lead us not into temptation, 
 but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, and 
 the power, and the glory, for ever and ever. Amen. 
 
 EVENING PRAYER. 
 
 Blessed and holy Lord God, who didst mako all 
 things by thy power, who rulest all things by thy pro- 
 vidence, and' fillest all things by thy presence, we, thy 
 unworthy creatures, beseech thee to fill our hearts with 
 humility, sincerity, and faith in Christ in our approaches 
 to thee. 
 
 We acknowledge our absolute dependence upon thee; 
 for our lives, and all the comforts we enjoy we aro in- 
 debted to thy bounty. Thy hands have brought us into 
 this world, and ever since we saw the light, thou hast 
 
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 commanding us to make public intercession for all sorts 
 ml conditions ot men, in order that our hearts may be 
 the more enlarged towards them, and our bands the 
 more ready to minister to their necessities. We praise 
 thee for this opportunity of hearing thy holy Scripture 
 which is profitable for_ our reproof JJ fl 3£; 
 and tor our instruction in righteousness 
 
 tb, l?,'i l0 f S rf he f tlm V Ve have our habitation fixed in 
 the land of liberty, under the bright beams of thy glori- 
 ous Gospel ; that we can worship* thee according to 
 conscience, no one making us afraid ; that we "are no 
 
 not Tl , Pa> " ad0, f™ t0 th0se wh0 ^ ™ture are 
 gods nor compelled to bow down at the altar of 
 
 on.th VV 7 Q thee * hat » ^ in health and 
 strength to use the sacred opportunity of sroine with the 
 
 Sou lint tha * ke «P thy h ° ly dft ^ ill£o th ° house wW 
 
 bless T ?i name ' and P romised t0 meet «nd 
 bless us. How amiable are thy dwellings, Lord of 
 
 hosts ; one day employed in them is better than a thou- 
 sand engrossed by the business of the world 
 
 We praise thee also for passing by all the provoca- 
 tions and insults which we have offered unto thee by 
 abusi ng and p , ofamng this hQly d ^ 07 
 
 table I presumption in compassing thee about with deceit 
 and . lies. how often have we rushed into the courts 
 of thy house without meditation, without prayer, with- 
 out any desire to worship thee with an holy worship ! 
 1 low often have we dissembled and pretended to give thee 
 S&fi&EE* 7 * - ~^nd casting 
 
 t God, let the time past suffice for us to have entered 
 into thy courts thoughtless, unhumbled, and self-suffi- 
 cient. Now teach us effectually to reverence thy sanc- 
 tuary : make us feel the importance of the holy exer- 
 cises m which we are going to engage. send thy 
 quickening Spirit to raise our thoughts and desires up 
 to thee 1.1 every part of thy holy worship. Shield ns 
 on every side from the flesh, the world, and the devil, 
 that they may have no power to fill us with sinful dis- 
 tractions, and make us absent in spirit while we are 
 presenting our bodies in thy temple. 
 
 While wo confess our guilt, open thou our understand- 
 
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 e, not stubborn when corrected for faults, not heed" 
 
 less wnen mstructed, not ungrateful, nor forgetful 'to 
 
 administer to their comfort. b 10 
 
 we^lh^ eSPeCial m f 'I! 161 ' We be » 0f thee > Go <h that 
 ShrfSfJS new before thee may be forgiven, for 
 CI st s sake, all the instances of which we have been 
 ErSf If ever ™ c ?» "^kindness, and passion one to- 
 
 e lv r ! UkG US SeDsible 0f ou '' tnmsgressions, 
 
 • eai Uly sorry for them, and more vigilant for the future! 
 U give unto us, and every family, more of thy °'race 
 and power, that we may be of one mind, who dwell to- 
 gether m one house on earth ; that at the last day 
 When we appear to take our trial at the bar of God 
 we may not be accusers of each other, but witnesses of 
 the grace of our Lord in making us dwell together in 
 Christian love. Grant, God, these our petitions, 
 toi all that we ask is for the sake, and through the in- 
 tercession, ot our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Chrilt 
 Amen. 
 
 A PRAYER APPROPRIATE TO THE DEATH OF A 
 
 RELATION OR FRIEND. 
 Lord, may all the appointments of thy providence 
 be profitable to the souls of thy people. Visit the mem- 
 bers of this house of mourning with thy favour, and let 
 them know and feel that thou art an all-sufficient help, 
 in time of trouble. Knowing that we have no continu- 
 ance 111 this life, but pass our days as a tale which has 
 been told, may we act a wise and worthy part, that wo 
 may find peace to our souls, and have good hopes in the 
 prospect of the world to come. 
 
 Be as a Father to the fatherless, the protector of tho 
 widow, and the orphan's stay. Bless those who are 
 connected with the present dispensation of thy provid- 
 ence, and, according to the circumstances of their lot 
 grant them consolation, As the depth and the length 
 of their sorrows have been, so do thou comfort them and 
 wipe away their tears. By the sadness of the counten- 
 ance may the affections become better, and the conduct 
 improved, that the heart may be spiritually glad. Give 
 
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 them to drink. Give thorn grace to teach their servants 
 the fear of the Lord by their own example, and to let 
 their light so shine before them,»that they also may be 
 led to glorify God, in whose hands is their breath, 'and 
 whose are all their ways. 
 
 Dispose, Lord, tho hearts of parents to receive and 
 obey the commands addressed in a peculiar manner to 
 tnein. leach them always to regard their children as 
 immortal souls intrusted to their care, and for whose 
 nurture and admonition in the fear of the Lord they 
 are strictly answerable. May they esteem it their 
 greatest pleasure, and their highest honour, to teach 
 their children the sacred truth, when they sit with them 
 m the house, when they walk by the way, when they 
 he down, and when they rise up. Give them to observe 
 with hearts sensibly affected, the natural depravity too 
 apparent in their offspring, and to be solicitous to bring 
 them by early discipline and instruction to Him who 
 alone can deliver from it. Make them vigilant to check 
 their vile affections, to furnish them with the means of 
 knowing God and Jesus Christ whom he hath sent, and 
 to habituate them from their childhood to the profitable 
 employment of their timo and understanding, as they 
 are able to bear it. Keep all parents from setting a 
 bad example before the eyes of their children, and so 
 teaching them an evil lesso'n against themselves. May 
 they dread nothing more than being condemned as 
 accessaries to the damnation of their own children by 
 their worldliness, sensuality, and neglect of their souls. 
 And as thou knowest that parents are not of themselves 
 sufficient to educate their children according to thy will, 
 do thou fill them with wisdom and discretion. Guide 
 them continually, and guard them from exercising a false 
 indulgence, or an irksome severity to the fruit of their 
 own bodies. Bless the relation thou hast established 
 between them, so that parents may have the joy of 
 seeing their children growing up as pleasant plants 
 before thee, and that children may have reason to call 
 their parents blessed, and to praise God for them in 
 time and in eternity. 
 
 And, God, form the minds of children, and turn 
 their hearts towards their parents, that they may be^ 
 
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 ing. Call to our remembrance whatever at any timo 
 has made us appear most vile in our own eyes, that wo 
 may feel a godly sorrow, and be really ashamed of our 
 iniquity. Accompany the reading of thy most holy 
 Word with tho power of thine own Spirit, that we may 
 receive consolation from thy promises, and obtain clearer 
 views of thy great salvation. When we are offering up 
 our prayers to thee, give us to feel tenderness of heart, 
 and pity towards all our fellow-creatures in distress, and 
 fervently desiro that thou wouldst send them relief. 
 When we ask for mercy and forgiveness, may we do so 
 with an earnestness suited to the value of these gifts ; 
 and when we join in giving thanks unto thy name, O 
 make all thy goodness to pass before us. Excite in us 
 such a lively remembrance of the multitude of thy 
 mercies towards us, as shall fill our souls as it were with 
 marrow and fatness, whilst our mouths are praising 
 thee with joyful lips. From the beginning to the cor" 
 elusion of the service of thy sanctuary, do "thou uphold 
 us, that we may be satisfied with the pleasures of thy 
 house, and offer to thee a pure offering in righteousness. 
 
 And, as thou, Lord, hast ordained that the people 
 should seek thy law at the mouth of thy ministers, do 
 thou nil them with knowledge and sound doctrine that 
 they may preach not themselves, but Christ Jesus. 
 Under their instructions delivered according to thy will 
 may our ignorance be dispelled, our slothful hearts' 
 quickened, our fears removed, our hope encouraoed and 
 our souls established in grace. 
 
 Finally, we beseech thee, O God, to incline our hearts 
 to sanctify this whole day. Make it our delight to em- 
 ploy our time in reading and meditating on thy Word 
 without yielding to the sinfulness of our hearts, or the 
 custom of the world, in speaking our own words, in 
 tl ink ng our own thoughts, and finding our own pleasure 
 on thy ho y day And grant us grace so to use this 
 day of rest and of public worship in this life, that we all 
 ay have a part m the praise and love of thy name in 
 the hie to come, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen 
 
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 filled OS M-ith goodness. We adore thy Sparing mercy. 
 Justly mightcst thou have brought upon us all the curses 
 written in the hook of thy law against transgressors : 
 and had thy ways been as our ways, and thy thoughts 
 like our thoughts towards our enemies, we had long 
 since been past the power of offering to thee our thanks 
 and praise, and beyond the benefit of prayer, or the 
 hope of pardon. 
 
 We confess, O Lord, we have been transgressors of 
 thy law, in thought, word, and deed. We are charge- 
 able with the workings and defilements of pride and hypo- 
 crisy, of uncharitahleness, and worldliness of heart, not- 
 withstanding all the methods thou hast taken to heal 
 these diseases of our souls. We have sinned against 
 the_ clear revelation of thy will, and the strongest obli- 
 gations binding us to comply with it. We have sinned 
 against thy most inviting promises, and thy most dread- 
 ful threatenings: against the frequent warnings of thy 
 Word, the renewed motions and powerful convictions of 
 thy Spirit, and the precious blood of Christ. We have 
 sinned against the light of our understanding, against 
 promises and purposes of obedience, and against the 
 strongest remonstrances of our own consciences. 
 
 O God, we cannot recount the number of our sins, 
 nor fully set in order all their aggravations. We should 
 not, therefore, presume to ask for thy pardoning mercy, 
 if we did not trust that thy Spirit has created within us 
 a holy mourning for all our wickedness, and for that 
 corruption of our nature, from whence these poisonous 
 streams have flowed. humble us effectually, and 
 place before us all the detestable qualities which meet 
 together in every act of sin — that injustice and contempt 
 towards thee, that rebellion and ingratitude which pre- 
 vail in it. And oh I most merciful Father, speak peace 
 to our souls, through the death and sufferings of thy 
 dear Son, and for the sake of his precious sacrifice, avert 
 the punishment from us. Increase in us the faith 
 whereby we only can be justified, and have peace with 
 thee, through our Lord Jesus Christ. 
 
 Accompany thy pardoning mercy with thy purifying 
 grace. Help us, O Father, to put off the old man, 
 which is corrupt, according to the deceitful lusts, and to 
 
 Now I have found the way to thy fear, let me find 
 
 the comforts of thy mercy. My heart is truly contrite 
 
 O Lord despise it not ; my spirit is broken, and 
 trembleth at thy word — O Lord, receive it : it is heavily 
 laden, and wearied with my sins — my God, give it 
 ease from the same. Pity me, Father, as a father 
 pitieth his own children — receive mo as the offended 
 father did his returning prodigal. Though I M-as lost, 
 yet, by the blessing of thy grace, I am now found again. 
 Welcome thy lost sheep when it returns home, and let 
 there be joy in heaven on the repentance of me, a lost 
 sinner. 
 
 O let the blood of Jesus cleanse me from all my sins ; 
 let his intercession for mo in thy presence make my 
 peace, and appease thy wrath. Shut not thine ears 
 against the voice of his blood, nor be deaf to his media- 
 tion, but hear him, and let me find the forgiveness of all 
 my sins, that thy trembling servant may have peace, 
 hope of thy grace and pardoning mercy, through Jesus 
 Christ my Lord and only Saviour. Amen. 
 
 PRAYER FOR NEW YEAR'S DAY. 
 
 LoiiD our Creator and Redeemer, on this the morn- 
 ing of a New Year, we desire to approach thy throne, and 
 to renew our covenant with thee, to whom we are 
 indebted for all things. Wo adore thee as self-existent, 
 eternal, independent, and infinite — comprehending in 
 thyself all perfection, and conferring upon thy creatures 
 all their endowments, their excellence, and their happi- 
 ness. 
 
 We thank thee for all the goodness we have experi- 
 enced at thy hands. By thy word we were called into 
 existence — by thy providence our wants have been 
 supplied ; and now it is on thy power, and wisdom, and 
 goodness, that we depend for future guidance and pro- 
 tection. In ourselves, we are weak and indigent 
 creatures, children of yesterday, exposed to innumerable 
 dangers and calamities, unable to provide for our own 
 happiness, or to support the burdens which it is thy will 
 to lay upon us. We are strangers before thee, and 
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 them an interest in the blessings of redeeming love, and 
 let the assurance of everlasting Hfo pour joy into their 
 afflicted souls. Forgive, O Lord, the manifold trans- 
 gressions of those who mourn, and the multiplied sins of 
 all thy children, and accept of us, and thy penitent peo- 
 ple every where, according to thy mercies in Christ our 
 Lord and Saviour. Amen. 
 
 PRAYER IN BEHALF OF A SICK CHILD. 
 
 Almighty and most merciful Father, have compassion 
 upon us in the day of trouble, and let this child live, by 
 whose afflictions we are afflicted. Suffer not tho hope of 
 thy servants to be disappointed, but if death be in tho 
 cup, sanctify the dispensation, comfort the mourner, 
 and receive the departing spirit into the fellowship of 
 the saints on high. If life shall be prolonged, let grati- 
 tude prevail in the hearts of those who are dearly con- 
 nected, and let all diligence be given to train up tho 
 child in the paths of wisdom and piety, and may every 
 endeavour to promote a virtuous and holy life be suc- 
 cessful, through Christ our Lord. Amen. 
 
 PRAYER FOR PARDON OF SINS. 
 
 nOLY and most merciful Father, spare me, thy poor, 
 sinful, but repenting creature. Spare me, good Lord, 
 and let me not perish in my sins, but, through thine 
 infinite mercies, may I find pardon and acceptance 
 notwithstanding them all. 
 
 1 am a sinful person, Lord ; but thou, O blessed 
 Jesus, art the Saviour of sinners. Thou didst come 
 into the world to call sinners to repentance. Lord, I 
 come and repent at thy call, cast not me and my repent- 
 ance away from thy presence. 
 
 I have gone astray, and through the frailty of my 
 flesh, am very defective in my return to thee. But 
 thou, gracious Lord, considercst our frailties, thou 
 knowest our frame, considerest whereof we are made, 
 and rememberest that we are dust. be not extreme 
 to mark mine offences, but for Christ's sake blot out my 
 transgressions, receive me graciously, and love me freely. 
 
 put on the new man, which is created after thine own 
 image, in righteousness and true holiness. Give us a 
 new heart and put within us a now spirit. Prevent us 
 by thy grace, that we may never more commit sin with 
 the deceitful hope of gaining advantage by it. Impress 
 us continually with the conviction, that the gaining of 
 the whole world can be of no recompense for "the loss of 
 the soul. 
 
 O let the remembrance of that solemn account we 
 must ere long give influence the whole course of our 
 lives. Let us so believe and so obey, that when Christ 
 shall come in the clouds with power'and great glory, we 
 may cry out in holy raptures " Lo, this is our God, we 
 have waited for him, and he will save us ! This is tho 
 Lord, we will be glad and rejoice in his salvation !" 
 
 To thy merciful protection, O God, we humbly com- 
 mit ourselves, our friends and relations this night. De- 
 fend, we beseech thee, our persons, our dwellings, and 
 our possessions. Refresh us with sleep ; and with the 
 health and strength of our bodies, and the vigour of our 
 minds, let us serve thee all our days, till we enter into 
 that blessed kingdom, where we shall all receive the 
 end of our faith, even the salvation of our souls, through 
 Jesus Christ ; in dependence upon whose righteousness 
 and intercession we farther pray: Our Father, &c. 
 
 PRAYER FOR SABBATH MORNING. 
 
 Tiiaxks be unto thee, O most merciful and gracious 
 God, for having devoted this day to thy service. Never 
 can we sufficiently express the obligations we owe thee 
 for this stated season of rest from labour ; for the oppor- 
 tunity afforded us of imitating the heavenly host, whilst 
 we assemble ourselves with one heart and voice to glorify 
 thee, O God, our heavenly Father ; and thee, 6 
 Christ, our Advocate, Righteousness, and Life; and 
 thee, eternal Spirit, the Comforter and Sanctifier of 
 the Church of God. 
 
 We praise thee that thou hast commanded us to 
 make, on this day, public confession of our guilt, hatred, 
 and disobedience— of our weakness, depravity, and need 
 of thy perpetual grace to help us. We praise thee for 
 
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 PRAYER FOR SABBATH EVENING. 
 
 O Lord, thou art great, and wonderful, and holy. 
 Thou art exalted far above all blessing and praise which 
 can ever be afforded! to thee by the angels of light ; yet 
 such is thy condescending mercy, that the door of thy 
 house has been open this day to us, miserable sinners. 
 
 We have been waiting on thee in the ordinances of thino 
 own appointment ; and as we implored the comfort and 
 help of thy Spirit before we presented ourselves in thy 
 courts, so now, as hecometh us, we desire to return thee 
 our most hearty thanks and praise, if we have found 
 any deliverance from the unbelief, distraction, and de- 
 ceitfulness of our depraved hearts, whilst we were offer- 
 ing our vows unto thee. 
 
 Not unto us, but to the influence of thy Spirit be the 
 praise, if Ave have confessed our sins this day with any 
 self-loathing ; if the forbearance thou hast shown to us, 
 and thy tender pity in sparing us have been sensible to 
 our hearts, whilst we were accusing ourselves before 
 thee. AVe praise thee if we have sanctified this day, 
 and our holy services in it, to the honour of our Lord 
 Jesus Christ, by looking only to the virtue of his atone- 
 ment for the remission of our sins. We bless thee if 
 we have found thy Word sweet unto us, and the increas- 
 ing discovery of thy love delightful to our hearts ; if we 
 have been filled with faith, and experience in our hearts 
 the Spirit of Grace, of prayer and supplication ; so that 
 instead of saying, When will the Sabbath be gone, that 
 we may buy and sell and get gain ? we have found the 
 spiritual provisions of thy house a feast indeed to our 
 souls. We thank thee, if thy Word preached hath 
 searched us, if it has been for our edification, exhorta- 
 tion, and comfort in Christ Jesus. We thank thee, if 
 it has been a pleasant and joyful thing to us to be thank- 
 ful to speak good of thy name, and to declare thy good- 
 ness towards the children of men. 
 
 Lord increase and stir up our affections when we call 
 upon thee : and in whatsoever we have displeased thee 
 this day, O do thou pardon us. Overlook what has 
 been wanting, and forgive what has been amiss, though 
 we are too blind ourselves to perceive it. There is in- 
 iquity in our most holy offerings. Purge we beseech 
 
 PRAYER FOR THE PROPER DISCHARGE OF DOMESTIC 
 
 DUTIES. 
 
 O Heavenly Father, thou who hast commanded us 
 conscientiously to discharge the duties we owe to each 
 other, we beseech thee, take away from us all stubborn- 
 ness, pride, and self-conceit— all envy, hatred, and ill- 
 will,— which would lead us to despise thy gracious 
 restraints, and destroy that harmony which thou 
 wouldest have to reign in every family. 
 
 Teach and incline servants to do their work with 
 singleness of eye, as unto Christ— to be ambitious of 
 serving their masters with fidelity, and of preventing 
 cause of anger or rebuke from them for obstinacy, sloth, 
 or carelessness. Grant them wisdom to consider their 
 station not as any hardship, or disgrace to them, but as 
 the post which thy fatherly love hast appointed them 
 to fill. Give them to understand that, by doing their 
 work from a principle of faith and love to Christ Jesus, 
 they may stand as high in thy favour, and grow as rich 
 towards God, as if their condition entitled them to all 
 respect from the world. 
 
 Be merciful, O God, to all heads of families. Save 
 them from haughtiness, passionate reproaches, and 
 every kind of unchristian treatment of their inferiors 
 and dependents. ! convince the rich that it is not 
 their merit, but thy providence alone that makes the 
 difference of station, that they should not be as tyrants 
 in their houses, and imperious to their servants, but that 
 they should add to the comfort of those who are under 
 them. Enable them, therefore, carefully to avoid hurt- 
 ing those who labour for them, either by forwardness or 
 rudeness. Imprint upon their minds a lively remem- 
 brance that they have a master in heaven, who is no 
 respecter of the persons of men, and before whom both 
 masters and servants must give a strict and solemn ac- 
 count of their behaviour to each other. Inspiro all who 
 preside in families not only with justice, but with mercy 
 and piety towards their servants. Like the good cen- 
 turion, whoso praise is in the Gospel, may they sympa- 
 thize with them in all their afflictions, be glad to allevi- 
 ate their burden, when sickness and old age oppress 
 them, and to sweeten the bitter cup that is appointed 
 
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 manifested to us as the God willing to forgive all our 
 iniquities. Thou hast delivered our eyes from tears, 
 and our hearts from anguish. Thou hast chastised and 
 corrected us, but thou hast not delivered us over unto 
 death. Thou hast turned our mourning into joy, and 
 our fears into songs of praise. 
 
 O Lord, we beseech thee, perfect all that concerns us; 
 and grant that this gracious interposition may so affect 
 us, that henceforth we may all more entirely depend 
 upon thee for the continuance and preservation of our 
 dearest earthly comforts. 
 
 Give us grace to use and enjoy all our temporal com- 
 forts, as those who know that the fashion of this world 
 passeth away. Grant that we may learn from our late 
 affliction, to live more like persons who are soon to be 
 separated by death, and to give all diligence to grow 
 rich towards God, that we may be better prepared for a 
 breach in our family, whenever it shall come. And 
 whensoever, O God, thou shalt be pleased to call any 
 of us away, may we all be united again in heaven, anil 
 be for ever with the Lord, and with one another. 
 
 That none of us may fall short of so glorious an end, 
 O give us a clear knowledge of the excellency of our 
 God, and a firmer dependence upon the word of thy 
 grace. 
 
 Fill our minds with a more cheerful and lively 
 sense of our obligations to thee, especially for this late 
 additional mercy; write it, we beseech thee, on our 
 hearts, so that no temptation from without, or corrup- 
 tion from within, may make us ever act as if we foroot 
 it. 
 
 And now, O Lord, we again present ourselves, all we 
 have, and all we are, a lively sacrifice unto thee for all 
 our remaining days. Be with us when we are passing 
 through the valley of the shadow of death, that we may 
 then fear no evil. Guard us through the gloomy passage, 
 and bring us safe to thino eternal kingdom and glory. 
 We humbly ask all these blessings, though utterfy un- 
 worthy of them, in the name of Jesus Christ our Lord, 
 to whom, with Thee, and the Holy Spirit, Ave ascribe 
 all glory and praise, now, and for ever, Amen. 
 
 thee, the defilement of them in the fountain opened for 
 sin and for uncleanness. Accept our dovotions at the 
 hands of our faithful and merciful High Priest, and 
 may our sacrifices be perfumed Avith the sweet incense 
 of his merits. 
 
 For his sake fulfil all the requests Ave have this day 
 made known unto thee. give us strength and power 
 to live more according to thy -will, in all righteousness 
 and holiness. Let the benefit and success of our public 
 worship be manifested in our Avholo deportment ; and 
 the influence of the good impressions made upon us in 
 thy house, appear in our sincere love both to God and 
 man, in abhorring all that is evil, and cleaving to that 
 which is good. Let Christian temper shine in our con- 
 versation, and may our lives be a transcript of the 
 graces Ave ask in our prayers. May Ave return again to 
 our respective employments armed with the whole arm- 
 our of God, and determined in nothing wilfully to offend 
 thee. May thy praise and love, thy power and glory, 
 and the mightiness of thy kingdom, be much in our 
 thoughts, till at length Ave are brought to that everlast- 
 ing Sabbath Avhere we shall no more need the use of these 
 means— no more behold our God at a distance, but see 
 thee face to face, and know thee even as Ave are known. 
 
 We desire noAv particularly to recommend to thv 
 mercy all avIio are united to us by the ties of kindred or 
 friendship. Let none of them slightly estimato this 
 holy day, or blindly think it enough to be merely pre- 
 sent at the assemblies of thy people. May they ever 
 worship thee in spirit and truth, and esteem this day 
 their delight. 
 
 We beg thy mercy upon all those nations which vet 
 sit in darkness and the shadow of death, that the Sun 
 of Righteousness may arise upon them to guide their 
 feet into the way of peace. O hasten the time Avhen all 
 thou hast promised concerning the church in the last 
 days shall be accomplished : bring in the fulness of the 
 Gentiles, and let all Israel be saved, Revive and cause 
 to flourish in all places upou earth, pure and undefiled 
 religion. Let the poAver of godliness prevail, and daily 
 obtain victory over the formality and hypocrisy of mere 
 nominal Christians. 
 
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 GRACES BEFORE MEAT. 
 I. 
 
 Gracious God, wo have sinned against thee, and are 
 unworthy of thy goodness ; pardon our sins, and bless 
 these mercies for our use, and help us to eat and drink 
 to thy glory, for Christ's sake. Amen. 
 
 II. 
 
 O Loud, thou art constantly bestowing abundanco 
 upon us. Enable us to receive all thy blessings with 
 becoming affections of mind; and sanctify the present in- 
 stance of thy bounty through Jesus Christ our Lord. 
 Amen. 
 
 III. 
 
 Txiy mercies, O Lord, are renewed unto us day by 
 day, though, by our sinfulness and disobedience, we are 
 unworthy of thy favour. But do thou forgive our mani- 
 fold transgressions, sanctify us in all our undertakings, 
 and bless the offered mercies, through Christ our Lord 
 and Saviour. Amen. 
 
 GRACES AFTER MEAT. 
 I. 
 
 We thank thee, O Lord, for the continued bounty of 
 thy providence, and while our bodies are strengthened 
 by daily food, cherish our souls by thy heavenly grace. 
 Forgive, we beseech thee, our numerous sins, and. accept 
 of our acknowledgments for this and every instance of 
 thy goodness, through Christ our Lord. Amen. 
 
 II. 
 
 We give thee praise, O Lord, for all the blessings of 
 this life, and for the hopes of future glory. Accept of 
 our thanks for every mercy we receive, and to thy name, 
 through Christ the Lord be ascribed the praise, now 
 and for ever. Amen. 
 
 III. 
 
 Blessed God, in thee we live, move, and have our 
 being ; make us thankful for thy mercies ; and as we 
 live by thy providence, help us to live to thy praiso ; 
 looking and waiting for a better life with thyself above, 
 through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 
 
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 my grateful acknowledgments to thee for all that 
 abundant goodness which thou hast caused to pass before 
 me here. With my dying breath, I bear witness to thy 
 faithful care. I have wanted no good thing. I thank 
 thee, O my God, that this guilty and unprofitable life 
 was so long spared; and that it hath still been 
 maintained by such a rich variety of thy bounty. I 
 thank thee, that thou hast made this beginning of my 
 existence so pleasant to me. I thank thee for the 
 mercies of my days and nights, of my months and years, 
 which are now come to an end. I thank thee for tho 
 mercies of my infancy, for those of my riper age ; for all 
 the agreeable friends whom thou hast given me, for the 
 help I have received from others ; and for all the oppor- 
 tunities which thou hast given me of being helpful to tho 
 bodies and souls of my brethren of mankind. 
 
 I bless thee, O Lord, that I am not dying in an 
 unregenerated and impenitent state ; but that thou didst 
 graciously awaken and convince me ; that thou didst 
 renew and sanctify my heart, and didst, by thy good 
 Spirit, work in it an unfeigned faith, a real repentance, 
 and the beginning of a divine life. I thank thee for 
 ministers and ordinances : I thank thee for sabbaths 
 and sacrament-days ; for tho weekly and monthly 
 refreshments which they gave me. 
 
 And now, O Lord, let my few remaining moments on 
 earth be spent for thy glory ; and let me ascend, with 
 love in my heart, and praise on my faltering tongue, to 
 the world where love and praiso shall be complete ! Bo 
 this my last song on earth, which I am going to tuno in 
 heaven — Blessing, and honour, and glory, and power, bo 
 unto him that sitteth on the throne, and to the Lamb, 
 for ever and ever. Amen. 
 
 THE LORD'S PRAYER. 
 Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy 
 name, thy kingdom come, thy will be done on earth as 
 it is in heaven. Give us day by day our daily bread ; 
 forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who have 
 trespassed against us ; and lead us not into temptation, 
 but deliver us from evil ; for thine is tho kingdom and 
 the power and the glory for ever. Amen. 
 
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 FAMILY PRAYER BOOK. 
 
 MORNING PRAYER. 
 
 Lord God Almighty, who art the Father of our 
 Lord Jesus Christ, who hast so loved the world as to 
 give thine only-begotten Son, to tho end, that all who 
 oehevo in him should not perish but have everlasting 
 life, mercifully regard us, miserable sinners. Thou seest 
 how slow of heart we aro to believe the record thou hast 
 given of thy Son. Though ho has a name which is 
 above every name in heaven or earth, how little confi- 
 dence do we feel in him, or consolation from all that ho 
 hath done and suffered ! 
 
 Have compassion upon us, O Lord, and help us. 
 Give us what thou hast most graciously promised, the 
 Spirit of truth to open our understanding, that we may 
 know the things which are spoken of thy Son in the 
 Scriptures. O give us the spirit of wisdom and revela- 
 tion in the knowledge of him, of his person and his office, 
 of his love and power towards all that hear his voice 
 and follow him, that so -we may abound in clear and 
 endearing thoughts of Jesus Christ the Lord— that he 
 may be no less precious to us than he was to the glori- 
 ous company of the Apostles, and the noble army of 
 martyrs. Thou, God, hast declared that thy Son 
 shall bo exalted and extolled. Help us, we earnestly 
 pray thee, to give him honour day by clay, more per- 
 fectly. Enable us to comprehend with all saints tho 
 immeasurable extent of his love— the breadth and 
 length, and the height and depth thereof. 
 
 We beg this of thee, God, in order that we may 
 navo our affections raised up to heaven, where Christ 
 sitteth on thy right hand— that we may grow more dead 
 to tho world, and walk moro becoming our Christian 
 character, that wo may have joy and peaco in this pro-