sinners. How ignorant are we of his excellency, or our need of his salvation! How unaffected with all we have heard of his glory! Though his name is above every name in heaven, we feel an horrid backwardness to trust our souls in his hand, and little comfort from what he has done or promised. O reveal to us, by the Holy Ghost, the person, office, love, and power of thy Christ. O that He may be no less precious to our souls, than he was to the saints and martyrs of old. Thou hast declared thy Son shall be exalted and extolled, and be very high; may he be so in our eyes more and more. Through faith in his name, may we receive daily the pardon of our sins, the comfort of thy help, and abound in hope of the glory of God. May the love of Christ constrain us to live to his honour by loving one another. Objects always of his compassion, and saved by the redemption that is in him, may we be able to forbear and forgive, putting far from us all anger, strife, and variance. O let a life of meekness, quietness, and peace, be the fruit of our daily worship. For the credit of our holy profession, and that our very prayers may not be turned into sin, make us who dwell together to be of one mind, and to build up each other in our holy faith. By thy good providence, O God, our heavenly Father. preserve us, if it please thee, from all evil and mischief, from fierce disease and torturing pain. In the midst of our prosperity, may we stand prepared for a change. O may we be able to glorify thee in tribulation, and on a bed of languishing. For this purpose, establish us still more in Christ Jesus, seal us unto the day of redemption, and give us in our hearts the earnest of thy Spirit.

To all our near relations and kind friends, be merciful and gracious, O Lord our God. May they be led to give a deep attention to the care of their souls,

and overcome by faith in Christ this present evil world. Be a God unto them, and a guide all their days upon earth; and after death may they be received up into glory.

Make the nation to which we belong a people fearing thy name. Bless all who are put in authority over us. Visit, comfort, and deliver all who are in grievous affliction, or oppressed with poverty; love our enemies, bless them who curse us, do good to them who hate us, and enable us to do the same.

Accept our praises for thy perpetual goodness to us ever since we were born, for our sleep by night, for the pleasent return of light and day, for the use of reason and the means of grace, and above all for thy chief mercy, Christ Jesus. With all that is within us we would bless thy name for this unspeakable gift, ascribing to him, with thyself and the Holy Ghost, all honour and praise, might, majesty, and dominion, world without end. Amen.

Our Father which art in heaven, &c.

Evening Prayer for a Family.

HOLY and ever-blessed Lord God, thou hast made all things, and orderest all things by thine unerring wisdom. Thou fillest heaven and earth with thy presence, and from thee proceedeth every good and perfect gift.

We, miserable sinners, desire now to approach thee with a contrite spirit, confessing our vileness. We have been full of pride and hypocrisy in thy We have been all alive to sight and towards men. the things of the world, but utterly indifferent to thy cause and glory. Long did we stand out against every call to repentance, and often have we sinned wilfully. We have set at naught thy threatenings and promises, and hardened our hearts under thy

chastisements. We are not able to reckon up all our sins, nor the circumstances which have made them exceedingly sinful. Humble us, we beseech thee, by placing before us all the detestable qualities chargeable upon us in every act of disobedience. O make us perceive clearly how unjust and daring, how rebellious and ungrateful, we have been in casting thy words behind us. Give us to know there is no remission of our sins but through faith in the blood of thy Son; by his blood may we know we are justified, and have peace with thee.

Vouchsafe, O God, to turn us from all iniquity. Create us again after thy own image, that we may live to thy praise. May it be the continual desire of our souls to obey and serve thee, and may life be valued principally by us, as an opportunity of doing thy will and keeping thy commandments before men, that they may see our good works, and be led to glorify thee our heavenly Father.

Bring to our remembrance that solemn account we must give when the throne shall be set, and the books be open. May we, by faith in Christ, and knowledge of his glory, be ready for his appearance. In that great day, may we triumph with all his saints, saying, Lo, this is our God; we have waited for him, and he will save us. This is the Lord, we will be glad and rejoice in his salvation.

To thy merciful protection, O God, we humbly commend ourselves this night. Defend our persons, our dwelling, and our possessions. Give us, if it please thee, refreshing sleep, that, with strength of body and vigour of mind, we may serve thee, and at last be admitted into that world, whereth ere is no night or sleep, where we shall receive the end of our faith, even the salvation of our souls, through Jesus Christ our Lord, in dependence upon whose righteousness and everlasting intercession, we offer

up unto thee this our family-worship, concluding as he hath taught us to pray,

Our father, &c.

Prayer to be used before Partaking of the Lord's Supper.

IN obedience to thy command, my Saviour and my God, I now come to eat of that bread, and drink of that cup, which is designed to set thee forth manifestly crucified before our eyes. O teach me, that I may come with knowledge of the nature and infinite value of thy sacrifice. May I feel my poverty and defilement, and draw nigh with a true heart, utterly rejecting every other way of salvation men naturally trust in, and placing all my hope on thy blood to cleanse me from all unrighteousness. I would come with unfeigned love, designing to make a full surrender of myself to thee, thou Lord over all, and head of the church. Thou wast pleased to forgive the woman who was an infamous sinner, and bid her go in peace. Thou didst declare the publican justified. Thou didst put away the sin of Peter who denied thee with oaths and curses. Thou didst take up the crucified thief immediately into glory, upon turning to thee for mercy. Bless me also, O my Lord; forgive my transgressions as thou didst theirs. In this feast, lift up the light of thy countenance upon me, that I may know that I am justified by thy blood, and shall be certainly preserved and saved by thy life in the presence of God for thy church. When the outward and visible signs of thy meritorious death are put into my hands, may I, by a true faith, eat thy flesh, and drink thy blood, so as to find it meat indeed and drink indeed unto my soul, so that I may dwell in thee, and thou in me; that I may know I have eternal life, and that thou wilt raise me up at the last day.

May thy love for our souls, stronger than death, unite us all in love to each other, as members alike of thy body in the church. Whilst we are all looking upon thee the just suffering for us unjust, may every angry and selfish passion die away. May brotherly love reign in our hearts, and be continually exercised with delight amongst us all. And all the time I sojourn in the flesh, give me, by the power of thy grace to keep the feast upon thee our passover sacrificed for us, not with the leaven of malice and wickedness, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth. Grant these requests for the glory of thy great name. Amen.

A Prayer proper for Persons under great Difficulties, and when Affairs of great importance are in suspense.

O LORD thou God of wisdom and of might, who hath most graciously commanded us, poor shortsighted creatures, to commit our works unto thee, and promised that our thoughts shall be established; to cast all our care upon thee, assuring us thou carest for us; mercifully receive our prayer which we now make unto thee. So perplexing are our affairs, so doubtful and wavering our minds what course to take, and by what method to extricate ourselves out of our difficulties, that our eyes are fixed upon thee as our only counsellor. Teach us, we beseech thee, what we ought to do, and enable us to choose what, upon the whole, will most conduce to thy glory and our good. All things we know in heaven and earth are ordered and governed by thee, according to the counsel of thy own will, and by a special providence thou makest all things work together for good to them that love thee. Endue our souls with this grace of love to thee, through a knowledge of Christ Jesus, that we may repose ourselves in thee,