upon thee, and that all I have, proceeds from thine infinite Bounty and Goodness.

Thou haft fhewn thyfelf a moft kind and indulgent Father; but alas! I have been an undutiful and disobedient Child, and have made very ungrateful Returns for thofe innumerable Mercies and Favours, which thou haft bestowed upon me.

O Lord, my Confcience accufes me of having done many Things contrary to thy bleffed Will; of having acted foolishly and wickedly, contrary to my best and greatest Intereft.

I am fenfible, O Lord, that the greatest Concernments of this World are as nothing, when compared with Eternity; and yet, how apt am I to grow carelefs and remifs, in the great and important Work of my Salvation, and to fuffer my Affections to be carried away after the Things of this Life.

O Lord, the Wages, and Defert, and Punishment of Sin, is Death; but thou art infinite in Mercy, and willeft not the Death of a Sinner; remember then, I befeech thee, thy tender Mercies; and for the Sake and Merits of my dear Redeemer, have Mercy upon me, and be not angry with me for ever. Accept of that full, perfect, and fufficient Sacrifice, which thy beloved Son offered upon the Crofs; and through the 6 Merit

Merit of his bitter Death and Paffion, pardon all my Sins ; particularly those which I have this Day committed. O Lord, give me an Intereft in the Blood of that immaculate Lamb Jefus Chrift; and grant that I may never render thofe Sufferings which he underwent for Sinners, ineffectual to the Salvation of my Soul.

Give me Grace feriously to confider that it is my indifpenfible Duty to forsake every evil Way. Poffefs my Soul with just and lively Apprehenfions of the infinite Difproportion there is between this World and the next: that I may make a right Use and Improvement of all thofe gracious Opportunities which thou art pleafed to give me, of working out my Salvation, and fecuring an Inheritance in that Kingdom, which is to laft for ever.

Let no Temptations or Allurements divert me from fecuring the Interest of my precious Soul; whatever elfe I leave undone, let that be my great Care and Concern, the first and laft of all my Thoughts, and the chief Bufinefs and Employment of my whole Life.

O Lord! fuffer not the Affairs and Bufinefs which I am engaged in, to draw my Affections from Heaven and heavenly Things; but grant, that I may fo pafs

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through Things temporal, as not to lose the Things that are eternal; and that in all the Concernments of this Life, I may govern myself by the Rules of Temperance and Sobriety, Justice and Honesty, Prudence and Moderation, and with an entire Truft and Dependence on thy fatherly Care and good Providence; that having always before my Eyes that great Account which I must one Day give, I may never dare to do any Thing that may dishonour thy Name; nor be fo wretchedly foolish, as to purchase my Happiness in this World, at the Expence of thy Favour: But that making thy Laws the Rule of all my Actions, I may approve myfelf to thee, as becometh thy Servant; by being zealous and devout in thy Service; kind and charitable towards my Neighbour; by being meek and patient, quiet and peaceable, humble and inoffenfive towards all Men; and as far as in me lies, ufeful and beneficial to the World; that fo glorifying thee here upon Earth, I may, at my Departure hence, enter into the Joy of my Lord, and be for ever glorified in thy heavenly Kingdom, through Jefus Chrift, my only Saviour and Redeemer.

Be gracious, O moft merciful God, to the whole Race of Mankind. Pity the

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deplorable State of thofe that know thee not, and have never heard of thy Name. Reform the Wicked and Impenitent, and let all that name the Name of Chrift depart from Iniquity.

Blefs our Sovereign Lord the KING, and grant that under him we may lead quiet and peaceable Lives in all Godliness and Honefty.

Be mindful, O Lord, of all that are in any Affliction or Diftrefs, Relieve and comfort thofe that fuffer for the Teftimony of a good Confcience, or that labour under the Torments of a wounded Spirit. Let the forrowful Sighing of the Afflicted come before thee, and deliver them in thy good Time out of all their Troubles.

Let every one of my Friends and Relations, O God, be of the Number of those whom thou lovest and delightest in. Defend them from the Evils and Temptations of this World, and grant them whatever thou feeft needful both for their Souls and Bodies.

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To thefe my Prayers and Interceffions, I defire to add my unfeigned Praises for all thy Bleffings, fpiritual and temporal. bless thee more particularly for the Mercies of the Day pa! for preferving me in Health and Safety; and delivering me II from

from the Evils which I have most justly deferved.

Give me Grace to make a right Ufe and Improvement of all thy Mercies; and vouchfafe, O Lord, to continue to me thy gracious Favour and Protection. Be thou pleafed of thy great Goodness to take me, [and my dear Wife and Children] and all that belong to me, this Night, under the Care of thy good Providence. Defend us from all Perils and Dangers; and after the comfortable Refreshments of Reft and Sleep, raife us up in Health and Safety, with Hearts full of Love to thee, and Zeal to thy Service, through Jefus Chrift our Lord, in the fulleft Senfe of whofe Words pray to be heard.

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Our Father, &c.

PRAYERS for young Persons, and Servants.

A Prayer for a Child to be used Morning and Evening.

ALMIGHTY God, who madest me, and haft preferved me to this Hour, I praise and glorify thy Holy Name for all

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