sins, and of thy fatherly love and correc-injuries and losses which others have ton; and the more their confinement sustained by them. Raise them up friends presseth hard upon them, the more let to pity and relieve them; give them the the comforts of thy grace and mercy continued comfort of thy countenance abound towards them. Give to their here; and so sanctify their affictions, creditors tenderness and compassion, that they may work for them an eternal and to them a meek and forgiving spirit weight of Glory, through the merits and towards all those who have confined mediation of Jesus Christ thy Son our them, and a full purpose to repair all the Lord. Amen. A FORM OF PRAYER AND THANKSGIVING To Almighty God, for the Fruits of the Earth, and all the other Blessings of his merciful Providence; to be used yearly on the first Thursday in November, or on such other Day as shall be appointed by the Civil Authority. The Service shall be as usual, except where it is hereby otherwise appointed. 7. Among the Sentences at the beginning God; for it is pleasant, and praise of Morning Prayer, shall be the fol-is comely. lowing: the Lord The Lord doth build up Jerusa them, he substance, and with the first outcasts of Israel. together the fruits of all thine increase: So He healeth those that are broshall thy barns be filled with ken in heart, and bindeth up plenty, and thy presses shall their wounds. burst out with new wine. Prov. 'He covereth the heaven with iii. 9, 10. clouds, and prepareth rain for the The Lord by wisdom hath found-earth; he maketh the grass to ed the earth; by understanding grow upon the mountains. hath he established the heavens: He giveth to the beast his food; By his knowledge the depths are and to the young ravens which broken up, and the clouds drop cry. down the dew. Prov. iii. 19, 20. The eternal God is thy refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms. Deut. xxxiii. 27. Israel then shall dwell in safety alone; the fountain of Jacob shall be upon the land of corn and of wine, also his heaven shall drop down dew. Deut. xxxiij. 28. Happy art thou, O Israel; who is like unto thee, O people saved by the Lord, the shield of thy Praise the Lord, O Jerusalem: Praise thy God, O Sion. For he hath strengthened the bars of thy gates; he bath blessed thy children within thee. He maketh peace in thy borders, and filleth thee with the finest of the wheat. T Then shall be said or sung one of the help, and who is the sword of thy The first Lesson shall be Deut. viii. excellency' Deut. xxxiii. 29. Instead of, O come let us sing, &c. the following shall be said or sung: PRAISE ye the Lord; for it is good to sing praises unto ous and the Second Lesson shall be i Thess. v. 12 to 24. After the General Thanksgiving, shall be said this which followeth: MOST racious God, by whose knowledge the depths are. broken up, and the clouds drop meekness the engrafted word, down the dew; we yield thee un- which is able to save your souls. feigned thanks and praise, as for Be ye doers of the word; and not all thy mercies, so especially for hearers only, deceiving your the returns of Seed-time and own selves. For if any be a Harvest, and for crowning the hearer of the word, and not a doyear with thy goodness, in the in-er, he is like unto a man beholdcrease of the ground, and the ing his natural face in a glass: for gathering in of the fruits thereof. he beholdeth himself, and goeth And, we beseech thee, give us a his way, and straightway forgetjust sense of this great mercy; teth what manner of man he was. such as may appear in our lives, But whoso looketh into the perby an humble, holy, and obedient fect law of liberty, and continueth walking before thee all our days, therein, he being not a forgetful through Jesus Christ our Lord; hearer, but a doer of the work, to whom, with thee and the Holy this man shall be blessed in his Ghost, be all glory and honour, world without end. Amen. The Collect to be used instead of that for the day. MOST merciful Father, who deed. If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man's religion_is vain. Pure religion and unde The Gospel. St. Matt, v. 43. the husbandman in the returns of this: to visit the fatherless and the fruits of the earth; we give widows in their affliction, and to thee humble and hearty thanks keep himself unspotted from the for this thy bounty; beseeching world. thee to continue thy loving kind ness to us; that our land may still yield her increase, to thy glory and our comfort, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. YE have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour and hate thine enemy. But I say unto you, love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that Dren: every good gift and ev- which despitefully use you and not err,my beloved breth-hate you, and pray for them The Epistle. St. James i. 16. ery perfect gift is from above; persecute you: that ye may be and cometh down from the Fa- the children of your Father ther of Lights, with whom is no which is in heaven; for he makvariableness, neither shadow of eth his sun to rise on the evil arning. Of his own will begat and on the good, and sendeth he us of the word of truth, that rain on the just and on the unwe should be a kind of first fruits just. For if ye love them which of his creatures. Wherefore, my love you, what reward have ye? beloved brethren, let every man do not even the Publicans the be swift to hear, slow to speak, same? Or if ye salute your brethslow to wrath: for the wrath of ren only, what do ye more than man worketh not the righteous-others? do not even the Publiness of God. Wherefore lay a-cans so? Be ye therefore perfect, part all filthiness and superfluity even as your Father which is in of naughtiness, and receive with heaven is perfect. 172 FORMS OF PRAYER TO BE USED IN FAMILIES. MORNING PRAYER. The Master or Mistress having called together as many of the Family as can conveniently be present; let one of them, or any other whom they shall think proper, say as follows, all kneeling: OUR 1 UR 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 this day our daily bread; And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who 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. Acknowledgment of God's mercy and ALMIGHTY and everlasting God, in whom we move and have our being; we, thy preservation, espe- needy creatures,render thee our humble praises, for cially through the night past. thy preservation of us from the beginning of our lives to this day, and epecially for having delivered us from the dangers of the past night. Tothy watchful providence we owe it, (that no disturbance hath come nigh us or our dwelling; but, that we are brought in safety to the beginning of this day.) For these thy mercies, we bless and magnify thy glorious Name; humbly beseeching thee to accept this our morning sacrifice of praise and thanksgiv ing; for his sake who lay down in the grave, and rose again for us, thy Son our Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen. *When disturb ances of any kind befal a Family, in stead of this, say, ing our dangers, we are brought in safe ty to the beginning that notwithstand of this day. Dedication of soul Ather, that another day is added to our lives; ND, since it is of thy mercy, O gracious Fa and body to God's service, with a reso- we here dedicate both our souls and our bodies to lution to be growing thee and thy service, in a sober, righteous, and daily in goodness. Prayer for grace to enable us to per-. godly life: In which resolution, do thou, O merciful God, confirm and strengthen us; that, as we grow in age, we may grow in grace,and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen. UT, O God, who knowest the weakness and B corruption of our nature, and the manifold form that resolution. temptations which we daily meet with; we humbly beseech thee to have compassion on our infirmities, and to give us the constant assistance of thy Holy Spirit; that we may be effectually restrained from sin, and excited to our duty. Imprint upon our hearts such a dread of thy judgments, and such a grateful sense of thy goodness to us, as may make us both afraid and ashamed to offend thee. And, above all, keep in our minds a lively remembrance of that great Day, in which we must give a strict account of our thoughts, words, and actions; and according to the works done in the body, be eternally rewarded or punished, by him whom thou hast appointed the Judge of quick and dead, thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. IN particular, we implore thy grace and proteee. For grace to guide tion for the ensuing day. Keep us temperate and keep us the fol in our meats and drinks, and diligent in our several towing day, and for callings. Grant us patience under any afflictions God's blessing on the thou shalt see fit to lay on us, and minds always business of the same. contented with our present condition. Give us * On Sunday Morn grace to be just and upright in all our dealings; ing instead of this, quiet and peaceable; full of compassion; and say, and let thy Holy ready to do good to all men, according to our Spirit accompanyus abilities and opportunities. Direct us in all our to the place of thy ways (and prosper the works of our hands in the king us serious and public worship, mabusiness of our several stations.) Defend us from attentive, and rais all dangers and adversities; and be graciously ing our minds from pleased to take us, and all things belonging to us, the thoughts of this under thy Fatherly care and protection. These deration of the next, things, and whatever else thou shalt see necessary that we may ferand convenient to us, we humbly beg, through vently join in the the merits and mediation of thy Son Jesus Christ prayers and praises our Lord and Saviour. Amen. THE grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Ghost, be with us all evermore. Amen. EVENING PRAYER world to the consi of thy Church, and listen to our duty in order to practise with honest hearts, The Family being together, a little before Bed Time, let the faster or Mistress or any other whom they shall think proper, say as follows, all kneeling: OU UR 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 this day our daily bread; And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who 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. merciful God, who of eyes * Mto behold iniquity, and hast promised forgive Confession of sins, ness to all those who confess and forsake their sins; contrition and parwith a prayer for we come before thee in an humble sense of our don own unworthiness, acknowledging our manifold transgressions of thy righteous laws. But, O gra- Here, let him cious Father, who desirest not the death of a sin- who reads make a ner, look upon us, we beseech thee, in mercy, and short pause, that eveforgive us all our transgressions. Make us deeply confess the sins and ry one may secretly sensible of the great evil of them; and work in us failings of that day. an hearty contrition; that we may obtain forgiveness at thy hands, who art ever ready to receive humble and penitent sinners; for the sake of thy Son Jesus Christ, our only Saviour and Redeemer. Amen. ND lest, through our own frailty, or the temp to Prayer for grace better. A again into sin, vouchsafe us, we beseech thee, the direction and assistance of thy Holy Spirit. Reform whatever is amiss in the temper and disposition of our souls; that no unclean thoughts, unlawful designs, or inordinate desires, may rest there. Purge our hearts from envy, hatred, and malice; that we may never suffer the sun to go down upon our wrath; but may always go to our rest in peace, charity, and good-will, with a conscience void of offence towards thee and towards men: That so, we may be preserved pure and blameless, unto the coming of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen. AND accept, O Lord, our intercessions for all The Intercession. mankind. Let the light of thy Gospel shine upon all nations; and may as many as have received it, live as becomes it. Be gracious unto thy Church; and grant that every member of the same, in his vocation and ministry, may serve thee faithfully. Bless all in authority over us; and so rule their hearts and strengthen their hands, that they may punish wickedness and vice, and maintain thy true religion and virtue. Send down thy blessings, temporal and spiritual, upon all our relations, friends, and neighbours. Reward all who have done us good, and pardon all those who have done or wish us evil, and give them repentance and better minds. Be merciful to all who are in any trouble; and do thou, the God of pity, administer to them according to their several necessities, for his sake who went about doing good, thy Son our Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen. The Thanksgiving. T our prayers, O Lord, we join our unfeigned thanks for all thy mercies; for our being, our reason, and all other endowments and faculties of soul and body; for our health, friends, food, and raiment, and all the other comforts and conveniences of life. Above all, we adore thy mercy in sending thy only Son into the world to redeem us from sin and eter nal death, and in giving us the knowledge and sense of our duty towards thee. We bless thee for thy patience with us, notwithstanding our many and great provocations; for all the directions, assistances, and comforts of thy Holy Spirit; for thy continual care and watchful providence over us through the whole course of our lives; and particularly for the mercies and benefits of the past day: Beseeching thee to continue these thy blessings to us; and to give us grace to show our thankfulness in a sincere obedience to his laws, through whose merits and intercession we received them all, thy Son our Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen. Prayer for God's IN particular, we beseech thee to continue thy protection through gracious protection to us this night. Defend us the night following from all dangers and mischiefs, and from the fear of them; that we may enjoy such refreshing sleep, as may fit us for the duties of the following day. Make us ever mindful of the time when we shall lie down in the dust; and grant us grace always to live in such a state, that we may never be afraid to die: So that living and dying we may be thine, through the merits and satisfaction of thy Son Christ Jesus, in whose name we offer up these our imperfect prayers. Amen. THE grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Ghost, be with us all evermore. Amen. On Sundays and on other days, when it may be convenient, it will be proper to begin with a Chapter, or part of a Chapter, from the New Testament. |