And, in the fulness of time,
Sending out of thy bosom

Thy CHRIST, the Son of thy love,
To take upon him the seed of ABRAHAM;
That, by his spotless and holy life,
He might fulfil the law;

And, by the sacrifice of himself,
Take away the curse and sting of death.
O! infinitely wise and good God,
Who hath left no expedient untry'd,
For bringing lapsed mankind
back again to happiness,

And making them partakers of
thy divine nature and everlasting glory!
O thou, who hast borne such ample testimony
to the truth of thy Sou's Gospel,
By miracles manifold and numberless;
By the holy and memorable lives
of thy saints and servants;

By their invincible patience

under torments and death;

By the conversion of a world

blinded with ignorance, prejudice,
and sensuality,

To the obedience of the faith:

And all this accomplished

without the assistance

of wealth, or power, or eloquence,

or force of arms!

Blessed and magnified, exalted and adored,
be thy glorious name for ever and ever.
May the memory, and every mention,
of these inestimable instances

of thy wondrous love,

Fill every heart with joy and thankfulness, In all places, and throughout all generations.

WORTHY art thou, O Lord,

to take the book,

And to open the seals thereof;

For thou wast slain,

Rev. v.9.

And hast redeemed us to God by thy blood. 12.
Worthy is the Lamb that was slain,

to receive power and riches,

13.

vii. 10.

and wisdom and strength,

And honour, and glory, and blessing.

Therefore unto Him

that sitteth on the throne,

And unto the Lamb,

Be blessing and honour,
And glory and power,

for ever. Amen.

Yea, salvation be ascribed to our God,
Who sitteth on the throne,

and to the Lamb.

Salvation, and wisdom, and thanksgiving,
and honour, and power, and might,

for ever and ever. Ameu.

Isaiah

xxxiii. 2.

Gen. ii. 2.

3.

SATURDAY.

LORD, be gracious unto us,
For we have waited for thee.

Be thou our arm every morning,
And our salvation in the time of trouble.

LESSED art thou, O Lord,

BLE

Who, as on this seventh day,

Didst rest from thy works of creation;
And didst bless and hallow it,

For a memorial of the same;

Exodus For a sign of the covenant

xxxi.

13.

Deut. v.

14. 15.

made with thy peculiar people; For a thankful remembrance

of their release from Egyptian bondage:
O may I always most thankfully acknowledge
my absolute dependence on thee,

And thy great goodness and bounty
to me and all thy creatures;
May I always adore and bless thee
For all the gracious dispensations
of thy Providence,

and wonderful mercies and deliverances
vouchsafed unto thy church and people
in all ages.

Blessed art thou, my God and my Saviour, Matt. xii. Who condescended to lie this day

in the bowels of the earth;

40.

And to be like unto them that are slain, Psalms

who sleep in the grave,

lxxxviii.

Rom.vi.4.

and pass out of remembrance. 4.

Give to me, Lord, and to all

who are baptized in thy name,

Grace so to mortify our corrupt affections,

That we may, by thy merits,

through the grave and gate of death,
pass to a joyful resurrection.

AN ACT OF CONFESSION.

My God, I am ashamed, and blush
to lift my face unto thee;

For my iniquities are increased,

and my trespass is grown unto the heavens. From the time of my youth until this day have I been in trespass,

and cannot stand before thee.

My sins are more in number

than the sand of the sea,

So that I am not worthy

to look up to heaven;

Neither is there any rest in my soul,
Because I have provoked thee, my God,
to wrath,

And have done that which is evil in thy sight,
By resisting thy will,

and disobeying thy commandments.

Now therefore, behold, I bend my knees, and humbly implore thy mercy.

I have sinned, O Lord, I have sinned,

But I acknowledge

my manifold transgressions.

Good Lord, destroy me not,

nor cut me off in my sins;

Neither condemn me to the prisons

of darkness.

Shew forth thy infinite loving kindness upon thy unworthy servant:

Ezra ix.

6.

So shalt thou save me

in the multitude of thy mercies; Ps. Ixxi. So shall my mouth be filled with thy praise, and I will sing of thy glory and honour.

7.

Matthew Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean;

viii. 2.

Mark iv. 38.

Speak the word only,

and thy servant shall be healed; Lord, save me.

JESUS, thou Son of DAVID,

Mark x. Say unto my soul,

47. Luke

xiii. 12. 2 Cor.xii.

9. Ps.lxxix.

8.

have mercy on me!

Thou art loosed from thine infirmity; O say, My grace is sufficient for thee. Remember not my old sins,

But have mercy upon me,

for I am come to great misery.

Help me, O God of my salvation, for the glory of thy name; O deliver me, and be merciful to my sins, for thy name's sake.

2 Pet. i.5. Impart to me thy grace,

6.

א

9.

10.

Ps. ciii. 13.

That I may add to faith, virtue;
And to virtue, knowledge;

And to knowledge, temperance;
And to temperance, patience;
And to patience, godliness;

And to godliness, brotherly kindness;
And to brotherly kindness, charity.
That so, not forgetting

that I have been purged

from my old sins,

I may be fruitful in good works,

and give all diligence,

to make my calling and election sure.

AN ACT OF FAITH.

BELIEVE in thee, O God the Father;
And that, even as a father pitieth
his own children,
So wilt thou pity us, O Lord.
I believe in thee, the only Son, our Lord;

Ps.cxxiii. And, as the eyes of servants

2.

look unto the hands of their masters,

Even so shall our eyes wait upon thee, until thou have mercy on us.

I believe, that CHRIST is

the very Lamb of God:

O Lamb of God, that takest away the sins of the world,

Take away mine, I beseech thee.

John 1.29.

came into the world to save sinners: 1 Tim. i.

I believe, that JESUS CHRIST

O thou gracious Saviour,

Save me, a miserable sinner,

yea, even the chief of sinners.

I believe, that CHRIST came to seek

that which was lost:

O thou, who camest

to seek that which was lost, Suffer not me to perish,

whom thou hast found,

and brought into thy fold, and ransomed from destruction.

I believe, that the Holy Ghost

is the Lord, and giver of life:

O thou, who hast breathed into me the
breath of life,

Grant that I receive not this living soul
in vain.

I believe, that the Spirit

Sanctifieth the heart by his grace:

Grant that I never resist, or quench, or defeat, his sanctifying operations.

15.

Luke xiv.

10.

26.

I believe, the same Spirit maketh intercession Rom.viii. with groanings which cannot be uttered: Let me, O God, have a part in the benefit of that intercession.

OUR fathers hoped in thee,

They trusted in thee,

and thou didst deliver them..

They call'd upon thee, and were holpen ;

They put their trust in thee,

and were not confounded.

As thou didst heretofore

deliver our forefathers;

So do thou now deliver us,

who likewise put our trust in thee.

Ps. xxii.

4. 5.