Thy light, and ftrength, and pard'ning grace,
And glory fhall be mine ;

My life, my foul, my heart and flesh,

And all my pow'rs are thine.

I call that legacy my own
Which Jefus did bequeath;
"Twas purchas'd with a dying groan,
And ratify'd in death.

Sweet is the mem❜ry of his name,
Who bless'd us in his will,
And to his Teftament of love
Made his own life the seal.

The Prayer, on Monday Evening.

For pardon and forgiveness of thofe fins, which deter us from approaching the Lord's table.

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OST great, moft holy, and moft glorious Lord GOD! I know that thou lelightest in the ways of mercy, that thou art a tender lover of fouls, and not only pernitteft, but inviteft us miferable creatures o come unto thee; therefore I am convinced of the neceffity of that holy inftitution, which hou haft ordained by thy fon our Lord, in hat holy facrament of the Lord's fupper, whereby we are raised from a death of fin into a life of righteousness. C 2

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With humble confidence then, O Lord, I lift up my foul unto thee, befeeching thee, in thy great mercy, to look upon me, and to ease me of the burthen of my corrupt and finful inclinations: oh! caft me not away from thy prefence, but, for the fake of my dear redeemer, receive me graciously to thy mercy; and let the merit of his bitter death and paffion atone for all the follies and mifcarriages of my life past; forgive, I meekly befeech thee, whatever I have done amifs this day and all my life past, either against thee, my neighbour, or myself.

Oh! what am I, that I fhould prefume to fpeak unto thee, or to lift up mine eyes, to that place of purity where thine honour dwelleth. Oh! cleanfe me from all my fecret and unknown tranfgreffions: and, moft merciful father, who upholdeft all things by the power of thy word, grant that I may ferioufly confider and reflect upon the foulness and deformity of my fin, and what dreadful threatnings thou haft denounced against it; that I may become a true and fincere mourner for my past fins; and, as far as is poffible, redeem my mifpent time, by employing the remainder of my days in thy service and to thy glory. O Lord! give me a new heart, new affections, and new defires,

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love thee with more fincerity and erve thee with greater faithfulness, than I have ever yet done; convince me of the vanity and incertainty of all things here below; and grant hat I may make thee, who art the creator of heaven and earth and of all things therein, my only joy and my delight, my stay and my trust, my guide and my counsellor; and be fo deny ighted with the ways of thy commandments, that one day in thy fervice may be dearer than thousand spent in vanity and folly.

Grant that in the days of health and profperity I may confider my latter end, and remember and provide for that great account, which I must one day give before the judgnent-feat of Chrift; that, when the hour of my departure fhall come, I may meet death without fear and amazement, and with a well-grounded hope of thy mercy and goodhefs (tendered to me in this holy facrament) may chearfully refign up my foul into thy hands; and may be willing, and even defirous, to leave this world, when thou, my God, fhall pleafe in thy gracious goodness to call me hence unto thy glory.

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Take me and all * that belongs * Here mention. to me this night under the care to pray for. thofe you intend and protection of thy good providence; preC 3

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ferve us from all perils and dangers, and all apprehenfions or dread of any; give us fuch refreshing reft and fleep, as may fit us for the duties of the day following; and, if thou art pleased to add another day to our lives, grant that we make a right use and improvement of it, to thy glory and the benefit of our immortal fouls, through Jefus Chrift our Lord, who, in compaffion to our infirmities, hath taught us when we pray to say, Our Father, &c.

The Meditation for Tuesday Morning. Upon the manner of preparing ourselves to receive the holy facrament.

If thou bring thy gift to the altar, and there remembereft that thy brother hath aught against thee; leave there thy gift be fore the altar and go thy way, first be reconciled to thy bro ther, and then come and offer thy gift. Matt. v. 23, 24.

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Onfider, O my foul, that this neceffary knowledge, when it is once attained, and which may be compaffed without great difficulty, is a standing qualification for all our future communions: and as for all other pious difpofitions of mind, which make us fit guests at the Lord's table, they are the fame we are obliged to by our baptifmal vow, and are neceflary in the course of a christian life, and in the use

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of all other means of grace; for except we confefs our fins with a humble, penitent, and obedient heart, and are ready to forgive those that have offended us, and afk with faith, even our prayers and praises will find no acceptance at the throne of grace.

2. Let me then tell thee: the best preparation for the facrament is a conftant endeavour to live as becomes a christian; [and thus thou haft made a good beginning in the course of thy laft week's preparation] for they who really believe the chriftian religion, and fincerely govern their lives by the doctrines and precepts of the gofpel, have all that fubftantial preparation that qualifies men to partake of this holy ordinance; and ought to receive it, at any time when there is an opportunity, though they were not beforehand acquainted with it, as thou haft been particularly inftructed in the former part of this treatise.

3. None can fuppofe that they must be perfect and strong grown chriftians before they partake of thefe divine myfteries; it is enoughwe fincerely defire to be fuch, and if so, we shall find the frequent ufe of the holy communion to be the most effectual means to that end. Where fhould we feek for comfort in this vale of tears,