ing convinced of the Vanity and EmptiNefs of this World, I may more and more delight myfelf in thy Love, and in the Practice of true Religion,

And do thou, O God, quicken and enlarge my Defires, after fpiritual Happinefs, and thofe Pleasures which, are at thy Right Hand for evermore; that through Faith and Patience, having finished the Race which thou haft fet before me, I may be received into the Joy of my Lord. Grant this, O merciful Father, for the Sake of my Redeemer, the ever bleffed Iefus. Amen.

A Prayer for a meek and quiet Spirit,

Bleffed Lord God, thou, most compaffionate Lover of Souls; look with thy tendereft Pity upon me, a weak and frail Creature; who am encompaffed about with many and great Infirmities; my Nature is corrupt, my Paffions are strong and violent, and fo prone am I to Peevishness and Anger, that almoft every flight Provocation diforders my Mind, and makes me froward and impatient, and many Times. (alas! with Sorrow I confefs it)

I have been hurried away into foolish and unreasonable Paffions.

O Lord, I lament and bewail this wretched Corruption of my Nature, humbly befeeching thee, for the Sake and Merits of my bleffed Saviour, to pardon and forgive all that Sin and Folly that it has betrayed me to; and I beg of thee, O merciful Father, to give me a meek and quiet Spirit, a patient and forgiving Temper, an humble, charitable, and Chriftian Difpofition; that my Mind may at all Times be quiet and eafy, my Carriage gentle, kind, and obliging to all Men, and the whole Conduct and Deportment of my Life, fuch as becomes the Servant of the meek and bleffed Jesus.

Convince me truly, O Lord, of the great Folly of Paffion and Anger; how contrary it is to the Spirit of thy moft holy Religion, which commands us to put away all Bitterness of Wrath, and Anger; what an Enemy it is to our present Happiness, and how much it unfits us for the Duties which we owe to thee, our Neighbour, and ourselves.

Let the Example of my bleffed Saviour be powerfully prefent to my Mind, and infpire me with an humble, charitable, and

forgiving

forgiving Temper. Let me confider, with what Meeknefs and Patience he endured the Contradictions of Sinners, and the Infults and Reproaches of wicked and unreasonable Men; that, like him, I may be meek and lowly in Heart, and find that Reft unto my Soul, which he has promised to those that will be taught of him.

O my God, it is my fincere Defire, and it fhall be the hearty Endeavour of my Life, to be free from the Bondage and Dominion of Sin! but alas! I am a weak and feeble Creature: I find a Law in my Members warring against the Law of my Mind, which, without the Affiftance of thy Holy Spirit, will bring me into Captivity to the Law of Sin: Ŏ let the mighty Power of thy Grace ftrengthen my feeble Wishes and Endeavours, and enable me to conquer my moft inveterate Habits: Let the fweet and gentle Influences of thy bleffed Spirit calm the Paffions, and compofe the Storms and Disorders of my Soul; and O do thou fave me from the Dangers of this troublesome and tempestuous Life.

Root out of my Heart, O merciful God, all Pride and Vanity, all Malice, Hatred, and Ill-will, and give me a low and humble Opinion of myself, that the Sense of my

own Unworthinefs, and of the many Offences which I have been guilty of towards thee, may move me to pity the Weakneffes and Infirmities of others, and to forgive the greatest Injuries and Provocations, which I fhall meet with; remembering how much more I ftand in Need of Pity and Forgiveness at thy Hand.

Take away from me, O Lord, the Spirit of this World, and fill me with that Spirit of Love and Charity, that suffereth long, and is kind; that beareth all Things, and is not eafily provoked; that being full of that Peace of God, which paffes all Understanding, I may live with Comfort, and die with Joy, and may hereafter dwell in thofe peaceful Regions of everlasting Blifs, where thou O bleffed Jefus, who art the Prince of Peace, liveft and reigneft with the Father, and the Holy Spirit, one God, World without End. Amen.

A Prayer to be used in Time of Temp

tation.

O God our Refuge and Strength, who art a present Help in Time of Need,

I fly unto thee for Succour against the Face

of

of my Enemy, who has now lift up his Hand against me: His Strength is mighty, and his Malice great; and I, alas! weak and unable to withstand his Affaults: But, O thou, who art greater than all Things, fend down thy Help from above, and rescue me out of the Jaws of the devouring Lion; fave me, and deliver me from the Temptations I am now under. In thee, O Lord, have I put my Truft, O let me never be put to Confufion; and however thou mayeft think fit to make Trial Love and Obedience, yet fuffer me not, I beseech thee, to be tempted above what I am able to bear; but make me a Way to escape, that I may not fin against 'thee.

of my

Lord, I have no Strength of my own, but all my Hope, and all my Dependence, is in thy Almighty Power and Goodness; thou art the Rock of Ages, and the Help of all that put their Truft in thee: I know thy. Grace is fufficient for me: O deny it not then to thy Servant, who now needs it, and most earnestly defires it; and though I am not worthy of the leaft of all thy Mercies, yet, O merciful Father, have Compaffion on me, and help me that I may not be vanquished