sanctify all the Faculties of my Soul. Have mercy on me, O adorable Holy Ghost, govern my Life with thy holy Rules, then my Joy in thee shall afford me greater Delight than all the Pleasures in the World. To thee, O Holy Spirit, with the Father, and my dear Saviour, be all Honour and Glory in all Churches of the Saints, from this Time forth, and for evermore. Amen. Amen.

SAINTS'-DAYS.

MEDITATION.

How should I bless and praise God, who has instructed his holy Church with the heavenly Doctrine of the Apostles, and. has not abandoned me to the dim Light of my own Reason, but in the holy Scriptures has graciously revealed whatever is necessary for me to believe and practise in order to my eternal Salvation! Lord,. grant T may with Diligence apply myself to the reading of those sacred Volumes. Give me Grace to commemorate, with all Thankfulness, the heroic Piety of the Saints, who served the Lord in Hunger and Thirst, on Racks, and in Tortures, and who encountered Death without Fear; I rejoice

I rejoice in the Happiness they are advanced to. But what shall I do, that I may partake with them of the Heavenly Kingdom? How shall I, poor Dust and Ashes, and laden with the Burthen of my Sins; how shall I hope to be numbered with the Saints in Glory everlasting! And yet do not despair, O my Soul, for thousands, now in Bliss and Glory, had once the same Difficulties to master that we have. They lived in the same Valley of Tears, and were set to strive with the same unruly Passions; now the same gracious God that enabled them to overcome, will strengthen us in like Manner. Therefore love your own Interest, which is no hard Command, obey your Maker's Voice: Love entirely your dear Redeemer, and the Grace of God will work all good Works in you.

THE PRAYER.

PITY, O Lord, and cure the Blindness of thy Creatures, who live below in the Dark, still seeking Rest, but finding none until they seek it in thee. O take away that Veil that blinds our Eyes, and let us see that there is a better World than this; a hap

a happier People than those we know. For, how glorious is the Kingdom of Heaven, where our Lord reigns in the Midst of his Saints! Look up, my Soul, and see a glorious Place, incomparably. beyond the Courts of Kings; O may I tread in the Steps of all those that are. departed hence in the Faith and Fear of God. May I learn of them to be humble and meek; to submit like them, to the Will of Heaven! to govern my Senses by the Rules of Reason, and my Reason by the Dictates of Religion. Through the Grace of God, I hope one Day to dwell above; mean while I will join my Voice with your Hymns, and say, Salvation to our God, who sits on the Throne, and to the Lamb that redeemed us with his • Blood.' Hallelujah, Amen.

It is recorded of the blessed Apostles of our Lord, that they hazarded their Lives among barbarous Nations, rejected the Flatteries of the World, and fought the good Fight of Faith, before they were called from their painful Labours on Earth to a blissful Rest in Heaven. Rejoice that you have so many Examples of good Men set before your Eyes, who loved their Lord and Master Jesus Christ, more than all the Friendship of the World, nay, than their own Lives. Thrice happy you, if in a right Manner you celebrate their Festivals, and follow their blessed Steps in virtuous and godly living; then shall you also come to those unspeakable Glories which they now enjoy, and which are prepared for all, who, like them, unfeignedly love

God:

God: And what hinders but you may attain the same Happiness? They who now reign in Heaven, once like you, lived in the Valley of Tears, and strove with the same Temptations. Be a Follower of them, as they were of Christ; be courageous in the Profession of the Truth of the Gospel; be content to pass through Honour and Dishonour, through evil Report as well as good Report, for Righteousness Sake, and you shall rest with them. For you profess the same Religion with these Saints; you partake of the same holy Sacraments; you are bred in the same Apostolic Faith; you are redeemed with the same inestimable Price: God, who enabled them to overcome, will also strengthen you. God, who knew their Doubts and Fears, will guide you through all Dangers, as he did his faithful Servants of old: If you persevere to the End, your Soul shall depart in Peace, and go up to dwell in Heaven, where you, with the Choir of Angels and glorified Saints, shall for ever sing the Mercies of the Lord. The Church of God hath prepared her solemn Offices for each Saint's Day. Mr. Nelson's Companion for the Festivals and Fasts of the Church of England, and Dr. Stanhope on the Epistles and Gospels, will give you a sensible Pleasure and Delight, if you read them. I shall only add a Collect for such as are obliged to work and labour on Holidays, and caunot resort to the public Assemblies of the Samts.

Collect on any Saint's Day.

BLESSING, Honour, Glory, and Praise, be to thee, O Father of Mercies, for having raised up holy Men of God, as Instruments to convey the Light of the glorious. Gospel of Jesus Christ unto the World, and overcome the Kingdom of Darkness:

Especially

Especially I praise thy Name for those eminent Graces and Virtues which shone forth in the Saint we this Day commemorate, [name him] who departed this Life with the Seal of Faith, and now reigns in Bliss and Glory. I likewise praise thee for all other thy Servants, [here think on any virtuous Relation or Friend] who departed this Life in thy Faith and Fear. Behold with Pity, Lord, the Dangers to which the Frailty of our Nature is perpetually exposed; grant that the Examples of thy Saints may quicken me to follow them, as they did Christ, that I may with a glad and willing Mind imitate their Humility, Self-Denial, and Courage in owning the Truth; that I may leave an Example of Duty and Obedience to those that come after me; so that at the last, with the Saints that are gone before, I may sing eternal Hallelujabs to the Honour of thy Mercy, through Jesus Christ my Saviour. Amen.

FAST-DAY.

FASTING, a Duty always observed by holy Men of old, was used as a Means to express Sorrow for Sin, and to bring the Mind into a fit Disposition for considering any Thing of great Moment and Importance. Public Fasts are enjoined by Authority, to which you

are