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May they think not only of those particular crimes which brought them to this place, and this sad condition; but of all those steps which led them on to, and prepared them for, this ruin. And let their spirits be humbled, for that they have dishonoured the Lord their God, and abused themselves by swearing and cursing, drunkenness and sabbath-breaking, and by the general course of a sensual and wicked life; that they have turned their backs upon thy worship and service, giving themselves up to ungodliness and worldly lusts.

For all these things may they mourn and grieve with unfeigned sorrow and penitential tears, if peradventure the Lord will yet have mercy upon them: and grant, O gracious God, that their grief may not be so much for the. misery they endure at present, and the shameful death they are shortly to suffer, as for the greatness of their guilt, and the dangerous state of their precious souls: may they be infinitely more concerned about the soul that never dies, than about the frail corruptible body.

Help them sincerely, and from the heart, to forgive their prosecutors and such as bore witness against them, to be in perfect charity with

all men, and not to repine at the instruments, but own the justice of Heaven.

Enable them, with due patience and submission, to endure what they have brought upon themselves, not complaining and murmuring, but readily acknowledging, that while they are out of hell, their puuishment is less than they have deserved.

May they not harden their hearts, or endeavour either to conceal or lessen any part of their crimes, but readily and fully confess the whole truth. And if they all, or either of them, have been privy to any other wickedness, which has hitherto been concealed, may they now evidence a sincerity of their repentance, by discovering any such wickedness, and detecting their companions therein. Thus we pray that their repentance may be true and genuine, and such as shall be accepted to eternal salvation.

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Saviour, help them to believe, who though he was himself holy, harmless, and undefiled, and separate from sinners, yet bled and died for us, and bore our sins in his own body on the tree, that whosoever believeth on him might not perish, but have everlasting life. Thus we beseech thee, O heavenly Father, the blessed Fountain of mercy, to endue them with the necessary qualifications for, and then to grant them the full and free pardon of all their sins.

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Help them also to consider the shortness of their time, and to lay to heart their near approach to an eternal state and the invisible world: and grant that they may be exceedingly serious the little time they have; and preparing with the utmost diligence for their great change.

Help them to be in continual meditation on the evil of sin, and excellency of holiness; the purity of God, and their own vileness; the joys of heaven, and miseries of hell; that so in this inch of time there may be no room left for one vain or wicked thought to enter.

Awaken them to the duty of fervent and earnest prayer, that so they who have hitherto lived without God in the world, and been strangers at the throne of grace, may now with strong cries and incessant importunity solicit

mercy, and draw down grace and forgiveness to the relief of their souls.

Grant their repentance and faith to be such, as through the merits of our dear Lord and Redeemer, shall be accepted to their eternal salvation. Work in them, we beseech thee, such an abhorrence of sin, such an approbation and love of holiness, and such strong resolutions of obedience, were they again to be put to the trial, as thou in thy great wisdom and mercy shall see fit to approve; that so their corrupt nature being thoroughly changed, and they become new creatures, they may be capable of thy favour, and the blessings of eternal life.

Grant that they may meekly resign to thy will, and not rebel against this awful dispensation of providence, but quietly yield up themselves to death, and be willing to suffer what is appointed here, being careful and concerned about nothing else but to be delivered from eternal condemnation, and to escape the flames of hell.

Have mercy upon and comfort their unhappy relations. And make the execution of justice on these poor creatures a terror to others, that so none may venture on the broad way which leadeth to misery and destruction. Thus O Lord we humbly beseech thee tha

timely and ignominious death, may be a benefit to themselves, by preventing their progress in sin, and administering motives to their effectual repentance; that so the death of the body may be the life of the soul, and their sufferings in this world the means of their happiness in the other. And may it be a benefit to the world also, by terrifying other sinners out of the service of the devil, and putting them on immediate and effectual amendment.

To thy boundless compassion, O rich Fountain of grace and goodness, we commit them; have mercy upon them, have mercy upon them! Let them suffer all in this world, and accept of their death as a just punishment for their sins; and through the precious blood, and prevailing merits of the blessed Jesus, who died for the chief of sinners, let them be delivered from sufferings in the other world.

In his name, the refuge of the guilty, and comfort of the distressed, we cry for mercy, mercy! To whom with thee, O Father and the Holy Spirit of grace and sanctification, be ascribed, as is most due, all glory, honour, adoration, and praise, both now and for ever. Amen.

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