us finally to the unchangeable glories and felicities of the eternal world.

Be merciful to us, good Lord, and bless us, and keep us this day in all our ways. O let us be in the fear of the Lord all the day long; let thy fear be ever before our eyes, to restrain us from the things which are displeasing to thee, and destructive to our own souls. And let thy love abound in our hearts, and sweetly and powerfully constrain us to perform whatever is acceptable in thy sight, through him that hath loved and redeemed us, even the Lord our righteousness, in whose blessed name and words we continue praying-Our Father, &c.

The blessing of God Almighty, Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, be with us, and with all that belong to us, this day and for evermore. Amen.

EVENING PRAYER.

For more than one person.

O LORD our God! thou art infinitely great, and infinitely good. Thy glory is above all our thoughts, and thy mercies are more than can be numbered. O what cause have we to admire, and bless, and praise thee, for making us the objects of thy love, and the living monuments of thy goodness! When we survey thy glorious perfections, especially as they shine forth in the person of Jesus Christ, we are encouraged to come unto thee, we are emboldened to call thee Father. And though we have great and many sins to confess, we look up with confidence, trusting that

thou wilt pardon them, and give us power from on high to mortify and subdue them.

Thou didst create us, O Lord, after thine own blessed image, in a holy and happy estate; but we have made ourselves vile and miserable; we are no longer upright, but have sought out many inventions; we are become averse to good, and prone to evil. But thou hast declared thy willingness to be reconciled even to thine enemies; yea, thou hast sent thine only Son into the world for this very end; thou hast sent him, that all might believe in him, and that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. O Lord, we believe; help our unbelief, and give us true repentance towards God, and right faith in our Lord Jesus Christ, that we may be of the number of those who repent and believe to the saving of their souls.

And save us, O good Lord, from the love and course of this present evil world, and from every selfdestroying way which we are tempted to follow. Make us a way to escape out of all the snares of temptation which pertain to our present calling, and so show us the bitterness of sin and the excellence of thy ways, that we may never regard either the allurements or discouragements of this sinful world. Establish, strengthen, settle us, O Lord, that going forth in thy strength, we may do thy will to all wellpleasing, and continue in thy fear to our lives' end..

While we supplicate thy mercy for ourselves, we would humbly implore thy blessing, O Lord, on all those whom we ought to remember in our prayer. O bring nigh unto thee all those that are yet afar off,

and make manifest the savour of thy knowledge in every place. Let such as yet sit in darkness and the shadow of death, behold the light of thy truth, and the joy of thy salvation. O that all who name the name of Christ may depart from iniquity, and so live up to their profession, as to give no just occasion for thine enemies to blaspheme.

Be gracious and favourable, O Lord, to thy Church and especially to that part of it which thou hast planted in our land. Arise, O God, and plead thine own cause, and maintain thy holy religion, which thou hast so long established amongst us. O let not the enemies of thy Church ever have cause to say that they have prevailed against thy people; but let those that espouse thy cause, and stand up for the defence of thy truth, go on and prosper, and ever have cause to say, "The Lord be magnified, who hath pleasure in the prosperity of his servants."

Bless our government, our army, and our navy. Give to all magistrates wisdom and courage to defend thy truth, and to do right to all.. Make all ministers to be ensamples to the flock in all righteousness and holiness of living, and establish all of us to be a holy people to thyself, granting us one heart, and one way, that we may fear thee for ever, for the good of us and of our children after us.

Comfort all who want the comforts which we enjoy, and relieve the necessities of all thine afflicted people throughout the world. Remember all our friends and benefactors, our kindred after the flesh, and all who are near and dear unto us; remember them with the favour which thou bearest to thy people. Make

them, O Lord, such as thou wouldest have them to be, and such as thou wilt mercifully accept to thy favour here, and to thy kingdom hereafter. Look also upon our enemies; forgive them, and turn their hearts; and enable us to forgive them as we hope for forgiveness at thy hands. Enable us to overcome their evil with good; and so to please thee in all our ways, that thou mayest make our enemies to be at peace with us.

Hear us, O God of the spirits of all flesh. Hear us both for ourselves and others; above all, O hear the Son of thy love, pleading for us at thy right hand; hear his all-prevailing intercessions for us, and for all the members of his mystical body. To him we commit our cause, and to thee through him; trusting in thy tender mercy, and ascribing to him, to thyself, and to thy blessed Spirit, all possible honour, might, majesty, and dominión, both now and ever. Amen.

MORNING PRAYER.

For more than one person.

O LORD GOD, that hearest prayer, and art nigh to all that call upon thee in truth, we are moved by our own necessities, and encouraged by thy daily mercies, to renew our supplications at the throne of thy grace. And we beg of thee, who fashionest all the hearts of the sons of men, to prepare our hearts, that we may now come into thy holy presence, and call upon thy blessed name in an acceptable manner. O pour upon us the Spirit of grace and of supplications; let thy good Spirit help our infirmities; and teach us to ask such

things, and in such a way, as shall be most agreeable to thy will, and most advantageous to our souls.

Behold! we who are but poor worms, and sinful dust and ashes, have taken upon us now to speak unto thee, the sovereign majesty of heaven and earth: we have too just cause to be afraid, lest our great and manifold sins should have provoked thee to hide thy face from us, and to shut up thy loving-kindness in displeasure. We know that we have done wickedly in not hearkening to the calls of thy word, and yielding to the motions of thy Spirit. Our iniquities are increased over our heads; our trespass is grown up even unto heaven; and our sins are a sore burden, too heavy for us to bear. If thou, O Lord, shouldest enter into judgment with us for our actions, we could not answer thee for one of a thousand; we must lay our hands upon our mouths, and plead guilty before thee, and place our whole dependence upon thy mercy.

O God, be merciful to us miserable sinners; for the sake of him whom thou hast exalted to be a Prince and a Saviour, to give repentance to thy people, and forgiveness of sins; be merciful to us, we pray thee, and heal our souls, which have greatly sinned against thee. O heal our backslidings, renew us to repentance, and establish our goings in thy holy ways: let us not be so wavering and bent to backslide: let us not so revolt from thee, and return to folly after thou hast spoken peace unto us; but may we go on conquering and to conquer all the enemies of our souls, till every obstacle to our salvation be surmounted, and Satan himself be bruised under our feet.