own effential happiness, and the inexhaustible multitude of thy mercies.

I entreat thee, therefore, O Lord; who art great, incomprehenfibly great, whose power knows no bounds, nor kindness any measure, to protect me this night from all perils and dangers, that I may yet fee the light of another day, and have a longer fpace to finish my repentance. All which I humbly implore for Jefus Chrift his fake, in whose name and words I farther pray.

Our Father, &c.

A Prayer for Saturday Morning.

Lord, all thy works praise thee, and declare the greatness of thy majefty, power, wisdom and bounty, which furpass all understanding. Thou art good unto all, and thy tender mercies are over all thy works. Thou art holy in all thy ways, and righteous in all thy doings; and keepeft truth for ever. Thy kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and thy dominion endureth throughout all generations. We all decay and perish, the heavens themselves

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wax old like a garment, but thou art the fame, and thy years shall have no end.

I adore thee, O Lord most high, and most willingly join my heart and voice, this morning, together with all the hoft of heaven and earth, to laud and praise thy glorious name; and give thanks unto thee, whofe mercy endureth for ever. I think myself happy that I know thee; that I live under the care and providence of thine almighty and moft wife goodness; and that I have a good hope, not only of thy bleffing and favour here, but of life for evermore.

Bleffed be thy name, for fending thy Son Jefus to give me these hopes, by his death, and refurrection, and afcenfion to heaven, and the coming of the Holy Ghost. Blessed be thy name, who haft trained me up in his religion, and given me the means and opportunities to know that love of thine, which paffes knowledge. I thank thee for all the bleffed operations and motions of thy Holy Spirit in my heart; and that thou haft fo early inclined me to fear thee, and love thee, and place my contentment and fatisfaction in thy love and favour, which is better than life itfelf. And

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that thou haft alfo added a number of other mercies, for my comfortable fubfiftence in this world; having granted me fo long health, peace and plenty, a great many friends, loving relations, and acquainand continued the enjoyment of them to this day, though I am fo unworthy of the least of thy favours. I thank thee, O God, that now thou haft graciously renewed thy kindness unto me, in protecting me the last night from all the powers of darkness, and every evil accident, and raising me up this morning in health and safety to praise thy goodness.

More especially I praise thee for any fenfe I have of these thy mercies; humbly waiting on thee for the encrease of it, and for thy gracious pardon of all my unthankfulness and undutiful behaviour towards thee; which I moft heartily bewail, and defire, and will endeavour to amend.

And for that end I implore the help of thy Holy Spirit, which our Lord hath encouraged me to ask of thee; and told me thou wilt not deny to those that earnestly feek it, and continue to knock importunately at the gate of mercy for it. lieve all his promises to be faithful and

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and therefore humbly depend on thy mighty power to strengthen and enable me to do my duty towards thee, and towards all men, with care, and diligence, and zeal, and perfeverance to the end. Endue me, good Lord, with a fpirit of true and fervent devotion to thee, my Creator and Redeemer; with an upright, juft, and charitable heart to all my neighbours; and with a temperate, contented, and humble mind, every condition and state of life, unto which thou fhalt please to call me.

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Help me to be meek and gentle in my converfation; prudent and difcreet in ordering all my Affairs; good and useful in every relation; obfervant of thy fatherly providence in every thing that befalls me; grateful for thy benefits; patient under thy chaftisements; and readily difpofed to every good word and work. Preferve in me a constant remembrance of thine allfeeing eye; of the many promises and vows I have made of fidelity to thee; of thine ineftimable love in Jefus Chrift, whereof thou haft given me fo many pledges; and of the great account I muft give to him, the judge of all, at the Day VOL. III. Ggg

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of his appearing; that fo I may continue ftedfaft and unmoveable, and be abundant in the work of the Lord; knowing that my labour shall not be in vain in the Lord.

Deliver me, I beseech thee, from all inordinate cares and defires; from vain hopes and causeless fears; and fo difpofe my heart, that death itself may not be dreadful to me; but I may welcome it with a chearful countenance, when and howfoever it fhall approach me, in sure and certain hope of everlasting life thro' our Lord Jefus Chrift, in whose name and words I farther call upon thee.

Our Father, &c,

A Prayer for Saturday Night.

Moft glorious Lord God, who dwelleft in that light, which no mortal eye can approach, who haft made the fun to rule the day, and the moon and the stars to govern the night; let my prayer be fet forth in thy fight as incenfe; and let the lifting up of my hands be an evening sacrifice. O let my praises and thankful remembrances