doth assist and animate her devotions. These two Prayers were communicated at the request of the deceased; and if he lived to have sent this Work to the press, he intended to have inserted them.

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A few expressions in the Occasional Prayers are borrowed from Dr. · Doddridge, Dr. Watts, &c. &c. but it was thought better to retain them, than substitute others less proper in their stead.

As two large impressions have been sold off, a Third Edition is now offered to the Public, with some few alterations. JOHN HOGG.

LONDON, 1796.

DAILY DEVOTIONS

FOR THE CLOSET.

I-A Morning Prayer for the Lord's Day.

O GREAT and blessed God,

the Maker and Lord of heaven and earth! Thou art possessed of all power, wisdom, and goodness; all riches, majesty, and dominion are thine; and thou art worthy to be revered and honored, loved and obeyed, by all on earth, and all in heaven. I adore thee as the Fountain of all being, of all happiness and perfection; and particularly as the God of my life, the Author of all my past and present mercies, and the Foun dation of all my future hopes.

My times, O Lord, are in thy hand. On thee do I constantly depend for the continuance of that life which I at first

received from thee, and which I am under the strongest obligations to devote entirely to thy service. But more especially am I bound to honor thee with that portion of my time which thou hast in a peculiar manner consecrated to thyself. I thank thee for the institution of the Sabbath as a day of sacred rest; set apart from worldly cares and labors to thy more immediate worship and service; and would esteem it a delight, holy of the Lord, and honorable.

Many seasons of mercy and means of grace have I foolishly wasted, or sinfully abused. Yet, blessed be thy name, thou hast now brought me to see the light of another of the days of the Son of Man. O'let not the Sabbath be added to the number of my lost Sabbaths; but help me to spend it in thy fear, to employ it in holy acts and devout exercises, and to improve it to my spiritual edification, and to my increase in divine knowledge, grace, and comfort.

This is the day in which the great Redeemer of the world, after having made his soul an offering for sin, broke: the bonds of death, and rose triumphant from the grave. O that I, being quick ened together with him, and raised from the death of sin to a life of righteous.. ness, may be engaged to seek those things which are above, where he now sits at thy right hand! Help me to chace. away carnal and worldly affections from my heart, and to raise my thoughts and views to spiritual and heavenly objects.. And may all my sentiments, words, and. actions, from the beginning to the end of this thy day, be holy and unreprova. ble in thy sight.

Give me, O Lord, such worthy apprehensions of thine adorable nature and attributes, such admiring views of thy creating power and wisdom, of thy prov idential care, and of thy redeeming love and grace, as shall excite in my soul all suitable affections towards thee; the

deepest veneration, the purest love, the liveliest hope, and sublimest joy. Form my soul to a resemblance of thyself; and grant that, by the influence of thy good spirit, I may be renewed in the spirit of my mind, and enabled to put on that New Man who, after God, is created in righteousness and true holiness. May the great work of religion, in all its branches, be considered by me as the most honorable, the most important, and the most delightful employment in which I can be engaged: And in this business let me never be slothful or negligent, but always prepared to serve thee with cheerfulness, fidelity, and zeal.

I would this morning, with all possible seriousness and solemnity, renew the dedication of myself to thee, my God. Thine I am, by the strongest ties of duty, interest, and gratitude; and thine I would for ever be. Take thou the full possession of my heart, which