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TO THE READER.

ESIDES the addition of some Prayers here, more than were in the first impression, which you will find marked with an asterisk in the Contents, these latter editions do give me the opportunity of making some corrections to my own, and I hope also to others, better satisfaction; yet have I held my hand from altering much, lest the book should now appear another thing than before, to the offence of any that have been purchasers of the other; but the perusers, who are observant, may perceive here so many corrections and amendments as will give some advantage to such as think fit to make themselves owners of this.

I should have enlarged the forms for families, in several parts, especially in those pertaining to the confessions of sin; which (as an excellent Bishop of this church, upon the survey of this book, according to his wise and humble piety was pleased to give me his sense,) need more to be insisted upon than commonly we find; but that I feared such enlargements of the prayers might hinder many families from using them at all: and though now I was solicited again to hasten another review, in order to the impression, more additions you might have seen throughout the book; but that I should thus have made it too chargeable for some pockets, and too bulky for any. The many emendations, therefore, which intelligent perusers may observe in this new edition, will not add either to the size or price; but only make some things more smooth and easy to those of inferior capacity; and the intermixture of so many words here than formerly, may not only better engage the attention, but quicken the sense of common readers,

May it please GOD to give the perusers of these helps, serious minds and praying hearts; the good intention, and fervent dévotion, to make the fuel here prepared flame on the altar: and when thy soul, Reader, is so raised heavenward, send up one kind petition for his saving mercy on the poor unworthy Author."

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