upon whom we depend for all the good we have, or hope for. We give honour to thee as the great author and founder of families, who hast made man a sociable creature, and provided that he should not be alone. We bless thee, who settest the solitary in families, that we enjoy the comforts of social life. We thank thee for the continuance of our family-mercies; particularly for the protection and refreshment of the last night. Thanks be to thy name that thou hast kept us from the terrors of the night, from the malice of evil men, from the devouring flames, and from every calamity, and that thou hast caused us again to hear thy loving-kindness in the morning.

O Lord, we humbly confess that we are guilty of many heinous sins and provocations, which use to bring wrath upon families, and which might justly bring a curse upon our's, and consume us with our dwellings. Surely it is of the Lord's mercies that we are not consumed. O Lord mark not against us the sins of our hearts or of our lives, for they are more than we can remember or express.

Blessed be thy name for the remedy thou hast found out; for the fountain thou hast opened for such guilty polluted creatures to wash in. Lord give us faith to embrace the offer, and to apply the sovereign remedy. We would believe; Lord help our unbelief. Create within us clean hearts, and renew right spirits within us.

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us not away from thy presence, and take not thine holy Spirit from us. Cause us to know the way wherein we should walk, for we lift up our souls unto thee.

Keep us this day, we beseech thee, in thy fear, and let thy holy Spirit be our guide and counsellor in all our ways. Preserve us at all times, in all places, and in all companies, from the evil of sin; and enable us to demean ourselves as becometh the children of God, the redeemed of the Lord, and the followers of Jesus Christ. Implant and cherish such principles in our hearts, as may make us to have a sincere respect unto all thy commandments, and to hate every false way.

Keep us chaste in all our thoughts; temperate in all our enjoyments; humble in our opinions of ourselves; charitable in our thoughts and speeches of others; meek and peaceable under provocations; just and upright in all our dealings. Herein may we exercise ourselves, that we may have always conseiences void of offence, towards God, and towards men.

"Lord help us to walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise; carefully redeeming the time that we have lost, and improving all the seasons of grace which thou art pleased to put into our hands, for the advantage of our souls.

As another sabbath is now past, and we are entering upon the common days of the week, we pray that we may not forget our sabbath work and enjoyments. O that thy word may make lasting impressions upon us, and that our sabbath-day's frame may remain with us, when we are employed in our common business, that so we may expect the better to prosper in it, and to be rendered fitter for the next sabbath, if it please thee to spare us to it. And grant that, as we go from one sacred day to another, we may go from strength to strength, till we all appear before thee

in the heavenly Zion. Lord keep our hearts from being sunk in sensuality, and drenched in the cares and pleasures of the world. Raise our affections to the things above, where Christ our Saviour is. Amidst all the necessary concerns of this life, may we never forget the one thing needful. Lord preserve us from being ensnared by our temporal business, or enjoyments, to an immoderate love of the world, or any thing in it, or to a neglect of any of the duties which we owe to thee, or to our fellow-creatures. May the language of our hearts ever be," Whom have we "in heaven but thee? and there is none upon "earth that we desire besides thee ?"

May we love the Lord our God with all our hearts, and our neighbour as ourselves. Let us not seek our own things, but the things which are Jesus Christ's. May it be our concern to be use ful in our day, and do thou enable us to improve the talents with which thou hast instructed us, for the truest advantage of all with whom we have to do.

May goodness and mercy follow us this day, and all our days. Preserve our going out and coming in. Bless and prosper us in all our lawful designs and undertakings. Suffer us to take nothing in hand but what is according to thy will, and for thy glory. Be thou our guide through life, our comfort in death, and our eternal portion beyond it.

Hear us from heaven thy dwelling-place, and when thou hearest have mercy, and forgive the sins of our persons, and the imperfections of our prayers; and do exceeding abundantly above what we are worthy to expect, or able to ask,

for his sake who alone is worthy, thy beloved Son and our Saviour Jesus Christ, to whom with thee, O Father, and thy Holy Spirit, be endless praise, Amen.

MONDAY EVENING.

O LORD, the high and lofty One who inhabitest eternity, and whose name is holy; when we consider the awful glories of thy nature, we mean and sinful creatures have cause exceedingly to fear and tremble on appearing in thy presence. But when we think of thy encouraging promises, and the discoveries of thy mercy, our drooping spirits are revived. Thou hast said, that though thou dwellest in the high and holy place, thou wilt also dwell with him who is of an humble and contrite spirit: that the needy shall not be forgotten, and the expectation of the poor shall not perish. Lord remember thy word unto thy servants, upon which thou hast caused us to hope.

Promote in us that contrition and brokenness of heart, in which thou hast so much delight, and be graciously pleased to take up thine abode with us. Dwell in our house, and dwell in our hearts, and manifest to us the tokens of thy favour and presence,

Thou hast already done great things for us, of which we are glad. We would this evening call upon our souls, and upon one another, to bless

the name of the Lord. Blessed be God who daily loadeth us with benefits. Thou preservest us in going out and coming in. Thou spreadest our table, and makest our cup to run over. Thou givest us rest on every side. Lord, what shall we render unto thee for our personal and family mercies? particularly for our health and strength, our peace and liberty, our safety and protection, our food and raiment, our social comforts and relative enjoyments! Above all we bless thee that thou causest the heavenly manna to be rained down about our tents: that thou continuest with us the light of the glorious gospel, and the means of knowledge, holiness, and happiness. gard to spiritual privileges we are favoured above multitudes of our fellow-creatures, and even of our fellow.christians.

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But, Lord, we must confess, to our shame, that we have not rendered unto thee according to the benefits we have received. We have sinned times and ways without number.

Look upon us, O Lord, in mercy, through thy beloved Son, who was wounded for our transgressions, and bruised for our iniquities. Pardon whatsoever thou hast seen amiss in us through the past day; and notwithstanding our great unworthiness, we plead that, of thy free bounty, thou wilt continue thy former care and protection over us this night.

How excellent is thy loving-kindness, O God! therefore do men put their trust under the shadow of thy wings. Because thou hast commanded thy loving-kindness in the day-time, therefore in the night shall thy song be with us, and our prayer to the God of our life. Thou art the