cially that congregation to which we belong; grant that we may be joined together in the bond of a holy faith, and may bring forth abundantly the fruit of good works. May we know and experience the blessedness of communion with each other in the rites of a holy worship, and in mutual acts of charity and kindness. Give us grace that we may persevere in the ways of godliness, and bring us all at last to the possession of those unspeakable joys which thou hast prepared for them that love thee; that with apostles, martyrs, and confessors, and all who have gone before us in the race of faith, we may enjoy the full blessedness of communion with thee and with each other in thy eternal and glorious kingdom.

ON THE ANNIVERSARY OF A BIRTH-DAY.

I.

ALMIGHTY God, the Father and Maker of all things, by whose blessed goodness I was fearfully and wonderfully made in my mother's womb, and unto whose blessed providence I have been left ever since I was born, and hung upon my mother's breast; I praise and magnify thy glorious name for this thy great goodness towards me; most humbly beseeching thee that I may be taught to number my days, and to apply my heart

unto wisdom; that I may know to what end I was born, and had both body and life given me, even to serve thee the living God; that I may bewail my sinful years past, and spend the rest of my time here in a godly, righteous, and sober life; that as I have now finished years of my life here by thy favour, so I may continue and finish up the remainder of my days in thy fear; and that as thou didst upon this day take me out of my mother's womb to live here a little time, so thou mayest at the last day take me out of the grave and womb of the earth, to live with thee for ever, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

II.

BISHOP OOSINS,

ALMIGHTY and everlasting God, in whose hands are life and death, by whose will all things were created, and by whose providence they are sustained; I, thine unworthy servant, return thee most humble and hearty thanks for that thou hast given me life, and that thou hast continued it to this time; that thou hast hitherto forborne to snatch me away in the midst of sin and folly, and hast permitted me still to enjoy the means of grace, and vouchsafed to call me yet again to repentance. Grant, O merciful Lord, that thy call may not be vain; that my life may not be continued to increase my guilt,

and aggravate my account, and that thy gracious forbearance may not harden my heart in wickedness. Let me remember, O my God, that as days and years pass over me, I approach nearer to the grave, where there is no repentance; and grant that, by the assistance of thy Holy Spirit, I may so pass through this life, that I may obtain life everlasting, for the sake of our blessed Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen.

JOHNSON.

COMMEMORATION OF OUR BAPTISM.

I.

O LORD, heavenly Father, almighty and everlasting God, who of thine infinite goodness towards me, when I was born in sin, and was no other than an heir of everlasting wrath, didst vouchsafe that I should be born again of water and the Holy Ghost, in the blessed laver of baptism, being thereby made a member of Christ, and an heir of eternal life; for this thine inestimable favour I do extol the abundant riches of thy glorious grace; and in thy sight, and in the sight of thy holy angels, with all the company of heaven, do renew that sacred vow, which was made in my name, to forsake this wicked world, and to live, as a Christian ought to do, in obedience to thy holy faith and commandments; most humbly beseeching thee,

of thy great mercy, to pardon me all former breaches of my solemn promise, and to endue me with the assistance of thy Holy Spirit, that henceforth I may walk in newness of life, worthy of that blessed estate whereunto thou hast called me; and, keeping myself unspotted from the world, the flesh, and the devil, may daily die unto sin, for which cause I was baptised into the death of Christ; and as I have had my part this day in the first regeneration, so I may at the last day have my part in the second and great regeneration of the world, to live and reign with thee for ever, through the merits of Jesus Christ our Lord.

Amen.

BISHOP COSINS.

II.

[Thanksgiving for our baptism.]

I YIELD thee hearty thanks, most merciful Father, that it hath pleased thee to regenerate me by thy Holy Spirit, to receive me for thine own child by adoption, and to incorporate me into thy holy Church. And I humbly beseech thee to grant that, being dead unto sin, and living unto righteousness, I may crucify the old man, and utterly abolish the whole body of sin; and being stedfast in faith, joyful through hope, and rooted in charity, may so pass the waves of this troublesome world, that finally I may come

to the land of everlasting life, there to reign with thee, world without end, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

LITURGY.

COMMEMORATION OF THE DEAD IN CHRIST.

I.

ALMIGHTY God, with whom do live the spirits of them that depart hence in the Lord, and with whom the souls of the faithful, after they are delivered from the burden of the flesh, are in joy and felicity; we give thee hearty thanks for that it hath pleased thee to deliver out of the miseries of this sinful world; beseeching thee, that it may please thee, of thy gracious goodness, shortly to accomplish the number of thine elect, and to hasten thy kingdom; that we, with all those that are departed in the true faith of thy holy name, may have our perfect consummation and bliss, both in body and soul, in thy eternal and everlasting glory, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

O merciful God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who is the resurrection and the life; in whom whosoever believeth shall live, though he die, and whosoever liveth and believeth in him shall not die eternally;