Col. iv. 1. Masters give unto your servants that which is just and equal, knowing that ye also have a Master in heaven.

O heavenly Lord and Master, bless me with good and faithful servants. Let thy blessing be upon them, and upon my affairs committed to their care; and may I never be wanting in my duty to them, for Jesus Christ's sake.

RELATIONS, BENEFACTORS, &c.

Be gracious, O God, to all my relations, benefactors, enemies, and all that have desired my prayers; all who, by their own labours, do minister to our necessities, together with all our known and unknown benefactors. Render, O God, a good reward, and a plentiful return, to all those who have been kind and charitable. Grant that we may all so live here, as that we may meet hereafter in the Paradise of God.

John xvi. 23. Verily I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name, he will give it you.

These are what I ask, O God and Father, above all things, for myself, and for all that have desired my prayers: That we may be restored to thy likeness, and never deface it by our sins; that the image of Satan may be destroyed in us; that all carnal affections may die in us; and that all things belonging to the Spirit may dwell in our hearts by faith; That thy name, and the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, may be glorified in us, and we in him; that our hearts may be entirely thine; that we may

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never grieve thy Holy Spirit; but that we may continue thine for ever, for Jesus Christ's sake.

Amen. Ephes. iv. 29. Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers.

Grant, O God, that I may delight in thy Law; that my conversation may be truly Christian.

May I never hear with pleasure, nor ever repeat, such things, as may dishonour God, or injure my neighbour, or my own character.

James iv. 11. Speak not evil one of another. Ephes. v. 4. Foolish talking or jesting are not convenient, but rather giving of thanks. Ps. cxxxiii. 3. Set a watch, O Lord, before my mouth, and keep the door of my lips.

Matt. xii. 34. Out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh. How can ye, being evil, speak good things?

O Holy Spirit of grace, enable me to overcome the shame of a degenerate age, which will hear nothing with delight, but what concerns this world. O touch my heart with the true love of God, the excellences of his laws, the pleasantness of his service, and the wonders of his providences. This I beg for Jesus Christ's sake.

John xv. 7. Ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you.

These, O Jesus, are the things that I ask. Intercede for me! that I may be truly sensible of the diseases I labour under, and thankfully embrace the means which thy goodness hath ordained for my recovery.

Grant that the end of all my actions and designs may be the glory of God.

Enable me to resist all the sinful appetites of my corrupt nature.

Grant that I may hunger and thirst after right

eousness.

Vouchsafe me the spirit of adoption,-of supplication and prayer,-of praise and thanksgiving.

Obtain for me, O Jesus, the graces of mortification and self-denial; the graces of a true humility, and the fear of God.

Grant, O God, that I may never knowingly live one moment under thy displeasure, or in any known sin.

Grant, O God, that as I have been regenerate, and made thy child by adoption and grace, I may daily be renewed by thy Holy Spirit, for Jesus Christ's sake.

Enable me, gracious God, to escape the corruption that is in the world through lust, that I may be partaker of the Divine nature.

Lord, grant me grace to withstand the temptations of the world, the flesh, and the devil; and with a pure heart and mind to follow Thee, the only God, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Let thy love, O God, be shed abroad in my heart, by the power of the Holy Ghost, and grant that it may appear in my life, my conversation, my words, and actions, for Jesus Christ's sake.

Blessed be God that I was admitted into the fellowship of Christ's religion. Grant, O God, that I may eschew all those things that are contrary to my profession, and follow all such things as are agreeable to the same, for Jesus Christ's sake.

Keep me, I beseech Thee, O heavenly Father, under the protection of thy good providence, and make me to have a perpetual fear and love of thy holy name; through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Put away from me all hurtful things, and give me those things that be profitable for me, through Jesus Christ.

Mercifully grant unto me, O God, such a measure of thy grace, that running the way of thy commandments, I may obtain thy gracious promises, and be made partaker of thy heavenly treasure through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Forgive me those things whereof my conscience is afraid, and give me those good things which we are not worthy to ask, but through the merits and mediation of thy Son Jesus Christ.

That I may obtain that which thou dost promise, make me to love that which thou dost command, through Jesus Christ.

Keep me from all things hurtful, and lead me to all things necessary to my salvation, through Jesus Christ.

The Lord deliver me from every evil work, and preserve me to his heavenly kingdom: To whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.

Ŏ that thy Holy Spirit may direct and rule my heart, O God, through Jesus Christ.

Of thy bountiful goodness, O Lord, keep me, I beseech Thee, from all things that may hurt me, that I may cheerfully accomplish those things which thou wouldst have done, through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Grant, O God, that I may be cleansed from all my sins, and serve Thee with a quiet mind, through Jesus Christ.

Deliver me, O Lord, from the bonds of those sins, which through my frailty I have committed, for Jesus Christ's sake.

FAITH.

O that I may believe in thee, O God, and put my whole trust and confidence in Thee alone, and not in any thing that I myself can do.

Grant, O God, that I may so perfectly, and without all doubt, believe in thy Son Jesus Christ, that my faith in thy sight may never be reproved, for the sake of the same Jesus Christ.

AGAINST WAVERING.

Grant, O God, that we may not be carried about with every blast of vain doctrine, but that we may be firmly established in the truth of thy holy gospel, through Jesus Christ.

Grant, O God, that I may perfectly know thy

Son Jesus Christ.

Grant, O God, that I may perfectly know thy Son Jesus Christ to be the Way, the Truth, and the Life, the Author of the Way, the Teacher of the Truth, and the Giver of Life ;-that I may stedfastly walk in the way that leadeth to eternal life, through the same Jesus Christ.

COVETOUSNESS.

Give me grace to forsake all covetous desires, and inordinate love of riches and pleasures, through Jesus Christ.

Grant that I may both perceive and know what things I ought to do, and also may have grace and