body may be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

O heavenly Father, of thine infinite mercy grant, I humbly pray thee, that nothing in this world may be ever able to separate me from a state of favor and communion with thee, and thy Son Jesus Christ, through the preparations of the Spirit of holiness. Thy favor, O Lord, is better than life, and the communications of thy Spirit more to be desired than all worldly treasure; thy service is perfect freedom; thy laws the sure paths to eternal bliss: O, vouchsafe to strengthen, stablish, and settle me in the practice of them for ever; that being through thy grace faithful unto death, I may through thy mercy attain everlasting life; through Jesus Christ, our only Mediator and Advocate. Amen.

HELL

Prayer for the Evening.

() MOST great, most glorious, and eternal God! the sovereign Lord of heaven and earth, in whom we live, and move, and have our being; with what awe and humility, with what fear

and reverence, ought I to appear before thee, when I consider the greatness of thy majesty, and the purity of thy divine nature.

O Lord, I acknowledge that I am not worthy to come into thy presence, nor to lift up my eyes towards the throne of thy mercy-seat. My sins and transgressions are many, and divers of them have been often repeated; the corruption of my heart and the sinfulness of my thoughts are perfectly known to thee; and the punishment due unto my sins is greater than I am able to bear.

How many duties have I omitted, or performed with coldness and indevotion! How often have I been a hearer of thy word only, and not a doer! How often, both in public and private, have I prayed, when my heart has been far from thee! This very day thou hast given me an opportunity of serving thee in thy house; but, alas, my services there have been accompanied with so many failings, so many imperfections, that I have just cause to humble myself before thee.

O Lord, if thou shouldst deal with me as I have deserved, how justly mightest thou deprive me of all those means of grace, and opportunities of working out my salvation, which thou hast hitherto vouchsafed me!

But, O merciful Father, thou hast declared thyself to be a God merciful and gracious, forgiving iniquity, transgression, and sin. My only hope, therefore, is in thy tender mercies, which have been of old; in that pity and compassion which thou hast shown to mankind, in the redemption of the world by the death of thy dear Son.

For thy Name's sake, then, O Lord, and for thy beloved Son's sake, pardon, I most humbly beseech thee, all my past sins and shortcomings. O, replenish my soul with the graces of thy Holy Spirit, that I may become vigorous and active in thy service, and fruitful in every good work.

I beseech thee also to look with compassion on the nation to which I belong; pardon our great and crying sins, and avert from us the evils which we have most justly deserved; forgive our manifold abuses of the great privileges thou hast conferred upon us; put a stop to all profaneness, irreligion, and impiety, to all our unhappy strifes and animosities; and let truth and righteousness, brotherly love and charity, flourish and increase among us.

Be gracious to thy holy Catholic Church, and especially to that branch of it which thou hast planted in this land; heal the breaches

and divisions of it; bring back to the fold of Christ those who have erred and strayed therefrom; and grant that all who confess thy holy Name may agree in the truth of thy holy word, and live in unity and godly concord.

Bless our rulers, in church and state. Inspire them with a spirit of true religion, that they may study to serve thee, and to discharge the duties of their stations, always remembering the great account which they must one day give.

Be merciful, O God, to all that are in affliction or distress; be pleased to support and comfort them, and in thy good time to deliver them according to thy great mercy.

Send down the graces of thy Holy Spirit upon all my friends, relations, and acquaintances (especially −); pardon all our sins;

unite our hearts in love to thee and to each other in thee; and vouchsafe to every one of us whatever thy infinite wisdom knows to be most needful and expedient both for our souls and bodies.

And now, O merciful Father, I offer up to thee my unfeigned praises for all those numberless mercies and benefits which I have received at thy hands; more particularly for the mercies of the day past; for whatever sin 1

have escaped, and whatever good I have done; for the provision which thou hast vouchsafed me in the holy ordinances of thy Church, and for the blessed hope of everlasting life which thou hast given me in thy Son Jesus Christ. Sanctify to me all the means of grace which, by thy bounty, I have been made partaker of; and help me in the week following to live according to my profession and my prayers, according to the instructions and exhortations which I have received out of thy holy word through thy ordained ministers; that my conversation may be as becometh the Gospel of Christ, and that I may adorn the doctrine of God my Saviour in all things. Vouchsafe me the continuance of thy favor and protection this night, and preserve me from every adversity of soul and body; and after the comfortable refreshments of rest and sleep, raise me up, I humbly pray thee, in health and safety. with a heart full of love to thee, and zeal in thy service; through Jesus Christ, our blessed Saviour and Redeemer; in whose prevailing name, and in the fullest sense of whose divine words, I pray to be heard. Our Father, &c.

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