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Reform whatever thou feeft amifs in the Temper and Difpofition of our Minds; and be thou gracioufly pleafed to conduct us fafe through all the Temptations and Troubles of this World. To this End, enable us ftrictly to follow the Example of Jefus Christ, and manfully to fight under his Banner, against the World, the Flesh, and the Devil, vigoroufly oppofing, and valiantly conquering all the Enemies of our Souls. Help us, in Conformity to his Death, to die daily unto Sin, and in Conformity to his Refurrection, to rife to a Life of Holiness and Obedience, that fo we may receive the Prize of a glorious and incorruptible Inheritance.

O Lord, we render unto thee our most humble and thankful Acknowledgments, for thy many and undeferved Mercies. It was thy Hand that formed us. It was thou that gaveft us Life, and Breath, and Being. Our Food and Raiment, our Health and Strength, our Eafe and Liberty, the Ufe of our Limbs, and the Exercife of our Reason and Understanding, are all derived from thee. We therefore render unto thee, O thou bountiful Giver of all Good, our Praises and Thanksgivings for thy temporal Mercies to us, which we are utterly unworthy of.

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But above all, O Lord, we praise thee for thy fpiritual Mercies; for bleffing us in heavenly Things in Chrift Jefus, which tend to the renewing us after thy Likeness in this Life, and to the fanctifying and preparing us for that which is to come.

For ever bleffed be thy Name that our compaffionate Redeemer took upon him our human Flesh. We praife thee for his holy Doctrine and exemplary Life; that he gave himself to Death, to purchase our Redemption; that he completed that great Work by his glorious Refurrection. We bless thee that he hath begotten us again to the lively Hope of an Inheritance incorrup tible and undefiled, that fadeth not away, which is referved in Heaven for all, who, by patient Continuance in well doing, feek for Glory, and Honour, and Immortality. We praife thée for his glorious Afcenfion into Heaven, there' to intercede in thy Prefence for us; for fending the Holy Ghoft to comfort and affift us; for appointing a Succeffion of Men to preach and propagate the Knowledge and Practice of his heavenly Doctrine, and to adminifter the holy Sacraments, the Seals of thy Covenant.

We thank Thee, O heavenly Father, for all the precious Promifes in the Gofpel of

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thy Son, and that Thou haft made our Duty fo neceffary to our Happiness. Oh! that we may all fo effectually apply our Minds to the Confideration of thy manifold Mercies, that they may work in our Souls all thofe divine Virtues, Difpofitions, and Affections, which they are defigned by Thee to produce in us.

Extend thy Mercy, O God, to the whole World, that thy Name may be great among the Gentiles, from the rifing of the Sun unto the going down of the fame.

Bless thy univerfal Church. Put an End to all Schifm and Divifion, Strife and Contention; purify and cleanse it from Profanenefs and Ungodliness, from Superstition, Herefy, and falfe Doctrine; and make it the Joy of the whole Earth.

Be gracious to these finful Nations to which we belong; forgive our many and great Sins; and particularly we pray Thee, pardon our abuse of Time fet apart for thy more immediate Worship; our Unthankfulness for the Light of thy Gospel, and walking contrary to its Precepts. Wash us thoroughly from our Iniquities, and cleanfe us from our Sins: and grant, that by Unity and Charity, and Holiness of Life,

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we may glorify thy great Name, and adorn the Doctrine of God our Saviour in all Things.

Continue the Light of thy Gospel among us: Defeat and overthrow the Designs of evil Men, that would pervert the Truth of it.

Be thou pleased to further with thy Bleffing all those good Designs that are for the Advancement of true Religion and Virtue. Let no Artifices of the Devil, or wicked Men, render them ineffectual.

Guide and defend our most gracious Sovereign Lord King GEORGE; let his Days be many, his Councils wife and reli- gious, and his Reign happy to himself and People. Let a Senfe of the ineftimable Va-lue of Souls, infpire all Bishops and Pastors, exciting them to promote and further the Salvation of Men, by Soundness of Doctrine,, and Holiness of Life, and a due Admini-ftration of thy Holy Sacraments.

Let all Magiftrates, and other inferior. Officers, maintain and defend true Religion, encouraging Virtue and Goodness, and punifhing and furpreffing all Profaneness and Ungodlinefs; and let all Men follow after Peace and Holinefs, without which no Man fhall fee. Thee. c 6

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O thou that art the Father of Mercies, relieve all that are in affliction, of any kind whatsoever! and grant that all may have cause to say, It is good for them that they have been in Trouble.

Be gracious and favourable to us that are here before Thee; forgive us all our Sins, and remember not the Iniquities of our holy Things. Defend and protect us this Night from all thofe Dangers and Mischiefs that may juftly overtake us: Refresh our frail Bodies with quiet and moderate Rest, and help us in the renewed Strength thereof vigorously to ferve Thee in the faithful Discharge of the Duties of the following Day. And in that and all other Days, enable us to live to thy Honour and Glory; that in the End of them we may live with Thee, through our Lord Jefus Chrift; in whofe prevailing Name and Words we fum up all our Wants.

Our Father, &c.

A Morning Prayer for a Family for any other Day in the Week.

O ETERNAL Cod, Creator and Preferver of all Mankind, Giver of all Spiritual Grace, the Author of everlasting

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