OUR FATHER, WHICH ART IN HEAVEN, HALLC WED BE THY NAME.

God will be glorified in the salvation of souls.

If the Almighty God were not my Father, I might expect vengeance instead of mercy.

May I show by my life that God is my Father!

This earth is not the inheritance of the children of God.

Blessed be God, who dealeth not with us with the authority of a lord over his servants, but with the tenderness of a father over his children.

THY KINGDOM COME.

I own thee for my King; do thou make and own me for thy faithful subject. Enlarge thy kingdom for the honour of thy great name. May I preserve thy kingdom within me, the government of thy Spirit. Bring me into subjection to thyself by thy grace.

THY WILL BE DONE IN EARTH AS IT IS IN HEAVEN.

That thou mayest have a church on earth as obedient to thy will as that is in heaven.

O Heavenly Father, subdue in me whatever is contrary to thy holy will. Grant that I may ever study to know thy will, that I may know how to please thee.

Thy will, O God, is the perfection of justice! let me never prescribe to thee what thou oughtest to give me. What thou willest, we may be sure, is best for us: we cannot be sure of what we will for ourselves. Hearken not to the corrupt desires of my heart, but to the voice of thy own mercy.

GIVE US THIS DAY OUR DAILY BREAD.

Yes, my God, I will have recourse to thee daily: for on thee I depend daily for life, and breath, and grace, and all things.

Give me a true understanding of, and love for, thy word, the bread which nourisheth to eternal life.

For thou, O Lord, hath taught us not to seek that

bread which perisheth, but that which endureth to eternal life.

AND FORGIVE US OUR TRESPASSES, AS WE FORGIVE THEM THAT TRESPASS AGAINST US.

May I ever show mercy to men, that I it from thee, my God.

may receive Do I value my soul, and think this too hard a condition?

Thou art all mercy to me; grant that I may be all merciful to my brethren, for thy sake, O Father.

AND LEAD US NOT INTO TEMPTATION, BUT DELIVER US FROM EVIL

For thou knowest our infirmities, and the power and malice of our enemies.

Thou knowest how to deliver the godly out of temptation.

Grant, O God, that I may never run into those temptations, which, in my prayers, I desire to avoid!

Vouchsafe me the gift of perseverance, on which my eternal happiness depends.

Lord, never permit my trials to be above my strength. O Holy Spirit of Grace, be not wanting to me in the hour of temptation. And in all temptations, give us power to resist and overcome. Leave us not in the power of evil spirits to ruin us. Support us under all our saving trials and troubles.

FOR THINE IS THE KINGDOM, AND THE POWER, AND THE GLORY, FOR EVER AND EVER. AMEN.

Let thy fatherly compassion grant what the Son of thy love has encouraged us to pray for.

By thy almighty power, make good whatever is defective in me.

EXAMINATION.

Eccles. xviii. 20. Before judgment examine thyself, and in the day of visitation thou shalt find mercy.

Discover to me, O thou Searcher of hearts, whatever is amiss in me, whether in life or principle.

DEATH.

From sudden, from unprepared death, good Lord, deliver me, my family, and all that desire my prayers. May we never be surprised in sin; and may thy mercy supply whatever shall be wanting in our preparation for death.

For myself, with the submission of a penitent sinner, under the righteous sentence of death passed upon all mankind, I beg that I may so live, as that I may with joy resign my life, a sacrifice of obedience, in union with that of my Saviour's, to thee, O Father, trusting in thy mercy and goodness, and promises in Jesus Christ, at the hour of death, and in the day of judgment. Amen. Ephes. iv. 26. Let not the sun go down upon your wrath.

Lord, grant that I may lie down to sleep with the same charitable dispositions with which I desire and hope to die.

I beseech thee for all that are my enemies, not for judgment and vengeance, but for mercy, for the remis sion of their sins, and for their eternal happiness.

Psalm xiii. 3. Lighten mine eyes, O Lord, that 1 sleep not in death.

Deliver me from the terrors of the night, and from the pestilence that walketh in darkness.

Let my sleep be free from sin; preserve me, O Lord, from evil dreams, and evil demons.

Into thy hands I commend myself, my spirit, my soul and body, O Lord, thou God of truth.

Grant that I may remember thee upon my bed.

Psalm iv. 8. I will lay me down in peace, and take my rest; for it is thou, Lord, only that makest me dwell in safety.

May the Saviour and Guardian of my soul, take me under his protection this night and evermore.

SUNDAY MEDITATIONS.

PRAYERS, THANKSGIVINGS, &c

A DAILY FORM OF THANKSGIVING.

O Almighty God and most merciful Father, who, day after day, dost minister to sinful man infinite occasions of praising thee, accept of my unfeigned thanks for all the blessings I have, and every day receive, from thy good providence.

That of thine own mere goodness, and without any merit of mine, or of my forefathers, thou hast given me a being from honest and religious parents, and in such a part of the world where the Christian religion is purely taught, and thy sacraments duly administered.

That thou didst endue me with reason and perfect senses; and, to make these more comfortable to me, didst give me a sound and healthful body.

That thou gavest me an early knowledge of thee, my Creator and Redeemer.

That thou hast preserved me ever since my birth, and hath vouchsafed me health and liberty, and a competency of means to support me.

That thou hast redeemed me by thy Son, and given me a share in his merits; sanctified me by thy Holy Spirit, and hast heaped many favours upon me.

That thou hast given me honest friends, to admonish, to counsel, to encourage, and to support me, by their interest and advice.

That thou hast been my refuge in tribulation, and my defence in all adversities; delivering me from dangers, infamy, and troubles. For all known or unobserved deliverances, and for the guard thy holy angels keep over me, I praise thy good providence.

When I went astray, thou didst reduce me; when I was sad, thou didst comfort me; when I offended thee, thou didst forbear and gently correct me, and didst long expect my repentance; and when, for the greivousness

of my sins, I was ready to despair, thou didst keep me from utter ruin; thou hast delivered me from the snares and assaults of the devil; thou hast not only preserved my soul, but my body, from destruction, when sickness and infirmities took hold of me.

O Lord and Father, I cannot render due thanks and praise for all these mercies bestowed upon me; Such as I have, I give thee; and humbly beseech thee to accept of this my daily sacrifice of thanksgiving.

Pardon, O God, all my former ingratitude; and that I have passed so many days without observing, without admiring, without acknowledging and confessing, thy wonderful goodness to the most unworthy of thy ser

vants.

For (now I soberly consider my dependence upon thee) as there is no hour of my life that I do not enjoy thy favours, and taste of thy goodness, so (if my frailty would permit) I would spend no part of my life without remembering thee.

Praise the Lord then, O my soul, and all that is within me praise his holy name.

Glory be to thee, O Lord, my Creator. Glory be to thee, O Jesus, my Redeemer. Glory be to the Holy Ghost, my Sanctifier, my Guide, my Comforter.

All love, all glory, be to the high and undivided Trinity, whose works are inseparable, and whose dominion endureth world without end. Amen.

When I seriously consider, great God, my dependence upon thy providence, and that the favours and mercies I have received are infinitely more in number than the acknowledgments I have made, I am justly ashamed of my ingratitude, and afraid lest my unthankfulness should provoke thee to hinder the current of thy blessings from descending upon me.

Forgive, O merciful Father, my past negligencies, and give me grace for the time to come to observe and to value thy kindnesses, as becomes one who has received so much more than he deserves.

Preserve in my soul, O God, such a constant and clear sense of my obligations to thee, that upon the re