O Divine Spirit, render me worthy of thy presence and consolation.

Fill my heart with a holy dread of thy judgments. Give me a true sense and knowledge of the danger and the evil of sin; and may I, with a prudent moderation only, be concerned for temporal things.

Jesus Christ is always in his temple, and near you, (if your soul be fit for him to dwell in) to him apply on all occasions:

As your Master, for grace to study, to love, and to follow his instructions. He requires nothing but what he first practised himself:

As your Lord; that you may love and serve him faithfully, and fulfil all his commands:

As your Pattern; that you may follow his example, and imitate his virtues :

As your Saviour; that he may be your refuge and confidence, your strength and support, your peace and consolation, your Saviour now and at the hour of death: As your King; that he may give laws to your soul, and that you may surrender yourself to his commands; and never rebel, or resist his authority:

As your Shepherd. Keep me in thy flock by thy almighty grace. I am one of the lost sheep which thou camest to seek. Take me under thy care, and restore me to thy fold. Increase thy flock for the honour of thy name.

WILFUL SIN.

Let me rather choose to die than to sin against my conscience.

PENITENT

I am ashamed to come before thee, but I must come or perish. I know that thou art angry with me for my sins, but I know too that thou pitiest me, or why do I yet live? Make me full of sorrow for my sin, and full of hopes of thy mercy and pardon. Look upon the infirmities of thy servant, and consider his weakness. Senable of my own sad condition, weak and miserable,

sinful and ignorant, liable to eternal death, I prostrate myself before thee, imploring thy help and pardon.* Gracious God, never abandon me to the opposition I shall at any time make to thy grace.

Blessed be God, that he has so often prevented me, and not left me to the desires of my own heart.

Put a stop to the torrent of wickedness and profaneness which carries all before it.

I confess my sins to thee, O God; do thou hide them from all the world.

Eternity. Lord, imprint upon my heart a lively idea of eternity, that the sorrowful passages of this life, which are so uneasy and frightful to nature, may vanish, or be borne with patience.

Example. Pardon my sin, and forgive all such as have been misled by any evil example of mine.

Matt. v. 48. Be ye perfect, even as your Father which is in Heaven is perfect.

O Divine Repairer of our corrupt nature, may thy allpowerful grace make me as perfect as thou hast commanded me to be!

HOLINESS.

O God, who hast called me to holiness, give me a firm faith in thy power, through our Lord Jesus Christ, that by his assistance I may get the mastery over all my sins and corruption; that I may be redeemed from all iniquity; that I may be holy, as he who has called me is holy.

Possess my soul with an earnest desire of pleasing thee, and with a fear of offending thee.

Let me be ever ready to forgive injuries, and backward to offer any.

Give me, O Lord, faith and patience, that I may neither murmur at thy appointments, nor be angry against the instruments of thy justice.

Deliver me from the errors and vices of the age 1 live in; from infidelity, wicked principles, from profaneness, heresies, and schism.

I most heartily thank thee, O God, for thy perpetual

care of me, for all thy mercies bestowed upon me, for the blessings of nature and of grace.

Grant, O God, that I may never receive thy grace in vain, but that I may live like one who believes and hopes for the joys of heaven.

Let me ever be sorry for my sins, thankful for thy blessings, fear thy judgments, love thy mercies, remember thy presence.

Give me an humble mind, a godly fear, and a quiet conscience.

Weaken, O Lord, the power of Satan in this place and the tyranny of his ministers.

IN TIME OF PESTILENCE OR DANGER.

Set thy saving mark upon our houses, and give order to the destroyer not to hurt us.

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

Upon this promise, blessed Lord, I depend; beseeching thee, O heavenly Father, for thy dear Son's sake to give me the graces I most stand in need of.

AFTER PRAYERS.

Vouchsafe us those graces and blessings which thou knowest to be needful for us, notwithstanding our great unworthiness.

Riches. Shut my heart, O Lord, against the love of worldly riches, lest I betray thee as Judas did.

May the Holy Spirit, O God, fill my heart, that it may appear in all my words and actions, that I am governed by it.

Luke x. 33. And when he saw him, he had compassion on him.

O Jesus, the true Samaritan, look upon the wounds which sin hath caused in my soul, and have compassion on me.

May I always resign my will and my desires to him who knows what is good for us better than we ourselves do.

HOLY SCRIPTURES.

Give me, O God, a sincere 'love for the truths of the Gospel, a teachable heart, and an obedient will.

Perseverance. Finish, O my God, the works of mercy and conversion which thou hast begun in me. Save, O Lord Jesus, a soul which thou hast redeemed by thy blood.

There is no merit in me, O God, to attract thy mercy and goodness, but only my great misery and blindness. May I make a suitable return by a holy life.

According to the greatness of thy goodness, and the multitude of thy mercies, look upon me.

Sanctify my soul and body with thy heavenly blessings, that they may be made thy holy habitation, and that nothing may be found in me that may offend the eyes of thy Majesty.

Protect and keep me in the midst of the dangers of this corrupt world; and by thy light and grace direct me in the way to everlasting life, through Jesus Christ.

Morning. I laid me down and slept, and rose again, for the Lord sustained me. Blessed be the name of the Lord.

Raise me up, O Lord, at the last day, to life and happiness everlasting.

Blessed be the Lord for his mercies renewed unto me every morning.

O that my eyes may ever be fixed upon the example that our blessed Lord hath left us, and that I may daily endeavour to follow him. Amen.

Night. May the Saviour and Guardian of my soul take me under his protection this night and evermore. 1 Cor. vii. 35. Attend upon the Lord without distraction.

O Holy Spirit of Grace, help my infirmities, that I may fix my thoughts upon my duty; and that I may serve thee with all my heart and mind.

That I may never give way to wandering thoughts, but watch against them continually.

Look upon me, O Lord, and pity me; make me, and let me be thine by the choice of my will.

Make me serious and thoughtful at all times, that I may not fail being so when I attend upon God.

Let not my heart, O God, be inclined to any evil thing. Keep me, O God, from every thing that may displease thee. O make me wise unto salvation.

Phil. iv. 13. I can do all things through Christ, which strengtheneth me.

O that I may never forfeit this power by presumption or want of faith.

John xx. 28. Thomas said, My Lord and my God.

Thou art indeed, O Jesus, my Lord, for thou hast redeemed me by thy precious blood; thou art my God, for I am dedicated to thee, and ctified by thy Spirit. Acts ii. 44. And all that believed were together, and had all things common.

May God grant, that as we are all members of the same body, have one and the same Father, the same Saviour, the same Spirit, and hope to meet in the same Paradise; that we may live in unity and godly love, and be charitable according to our ability.

The good Lord grant, that in the day of Christ I may rejoice that I have not run in vain, nor laboured in vain.