good God, to save We give thanks to thee, O Lord, for all thy mercies to our souls and bodies, for appointing one day in seven for thy more peculiar worshipand service. All possible praise and thanks be given to God, who created us; to Jesus Christ who redeemed us; and to the Holy Ghost, who sanctifieth us. Grant, O Lord, that by a wise and religious use of the means of grace, we may grow up to a state of holiness and righteousness, and that our souls may be prepared for those glorious and delightful praises, which in heaven will be part of the happiness and employment of thy saints to all eternity. s lies, th ess thy u presen ghout th shall this l to th O Lord, we confess that we have offended thee by the negligent performance of our holy duties, by our abuse of thy grace, and misspending this thy holy day, and by many sins committed in the course of our lives. But let not this provoke thee to withdraw the assistance of thy Holy Spirit from us, and to leave us to the vanity and folly of our own minds. We humbly beseech thee, O most merciful Father, to forgive us all our past offences. Do thou mercifully hear our prayers, and let our cry come unto thee. said Let our whole behaviour on this day be such and, good God, make every one of us diligent, not only to save our own souls, but, as much as in us lies, the souls of others too. Bless thy universal church: be thou graciously present in all Christian assemblies throughout the world, and hear the prayers they shall this day put up, and make thy word effectual to the pulling down the kingdom of satan, and to the edifying the church of Christ in sound faith and real godliness. May thy word come with power into every conscience, and have a due and saving effect upon the minds of all that hear it. Bestow a plentiful portion of thy good Spirit upon all that by sickness, imprisonment, or any other lawful impediment, are kept from partaking of the means of grace that we enjoy; and be pleased mercifully to relieve and succour them in all their straits and difficulties. Those that are troubled in mind, do thou direct to proper means to obtain comfort and satisfaction. Give all that have no sense of thy majesty, and live as it were without God in the world, awakening convictions of the dangers they are in, and the miseries they are exposed to, that they may escape them. Pardon our sins and imperfections, and re- Ts, ast offences ars befor 2thy all We have come without due preparation to thy solemn worship; and been heedless and inattentive in hearing thy word. O how cold and flat have we been in thy praises! how earthly, dull, and distracted, in our prayers! How seldom have we been seriously exercised in holy meditation! How seldom have collected thy multiplied mercies to us, so er and World w the deat liness ire t pany we are under to thee for them; or so thought on our ways, as to turn our feet to thy testimonies. But, O Lord, we humbly pray thee, for Jesus Christ's sake, to forgive us all our past offences. Direct and guide us in the ways of truth and holiness: and that we may always fear thee our God, help us to set thee always before us; and so to observe and consider thy all-seeing eye, that we may dread to offend thee. Reform whatever thou seest amiss in the temper and disposition of our minds; and be thou graciously pleased to conduct us safe through all the temptations and troubles of this world. To this end, enable us strictly to follow the example of Jesus Christ, and manfully to fight under his banner, against the world, the flesh, and the devil, vigorously opposing, 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 resurrection, to rise to a life of holiness and obedience, that so 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 undeserved mercies. It was thy hand that formed us. It was thou that gavest ne life and breath and being. Our food and |