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Short GRACES and PRAYERS for little Children, &c.

GRACES before MEAT.

Pray God blefs it to me. Amen..

Pray God bless it to.me for Jefus Christ's faker Amen.

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San&ify, O Lord, we beseech thee, these thy Creatures to our Ufe, and us to thy Service, for Jefus Chrift his fake. Amen.

After MEAT.

Thank God for what I have received.

Amen.

Thank God, and my Father and Mother, for my Dinner [Breakfaft or Supper.] Amen.

For thefe, and all other Mercies, God's holy Name be blefied and praised, now and for ever.

Amen.

Short PRAYERS for INFANTS, &c.

MORNING.

Thank God for a good Night's Reft. Amen. I return thee humble and hearty Thanks, O Lord, for preferving me this Night from Fire, and fudden Death.

Amen.

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Pray God fend me a good Night's Reft. Amen. Receive my humble and hearty Thanks, O Lord, for preferving me this Day from all Evil, and fend me a good Night's Reft, for Jefus Chrift his fake.

Amen.

MORNING PRAYER for YOUTH.

O Lord, our heavenly Father, almighty and everlafting God, who haft fafely brought me to the Beginning of this Day, defend me in the fame with thy mighty Power, and grant that this Day I fall

intò no Sin, neither run into any Kind of Danger;., but that all my Doings may be ordered by thy Government, to do always what is righteous in thy Sight, thro' Jefus Christ our Lord. Amen.

EVENING PRAYER.

Pardon, O Lord, I befeech thee, thofe Sins I have committed againft thy divine Majefty this Day and by thy great Mercy defend me from all Perils and Dangers of this Night, for the Love of thy only Son our Saviour fefus Chrift. Amen.

N. B. Though I have made Choice of two Prayers, I mean not to give Offence to any, nor to dictate to others what they are to teach their Children; I only do it to fet fome Pattern and Example, and hope it will carefully be followed in fome Sort or other, And I think it would be very proper in all public Schools to have fome good and fuitable Player, (not long by any means) which should be road fometimes by the Mafter, and fometimes by one of the beft Readers in the School.

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If it thould be asked, what Sort of Form of Prayer I mean?, I amfwer, That befides the common form of acknowledging God's Greatnefs, confeffing Sins, calling upon him for future Mercies, and returning Thanks for thofe already received, &c. there fhould be alfo Petitions for the King and Nation in general, and a particular Sentence or two, to return GOD Thanks for the ueftimable Bleffing of having Liberty to exercifd our Religion, and ferve God arat Times in any Place and alfo begging of him a perpetual Continuance of the Proteftant Suecellion, &c. This think to highly neceffry, that. I am perfuaded, that many Children and grown-up Perfons, have been led Captives to Superftition and Idolatry, for Want of knowing this to be their real Duty; and I am alfo fully convinced, that it would be of great Service to the rifing Generation, as it would naturally arm them against the crafty and pernicious Designs and Attempts of Popish Emiffaries, and learn them in due Time to make a true Diftinction between teligious Liberty and Popish Slavery. Thus Religion and Learning would go Haud in Hand.

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PART V.

Containing feveral TABLES very necessary for Youth to be acquainted with.

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TABLE HI.

A Chronological Account of Remarkable Things before the Birth of

CHRIST.

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The Temple rebuilt

Alexander the Great died

Jerufalem taken by Pompey, for the Romans
Herod declared King of Judea

He feizes Jerufalem, and commits outrages
Herod rebuilds the Temple

John the Baptift born before our Saviour, 6 Months

1005

588 538 515

323 -63

40

33733

N. B. If you add the prefent Year, viz. 1798, to any of thefe Numbers, you have the Time how long fince Thus 1798 added to 4004, makes 5802 Years fince the Creation, &c.

TABLE IV. '

A Chronological Account of Remarkable Things since the Birth of

THE

CHRIST.

Years.

HE Refurrection of Jefus Chrift was after his Birth 33
Jerufalem and the Temple deftroyed by Titus 70

Chriftianity triumphs under Conftantine

Pope Boniface, Head of the Church..

313

606

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