Whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report, if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, that I may think on these things, and may do these things; Grant, O good Lord.

Finally, since this life must shortly have an end; that mine may be concluded with a truly christian death, a death perfectly void of sin and shame, and (if such be thy good pleasure) as free from pain as may be;

Grant, O good Lord.

But above all, since it is appointed unto all men once to die, and after that the judgment; that I may appear with comfort, and find a favourable account at the great and terrible tribunal of thy Son Jesus Christ, who, I believe, shall come to be our Judge;

Grant, O good Lord.

BLESSED art thou, O Lord my God, and the God of my Fathers, who turnest the shadow of death into the morning, and renewest the face of the earth;

Who scatterest the darkness by this return of light, and hast commanded night to give place to day;

Who hast enlightened my eyes, that I should not sleep in death;

Who hast delivered me from the terror by night, and from the pestilence that walketh in darkness;

Who hast unlocked mine eyes from sleep, and mine eyelids from slumber;

Who makest the outgoings of the morning and of the evening to praise thee.

I laid me down and slept, and rose up again, because thou, Lord, didst make me dwell in safety.

Blot out, I pray thee, as a cloud, my transgressions, and as the thickness of the morning cloud, my sins.

Grant me to walk, as a child of light, soberly, purely, and honestly, as in the day; and this day, in particular, O Lord, vouchsafe to defend me from all danger, and to keep me without sin; upholding me, when I am about to fall; and lifting me up, if I happen to be down; that I may never be suffered to continue under any temptation, or to have my heart hardened through the deceitfulness of sin.

Let my body also be safe under thy protection; and defend me under the shadow of thy wings from the snare of the hunter, and from the noisome pestilence, from the arrow that flieth by day, and from the sickness that destroyeth at

noon.

Suffer not my days to be consumed in vanity, nor my years in trouble; but let each day tell and instruct another, by some useful improvement in knowledge or practical virtue.

O let me hear thy loving kindness betimes in the morning, for in thee is my trust. Show thou me the way that I should walk in, for I lift up my soul unto thee.

Deliver me, O Lord, from my spiritual ene mies, for I flee unto thee to hide me.

Teach me to do the thing that pleaseth thee, for thou art my God.

Remove far from me thoughts that are without understanding; and evermore inspire me with such thoughts, as are wise and good, and well-pleasing in thy sight.

Turn away mine eyes, lest they behold vanity, but let them be fixed on the thing that is right. Enclose mine ears, that no foolish, filthy, or profane talk may be allowed to enter in; but let them be open to discipline and wisdom, and always give willing attention to the words of truth and righteousness.

Set a watch, O Lord, before my mouth, and keep the door of my lips; let my speech be good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers.

Let no work of my hands cause grief or just offence of heart; but let me be continually employed in such actions for which thou, my God, mayest remember me for good, and spare me, according to the multitude of thy mercies.

Into thy hands I commend myself, my spirit, my soul, and my body; for thou hast created, redeemed, and regenerated them, O Lord, thou God of truth;

And, together with myself, all my relations. and friends, all my possessions and comforts; for all these thou hast graciously given to thy unworthy servant.

Preserve us, I beseech thee, from all evil; yea, do even thou preserve our souls; and let them be presented before thy Majesty, holy and unreprovable, in the day of the Lord Jesus. Amen.

¶ Then add the particular prayers for the morning of each day.

EVENING PRAYERS,

To be used every Day before the particular Prayers for that day.

HAVING passed over the day, I render hearty thanks to thee, my God, for thy good providence. The evening now has come, make thou it comfortable.

But, as each day has its evening, so likewise hath human life. Life's evening is old age; make thou this also comfortable.

O cast me not away in the time of age; neither forsake me when my strength faileth me. Even to hoary hairs do thou carry me. Thou hast made and hast sustained me hitherto, continue still to support and to deliver me.

Abide with me, my Saviour, for the time is far spent; yea, the shadows of the evening are stretched out, and the day is declining upon me.

Wearied with the labours and cares of the past day, I come to thee, my God, for quiet and repose, and new supplies of strength to drooping

nature.

Lighten mine eyes, that I sleep not in death. Defend me from the terrors of the night, and from the pestilence that walketh in darkness.

O thou keeper of Israel, who neither slumberest nor sleepest, preserve me this night from all manner of evil; yea, do even thou preserve my soul.

O most kind and merciful Lord, let this season of rest be an entire cessation to me, as well from sin as from labour and sorrow; and suffer not

any thougnt to surprise my unguarded mind, which is capable either of displeasing thee, or of defiling me; that my sleep may be perfectly composed and pure, quiet from every worldly and wicked imagination, from all suggestions of the devil or the flesh.

Take me then under the covering of thy wings, and let thy loving-kindness and thy truth always preserve me.

And after such refreshment as thou seest proper for me, raise thou me up again to make my prayer in a time when thou mayest be found; that so I may begin every day, by setting forth most thankfully thy praises, and dedicating myself entirely to thy service, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

¶ Then add the particular prayers for the evening of the day.

¶ On the Feasts and Fasts of the Church, add to your daily prayers the prayers appointed for those days in the Com panion for the Festivals and Fasts of the Church.

SUNDAY MORNING.

¶ Use the Prayers appointed for every Morning, and then add,

THROUGH the tender mercy of our God, the day-spring from on high hath visited us.

O thou, who on this day didst rise again, raise up our souls unto newness of life; granting us repentance from dead works, and planting us in the likeness of thy resurrection.