Or this,

O GOD, infinite in compassion, what manner of love hast thou bestowed upon us, that we should be called thy sons! We adore thee for such unspeakable condescension, manifested in the death and sufferings of thy only begotten Son Jesus Christ, and in our calling, by the Holy Ghost. Grant that we may ever declare our thankfulness by approving ourselves not of this world, nor subjects of the prince of this world, but as being risen with Christ, in a death unto sin, and a daily living in righteousness. We also bless thee for all thy wonderful works in creation, in nature, and in grace, by which we learn thee, admire thee, and long to be with and enjoy thee for ever. And we also bless thee for our preservation, health, food, raiment, friends, and all mercies pertaining to this life. May we ceaselessly delight in and serve thee, who art infinitely worthy of all service, and who with the Son and the Holy Ghost, art most high, God over all, blessed for evermore. Amen. Our Father, &c.

CONCLUDING COLLECT.

O LORD, mercifully accept our evening sacrifice. Increase our faith, govern our minds, grant us spiritual thoughts, and fill our hearts with hope of thy heavenly bliss, through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Amen.

MAY God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Ghost, bless, preserve, and keep us, this night and evermore. Amen.

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FRIDAY MORNING.

COME now, and let us reason together, saith the Lord though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool. Isaiah i. 18.

Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to the Lord. Let us lift up our heart with our hands unto God in the heavens. Lament. iii. 40, 41.

Turn thou to thy God; keep mercy and judgment, and wait on thy God continually. Hosea

xii. 6.

I

say

unto you, that joy shall be in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, more than over ninety · and nine just persons, which need no repentance. Luke xv. 7.

If ye call on the Father, who without respect of persons judgeth according to every man's work, pass the time of your sojourning here in fear. 1 Peter i. 17.

PSALM XXVIII.

ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF SIN, WITH PRAYER
FOR MERCY.

1. O Lord, rebuke me not in thy wrath; neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure. xxxviii. 1. 2. Shew me thy ways, O Lord; teach me thy paths.

3. Lead me in thy truth, and teach me; for thou art the God of my salvation; on thee do I wait all the day.

4. Remember, O Lord, thy tender mercies and thy loving kindnesses; for they have been ever of old.

5. Remember not the sins of my youth, nor my transgressions: according to thy mercy, remember thou me for thy goodness sake, O Lord.

6. Good and upright is the Lord; therefore will he teach sinners in the way.

7. Look upon my affliction and my pain; and forgive all my sin. xxv. 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 18.

8. Hide not thy face far from me; put not thy servant away in anger; thou hast been my help; leave me not, neither forsake me, O God of my salvation. xxvii. 9.

9. For mine iniquities are gone over my head; as an heavy burden, they are too heavy for me.

10. Lord, all my desire is before thee, and my groaning is not hid from thee. xxxviii. 4, 9. 11. And now, Lord, what wait I for? my hope is in thee.

12. Deliver me from all my transgressions : make me not the rebuke of the foolish.

13. Remove thy stroke away from me: I am consumed by the blow of thy hand.

14. O spare me: that I may recover strength, before I go hence and be no more. xxxix. 7, 8, 10, 13.

Glory be, &c.
As it was, &c.

PSALM XXIX.

GOOD RESOLUTIONS WITH PRAYER FOR GRACE.

1. I said, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue: I will keep my mouth with a bridle while the wicked is before me. xxxix. 1.

2. My mouth shall speak of wisdom, and the meditation of my heart shall be of understanding.

xlix. 3.

3. I have not sat with vain persons, neither will I go in with dissemblers.

4. I have hated the congregation of evil doers, and will not sit with the wicked.

5. I will wash mine hands in innocency, so will I compass thine altar, O Lord. xxvi. 4, 5, 6.

6. Teach me to do thy will; for thou art my God: thy spirit is good; lead me into the land of uprightness. cxlix. 3.

7. Order my steps in thy word; iniquity have dominion over me.

and let not any cxix. 133.

8. Set a watch, O Lord, before my mouth; keep the door of my lips.

9. Incline not my heart to any evil thing, to practise wicked works with them that work iniquity: and let me not eat of their dainties. cxli. 3, 4. 10. If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me. lxvi. 18.

11. Search me, O God, and know my heart; try me, and know my thoughts;

12. And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting. cxxxix. 23, 24. Glory be, &c.

As it was,

&c.

PSALM XXX.

THE FEEBLENESS AND VANITY OF MAN

CONFESSED.

1. HEAR my prayer, O Lord, and let my cry come unto thee.

2. My days are like a shadow that declineth, and I am withered like grass. cii. 1, 11.

3. Remember how short my time is: wherefore hast thou made all men in vain.

4. What man is he that liveth and shall not see death? shall he deliver his soul from the hand of the grave? lxxxix. 47, 48.

5. For a thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday when it is past, and as a watch in the night.

6. Thou carriest them away as with a flood; they are as a sleep; in the morning they are like grass which groweth up.