and Adverfity which may befal me, whether directly from thy Hand, or from Men, as thy Inftruments, I may be weaned from the World; and more closely united to thee.

O heavenly Father, I befeech thee, by the Merits and Death of thy Son, to give me Grace, to have thee always before my Eyes; and with an holy Fear ferioufly to confider the Hour of my Death, which is fo uncertain; the Shortnefs of my Life, of which, alas! I have fo unprofitably, for Trifles, already loft fo great a Part; the Day of Judgment, which is fo awful to the Good, and fo terrible to the Wicked; and upon the infinite and eternal Punishments which fhall then be inflicted upon, impenitent Sinners.

And finally grant, O infinite Bounty, that I may never feek or find Peace or Pleasure in any Thing without thyself; and that thy Will may be the Rule of my Conduct and of all my Actions in this World, and thou thy felf my eternal Bliss and Happiness in that which is to come.

II. O moft gracious Saviour! keep me from prefuming on my own Sufficiency; from relying on my own Actions, and on my own Conduct. Grant that I Grant that I may not truft in any Thing, but in thee alone, and in thy all-fufficient Merits, that all my Hope,

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Hope, and all my Confidence may be in them; yet so as never to make me neglect any Opportunity of performing that which thy Grace hath enabled me to do.

Fill my Heart, O bleffed Jefus! with a lively Senfe of thy divine Love; and deliver me from all the Inclinations of impure and deceitful Self-Love. Raife my Defires, enlighten mine Eyes, and touch my Soul, in order to give me the true Knowledge and Senfe of thy Love, of thy Mercies, of thy Wifdom, and of thy Power: As alfo of my own Nothingness; of my Darkness and Unfaithfulnefs; of my Folly and Wickednefs; of my Mifery and of my Weakness.

O dearest Redeemer! Grant I may never lofe the Memory of thy Paffion and Death, but may always have Recourfe to thy Merits and Sufferings, as to an affured Refuge, and as a blessed Means of Reconciliation to my offended God; and that I may look on thy Wounds, as an effectual Remedy to cure all the Defilements and Corruptions of my finful Nature.

O Prince of Love! fill me fo with thy Divine Love, that for the Sake thereof all Toil and Travel, all Dangers and Difficulties may be fweet and easy to me; and that in Comparison of thy facred Love, I may look upon all the Creatures, all their Com forts,

forts, all their Joys, and all their Recreations, as mean and contemptible; that if at any Time thy infinite Wifdom fhall think fit to withdraw them from me, I may feel as great Chearfulness in fubmitting to the Want of them, as I have fometimes found Reluctancy to be deprived of them. Amen.

A Prayer in formy and tempestuous Weather, as great Thunder, Lightning, &c.

O GREAT and glorious God, who makeft the Thunder, and causeft the Vapours to afcend from the Ends of the Earth thou ; fendeft forth thy Commandment upon the Earth, and thy Word runneth very fwiftly thou makeft Lightnings for the Rain, and bringest the Wind out of thy TreaJuries. Thou givest Snow like Wool, thou fcattereft the Hoar-froft like Afhes, and cafteth forth thy Ice like Morfels. Fire and Hail, Snow and Vapours, and the ftormy Wind fulfil thy Word. How wonderful art thou in thy Works, and terrible in thy Doings, towards the Children of Men!

O deliver us from our juft Fears and uneafy Apprehenfions, and in Mercy cause the threatening Deftruction to pass over us. Grant that the prefent Storm may not be a Meffenger of thy Judgment, and an Exe

cutioner of thy Wrath only, but a Means to cool and refresh, and cleanse the Air, and make the Earth fruitful. O fhut not thy merciful Ear to our Prayers, but fave and deliver us for thy Mercy's Sake, who now apply to thee in this Time of our Diftrefs.

We know, O Lord, that thy Judgments are just, and that our Sins have deferved much greater Punishment than those we now fear; for we have broken thy Covenant, difobeyed thy Commandments, and provoked thee to be angry with us; but we are heartily forry for our Offences, we repent and turn to thee; do thou, O God, increase our Repentance! O let that full, perfect, and fufficient Sacrifice, which thy beloved Son offered up upon the Cross, atone and make Satisfaction for our Sins.

Suffer us not, O Lord, to forget thee; but awaken us out of all carnal Security, and from the Sleep and Death of Sin. Let not the Impreffions of thy Power, which the Noife and Shaking of the impending Storm hath made upon us, foon wear off. And fince the dreadful Commotions it occafions are now fo terrible, help us to confider how much more aftonifking it will be to fee the Heavens on Fire, and the Element melt with fervent Heat; and the Earth,

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and the Works that are therein, be burnt up. Do thou fo effectually touch our Hearts, and incline our Wills by the powerful Operations of thy Spirit, that no Excufes may prevail with us to defer our Preparations against that Time, nor delay to provide a Place of Retreat and Security.

Let fuch Thoughts fink deep into our Minds, that we may valiantly fight under the Captain of our Salvation, Chrift Jefus, and bravely refift, and conquer all the Temptations and Allurements of the World, the Flesh, and the Devil.

Let them deter us from every evil Work, and make us effectually to confider, what Manner of Perfons we ought to be in all holy Converfation, and Godliness. Grant this, O God, for the Sake of Jefus Chrift, our only Mediator and Advocate. Amen.

A Prayer for Rain.

O GOD, who didft promife to give thy People Rain in due Seafon, if they fhould walk in thy Statutes, and keep thy Commandments, and do them, that the Land might yield her Increase, and the Trees of the Field their Fruits; and by thy Son Jefus Chrift haft promised as an Encourage

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