exposed; particularly-[here name any particular blessing or deliverance God hath sent you.] Praise the Lord, O my soul, who saveth thy life from destruction, and crowneth thee with mercy and loving kindness.

O heavenly Father, to thy almighty protec tion I recommend myself and all my relations. O thou that never slumberest, nor sleepest, watch over us, to preserve us from sin and danger.

Lord, let it be thy good pleasure to refresh me this night with such seasonable rest, that I may rise the next morning more fit for thy service. O pardon my failings, and hear my prayers, for the sake of my blessed Saviour, in whose holy words I sum up all my wants.

Our Father, &c.

Ejaculations at going to Bed.

LORD, as I now go to my bed, I must one day go to my grave; O make me wise to consider my latter end.

I will lay me down in peace, and take my rest; for it is thou, Lord, only makest me to dwell in safety. Psalm iv. 8.

Directions to young Persons, relative to the Lord's Day.

¶ A Good Christian, that takes care to spend every day well, will take more than ordinary care to sanctify the Lord's Day, it being the proper employment of that day to attend God's worship, and to provide for our souls; and therefore it is fit you should add some petitions to your morning and evening prayers, relating to the solemn duties of the day, such as these are which follow

Before Church Time.

O MY God, I humbly beseech thee to prepare my soul to worship thee this day acceptably, with reverence and godly fear: fill me with that fear which works by love; purify my heart from all vain and worldly, or sinful thoughts; fix my affections on things above, all the day long; and, O Lord, give me grace to receive thy word, which I shall hear this day, into an honest and good heart, and to bring forth fruit with patience.

Hear me, O God, for the sake of Jesus my Saviour. Amen, Amen.

When you come into the Church, or Chapel, not only on the Lord's day, but on any other day, use this short preparatory prayer at your first kneeling down.

In the Church.

O Lord, I humbly beg thy Holy Spirit to help my infirmities at this time, and to dispose my heart to devotion, that my prayers and praises may be acceptable in thy sight, through Jesus Christ my Saviour. Amen.

After Church Time.

GLORY be to thee, O Lord God Almighty; glory be to thee, who hast permitted me to appear before thee this day, and to tread thy

courts.

Lord, pardon all my failings in thy service, the wanderings, and coldness, and indevotion of

my prayers: for the sake of my blessed Saviour, have mercy upon me.

Lord, make me a doer of thy word, and not a hearer only, lest I deceive soul. my

A morning Prayer for a Servant.

O Lord my God, the great Creator and Preserver of all mankind; I bless and praise thy holy name for all thy mercies to my soul and body. Thou hast given me another day; 0 give me grace to spend it to thy honour and glory: Enable me to do in it the work for which thou hast sent me into the world, before the night of death cometh, wherein I cannot work.

O God, thou witness of all my actions, and judge of all my thoughts and affections, what would become of me, if thou shouldest enter into strict judgment with me! How should I stand before thy tribunal, covered with the guilt and shame of my sins? Lord, I repent; increase thou my repentance. I repent of-[here mention those sins which most burden thy conscience.] O be thou reconciled unto me, and pardon me for the sake of Jesus Christ: And not only pardon my sins, but deliver me from the power and dominion of them.

Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me: Give me a true faith, and inflame my heart with a holy love, that I may delight in thy commandments, and walk before thee in uprightness and fear, in faithfulness and honesty, constantly and cheerfully depending upon thee.

Enable me to do the duty of my place, not

with eye-service, but with singleness of heart, as knowing that I shall be accountable to thee at the day of judgment, as well for those duties which I owe my master and mistress, as for those which are more immediately to be paid to thee. O Lord, keep me from all opprobrious and reproachful language, from all lying and slandering, and from all unjust and deceitful actions: Make me always thankful, humble, and contented, neither withholding from thee the praise due to thine infinite bounty and mercy; nor from man, the thanks due to him for any act of kindness or charity towards me.

Bless this whole family to which I belong, and sow in all our hearts the seeds of unfeigned charity; that we may all enjoy the comfort of a mutual affection, and of a mutual assistance and aid in our several places: possess us with a just sense of our duty to thee and man, that we may be living members of thy blessed Son; and grant, that being protected by thy providence, directed by thy word, and assisted by the influence of thy Holy Spirit, we may be admitted into thy glorious kingdom in heaven, where we shall adore and praise thee, love and enjoy thee to all eternity, through Jesus Christ our Lord, in whose holy name and words I continue to prayOur Father, &c.

An Evening Prayer for a Servant.

O My God, my strength, and the rock of my salvation; how does my soul praise thee for thy great goodness, and all the precious promises of thy gospel.

But, O my God, I have forgotten thee, though thou hast given me my being: I have forgotten thee, though thou gavest thine own Son to redeem me, not only to free me from the punishment due to my sins, but from the slavery and dominion of them, and to procure for me life eternal. I have feared the displeasure of man, whose breath is in his nostrils, more than I have feared thine, O thou just and holy Judge of mankind; I have been more solicitous for the bread that perishes, than for thy favour, which is better than life itself: I have sinned against my knowledge, thy word, and the motions of thy Holy Spirit. I have been apt to repine and murmur at thy providence, and to be discontented in my condition, particularly-[here men tion particular sins.] But I repent, O my God, of all my sins, and humbly beg the assistance of thy grace, that I may do the works meet for repentance, and serve thee in truth and with an upright heart all the days of my life.

Have mercy upon me, O Lord, have mercy upon me, and forgive me all my offences, and give me grace to keep upon my watch, and guard against them for the future: enable me sincerely to endeavour to reform and amend my life, that I may every day grow and increase in goodness, and so much the fitter for death, the nearer I approach to it; and whenever it comes, let it find me, O Lord, in a disposition and frame of spirit fit to die; having an unshaken faith, an humble resignation and submission, an holy contempt of earth, and a devout love of heaven.

Thou hast called me to be a servant, but thou hast called me to be a son too, and an heir of