On other Days.

More particularly We pray Thee, blefs Us this Day in the Business to which thy Providence called

On Sundays.

More particularly, We pray Thee to blefs us this Day in the due Obfervation of that Holy Reft, to which thou haft Confecrated it. Fit and prepare our Souls for thy Service; and grant that we may come with pure Hearts, and lift up Holy Hands before thee in thy Church, without Wrath, or Doubting. Let our PrayersTM has be acceptable in thy Sight; and let thy Us: Grant Grace accompany our Hearing, and Readus fo to be- ing of thy Word; that with meek Hearts, have our and due Reverence we may attend to, felves in it, and receive the fame, and bring forth that We the Fruits thereof with Thanksgiving. O! may not ofGrant us fo to behave ourselves this fend Thee, Day, that we may not offend Thee, Nor bring upon ourselves the Remembrance of an Evil Confcience at Night. But let all our Thoughts, Words, and Actions be Holy and Innocent; Useful and Profitable as becomes the Servants of Chrift: That fo when the Days of our fhort Abode here fhall be ended, we may depart in Peace, and reft in Hope, and finally be restored to the Joys and Glories of a Bleffed, and Happy Refurrection; thro' the Merits and Mediation of thy dear Son, Jefus Christ our Lord. Amen.

In whofe Name, and for whofe Sake, we beseech Thee graciously to accept our Supplications, and Prayers, which we farther make before Thee for the whole Race of Mankind: For those who are yet in Darkness, and in the Shadow of Death; That the Light of thy glorious Gospel may, in thy good time, Thine upon them; and bring them to the Acknowledgment, and Obedience of the Truth.

Blefs the Holy Catholick Church: Grant that all They that do Confefs thy Holy Name, may agree in the Truth of thy Holy Word; and live in Unity, and Godly Love.

Let

Let the choiceft of thy Bleffings reft upon that part of thy Church of which we are Members. Heal its Breaches, Enlarge its Borders, and Unite its Divifions. Pour out upon all, Thofe, who are in the Communion of it a Spirit of Zeal and Piety; of Peace and Charity; of Humility and Obedience: And grant that we may All live agreeably to our Holy Profeffion; without Scandal, and without Reproach; that Others feeing our Good Works, may come in unto Us, and Glorify Thee our Father which art in Heaven.

Blefs all Chriftian Kings, Princes, and Governors; but efpecially Him whom Thou haft fet in Authority over Us. Preferve His Perfon, and profper His Government: And grant that we may lead quiet, and peaceable Lives; under Him, in all Godliness and Honefty.

Give a double Portion of thy Spirit to the Bifhops and Paftors of thy Church: Endue them with Wifdom and Understanding from above; and enable them fo faithfully to guide, and to inftruct, thy People committed to their Charge, that they may both Save Themselves, and Thofe that hear Them.

Comfort and Support all those who are in any Affliction, or Distress, whether of Mind, Body, or Eftate: Heal the Sick; Support the Weak; Relieve the Needy; and Defend the Oppreffed: Be a Father to the Fatherlefs, and plead the Caufe of the Widow: And give unto them All a Spirit of Patience and Refignation to thy divine Will, under their Sufferings, and when thou feeft fit, a Happy Iffue out of all their Troubles.

Be more especially Gracious to all our Relations and Friends: Return all the Good they have done us, manyfold into their Bofoms; and grant them, O LORD, whatfoever thou knoweft to be Needful or Expedient for them; The Comforts of this Life, and the Everlafting Happiness of the Life which is to come.

And while we Pray unto Thee for Others, give us, we beseech thee, O Merciful God! a Portion in all the good Prayers which are any where offered up unto Thee by any Others on our behalf: And make both Them and Us

Partakers

munion, they not only piously may, but in Duty ought, to do fomewhat of this kind, in order to their going with the better Difpofitions to it.

14. 2. What if by this means, a Good Chriftian fhould not be able fully to fatisfy himself, concerning his Worthiness to go to the Holy Table?

A. In that Cafe he ought to Confider what it is that puts him in doubt of it; and having fo done, let him take the Advice of fome Perfon whom he can Rely upon, but especially of his Minifter, about it: That fo being freed from his Scruples, he may Go with a Quiet Mind, and a full Perfuafion of Confcience to this Spiritual Feast; and with Comfort Receive the Benefits of it.

15. 2. What if, upon the Examination, it fhall appear, that He is not in a State of Going to this Sacrament?

A He muft then, for the prefent, Refrain Mat. v. 28, from it, and make all the hafte he can to Re- 24. xxii. 11, move the Impediment, and Reconcile him felf &c. to God, that fo He may be in a Condition both to Gome worthily to it; and to be made Partaker of thofe Graces, which are thereby Communicated to every Faithful Receiver of it.

For thine is the Kingdom, and the Power, and the Glory, for Ever and Ever. Amen.

O LORD! Our Heavenly Father, Almighty and Everlasting God, who haft fafely brought us to the Beginning of this Day, Defend us in the fame with thy mighty Power; and grant that this Day we fall into no Sin, neither run into any kind of Danger, but that all our Doings may be order'd by thy Governance, to do always that which is Righteous in thy Sight, thro' Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

O God whofe Nature and Property is ever to have Mercy and to forgive, receive our humble Petitions; and tho' we be tied and bound with the Chain of our Sins, yet let the Pitifulness of thy great Mercy loofe us, for the Honour of Jefus Chrift our Mediator and Advocate. Amen. The Grace of our Lord Jefus Chrift, and the Love of God, and the Fellowship of the Holy Ghoft, be with Us all Evermore. Amen.

EVENING-PRAYER.

The Pfalms for the Day, being read, as before:

Let a Chapter be also read out of the Epifiles, beginning with that to the Romans, and continuing on to that of St. Jude. Then let the Mafter of the Family, proceed to Prayer in the follow ing Manner.

NO the LORD our God, belong Mercies, and For

T giveneffes, tho' we have Rebelled against Him, nei

ther have we obeyed the Voice of the LORD our God, to walk in his Laws which he has fet before Us. Remember not, LORD, our Offences, nor the Offences of our Forefathers, neither take thou Vengeance of our Sins; Spare Us, good LORD, fpare thy People whom thou haft redeemed with thy moft precious Blood, and be not angry with Us for Ever.

Anfw. Spare Us, Good Lord.

O most

O moft Merciful, and Gracious LORD God, who dwelleft in the Higheft Heavens, yet Humbleft thyself to behold the things which are done here upon Earth; thou chargeft thy Angels with Folly, yea the Heavens are not clean in thy Sight; and what then is Man that He should be Clean? or He that is born of a Woman, that He should be Righteous?

Here, let a short

O God! We Confefs, with Shame and Confufion of Face, that we are not worthy of the leaft Regard from Thee whom we have fo much offended; and whofe Patience and Long-fuffering we have fo often, and grievously abufed. O LORD! We have Sinned, we have done Wickedly; We have broken thy Holy Commandments by Thought, Word, and Deed; by doing those things which Thou haft Forbidden, and leaving undone the Things which Thou haft Commanded. And to make ourselves altoge ther Sinful, we have gone on in a continued Course of Sin, and Rebellion againft Thee; And have perfifted in it notwithstanding all the Motions of thy Holy Spirit, and the Checks of our own Confciences to the Contrary. Yea, this very Day we have not ceafed to add new Sins, to all our former Guiltt. Stop be made for eveAnd now, O God! what fhall we fay, ry one to call to Mind, or how fhall we open our Mouths, fee- wherein he has of ing we have done thefe Things? Ofended the Day be LORD! to us belongs Shame and Confufion of Face, because we have rebelled againft Thes: But with thee there is Mercy, therefore fhalt thou be feared. Have mercy upon Us, O God! after thy great Goodness, according to the Multitude of thy Mercies do. away our Offences. Wash us thoroughly from our Wick. edness, and cleanse us from our Sins; And grant us Grace fo truly to Repent of, and Turn from our Evil Doings, that our Iniquities may not be our Ruin. Give us a deep Senfe of our Sins paft, and a hearty Sorrow and Contrition for them: And fo endue us with the Grace of thy Holy Spirit, that for what Remains of our Lives we may walk more circumspectly before thee, redeeming the time becaufe the Days are Evil.

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