with such assistances and supports as are suitable to their several places, callings, necessities, and temptations.

Reward, I beseech Thee, all my benefactors; and forgive my enemies, persecutors and slanderers: return a hundred-fold into the bosom of all those who offer up prayers to Thy Majesty in my behalf; bless them, good Lord and all that belong to them.

Finally, I implore Thy blessing upon my→ [here name those for whom our prayers are especially due, as parent, child, husband, wife, &c.] and all my relations, friends, and, neighbours; upon the committed to my charge; and upon all others, whom I am more particularly bound to pray for, and those especially who desire my prayers: let Thy Fatherly hand, I beseech Thee, be ever over them; let Thy Holy Spirit be ever with them; and so lead them in the knowledge and obedience of Thy word, that in the end they may obtain everlasting life; through the merits and mediation of our Lord Jesus Christ; in Whose most blessed name and words, I further pray,

Our Father, Which art in heaven &c.

Now the God of Peace, That brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus Christ, that great Shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant, make us perfect in

every good work, to do His will; working in us that which is well pleasing in His sight, through Jesus Christ; to Whom be glory for ever and evere. Amen.

Psalm and Prayer to be used just before we go to Church.

How amiable are Thy tabernacles, O Lord of Hosts!

My soul hath a desire and longing to enter into the courts of the Lord: my heart and my flesh rejoice in the living God'.

One thing have I desired of the Lord, that I will seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the Lord, and to inquire in His temples.

For one day in Thy courts is better than a thousand.

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I had rather be a door-keeper in the house. God, than to dwell in the tents of un

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godliness.

For the Lord God is a light and defence: the Lord will give grace and worship; and no good thing shall He withhold from them that live a godly life ".

e Heb. xiii. 20, 21.

Psal. xxvii. 4.

f Psal. lxxxiv. 1, 2.

h Psal. lxxxiv, 10---12.

The secret of the Lord is with them that fear Him; and He will shew them his covenant'. O Lord God of Hosts, blessed is the man that putteth his trust in Thee..

Blessed is the man whom Thou choosest, and receivest unto Thee: he shall dwell in Thy court, and shall be satisfied with the pleasures of Thy house, even of Thy holy temple'.

As the hart panteth after the water-brooks, so panteth my soul after Thee, O God.

My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: when shall I come and appear before GodTM?

O send out Thy light and Thy truth: let them lead me; let them bring me to Thy holy hill, and to Thy tabernacles.

Then will I go unto the altar of God, unto God, my exceeding joy: yea, I will praise Thee, O God, my God".

I will worship toward Thy holy temple, and praise Thy name for Thy loving kindness, and for Thy truth: for Thou hast magnified Thy word above all Thy name°.

Open me the gates of righteousness, that I may go into them, and give thanks unto the Lord. This is the gate of the Lord; the righteous shall enter into it P.

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Help me now, O Lord; O Lord, send us now prosperity".

Let Thy priests be clothed with righteousness, and let Thy saints sing with joyfulness'. And let all them that put their trust in Thee rejoice: they shall ever be giving of thanks, because Thou defendest them: they that love Thy name shall be joyful in Thee.

For Thou, Lord, wilt give Thy blessing unto the righteous, and with Thy favourable kindness wilt Thou defend him as with a shield3.

O Heavenly Father, author and giver of every good gift! I humbly beseech Thee, of Thy divine goodness, to send Thy grace unto me, and to all Thy people; that we may worship and serve Thee acceptably in the holy offices of this day.

Be present, O God, in all the assemblies of Thy servants, who shall meet together in Thy name for the offering up the sacrifice of prayer and thanksgiving; for hearing Thy holy word, and celebrating Thy sacraments..

Teach us to pray with that awful reverence, and lowly submission both of our souls and bodies; with that fixedness of thought, and fervency of affection which become indigent, helpless, sinful creatures, addressing themselves to the throne of their Maker and Benefactor, the supreme Lord and Judge of all the world.

Psal. cxviii. 25. r Psal. cxxxii. 9. • Ibid. v. 12, 13.

Compose us, I beseech Thee, into a devout and heavenly temper of mind: lift up our hearts: quicken our desires; increase our faith: and give us such a lively taste of the pleasures of Thy house, that we may delight in Thy ordinances, and know, and feel that one day in Thy courts is better than a thousand elsewhere.

Help us to praise Thee with joyful lips, and with hearts deeply sensible of Thine adorable excellencies, and unfeignedly thankful for Thine innumerable benefits.

Incline us to hear Thy word with attention, and to receive it with meekness, and gladness of heart; that through Thy blessing it may be an effectual means of increasing in us Thy manifold gifts of grace; the spirit of wisdom and understanding; the spirit of counsel and ghostly strength; the spirit of knowledge and true godliness; the spirit of Thy holy fear and love.)

Prepare the hearts of all those who shall meet at Thy holy table, to feast upon the body and blood of Thy beloved Son. [If there be no communion, instead of we and us say they and them.] Help us to approach those holy mysteries with such humility and contrition, faith and devotion, love and thankfulness, that we may worthily commemorate the wonderful love of our Saviour Christ in dying for us, and be made partakers of all the blessings, which by