whose heart thou knowest (for thou only knowest the hearts of the children of men): that they may fear thee, to walk in thy ways, so long as they live in the land which thou gavest unto our fathers. Moreover concerning the stranger, which is not of thy people Israel, but is come from a far country, for thy great name's sake, and thy mighty hand, and thy stretched out arm ; if they come and pray, then hear thou from the heavens, even from thy dwelling-place, and do according to all that the stranger calleth to thee for; that all people of the earth may know thy name, and fear thee, as doth thy people Israel.

If thy people go out to war against their enemies by the way that thou shalt send them, and then pray unto thee, then hear thou from the heavens their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their cause. If they sin against thee, (for there is no man which sinneth not,) and thou be angry with them, and thou deliver them over before their enemies, and they carry them away captives unto a land far off or near, yet if they bethink themselves in the land whither they are carried captive, and turn and pray unto thee in the land of their captivity, saying, We have sinned, we have done amiss, and have dealt wickedly; if they return to thee with all their

heart and with all their soul in the land of their captivity, whither they have carried them captives, and pray: then hear thou from the heavens, even from thy dwelling-place, their prayer and their supplications, and maintain their cause, and forgive thy people which have sinned against thee.-2 Chron. vi. 21.

A PEOPLE'S FOR THEIR KING.

God save the king.—2 Kings xi. 12.
Let the king live for ever.-Neh. ii. 3.

Thou wilt prolong the king's life, and his years as many generations. He shall abide before God for ever; O prepare mercy and truth which may preserve him.-Ps. lxi. 6.

Give the king thy judgments, and thy righteousness unto the king's son.-Ps. lxxii. 1.

A LEADER'S FOR HIS ARMY.

Alas, O Lord God, wherefore hast thou brought this people over Jordan, to deliver us into the hand of the to destroy us? Would to God we had been content, and dwelt on the other side Jordan! O Lord, what shall I say, when Israel turneth their backs before their enemies! For all the inhabitants of the land shall hear of it, and shall environ us round, and

cut off our name from the earth, and what wilt thou do unto thy great name?—Joshua vii. 7.

Give, I pray you, loaves of bread unto the people that follow me, for they be faint.-Judges viii. 5.

FOR THE HEATHEN.

Arise, O Lord, let not man prevail, let the heathen be judged in thy sight. Put them in fear, O Lord; that the nations may know themselves to be but men.-Ps. ix. 19, 20.

Thou therefore, O Lord God of hosts, the God of Israel, awake to visit all the heathen.Ps. lix. 5.

God be merciful unto us, and bless us, and cause his face to shine upon us. That thy way may be known upon earth, thy saving health among all nations. Let the people praise thee, O God; let all the people praise thee. Olet the nations be glad, and sing for joy.-Ps. lxvii. 1.

FOR STRANGERS.

Moreover concerning a stranger that is not of thy people Israel, but cometh out of a far country, for thy name's sake, (for they shall hear of thy great name, and of thy strong hand, and of thy stretched out arm) when he shall come and pray, hear thou in heaven thy dwelling

place, and do according to all that the stranger calleth to thee for; that all people of the earth may know thy name, to fear thee, as do thy people Israel.-1 Kings viii. 41-43.

FOR PRISONERS.

Let the sighing of the prisoner come before thee; according to the greatness of thy power preserve thou those that are appointed to die.Ps. lxxix. 11.

FOR A FAMILY.

Now, therefore, I pray thee, show kindness unto my father's house, and give me a true token; and save alive my father and my mother, and my brethren, and my sisters, and all that they have, and deliver our lives from death.— Joshua ii. 12.

I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil. Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth.-John xvii. 15.

FOR CHILDREN.-FOR A MARRIED CHILD.

God Almighty bless thee, and make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, that thou mayest be a

multitude of people, and give thee the blessing of Abraham, to thee, and to thy seed with thee. -Gen. xxviii. 3.

FOR A SON ON HIS MARRIAGE.

The Lord make the woman that is come into thine house, like Rachel, and like Leah, which two did build the house of Israel; and do thou worthily, and be famous, and let thy house be like the house of Pharez, whom Tamar bare unto Judah, of the seed which the Lord shall give thee of this young woman.-Ruth iv. 11.

FOR A SON IN THE MINISTRY.

Now, my son, the Lord be with thee; and prosper thou, and build the house of the Lord thy God, only the Lord give thee wisdom and understanding, and give thee charge concerning Israel, that thou mayest keep the law of the Lord thy God. Then shalt thou prosper, if thou takest heed to fulfil the statutes and judgments which the Lord charged Moses with concerning Israel : be strong, and of good courage, dread not nor be dismayed: arise therefore, and be doing, and the Lord be with thee.-1 Chron. xxii. 11, &c.