doors which are barred against the skill of men are never shut to thee, reveal, we pray thee, thy glorious arm to bring salvation from above, and for the glory of thy name, vouchsafe a great and wonderful deliverance, O Almighty Lord, through thy mercies in Christ Jesus. Amen.

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For a Member of the Family gone or about to go on a Journey.

LMIGHTY God and heavenly Father, the pro

tector of all who put their trust in thee, and whose providence ordereth all things both in heaven and on earth, we invoke thy protecting care in behalf of this thy servant, in the journey which lies before him. Be with him, we beseech thee, in all the way in which he shall go; be about his bed and about his path, in his rising up and in his sitting down, in his going out and in his coming in; deliver him from dangers seen and unseen, from all the perils which encompass the path, from all the lures which assail the heart, and from all the foes which beset the faith of the traveller.

Bring him in safety to his journey's end, laden with the experience of thy goodness; and grant that

we

we may each feel that life is but a pilgrimage, that we are journeying to the grave, and make us continually mindful of our latter end, so that at the last, through faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, and on account of his infinite merit and precious death, we may be safely brought to our heavenly home, where the wicked cease from troubling and the weary are at rest. We ask this in the name and for the sake of thy Son our Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen.

Prayers to be used in Storms at Sea.

MOST powerful and glorious Lord God, at whose command the winds blow, and lift up the waves of the sea, and who stillest the rage thereof; we, thy creatures, but miserable sinners, do in this our great distress cry unto thee for help: Save, Lord, or else we perish. We confess when we have been safe, and seen all things quiet about us, we have forgotten thee, our God, and refused to hearken to the still voice of thy word, and to obey thy commandments. But now we see how terrible thou art in all thy works of wonder; the great God to be feared above all; and therefore we adore thy Divine Majesty, acknowledging

thy

thy power, and imploring thy goodness. Help, Lord,

and save us for thy mercies' sake, in Jesus Christ, thy Son our Lord. Amen.

Or this.

MOST glorious and gracious Lord God, who

dwelleth in heaven, but beholdest all things below; look down, we beseech thee, and hear us, calling out of the depth of misery, and out of the jaws of this death, which is now ready to swallow us up: Save, Lord, or else we perish. The living, the living shall praise thee. O send thy word of command to rebuke the raging winds, and the roaring sea; that we, being delivered from this distress, may live to serve thee, and to glorify thy name all the days of our life. Hear, Lord, and save us, for the infinite merits of our blessed Saviour, thy Son our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen.

THANKSGIVINGS.

THANKSGIVINGS.

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A Thanksgiving for the beginning of a Recovery.

REAT and mighty God, who bringest down to the

grave, and bringest up again; we bless thy wonderful goodness, for having turned our heaviness into joy and our mourning into gladness, by restoring this our brother to some degree of his former health. Blessed be thy name that thou didst not forsake him in his sickness; but didst visit him with comforts from above; didst support him in patience and submission to thy will; and at last didst send him seasonable relief. Perfect, we beseech thee, this thy mercy towards him; and prosper the means which shall be made use of for his cure: that, being restored to health of body, vigour of mind, and cheerfulness

of spirit, he may be able to go to thine house, to offer thee an oblation with great gladness; and to bless thy holy name for all thy goodness towards him, through Jesus Christ our Saviour: to whom, with thee and the Holy Spirit, be all honour and glory, world without end. Amen.

For Rain.

GOD, our heavenly Father, who by thy gracious

providence dost cause the former and the latter rain to descend upon the earth, that it may bring forth fruit for the use of man: we give thee humble thanks that it hath pleased thee, in our great necessity, to send us at the last a joyful rain joyful rain upon thine inheritance, and to refresh it when it was dry, to the great comfort of us, thy unworthy servants, and to the glory of thy holy name, through thy mercies in Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

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