hath brought forth wild grapes, and it is not seen in our lives how great thy mercies have been to our souls. O God, great is our guilt. Our very righteousness is blemished and imperfect; nor can we hope to be justified by any works or worth of our own; for, by our own conscience we are condemned, and should be left speechless in thy judgment, if thou, O Lord, shouldst account with us according to the merits of our best services. We desire to take refuge and sanctuary under the shadow of our crucified Saviour. We would be found in him, not having our own righteousness, but that which is by the faith of Jesus Christ; that the shame of our defects may be covered, and all our sinful deformities hidden from thine eyes; that thou mayest forgive us mercifully, and receive us graciously, and love us freely, in the Son of thy love.

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Command a blessing, we pray thee, O Lord, all the means of grace that are used for the good of our souls. It is not of him that planteth, nor of him that watereth, but of thee, our God, who giveth the increase. O be thou pleased to accompany thy Gospel with the powerful influences of thy grace and Holy Spirit; that it may be the savor of life to our souls, and the power of God to our salvation. O let us so hide thy word in our hearts, that it may be as a treasure within us, to stand us in stead, in every hour of temptation, and in all the times and cases of our need.

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to walk more humbly and closely with our God, and more conscientiously and circumspectly before thee; so obedient to thy holy precepts; that finally, we may enjoy thy glorious promises.

Supply the want of thy public ordinances, we beseech thee, by the immediate teachings of thy good Spirit, to all such as through any unavoidable impediments are kept from them. And continue to this land, O gracious Lord, the light of thy Gospel, and all the spiritual privileges, which we enjoy. Preserve us also, by thy grace, from the curse of barrenness, under all thy abundant mercies. That they may not hereafter rise up in judgment against us, O make them now efficacious to us. Write thy laws in our hearts, and cause them to accomplish there all the purposes of thy grace, and to shine forth with a convincing splendor in our lives.

And now we give thanks, as we are infinitely bound, O Lord God, for that great mercy that has followed us all the days of our lives. How wonderful is thy patience and long-suffering, that thou shouldst all day long stretch forth thy hands to a rebellious and gain-saying people! We bless thy name, that in so many respects thou hast made us to differ from multitudes in the world, who are destitute of those comforts and conveniences of this life, and those means and hopes of attaining a better, which through thy favor we enjoy. We' acknowledge thee in all; and we desire to ascribe

unto thee the whole praise and glory of all. Blessed be thy name, most merciful Father, that thou hast delivered us out of so many troubles, under which we should have sunk and perished, if thou hadst not been nigh to us, and done great things for us. We bless thee for our health and plenty, peace and liberty; for the use of our reason, limbs, and senses; for the kindness of friends, and safety from our enemies; and for the success and prosperity of our affairs in the world. But above all, we thank thee for the mercies relating to the world to come; for sending eternal redemption to us by the hands of thy dear Son; for the light and direction of thy word; for the teachings and strivings, the aids and consolations of thy Spirit; for all thy grace wrought in us, and bestowed upon us; and for all the discoveries and hopes of eternal glory which thou hast given to us. O how infinitely indebted are we to the kindness and love of God our Saviour! Make us ever thankful as we ought to be. And with all that thou hast given us, blessed God, give us hearts filled with thy love, and lifted up in thy praise, and devoted to thy honor and service.

We can only acknowledge the vast debt that we are never able to pay. We cannot praise thee according to the riches of thy grace; but we desire to praise thee with all the capacities and affections wherewith thou hast blessed us. And help us, O Lord, our God, to glorify thy name in so entirely devoting ourselves to thy pleasure, that we may

be thine in faithfulness, and in the sincerity of our hearts, all the days of our lives, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Our Father, &c.

Sunday Evening.

DEUT. iv. 9.-Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes have seen, and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life but thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thy house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.

HEB. vi. 1, 2.-Leaving the principles of the doctrine of Christ, let us go on unto perfection; not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith toward God. Of the doctrine of baptisms, and of LAYING ON OF HANDS, and of resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment.

ACTS viii. 14, 15, 16, 17.—When the apostles heard that Samaria had received (from Philip the deacon,) the word of God, they sent unto them Peter and John: who, when they were come down, prayed for them that they might receive the Holy Ghost: for as yet he had fallen upon none of them: only they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus. THEN LAID THEY THEIR HANDS ON THEM, and they received the Holy Ghost.

ACTS xv. 41.-And Paul went through Syria and Cilicia, confirming the churches.

MATT. iii. 12.—Jesus answering, said unto him, thus it becometh us to fulfil all righteousness.

PSALM 1xxvi. 11.-Promise unto the Lord your God, and keep it, all ye that are round about it: bring presents unto him that ought to be feared.

ECCLES. xii. 1.-Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them.

ISAIAH xl. 30, 31.-Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall: but they that wait upon the Lord, shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.

JER. 1. 5.-They shall ask the way to Zion, with their faces thitherward; saying, Come and let us join ourselves to the Lord in a perpetual covenant, that shall not be forgotten.

O LORD, our heavenly Father, who dost from thy throne behold all the dwellers upon earth, most heartily we beseech thee, with thy favor to behold this family, whom thy good providence hath preserved to the evening of this sacred day. We acknowledge before thee, with shame and sorrow, the many offences which, by thought, word, and deed, we have most grievously committed against thee, our neighbor, and ourselves. Remember them not, we beseech thee, O Lord, neither take thou vengeance of our sins: but spare us, good Lord, spare thy people, whom thou hast redeemed with thy most precious blood, and be not angry with us for ever. Especially, we implore thy fatherly forgiveness of all that thou hast seen amiss in us this day. Pardon us, that we have not hallowed the hours, nor guarded our conversation, nor been awed in the spirit, as becomes those who keep a festival to the Lord. Forgive the wanderings of our minds, the coldness of our hearts, and