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betimes in the morning, for in thee is my trust. Show thou me the way that I should walk in, for I lift up my soul unto thee. Deliver me, O Lord, from my spiritual enemies, for I flee unto thee to hide me. Teach me to do the thing that pleaseth thee, for thou art my God: let thy loving Spirit lead me forth into the land of righteousness. Quicken me, O Lord, for thy name's sake; and for thy righteousness' sake bring my soul out of trouble. Remove far from me thoughts that are without understanding; and evermore inspire me with such thoughts, as are wise and good, and well-pleasing in thy sight.

Turn away mine eyes, lest they behold vanity, but let them be fixed on the thing that is right. Inclose mine ears with a hedge of thorns, that no foolish, filthy, or profane talk may be allowed to enter in but let them be open to discipline and wisdom, and always give willing attention to the words of truth and righteousness. Set a watch, O Lord, before my mouth, and keep the door of my lips; let my speech be governed by charity, and good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers. Let no work of my hands cause grief or just offence of heart; but let me be continually employed in some actions, for which thou, my God, mayest remember me for good; and spare me according to the multitude of thy

mercies.

Into thy hands I commend my soul, and my

body, for thou hast created, redeemed, and regenerated them, O Lord, thou God of truth: and, together with myself, all my relations and friends, all my possessions and comforts; for all these thou hast graciously given to thy unworthy servant, Preserve us, I beseech thee, from all evil, yea, do even thou preserve our souls; and let them be presented before thy Majesty, holy and unreprovable, in the day of the Lord Jesus. Prosper, I pray thee, thy servant this day, that I may find favor, and be able to do good, among those that shall converse with me. Haste thee, O Lord, to my help: be always at hand to direct me. O turn thee unto me, and have mercy upon me; give thy strength unto thy servant, and show some token upon me for good, that they who hate me, may see it and be ashamed, because thou, O Lord, hast holpen me, and comforted me, thou, my Saviour, in whose merits alone I trust.

ON SUNDAY.

Through the tender mercy of our God, the dayspring from on high hath visited us. Glory be to thee, who didst, as on this day, create the light, and command it to shine upon the face of the deep. How glorious is that light, which affects our senses, the rays of the sun, the flame of fire, the day divided from the night, the evening and the morning. How much more glorious is that light, which

shines in upon our minds, by the examples of patriarchs, the revelations of prophets, the sweet solace of holy psalms, the instruction of wise proverbs, the prophet and experience of faithful histories. Blessed be thy name for this light, which no darkness ever overspreads; this sun, which never goes down. God is the Lord, who hath showed us such light; bind ye the sacrifice with. cords, yea, even unto the horns of the altar.

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O thou, who on this day didst rise again, raise

our souls unto newness of life; granting us repentance from dead works, and planting us in the likeness of thy resurrection. And thou, O Father and God of peace, who didst bring 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 thy will, working in us that which is wellpleasing in thy sight, through Jesus Christ. O thou, who didst also on this day of the week, send down on thy apostles thy most holy Spirit; take not the same Spirit away from us, but grant to all thy servants, who ask it of thee, that they may be daily renewed, and more plentifully enriched with all its precious gifts and graces.

O Lord, who by choosing this day for these most important, most beneficial events, didst direct thy apostles, full of the Holy Ghost, to call it, and to make it thy day, by translating to it the sacred rest of the Sabbath; make this present day of thine

a refreshment after labor, an interval of recruit to our feeble and wearied bodies; a merciful cessation to servants and beasts, our fellow laborers; a holy return of thy solemn worship, by prayers and praises, by hearing thy word, and administration of thy sacraments in the public assemblies of the saints, and the house where thy honor dwelleth ; and a figure and a pledge of that better rest hereafter, which still remaineth to the people of God. O grant me so to use these days of rest, and of public worship in this life, that I fail not of a part in thy eternal rest, and in the continual hymns of angels and blessed spirits in the life to come.

AN ACT OF CONFESSION.

Merciful and compassionate, long-suffering and patient, Lord God, I have sinned, wretched man that I am, I have frequently and grievously sinned against thee; by trusting to vanity, by following deceit, and being occupied in ungodly works, with them that practise wickedness. I have forsaken the fountain of living waters, and have hewed to myself cisterns, broken cisterns, which can hold no water. I come not now before thee to cover or extenuate my guilt by frivolous excuses; but with full purpose to give thee glory, by an ingenuous and free confession, that I have many ways offended against thy holy laws. For thus, O Lord, and thus have I done. (Here you may be particular.)

Oh! how have I provoked thy Majesty! and yet thou hast not dealt with me after my sins, nor rewarded me according to my iniquities.

And now, O Lord, what shall I say, or how shall I open my mouth? Behold me, without plea, without excuse, and self-condemned; for I, even I, have destroyed myself. Unto thee, O Lord, belongeth righteousness, but unto me confusion of face, because thou art just in all that is come upon me for thou hast done right, but I have done wickedly. O let the multitude of thy mercies triumph over the multitude of my sins. Remember, I beseech thee, what thy servant is. I am thy creature; despise not thou the work of thine own hands. I am thy image made after thy likeness; and hast thou made thine own image for nought? For nought, if thou destroy that image; and what profit can there be in my destruction? They indeed that hate thee, will rejoice at it; but gratify not them with my destruction, neither let those that are thine enemies, as well as mine, frustrate thy grace and triumph over me. I am the price of thy Son Christ's blood, called a Christian after his name, a sheep of thy pasture; a son of the covenant. Look then upon the face of thine anointed, look upon the blood of the covenant in him; behold the propitiation set forth for the sins of the whole world, and be merciful to me a sinner, be merciful to me the chief of sinners. For thy name's sake, O Lord, pardon my iniquity, for it is great. For that name's

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