My prayers and all my desires;
My mental and bodily functions;
My life and my death;

My brothers and sisters,
My kindred and friends,
My benefactors and intercessors,
My neighbours and acquaintance,
My country, and all mankind.

AN ACT OF PRAISE.

LET us lift up our hearts unto the Lord.

It is meet, right,

and our bounden duty,

That we should, at all times, and in all places,
By all means, and upon all occasions,
Remember and extol,

Sing praises, and give thanks,
Bless and adore thee,

O God:

For thou art the maker and sustainer,

The keeper and governor,

The cherisher and benefactor,
of all things.

To thee, O Lord,

Father and King Eternal;
Fountain of life and immortality;
Source of bliss,

inexhaustible and everlasting;

The heaven, and the heaven of heavens,
Angels, and all the powers therein,
And we, poor mortals, humbly bow, and say,
Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord God of Hosts,
Heaven and earth are full

of the majesty of thy glory!

Blessed be the Lord,

For the essential perfections of his Godhead,

His incomprehensible Greatness,

His Dominion and Omnipotence,

His Eternity and Providence,
His Holiness and Justice,
His Wisdom and Truth,

His Goodness and Mercy!

Ezek. iii.

12.

2 Tim. i.

13.

Ps. xviii. 1.

But, above all,

For the unspeakable riches

of his abundant Grace

And Love in Christ Jesus!

I will magnify thee,

I will worship thee,

I will serve thee,

I will love and delight in thee,

I will entirely devote myself to thee,
Lord, my strength,

My rock and my fortress,
My castle and deliverer,
My helper and defender,

The horn also of my salvation,
and my refuge.

Ps. v. 3.

MONDAY.

My voice oct

voice shalt thou hear betimes, O Lord;

my prayer unto thee, and look up.

Gen. i. 6. BLESSED art thou, O Lord,

9.

Ps. cxlvii.

16. 17.

Who, as on this day, didst create
The firmament, the heaven,

and the heaven of heavens,

inhabited by the celestial powers; angels and archangels,

cherubim and seraphim:

Who, as on this day, didst divide and fix
the waters above the firmament;
And those mists and exhalations, whence
proceed

Showers and dew, hail and sleet,
Snow, and hoar-frost, and ice;

cxxxv. 7. Clouds brought from the ends of the earth,

Lightning and thunder,

Winds, which thou drawest out of thy treasures,

cxlviii. 8. And storms, which fulfil thy word.

Then also didst thou separate

The waters under the heavens, And fit them for our use and sustenance,

AN ACT OF CONFESSION.

I

ACKNOWLEDGE
O Lord,

And the iniquities of my father's house;
For we have transgressed,

and walked contrary

to thy commandments,

And dealt very corruptly before thee.

Set not, Lord, my misdeeds,

Nor my secret sins

in the light of thy countenance;

But pardon, I beseech thee,

the iniquity of thy servant,

According to the greatness of thy mercy.

Leviticus

xxvi. 40.

Ps. xc. 8.

Num.xiv.

19.

I have sinn'd, What shall I render unto thee, Jobvii.20.
O thou preserver of men?

O blot out my transgressions,
And remember not my sin;

Deliver me from going down to the pit,
For thou hast found a ransom.

O SON of DAVID, have mercy on me;
LORD JESUS, do thou help me.

What, Lord, shall thy servant say?
That I will pay thee all?

O no! I most truly

and sorrowfully confess

That I have nothing wherewith to pay: Forgive me, therefore, I beseech thee.

Forget me not, O Lord, for ever;

How long wilt thou hide thy face from me?

How long shall I seek counsel in my soul,

And be vexed in my heart?

How long shall mine enemies

triumph over me?

Consider and hear me, O Lord my God;

Lighten my eyes, that I sleep not

in death;

Lest mine enemies say, we have

prevailed against him.

For, if I be cast down,

They that trouble me will rejoice at it;
But my trust is in thy mercy.

Ps. li. 9.

Job

xxxiii. 24.

Ps. xiii. 1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

A PRAYER FOR GRACE TO KEEP

THE COMMANDMENTS.

REN

EMOVE from me, O my God,
All irreligion and profaneness,
Superstition and hypocrisy,
Enthusiasm, and unworthy thoughts
of thee;

Image worship and idolatry;
Perjury and vanity;

Curses and bitter imprecations;

Neglect of public worship,
Irreverence in thy house,

or in the times set apart for thy service; Pride and disobedience:

Faction and schism;

Indifference to relations,

And inordinate love of myself:
Fierceness and contention,
Malice and cruelty,

Anger and revenge:

Uncleanness in action, word, or thought
Idleness and extravagance,
Dishonesty and fraud;

False testimony and lying,

Reviling and slandering,

Censuring and causeless suspicion;
All corrupt and impure ideas,

All unbecoming desires.

And, of thy goodness, give me grace, constantly to serve aud please thee, In reverence and godly fear,

In worthy apprehension of,

And a rational obedience to, thee:
In holy adoration, and spiritual worship,
Confined to thee alone;

In a strict regard to promises and conversation,
In blessings, intercessions, and good wishes;
In attendance at religious assemblies,
In devotion and decency, and exemplary zeal,
through every part of thy service;
In conscientious improvement
of the times set apart for religious exercises;

In dutiful demeanour, and submission, to superiors; In peace and unity,

With regard to church and state;

In tender affection to kindred and allies;
In gentleness and meekness,

In patience and forgiveness,
In general good will,

And an engaging conversation;

In chastity and sobriety,

In modest behaviour and discourse,

And in a moderate use of pleasures,

even those that are innocent and lawful;
In frugality and industry,

In just and conscientious dealing,

In contentment, and compassion to the poor;
In truth and integrity,

Good-nature and candour,

And a charity, that believes, and hopes,
and always speaks, the best;

In moderate and virtuous affections,
Holy and pure meditations,

And perseverance in good works,

V.

VI.

VII.

VIII.

IX.

X.

Make me to go in the path

unto the end.

Ps. cxix.

35.

xxv.1819.

of these commandments,

For herein is my desire.

Consider my spiritual enemies,

how many they are,

And the tyrannous hate they bear against me.

O keep my soul, and deliver me:

Let me not be confounded,

For I have put my trust in thee.

[REPEAT THE ARTICLES OF THE APOSTLES' CREED.

AFTER WHICH SAY]

RANT me always to hold fast

the profession of my faith

without wavering;

For thou art faithful who hast promised.

To this hope set before me

I have fled for refuge;

E

Heb. x.23.