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Heb. vi. 18. 19.

O let me lay hold upon,

and always find it

An anchor of the soul both sure and stedfast,
And which entereth into that
within the veil.

[AN ACT OF INTERCESSION, AS BEFORE ON SUNDAY.—

Ps. lxvii. 1. 6.

Matt.viii. 2.

AFTER WHICH ADD]

GOD be merciful unto me, and bless me,

And shew me the light of his countenance,
And be merciful unto me.

O God, even my own God,
Give me thy blessing,

and receive my supplications.

Direct my life according to thy word;
Grant me a devout soul,

An undefiled body,

Pure thoughts, orderly desires;
And since, if thou wilt,

Thou canst make me whole;

Lord, renew every part of me, and say,
I will be thou clean!

AN ACT OF PRAISE.

Ps.xxxiv. WILL always give thanks
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Exodus xxxiv.

6. 7.

unto the Lord,

His praise shall ever be

in my mouth.

For he is the Lord, the Lord God,
Merciful and gracious,

Long-suffering, and abundant
in goodness and truth;

Keeping mercy for thousands,
Forgiving iniquity, transgression, and sin:
But who, notwithstanding,

will by no means clear

the obstinate guilty;

Luke ii. Glory, therefore, be to God in the highest,

14.

And on earth, peace.

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TUESDAY.

GOD! thou art my God;
Early will I seek thee."
Blessed art thou, O Lord,

Who didst, as on this day,

Gather together the waters into one place,

And command the dry land to appear;

Who didst then also bring forth

the herb yielding seed,

And the fruit tree yielding fruit
after its kind.

To which Almighty operation

we stand indebted

For the wonders of the great deep,

And the sea shut up

as it were with bars:

For lakes, rivers, and fountains;
For continents, and islands;
Mountains, hills, and valleys;
For arable land, and meadows,
and pastures and forests,
Which yield us grass, and corn;
Herbs, and flowers, and plants,
For food, and for health;

Fruitful trees, for refreshment and pleasure;
And the bowels of the earth, rich
in minerals, and metals.

Ps.lxiii.l.

Gen. i. 9.

11. 12.

Psalms

cvii. 24.

Job

Xxxviii. 8.

AN ACT OF CONFESSION.

WHO can tell how oft he offendeth?

Ps. xix.

O cleanse thou me from my secret faults. 12, 13.

Keep thy servant also

from presumptuous sins,

Lest they get the dominion over me.

For thy name's sake, O Lord,

xxv. 10.

Ps. xl. 15.

16.

Ps. xvii.

7.

xli. 4.

1 Kings viii. 47, 48, 49.

Luke

Be merciful unto me, for my sins are so great that I am not able to look up; Yea, they are more in number than the hairs of my head, and my heart hath failed me. O Lord, let it be thy pleasure

to deliver me.

Make haste, O Lord, to help me.
Shew me thy marvellous loving kindness,
Thou that art the Saviour of all
who put their trust in thee.
I said, Lord, be merciful unto me,
heal my soul,

For I have sinned against thee.
I have sinned, and done perversely,
I have committed wickedness.
But lo! I return unto my God,

With all my heart, and with all my soul.
Now, therefore, hear thou my prayer,
And my supplication,

From heaven, thy dwelling place, And, when thou hearest, forgive. God be merciful to me, a sinner;

xviii. 13. Have pity on me, the chief of sinners. Father, I have sinned

xv. 18, 19.

Ps. XXX.

9.

against heaven, and before thee; And am no more worthy

to be call'd thy son;

Make me as one of thy hired servants,
Though the very last, and lowest.
What profit is there in my blood,
If I go down to the pit?

xxx. 10. Shall the dust give thanks unto thee,
Or shall it declare thy truth?

11.

12.

13.

Hear, O Lord, and have mercy upon me;
Lord, be thou my helper.

Turn, I beseech thee,

my heaviness into joy;

Put off my sackcloth,

and gird me with gladness.

So shall every good man

Sing of thy praise without ceasing; And I will give thee thanks for ever.

TUBE

PRAYER FOR GRACE.

URN, I most humbly pray thee,
my levity and vain imaginations
into seriousness and watchfulness;
My sinful gaiety,

into holy thoughtfulness;

My hardiness to offend,

into prudent and godly fear;

My wanderings and coldness,

into holy desire;

My wilful defilements,

into severity and self-abasement.

[AN ACT OF FAITH, AS ON SUNDAY.-AN ACT OF INTERCESSION, AS ON SUNDAY, THEN PROCEED

TH

THUS.]

HE Lord be my keeper;
The Lord be my defence
upon my right hand;

The Lord preserve me from all evil,
And set a watch over my soul.
The Lord preserve my going out,

And my coming in,

From this time forth for evermore.

O Lord, thou understandest,

Thou canst accomplish,

Thou dost truly and earnestly desire

the safety and good of my soul.
I, wretched man,

have neither understanding to discern,
Nor power to effect,

Nor, as I ought to have,

even will to desire and seek

my true and best good.

Do thou, therefore, I entreat thee,

O my God,

of thy unspeakable tenderness and love,
vouchsafe to direct and guide,

to govern and dispose of,

Me, and all my concerns,

In such manner as shall be agreeable to thy wisdom,

And most expedient for me.

Ps. cxxi.

5.

7.

8.

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Ps. Ixiii. 7,8.

Gen. i. 14, 16, 19.

Isa. Ixiv.

5.

6.

8.

9.

Jer. xiv.

7.

WEDNESDAY.

EARLY in the morning

will I think upon thee, O Lord, Because thou hast been my preserver.

Blessed art thou, O Lord,

Who didst, as on this day,
make two great lights,
The sun and the moon;

And didst create the stars also,
to divide the day from the night,
And to give light upon the earth,
And to be for signs, and for seasons,
The spring, the summer,
The autumn, the winter,

And for days and weeks,
And months and years;

The greater light to rule the day,
And the lesser lights to rule the night:
That they might thus succeed,

And, as it were, relieve, each other.

AN ACT OF CONFESSION.

BEHOLD, thou art wroth,

For we have sinned,

And are all become as an unclean thing; For our righteousness and virtues

are as filthy rags,

And we fade as a leaf,

And our iniquities, like the wind,

have carried us from thee.

But thou, O Lord,

art still onr Father:

And we are the work of thy hands;
Be not wroth,

Neither remember our sin,
For we are still thy people.
For thy name's sake,

Deal mercifully with us; although
our backslidings are many,
Whereby we have sinned against thee.

Thou, O Lord, art in the midst of us,

And we are called by thy name:

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