1 Tim. ii.

2.

2 Tim. ii.

15.

distress, pain, or grief,
and standing in need of thy pity
and assistance.

Grant to the exiled a safe return;
Health to the sick,

Comfort to the sorrowful,

And liberty to prisoners.

Bless, we beseech thee, all Christian princes, with whom thou hast entrusted

the government of thy people;

And especially our Sovereign,

Whose hands, and heart, we implore thee
to strengthen and dispose
to seek the welfare,

and promote the honour and interest,
of our church and kingdom.

Grant safe, honourable, and uninterrupted

peace;

That all may lead

quiet and peaceable lives,

in godliness and honesty.

Bless all in authority;

Counsellers, magistrates,

and commanders by sea and land.
Pour out thy holy spirit abundantly
upon our spiritual fathers,

the bishops and pastors of thy flock,
and the whole clergy:

Make them all workmen, who
need not be ashamed;

Rightly dividing the word of truth,
and exemplifying and adorning it,
both by the soundness of their doctrine,

and the integrity of their lives.

Fill our garners plenteously

with all manner of store;

Preserve peace and comfort in

families;

And concord and tender affection in

husbands and wives.

Defend and cherish young children;

Provide for the instruction,

and good education, of our youth; Support the aged under their infirmities;

Comfort the feeble-minded; Gather together the dispersed; Disabuse the deceived and seduced; Bring back all that have err'd from thy way, And unite them again

to thy holy and apostolic church. Be a pilot to those at sea,

a guide to travellers,

a protector to widows, a father to the fatherless, a deliverer to the oppressed, a physician to the diseased. Extend thy mercy to all criminals, and To all in tribulation and want; But especially to those who are persecuted For righteousness' sake,

and a good conscience: That every creature in adversity may feel thy comforts and compassion.

Be gracious to all my friends, and

Forgive and reform all my enemies; And bless all who remember me before thy throne,

And all who desire

That I should pray for them.

Finally, O Lord, shower down the riches of thy mercy

upon all thy praying people; And grant, to each of them, All things necessary and expedient

for their present circumstances. For thou art the friend of the friendless, The helper of the helpless, The hope of the hopeless. Be thou, therefore, all things to all men; Thou, who art perfectly acquainted with each man, and his condition, his wants, and his desires.

Defend, O Lord, the place wherein I dwell, And this whole country,

From pestilence and famine,

From earthquake and inundation,

From invasion and civil war.

Close up the rents of schismatical contention;

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Restrain the rage and cruelty of unbelievers;
Diffuse into all hearts

humanity and mutual charity; Col. i.12. And make us all meet, to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light.

Ps. xc.17. THE glorious majesty of the Lord our God

be upon us;

Prosper thou the work of our hands upon us;
Yea, prosper thou our handy work;
And be thou, O Lord, my strength,
my protector, and my guide.

AN ACT OF PRAISE.

Chrono BLESSED be thou, LORD GOD of ISRAEL,

11.

12.

13.

Our Father, for ever and ever.

Thine, O Lord, is the greatness, and the glory,
And the victory, and the majesty;
For all that is in the heaven,

And in the earth, is thine.

Thine is the kingdom, O Lord,
And thou art exalted

as head above all.

Both riches and honour come of thee,
And thou reignest over all:

And in thy hand is power and might,

And in thy hand it is to make great,

And to give strength unto all.
Now, therefore, O Lord, we thank thee,
And evermore will praise
thy glorious name.

147.

THURSDAY.

Ps. cxix. For in thy word is my trust.
O satisfy me with thy mercy,

ARLY in the morning do I cry unto thee,

xc. 14.

and that soon:

So shall I rejoice, and be glad,

all the days of my life.

LESSED art thou, O Lord,

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Who didst, as on this day, Command the waters to bring forth, The moving creature that hath life; The fish, and fowl,

great whales, and winged birds;

And didst bless them, and give them power to increase and multiply.

Blessed art thou, O Lord,

Who didst, as on this day,

Return to thy Father's throne.

Set up thyself, O God, above the heavens,

Gen. i. 20,

23.

and thy glory above all the earth: Ps. lvii.6.

And, by thy ascension,

So draw us, that we may henceforth

set our affections

on things above, and not on

things on the earth.

By that salutary and venerable sacrament,
Of thy most holy body,

And most precious blood,

Which thou, on this day's evening,
Wert pleased to institute,

Have mercy upon us,

And deliver us, good Lord.

Col. iii. 2.

Matthew xxvi. 26.

1 Cor. xi.

23.

AN ACT OF CONFESSION.

0 THOU, who hast most solemnly declared, Ezek.

As I live, saith the Lord,

I have no pleasure in the death of a sinner;
But would rather, that he should turn
From his wickedness, and live:
Turn ye, turn ye,

From the evil of your ways,

For why will ye die, O House of ISRAEL?

Turn us, O good Lord, to thee,

And so shall we be turned.

Yea, turn us from all our iniquities,

That they may not be our ruin.

xxxiii. 11.

Jer. xxxi. 18.

Ezek.

xviii. 30.

I have sinn'd, done wickedly, and rebell'd, Dan.ix.5. Even by departing from thy commandments

and thy judgments.

Dan.ix.7. Unto thee, O Lord, belongeth righteousness; But unto us confusion,

8.

16.

17.

18.

19.

Because of our trespass, and sin.
O Lord, unto us belong shame and reproach;
To our kings, to our princes,

And to our fathers,

Because we have sinned against thee.
But, O Lord, according to thy righteousness,
I beseech thee, let thine anger be turned
away,

And cause thy face to shine upon me,

Thy sorrowful and penitent creature. O my God, incline thine ear, and hear; Open thine eyes, O Lord,

And see my affliction.

Hear, and forgive;

And defer not, O my God;

For thy servant is call'd by thy name.

John ii.1. And have not I an advocate with thee,
Even thy only begotten Son,

2.

JESUS CHRIST the Righteous?

O let him be an effectual propitiation for me,
Who is a sufficient propitiation

For the sins of the whole world! Ps.lxxvii. Will the Lord cast off for ever?

7.

9.

10.

11.

And will he be no more entreated?
Is his mercy clean gone,
And doth his promise fail for evermore?
Hath God forgotten to be gracious,
And will he shut up

His loving kindness in displeasure?

No, these distrusts arise from

my own infirmity;

But I will remember the years

of the right hand of the Most High:
I will meditate, also,

on thy truth and goodness;
And comfort myself with thy mercies of old.