ning upon such as still neglect thy great salvation. Bless thy whole church. Endue thy ministers with wisdom, clothe them with righteousness, and make them valiant and zealous for thy truth. Enable thy people to rejoice in thee: let thy grace be sufficient for them in all their trials and temptations; give them victory in every conflict; and prosper all their endeavours to glorify thy name, and to do good to mankind. Send forth thy light and truth to the nations; dispel the dark clouds of idolatry, impiety, superstition, and infidelity; and set up thy kingdom of peace and righteousness throughout the earth. Continue, we humbly beseech thee, to bless our land with peace and liberty, and the light of thy gospel: and may effectual measures be taken to stop the progress of wickedness and ungodliness; that so iniquity may not be our ruin. Enrich our king, and all connected with him, or placed in authority under him, with thy choicest mercies; and do thou so direct the public councils, that such wise and salutary measures may be adopted as thou wilt bless to the preservation of domestic harmony; the restoration and establishment of peace among the nations; the reformation of our manners, the revival of true religion, and the success of thy gospel in other parts of the world. Visit with thy tender compassion and saving grace all the sons and daughters of affliction. While thy judgments are abroad in the earth, may the inhabitants learn righteousness: and do thou, O God, be pleased to frustrate the designs of all those who are enemies to peace and to true religion.

Be graciously present with us, O merciful Fa

ther, in the various employments and occurrences of the day: may we serve thee in the discharge of every duty, from pure evangelical motives, and with uprightness and fidelity. Leave us not, we intreat thee, to grieve thy Spirit, to wound our own consciences, to dishonour our professions, or to unfit ourselves for presenting our evening sacrifice of solemn worship. But grant that, "whether we eat or drink, or whatever we do, "we may do all to the glory of thy great name."

We beseech thee, O heavenly Father, to accept with mercy these our supplications; and to do for us exceeding abundantly above all we can ask or think, through Jesus Christ, our great High Priest and advocate: to whom with the Father and the Holy Spirit, be honour and glory throughout all ages, world without end. Amen!

FOR SATURDAY EVENING.

O THOU eternal God, in whom we live, and move, and have our being; enable us we beseech thee to close this week in that manner which shall be most profitable to ourselves, and most honourable to thy name.

We have no occasion, O most righteous and holy God, to review the years which are past, in order to find cause of humiliation in thy sight: every week and every day suggests abundant matter for painful reflections, and adds to our conviction that "we are all as an unclean thing, "and all our righteousnesses as filthy rags." O Lord, if thou shouldest mark iniquity, who could

stand? Enable us, therefore, to confess our sins with ingenuous and unreserved sorrow and shame; to own that they are more in number than the hairs of our head, and a sore burden too heavy for us to bear; and to present ourselves, in deep contrition, at thy throne of grace, with humble faith and reverent boldness, through our great and compassionate High Priest, that we may obtain mercy and find and find grace to help in time of need. Do thou apply the atoning blood to our consciences this evening, to purge away the guilt of the past week; that we may go to rest in peace, and not carry the guilt of any unrepented, unpardoned sin into the ensuing week, to mar our comfort, or blast our endeavours to glorify thy name. O thou Author and Finisher of faith, help us against all the incursions of unbelief: leave us not to a dead faith and presumptuous hope; and let us not be discouraged by needless fears and scruples. Grant us peace and joy in believing; and let the love of God, shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Spirit, assure us that our hope shall never cause us to be ashamed.

While we would thus seek forgiveness of all that is past, through the blood of sprinkling; enable us also to return thee our unfeigned thanks for the mercies of the past week, and of our whole lives. Blessed be thy name, O Lord our God, for the continuance of life; the preservation [or recovery] of health; exemption [or relief] from pain; the use of our limbs, senses, and faculties; the plentiful supply of our wants; the kindness of our friends, and the restraints put upon our enemies and upon wicked men; for our domestie

comforts; and our privileges in this land, still favoured with liberty, peace, and the light of heavenly truth. Oh that we were more disposed to bless thee for thy goodness, and for thy wonderful works toward the children of men! We thank thee for our abundant opportunities of religious improvement; for every degree of inclination to attend on them; and for all the benefit we have thus received. We ascribe it to thy special grace that we have ever attended to thy gospel; and that we have been kept from turning back into the world, or from being entangled in any destructive or injurious delusion: nay, that we are not at this moment sitting in the seat of the scornful, or walking in the paths of vice and impiety. Another week has now been added to the season of thy long-suffering, and to our season of preparation for eternity! through another week we have obtained help of God, and been in some measure enabled to cleave to thee! Accept our cordial thanks and praises for all thine unnumbered mercies, and grant that our future lives may evince our sincerity.

Whatever any of us, O gracious Father, have attempted in thy service during the past week, do thou render effectual by thy blessing. If [by conversation, or letters, or] in any way we have endeavoured to be useful to our brethren, or our fellow sinners; give, we beseech thee, the desired success. Though the seed sown may have been "as bread cast upon the waters;" let it not perish, but" be found after many days." And prosper the labours of those who, with greater zeal and ability, or more favourable opportunities,

have sown the good seed of divine truth in any part of the world.

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If, O Lord, we have presented any believing and fervent prayers before thy throne of grace; either in the closet, the family, or in public worship; for ourselves, our beloved relatives, and friends, and our Christian brethren dispersed abroad in the world; for our country, our rulers or teachers, and the different orders and ranks of men in the community; for the distressed in mind, body, or estate; for the oppressed and enslaved; for the peace of the world, the success of the gospel, and the establishment of thy kingdom: do thou graciously remember and answer all these our supplications; pardon the sinfulness cleaving to them, and far exceed them all, for the sake and honour of thy beloved Son.

Bless to us, we beseech thee, the means of grace we have this week enjoyed: and grant that, through thine assistance, we may remember and be edified by all we have read or heard from thy holy word. Sanctify also to us the dispensations of thy providence: teach us to profit by all thy chastisements; and to learn gratitude and confidence in thee, by all thy mercies: and may even the experience we have of our own weakness and folly excite us to more fervent prayers for wisdom, strength, and grace, according to thy precious promises.

And now, O merciful God, we beseech thee, to prepare our hearts for the approaching day of sacred rest; and teach us so to arrange all our temporal concerns, that our thoughts may not be occupied, our attention distracted, or our minds