to will and to do of thy good pleasure, be pleas ed to ordain peace for us, as thou hast also wrought all our works in us. Establish the

thing, O God, which thou hast wrought for us; and go on to work mightily upon our hearts by thy grace, till our souls are fitted for the eternal enjoyment of thy glory.

Dear Lord, thy mercies are fresh and new to us every morning. We laid us down and slept and again awaked; for thou hast sustained us, and kept us from the terrors of the night, and from all sad accidents, to rise in peace and safety. Glory be to thee, O God of our salva tion, who art still so mindful of us, and merciful to us. Go on, we pray thee, to be good to us this day, and teach us how to carry ourselves and to order all our affairs. O'direct our undertakings, and prosper our endeavours. Rule our hearts in thy fear and love, and our lives to thy honour and praise. O keep us from evil, and help us to do that which is good and pleasing to our God, through Jesus Christ. Give us, Lord, all that we have asked as we should; forgive us all that we have asked amiss, and and give us all else needful that we should have asked; which we continue to beg in the comprehensive words of thy dear Son. Our Father, &e.

Evening Prayer for a Family.

LORD, our God! thou art infinitely great and infinitely good. Thy glory is above all our thoughts, and thy mercies are over all thy works. And above all thy mercies, we

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have cause to admire, and bless and praise thee for those mercies, which in so large a measure, and especial manner, thou hast been pleased still to youchsafe unto us, who are the daily objects of thy bounty, and do continue still the living monuments of thy goodness. Where thy glorious perfections check and forbid our ap proaches, thy gracious attributes do invite and encourage our applications unto thee, and embolden us to look upon thee, as our most kind and merciful Father in Jesus Christ. And tho' we have great and many sins to confess, yet will we confess them, in hopes of thy pardon of them, and of power from on high to enable us against them.

Thou didst create us, O Lord, after thy own blessed image, in an holy and happy estate: but we have made ourselves vile and miserable, quite unlike the things which at first we came out of thy hands; averse to good, prone to evil, and so very full of provocation, that it is thy wonderful patience with us, and loving kindness to us, that thou hast not, long before this time, cut us off in our sins, and shut us up under final despair of thy mercy. But thou hast so far declared thy willingness to be reconciled even to thy cncinies, that thou hast sent thy only Son into the world, upon the grand errand of our salvation: that whosoever believe in him should not perish in their sins, but have everlasting life, for his sake. O Lord, we believe, help our unbelief; and give us the truer pentance towards God, and the right faith in our Lord Jesus Christ; that we may be of the

number of those who do indeed repent and believe, to the saving of the soul,...

And save us, O good Lord, from our sinful selves, from the love and course of this present evil world, and from every self-destroying way which we are tempted to follow. Make us a way to escape out of ali the snares of temptation, wherewith we have been entangled and held, and sore let and hindered in running the race set before us. And make thy ways plain before us, and so full of invitations to us, that we may be thoroughly convinced of their goodness and excellence, and resolvedly give up ourselves to follow them: that our own experience in the way of godliness may be more to keep and engage us to it, than all allurements and discouragements in the world to put us beside it. Establish, O Lord, and strengthen and settle us; that going forth in thy strength, we may do thy will to all well pleasing; and continue in thy fear and love to our lives end.

Which things we beg not for ourselves alone, but also for all whom we ought to intreat thy. mercy for in our prayers. O bring nigh unto thee all those that are yet far off, and make manifest the Saviour of thy knowledge in every place; that such as yet sit in darkness and the shadow of death, may come to see the light of thy truth, and the joy of thy salvation. O that every one who names the name of Christ may depart from iniquity, and so live up to their high and holy profession, that they may give no just occasion to the enemies of the Lord to blaspheme; but adorn the doctrine of God our

Saviour in all things, and to put to silence the ignorance of foolish men by well doing.

Be gracious and favourable, O Lord, in an especial manner to that part of thy church which thou hast planted in this and the neighbouring nations whereto we belong. Arise, O God, and plead thy own cause, and maintain thy true and holy religion, which thou hast so long and so wonderfully owned and asserted among us. O let not the enemies of thy church ever have cause to say that they have prevailed against thy people: but let all that do espouse thy cause, and stand up for the honour and defence of thy truth, be still prevalent and prosperous in all their pious designs; and still have cause to say, "the Lord be magnified, who has pleasure in the prosperity of his servants.

Bless with the choicest of thy blessings, the King, whom thou hast put in authority over us. O Lord, protect his person, direct his councils, make his government still easy and happy, both to himself and us; and prosper all his undertakings and endeavours for his own honour, and for the public safety, peace, and welfare. Give all magistrates wisdom and courage to defend the truth, and to do right to all. Make ministers an ensample to the flock, in all sobriety, righteousness, and holiness of living: and establish us all an holy people to thyself; granting us one heart, and one way, that we may all agree in the same faith, and adorn it with a suitable life.

Comfort all that want the comforts which we do enjoy; and apply thyself in a way of agreea

ble mercy to the several necessities and calamities of all thy afflicted ones, wheresoever or howsoever they are tried. Remember, with the favour which thou bearest to thy people, all our friends and benefactors, our kindred after the flesh, and whoever are dear to us on any other account. Make them, O Lord, such as thou wouldst have them and such as in Christ Jesus, thou wilt mercifully accept of here to thy gracious favour, and hereafter to thy glorious kingdom. Forgive our enemies, and turn their hearts; and turn ours to forgive them. And direct all our ways to please thee, that thou mavest make even our enemies to be at peace with us.

Hear us, O God of the spirits of all flesh! hear us for ourselves and others; others for themselves and us: and hear the Son of the love, the Lover of our souls, for us and all the members of thy church militant here on earth, whereof Christ Jesus in heaven is the glorious head. For him, and to him, with thine eternal Self, most holy Father, and the blessed Spirit of grace, our Guide and Comforter, be all thanks and praise, and honour and glory, humbly and heartily rendered and ascribed by us, and all thy people, now and for evermore. Amen.

Another Evening Prayer for a Family.

most gracious God!

OUR ever blessed and md Siver of our lives

and hopes, and of all our enjoyments and comforts. To thee we do owe ourselves, and all