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may happen to the Body, and from all evil Thoughts that may affault and hurt the Soul. Extend thy Goodness, O Lord, to the whole Race of Mankind; have Mercy upon all Jews, Turks, Infidels, and Hereticks; take from them all Ignorance, Hardness of Heart, and Contempt. of thy Word; and fo fetch them home to thy Flock, that they may be faved among the Remnant of the true Ifraelites. Grant unto all them that are admitted into the Fellowship of Chrift's Religion, that they may efchew thofe things. that are contrary to their Profeffion, and follow all fuch things as are agreeable to the fame. Let thy continual Pity cleanfe and defend thy Church, and because it cannot continue in Safety without thy Succour, preferve it evermore by thy Help and Goodness. Blefs all our Governours both in Church and State, that in their feveral Stations they may be useful and ferviceable to thy Glory, and the publick Good. We make our humble Supplications to thee for all our Benefactors, Friends and Relations, and alfo for our very Enemies; let thy fatherly Hand be ever over them, let thy Holy Spirit be ever with them, and fo lead them in the Knowledge and Obedience of thy Word, that in the end they may obtain everlasting Life. Look with an Eye of Pity and Compatiion upon all those who are any ways afflicted or diftreffed in Mind, Body, or Eftate, give them Patience under all their Sufferings, and in thy due Time a happy Iffue out of all their Afflictions.

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thee hearty Thanks for the Prefervation of us
the Day paft, and the rest of our Lives, froni
innumerable Accidents and Dangers, for the
Comforts and Conveniencies as well as the Ne-
ceffaries of Life. But above all we laud, and
magnify, and adore thy Goodness in the Re-
demption of the World by the Death and Paf-
fion of our Saviour Chrift, both God and Man:
who did humble himself even to the Death upon
the Crofs for us miferable Sinners, who lay
in Darkness and in the Shadow of Death, that
he might make us the Children of God, and
exalt us to everlafting Life. Teach us to ex-
prefs our Thankfulness, by fubmitting ourselves
entirely to his holy Will and Pleasure, and by
ftudying to ferve him in true Holiness and
Righteousness all the Days of our Life. Accept,
O Lord, of these our Prayers and Praises, in
and through the Mediation of Jefus Christ, our
bleffed Saviour and Redeemer, who hath taught
us when we to pray, to say,

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An Alphabetical INDEX of the prin-
cipal Matters contained in this Book.

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All-Saints, 418. What may be
learned from that Festival,424
Ambaffadors of Chrift, who, and
what meant by it, 556
Amen, the Meaning of it in the
Office of Cemmination,
Angels, what they are, 386
Properties of the Good and their
Miniftry, 387, 388. The Bad
and their Office, 389
Angelical Hymn at Chrift's
Birth how to be underflood, 63
St. Andrew the Apostle,
What may be learned from
that Feftival,
45
Annunciation of the Blefjed
Virgin Mary, 165. What to be
learned from that Festival, 173
Apoftle, what meant by it,

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Baptifm came in the Room of
Circumcifion, 115. When an-
ciently adminiftred, 254. Why
at Eafter and Whitfuntide,
254. Why deferred to those
Times,
255
St. Barnabas the Apostle, 317
What may be learned from
this Festival,
323
St. Bartholomew the Apostle,
367. What may be learned
from this Festival,
37I.
Bath-col, what meant by it, 276
Bethlemite Children, why de-
Aroyed,
105
Birth of Chrift, 59. What we are
to believe concerning it,
60
How manifefted to the Wife
Men, 123. The Circumftan-
ces of it, 62. How published
to the IVord, ibid. What may
be learned from both,

155
Why Twelve pitched upon by
our Saviour, ibid. Their Voca-
tion, 156. How enabled to dif-
charge their Office, ibid. What
Evidence of their Divine Mif-
fion,
300
Apoftles fuperior to the Seven-
ty,
528
Arch-bifhop, what meant by
that Term,
Archdeacon, what meant by it,..
474.

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Chriftian Charity, what,
Charity, how made zealous by
the Holy Spirit,
264
Chrift, why called a Nazarene,
104. See Jefus Chrift.
Chriftians, when firft fo called,
319. What Obligation that
Name lays on us, 320. How
united to Chrift, 174.
vantages of it,
175
Chriftian Religion, what, 287.
The Truth of it, ibid. Its in- :
trinfick Evidence, 302. The
Guilt of thofe that reject it, 303
Whatwe may learn fromit, 304
Christmas-Day, 59. Proper
Thoughts for this Feftival, 70.
The Obfervation of it how ab-
ufed,
72
Church, why the Houfe of God,
567. Such in the Apostles
Time, &c. 568. How to be
reverenced,
569.
Church-Officers in Subordina-
tion by the Infiitution of Chrift,

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527. Not confined to the A-
poftolical Age,
529
Circumcifion of our Lord, 113.
What, and when enjoined, ibid.
When adminiftred, ibid. The
Neglect of it how punish'd,114.
The Defign of it, ibid. Why to
ceafe at Chrift's coming, ibid.
What it figures to us, 115.
What Rite fucceeded to it, ibid.
What may be learned from this
Festival,
117
Circumcifion Spiritual, what,

118
Clergy, the Minifters of Chrift,
why fo called, 557. Their per-
Jonal Qualifications, as well as
Character, require Respect,
591, 592. Tho' bad, not to be
contemned, 593. Ill Confequen-
ces of defpifing them,594. Their
Intereft no Objection against
Religion, 595. Nor the bad
Lives of fome, ibid. How they
may preferve Respect, 596.
Their Maintenance, what, ib.
By the Laws of the Land,598.
Why we ought to pray for
them, 609. See Bishop, Prieft,
Deacons.

Communion of Saints, what,

423

Company, how to be chofen, 426.
Ill Effects of bad Company,427
Confirmation, what, 539. An
Apoftolical Ufage, 540. Not
confined to the Age of the Apo-
ftles, 541. How the Candidates
of it must be qualified, 542.
The Advantages of it, ibid.
Confecration of the Sacrament,

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how performed in the primitive
Church,
580
Contempt of the World, what,
108. The Advantages of it, 109
Converfion of Infidels might pro-
bably fucceed if attempted, 258
Covetoufnels, its Nature, 380
The mischievous Effects of it,
ibid. The Unreasonableness of
it, 381. The Means to over-
come it,
ibid.
Crucifixion, the Nature of it,486
Curfes on the first Day of Lent,
how to be underflood,
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Daily publick Prayer, to be fre-
quented,
522
Keeping a Day holy, what, 15
Obfervation of Days when fu-
perftitious,
Death-bed Repentance dange-
465
Deacons their Office, 471.
How inftituted, 77, 471. Not
exercifed by Laymen, 472.
How long to remain in this
Degree, 473. What Qualifi
cations required, ibid.
Death, Wifdem to prepare for it,
502. What Preparations necef-
fary, 503. Repentance, ibid.
Making our Wills, 504.IVean-
ing our Affections from the
World, 505. Care of our Time,
506. Charity, ibid. Bearing
Sickness Chriftianly, 507. Re-
tiring for that Purpofe, 510
Dependence upon Gol, what 108
Difciples of Chrift, why chofen
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Eafter-funday, anciently obferv-
ed, 177. The Controverfy a-
bout keeping it, and how de-
termined, 178. What may be
learned from this Festival, 183
Eafter-Monday, 187. Tuef-
day,
Eafter-eve, how obferved in the
primitive Church, 500. How
Chriftians were employed upon
this Vigil,
501
Ember-days, why fo called,468.
The Piety of their Inftitution,
470. In Lent, 468. In Whit-
fun-week, 526. In Septem-
ber,547. In December, 590.
What may be learned from the
Obfervation of these Days,

·479, 543, 559, 606
Encouragements of the Chrifti-
an Religion,
70
Enemies, what Love due to them,
82. What Uncharitableness
moft practifed towards them,
ibid. Obligation to love them,
83. The Reasonableness of it,
ibid. Repentance, how the Con-

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