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the aids and consolations of thy Spirit; for all the means and helps which we have to do us good; for all thy grace wrought in us, and bestowed upon us; and for all the discoveries and hopes of eternal glory which thou hast given to us. O how infinitely indebted are we to the kindness and love of God our Saviour! O that we may ever be sensible and thankful as we ought! And with all that thou hast given us, blessed God, give us hearts filled with thy love, and lifted up in thy praise, and devoted to thy honour and service.

We can but acknowledge the vast debt, that we are never able to pay. We cannot praise thee according to the riches of thy grace, and the multitude of thy mercies; but we desire to bless and praise thee, with all the capacities and abilities wherewith thou hast blessed us. And help us, O Lord our God, to glorify thy name, not only in speaking to thy praise, but so entirely devoting ourselves to thy pleasure, that we may be thine in faithfulness, and in the sincerity of our hearts, even all the days of our lives.

O make us truly penitent and humbled for all which this day we have done amiss, and make us unfeignedly thankful for all the good that we have received; and for all which thou hast, in any manner or measure, enabled us to do aright. The evil is from ourselves alone, and to us belong shame and confusion of face for it: but all the good is of thy free grace, and thy mere mercy: and to thy blessed name, O Lord our God, be all the praise and glory rendered, with the most sensible and grateful hearts, now and for evermore. Amen.

A Prayer for any intermediate Time of the Lord's

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LORD, the God of glory! thou fillest heaven and earth with thy presence, fill my heart, I pray thee, with thy grace, and the mindfulness of thy presence with me; that I may demean myself, as under thy awful eyes, and ever manifest in thy holy sight, who art cheerfully and constantly worshipped and attended by all the heavenly host of glorious angels and immortal spirits above, where thousand thousands minister unto thee, and ten thousand times ten thousand stand before thee. O happy are they who are ever in thy blessed presence, and still taken up in the joyful contemplation and fruition of thee, and the things above; who have an everlasting period put to all their sins, and troubles and temptations here below; and have their souls full of holiness, their hearts filled with joy, and their mouths with the everlasting praises of God. O Lord, look down from heaven, the habitation of thy holiness, and the throne of thy glory, and behold with pity the poor remnant of thy heritage, who are yet upon our warfare and pilgrimage in this present evil world; beset with many and mighty malicious enemies of our souls, and groaning for deliverance from the bondage of corruption, that we may be brought into the glorious liberty of the children of God.

The good Lord pardon every one of us, that now endeavour to prepare and set ourselves to seek thy face, and to meet and enjoy our God in the ordinances of thy worship: though we be not cleansed according to the purification of the sanctuary, accept us in thy beloved Son, according to what we have, and fill us with thy good Spirit, to make us what we would be.

O give me a devout soul, and a praying heart; that I may not merely go over the words of prayer, or rest in any forms of godliness; but may serve thee with my spirit, and lift up my heart to the Lord, and, as much as is possible, converse above.

It is good for men to draw nigh to God; in whose service consists all our honour and bliss. O let my heart rejoice in seeking the Lord; and with great liveliness, and love, and cheerfulness, let me frequent thy ways,and study thy words, and admire thy works, and praise thy name. I bless thee, my God, that thou hast given me an understanding to know thee, a heart to love thee, and a soul capable of waiting upon thee in the duties of thy holy immediate service here, and capable of enjoying thee in thy eternal heavenly glory hereafter. I bless thee for all opportunities and advantages which I have to serve thee, and to work out my salvation; for the ministry of reconciliation committed to thy servants, for all their labours and writings and preachings; and for all other means of grace and helps heaven-ward.

O give me also such a love to thy word, that I may value it above all the wealth of the world, and relish it better than all the pleasures of the flesh; esteeming the words of thy mouth more than my necessary food; And receiving it, not only in the light but in the love of it, that I may be saved. And give me, Lord, a heart to fear thee, and keep thy commandments always, that it may go well with me both now and forever. O let me so make thy word the rule of my life, that it may also be the ground of my hope; and while it is sounding in my ears, O be thou also teaching my heart to make it efficacious and saving to my soul. And let there be such a transcript of the gospel in my life, that I may not only hear what it says, but be such as it describes. O gracious God!

continue the light and joyful sound of thy gospel amongst us: And help us so rightly to use it, and to make our due benefit of it, that we may find cause to bless and praise thee for it. O that every Sabbath may add still to our stature in Christ Jesus; and that we may so sanctify thy Sabbaths now while we are on the way, that in the end we may attain to the blessed Sabbath of thy everlasting rest: There to live in the sight and love, and in the enjoyment and praises of thee our God, blessed for evermore.Amen.

A Confession of the Sins forbidden, with Prayer for Grace to perform the Duties enjoined in the Commandments: Preparatory to the Sacrament, or at any Time of Humiliation.

LORD, the great and glorious God! against whom I have grievously offended: and who, for my sins are justly displeased; I know not where to begin or end with the rehearsal of all my transgressions; which are more than I can remember, and greater than I can express.

Thou art God alone, and there is none beside thee, that hast absolute sovereignty over me, and that can be full and final happiness to me. But, O Lord my God; other lords besides thee have had dominion over me. I have idolized things in myself, and in this present world; and have set them in the stead of God; either disbelieving thy being, or forgetting thy presence, or disliking to retain thee in my thoughts; and living without thee in the world. I have not improved in thy knowledge, answerable to the means of instruction wherewith thou hast blessed me. And that I have no more and better knowledge of God, it is my shame, and owing to my sinful dulness and negligence in that which

does most of all concern me. I have not had all my expectations from thee, nor my whole dependence upon thee, nor my chief hope and delight in thee: but have stuck and trusted to creature comforts and worldly enjoyments; things short of thee, my God, to make me happy. O how have I hardened my heart against the fear of thy glorious Majesty; who can, whenever thou pleasest, kill and cast sinners into hell! Making bold to sin against the clear light which thou hast caused to shine upon me! And how have I shut my heart against the love of my chiefest good; who has still been doing me good, and laying fresh obligations upon me, with thy renewed favour, every day! Loving the creatures and any sensual pleasures more than the God blessed for ever.

I have conceived injurious, unbecoming thoughts of thy infinite greatness and goodness, till I have become vain and wicked in my imaginations; thinking the most high and glorious God to be even such an one as myself. And instead of worshipping thee in spirit and in truth, it has been after my own fancy and humour, in a formal customary manner.

O what light account have I made of thy great name! and what little zeal have I shewed for thy honour and glory! How have I disregarded thy word and works, thy mercies and judgments, thy calls and warnings, and all thy offers and invitations; and either neglected the offices of thy worship, or profaned thy holy things, and abused religious duties, to cover my own offences; drawing nigh to thee with my mouth, when my heart has been far from thee.

Thy day I have not remembered as I ought, to keep it holy; but have used as common, what thou hast set apart for sacred; and borne the holy season as a burden, and made bold with thy hallowed time, to spend it upon my sloth and lusts, and worldly trifles and carnal impertinences.

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