in the strength of what I have received from thee, to live unto thee; following after holiness, as being not only brought so nigh to, but intimately conjoined with the holy one of God.

As I have eat and drank the sacramental bread and wine, to the nourishment and refreshment of my body; so let the crucified body and effused blood of God my Saviour nourish and sustain my immortal soul unto life eternal; and revive me with the sense of thy pardon, and peace, and love, that is better than life itself.

And O that the sacrifice of Christ Jesus, that sacrifice of himself which he offered upon the cross, and which I have this day been commemorating at thy table, may atone for all the failings and miscarriages in my preparations and performances! that, upon the account of that grand propitiation for the sins of the whole world, I may be spared and accepted with thee, my God, here to thy blessed love, and hereafter to thy heavenly glory; through him that gave himself for us, and hath also given himself to us, even the Son of thy love, and the great lover of our souls: for whom, and to whom, with thy eternal Self and holy Spirit, be all thanks, and praise, and honour, and glory, ascribed by me, and by all thy church, now and for evermore. Amen.

Some devout Ejaculations and Elevations of the Soul after receiving at the Lord's Table.

I. GLORY be to thee, O Lord our God,

thou hast made such gracious provision for our

souls, and sent thy son to die for our sins, and to save us who had destroyed ourselves. And that he who offered himself upon the cross for us, is pleased to offer himself at his table unto us, where I have been tafting the fruits of his love, and receiving my share among the redeemed of the Lord.

II. I bless thee, my God, for the mercies of a Saviour, without which all mercies clse would be unavailable, and do me no good. I bless thee, that thou hast not witheld thy Son, thy only Son from us, but given him to be the propitiation for our sins, and to be the life and food of our souls.

III. I sat down under his shadow, and his fruit was sweet to my tafte. I have been entertained at the table of the Lord, and there his banner over me was love. 'Twas love that gave me the Saviour whom I have been receiving, and the opportunity now to come, and rest, and feast my soul upon him..

IV. Return to thy rest, O my soul, for the Lord has dealt bountifully with thee. Thy life is given thee at his hands, who forgiyeth all thy sins, and healeth all thy diseases; and not only redeems thee from diftruction, but crowns thee with loving kindness and tender mercies, and satisfies thy mouth with good things, and those the best of all things even his pardon and peace, his Son and his Spirit, the riches of his grace, and the pledges of his glory.

V. Blessed be my God for that bread which came down from heaven to give life unto the world. And blessed be thy name, O gracious

Lord, for my share in this highest expression of thy wonderful love and bounty.

VI. Eternal thanks and praise be unto thee, Ó blessed God my Saviour, for all thy glorious achievements, in laying the sure foundation for our good hope, and everlafting consolation.

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VII. Thou hast loved us, and redeemed us, and washed us from our sins in thy own blood. And O how infinitely indebted am I to thy mercy, that thou callest me to this sweet heavenly entertainment, which cost thee so dear to purchase and provide for us!

VIII. O make me more sensible' of thy love, and more thankful for all its blessed effects; and let me now find the happy fruits of strength and refreshment 'to my soul, even strength against all the temptations that would pluck me from thee, and engage me in rebellion against thee; and such refreshment as may take my heart off all the pleasures of sin, and make it my meat and drink to do the will of my hea venly Father.

IX. After I have tasted the pleasures of my Father's house, O let me not go to feed upon husks. And let nothing wear off, or wear out, the savour I have had of things heavenly, nor let a world part between me and the blessed Saviour of the world.

X. Let me not turn my back upon the Lord of love, that has been so good and kind to my soul. O let me not break with my heavenly Sovereign, to whom now again I have vowed allegiance.

XI. Whither shall I go from thee, O blessed

Jesus, who hast the words and the gift of eternal life! all is in thine hands; and thou art the best of all Lords, who dost not rule us, but to bless us: and canst have no ends upon us, in ordering us, but only to keep off ruin from us, and to secure the highest happiness to us.

XII. I will admire, and love, and praise my, Lord: I will believe and trust in his tried mercy: I will rejoice and glory in his great salvation. And who shall pluck me out of his hands? What shall separate me out of his love? my beloved is mine, and I am his. Thine I am, O Lord, and thine I will be, while I have my being.

XIII. Yet Lord of all power and love! I beseech thee to keep thy servant from falling; and preserve me in every time and case of danger. O do not suffer me to undo myself; but pity my frailty, and relieve my infirmity: and in thy hands let me be safe, and never perish, but attain to everlasting life through Jesus Christ, my great Redeemer and only Saviour. Amen, Amen.

Prayer and Humiliation for a Public Fast-Day.

0 LORD God, glorious in holiness, and of

purer eyes than to behold any iniquity without abhorrence of it, and indignation against it! How shall man, sinful man, that drinks in iniquity like water, appear..before thee! and how shall we, vile and frail, polluted and depraved as we are, shew ourselves in the presence of such a great and wise, just and holy God as thou art! when we look upon thy perfect law,

and see what we should be, what manner of persons in all holy conversation and godliness; and when we reflect on our own hearts and lives and find what we are; how wanting in our duty, and how contrary to that holy rule which thou dost prescribe to us, by which to keep our hearts, and to order our conversation: we cannot come into thy presence, O Lord, without confusion of face, and anguish of soul, and remorse of conscience, to think how foolishly and wickedly we have done; and how abject and wretched we have made ourselves, even viler than the dust of the earth, or any thing that it.

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Besides that we brought with us a corrupt name into the world, full of strangeness to thee, our God, and full of enmity against thy holy, good, and righteous laws; we have misspent the most of our time here in the neglect of thy work, and in disobedience against thy word, daily multiplying our offences against thee, as thou hast been pleased daily to multiply thy blessing and favours upon us. O the precious time that we have lost, the means that we have neglected, the mercies that we have abused, the calls and warnings, offers and invitations, that we have disregarded! how bold have we made with thy glorious Majesty, and with thy holy laws! what little awful regard have we had of thee! what little conscientious fear of offending thee.

O the crying sins and abominations, the prevailing wickedness, and the bold open impieties, (The swearing and drunkenness, the pride and uncleanness, the cruel enmity, and all man