all the endearments of love, to draw and encourage poor sinners to come unto thee. Thou doft not bid us seek thy face in vain, nor serve thee for nought; but art a Lord that hath pleasure in the prosperity of thy servants, and payeft us not according to our poor imperfect services, but giveft like thyself infinite ly good, and most rich in mercy: the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. 'Tis not any thing in thy laws, O gracious Lord, but the sinfulness of our depraved nature, that make any of them seem grievous to us, which are all holy and just, and good, tending only to promote our present and eternal happiness. Nor is it any thing in thy blessed service, but the indisposedness of our own vile hearts, that makes any part of that tedious to us, which is the work and joy of angels; and our wisdom, honour, and interest; yea, what we may make our delight, as well as our duty to perform. Holy God, we are all as an unclean thing, and all our very righteousnesses are as filthy rags: nor can we ever hope to be justified in thy sight, upon the account of any works, or worth of our own for by our own heart and deeds we are reproved and condemned, and should be left speechless in the judgmenr, if thou, O Lord shouldst call us to account, according to the merits even of our best services. But we desire to take refuge and sanctuary under the shadow of our crucified Saviour; and to be found in him, not having our own righteousnss but that which is by the faith of Jesus Christ, that the shame of our nakedness may be cover

ed, and all our sinful deformities hid from thine eyes: that thou mayest forgive us mercifully, and receive us graciously, and love us freely in the Son of thy love, in whom thou art well. pleased.

Command a blessing, we pray, O Lord, upon the word which this day we have heard, and upon all the means of grace that Irave been used for the good of our souls. It is not he who planteth, nor he who watereth, but thou, our God, who givest the increase. O be thou pleased to second the preaching of thy word, with the powerful influences of thy grace and holy spirit; that it may be the savour of life to souls, and the power of God to our salvation. O let us so hide thy word in our hearts, that we may not, as we have done, sin against thee, that it may be as a treasure within us; to stand us in stead, in every hour of temptation, and in all the time and cases of our need: that we may walk more humbly and closely with thee our God, and more conscientiously and circumspectively before thee; and be so obedient to the holy precepts of thy word; that finally, we may enjoy the glorious promises, of which it gives us the blessed reviving hopes.

Supply the want of thy public ordinances, we beseech thee, by the immediate teachings of thy good Spirit, to all such as through any unavoidable impediments are kept from them: and continue to us, O gracious Lord, the light of thy gospel, and all the happy opportunities which we enjoy for our souls advantage. Preserve us also, by thy grace, from the curse of

barrenness, under all thy means, and abundant mercies; for it were better for us we never had them, if we were not the better for them. That they may not, therefore, hereafter rise up in judgment against us, O make them now efficacious to us; and write thy laws in our hearts, and cause them to accomplish all the purposes of thy grace in our souls, and to shine forth with a convincing splendour in our lives: to make us every way such as thou wouldst have

us.

And now we give thee thanks, as we are infinitely bound to thee, O Lord God, our heavenly Father, for the mercies of this day; and for thy great mercy and goodness that has hitherto followed us all the days of our lives. O how wonderful is thy patience and long-suffering, that thou shouldst all day long stretch forth thy hands to a rebellious and gainsaying people! And how unwearied thy kindness and love, that we still enjoy so many comforts with our lives, who have taken the course to spoil all with our sins! yea, that thou shouldst not withhold the greatest mercies, from such as cannot. pretend to deserve the least at thy hands! Blessed be thy name, O most merciful Father, that thou hast defended us from so many dangers in our lives, which threatened to destroy us; and delivered us out of so many troubles, under which we should have sunk and perished, if, thou hadst not been nigh unto us, and done great things for us. We bless thee for our health and plenty, peace and liberty; for the use of our reason, limbs and senses, and for the

comforts of all thy good creatures; for the kindness of our friends, and safety from our enemies for the benefits and refreshments of society, and the success and prosperity of our affairs here in this world. But above all, we bless thee for the mercies and blessings respecting the world to come; for Jesus Christ, and all spiritual blessings in heavenly things in him, tending to the salvation of our souls; for remembering us in our low estate, and sending eternal redemption to us by the hands of thy dear Son; for the light and direction of thy word; for the teachings and strivings, the aids and consolations of thy holy 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 us. O how infinitely are we indebted 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 to bless and praise, with all the capacities and abilities wherewith thou hast blessed us. Help us, O Lord, our God, to glorify thy name, not only in speaking to thy praise, but so entirely devoted to thy pleasure, that we may be thine in faithfulness, and in the sincerity of our hearts, 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 has, in any manner or measure, enabled us to do aright. The evil is from ourselves alone, and to us belongs shame and confusion of face for it: but all the good is of thy free grace, and mere mercy: and to thy blessed name, O Lord our Gød, be all the praise and glory rendered, with the most sensible and grateful hearts, now and forevermore. Amen.

A Prayer for any intermediate Time of the Lord's day.

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 presence, 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 thousands of 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,