on me as thou didst on the Apostle St. Peter, and let thy compaffionate Look fo pierce my stony Heart, that I may weep bitterly for my Sins, and may have that godly Sorrow which worketh Repentance unto Salvation not to be to pented of, for Jesus's fake. Amen. See Pfal. xxv. xxxii. xxxviii.

A Resolution to lead a new Life. AND now, O Lord, I do not only with great Shame and Confufion of Face confess and bewail the Sinfulness and Vanity of my own Life, but I do ftedfaftly refolve and purpose (through the Affiftance of thy Graee and holy Spirit directing me) to "renounce "the Devil and all his Works, the Pomps and "Vanities of this wicked World, and all the "finful Lufts of the Flesh." Be pleafed, O Lord, to strengthen and confirm all these good Resolutions in me. And I heartily thank thee, O heavenly Father, for calling me to this State of Salvation through Jesus Chrift my Saviour, who died for my Sins, and rose again for my Justification; and I humbly beseech thee for his fake, to give me Grace to continue in the fame unto my Life's End. Amen.

See Pfal. i. xxiii. xxiv. xxv. cxix. cxxvi. A Prayer for Faith in God's Mercy thro' Chrift. A Lmighty God, our heavenly Father, who, for the greater Confirmation of our Faith and Confidence in thy Mercy, haft in thy holy Gospel declared, that whosoever believeth in thy

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her Son Jesus Christ, shall not perish, but have everlafting Life; and that this is Life eternal, to is know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom thou hast fent: Increase this Knowledge, and confirm this Faith in me evermore. Olet

f me not rest in a dead Faith, but that I may have such a lively Faith, as will shew itself by Love and good Works; such a victorious Faith, which may enable me to overcome the World, fost and conform me to the Image of thy Son Jesus on Chrift, in whom I believe. O grant me fuch

a due Sense of thy infinite Mercy, shewed to Aye Mankind in so much Mifery, as may never depart out of my Mind.

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I stedfastly believe, O blessed Jesus, that thou didst suffer upon the Cross to save me and all the World from the Guilt and Punishment of our Sins. O give me that Grace, that I may die to Sin, and rise again unto Righteousness! Accept my imperfect Sorrow, Repentance, Faith, and weak Resolutions; and let thy precious Merits, O my crucified Saviour, fupply all my Wants and Imperfections. Thou hast faid, Come unto me, all ye that labour and are weary and heavy laden, and I will refresh you. O bleffed Jesus, I come unto thee in all Humility, and deeply sensible of my great Unworthiness; O do thou bear this Burden of Sin for me, and refresh me with comfortable Hopes of thy Mercy and Forgiveness, and the Truth of thy Salvation, O gracious Lord; to whom, - with the Father and the Holy Ghost, be all Honour and Glory for ever. Amen.

See Pfalm xix. lvii. Eph. ii. 6, 11.

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A thankful Remembrance of the Death of Chrift. A Lmighty God, our heavenly Father, who of thy tender Mercy didst give "thine only Son Jesus Chrift to fuffer Death upon the Cross for our Redemption, and " haft instituted and ordained holy Mysteries " as Pledges of his Love, and for a continual "Remembrance of his Death and Paffion, " our great and endless Comfort:" Behold, I do moft affectionately, and with all the Powes of my Soul and Body, return my moft hearty Praise and Thanksgiving for thy great Mercy to and tender Compaffion to me and all Mankind, in fending thy only Son into the World to re la deem us from Sin and Mifery, and by his me ritorious Death and Paffion, to purchase for us C eternal Life. Grant, O Lord, that I may always moft gratefully remember this exceed tha ing Love of my only Saviour Jefus Chrift, my thus dying for me; and work in me all fuch ni holy and heavenly Affections, as may difpole the my Heart to be worthy Guest at thy holy in Table, prepared for the continual Remem- Me brance of the Sacrifice of the Death of Chrift, and and of those Benefits which we receive thereby. Mu Praise the Lord, O my Soul, and forget not all vi his Benefits; who forgiveth all thy Sins, and dip healeth all thine Infirmities; who faveth the Life from Destruction, and crowneth thee with 34, Mercy and Loving-kindness.

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A Prayer for the Grace of Charity.

"O Lord, who haft taught us that all our Doings without Charity are nothing worth; fend thy Holy Ghoft, and pour into my Heart that most excellent Gift of Charity, the very Bond of Peace, and of all Virtues, without which whosoever liveth is counted dead before thee;" more especially

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100when and I am going to commemorate the unOrt: peakable Love of my blefsed Saviour in dying for me, let not my Heart be deftitute of Love. towards my Brethren: Extend thy Mercy and Forgiveness unto all mine Enemies, Perfecutors and Slanderers, and turn their Hearts; which I as fincerely beg for them, as I hope for Mercy and Forgiveness at thy Hands. Possess me with Kindness and Good-will for all Mankind, that my Faith may work by Love, and dispose my Heart according to my Ability, to administer towards the Wants and Neceffities of those who are any ways afflicted or distressed in Mind, Body, or Estate; and to do unto all Men as I would they should do unto me; and give me that Charity which covereth a Multitude of Sins, that by doing Good for Evil, all Men may know that I am thy Difciple. Grant this for Jesus's sake. Amen. See Pfal. xv. cxxxiii. xli. cxii. Matt. xxv. 34, 41. Matt. xviii. 21. 1 Cor. xiii.

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A Prayer the Morning you intend to

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O Most gracious and eternal Lord Gol, who haft called all fuch as are weary and heavy laden to come unto thee by Faith and Repentance, and thou wilt refresh them: In Affiance of this thy gracious Invitation, I will come to thy heavenly Table, not trusting in my own Righteousness, but in thy manifold and great Mercies; and although I am not worthy so much as to gather up the Crumbs that fall from thy Table, yet fince it is thy Property always to have Mercy, I will not despair of a kind Reception: Forgive my want of a due Preparation, and accept of my fincere Defire to perform an acceptable Service unto thee: Clothe me with the Wedding-Garment, even the Graces of the Gospel, and then I am fure I shall be a welcome Guest at thy Table,C when I shall come thither in the Likeness of thy Son Jefus Christ, in whom thou art well pleased. Poffefs my Soul with a lively Faith, profound Humility, filial Obedience, inflamed ( Affection, and univerfal Charity, that fo I may become a worthy Partaker of these holy Myt teries, to my great and endless Comfort. Grant this, O heavenly Father, if it be thy bleffed Will, through Jesus Chrift. Amen. Our Father, &c.

See Pfal. xxiii. xxv. xxvi.

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