given me, when now with a contrite heart I flee unto thee, and fay, Lord, be merciful unto me a finner! Amen.

A prayer to implore God's mercy and forgiveness of

our sins.

The wages of sin is death: but the gift of God is eternal life, thro' Jesus Christ our Lord. Rom. vi. 23.

My God! I have no hope but in that mercy of thine, which thou haft manifested in the redemption of the world, by thy Son Chrift Jefus; that alone is the fupport of my foul under all its forrow and anguish. I know, O God, that thou fpareft when we deferve punishment, and in thy wrath thinkeft upon mercy fpare me, therefore, O good Lord! fpare me, and be not angry with me for ever wash away all my fins in the blood of thy dear Son, who came into the world to fave finners.

O Lord, pardon and forgive, I moft earneftly befeech thee, all the fins and tranfgreffions of my life paft, more particularly [Here mention the sins thou art guilty of.] cleanse thou me, O my God, from all my fecret and unknown fins; and O! be thou reconciled unto me, and receive me into thy favour, which though I have hitherto fo foolishly abufed, yet I now value and prefer above all the pleafures of this world.

Give me, O Lord, I moft heartily be feech thee, fuch unfeigned repentance of all my paft fins, fuch an hatred and abhorrence of my former evil ways, that I may, from this moment, take a final leave of all my darling lufts and finful pleasure. Give me that humble and contrite fpirit, whofe groans thou doft never defpife, that faith which overcometh the world, and which will enable me to conquer my moft inveterate habits; and that love which will make me afraid to offend thee, and which will infpire me with refolutions active and vigorous, honeft and fincere; fuch as, by the affiftance of thy grace and Holy Spirit, may carry me through all difficulties, and be proof againit all the temptations of the world, the flesh, and the devil.

O Lord, hear me! O Lord, help me, and have mercy upon me! grant me the bleffing of thy Spirit, and of thy grace, that I may go duly prepared to thy holy table. O Lord, pity and fave my foul, forthy truth and mercies' fake, who gaveft thy Son Jefus Chrift to die for all finners, and to rife again for their juftification. Amen. Bleffed Lord! Amen.

Our Father which art in heaven, &c.

Directions,

Directions,

The foregoing prayer may be properly used, if time will permit, upon sacrament-day.

Here also observe the directions given on page 8, and more particularly endeavour to improve your soul by reading a lesson out of the NEW WHOLE DUTY OF MAN, Sunday 4. Section IV. and V.

The Meditation: Wednesday Evening. On the joys of heaven, which we begin to taste in a warthy receiving of the holy sacrament.

Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him. 1 Cor. ii. 9.

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OOK, O my foul, and behold that glorious ftate, prepared above, for the fpirits of the juft made perfect. But how fhall we, poor duft and ashes, and laden too with the burden of our fins, how fhall we hope to afcend those higher regions; or claim a portion in that holy land? fear not, my foul, afk the bright angels, what made them happy; and straight they'll answer with a fprightly voice, "we readily obeyed our great Creator; and he fixed us here to fhine for ever." Afk the bleffed faints, what brought them to felicity; and immediately they'll tell you in the fame glad tone, "we faithfully loved our dear Redeemer, and that love has placed us here."

2. Look

2. Look up, O my foul! and fee the facred humanity of thy dear Redeemer; that bleffed Jefus that died for us upon the cross; and now invites us to partake of his holy facrament. See and rejoice in those eternal honours, which heaven and earth pay to their king.

3. What is a name of honour, or a momentary pleasure, compared to the blifs of an eternal paradife? what is a bag of money, or a fair eftate, if counterbalanced with the treasures of heaven? how narrow there do our greatest kingdoms feem! how small a circle the whole globe of the earth! cities and towns fhow like little mole-hills, and the bufy world but as a fwarm of ants, running up and down, and jostling one another; and all this ftir for a few grains or hufks.

4. O heaven, let me again lift up mine eyes to thee, and take a fuller view of that glorious profpect! There let me ftand and fix my fteady fight, till I am fully convinced, that all the most profperous fortune we can here poffefs, is all an idle dream compared to thy real joys; an abfolute nothing compared to thy folid felicity.

Here observe the directions given on page 8, and more particularly endeavour to improve your soul by reading a lesson out of the NEW WHOLE DUTY OF MAN, Sunday 5. Section V.

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The prayer on Wednesday Evening, for the attainment of everlasting happiness.

Whoso eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day. John vi. 54.

Moft great, moft mighty, and mot glorious Lord God! look down from the habitation of thy holiness, upon me thy unworthy creature, who am come into thy prefence to adore thy incomprehenfible majefty, and to prefent before thee the evening facrifice of my unfeigned praises for thy many and undeferved favours beftowed upon me. I acknowledge thy eternal honour, glory, praise, and adoration, for thou art the fovereign Lord of heaven and earth, by whom all things were made, and by infinite power and goodnefs they are preferved and kept in being. And,

Bleffed be thy unfpeakable goodness, that has advanced me to fuch a degree of being, that I am in fome meafúre capable. to know thee, to love thee, to ferve thee, and obey thee. And for ever bleffed be thy name, O Lord, that I was born of Chriftian parents, and early dedicated to thee by baptifm; and that by thy grace and goodnefs I have been preferved to this moment, and have, in any