make their peace with Thee, and that they may be delivered from death eternal. And God grant that we may apply our hearts to that holy and heavenly wisdom, while we live here, which may in the end bring us to life everlasting, through Jefus Chrift our Lord. Amen.

NOON.

1 Tim. ii. 1. Lexhort, that firft of all, fupplications, prayers, interceffions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men.

Acts xvii. 26. For we are all of one blood. And Charity, that more excellent way, is a tender affection for the whole creation of God.

O GOD, almighty and merciful, let thy fatherly kindness be upon all whom Thou haft made. Hear the prayers of all that call upon Thee; open the eyes of them that never pray

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for themfelves; pity the fighs of fuch as are in mifery; deal mercifully with them that are in darkness; and increase the number of the graces of fuch as fear and ferve Thee daily. Preferve this land from the misfortunes of war;

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this church from all dangerous errors; this people from forgetting Thee, their Lord and benefactor. gracious to all thofe countries that are made defolate by the fword, famine, peftilence, or perfecution. Blefs all perfons and places to which thy providence has made me a debtor; all who have been inftrumental to my good by their affistance, advice, or example; and make me in my turn useful to others. Let none of those that defire my prayers want thy mercy; but defend, and comfort, and conduct them through to their lives end.

"In every thing give thanks; for "this is the will of God, in Chrift Jefus, concerning you."

Caufe us, O God, to profit by all the visitations of thy grace and mercy.

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"It becometh well the just to be "thankful."

O Lord and Father, I am not worthy of the leaft of all thy mercies, which Thou haft fhewed thy fervant, neither can I render due thanks and praise for them; but, O Lord, accept of this my facrifice of praise and thanksgiving.

For all the known, and for all the unobferved favours, deliverances, vifitations, opportunities of doing good, chastisements, and graces of thy Holy Spirit, vouchfafed to me, I blefs, thy good providence; befeeching Thee to pardon my ingratitude, that I have paffed fo many days and years without obferving, and without acknowledging, thy great goodness to thy unworthy fervant.

For when I foberly confider my dependance upon Thee, for my life, welfare, health of body, peace of mind, grace, comfort, and falvation, I ought to be very thankful.

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Glory be to God, my Creator; glory be to Jefus, my Redeemer; glory be to the Holy Ghoft, my Sanctifier, my Guide, and Comforter: all love, all glory, be to GOD' moft high. Amen.

Let us never afcribe any thing to ourselves, but all to the grace of God, and render to Him all the glory of his works.

Preferve me, O God, from the infenfibility of thofe who receive thy favours without being affected with them, and from the ingratitude of those who look upon them as a debt.

Pfa. xc. 1, 2. It is a good thing to give thanks unto the Lord; and to fing praises unto thy name, O Moft High! To fhet forth thy loving-kindness in the morning, and thy faithfulness every night.

Many and great have been the favours and bleffings which Thou haft bestowed on thefe nations; for which, O Lord, in conjunction with thofe who praise Thee for them, and in the

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ftead of those who forget to praise Thee, I bless and praife thy holy

name.

Blefs the Lord, O my foul, and forget not all his benefits.

OUR FATHER WHICH ART IN HEAVEN.

Acts xvii. 28. In Thee we live, and move, and have our being.

Grant that we may love Thee with all our heart, and mind, and foul, and ftrength.

Bleffed be GoD, who dealeth with us with the tenderness of a Father.

O that we may remember that our Father and our inheritance is in heaven.

I commit myself and all that belongs to me to thy fatherly care and love.;

Verily, whatever ye afk the Father in my name, he will give it you. This is the great fupport and comfort of finners. Hear us, for thy Son's