A New Manual of Devotions

CONTENTS.

FIRST PART.

THE Preface.

An Introductory Difcourfe concerning Prayer.

Prayers for Families.

A Morning Prayer for a Family on the Lord's Day,

A Concluding Prayer,

An Evening Prayer for a Family on the Lord's Day, ibid.

A Morning Prayer for a Family for any other Day

in the Week,

An Evening Prayer for a Family,

Another Morning Prayer for a Family,

Another Evening Prayer for a Family,

Another Morning Prayer for a Family,

Another Evening Prayer for a Family,

Prayers for Perfons in Private.

the fhort Prayer,

A Prayer for Sunday Noon,

Heads of Examination for every Evening,

A Prayer for Sunday Evening,

A Preparatory Prayer,

Prayer for Sunday Morning,

A Matter or Miftrefs of a Family may properly add

ibid.

A Prayer for Wednesday Noon,

Ejaculations on feveral Occafions.

Prayers for Young Perfons and Servants.

A Prayer for a Child, to be used Morning and

Evening,

A Morning Prayer for a young Perfon, -

An Evening Prayer for a young Perfon,

A Morning Prayer for a Servant,

in Evening Prayer for a Servant,

A Prayer to be used by a Servant at any Time of the

Day, or that may be added to any other Devstians, 131

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Acts of Adoration and Praife,

133

Acts of Contrition, with Petitions for Pardon and
Grace, that we may reform and amend aur Lives, 185

Occafional Ejaculations for our Advancement and

Improvement in a Chriftian Life,

Ejaculations in Time of Temptation and Affliction,

General Interceffions for all Mankind,

A Grace before Meat,

A Grace after Meat,

An Alphabetical Table of the Weekly Collects in the

Book of Common Prayer, reduced under proper

Heads,

ibid.

SECOND PART.

An Office of Humiliation.

A Prayer before Self-Examination,

Motives to Examination, together with fome Rules to

be obferved therein,

General Heads of Examination.

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1. Of our Duty to God,

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- 165

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II. Of our Duty towards our Neighbour,

III. Of our Duty towards Ourselves,

A Prayer, confifting of Confeffion of Sins, and im-

piering Pardon and Grace, which may be used in

our Preparation to the Sacrament, or at any other

Times of extraordinary Devotion,

Another form of Confeffion,

A Prayer to be used at the fame Time, or shortly

afterwards,

205

A Confeffion of Sins to be used by a grievous Sinner,

who having led a very wicked Life, is now come

to a Senfe of his Sins, and defires to humble himself

before God for the fame,

A Prayer to be ufed by the fame Perfon, containing a

Profeffion of godly Sorrow for Sin, and of Vows

and Refolutions of better Obedience,

A Prayer, confifting of Petitions for the Virtues of

Some Short Prayers proper to be used for the enforcing

our holy Refolutions, and for the Affiftance of

God's Grace to enable us to perform them,

A Prayer for the whole State of Mankind,

A General Thanksgiving,

An

An Office for the Sick.

A Prayer at the Beginning of any Sickness, which

may be alfo ufed during its Continuance,

A fhort Prayer to be used by a Sick Perfon every

Time he takes Phyfic,

242

- ibid.

245

A Prayer for Repentance in Sickness,

A Prayer for Truft in God in Sickness,

Prayers for fick or dying Perfons for trufting God

with their Wives and Children,

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246

248

251

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A Prayer under the Continuance of Sickness,

A Prayer for a Perfon under any grievous Pains, - 250

A Prayer to be used by a fick Perfon, when he finds

any Abatement of his Diftemper,

Prayers to be used by one, or more, in a Family, in

the Prefence of a fick Perfon, any of which may

alfa be ufed by a Perfon in private, in behalf of

fick Friends; and may be added to the Morning

and Evening Prayers in a Family,

Ejaculations for fick and dying Perfons,

A Prayer for a fick Child,

A Thanksgiving after Recovery,

A Prayer for a Man that has left his Wife, or for

any other Perfon that has loft a Relation or Friend, 266

A Prayer for a Woman that has loft her Husband, - 268

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An Office for Women with Child.

A Prayer to be frequently used by a Woman with Child, 272

A Prayer when the Time of Travail draweth near,

Ejaculations to be used by a Woman during the Time

273

of her Labour,

A Prayer to be used by a Hufband, or other Friend

in private, for a Woman in Labour; and which,

by changing I for We, may be used by the Friends

of the Woman in her Prefence,

A Thanksgiving to be faid in the Prefence of a Wa-

man after her Delivery, which may be used for

A Thanksgiving to be used by a Woman in private

before her going abroad,

THIRD PART.

An Office for the Holy Communion.

A Prayer that may be frequently ufed the Week pre-

ceding the Sacrament, and which may be added to

our Devotions the Morning we receive,

Prayers in the Church.

A Prayer to prepare our Minds for the devout Ce-

lebration of the Lord's Supper; that may be used,

if Time will permit, before Divine Service begins;

or otherwife as foon as Sermon is ended,

A Prayer when we offer our Alms,

A Prayer immediately after Confecration,

A Prayer before receiving the confecrated Elements,

Another Prayer,

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A Prayer juft before receiving the confecrated Bread,

A Prayer as foon as we have retired from the Lord's

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Prayers for feveral Occafions.

A Prayer for the Converfion of a Sinner, to be used

by a Friend,

280

A Prayer for a Perfon under any Injuries, Abuses,

or Provocations,

282

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A fhort Prayer when the Communion Service is ended, 299

A Prayer in our Retirement, after we are returned

Home from the Lord's Table,

310

Prayer to be used by one, who is going a Journey,

eh may be added to the ufual Devotions,

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