A New Manual of Devotions

CONTENTS.

FIRST PART.
THE Preface.
An Introductory Discourse concerning Prayer.

Prayers for Families.

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A Morning Prayer for a Family on the Lord's Day, 1

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 IVeek,

An Evening Prayer for a Family,

Another Marning Prayer for a Family,

Another Evening Prayer for a Family,

Another Morning Prayer for a Family,

Another Evening Prayer for a Family,

Prayers for Persons in Private.

A Preparatory Prayer,

di Prayer for Sunday Morning,

ibid.

A Master or Mistress of a Family may properly add

the short Prayer,

A Prayer for Sunday Noon,

Heads of Examination for every Evening,

A Prayer for Sunday Evening,

The Interceffion,

Morning,

A Prayer for Monday

Noon,

Evening,

Morning,

Tuesday
Noon,

Evening,

A Prayer

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Morning,

A Prayer for Wednesday Noon,

Morning,

Prayers for Young Persons and Servants.

A Prayer for a Child, to be used Morning and

Evening,

120

A Morning Prayer for a young Person,

122

An Evening Prayer for a young Person,

A Morning Prayer for a Servant,

. 126

in Evening Prayer for a Servant,

129

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

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

Ejaculations on several Occasions.

Asts of Adoration and Praise,

133

Alts of Contrition, with Potitions for Pardon and

Grace, that we may reform and amend aur Lives, 135

Decafional Ejaculations for our Advancement and

Improvement in a Christian Life,

137

Ejaculations in Time of Temptation and Afriction, 139

General Intercessions for all Mankind,

140

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

SECOND PART.

An Office of Humiliation.

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A Prayer before Self-Examination,

- 149

Motives to Examination, together with some Rules to

be observed therein,

- 150

General Heads of Examination.

1. Of our Duty to God,

161

II. Of our Duty towards our Neighbour,

165

III. Of cur Duty towards Ourselves,

179

A Prayer, consisting of Confession of Sins, and im-

ploring Pardon and Grace, which may be used in

our Preparation to the Sacrament, or at any other

Times of extraordinary Devotion,

188

Another form of Confeffion,

· 197

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

afterwards,

202

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

who having led a very wicked Life, is now come

to a Sense of his Sins, and desires to humble himself

before God for the same,

205

A Prayer to be used by the fame Person, containing a

Profesion of godty Sorrow for Sin, and of Vows

and Resolutions of better Obedience,

214

A Prayer, consisting of Petitions for the Virtues of

a Christian Life,

221

Some Short Prayers proper to be ufed for the enforcing

our holy Resolutions, and for the Allistance of

God's Grace to enable us to perform them, - 228

A Prayer for the whole State of Mankind,

, 231

A General Thanksgiving,

234

A concluding Prayer,

238

An Office for the Sick.

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A Prayer at the Beginning of any Sickness, which

may be also used during its Continuance,

239

A short Prayer to be used by a Sick Person every

Time he takes Phyfic,

242

Prayer for Repentance in Sickness,

ibid.

A Prayer
for Trust in God in Sickness,

245

Prayers for fick or dying Persons for trusting God

with their Wives and Children,

246

A Prayer under the Continuance of Sickness, 2+3

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

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

any Abatement of his Di temper,

251

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

the Presence of a sick Perfon, any of which may

also be used by a Person in private, in behalf of

fick Friends; and may be added to the Morning

and Evening Prayers in a Family,

253

Ejaculations for fick and dying Persons,

• 259

A Prayer for a sick Child,

- 262

A Thanksgiving after Recovery,

- 263

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

any other person that has lost a Relation or Friend, 266

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

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 druweth near, - 273

Ejaculations to be used by a Woman during the Time

of her Labour,

275

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

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

by changing I for We, may be used by the Friend's

of the Woman in her Presence,

277

A Thanksgiving to be said in the Presence of a Wo-

man after her Delivery, which may be ufed for
fome Time afterward,

278
A Thanksgiving

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A Thanksgiving to be used by a Woman in private

before her going abroad,

280

THIRD PART.

An Office for the Holy Communion.

A Prayer that may be frequently used the Week pre-

ceding the Sacrament, and which may be added to

our Devotions the Morning we receive,

28%

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 otherwise as soon as Sermon is ended,

286

A Prayer when we offer our Alms,

• 283

A Prayer immediately after Confecration,

289

A Prayer before receiving the consecrated Elements,

290

Another Prayer,

- 293

A Prayer just before receiving the confecrated Bread, 294
After the Bread,

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

Table,

297

A short Prayer when the Communion Service is ended, 299

A Prayer in our Retirement, after we are returned

Home from the Lord's Table,

310

Prayers for several Occasions.

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

by a Friend,

313

A Prayer for a Perfon under any Injuries, Abufes,

or Provocations,

216

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

h may be added to the usual Devotions, 310

A Thanksgiving

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