and I most humbly befeech thee to carry me through this and all other Difficulties, and bring me to that bleffed Place of Rest and Peace, where I fhall be out of all Temptation, and Danger of offending thee, and where I fhall love and praise thee throughout all Ages.

Grant this, O merciful Father, for the Sake, and through the Merits of my dear Redeemer Jefus Chrift. Amen.

A Thanksgiving for Deliverance from any Trouble or Affliction either in Body or Mind.

O MY God, infinite in Goodness: I thy unworthy Servant, who have fo deeply tafted of thy Fatherly Love, defire with a grateful Heart to speak of thy Bounty and Loving kindnefs towards me. I adore, and blefs, and praise thy Holy Name, for all thy Mercies both fpiritual and temporal, from Time to Time beftowed upon me; particularly, O Lord, I admire thy Goodnefs for delivering me from This is to be al[thofe bodily Afflictions, Trou- tered according to bles of Mind, or State of Po- the particular Ĉafe. verty, &c.] wherewith I have lately been exercised. Thou, O Lord, haft perfected

thy Strength in my Weakness: Thou haft graciously heard my Prayer; thou haft confidered my Trouble, and known my Soul in Adverfity: Therefore will I praife the Lord fo long as I live; fo long as I have any Being, I will give Thanks unto my God,

And I befeech thee, O my God, let the due Remembrance of thy Mercies fo thoroughly affect my Soul, that I may be afhamed as well as afraid to offend thee; that the Remainder of my Life may be dedicated to the Service of my God, who hath dealt fo bountifully with me. Make me to place my chiefeft Joy and Satisfaction in running the Ways of thy Commandments, now thou haft fet my Heart at Liberty.

And, O Lord, I befeech thee to pity and relieve all thofe who now labour under the like Difficulties, from which thou haft graciously delivered thy Servant, or any other Adverfity. Give them Patience and Comfort under their Afflictions, and fuch a reasonable Truft and Confidence in thee, as may be well-pleafing in thy Sight, that they may not be afhamed of their Hopes; and in thy good Time deliver them from all their Troubles: And let thy Good

nefs

nefs excite me to help fuch as I know in any Difficulty, according as I am able; that we may all praise thy holy Name, and fpeak of all thy marvellous Lovingkindneffes, and glorify thee by walking before thee in Holiness and Righteousness all our Days; that at laft we may be admitted to the Glory of thy Kingdom, through the Merits and Mediation of our Saviour, to fing Praises and Hallelujahs to thee, and to the Lamb for ever and ever. Amen.

A Prayer upon any Festival that relates to our Saviour.

I. O MOST Gracious God, I acknowledge with all Joy and Thankfulness, thy great Goodnefs manifefted to the Children of Men in the wonderful Work of our Redemption. I adore thy infinite Love and Compaffion which took Pity upon us, when we had loft and ruined ourfelves, and didft fend thy only-begotten Son into the World, that we might live through him. This Day, O Lord, gives me a happy Opportunity of remembering thy fpecial and extraordinary Kindness to thy unworthy Creatures, which calls for my higheft and exalted Praises, to be joined with those of

the bleffed Company above, who are never weary of giving Honour, Glory, Bleffing, and Thanksgiving to thee, not only in their own Behalf, but even for thy wonderful Goodnefs to the Children of Men. Praise the Lord, therefore, O my Soul; and all that is within me, praife his holy Name.

Imprefs, O Lord, upon my Mind, fuch a Senfe of what my deareft Saviour has done for me, that I may celebrate all the Mysteries of my Redemption, especially that which thy Church this Day fuggefts to my Remembrance, with profound Humility, with exalted Thoughts of thine ineffable Goodnefs, and with most thankful Acknowledgements of thy great Love demonftrated to the Sons of Men; that my Heart and Life being truly affected and influenced by the Power of them in this World, I may, through thine infinite Mercy, receive the eternal Benefit of them in the World to come, where thou, O Lord, liveft and reigneft with the Son, and Holy Ghoft, one God, World without End. Amen.

II. Bleffed Jefus, I adore with all Humility thine infinite Condefcenfion in being made Man, in quitting the Manfions of Glory, to take upon thee the Form of a

Servant,

Servant, and in fubmitting to the lowest Condition of human Life, in order to relieve our Mifery, and to guide us in the Way to everlasting Life; grant that I may chearfully fubmit to the meaneft Offices for the Good and Benefit of my Fellow-Chrif tians, and that I may be content, and refigned under all the most afflicting Circumstances of Life, which the wife Providence of God fhall think fit to lay upon

me..

Bleffed be thy Goodnefs, O my Saviour, in fuffering thyfelf to be circumcifed, and in being obedient to the Law for Man, whereby, in order to fulfil the Will of God, thou didst take upon thee the Form of a Servant Grant me the true Circumcifion of the Spirit, that my Heart and all my Members being mortified from all worldly and carnal Lufts, I may iii all Things obey thy bleffed. Will, and after thy Example,, be readier to facrifice my Reputation, than neglect my Duty.

Adored be thy Mercy, O bleffed Jefus,, in communicating the glad Tidings of thine Appearance in the World to the Peo ple of Ifrael, by the Miniftration of Angels; and in revealing the joyful News to the Gentiles by a bright and unusual Star;; that

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