that the harmonious Sound of the Gofpel has reached this Land of my Nativity. Oh! may I always value fuch an ineftimable Benefit, by walking as a Child of the Light, and by compaffionating and relieving, to the utmost of my Power, the Miseries of thofe that ftill fit in Darkness.

How can I fufficiently praife thee, O bleffed Jefus, for thy glorious Refurrection, whereby thou haft made known the Power of thy Divinity, and proved thyfelf to be the true Meffias? Grant that thy Victory over the Grave may ftrengthen me against the Fear of Death, that I may look upon it as a Deliverance from Sin and Sorrow, and as a Paffage to a happy Eternity; and that the infinite Value of thy Sufferings may fupport me under the Senfe of thofe many Follies, which I heartily repent of.

I rejoice, O bleffed Jefus, in thy triumphant Afcenfion, when thou didst open the Kingdom of Heaven to all Believers, and didft fit down at the Right Hand of thy Father, adored by Angels, and interceding for Sinners. Oh! wean my Mind from the Vanities of this World, and place my Affections entirely on Things above: that I may fpend the remaining Part of to fecure an eternal Inheritance.

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A Prayer on any Saint's Day.

O LORD God, precious in thy Sight is the Death of thy Saints and Martyrs, bécause they have had the great Happiness to give thee the utmoft Teftimony of their unfeigned Love and Affection. Precious to themselves, O Lord, is the Death of thy Saints; because as they have been Partakers of Chrift's Sufferings, fo when his Glory fhall appear, they fhall be made glad with exceeding Joy. Let their Death be always precious, O Lord, in thy Sight; becaufe: their Example has convinced me of the Poffibility of ferving thee under the greateft. Difficulties, and animates my Endeavours with the Profpect of their happy Success.

I blefs and praife thy holy Name, fore all the Apostles, Saints, and Martyrs, departed this Life in thy Faith and Fear.. I congratulate their Victories over the World, who overcame themselves, and led in Triumph their own Paffions. I com-memorate with all Thankfulness their heroic Piety, and who ferved the Lord in Hunger and Thirst, in Prison and Chains, on Racks and in Torture, and who undauntedly encountered Death armed with

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the greatest Terror. Grace, O Lord, which enabled them to conquer all Oppofition, fupport and animate thy Servant, who is furrounded with the fame Temptations, and exposed to the fame unruly Paffions. Let their Examples teach me to be humble and meek, and to fubmit all my Defires to the Will of God; to govern my Senfes by Reason, and my Reafon by the Dictates of Revelation; to hold faft thy true Religion and Worship, and neverto live unworthy thereof; to take up the Cross, and to refift unto Blood, ftriving against Sin. Let their mortified Lives raise me above the Pleasures of Sense; and let the Pattern of their Piety and Devotion, of their Purity and Charity, of their patient Suffering, and Perfeverance unto the End, be always fo lively imprinted upon my Mind, that I may transcribe their Exam ple in my Life and Conversation, and thereby inherit thofe Promises they are now made Partakers of, through the Merits of Jefus Chrift my only Mediator and Advocate. Amen.

A Prayer

A Prayer at our first entrance into the Church.

LORD, I am now in thy Houfe; affift, I pray thee, and accept of my Services. Enable me and all who may this Day meet in thy Name, to worship thee in Spirit and in Truth. Let thy Holy Spirit help our Infirmities, and difpofe our Hearts to Seri oufnefs, Attention and Devotion; and grant that we may improve this Opportunity, to the Honour of thy holy Name, and the Benefits of our Souls, through Jefus Chrift our Saviour. Amen.

A Prayer at Church after the Service is ended.

BLESSED be thy Name, O Lord, for this Opportunity of atttending thee in thy House and Service.

Grant that I, and all that profefs thy Name, may be doers of thy Word, and not Hearers only: Pardon our Wanderings and Imperfections, and accept both us and our Services, through our only Mediator Jefus Chrift. Amen.

A Prayer

A Prayer for Chastity.

GREAT and glorious Lord God: Thou art a Being of infinite Holinefs, and unfpotted Purity, and haft declared thy Hatred and abhorrence of all Impurity and Uncleannefs. I prefent myself before thee at this Time, befeeching thee to give me a -Heart full of Sorrow and Concern, for that the Temper and Difpofition of my Mind are fo oppofite and contrary to thee, and that I am fo far from that Purity and Holiness which thou requireft, and which is neceffary to make me meet to relish and partake of the Joys and Delights of thy Kingdom.

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This is to be used [" I come unto thee to by fuch whofe Čaje "beg Relief and Assistance "from thee, and to befeech "thee, for the Sake of thy dear Son, to pardon and forgive all the impure and "wicked Thoughts, Defires, and Purpo

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fes, which I have ever entertained in my "Mind, and all the immodeft and un"chafte Behaviour and Actions of my "Life. And, O merciful God, I likewife "implore Pardon and Forgiveness for all "who have tempted me, or have been

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