MONDAY MORNING.

O GOD! by whom the world is governed and preserved, I, thine unworthy creature, under a thankful sense of thy providential care, draw nigh unto thee to offer my morning sacrifice of prayer and praise. I thank thee that thou hast protected me from all the dangers of the night; continue thy goodness to me through this day, and preserve me from all dangers both of body and soul. Suffer me not to forget the lessons of holiness which I was taught on thy day of sacred rest, but dispose me to manifest in my behaviour, this day and during the week, the blessed effects of thy word and means of grace. I thank thee, O Heavenly Father, for all the time thou hast given me, and acknowledge that I have greatly wasted and misused it. May I do so no more; make me to remember that every day is thy gift, and to be used both in thy service, and in doing the work of my salvation. Enable me to resist the temptations of the world, the flesh, and the devil, and dispose me to follow in all things the motions of thy good Spirit; not trusting to my own strength or wisdom, but looking to thee for grace to establish me in every good work and word.

MONDAY EVENING.

Most gracious and merciful God! who art of purer eyes than to behold iniquity, and hast promised mercy and forgiveness to all them who confess and forsake their sins; I come before thee in an humble sense of my own unworthiness, acknowledge my manifold transgressions

against thy righteous laws in thought, word, and deed. O Gracious Father, who desirest not the death of a sinner, look upon me, I beseech thee, in thy son Jesus Christ, and for the merits of his sufferings, be thou merciful to me in the pardon of my sins, make me deeply sensible of the great evil and danger of them, and work in me a hearty contrition. Accept, O Lord, as the testimony of my love and charity, my hearty intercessions for all mankind. Let the glorious light of thy Gospel shine upon all nations, and grant that all who have already received it may live suitably to it. O Lord, I beseech thee to continue thy gracious protection to me this night. Into thy hands I commend myself, my soul and body, my substance, dwelling, and all things that belong to me. And O Lord, make me mindful of that time when I shall lie down in the dust; and grant me grace always to live in such a state that I may never be afraid or unfit to die.

TUESDAY MORNING.

BLESSED be thy name O God, now and for ever more; and thrice blessed be the great and glorious Majesty of heaven, who hath preserved me the night past, and saved me from the sleep of death. O holy Jesus, the Morning Star, the Day-spring from on high, who comest down to visit us, to give light to them that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death; guide my feet in the way of peace. Arise, O Sun of Righteousness, upon my darkened soul, with healing in thy wings. Make me a child of the light and of the day, show me the way in which I should walk,

for unto thee, O Lord, do I lift up my soul. O raise up my soul out of earthly desires. Quicken my dullness in thy service. Comfort me in all my sadness. Dispel all those mists of ignorance and error which cloud my understanding. Release my heart from the bondage of sin and Satan, and from the fetters of all temptations unto evil, and so strengthen me to run in the way which thou hast commanded, that I may obtain what thou hast promised. Let no persecutions either of my bodily or spiritual adversaries rob me of the hope thereof. Let no false suggestions either withdraw my heart from the love of thy truth, or from the practice of it in all the actions of my life. Let thy loving kindness vouchsafe to quicken all my holy desires and endeavours, that when the few days of this life are ended, I may inherit that endless life which thou hast prepared for all who love and fear thee, through Christ our Lord.

TUESDAY EVENING.

BLESSED be God that it hath pleased him to add another day to the years of my life; that none of his judgments, to which, for my sins, I am liable, have fallen upon me. Accept, O God! of my unfeigned thanks for these, and all thy mercies, from day to day conferred upon me. Add to this all thy favours, I beseech thee, that I may never forget to be thankful. May the Almighty God take me, my relations and friends, my benefactors and my enemies, under his gracious protection this night, and keep me in perpetual peace and safety. I beseech thee for all who are my enemies, not for judgment and vengeance, but for

mercy, for the remission of their sins, and for their eternal happiness. Deliver me from the terrors of the night, and from the pestilence that walketh in darkness. Let my sleep be free from sin: preserve me from evil dreams and evil spirits. Into thy hands I commend myself, my spirit, my soul and body.

WEDNESDAY MORNING.

Most gracious Lord God! the Well-Spring of all our comforts here, and the sure and certain Foundation of all our hopes hereafter, look down from heaven upon one who humbly begs leave to renew his thanks to thy Divine Majesty. I confess that I am under thy protection. I have this night slept secure, and praised be thy holy name that I am now in health and safety. O most merciful Father! forgive me all the unworthy returns I have made for the manifold favours I have received from thee; and grant me for the time to come such a sense of thine infinite goodness and mercy, that I may love thee with all my heart, with all my soul, and with all my strength; that I may study to please thee in all things, and be afraid of nothing so much as of thy wrath and indignation. Grant me a right understanding of thy will and grace, so as to use this world as not to abuse it, that neither the cares of this life nor the deceitfulness of riches may ever make me neglect the great work of our salvation. Assist me, O Lord, this day in all my honest labours and endeavors, and grant that I may take nothing in hand but what is agreeable to thee my God: to whom also I beg humbly to commend my soul

and body, and all that stand in any relation to me, beseeching thee of thy great goodness to take me under thy protection, and defend me from all evil, and to lead me in the way I should go; so that while I am engaged about things temporal, I may neither forget the things that are eternal, nor be unmindful of that great and solemn account which I shall give when thou shalt call me to judgment at the last day.

WEDNESDAY EVENING.

BLESSED Lord! correct and subdue all those proud and lofty thoughts which would persuade me that there is any thing in me, which can deserve the least favour from thee, or that I am better than others, because I enjoy some blessings which they are without. If thou dost vouchsafe to bestow prosperity upon me, I acknowledge it thy bounty, and infinitely above my merit; and if thou dost afflict me with loss of friends, of fortune, and of liberty, I confess it is much less than my sins have deserved, and that it is of thy great mercy that I am not absolutely consumed. 0 Lord! open mine eyes that I may have a clear and uninterrupted sight of all the wonderful things which thou hast done for me. Let me not live as if I were a stranger to thy commandments, and knew not what is my duty to thee. Infuse into my heart such an awe and fear to displease thee, that no allurements and invitations of the false pleasures of the world may seduce me from my obedience to thee, no scoffs and reproaches of wicked and profane persons may lessen my reverence to any thing which thou hast com