Lord, who haft gathered to thy felf a Church upon Earth, and who doft govern and fanctifie it by thy holy Spirit, receive the Supplications that we offer Thee for all the Wants of thy Holy Church, and for all the different Conditions of thofe that compofe it; to the end that it might be a glorious Church to Thee, and without Spot, and that every one of its Members may ferve Thee faithfully, according to his Imployment and Station. Vouchfafe always to aflift those whom Thou haft appointed Paftors and Teachers therein, and that labour in the Work of the Ministry. Blefs and fill with a true Zeal, Chriftian Princes and Magiftrates, and particularly thofe on whom we depend; to the end, that having the Happiness of being Members of thy Church, they may be the Nourifhers and Protectors of it. Infpire all Chriftians with the Spirit of Peace and Concord. Bring back those that are in Error, to the Knowledge of the Truth. Grant to Sinners Repentance and Pardon for their Faults. Strengthen all those that fear Thee, to the end that they may be the Salt of the Earth, and the Light of the World. Give thy Bleffing to the Youth which thy Church has confecrated to Thee at this Time, and confirm them in thy Grace. Hear all thofe that call upon Thee, whatever their Neceffities and Afflictions are, and fupply all our Wants, for the fake of Jefus Chrift. Amen.

O Merciful and Gracious God, who haft made all Men, and who hateft nothing that Thou haft made, have Pity upon all the People that are in Ignorance and Infidelity. Lord Jefus, who didst this Day pray for thofe that crucified Thee, have Mercy upon the Nation of the Jews, that were the Authors of thy Death. Hear the Prayers which we offer for that People: Remove from their Heart the Veil of Incredulity and Blindness; to the end that being enlightned by thy Light, they may look upon Him whom they have pierced, and that according to thy Promifes, all Ifrael may be faved.

Almighty God, have Mercy upon the Heathens that worship Idols, and that are without God, and without Hope in the World. Grant that they forfaking their Idolatry, may know and ferve Thee, who art the Living and True God, and thy Son Jefus Chrift whom Thou haft fent. Deliver alfo the Turk, and all other Infidels, from their Blindness, to the End that they may be faved with thy People.

Lord Jefus Chrift, who art the chief Shepherd of the Sheep, and Redeemer of Man, gather together the Sheep which are not yet in thy Fold, fo that there may be but one Flock and one Shepherd; and that the Fulnefs of the Nations being come into thy Church, every Mouth may praife Thee, and every Tongue acknowledge Thee the Lord, to the Glory of God the Father. O Lord

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hear us. O Jefus Son of God, who did, fhed thy Blood for us this Day, and gave thy Life for the Salvation of Man, have Mercy upon us miferable Sinners. O Lamb of God that takeft away the Sins of the World, hear our Prayers. Thou who reigneft with the Father and the Holy Ghoft, one God alone bleffed for ever.

For the Saturday before Eafter.

GOD, who wert pleas'd that thy Only Son fhould die, that He fhould be buried, and remain in the Tomb till the Third Day, grant that all we who have been baptized into his Death, may be alfo buried with Him, by a continual Mortification of our corrupt Affections; to the end that as He is rais'd from the Dead, we may also be rais'd to a New Life; and that after having paft thro' Death and the Grave, we may attain to the Joy of a happy Refurre&tion, through the Merits of Him who is dead, buried, and rifen for us. Amen.

For Eafter-Sunday.

After Evening Sermon.

INCE we are this Day met together to celebrate the Chriftian

S Paffover, let us all with one accord, lift up our. Hearts to praise

the Almighty God our Heavenly Father for having, as on this Day,. rais'd his Son Jefus Chrift, after He deliver'd Him to Death for us. Let us return Him Thanks for it; let us rejoice before Him; let us praise Him; let us celebrate Him; and let us glorifie his Holy Name. O God, we thank Thee, forafinuch as we this Day behold the Accomplifhment of our Redemption. Thou haft deliver'd thy only and well-beloved Son, who knew not Sin, to the Death of the Crofs. He was broken for our Tranfgreffions, and bruifed for our Iniquities. And after He had given his Life as an Offering for Sin, Thou didst raife Him from the Dead on the Third Day, to be the great Shepherd of thy Sheep Tis for this Reafon that all thy Church is met this Day, and that thy Saints every where proclaim thy Praifes.

Chrift our Pallover was facrific'd for us; wherefore let us celebrate the Feaft, not with the Leaven of Malice or Hypocrifie, but with Sincerity> and Truth, Chrift having been rais'd from the Dead, dies no more, and Death has no more Dominion over Him. He died once for Sin, but now He is living unto God. Being the Prince of Life, He could not be holden by the Bands of Death. God did not leave his Sout in Hell, nor did He fuffer his Holy One to fee Corruption. He has overcome Death: He is rifen from the Grave, and lives for ever and ever The Stone which the Builders refus d, is become the Head Stone of

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the Corner. This is the Lord's doing, and it is marvellous in our Eyes. This is the Day the Lord has made; come and let us rejoice therein. God has rais'd us with Chrift, and has caus'd us to fit down with Him in the Heavenly Places. Bleffed be God the Father of our Lord Jefus Chrift, who by his great Mercy has regenerated us to a lively Hope, by the Refurrection of Jefus Chrift from among the Dead, to obtain an incorruptible Inheritance which is referved for us in the Heavens. Chrift is rifen, and is become the firft Fruits of thofe that fleep. As by Man came Death, fo alfo by Man came the Refurrection of the Dead: And as in Adam all die, fo in Chrift fhall all be made alive. Death is fwallowed up for ever. O Death! where is thy Sting? O Grave! where is thy Victory? Thanks be to God who has given us the Victory through Jefus Chrift.

Receive, O Almighty God, the Sacrifices of Thanksgivings which thy Servants offer up to Thee this Day of the Refurrection of our Redecmer. Lord, who haft opened unto us the Pallage into a better Life by this bleffed Refurrection, grant us the Grace, that we being rifen with Chrift, may love the Things that are above, and not thofe which are upon the Earth; to the end, that living no longer to our felves, but to Him that died, and is rifer again for us, and who is to be the Judge of the Quick and Dead, we may partake of the Refurrection of the Juft, and be found worthy to obtain everlasting Life,

Our Father, &c.

For the Monday and Tuesday after Easter.

Almighty Father, who for our Sins haft deliver'd thy only Son to Death, and haft rais'd Him again for our Juftification; grant that we being cleanfed from the Old Leaven of Malice and Wickedness, may ferve Thee in Pureness and Sincerity, through Jefus Chrift thy Son our Lord. Amen.

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For Afcenfion-Day.

ORD God Almighty, we are folemnly affembled to blefs Thee, and to rejoice in thy Prefence, upon the account of the Afcenfion of Jefus Chrift our Saviour, who was lifted up from Earth to Heaven as on this Day.

After that thy Son had humbled himself even to the Death of the Crofs, Thou haft powerfully lifted Him up, and given Him a Name above all Names: Thou haft crown'd Him with Glory and Honour : Thou haft put all Things under his Feet, and Thou haft caus'd Him to fit on the Right Hand of thy Majefty in the highest Places. Lord Jefus, Thou art entred into Heaven! Prince of Peace, the everlasting Gates were opened to Thee. Thy Kingdom is an everlasting King

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dom; Thou art the King of Glory Thou haft a fupream Power in Heaven and upon Earth: Thou art gone to thy Father, and to our Father; to thy God, and to our God Thou liveft and reigneft for ever and ever: And Thou canst perfectly fave all thofe that come to God by Thee. Thou art entred into Heaven as our Fore-runner; and where Thou art, Thou wouldest have us be alfo : And we know that Thou shalt return from Heaven, as thy Apoftles faw Thee afcend thither. Wherefore we adore Thee, we call upon Thee, we blefs Thee, and we rejoice in thy Triumph and Glory.

O Lord, grant us the Grace to partake of the Fruits of this glorious Afcenfion. Suffer us not to fhut against our felves the Gates of Heaven, by our Impenitency and Ingratitude, which Thou haft opened to us by thy Death, and by thy Afcenfion. Let us rather feek after the Things that are on high, where Jefus Chrift is fat down on thy Right-Hand; and that we lift up our felves continually, by our holy Thoughts and ardent Defires, towards that glorious Manfion into which our Saviour is entred.

Lord Jefus, who didft promise to thy Difciples before Thou didst leave the Earth, that Thou wouldeft be with them to the End of the World, dwell with us according to thy Promifes, whilft we are in this Body depriv'd of thy corporeal Prefence. Grant us, that at the Day of Judgment, at the Day of thy glorious and laft Return, we may hear with Joy, the Voice of the Archangel; that after having been rais'd, we may be lifted up into the Clouds before Thee; that we may arrive at the Heavenly Jerufalem, at the meeting of the Firstborn, and of the Juft made perfect; towards Thee, who art the Mediator of the New-Covenant, and towards God thy Father and ours; to whom, as to Thee and to the Holy Ghoft, belongs Glory and Bleffing for ever and ever. Amen.

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YRANT we beseech Thee, Almighty God, that like as we do believe thy only begotten Son, our Lord Jefus Christ, to have afcended into the Heavens, fo we may alfo in Heart and Mind thither afcend. We befeech Thee leave us not Comfortless, but send to us thy Holy Ghoft, which may fanctifie, comfort, lead, and bring us to the Place whither our Saviour is gone before us, who liveth and reigneth with Thee and the Holy Ghoft, One only God blessed for evermore. Amen.

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For the Two Sundays of Whitfuntide.

After the Evening Sermon.

Lmighty God, everlasting Father, we praife Thee, and we thank Thee for all thy Mercies, and particularly for those of which we celebrate the Remembrance at this Time. We give Thee Thanks for having redeemed us by thy Son, and for our having commemorated his Death in the Holy Sacrament of this Day. We blefs Thee alfo for that after having lifted up our Saviour to thy Right-hand, Thou didst fend thy Holy Ghost to thy Apostles as at this Time, and afterwards to all thy Church. Grant, Lord, that we being af fembled to return our folemn Thanks for fo precious a Gift, may perform this duty with Zeal, fo that the Sacrifice of our Praifes may be acceptable to Thee. We befeech Thee alfo, O Lord, that by the Efficacy of this precious Blood which thy holy Son has fhed, and by the Virtue of thy Spirit, we may perfevere in the holy Vocation wherewith Thou haft honour'd us, and glorifie Thee all the rest of our Lives. Spirit of Light and of Truth, lead us into all Truth, and enlighten our Minds that are fill'd with Darkness. Spirit of Prayer and of Supplication, teach us to pray as we ought; lift up our Hearts to Thee, and stir up in us Groans that cannot be utter'd. Spirit of Strength, fupport us always by thy Strength, be with us in Temptations, prevent us with thy Grace without ceafing, and draw us continually to Good. Spirit of Holinefs, come and fanctifie our Underftandings and our Hearts, purifie our Affections, and make us fit to do our Duty, each one in the Vocation to which we are called. Spirit of Confolation, dwell with us for ever, comfort us in Afflictions, fill us at all Times with Joy unspeakable and glorious. Spirit of Peace, give us Sentiments of Peace and Meeknefs, and of Charity towards one another. O Holy and Divine Spirit, which didit defcend as at this Time, upon the Apoftles in the Shape of Cloven Tongues like as of Fire, and which didft give them the Power of fpeaking divers Languages, kindle in our Hearts a heavenly Fire of holy Thoughts and ardent Defires; inflame us with a true Žeal, which may make us glorifie Thee, and edifie our Neighbour by our Words and Actions.

O God, caft us not out of thy Prefence, and never take from us the Spirit of thy Holiness. Suffer us not to grieve or to quench this Holy Spirit. Let Him dwell in us as within his Temple: Let Him guide us during the whole Time of our fojourning here below: Let us rejoice always in his divine Confolations, that fo we may happily finish our Course, that our mortal Bodies may be enliven'd at the laft Day by thy Spirit which dwells in us, and that we may be counted worthy to enter into thy Glory, to render there eternally, as we do at this prefent, Praife, Honour and Glory, to the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost. Amen.

Our Father, &c.

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