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All that is in Heaven and in Earth, is Thine; the Kingdom is Thine Thou art a Prince exalted above all Things: Thou haft the Dominion over all: Riches and Honour, Power and Might are in thy Hand.

Now then, O our God, we celebrate and praise thy glorious Name. What are we, and what is this People, that we fhould have Power to offer Thee this voluntary Service, and to praise Thee? We are Strangers before Thee, and our Days pafs as a Shadow.

Behold, we make bold to speak to Thee, though we are but Dust and Ashes. Lord, accept the voluntary Oblations of our Lips; let thy Mercy be upon us, O God, according as we have waited on Thee.

Glory be to the Father, &c.

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An Hymn for Thursday Morning.

ORD of Hofts, how amiable are thy Tabernacles! My Soul ceases not to defire earnestly: It pants after the Courts of God: My Heart and my Flesh are tranfported with Joy for the living God. Happy are those that dwell in thy House, and that praise Thee continually.

One Day in thy Courts, is better than a Thousand elsewhere. I had rather be a Door-keeper in the House of my God, then to dwell in the Tents of Wickedness. For the Lord is a Sun and a Shield. The Lord gives Grace and Glory: He with-holds not any good Thing from those who walk in Uprightnefs. Lord of Hofts, happy is the Man that trufts in Thee.

O God, I will dwell in thy Tabernacle for many Ages: I will hide my felf under the Shadow of thy Wings, for Thou, O God, haft heard my Defires, and haft given me the Inheritance of thofe that fear thy Name.

I will be always with Thee: Thou haft taken me by the RightHand; Thou shalt guide me by thy Council, and receive me into thy Glory.

Whom have I in Heaven befides Thee: I have had no Delight upon Earth but in Thee. All thofe that part from Thee fhall perish. Thou shalt cut off those that forfake Thee; but as for me, 'tis my Happiness to come near to God.

Glory be to the Father, &c.

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Another Hymn for Thurfday Morning.

GOD, Thou art my mighty God: I feek Thee in the Morning early: My Soul thirfteth after Thee, and my Flesh longeth for Thee in a defart Land.

I defire to fee thy Face and thy Glory in thy Sanctuary; for thy Favour is better than Life; wherefore I will blefs Thee as long as I live.

Happy is He whom Thou haft chofen, and whom Thou shalt bring near to Thee, that He may dwell in thy Courts. We fhall be fatisfied with the good Things of thy Houfe, and of thy Palace.

We will come into thy Temple with the Sacrifices of Praife, and we will pay our Vows to Thee.

Bleffed be the Lord, who bestows his good Things on us daily.

Bleffed be God, the Father of our Lord Jefus Chrift, who of his great Mercy has regenerated us to a lively Hope, by the Refurrection of Jefus Chrift from the Dead, to obtain an incorruptible Inheritance that can never be defiled, nor wear away, and which is kept in Heaven for us.

Blessed be the Lord God of Ifrael, who only doth marvellous Things. Blessed for ever be the Name of his Glory: And let all the Earth be Bleffed be the Lord for ever and ever, and filled with his Praises.

let all the Peopie fay, Amen.

Glory be to the Father, &c.

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An Hymn for Thursday Evening.

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E who are the Servants of the Lord, praife the Name of the
Lord: Bleffed be the Name of the Lord both now and for

evermore.

The Name of the Lord is great, from the rifing up of the Sun to the going down of the fame: The Lord is above all the Nations, and his Glory above all the Heavens.

Who is like to our God, that dwelleth in the highest Places, and ftoops to behold the Heavens and the Earth?

The Lord is inclined to Pity, merciful, flow to Anger, abourdirg in Kindness. He has not done to us according unto our Sins, nor rendred to us according unto our Tranfgreffions.

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God, who is rich in Mercy, through his tender Mercy, wherewith He hath loved us, even at the Time when we were dead in our Sins, has quickned us in Chrift, and rais'd us up together with Him, and has caus'd us to fet down in the heavenly Places in Chrift, to the end He might fhew the exceeding Riches of his Grace and Goodness towards us, through Jefus Chrift.

May God vouchfafe to enlighten the Eyes of our Understanding, to the end that we might know what is the Hope of his Calling, and what are the Riches of his Inheritance in the Saints.

To this great God and Father, who by the Power that acts in us with Efficacy, can do abundantly above what we ask or think, to Him be Glory in the Church by Jefus Chrift, through all Ages, and for ever: and ever.

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Another Hymn for Thurfday Evening.

Will fing of the Goodness of the Lord, and I will tell of his Truth through all Ages.

O Lord God of Hofts, who is like unto Thee, mighty Lord! Thy Arm is powerful, thy Hand is ftrong, thy Right-hand is lifted up: Righteoufnefs and Truth are the Foundation of thy Throne, Mercy and Faithfulness go before thy Face.

Thy Works are great and admirable, Lord God Almighty. Thy Ways are juft and true, O King of Saints: Who fhould not fear Thee, Lord, and glorifie thy Name! For Thou only art holy.

All the Nations fhall come and worship Thee, because thy Judgments are made manifeft.

Oye Juft, rejoice in the Lord, and celebrate the Memorial of his Holinefs; celebrate his Name, which is great and terrible; celebrate the Strength of the King that loves Righteoufnefs; exalt the Lord our God, and caft your felves down before his Footstool: He is holy, praife Him by Pfalms, Hymns, and fpiritual Songs, finging and rejoicing in your Heart to the Lord.

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Give always Thanks for all Things, to our God and Father, in the Name of our Lord Jefus Christ.

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Glory be to the Father, &c.

An Hymn for Friday. Evening."

Will blefs the Lord at all Times, his Praise fhall be continually in my Mouth: My Soul fhall make its Boaft of God; the Righteous fhall hear it, and rejoice. Magnifie the Lord with me, and let

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us exalt his Name together: Tafte and fee how gracious is the Lord Happy is the Man that draweth near Him.

O Lord, thy Goodnefs reaches even unto the Heavens; and thy Faithfulness even unto the Clouds: Thy Righteoufnefs is as the high Mountains, and thy Judgments as the great Deep. Thou preferveft both Man and Beaft.

O God, how precious is thý Goodness! So fhall the Sons of Men fhelter themfelves under the Shadow of thy Wings. They fhall be filled with the Fatnefs of thy Houfe; and Thou fhalt give them Ri vers of Pleasure to drink.

The Springs of Life are in Thee, and it is by thy Light we fee Light. Continue to difplay thy Favour upon those that know Thee, and thy Righteoufnefs upon thofe that are true of Heart.

Lord, we give Thee Thanks that Thou haft chofen us from the Beginning, in Sanctification of Spirit, by Faith, and by the Word of thy Truth; and for having called us to the Poffeffion of thy Glory, through Jefus Chrift our Lord.

To Him that can keep us ftedfaft, and caufe us to appear blameless and with Joy, before his Face, to the only wife God and our Saviour, be Glory and Magnificence, Might and Power, for ever and ever. Glory be to the Father, &c.

Another Hymn for Friday Evening.

ORD, let our Request come before Thee as the Incense, and the L Lifting up of our Hands, as the Evening Sacrifice.

Bless the Lord, all ye his Servants: Ye that stand in the House of the Lord, lift up your Hands in the Sanctuary, and bless the Lord.

Praife the Lord, fing unto his Name, for 'tis a good Thing to praise Him. Our Lord is above all the Heavens, He does whatever pleases Him in Heaven, in the Sea, and in the Deep.

O House of Ifrael, blefs the Lord! O Houfe of Aaron, and, of the Levites, blefs the Lord! All ye that fear the Lord, blefs Him.

The Lord has raised his Son Jefus, He has fent Him to blefs us,. by delivering us from our Sins.

Thanks be unto God for his unfpeakable Gift.

We give Thee Thanks always, O God, who art the Father of our Lord Jefus Chrift, becaufe of the Hope that is referv'd for us in the

Heavens..

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An Hymn for Saturday Morning.

"TName, O God moft High. To fhew forth thy Goodness every IS a good Thing to praife the Lord, and to fing Pfalms to thy

Morning, and thy Faithfulness every Night..

O Lord, Thou haft made us glad by thy Works, we will rejoice in the Works of thy Hands: O Lord, how great are thy Works, how deep are thy Thoughts! Lord our God, Thou art cloathed with Majefty and Greatnefs, thy Works are vaftly numerous, Thou haft made them all with Wifdom: The Earth is full of thy Riches, the Heavens fhew forth thy Glory, and the Firmament declare the Work of thy Hands.

Let the Heavens and the Earth praife Thee: Let the Glory of the Lord continue for ever: Let the Lord take Pleasure in his Works.

Let all thofe that fear Him, blefs Him, and let them fay, Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord God Almighty, who art, who waft, and who wilt be, Thou art worthy to receive Honour, Glory, and Power; for Thou haft made all Things, and for thy Pleasure they are and were created.

Thou haft created new Heavens and a new Earth, in redeeming the World by Jefus Chrift; and Thou haft prepared us a Reft, to the end that being entred therein, we may rest as Thou didst on this Day, after having finifh'd thy Works.

Wherefore we blefs Thee, O Lord God. O God, the Creator and Redeemer of the World, we celebrate thy Power, and exalt thy Mercy, faying,

Glory be to the Father, &c.

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Another Hymn for Saturday Morning.

O ME, and blefs the Lord your God for ever and ever; and let the Name of thy Glory be blefs'd, O God: Let thy holy. Name be praised above all our Blessings, and above all our Praises. Thou only art the Lord, Thou haft made the Heavens and all the Hoft thereof, the Earth, and all that is therein, the Sea and all Things within it, Thou preferveft all thofe Things, and the Host of Heaven do caft themfelves down before Thee.

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Lord, all thy Works fhall praife Thee, thy Saints fhall blefs Thee. The Works of God are great, they are fought out and confidered by those that take Pleafure in them. His Works are altogether Majefty and Greatness: His Righteoufnefs endureth for ever. The Lord is full of Holiness, his Mercies are over all his Works.

He has remembred his Covenant: He has fent Redemption to his People: His Name is holy and terrible.

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