deserves more love than I have to give: but, Lord, do thou turn me all into love, and all my love into obedience, and let my obedience be without interruption; and then I hope thou wilt accept such a return as I can make. Make me to be something that thou delightest in, and thou shalt have all that I am or have from thee, even whatsoever thou makest fit for thyself. Teach me to live wholly for my Saviour Jesus, and to be ready to die for Jesus, and to be conformable to his life and sufferings, and to be united to him by inseparable union, and to own no passions but what may be servants to Jesus, and disciples of his institution. O sweetest Saviour, clothe my soul with thy holy robe; hide my sins in thy wounds, and bury them in thy grave; and let me rise in the life of grace, and abide and grow in it, till I arrive at the kingdom of glory. Amen.

"Our Father," &c.

[AD SECT. 7, 8.]

A Form of Prayer or Intercession for all estates of People in the Christian Church. The parts of which may be added to any other forms: and the whole office entirely as it lies is proper to be said in our preparation to the holy Sacrament, or on the day of celebration.

1. For ourselves.

Father of our Lord

O THOU gracious Father of mercy, Jesus Christ, have mercy upon thy servants who bow our heads, and our knees, and our hearts to thee: pardon and forgive us all our sins: give us the grace of holy repentance, and a strict obedience to thy holy Word: strengthen us in the inner man with the power of the Holy Ghost for all the parts and duties of our calling and holy living: preserve us for ever in the unity of the holy Catholic Church, and in the inte

grity of the Christian faith, and in the love of God and of our neighbours, and in hope of life eternal. Amen.

2. For the whole Catholic Church.

O holy Jesus, King of the saints, and Prince of the Catholic Church, preserve thy spouse whom thou hast purchased with thy right hand, and redeemed and cleansed with thy blood; the whole Catholic Church from one end of the earth to the other: she is founded upon a rock, but planted in the sea. O preserve her safe from schism, heresy and sacrilege. Ünite all her members with the bands of faith, hope and charity, and in an external communion, when it shall seem good in thine eyes. Let the daily sacrifice of prayer and sacramental thanksgiving never cease, but be for ever presented to thee, and for ever united to the intercession of her dearest Lord, and for ever prevail for the obtaining for every of its members grace and blessing, pardon and salvation. Amen.

3. For all Christian Kings, Princes, and Governors.

O King of kings, and Prince of all the rulers of the earth, give thy grace and Spirit to all Christian princes, the spirit of wisdom and counsel, the spirit of government and godly fear. Grant unto them to live in peace and honour, that their people may love and fear them, and they may love and fear God. Speak good unto their hearts concerning the Church, that they may be nursing fathers to it, fathers to the fatherless, judges and avengers of the cause of widows; that they may be compassionate to the wants of the poor, and the groans of the oppressed; that they may not vex or kill the Lord's people with unjust or ambitious wars, but may feed the flock of God, and may enquire after and do all things which may promote peace, public honesty, and holy religion; so administering things present, that they may not fail of the everlasting

glories of the world to come, where all thy faithful people shall reign kings for ever. Amen.

4. For all the Orders of them that minister about holy things.

O thou great Shepherd and Bishop of our souls, holy and eternal Jesus, give unto thy servants, the ministers of the mysteries of the Christian religion, the spirit of prudence and sanctity, faith and charity, confidence and zeal, diligence and watchfulness, that they may declare thy will unto the people faithfully, and dispense thy sacraments rightly, and intercede with thee graciously and acceptably for thy servants. Grant, O Lord, that by a holy life and a true belief, by well doing and patient suffering (when thou shalt call them to it) they may glorify thee the great lover of souls, and after a plentiful conversion of sinners from the error of their ways, they may shine like the stars in glory. Amen.

Give unto thy servants the bishops a discerning spirit, that they may lay hands suddenly on no man, but may depute such persons to the ministries of religion who may adorn the gospel of God, and whose lips may preserve knowledge, and such who by their good preaching and holy living may advance the service of the Lord Jesus. Amen.

5. For our nearest Relatives, as Husband, Wife, Children, Family, &c.

O God of infinite mercy, let thy loving mercy and compassion descend upon the head of thy servants, [my wife, or husband, children and family:] be pleased to give them health of body and of spirit, a competent portion of temporal good things, so as may with comfort support them in their journey to heaven; preserve them from all evil and sad accidents, defend them in all assaults of their enemies, direct their persons and their actions, sanctify their hearts and words and

purposes; that we all may by the hands of obedience and charity be united to our Lord Jesus, and always feeling thee our merciful and gracious Father, may become a holy family, discharging our whole duty in all our relations; that we in this life being thy children by adoption and grace, may be admitted into thy holy family hereafter, for ever to sing praises to thee in the Church of the first-born, in the family of thy redeemed Amen.

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6. For our Parents, our Kindred in the flesh, our Friends and Benefactors.

O God merciful and gracious, who hast made [my parents,] my friends and benefactors, ministers of thy mercy and instruments of providence to thy servant, I humbly beg a blessing to descend upon the heads of [name the persons, or the relations.] Depute thy holy angels to guard their persons, thy holy Spirit to guide their souls, thy providence to minister to their necessities and let thy grace and mercy preserve them from the bitter pains of eternal death, and bring them to everlasting life through Jesus Christ. Amen.

7. For all that lie under the rod of War, Famine, Pestilence to be said in the time of Plague, or War, &c.

O Lord God Almighty, thou art our Father, we are thy children; thou art our Redeemer, we thy people purchased with the price of thy most precious blood: be pleased to moderate thy anger towards thy servants; let not thy whole displeasure arise, lest we be consumed and brought to nothing. Let health and peace be within our dwellings, let righteousness and holiness dwell for ever in our hearts, and be expressed in all our actions, and the light of thy countenance be upon us in all our sufferings, that we may delight in the service and in the mercies of God for ever. Amen. O gracious Father and merciful God, if it be thy

will, say unto the destroying angel, It is enough: and though we are not better than our brethren who are smitten with the rod of God, but much worse, yet may it please thee, even because thou art good, and because we are timorous and sinful, not yet fitted for our appearance, to set thy mark upon our foreheads, that thy angel, the minister of thy justice, may pass over us and not hurt us. Let thy hand cover thy servants, and hide us in the clefts of the rock, in the wounds of the holy Jesus, from the present anger that is gone out against us; that though we walk through the valley of the shadow of death, we may fear no evil, and suffer none: and those whom thou hast smitten with thy rod, support with thy staff, and visit them with thy mercies and salvation, through Jesus Christ. Amen.

8. For all Women with Child, and for unborn

Children.

O Lord God, who art the Father of them that trust in thee, and shewest mercy to a thousand generations of them that fear thee, have mercy upon all women great with child, be pleased to give them a joyful and a safe deliverance: and let thy grace preserve the fruit of their wombs, and conduct them to the holy sacrament of baptism; that they being regenerated by thy Spirit, and adopted into thy family, and the portion and duty of sons, may live to the glory of God, to the comfort of their parents and friends, to the edification of the Christian Commonwealth, and the salvation of their own souls, through Jesus Christ. Amen.

9. For all estates of Men and Women in the Christian Church.

O holy God, King eternal, out of the infinite storehouses of thy grace and mercy give unto all virgins chastity, and a religious spirit; to all persons dedicated to thee and to religion, continence and meekness, an active zeal and an unwearied spirit; to all