A FORM OF

PRAYER AND THANKSGIVING

To Almighty God, for the Fruits of the Earth, and all the other Blessings of his merciful Providence; to be used yearly on the first Thursday in November, or on such other Day as shall be appointed by the Civil Authority.

The Service shall be as usual, except where it is hereby otherwise appointed. Among the Sentences at the beginning ken in heart, and bindeth up their of Morning Prayer shall be the follow-wounds.

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HONOUR the Lord with thy

He covereth the heaven with

substance, and with the first clouds, and prepareth rain for the fruits of all thine increase: So earth; he maketh the grass to shall thy barns be filled with plen-He giveth to the beast his food; grow upon the mountains. ty, and thy presses shall burst out and to the young ravens which with new wine. Prov. iii. 9, 10.

The Lord by wisdom hath found- cry. ed the earth; by understanding Praise thy God, O Sion. bath he established the heavens:

Praise the Lord, O Jerusalem:

down the dew. Prov. iii. 19, 20.

By his knowledge the depths are bars of thy gates; he hath blessed For he hath strengthened the broken up, and the clouds drop thy children within thee. The eternal God is thy refuge, ders, and filleth thee with the He maketh peace in thy borand underneath are the everlast-finest of the wheat. ing arms. Deut. xxxiii. 27.

Israel then shall dwell in safety" alone; the fountain of Jacob shall be upon the land of corn and of wine, also his heaven shall drop down dew. Deut. xxxiii. 28.

Happy art thou, O Israel; who is like unto thee, O people saved by the Lord, the shield of thy help, and who is the sword of thy excellency! Deut. xxxiii. 29.

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lections, or some other portion of the T Then shall be said or sung one of the SePsalms, at the discretion of the Minister. The First Lesson shall be Deut. viii. and the Second Lesson shall be 1 Thess.

v. 12 to 24.

After the general Thanksgiving, shall be said this which followeth : MOST gracious God, by whose

knowledge the depths are broken up and the clouds drop down the dew; we yield thee unInstead of, O come let us sing, & feigned thanks and praise, as for all following shall be said or sung: thy mercies, so especially for the PRAISE ye the Lord; for it returns of Seed-time and Harvest. good to sing praises unto our and for crowning the year with thy God; for it is pleasant, and praise goodness, in the increase of the is comely. ground and the gathering in of the The Lord doth build up Jeru- fruits thereof. And we beseech salem; he gathereth together the thee, give us a just sense of this ont-casts of Israel. great mercy; such as may appear He healeth those that are bro- in our lives, by an humble, holy,

and obedient walking before theef if any be a hearer of the word and all our days, through Jesus Christ not a doer, he is like unto a man our Lord; to whom, with thee and beholding his natural face in a the Holy Ghost, be all glory and glass: for he beholdeth himself, honour, world without end. and goeth his way, and straightAmen. way forgetteth what manner of

The Collect to be used instead of that man he was. But whoso looketh for the day. into the perfect law of liberty, and Most merciful Father, who continueth therein, he being not a hast blessed the labours of the forgetful hearer, but a doer of the husbandman in the returns of the work, this man shall be blessed in fruits of the earth; we give thee his deed. If any man among you humble and hearty thanks for this seem to be religious, and bridleth thy bounty; beseeching thee to not his tongue, but deceiveth his continue thy loving-kindness to own heart, this man's religion is us; that our land may still yield ber increase, to thy glory and our comfort, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

vain. Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this: to visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world. The Epistle. St. James, i. 16. The Gospel. St. Matt. v. 43. Do not err, my beloved breth-YE have heard that it hath been ren: every good gift and eve- said, Thou shalt love thy ry perfect gift is from above; and neighbour and hate thine enemy. cometh down from the Father But I say unto you, love your of Lights, with whom is no vari-enemies, bless them that curse ableness, neither shadow of turn-you, do good to them that hate ing. Of his own will begat he us you, and pray for them which deof the word of truth, that we spitefully use you and persecute should be a kind of first fruits of you; that ye may be the children his creatures. Wherefore, my be- of your Father which is in heaven: loved brethren, let every man be for he maketh his sun to rise on swift to hear, slow to speak, slow the evil and on the good, and sendto wrath for the wrath of man eth rain on the just and on the unworketh not the righteousness of just. For if ye love them which God. Wherefore lay apart all love you, what reward have ye? do filthiness and superfluity of naugh- not even the Publicans the same? tiness, and receive with meekness Or if ye salute your brethren only, the ingrafted word, which is able what do ye more than others? do to save your souls. Be ye doers not even the Publicans so? Be ye of the word; and not hearers only, therefore perfect,even as your Fadeceiving your own selves. For ther which is in heaven is perfect.

TO BE USED IN FAMILIES.

MORNING PRAYER.

The Master or Mistress having called together as many of the Family as can conveniently be present; let one of them, or any other whom they shall think per, say as follows, all kneeling:

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OUR Father, who art in Heaven, Hallowed be thy Name; Thy Kingdom come; Thy will be done on Earth, as it is in Heaven; Give us this day our daily bread; And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us; And lead us not into temptation; But deliver us from evil: For thine is the Kingdom, and the Power, and the Glory, for ever and ever. Amen. ALMIGHTY and everlasting God, in whom we live and move and have our being; we, thy, mercy and preserneedy creatures, render thee our humble praises, for vation, especially thy preservation of us from the beginning of our lives through the night to this day, and especially for having delivered us past. from the dangers of the past night. To thy watchful providence we owe it, (that no disturbance hath come nigh us or our dwelling; but, that we are ances of any kind befall a Family, brought in safety to the beginning of this day.) For instead of this, say these thy mercies, we bless and magnify thy glorious that notwithstandName; humbiy beseeching thee to accept this our ing our dangers, morning sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving; for his we are brought in safety to the begin. sake who lay down in the grave, and rose again for ning of this day. us, thy Son our Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen.

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AND, since it is of thy mercy, O gracious Father, Dedication of sout that another day is added to our lives; we here and body to God's dedicate both our souls and our bodies to thee and service, with a rethy service, in a sober, righteous, and godly life: In growing daily in which resolution, do thou, O merciful God, confirm Goodness. and strengthen us; that, as we grow in age, we may grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen.

Prayer for grace

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BUT, O God, who knowest the weakness and corruption of our nature, and the manifold tempta- form that resolutions which we daily meet with; we humbly beseech tion. thee to have compassion on our infirmities, and to give us the constant assistance of thy Holy Spirit; that we may be effectually restrained from sin, and excited to our duty. Imprint upon our hearts such a dread of thy judgments, and such a grateful sense of thy goodness to us, as may make us both afraid and ashamed to offend thee. And, above all, keep in our minds a lively remembrance of that great Day, in which we must give a strict account of our thoughts, words, and actions; and according to the works done

in the body, be eternally rewarded or punished, by him whom thou hast appointed the Judge of quick and dead, thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord.

Amen.

and keep us the following day, and for God's blessing on the business

of the same.

Instead of this, say,

For grace to guide IN particular, we implore thy grace and protection for the ensuing day. Keep us temperate in our meats and drinks, and diligent in our several callings. Grant us patience under any afflictions thou shalt see fit to lay on us, and minds always contented with our present condition. Give us grace to be just and upright in all On Sunday Morning our dealings; quiet and peaceable; full of comand let thy Holy Spirit passion; and ready to do good to all men, acaccompany us to the cording to our abilities and opportunities. Diplace of thy public rect us in all our ways *(and prosper the works worship, making us se- of our hands in the business of our several starious and attentive, and raising our minds tions.) Defend us from all dangers and adversi from the thoughts of ties; and be graciously pleased to take us, and all this world to the con- things belonging to us, under thy Fatherly care that we may fervently and protection. These things, and whatever join in the prayers and else thou shalt see necessary and convenient to praises of thy Church, us, we humbly beg, through the merits and and listen to our duty mediation of thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord and order to practise it. Saviour. Amen.

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THE grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Ghost, be with us all evermore. Amen.

EVENING PRAYER.

The Family being together, a little before Bed Time, let the Master or Mistress, or any other whom they shall think proper, say as follows, all kneeling :

OUR Father, who art in Heaven, Hallowed be thy Name; Thy Kingdom come; Thy Will be done on Earth, as it is in Heaven; Give us this day our daily bread; And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us; And lead us not into temptation; But deliver us from evil: For thine is the Kingdom, and the Power, and the Glory, for ever and ever. Amen.

sins, with a prayer for contrition and pardon.

Confession of MOST merciful God, who art of purer eyes than to behold iniquity, and hast promised forgiveness to all those who confess and forsake their sins; we come before thee in an humble sense of our own unworthiness, acknowledging our manifold trans*Here, let him gressions of thy righteous laws. But, O gracious who reads make a Father, who desirest not the death of a sinner, look short pause, that every one may se- upon us, we beseech thee, in mercy, and forgive us cretly confess the all our transgressions. Make us deeply sensible of sius and failings the great evil of them; and work in us an hearty conof that day. trition; that we may obtain forgiveness at thy hands, who art ever ready to receive humble and penitent

stoners; for the sake of thy Son Jesus Christ, our only Saviour and Redeemer. Amen.

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AND lest, through our own frailty, or the tempta- Prayer for grace tions which encompass us, we be drawn again to reform into sin, vouchsafe us, we beseech thee, the direc- grow better. tion and assistance of thy Holy Spirit. Reform whatsoever is amiss in the temper and disposition of our souls; that no unclean thoughts, unlawfui designs, or inordinate desires, may rest there. Purge our hearts from envy, hatred, and malice: that we may never suffer the sun to go down upon our wrath; but may always go to our rest in peace, charity, and good-will, with a conscience void of offence towards thee and towards men: That so, we may be preserved pure and blameless, unto the coming of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen.

AND accept, O Lord, our intercessions for all The Intercession mankind. Let the light of thy Gospel shine

upon all nations; and may as many as have received it, live as be comes it. Be gracious unto thy Church; and grant that every member of the same, in his vocation and ministry, may serve thee faithfully. Bless all in authority over us; and so rule their hearts and strengthen their hands, that they may punish wickedness and vice, and maintain thy true religion and virtue. Send down thy blessings, temporal and spiritual, upon all our relations, friends, and neighbours. Reward all who have done us good, and pardon all those who have done or wish us evil, and give them repentance and better minds. Be merciful to all who are in any trouble; and do thou, the God of pity, administer to them according to their several necessities, for his sake who went about doing good, thy Son our Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen.

то our prayers, O Lord, we join our unfeigned The Thanksgiv thanks for all thy mercies; for our being, our ing.

reason, and all other endowments and faculties of soul and body; for our health, friends, food, and raiment, and all the other comforts and conveniencies of life. Above all, we adore thy mercy in sending thy only Son into the world to redeem us from sin and eternal death, and in giving us the knowledge and sense of our duty towards thee. We bless thee for thy patience with us, notwithstanding our many and great provocations; for all the directions, assistances, and comforts of thy Holy Spirit; for thy continual care and watchful providence over us through the whole course of our lives; and particularly for the mercies and benefits of the past day: Beseeching thee to continue these thy blessings to us; and to give us grace to show our thankfulness in a sincere obedience to his laws through whose merits and intercession we received them all, thy Son our Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen.

IN particular, we beseech thee to continue thy gra- Prayer for God's cious protection to us-this night. Defend us from protection through the night followall dangers and mischiefs, and from the fear of them ing.