St. Luke xv. 6. I have found my Sheep

which was lost.

O GOOD Shepherd, I thank thee for thy tender Care and Concern for thy lost Sheep.-I had indeed been for ever lost, had not thy Love sought and found me, when I was astray: For thy Goodness Sake keep me, for the Time to come, from wandering from Thee, and from thy Fold. Amen.

St. John v. 14. Behold thou art made whole: Sin no more lest a worse Thing come unto thee.

LORD, the Frailty of Man without Thee cannot but fall: In all Temptations therefore, I beseech Thee to succour me, that no Sin, no Evil Spirit, may ever get the Dominion over me. Amen.

St. Matt. xxvi. 41. Watch and pray, that ye enter not into Temptation.

MAKE me, O Lord, ever mindful of my Infirmities and Backslidings, that I may be more watchful and more earnest for Grace, for the Time to come; that H

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the Adversary of my Soul may never find me off my Guard, or from under thy Protection.

St. Luke xi. 13.

Your heavenly Father will give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him.

O HEAVENLY Father, let it be unto thy Servant according to this Word. Abandon me not, I beseech Thee, to the Opposition that I shall at any Time make to thy Holy Spirit, that I may never render myself unworthy of so great a Blessing.

St. John viii. 51. If a Man keep my Saying, he shall never see Death.

O JESUS, who hast made known to us another Death besides that which separates our Souls from our Bodies, let thy Grace and Mercy deliver me from the bitter Pains of eternal Death. Amen.

St. Matt. xi. 29. Learn of me, for I am meek and lowly in Heart; And ye shall find Rest unto your Souls.

O HEAVENLY Master and Pattern, how am I astonished, when I consider thy Humility, thy Poverty, thy Meekness, thy Resignation,

Resignation, in the Midst of Injuries, Oppression, and Wrongs! It must be thy Almighty Grace which must enable me to follow thy Example, and submit to this Way of Peace, to which our Nature is so averse: For this Grace I now pray, through thy Merits and Mediation, O Jesus. Amen.

St. Luke xxiii. 34. Jesus said, Father, forgive them for they know not what they do.

WE do not indeed consider what we do, when we provoke that Justice which could not be appeased, but by the Death of the Son of God !—If I have any Enemies, O God, I beseech thee for them after this Example, not for Judgment and Vengeance, but for Mercy; for their Pardon, and for their eternal Happiness. Amen.

St. Luke xiii. 26, 27. Then shall ye say, We have eaten and drank in thy Presence, &c.—But he shall I

say, I tell you, know you not; depart from me, all ye Workers of Iniquity, &c.

LET me not depart from thy Table and Presence, O Lord, without obtaining the Grace to lead a godly and a Christian Life;—That I may escape this terrible and just Judgment to be passed upon all those who enjoy the Means of Grace and Salvation, without being bettered by them, but continue to lead unchristian Lives. Amen.

St. John i. 12. As many as received him, to them gave he Power (and Right) to become the Sons of God, even to them that believe on his Name.

I WILL not live in Sin; knowing, O God, that I am accounted thine.—O Jesus, who hast obtained for us this mighty Privilege, give me Grace, to live, as becomes the Child of so great, so good, so holy a Father; That I may never abuse this Mercy, nor forfeit the Right of the Inheritance of the Children of God, by Infidelity,

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fidelity, or Disobedience to the Commands of my Heavenly Father. Amen.

St. John xiv. 27. My Peace I leave with you; my Peace I give unto you.

IT must be thy Spirit, O Prince of Peace, that must put us into Possession of this thy last and dying Legacy. O give me this Peace which the World cannot give;Which passeth all Understanding!--The Peace and Pleasure of being in the Favour of God! And that I may possess my Soul in Peace, in the Midst of the Temptations, and Troubles, and Allurements, of this present evil World. And let this Peace, which thou hast purchased with thy precious Blood, be with me and with thy whole Church evermore. Amen,