Possess my Soul, gracious God, with such a Sense of this thy Goodness, and of my Dependance upon Thee for Life, and Health, and Prosperity, and Comfort, that it may be my Delight, as it is my Duty and Interest, to serve and obey Thee.

And that I may do this with a quiet Mind, forgive me the Sins of which my Conscience is afraid; and avert the Judgments which I have justly deserved.

Give me Grace that I may continue in thy Fear all the Day long; and that I may live and act, as having Thee, O God, the constant Witness of my Conduct; and that it may be the Purpose of my Soul never to offend Thee wilfully.

May thy restraining Grace preserve me from the Temptations of an evil World, from the Frailty and Corruption of my own Nature, and from the Evil Principles and Practices of the Age we live in!

Possess my Heart with a sincere Love for Thee, and for all Mankind; and grant that I have this comfortable and sure may Proof of thy Love abiding in me, that I may study to please Thee, and to keep thy Commandments.

Give me a tender Compassion for the Wants and Miseries of my Neighbour,

that

that thou mayest have Compassion upon me, O God.

In all my Ways I do acknowledge Thee. Do thou, O Lord, direct my Paths, and teach me to guide my Affairs, my Designs, my Words and Actions, with Charity, Discretion, Justice, and Piety.

Shew me the Way that I should walk in, and give me Grace to follow the Conduct of thy good Spirit, that I may do my Duty in that State of Life, in which thy Providence has placed me.

Let me ever remember that the Night cometh when no Man can work; and that now is the Time in which to provide for Eternity.

Grant, gracious God, that no worldly Pleasures, no worldly Business may ever make me lose the Sight of Death, or forget the Dangers that surround me.

Fill my heart with the Dread of the Punishments prepared for impenitent Sinners, and my Soul with a Sense of the Blessings which will be the sure Reward of all them that Love Thee, and obey thy Laws.

Hear me, O heavenly Father, not according to my imperfect Petitions, but

according

according to the full Meaning of that holy Prayer which thy beloved Son hath taught

us:

Our Father, which art in Heaven;Hallowed be thy Name.-Thy Kingdom come.Thy Will be done in Earth, as it is in Heaven.- -Give us this Day our daily Bread. And forgive us our Trespasses, as we forgive them that 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.

PRAYERS

PRAYERS

FOR PARTICULAR PERSONS.

EVENING PRAYER.

Every thoughtful Person, before he lieth down to sleep, will put himself under the Protection of God, who giveth his Angels charge concerning his Elect, to preserve them from the Powers of Darkness, from the Dangers of the Night, and from all sad Accidents.

THAT it hath pleased God to add another Day to the Years of my Life, and that he hath kept me from the Dangers of an evil World:-For these, and for all his Mercies from Day to Day bestowed upon me, I bless his good and gracious Providence, most earnestly beseeching him to pardon my Offences of the Day past, and to grant that they may never rise up in Judgment against me.

Lord,

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

Give me a salutary Dread of the Corruption of my own Heart :- -Make me truly sensible of the End of Sin, and mindful of mine own Infirmities and Backslidings.

Vouchsafe unto all Sinners a true Sense of their unhappy State, a Fear of thy Judgments, and Grace and Strength to break their Bonds.

Enlighten my Soul with saving Truth; Correct me in Mercy, and reduce me when I go astray. Make me ever mindful of my latter End, and fix in my Heart a lively Sense of the Happiness and Misery of the World to come.

May the Thoughts of Death mortify in me all Pride and Covetousness, and a Love for this World; and may my firm Belief of a Judgment to come, make me ever careful to please Thee my Lord and Judge, that I may find Mercy at that Day!

Grant that I may lie down to sleep with the same charitable and forgiving Temper, in which I desire and hope to die.

And may the Almighty God take me, and all that belongs to me, under his

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