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He maketh peace in thy The Epistle. St. James i. 16. borders, and filleth thee with the finest of the wheat.

¶ Then shall be said or sung one of the Selections, or some other portion of the Psalms, 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.

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DO not err, my beloved brethren every good gift and every perfect gift is from above; and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning. Of his own will

¶ After the General Thanksgiving, shall be begat he us of the word of truth, that we should be a kind of

said this which followeth :

doers of the word; and

MOST gracious GoD, by first fruits of his creatures. whose knowledge the depths Wherefore, my beloved brethare broken up, and the clouds ren, let every man be swift to drop down the dew; we yield hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath for the wrath of man thee unfeigned thanks and praise, as for all thy mercies, worketh not the righteousness so especially for the returns of of GOD. Wherefore lay apart seed-time and harvest, and for all filthiness and superfluity of crowning the year with thy naughtiness, and receive with goodness, in the increase of the meekness the ingrafted word, ground, and the gathering in which is able to save your souls. of the fruits thereof. And, we Be ye beseech thee, give us a just not hearers only, deceiving sense of this great mercy; such your own selves. For if any as may appear in our lives, by be a hearer of the word and not an humble, holy, and obedient a doer, he is like unto a man walking before thee all our beholding his natural face in a days, through JESUS CHRIST glass; for he beholdeth himself, our Lord; to whom, with thee and goeth his way, and straightand the HOLY GHOST, be all way forgetteth what manner of man he was. But whoso glory and honour, world withlooketh into the perfect law of out end. Amen. liberty, and continueth therein,

¶ The Collect to be used instead of that for he being not a forgetful hearer,

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but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed. If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man's religion is vain. 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.

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¶ 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 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.

ALMIGHTY and everlasting GOD, in whom Acknowledgment we live and move and have our being; we, thy and preservation, of GOD's mercy needy creatures, render thee our humble praises, especially through for thy preservation of us from the beginning of our the night past. lives to this day, and especially for having delivered us from the dangers of the past night. To thy watchful providence we owe it, * (that no disturb- *When disturb ance hath come nigh us or our dwelling; but, that ances of any kina we are brought in safety to the beginning of this stead of this, say, day.) For these thy mercies, we bless and that notwithstand magnify thy glorious name; humbly beseeching we are brought in thee to accept this our morning sacrifice of praise safety to the begin. and thanksgiving; for his sake who lay down in the ning of this day. grave, and rose again for us, thy Son our Saviour JESUS CHRIST. Amen.

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Dedication of soul

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AND, since it is of thy mercy, O gracious and body to GOD's Father, that another day is added to our lives; we here dedicate both our souls and our bodies ing daily in good to thee and thy service, in a sober, righteous, and godly life in which resolution, do thou, O merciful GOD, confirm 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 to enable us to per- corruption of our nature, and the manifold temptations which we daily meet with; we humbly beseech 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.

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For grace to guide IN particular, we implore thy grace and proand keep us the fol- tection for the ensuing day. Keep us temperate lowing day, and for in our meats and drinks, and diligent in our several the business of the callings. Grant us patience under any afflictions * On Sunday thou shalt see fit to lay on us, and minds always morning, instead contented with our present condition. Give us of this, say, and grace to be just and upright in all our dealings; let thy holy Spirit accompany us to the quiet and peaceable; full of compassion; and place of thy public ready to do good to all men, according to our worship, making us abilities and opportunities. Direct us in all our

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tive, and raising ways* (and prosper the works of our hands in our minds from the the business of our several stations.) Defend us thoughts of this world to the consi- from all dangers and adversities; and be graciously deration of the next, pleased to take us, and all things belonging to us, that we may fervently join in the under thy fatherly care and protection. These prayers and praises things, and whatever else thou shalt see necessary of thy Church, and and convenient to us, we humbly beg, through listen to our duty with honest hearts, the merits and mediation of thy Son JESUS CHRIST in order to practise our Lord and 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.

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MOST merciful God, who art of purer eyes › Confession of than to behold iniquity, and hast promised for- sins, with a prayer for contrition and giveness to all those who confess and forsake pardon. their sins; we come before thee in an humble sense of our own unworthiness, acknowledging our manifold transgressions of thy righteous laws.* *Here, let him But, O gracious Father, who desirest not the death who reads, make a of a sinner, look upon us, we beseech thee, in mercy, and forgive us all our transgressions. Make us deeply sensible of the great evil of them; and work in us an hearty contrition; that we may obtain forgiveness at thy hands, who art ever ready to receive humble and penitent sinners; 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 Prayer for grace temptations which encompass us, we be drawn to reform and grow again into sin, vouchsafe us, we beseech thee, the direction and assistance of thy holy Spirit. Reform whatever is amiss in the temper and disposition of our souls; that no unclean thoughts, unlawful 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.

The Intercession.

AND accept, O LORD, our intercessions for all mankind. Let the light of thy Gospel shine upon all nations; and may as many as have received it, live as becomes 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.

TO our prayers, O LORD, we join our unfeigned The Thanksgiving. thanks for all thy mercies; for our being, our reason, and all other endowments and faculties of soul and body; for our health, friends, food, and raiment, and all the other comforts and conveniences 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.

Prayer for GOD'S IN particular, we beseech thee to continue thy protection through gracious protection to us this night. Defend us the night following from all dangers and mischiefs, and from the fear of them; that we may enjoy such refreshing sleep, as may fit us for the duties of the following day. Make us ever mindful of the time when we shall lie down in the dust; and grant us grace always to live in such a state, that we may never be afraid to die: so that living and dying we may be thine, through the merits and satisfaction of thy son CHRIST JESUS, in whose name we offer up these our imperfect prayers. Amen.

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.

TOn Sundays and on other days, when it may be convenient, it will be proper to begin with a chapter, or part of a chapter, from the New Testament.

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