We will go into his Tabernacle; we will worship at his footstool. Ps. cxxxii, 7.

ENTERING GOD'S HOUSE.

This is none other but the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven. Gen. xxviii, 17.

ON HEARING THE SCRIPTURES.

Sanctify us through thy truth: thy word is truth. John xvii, 17.

AFTER WORSHIP.

The good Lord pardon every one that prepareth his heart to seek God, the Lord God of his fathers, though he be not cleansed according to the purification of the Sanctuary. 2 Chron. xxx, 18, 19.

OCCASIONAL EJACULATIONS.

O Lord, be gracious unto us, we have waited for thee. Isa. xxxiii, 2.

Father, glorify thy name. John xii, 28.

Lord, save us, we perish. Matt. viii, 25.

Jesus, thou Son of David, have mercy on me. Mark x. 47.

Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean. Luke V, 12.

Lord, I believe; help thou mine unbelief. Mark ix, 24. Lord, help me. Matt. xv, 25.

THE LORD'S PRAYER.

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.

INDEX.

Abraham's example, in family worship,
Adam, Rev. Tho. his Private Thoughts, quoted,
Address on constant prayer, to Christian Ministers, Pa-
rents, those in prosperity or afflicted, the young,
those in middle life, and the aged,
Adoration to be a part of prayer,
Example of,

Afliction, prayer advantageous in,
Alms should be joined with prayers,
Analysis of prayer, from Bishop Wilkins,
Anselm, Bishop, quoted,

•

Answers to Prayer, section on,

Examples of,

Duty when prayers answered, or not,
Approach to public worship, directions for,
Assistance of the Holy Spirit in prayer, (see Holy Ghost,)
Augustine, quoted,

Averseness to prayer by nature,

Baxter's Converse with God, quoted,

his spirit of prayer for the world at large,
Behaviour, a due, in the house of God,
Being, we have to worship,

his character as a father,

his majesty, his grace, and mercy,
Benevolent Society, form of prayer for,
Beveridge's private thoughts recommended,
Blessing, example of, in prayer,
Bonnel, the life of, quoted,

his prayer before public worship,
Bowdler, quoted,

Bradford the Martyr, sayings of,
Brooks on closel prayer, quoted,
Brown on prayer, quoted,
Buchanan, Dr. his observations on family worship,

Calm al sea, figure to illustrate the need of divine aid,
Cecil's remains, quotation from, on family worship,

234 to 237

73
98, 281

22

110

72

206

103

Page.

148

222, 226
Lobby

105-6

110-11

138

$5

222

36

57, 114

182

141

62

62-3

65-6

280

$2

99

62

141

235-6

10, 75, 100

222

56

152

35
152

Church of England, Liturgy praised by Dissenters,

Church or place set
Confession of sins,

its testimony to the need of the Spirit's
assistance,

apart for public worship, observations on,
observations on (see Forms of Prayer)
original corruption,
actual transgression,
aggravation of sins,
example of,

Conformity to the world to be avoided,
Conversation among Christians, observations on,

Denial of prayer, reasons for,

Directions to assist in attaining the spirit of prayer,
Distractions in prayer, observations on,

their nature,

great evil in them,

hints to avoid them,

lessons inculcated through them,

Evening prayer, observations on,
form of private,
family,
Sunday,

Examples of prayer, our Lord's,
Exhortation to constant prayer,

those who have neglected it,

are ashamed of it,

have become remiss,

Faith, in the Being and goodness of God necessary,
that we shall obtain what we ask,

196

Duly of prayer, proved by the command and threatenings of God, 15
the practice of holy persons,
indispensable for the obtaining of grace,

16

16

Page.
136

171

Ejaculatory prayer described,

172

292

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examples of persons using it,
examples of prayers,
Enlargement of the kingdom of Christ, or, a spirit of prayer for, 177
divine power necessary to accomplish it,
the promises relative to it call for prayer,
directions and prophecies for that purpose,
the many examples,

178
179

180

181

183

a blessing has ever attended it,
it gives God all the glory,
united prayers specially efficacious,
forms of prayer for,

are endeavouring to pray constantly,
Eye of God, to be remembered as seeing our hearts in prayer,

40

137

74

74

75

77

98

203

167

:

109

1.99

186

187

189

191

184

186

284,288

112
254, 256

269, 272

277

16, 121, 150

229

229

231

232

233

64

14
217

INDEX.

Family worship, observations on,

obligation to family worship,

contrast between a family neglecting and at-
tending to it,

objections to it answered,

forms of family prayer recommended,
examples of, it should be considered as a
privilege,

the due performance of it,
the duty of those who join,

address to those who neglect and who at
tend to it,

Fasting, a help to prayer,
Forms of prayer, observations on,
examples of,
Freedom and boldness of access desirable,
Frequency of private prayer, remarks on,

and perseverance necessary in prayer,

Gift and grace of prayer distinguished,
Gift of prayer attainable (see Holy Ghost)
prayer for

Goodwin's observations on the denial of prayer,
Grace before and after meals,

Gray, his queries to detect the want of spirit of prayer,
Groanings of the Spirit, meaning explained,
Growth of a devout Spirit,

Habil of prayer, general, chapter on,
examples of

seasons for its exercise,

how to obtain it,

Hale, a remark of his,
Tall, Bishop, quoted,
Hamilton's life of Eonnel, quoted,
Hindrances to prayer, rules respecting,
Holy Ghost promised to the Church,
assists us in prayer,

a common blessing to all Christians,
his work explained,

directions to look for his assistance,
Horne, Bishop, quoted,

Howe, extract from his Treatise on family worship,
Humility, and self-abasement, needful to right prayer,
Hymns on prayer,

Ignorance, our natural, on the subject of prayer.
Infirmilies as to prayer, (see Distractions)

165

110

69, 134, 240

941

221

111

224

297

Page.

147

148

152

154

154

157

158

164

43

160

241

109

163

200

45

173

170

171

174

175

203

166

221

201

38

38

39

42

211

217

157

226

237

36

36

Intercession of the Holy Spirit explained,

Invocation, example of,
Ivy, prayer illustrated by,

of Jesus Christ, our High Priest and Redeemer,
his situation as Interceder,

the nature of his intercession,

to be considered, before, at, and after prayer, 55
for others, directions for,

Majesty of God, to be considered before prayer,
Meditation, needful before prayer,
Millon, passage from his Paradise Lost,
Moon, simile illustrating prayer in affliction,
More, Mrs. H. her writings quoted,
observations on,
forms of private,
family,
Sunday,

Morning prayer,

Page

42

Parts of prayer, section on,

confession,
petition,
intercession,

thanksgiving,

Perverseness in the affections as to prayer,

Petition, directions for,

Places set apart for public worship, remarks on,

133

107

134

101

120

259,261

65
216

155

235

12, 13, 68, 201

112

243, 246
263, 266

274

212

9

183
114

243, 251

Objections to prayer in general answered,

to public worship answered,
to family worship answered,
Obligation to family worship,
Ogden, quotation from,

116

Owen, his grace and duty of spiritual-mindedness recommended, 194

quoted,

57

95

129

154

148

71

74,93

79,98

87

92,99

ST

79

187