Faith in the Time of Sickness and Trial, and forfake me not when my Strength faileth me.

Let thy merciful Ears, O Lord, be then open to my Prayers; and fpare me, O Lord most Holy, O'God moft Mighty, O Holy and Merciful Saviour, thou most worthy Judge Eternal: fuffer me not at my last Hour, through any Pains of Body or Weakness of Mind, to let go my Dependence upon thee.

O let not the cruel Enemy of Souls affrighten me with his Terrors; but give thy Holy Angels Charge over me; and let the Confolations of thy Holy Spirit fortify my Mind, and diffipate my Fears, and be a reviving Cordial to my Soul at that last and momentous Period of my Life.

O Lord, leave me not to myfelf in that Time of Diftrefs, when I fhall stand in fo much Need of thee. Give me an unfeigned Repentance of all my Sins, great Love to thee, and Charity to my Neighbour, an entire Submiffion to thy bleffed Will, and (if thou feeft fitting) fome Foretaste and Affurance of my Salvation. But if thou, in thy

great Wisdom, fhalt not fee fitting to vouchfafe me fo great a Mercy, yet, O gracious Father, let me not fail in the great Day of Judgment to hear that bleffed Sentence pronounced unto me, Well done, thou good

good and faithful Servant, enter thou into thy Mafter's Joy. Grant this, O moft gracious God, for thy Mercy's Sake in Jefus Chrift our Lord.

Be with me, O Lord, this Day, in my going out and coming in; preferve me from the Dangers of evil Company; from the Deceitfulness of my own Heart and defend me more especially from those Sins that are most apt to betray and enfiare me.

Let thy Bleffing accompany all my honeft Labours and endeavours, and vouchfafe me fuch a Meafure of Health, and other temporal Mercies, as thou feeft beft and most fitting for me.

I defire, O Lord, to leave myself, and all my Affairs, in thy Hands, humbly befeeching thee to take me, and all that belong to me, under the Care and Protection of thy good Providence, and fo to blefs, direct and guide us in this Life, that we may at laft obtain that greatest of all Bleffings, the eternal Salvation of our immortal Souls, through the Merits, and for the Sake of thy dear Son, and our alone Saviour, Jefus Christ the Righteous; in whofe Words, I defire to be heard for myself and all Mankind.

Our Father, &c.

A Prayer

A Prayer for Saturday Noon, or any intermediate Time of the Day.

I ADORE thee, O thou infinitely great and good God, Maker and Lord of Heaven and Earth; worthy art thou to receive all Honour, Glory, and Power, for thou haft created all Things, and for thy Pleasure they are and were created.

Send down thy Holy Spirit, O moft merciful Father, upon me thy Servant; and fo fill me with thy heavenly Grace and Benediction, that I may become a living Temple, fanctified, and devoted to thy Honour and Service, and fuch wherein thou mayeft delight to dwell, and make the Place of thy Reft and Abode both now and for ever.

Aud to this End, O Lord, give me Grace feriously to confider, that thou art a God greatly to be feared, for thy Power and Juftice; greatly to be beloved, for thine infinite Perfection and Goodnefs; and greatly to be praised, for thy liberal Bounty and Loving-kindness: That thou art both the Author and the End of my Being; my true and only Good; the Caufe of all my Joy and Happinefs; and the great Center and Stay of thy whole Creation.

Give me Grace alfo feriously to confider what I myself am; that I am a Creature, a poor, empty, weak, and imperfect Being; that I have nothing but what I receive from thee; that I can do nothing but what I do by thee; nor know any thing but in thee, and thy Light; that in thee I have my Life, my Motion, my Being, my Happinefs, and my All.

Grant, O Lord, that I may also seriously confider, that I am not only a Creature, but a finful one; a Creature acting against the End of his Creation, against the Laws of his Creator, against the Dignity of his Nature, and against his true and beft Intereft both here and hereafter: That I have not loved thee as I ought, with my whole Heart, Soul and Strength; nor as I might, according to the Measures of thy Grace, and the Abilities which thou haft given me; nor indeed, as I have loved this World, and the Vanities of it; having been a Lover of Pleasure, more than a Lover of God.

And lastly, O Lord, give me Grace ferioufly to confider what I ought to be, both towards thee, my Neighbour, and myfelf; that I ought to be holy, juft, charitable, and temperate; that I ought not to live carelessly and at Random, as those that have no Senfe of thee, nor of their Duty, and

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who believe neither Heaven nor Hell; but as one who now lives in thy Prefence, and must hereafter give thee an Account, and be either eternally happy, or eternally miserable, according as I demean myself in this fhort Time of Trial; and that therefore denying all Ungodlinefs and worldly Lufts, I ought to live foberly, righteously, and godly in this prefent World; looking for that bleffed Hope, and the glorious Appearing of the great God, and of our Saviour Jefus Christ.

Fix, O Lord, thefe Confiderations in my Mind, and let them fink fo deep into my Heart, that they may bring forth in me the Fruits of good Living; that fo my Spirit may be pure and right within me, my Life may be holy, my Death comfortble, my Refurrection joyful, and my eternal State happy and glorious with thee, my God, for ever and ever.

Amen.

A Prayer for Saturday Evening.

O ETERNAL Being! Father, Son, and Holy Ghoft, one God bleffed for evermore; I thy unworthy Servant adore thy glorious Majefty, acknowledging my Dependence

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